Chapter 2019: This thing is becoming increasingly restless

Seeing the three middle-aged men, the man directly questioned them.

Upon hearing that, the three spoke calmly.

"The Black Rope Demon has already been exterminated; why are we still staying in Prison Immortal Town?"

"Then, according to the rules, you should have gone back, not come to Four Directions Immortal City."

"I've guarded Prison Immortal Town for so many years; what's wrong with coming out for a stroll?"

You....................

Faced with the man's aggressive attitude, the hot-tempered one among the three also retorted without showing any weakness.

As the emotions of both sides grew increasingly heated, the woman stepped forward to persuade them.

"Alright, we meet as if we were enemies; we haven't seen each other in years—let's sit down and talk."

Only after the woman's persuasion did the five sit down.

They took a jug of immortal brew, and the five drank while chatting casually.

They all came from the same place, living in seclusion in Prison Immortal Town and Four Directions Immortal City, and they stayed there for many years due to the same matter.

After drinking a cup of wine, the man solemnly spoke up.

"Sorry, I spoke too harshly just now."

"What on earth happened?"

He didn't pay attention to that, but instead asked back; the man, without hiding anything, merely said with a worried face.

"Recently that thing has become increasingly restless; you also know that this entity in Four Directions Immortal City is inherently special, and after all these years the effect of the immortal formation has fallen far short of expectations."

"I recall it was sealed a thousand years earlier than the Black Rope Demon."

"Yeah, in theory it should have been mostly worn away by the Formation by now, but even to this day it's still far from that."

This....................

Upon mentioning this topic, the five grew heavy-hearted, fell silent for a moment, and one of them proposed.

"Could you take us three to have a look?"

"Sure."

In response, the man and woman did not refuse.

Immediately, the five's figures tore through space and vanished in Yuàn zhōng.

The next moment, the five appeared in a stretch of darkness, which should be an independent space.

However, this space is utterly different from other artificially created spaces.

There is no spiritual energy, no power of law, nothing can be felt; besides that, the surroundings are terrifying gale winds and shattered stones.

This is not ordinary gale wind, and those shattered stones are not mere pebbles; they merely resemble them.

Merely judging these gale winds and shattered stones with the eyes reveals their terror.

In fact, even an Immortal Emperor Realm expert cannot endure more than one Shíchén within these gale winds and shattered stones.

As for the Immortal King Realm, touching them means instant death.

Moreover, within this dense gale wind and shattered stone, the five's bodies were enveloped by a golden light.

This golden light helped the five resist the harm of the gale winds and shattered stones, allowing them to act safely within this space.

As they walked deeper into the space, the surrounding gale winds and shattered stones grew denser, eventually becoming so thick as to block out the sky and obscure their vision.

And just under the cover of this dense gale wind and shattered stone, the darkness suddenly echoed with the clashing of iron chains.

Immediately, a black iron chain as huge as a dragon surged forth from the darkness.

The thickness of this iron chain was practically that of a mountain range.

Moreover, such iron chains were far from being just one; they were countless, too many to count.

Within the iron chains, something seemed to be bound.

It was precisely its struggling that caused the iron chains to continually collide, producing sound.

Perhaps due to the arrival of the five, that mysterious entity's struggling grew ever more violent.

Not long after, a black shadow that blotted out the sky slowly emerged from the darkness, revealing its head.

It was merely a skull, lacking facial features, and even its exact shape was indiscernible.

Yet it was as huge as the sun and moon in the sky; before this skull, the five were as tiny as a grain of sand.

"How come, you're scared and sent people again? Can you kill me?"

"Formless Heavenly Demon, cut the nonsense—your only fate is to be annihilated here."

Upon hearing that, the man shouted coldly.

But the response to him was a deafening roar of laughter, as if he'd heard some hilarious joke.

The Formless Heavenly Demon burst into loud laughter; after a long while, when the laughter subsided, he seemed to lower his gaze toward the five and spoke in a low tone.

"For thousands of years, how many times have you said such things? But what's the result? I still live, and...................."

"I will still leave this place; when that happens, it will be your doom, and the doom of the Immortal Realm, haha."

"Delusional."

In response, the man gritted his teeth and replied, but this time he received no answer.

The iron chains gradually returned to calm, and the Formless Heavenly Demon's massive head slowly faded into the darkness.

The iron chains and the Formless Heavenly Demon vanished into the darkness, like a dormant venomous snake, leaving only a deathly silence around.

Correspondingly, the five's faces were grim.

After a moment of silence, the man was the first to break it.

"Let's go back first."

Immediately, the five of them left this mysterious space together.

As the five departed, there was not a sound left inside the space.

Only in the darkness, it seemed as if a black light flashed past, following the five.

It was extremely concealed, and no one noticed.

Returning to the courtyard again, the man looked at the three middle-aged men and spoke.

"Have you seen the situation?"

"Mm."

Hearing that, the three middle-aged men all nodded silently.

The situation of the Formless Heavenly Demon is indeed somewhat unfavorable; after all these years, the Formation has merely worn it down to this extent?

The time to act is still far off.

At this rate, at least several more thousand years would be needed before it could possibly be successfully slain.

But if it were simply like that, it wouldn't be a big problem; although the Immortal Formation consumes a lot, if we could really wear it down with time, that would be acceptable.

But the problem is, after seeing the Formless Heavenly Demon, the three middle-aged men inexplicably always feel uneasy in their hearts.

It feels as if something is about to happen.

This is an intuition rising from the depths of their hearts, but why it should be so, they cannot explain.

After thinking it over, they eventually turned to the man and said.

"Is there no problem with the Immortal Formation?"

As long as the Formation is fine, the Formless Heavenly Demon cannot escape, then it's alright; everything else is trivial.

It seemed as if he knew what the three middle-aged men were thinking, and the man said.

"We have inspected the Immortal Formation many times, found no issues, and the Formation operates normally."

"But the Formless Heavenly Demon's behavior, and this feeling—frankly, I don't know how to explain it, though I always sense that something major is about to happen."

"Do you have this feeling too?"

"Nonsense, otherwise I wouldn't be so nervous."

Given the remaining power of the Formless Heavenly Demon, once it breaks free, even if the five of them act, it would be useless.

By then, the Four Directions Immortal City will surely be a scene of carnage for all living beings, and even the surrounding larger area.