RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
Accompanied by a burst of heaven and earth collapsing, inside the World 32, a mysterious force suddenly appeared.
An aura of evil from the darkness continuously seeped out from underground, starting to ravage the land.
At this moment, countless people panicked.
"What's happening?"
"What's going to happen now?"
Just as countless people were confused—
Suddenly.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Beams of holy light descended from the sky, scattering onto professionals across all directions.
The next moment, those covered in holy light all vanished from the World 32.
Even Zhang Yue was not spared.
Whoosh!
Holy light fell from above his head, and right after, Zhang Yue disappeared from the battlefield.
["Ding~ The Gate of Hell is about to open, the Death Territory will expand infinitely, the system detects that you are not qualified to enter the World 32' Death Territory, you have been forcibly logged out!"]
All professionals erased from the World 32, without exception, received this system notification.
In that instant, those forcibly logged out and kicked out of the Otherworld were dumbfounded.
"What? Gate of Hell? Death Territory infinitely expanding? There's even this kind of mechanic?"
"Wasn't the Hell Gladiator Arena already cleared? How can this still happen?"
Inside the World 32, originally the Hell Gladiator Arena had gathered countless top-tier professionals from many high-level realms.
But with the so-called "Gate of Hell" opening, the Death Territory expanded infinitely, causing the entire World 32 to become the Death Territory.
In an instant, more than 99% of the high-level professionals were all forced out of the World 32.
That included Zhang Yue.
Because during the Hell Gladiator Arena period, Zhang Yue had already cleared the World 33.
He no longer qualified to enter the World 32' Death Territory.
In the vision of those not forcibly expelled, countless gigantic spatial rifts opened all around with "whoosh! whoosh! whoosh! whoosh!"
Zzzt~ Zzzt~ Zzzt~
Endless blood-red lightning flowed within the rifts.
Each spatial rift was like a gaping bloody maw, as if ready to swallow everyone present.
Inside and outside the battlefield, panic spread.
["Th-this… what does this mean?"]
["Are these rifts… channels connecting the Otherworld and the Real World?"]
["Damn! No way, don't scare me!"]
["Wasn't it said only when a King-level secret realm is left uncleared within its time limit will channels to the Real World open? Why is this happening? Wasn't the Hell Gladiator Arena already cleared? By logic, these channels shouldn't appear!"]
Just as people panicked—
ROAR! ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!
With bursts of roars, red light flared from underground, and then demons with molten magma flowing over their bodies broke out from the earth.
Without a word, the demons that surged from below rushed straight for the spatial rifts around them.
Professionals of all nations on the field were shocked pale.
["Holy crap! For real? These really are channels linking to the Real World!"]
["Stop them! Don't let them invade the Real World through the channels, or we're doomed!"]
As the shouts rang out, the professionals on the field all drew their weapons, launching slaughter against the demons.
At this moment, the high-level professionals outside the World 32, blocked out, faced with the live broadcast showing the World 32' real-time scenes, were also deeply shocked.
["How exactly did the spatial rifts open?"]
["Was it that golden-armored warrior's doing? I think I saw him throw something on the ground before escaping!"]
When someone said this, many people immediately searched through the replay, trying to find clues.
Sure enough, they discovered that before fleeing through the spatial rift, the Flowing Gold Warrior had thrown out a flame from his hand.
But since the flame was weak and seeped into the ground right after landing, it didn't draw much attention at the time.
Not until the countless Gates of Hell opened did people have no choice but to connect the two.
Yet, just a flame like that, how could it so easily become the trigger for opening spatial rifts?
Even though evidence of the Flowing Gold Warrior's action was found, countless people still couldn't understand it.
For Otherworld monsters, invading the Real World through spatial rifts, slaughtering humanity, and ruling the human realm had always been their dream.
But as the saying goes, dreams are rich, reality is harsh.
Opening spatial rifts linking two realms wasn't so easy.
Even with enough magic power, an effective timing was also needed.
Both combined could generate a magnetic field, birthing spatial rifts.
Yet even King-level bosses couldn't easily find such chances.
["To pull this off, it can only be someone beyond King-level bosses, an even stronger boss!"]
Offline, Wolong stared at the broadcast, frowning, "This guy… just what is his identity?"
As he spoke, the three all turned to Zhang Yue, seeking answers from him.
And indeed, Zhang Yue already knew the answer, "A thousand years ago, I had already succeeded in repelling that Tier 9 beast tide."
Hearing this, Hidden Dragon asked, "Then, Master, how did you die?"
"The beast tide wasn't the key," Zhang Yue said, "The key was the one behind driving the beast tide."
"After defeating the Tier 9 beast tide, I encountered an even stronger opponent. I had no way to defeat it at the time. In desperation, I could only choose to perish together with it."
Those present were all stunned.
Wu Haotian exclaimed in disbelief, "For a thousand years, everyone thought you were devoured by the beast tide, using your last strength to wipe it out with you, dying with it."
"Boss, you actually didn't die from the beast tide? Then why have you never spoken of this before?"
Zhang Yue said, "The beast tide was repelled, that's fact. I died, also fact. As for the details, there's no need to explain further."
"Just… I didn't think it hadn't truly died either…"
Xuan Lan pondered, "Did you see clearly what it looked like?"
"Demon Emperor, Yu," Zhang Yue slowly uttered the name.
Then added, "Its strength was above King-level bosses. What exact level, I don't know. But what's certain is, within the Otherworld, King-level bosses are not the peak."
King-level bosses, powerful enough to destroy heaven and earth, were not the peak.
When Zhang Yue spoke these words, everyone from the Heavens Hall guild nearby felt a chill run down their spines.
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