As this explosive sound thundered down, the entire Hall of Eternity trembled violently with the roar.

The crystal lights on the hall's ceiling flickered, as if they could extinguish at any moment.

"Oh no!"

The grey-robed elder beside Liu Zi'ang's face changed drastically, and he let out a low cry.

Everyone's heart sank.

Liu Zi'ang shivered in fear, ripping off the crown on his head and throwing it to the ground like a hot potato.

He suddenly turned his head, glaring at Zhou Feng with a ferocious expression.

"Zhou Feng! What exactly is going on?!"

Zhou Feng looked innocent.

He quickly waved his hands, his voice trembling slightly.

"I... I don't know either!"

"I just simply thought this crown was the legendary Divine Artifact!"

"You!"

Liu Zi'ang trembled with Qi, about to burst out.

"Young Master!"

Another grey-robed elder pulled him back, his usually calm face now filled with unprecedented seriousness.

"Now is not the time to assign blame!"

"It's not safe to stay here; let's get out first!"

Liu Zi'ang, of course, understood that saving his own life was paramount.

He glared fiercely at Zhou Feng, then nodded heavily.

"Go!"

The group dared not linger any longer, quickly turning to escort Liu Zi'ang out of this dangerous hall.

However, just as they turned, a thunderous crash echoed through the hall!

The heavy hall door that had just been pushed open suddenly slammed shut on its own!

Its speed was so great that it kicked up a gust of wind, giving no one time to react!

"Damn it!"

"Old Kong! Quick! Blast this door open for me!"

The grey-robed elder, referred to as Old Kong, did not hesitate.

"Everyone, focus fire on the door!"

At his command, dozens of experts above level 50 dared not delay, instantly unleashing their strongest attacks!

For a moment, violent lightning, scorching flames, sharp wind blades, heavy rock fists... dozens of skills imbued with terrifying energy, like a colorful torrent, fiercely slammed into the tightly shut hall door!

The deafening explosions nearly tore people's eardrums!

The entire hall shook wildly under the impact of this terrifying energy!

However, when the dazzling light dissipated, the scene before them made everyone's heart sink to the bottom.

The black hall door was completely unharmed!

It didn't even have a single scratch!

"This..."

Everyone's expressions became incredibly solemn.

A sense of despair began to spread through the crowd.

"What should we do, Old Kong, Old /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ Qin?"

Liu Zi'ang was somewhat flustered at this moment.

He quickly looked at the two elders behind him.

"Don't worry, Young Master!"

They stepped forward, shielding Liu Zi'ang behind them.

Old Kong said in a deep voice, "Even if we risk our old lives, we will surely protect you!"

As Old Kong's voice fell, a series of grating cracking sounds came from the four giant stone pillars on either side of the hall.

Everyone's hearts tightened, and they looked in the direction of the sound.

They saw that the ferocious beasts originally carved into the stone pillars seemed to come alive, beginning to twist their stiff bodies!

Stone chips fell rustling.

Faintly, one could hear suppressed roars emanating from inside the stone pillars!

To everyone's horror, a pitch-black stone beast, shaped like a leopard, suddenly opened its blood-red eyes!

The next second, it let out a silent roar, its four limbs pushing off with immense force, directly leaping from the stone pillar!

Its blood-red eyes locked onto the nearest professional, transforming into a black lightning bolt and charging forward!

The professional's face changed drastically; without thinking, he immediately raised the giant shield in his hand and activated a defensive skill!

However, the speed of the exotic beast was too fast!

A muffled thud of Sharp Weapon entering flesh!

The exotic beast's sharp claws directly pierced through the thick shield, and with it, the professional's chest!

Blood instantly stained his armor!

"-78874!"

A terrifying damage number floated above his head!

His health instantly dropped by a large margin!

"Ah—!"

The intense pain made him let out a desperate scream.

However, this was only the beginning.

Before his teammates could even provide support, another small, monkey-like stone beast had silently appeared behind him at some unknown point, leaping up and opening its bloody maw to bite fiercely into his neck!

A spurt of blood, like a fountain, shot into the sky!

"Ugh ah—!"

The desperate scream lasted for less than a second before abruptly stopping.

The level 50 shield warrior died on the spot without even having time to groan!

Gulp.

Everyone who witnessed this scene involuntarily swallowed, taking a sharp intake of breath.

That was a level 50 expert!

In a place like Donghai City, he was enough to be considered a ceiling-level combat force!

Yet he died in a single encounter?!

What exactly were these monsters that jumped out of the stone pillars?!

Old Kong and Old Qin, seeing this, dared not be careless in the slightest.

"Everyone, gather closer!"

Old Kong let out a thunderous roar.

"Form a defensive formation! Protect the Young Master!"

The surviving professionals, as if waking from a dream, gathered towards Liu Zi'ang, back to back, forming a circular defensive formation.

However, their formation had just been established when more and more exotic beasts leaped down from the four stone pillars!

Wolves, tigers, lions, leopards, apes, pythons... a hundred or so stone beasts of various forms surrounded them, their blood-red eyes gleaming with a thirst for blood!

"Kill!"

Someone roared.

The battle instantly erupted!

In an instant, the entire hall became a Hell of flying flesh and blood!

These stone beasts were not only incredibly fast but also astonishingly durable!

Ordinary attacks landing on them only produced sparks, unable to cause effective damage!

Only powerful area-of-effect skills could pose a certain threat to them.

However, the combat instincts of these stone beasts were also terrifying!

They cooperated tacitly, fearless of death, always finding the weakest link in the defensive formation to launch a fatal assault!

"Ah!"

Another scream!

A mage had just finished chanting a spell and hadn't even had time to cast it when a giant stone python suddenly darted out from the nearby shadows, opening its bloody maw and directly swallowing his upper body!

Blood and organs spilled across the floor!

"Damn it!"

Old Qin cursed, pushing his hands forward forcefully!

"Wind Blade Dance!"

Dozens of cyan wind blades appeared out of thin air, like a rapidly spinning tornado, instantly shredding the stone python into scattered fragments!

Old Kong was equally unwilling to show weakness; he stomped his foot and let out a loud roar!

"Earthquake!"

An invisible wave of Qi spread rapidly outwards from him as its center!

The ground trembled violently, and the stone beasts at the forefront stumbled, their speed instantly slowing by half a beat.

"Now! Full power output!"

With the strong support of the two level 60 experts, everyone's pressure was greatly reduced, and they began to organize an effective counterattack.

The situation seemed to be developing in a positive direction.

However, at this moment, a Dragon's roar, full of supreme majesty, suddenly exploded in the hall without any warning!

The sound seemed to contain some kind of magic, making the Soul of everyone present tremble!

Everyone subconsciously looked up.

They saw at the top of the hall, a giant Dragon, completely engulfed in crimson flames, slowly stretching its sky-obscuring wings from one of the stone pillars!

It circled downwards, its massive body casting a large shadow in the air.

Its Dragon eyes, like molten lava, gazed indifferently at the tiny ants below.

An indescribably terrifying Dragon's might, like a tide, swept through the entire hall!

"It's... it's a Hell-level BOSS!!!"