The Divine Hall came crashing down right before the two of them.
The enormous building squeezed out of the rift, its upper half still inside while its lower half had already pressed into the domain.
The Divine Hall did not descend quickly, but for every inch it sank, the backs of the two people below bent another inch.
"Hahahaha!!!"
The God of Darkness burst into laughter.
"It's coming down! It's coming down!!!"
"You're dead!!!"
The moment the Divine Hall settled all the way down, the ground across the entire domain sank a foot.
Huo Yuhao first braced both hands against the ground, but then his arms gave out, and his entire body was pressed into the rubble.
He could barely even raise his head.
With his chest pressed against the ground, he tried to draw a breath, but his chest felt as though someone were pressing down on it from above. Halfway in, the breath was squeezed back out.
For an instant, he even heard his own ribs creak.
Across from him, the God of Darkness was also crushed flat.
His face was pressed against the ground, one hand stretched forward, all five fingers digging desperately into the ground beneath him.
Only a few dozen yards apart, the two lay face-to-face, neither able to move.
The weight belonging to that part of the Divine Realm Center was pressing down on everything within this domain.
"Huff-huff-"
The God of Darkness's panting drifted through the darkness, as harsh as a pair of bellows.
"Can't-can't hold on anymore, can you?"
He panted as he spoke. "Let's see which of us gets the last laugh."
Huo Yuhao did not reply.
He lay there for a dozen or so breaths.
Then Huo Yuhao's fingers moved.
His arms shook, and his back began rising inch by