After that mysterious voice vanished, the entire hall seemed to be enveloped in a layer of dead silence, quiet enough to make one's hair stand on end. Faint light struggled to filter down through the narrow, deep crevices in the ceiling, sketching out slender bars of light and shadow on the ground. This made the shadows in the hall grow even deeper, as if every corner concealed countless unknown terrors, ready to pounce upon them at any moment. Zhang Yue, Lin Feng, and Su Yao stood back-to-back, pressed closely together to form a solid defensive circle. Their eyes scanned the surroundings vigilantly, missing not a single movement, and every microscopic sound made their nerves instantly tense.
Suddenly, a low, muffled roar came from one side of the hall. It sounded like the furious bellow of a demon from the abyss of hell, shaking the ground slightly and causing their hearts to pound violently. A massive Two-headed Lion slowly emerged, its appearance seeming to drain the entire hall of color. The beast stood three people tall, resembling a towering hill; its gigantic physique radiated a suffocating pressure, as though it could squeeze all the air out of the surrounding space. Its entire body was covered in black manes that looked like hard, sharp steel needles, flashing with a chilling luster in the dim light as if cast from cold iron, making one's blood run cold. Its two heads each radiated completely different auras: one head spewed billowing flames from its mouth, a surgin…
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