A hint of apology flashed in the latter’s eyes, but his movements didn’t stop at all. He turned and lunged at another Heroic Spirit!

Chu Xiu’s face drastically changed, and demonic qi surged around him again. Just as he was about to support, a sound transmission suddenly rang in his ear: "Be careful, senior!"

Chu Xiu reacted quickly, without hesitation he formed a shield with demonic qi around him. The next moment, a heavy saber slammed onto the shield! Instantly, the demonic qi burst in all directions, the shield was directly cleaved apart, but it delayed for a moment, allowing Chu Xiu to duck and dodge.

He turned his head, and it turned out to be a Heroic Spirit who had previously had a pleasant conversation with him!

The man showed Chu Xiu a sinister smile, and seeing the strike miss, gave Chu Xiu no time to breathe, the heavy saber in his hand slashed continuously like a violent storm!

Chu Xiu’s face darkened, demonic qi surged furiously all around him as he struggled to defend, while his divine sense swept around. Only then did he horrifyingly discover that among the less than ten remaining Heroic Spirits who hadn’t withdrawn, five were actually from Extreme Dao!

The Heroic Spirits fighting here actually had more infiltrators than themselves!

"What the hell has it come to?" Chu Xiu cursed inwardly, swiftly retreating.

Seeing this, the remaining Heroic Spirits nearby no longer hesitated, and they all ran in different directions.

The Murder Ghost sneered, "Oh wow, I have so many colleagues. Originally, this move was for the Demigods, but seeing you all like this, I might as well not hide it anymore."

As he finished speaking, countless strands of pitch-black lightning surged wildly from within his body, stabbing outwards in all directions.

"Not good!"

Chu Xiu’s face changed abruptly, the Garuda’s Wings appeared behind him, and the Divine-Demonic Power was activated without hesitation. Instantly, his figure disappeared from where he stood. Jiang Miaoyin, not having reacted yet, was caught up by Chu Xiu in an embrace, and with another flash, they charged out of the auction venue.

The next moment, a terrifying scene occurred. The steel-reinforced concrete venue, inscribed with numerous defense arrays, was instantly sliced into countless precise rhombuses, collapsing with a colossal crash under the force of gravity!

Those who hadn’t escaped in time were all sliced into pieces by the densely packed attacks that covered almost every space, then smashed by tons of falling steel-reinforced concrete blocks. The mangled flesh and rocks mixed together were like a bloody purgatory, leaving only the Murder Ghost standing amidst the ruins, laughing wantonly.

"This power! This is the power I’ve been pursuing all along!"

The laughter of the Murder Ghost made Chu Xiu’s face extremely grim. If he had run a bit slower, that terrifying strike covering a hundred meters would have left him dismembered!

Yet now, the threat of the Murder Ghost was secondary. With the continuous infusion of Forbidden Objects, the crack in the sky above Peng City had expanded to an unimaginably horrifying length of over 100 km!

More chilling was the sudden surge of dense black air from the crack. Unlike Chu Xiu’s demonic qi, this black air lacked any domineering presence, resembling instead a potent toxin. As it spilled from the crack, it rapidly spread in all directions, quickly forming a black dome! And the black mist continued to surge out!

The black mist gathered toward the edges of the crack, and upon reaching the boundaries, it started to descend, forming an inverted hemispherical dome in the air.

Chu Xiu had never seen such a sight, completely clueless about what was happening, but he noticed that the body of Jiang Miaoyin in his arms had started to tremble slightly.

This wasn’t her pretending to be pitiful; it was genuine fear.

"Black Death Prison, this is Black Death Prison."

Jiang Miaoyin’s face was pale, and she unconsciously grabbed Chu Xiu’s clothes tightly.

"Senior, run quickly, evacuate! Otherwise, we won’t make it!" Her voice was trembling!

Before Chu Xiu could respond, a sharp alarm blared in every corner of Peng City, with emergency barriers activating on the rooftops of every visible building, and the stairway broadcasts announcing at maximum volume: 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"Level One Emergency! All citizens, please proceed immediately to the nearest refuge facility! Level One Emergency! All citizens, please proceed immediately to the nearest refuge facility!"

The continually erupting black mist nearly covered half the sky, accompanied by piercing alarms and the red glow of emergency flashing lights, resembling an apocalyptic descent.

Level One Alert signifies the most severe crisis, mandating the immediate departure for parking garages, subway stations, and air-raid shelters without any baggage or delays.

Over ten million residents of Peng City scrambled out of their homes, and upon witnessing the terrifying crack in the sky, their faces displayed sheer terror!

The recent battle for the Awakened seemed lengthy, but for ordinary people, from the sky’s mutation to the alarm sounding took less than five seconds! The sudden changes left everyone panic-stricken, fleeing down the staircases in a frenzy.

Though many similar drills had occurred before, when facing what seemed like an apocalyptic crisis, no one could remain calm. The stampede, falls, cries, and children separated from their parents calling for them. Countless sounds of fear and despair filled Chu Xiu’s ears.

He looked up to see points of black light appearing again in the crack, rapidly enlarging. They were demons, with wings spread behind them, clad in pitch-black heavy armor, wielding weapons.