I asked you to go down the mountain and get married, not to shock the world!

The pale golden spirit-tracing talisman, like an ice crystal thrown into boiling oil, traced a clear path in the environment filled with violent energy and deathly aura, shooting steadfastly in a certain direction.

Mingchuan's gaze followed the talisman's trajectory, his divine sense closely connected with it, sharing all the information it detected.

Time seemed to stretch out while we waited.

Outside the crevice, the tentacles continued their frenzied attacks, crashing against the golden spiritual energy barrier set up by Mingchuan, exploding into bursts of energy sparks and emitting muffled roars.

The tremors from underground continued, and that cold will seemed to grow even more agitated because it could not immediately break through the defenses.

Suddenly, Mingchuan's eyes narrowed!

He saw it through the talisman's perception!

Several hundred feet away from them, at the edge of an area that had been completely collapsed due to the previous explosion, forming a huge crater, about ten feet underground, there was an extremely faint life reaction, enveloped by layers of rocks and chaotic energy!

The reaction was like a candle flickering in the wind, almost blending into the surrounding deathly silence, yet it stubbornly persisted, and...

Its core emitted the unique, blazing embers that belonged to Luo Yang and had been tempered by the Burning Vein Technique!

"Found him!" Mingchuan said in a deep voice. "He is still alive, but his breath is extremely weak. He is buried deep underground, and his condition is not optimistic."

Upon hearing this, Jizhou suddenly stood up and immediately breathed a huge sigh of relief.

"As long as he's alive, that's good. This kid doesn't seem like a completely bad guy. Keeping him around might be useful to you in the future."

Seeing how weak Jizhou was, yet still thinking of him, Mingchuan couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Indeed, his decision to bring people from the lower realms up was the right one.

It's always your own brothers who are the most considerate.

Mingchuan sighed and said, "Luo Yang's current location is very delicate. He is near a node where the power of that thing underground is intertwined."

“If we dig or force our way in rashly, we will likely alert it immediately, causing the location where Luo Yang is to be swallowed up in an instant.”

"Moreover, the rock strata there are extremely unstable, filled with chaotic spatial fissures and dense devouring power. Luo Yang was able to survive probably because the enormous energy generated by the explosion disrupted the laws there, creating a temporary isolation zone."

"But that area is being rapidly eroded by underground forces and won't last much longer."

Just then, the Spirit Tracing Talisman, having completed its mission, exhausted its energy, flickered a few times near the location where Luo Yang was trapped, and finally dissipated into specks of golden light.

Just as the talisman dissipated, it seemed that the final annihilation of the external energy slightly stimulated the already fragile balance of that area.

"Buzz... Click!"

A cracking sound, far clearer and more chilling than before, seemed to come from deep within the earth's crust, faintly echoing through the air!

Immediately afterwards, the vibration pattern of the entire valley suddenly changed!

It was no longer the chaotic jolting of before, but had turned into a regular "thump...thump..." sound, like the beating of a giant heart!

An even more ancient and profound will, seemingly condensed from the eternal stillness and the coldness of the void, awakened like a slumbering ancient beast, slowly raising its eyelids!

This will swept across the entire valley, carrying a cold indifference to all things, and finally...

They stopped in the direction of the rock crevice where Mingchuan was, and even deeper underground, at the point where Luo Yang was trapped!

"Not good!" Mingchuan's expression changed slightly. "It has fully awakened!"

The tentacles that had been frantically attacking outside the rock crevice suddenly stopped moving and quickly retreated into the underground fissure like a tide.

Then, in the center of the valley, the huge, charred crater began to collapse and expand inward at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The bottom of the pit was no longer scorched earth, but revealed a huge, bottomless hole that emitted a dense, dark light!

At the edge of the cave entrance, space was distorted to the extreme, as if connecting to another dimension filled with deathly silence and devouring!

An indescribable, immense suction force emanated from that dark cave entrance. It was no longer the kind of devouring that targeted spiritual power and vitality, but a terrifying pull that targeted matter, energy, and even space itself!

The rubble, debris, and even light on the ground began to slide involuntarily toward the hole and be swallowed up!

The golden spiritual energy barrier that Mingchuan had set up began to vibrate violently, emitting a humming sound as if it could not bear the strain!

The space outside the barrier seemed to be concave inwards!

"What...what is it doing?" Jizhou felt the suction force that seemed to be pulling his soul out, and his face turned pale.

"It's opening its true core, or rather... it's opening the door to its true lair!" Mingchuan's voice was more solemn than ever before. "We must leave immediately! Otherwise, if we're dragged through that door, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

He glanced in the direction where Luo Yang was trapped, his eyes sharp as knives.

The current situation has exceeded initial expectations.

"Jizhou, get ready! Leave Ye Chuhan and the others to me!"

Mingchuan spoke extremely quickly, and at the same time, his hands began to form hand seals. His body shone with golden light, and three dragon shadows roared and merged into the void behind him, beginning to construct a temporary small teleportation array.

This is an extremely risky act. Forcibly teleporting in this highly unstable space is extremely dangerous, but at this moment it is the only way to survive!

However, the being that awakened underground clearly did not intend to let them leave easily.

"Roar--!"

A deep roar, seemingly from the depths of the netherworld, carrying supreme majesty and greed, emanated from that dark cave entrance!

Immediately afterwards, a gigantic claw, formed entirely from pure darkness and the law of devouring, slowly emerged from the depths of the cave, carrying an aura of annihilation.

It descended simultaneously towards the crevice where Mingchuan and the others were located, as well as the deeper location where Luo Yang was trapped!

Even before the claw had fully descended, the terrifying pressure it exerted almost suffocated Jizhou!

Even Mingchuan's speed in constructing the teleportation array was significantly disrupted and slowed down!

Jizhou gasped, his heart pounding with anger and resentment at being oppressed.

damn it!

The mission wasn't completed, and now he wants to drag Mingchuan down with him?!

No! no way!

He suddenly looked up, his gaze fixed on the dark claw that was slowly pressing down, and on one of the claw's targets, the area where Luo Yang was trapped.

An extremely crazy idea struck his mind like lightning!

The teleportation array takes time, and Doflamingo needs to withstand the claw attacks, so...

Could it be that...he could try to save Luo Yang?

The thought sent a chill down his spine.

In his current state, going out would be suicide; he might not even be able to withstand the terrifying suction field and spatial turbulence.

But... if he doesn't do it, Luo Yang will surely die!

Moreover, he is not entirely without advantages!