The tremors of the Bottomless Abyss grew increasingly violent. The rule distortion and energy tides brought about by the forced transition to semi-high dimensions made the entire abyss extremely unstable.

The originally clear structure of time and space began to blur, and the repulsion and suppression from the Abyss Will rose like an ever-rising tide, starting to act on all living beings not aligned with the Abyss camp.

"Withdraw!"

The Sky-splitting God King’s decisive voice resounded in the hearts of all the surviving alliance forces.

Staying here, once the Abyss completes the transition, fighting on the enemy’s home ground would result in unimaginable consequences.

The remaining alliance forces immediately retreated like the receding tide towards the direction they came from, which led to the Starry Sea.

Titan Giants carried their injured companions, the Eternal Clan held up the last Starlight Shield, the mechanical units of the Mechanical Nest recombined into ships for high-speed retreat, and the survivors of the Source Star Divine Hall guided star light to carve a relatively safe path.

However, how could the Abyss Demon Race willingly let these "resources" and future major enemies leave easily?

"Stop them! Leave as many as you can!" The Demon God holding the Dimension Anchor spoke coldly, despite the setback in the Dimension Ascension Plan. If they could severely injure or even capture part of the alliance’s essence now, especially the Lord of All Heavens Ruins Market, Song Chi, who repeatedly thwarted their plans, it would also be crucial for the Abyss’s future foundation.

In an instant, countless demons surged out like mad dogs from the shadows, launching their final and most frenzied assault.

The five Abyss Transcenders personally took action, trying to cut off the retreat of the alliance forces.

Among them, the one under the most pressure was undoubtedly Song Chi and the Torch Civilization Expedition Fleet he protected.

His previous performance was too dazzling, instant-killing Transcendents, summoning White Bone Giants, and destroying Dimension Ascension Cores — he had long become a thorn in the Abyss Demon Race’s side.

At this moment, more than twenty mythical Demon Clans, led by two Transcendent Demon Clans, charged directly toward the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong and the Torch Fleet like sharks sensing blood.

"Protect the Human Emperor!"

"Form a formation, defend!"

Jiang Yuan, Ying Yi, and other Human Emperor avatars roared in anger. The remaining Torch Fleet quickly contracted their formation, building a defensive line with all their might, but faced with such terrifying disparity in force, the line was instantly in grave danger.

At this critical juncture, a cold glint flashed in Song Chi’s eyes.

He chose not to retreat with the fleet; instead, he maneuvered the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong to sharply turn its bow, facing the surging tide of demons head-on.

"You go first, I’ll cover the rear!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the heavily scarred White Bone Giant that had been guarding his side let out a silent roar, its massive skeletal body bursting with one last brilliance, charging brazenly toward the foremost Transcendent Demon.

[White Bone Heaven Burial Slash]!

The ghastly bone blade, carrying endless aura of deathly stillness, fiercely struck the Ancient Demon, forcing it to a halt, entangling it in combat.

Meanwhile, as Song Chi’s mind raced, the Heavenly Authority Control Ring on the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong suddenly lit up with a ghostly light.

"Enslavement Mark: Frenzy, activate!"

A savage, source-exhausting frenzy power instantly infused into the Space-Time Nether Brilliance Dragon, which was closely linked to the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong. This Eleven Rank powerful enslaved beast let out a roar shattering the void, its aura skyrocketing like a volcanic eruption, the scales of space-time on its body flickering with unstable light, its combat power suddenly surging to the Eleven Rank extreme level.

Unfortunately, the Twelfth Rank [Golden Apple] acquired with much effort earlier was used on the [Mirror Image Splitting] component. The Heavenly Authority Control Ring is currently still Five-Colored Quality and cannot temporarily berserk the Space-Time Nether Brilliance Dragon to the Twelfth Rank level. Otherwise, Song Chi wouldn’t need to remain here; he could leave everything to the White Bone Giant and the Space-Time Nether Brilliance Dragon.

However, it was not possible now. Merely relying on the Eleven Rank extreme level Space-Time Nether Brilliance Dragon wasn’t enough to stop a Transcendent Demon Clan. The support of the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong’s main body and Mirror Image Warship was necessary.

"Roar!"

The Space-Time Nether Brilliance Dragon’s eyes turned crimson, with a hint of pain and endless brutality from power overload, its colossal dragon body tearing through space, directly confronting the second Transcendent Demon Clan. The power of space-time and shadow rules clashed wildly, instantly engulfing in battle.

Facing the tide-like swarm of over twenty mythical Demon Clans, Song Chi activated the full potential of the War Puppet Mother Tree without hesitation.

Buzz!

The mother tree’s phantom rooted in the void, burning its reserve energy at all costs, spawning and deploying Tenth Rank and Eleventh Rank Battle Puppets like dumplings.

They had no intelligence, only the instinct of battle, like the most loyal death warriors, forming one blood (metal/wood) defense line after another, fearlessly charging at those mythical Demon Clans, using self-detonation, using their bodies, forcibly blocking their path.

Boom, boom, boom——!

The rear battlefield instantly turned into a more brutal meat grinder than the main battlefield. The White Bone Giant slaughtered a Transcendent Heart Stealer, the Space-Time Nether Brilliance Dragon battled desperately with a Transcendent Demon, countless Battle Puppets perished alongside the mythical Demon Clans.

Taking advantage of this precious gap obtained at great cost, the Torch Civilization Expedition Fleet, led by Jiang Yuan and other Human Emperor avatars, dashed through layers of demonic qi blockade like a stream of light, breaking through the passage opened by the alliance’s main force, racing headlong towards the outside of the Returning Ruins Abyss, heading toward the direction of the Starry Sea.