The Gate of the Underworld descended without warning.
The firmament was torn open into a pitch-black abyss that devoured all light, plunging the lands of Nine Nether into eternal night, so dark one could not see their hand before their face.
Only that colossal gate, reaching from heaven to earth, glimmered with a halo like Nether Fire, as though countless souls were burning in silent flames, chilling the very soul.
Woo—woo—
From deep within the gate came murmurs that sounded both divine and demonic, slowly spreading outward as a vast pressure blanketed heaven and earth.
The entire battlefield instantly froze. Even the scattering fragments of space hung motionless in midair, as if they feared the being beyond the gate.
At the heart of the battlefield, the fierce battle between Shen Yun and the Asura King was forcibly interrupted.
The Asura King stood ramrod straight, and undisguised ecstasy rose in those demonic eyes brimming with murderous intent.
"Good... the experts of the Underworld have finally arrived." His voice was as cold as iron. "Today, this boy will come and never return!"
Before his words had faded, his aura surged wildly. His six immortal weapons unleashed a sky-filling barrage of afterimages as he exerted every ounce of his strength, determined to keep his opponent rooted in place.
"What a tyrannical aura. Might this be the legendary Underworld?"
Shen Yun's brows slightly furrowed. As he dealt with the Asura King, his peripheral vision swept over the distant Nether Gate, and waves began to rise in his heart.
With his current cultivation, it would not be difficult for him to shake off the Asura King and return to the Yun Cang Realm.
But if the Underworld's experts were allowed to descend, once the Xuanmen became completely stable, the mortal world would surely face