Atop the altar, the three incomparably old and decrepit Demonic Path priests opened their eyes, a light flashing within them.

The three of them stood up and simultaneously raised their arms. From all 16 furnaces that surrounded the great square, the black flames immediately surged upwards.

The flames continued to rise, forming 16 black pillars of flame. When they rose to a thousand feet high, they began to converge upon the center of the square.

The 16 black pillars of flame fused together, forming an incredibly huge black fireball. Runes began to appear on the surface of the fireball. They constantly shifted and connected together, as if they were a chain of seals.

The three Demonic Path priests took out silver daggers and slashed their palms without hesitation. At the same time, undulating chants began to emerge from their lips. The ancient and boundless syllables reverberated through the world. The blood that spilled out seemed lifted by an invisible strength, rising towards the heavens and pouring into the black fireball.

The chain of runes across the surface of the fireball rapidly started to be soaked in blood. They gradually turned transparent before finally vanishing…as if the sealed strength had been released!

Bang –

The black fireball exploded, bounded by the 16 pillars of flame. Space violently shook, as if it were a great lake of water and some colossal and unknown being was slowly rising from the depths below.

A spatial crack appeared. Then a second, a third…more and more were formed....