216: Chapter 216 Reencounter with Duma!

Stepping into the Abyssal Passage, Lu Yin felt as if he had entered another world.

The earth-shattering cries of battle and the explosive roars of energy from the outside world vanished instantly, replaced by a suffocating deathly silence.

The evil aura inside the passage was hundreds of times thicker than when Lu Yin had investigated it before.

Beneath his feet was not solid ground, but a writhing membrane that seemed to be composed of countless tiny tentacles.

It felt soft and elastic as he stepped on it, letting out a faint squelching sound.

The surrounding walls were covered in living tissue, filled with pulsating blood vessels and hideous tumors.

They breathed like living creatures, pumping purer abyssal energy from the depths of the passage.

"It's even more active here than before."

As Lu Yin slipped inside, he pushed his perception to the limit, his spiritual power spreading out cautiously like a spiderweb.

Holding his breath, Lu Yin suppressed his aura to the extreme, gliding along the writhing flesh walls like a shadow.

On the military's latest energy sensor, seven glaring red dots pulsed like hearts, scattered deep within the various branches of the passage.

He could clearly feel that the closer he got to these nodes, the more turbulent the flow of abyssal energy became, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea.

"Seven nodes... they must be destroyed simultaneously within a very short timeframe."

"Otherwise, an alert from any single node could trigger a frantic counterattack from the Abyssal Demons."

Lu Yin's gaze was sharp as his mind raced.

Charging in blindly was clearly not an option; even if he could instantly kill the guards at one node, the others would notice immediately.

He needed a more ingenious way to strike before they could react.

"Perhaps I can split into seven groups and destroy them all at once..."

A plan quickly took shape in his mind.

With a thought, Lu Yin summoned the figures of the eight Legion Commanders, followed by all the Silver Grade Meidou Shi.

"Yarberna, Kasa, each of you take five hundred death soldiers. Await my command and prepare to launch a synchronized assault on nodes one and two."

"Krausi, Hill, nodes three and four are yours. Clear the guards and destroy the node cores as quickly as possible."

"Shadow, Night, you two will each take charge of a path as well."

"Herl, Lucifer, follow me to take down the largest central node, number seven."

"The energy fluctuations are strongest there; there's likely a powerful demon stationed at that spot."

"Understood!"

Deep within the Abyssal Passage, seven death squads approached their respective target nodes silently, like shadows.

Lu Yin led Herl and Lucifer straight toward the largest central node, node seven.

The closer they got, the more viscous the abyssal energy permeating the air became.

The blood vessels on the flesh walls pulsed more violently, as if sounding an alarm.

"Master, there are strong energy fluctuations ahead," Herl's low voice echoed in Lu Yin's mind.

"Besides the usual demon soldiers, there are at least three Demon King-level entities standing guard."

Lu Yin's eyes narrowed as the sword of time and space floated silently by his side, the time and space runes on the blade glowing faintly.

He also gripped the blade of annihilation in his hand, ready to strike at any moment.

He peered cautiously toward the spatial node and indeed saw three hideous figures standing guard before the massive node.

Besides the high-tier Demon King he had seen before, there were also two mid-tier Demon Kings of the Third Awakening.

One was the Crystal Skeleton Demon King, covered in dark purple crystal armor and wielding a double-edged battle-axe.

And on the other side was the Shadow Demon King, whose form was elusive and seemed to be made of shadows.

After a moment's thought, he sent instructions to the other six squads through his mind.

"Wait for my signal, then act simultaneously."

After a while, every squad was in position, waiting only for his command.

"Three, two, one... Move!"

In an instant, earth-shattering energy impacts erupted at all seven nodes simultaneously!

Before node seven, Lu Yin was the first to strike.

"Chaotic Dance of Time and Space!"

The blade of annihilation sliced through the void, leaving behind trails of silver.

The sword light, like a dragon, instantly tore through the defensive barrier surrounding the node.

The dark purple film of light, composed of viscous abyssal energy, let out a piercing screech as it was sliced open like leather by a sharp blade.

"Death Wither!"

Having long been prepared, Herl raised his bone staff high as obscure incantations echoed through the air.

With him at the center, a grayish-white domain expanded rapidly.

Wherever the domain touched, the pulsating blood vessels on the flesh walls quickly shriveled and turned gray, and those hideous tumors withered as if their life force had been drained.

"Void-Rending Blade!"

Lucifer also made his move, holding a longsword that suddenly burst with a blinding silver-white light.

That light was not mere light, but highly condensed spatial power.

With one slash, the space ahead developed fine cracks like glass.

The cracks spread along an eerie path, pointing directly at the Crystal Skeleton Demon King.

The powerful attacks from the trio instantly startled the Demon King and the other two Demon Kings, who then erupted in rage.

"Roar! It's you!"

The Demon King let out a deafening roar toward the sky, seemingly recognizing Lu Yin's appearance.

"You dare to venture deep into the passage? You're truly seeking death!"

"But that's fine; it'll give me some entertainment!"

On the dark red giant axe in his hand, vengeful spirits let out shrill screams.

The edge of the axe ignited with physical abyssal demonic flames as he swung it down toward Lu Yin's head!

"Dark Abyss Soul-Rending Slash!"

Before the axe even reached him, the terrifying pressure that could tear a soul apart caused the deathly aura around Lu Yin to fluctuate violently.

Almost at the same time, the Crystal Skeleton Demon King's massive body lunged forward, his dark purple crystal-armored arms crossed in front of his chest.

The runes on the crystal armor lit up, instantly condensing into a massive diamond-shaped crystal shield that boldly met Lucifer's Void-Rending Blade.

Meanwhile, the Shadow Demon King's figure vanished into the surrounding shadows like a ghost.

In the next moment, countless pitch-black shadow spikes thrust toward Herl from various tricky angles like venomous snakes, attempting to interrupt his Death Wither domain.

But how could Lu Yin let him have his way? While dodging the Demon King's attack,

he raised his palm and summoned the rest of the Death Legion.

A full ten thousand Bronze Meidou Shi appeared, instantly filling the passage space around node seven.

"Attack!"

Under Lu Yin's command, the Bronze Meidou Shi unleashed their various skills simultaneously.

Countless energy beams wove into a destructive net, surging toward the three Demon Kings in an overwhelming flood.

At the same time, a large number of demon soldiers and creatures swarmed from the depths of the passage, colliding with these torrents of energy.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Violent fluctuations exploded, causing the entire passage to shake incessantly.

"Hehe, humans, did you really think we hadn't considered your plan to cut off the spatial nodes?"

Alarm bells rang in Lu Yin's heart; the Demon King's words hinted at a pre-meditated scheme.

Almost as soon as the words left his mouth, the most violently pulsating flesh wall behind node seven suddenly tore open, and an aura far more terrifying than the three Demon Kings combined erupted!