Aside from the Deep Abyss Emperors in the upper ten levels, even the Abyssal Kings at the Ultimate Douluo level didn't know that behind their Abyssal Holy Lord, there was actually a mother.
All these years, as the Abyss Plane roamed around devouring worlds, it was actually under the covert command of the Holy Lord's mother. While attracting the attention of the God Realm, she also demanded that a portion of the devoured energy be offered up to her.
The Abyssal Holy Lord had long grown sick of this kind of life. If he had a chance to break free from his mother's control, he would fight for it at any cost.
In Leng Yaozhu, he saw that chance.
Although he hadn't witnessed Leng Yaozhu's breakthrough into the Divine Origin Realm of spiritual power with his own eyes, he had sensed that mystical aura clearly.
At his level, the Abyssal Holy Lord fully understood just how profound the aura was when Leng Yaozhu broke through. It even carried elements that he couldn't entirely explain or comprehend.
He was determined to have her—no matter the cost.
At this point, in his heart, the entire Douluo Plane combined was not worth as much as Leng Yaozhu alone.
"Continue the sacrifice! Today, the Abyssal Passage Seal must be broken!"At the Holy Lord's command, several more Abyssal Kings stepped forward and sacrificed their power to the Abyssal Passage.
Crack!
A massive fissure split through the seal once more.
"Seal it!" Leng Yaozhu shouted again. With her spiritual power having broken into the Divine Origin Realm, her strength had undergone a qualitative leap. Under her control, the Blood God Formation was even stronger than the original version. The crack just opened began slowly closing again.
But the price—was blood. The Blood God Battalion members once again spat blood in unison.
"Blood Three!"
"Yueyue!"
Chen Xinjie and Guan Yue both looked toward Long Yeyue at once.
"Your Majesty Hanhai, how long until the reinforcements from the Sun-Moon Federation arrive?" Zhang Huanyun gritted his teeth and asked Chen Xinjie. The Blood God Battalion couldn't last much longer.
"At the very least, one month for full mobilization," Chen Xinjie said solemnly. He had rushed here the moment he received the message, worried about Long Yeyue.
But others—would take much longer to arrive.
"One month!" Zhang Huanyun nearly fainted from despair.
"That's a conservative estimate. You think it's easy to mobilize a whole army?" Chen Xinjie smiled bitterly.
"One month…"
Inside the Blood God Battalion, a member busy maintaining the formation suddenly stood up without warning.
"Blood Five! What are you doing?!"The other eight Blood Gods all looked toward Blood Five in shock.
"I've had enough!" Blood Five suddenly roared. He looked back at Long Yeyue, then leapt from the core of the formation—straight into the Abyss.
"Muzi!" Long Yeyue cried out with reddened eyes. Blood Five was Lan Muzi, the man who had once been designated as the next Sea God Pavilion Master at Shrek Academy.
Others may not have known, but Long Yeyue did. Lan Muzi couldn't bear to watch her continue to sacrifice her life in the Blood God Formation.
He knew—if the formation continued, Long Yeyue would surely die.
But even Chen Xinjie didn't dare give the order to stop the formation.
Lan Muzi took matters into his own hands—to force it to stop.He knew it would cost him his life, so he chose to leap into the Abyss.
Crack… crack… CRACK!The breaking sounds began as a trickle, then a flood—echoing like thunder from the Abyssal Passage.
Each snap felt like it resounded in the very hearts of the Blood God Battalion.
Everyone knew—those were the sounds of the Abyssal Seal shattering.
With the formation forcibly interrupted, the Abyssal Passage's seal began rapidly collapsing. In that moment, everyone's expression changed.
As it cracked open, the vicious auras from deep within the Abyss began surging upward. Even Ultimate Douluo felt the pressure.
"All units, fall back! Prepare all firepower to bombard the Abyssal Passage! Notify artillery: every fixed-mount soul guidance shell—prepare for launch!" Zhang Huanyun shouted, eyes blood-red.
"Xia Yi!"Leng Yaozhu ran to Xia Yi, pulled him into a tight embrace, and gave him a fierce kiss. But it lasted less than a second before she pushed him away, eyes red. "Go! Find Yue'er. Avenge me in the future!"
Tears streamed down her cheeks. She truly couldn't bear to part with Xia Yi, but she was the leader—Blood One—of the Blood God Battalion. She could not run.
Furthermore, she could already feel it. A terrifying divine consciousness had locked onto her from beyond the broken Abyssal Passage—a force so strong, it filled her with despair.
The Abyssal Holy Lord—a First-Level God.
At that moment, Leng Yaozhu clearly sensed the Holy Lord's divine cultivation.
"Zhu'er, don't be afraid. It's just a few Abyss creatures. We'll face them together." Xia Yi shook his head and didn't leave. Instead, he pulled her back into his embrace, gently kissed her hair.
"No! They're launching a full assault. You must go. Only if you survive can you save the Douluo Plane." Leng Yaozhu pushed him away again. Time was running out. She handed him her Huangdi (Yellow Emperor) Sword, then looked toward Leng Yulai with teary eyes. "Sister, I leave our husband to you. Get him out—protect him so he can grow stronger."
"I'm not leaving." Leng Yulai's tone was calm, yet utterly firm. "If Brother-in-law won't leave, then I'll stay with him. I won't force him to go."
"You…" Leng Yaozhu was stunned. Didn't her sharp-witted sister sense the terrifying aura rising from the Abyss? Staying meant death!
But even the usually clever Yulai had become stubborn.
"Alright, sister, don't cry. The whole Blood God Battalion is watching," Leng Yulai said with a smile, gently wiping away her sister's tears. "Think about it—if we three die together today, wouldn't that be a kind of blessing?"
"Shut up! Stop jinxing it." Xia Yi glared at Leng Yulai, then took Leng Yaozhu's hand and reassured her, "Don't listen to her nonsense. I've got a plan. However many Abyss creatures come—I'll kill them all."
"But…" Leng Yaozhu's eyes were red, and for a moment, she didn't know what to say.
"No buts. Trust me."Xia Yi returned the Huangdi Sword to her, gently brushed the flame-red hair from her ear, and softly said, "Zhu'er, believe me."
Looking at Xia Yi's handsome face, Leng Yaozhu began to calm. The panic brought by the divine aura slowly faded. She nodded hard. "Mm, I believe you."
In the Abyss Plane, the Holy Lord's divine sense noticed Leng Yaozhu and Xia Yi embracing, and his expression darkened.
"This man—I'll handle him myself. None of you are to touch him."As he raised a hand, the thick abyssal magic formed into an image of Xiayi before the Abyssal Kings.
"Yes, Holy Lord!"
BOOM—!
The entire Abyssal Passage shuddered. The seal completely shattered.
"March with me!" The Abyssal Holy Lord raised his divine weapon—the Heavenly Abyss Rift Halberd.
(End of Chapter)