The last words had barely faded when the ground began to tremble violently, and countless black fissures rapidly spread out centered around them. A massive surge of black mist poured from the cracks, within which various twisted and terrifying creatures could be vaguely seen. They let out bursts of ferocious roars and greedily lunged toward Lu Chen and Huo Yao.
"It is the breath of the Abyss!" Huo Yao's expression shifted drastically as a dazzling radiance flared from the staff in her hand, and a golden barrier instantly enveloped the two of them. "Hang in there, Lu Chen! Reinforcements will be here soon!"
Lu Chen stood back-to-back with Huo Yao, his longsword dancing into an impenetrable wall, cutting down the monsters attempting to breach the barrier one by one. "Yaoyao, do you feel it? This power... is stronger than any we have faced before!"
Chapter 87