Darren looked around at the one hundred thousand Killing Rules surrounding him. He realized all too late that he had underestimated their strength. His situation began to look grim, but he kept on fighting on.
Amidst his impending doom, four powerful figures suddenly appeared.
"Darren, back away!"
Darren heard Francis shout while he was holding off the first fiend ancestor with all his strength.
The four flew straight into the crowd of Killing Rules, tearing through them as they passed, and rushed straight towards the first fiend ancestor.
Simultaneous howls then pierced through the space.
Four beastly shadows appeared on the backs of the four holy warriors. Their sharp claws cut through the space with ease, and slashed at the first fiend ancestor.
A nasty sizzling noise could be heard from the slashes.
A sound of skin tearing also rang through as the first fiend ancestor was being torn to shreds by the four shadowy beasts.
The ancestor's wounds festered—unable to heal.
Everyone knew that he possessed an incredible recovery ability. Otherwise, he would not have survived being dismembered by Hiram the Great all those years ago.
This feat proved that the power of the four greatest holy warriors was enough to damage the first fiend ancestor's core. The power of the Heavenly Exterminating Array was truly mighty!
The first fiend ancestor began to roar and twist from the pain.
His body was covered in his own blood. This array was no stranger to him. His last escape from the forbidden areas had left him injured by the same array, and he knew exactly how powerful it was.
The four greatest holy warriors then merged with their beast shadows and unleashed their full strength at the fiend.
The battle was looking positive until the ground beneath their feet began to rumble violently.
The rumble grew stronger at the area around the fiend. He shrouded himself in a fiendish aura and brought out his black pyramid again.
It flew in the air at an inhumane speed. As it swirled, streams of killing aura began to gush out from all sides, surging violently like a stormy river.
The killing aura gathered more and more until it became an entrance to another world. The four greatest holy warriors began to fall through it, and entered into what seemed to be a world made by blood red rule silk threads. They thrashed around as they got entangled in the mess.
"The Killing Abyss Skill!"
Darren was shocked to see the situation take a turn for the worse. The last time he had witnessed such a scene, it was when Mathew showed him his killing sword intent. However, the Killing Abyss Skill he was shown back then paled in comparison to what he was seei
power of the same killing intent that was released!"
Darren found it hard to deal with the situation at hand. The more killing intent they released would not only hurt them, but make the first fiend ancestor stronger.
"Darren, we can hold him off for seven minutes at most. You have to find a way to get out of here. You're our only hope," said one of the warriors frantically.
Darren silently pondered for a moment. He could see that the four greatest holy warriors were at wit's end and ready to die using the array. If they died, he wouldn't stand a chance against the first fiend ancestor all on his own.
'Is escape really our only choice now?' he thought to himself.
Even if they bought Darren time to escape, the Killing Abyss Skill would not be easy to evade. A chance to retreat was not assured.
"There is another way," Darren murmured.
"What is it?"
"I'm going to activate the thunder punishment of Heavenly Repression," Darren said. He said this confidently, but you could see the worry in his eyes as he declared this. He knew the repercussions.
"What?"
The four warriors had lived long lives, and hence, they knew well about the Conflicting Cultivation, and knew how terrifying the thunder punishment of Heavenly Repression would be.
"Even if you can resist the fiend using the thunder punishment, what about you? You can't possibly withstand the thunder punishment!"
If Darren activated the thunder punishment of Heavenly Repression, the thunder punishment would be aimed at himself. As it descended, it could break the Killing Abyss and save them, but do no damage to the first fiend ancestor. He could easily dodge it.
"In a life or death situation, I can only take risks!"
Darren said firmly. He was decided about triggering the thunder punishment.