Chapter 2317: Swallowed by the eclipse
The goal was to stop them from crossing the Eternity Gate and reaching the King of the Crimson World. However, if they could prevent them from entering the Origin Island at all, it would be even better, since the chances of success would rise exponentially.
Due to the Power of Chaos, the killing intent and determination in Cain’s soul transmitted into the True Depravitas around him, intensifying their own desire to slaughter the Ancient One and the Neo-Angels. The invisible pressure spread through the formation, binding their intent as one. The power of the group was so immense that their killing intent faintly twisted the sky into a red color, as if blood had flooded the air and given it a metallic taste.
"Kill!"
The Demon King roared that single word, his voice vibrating through the laws of the realm. He shared Cain’s thoughts. If they stopped the enemy from reaching the Origin Island, everything would become much easier. More importantly, it would give him a chance to finally take down the Ancient One once and for all, removing a threat that had lurked over the Crimson World for longer than most living beings could comprehend.
In the time it took a single heartbeat, the Scarlet King, the Enlightened One, and the eighteen True Depravitas blasted forward, each of them transforming into a star of death and destruction. Space-time warped behind every step they took, their bodies moving faster than light.
The Neo-Angels immediately noticed the incoming force. Their eyes burst with the same killing intent, showing not a single trace of fear. The cores in their hearts began to surge with power, prepared to steal the energy of the universe and trigger their transformation.
The Ancient One, on the other hand, barely glanced at the charging group. Instead, he stared calmly at the eclipse in the distance, as if nothing before him mattered. Just as the Demon King was about to reach him, the Ancient One smiled and uttered two simple words.
"Too late."
The next instant, the eclipse manifested directly before them. It was so immense that it seemed as though a world had appeared in the sky of the Ninth Realm, only to shatter and transform into a singularity so powerful that it swallowed both groups in an instant.
It was such a massive phenomenon that nearly every person in the Ninth Realm saw it. While many recognized the spectacle as extraordinary, they also felt their hearts tremble with dread and horror. Whatever lay on the other side of that eclipse was something even ArchDeities would be too terrified to challenge.
While the realm trembled in fear, a lone figure emerged from the shadows after the forces of the Demon King and the Ancient One faded. That figure crossed the portal in silence.