The comments said I was deeply affectionate, I just added points by using an alternate account.

In the world of demons, the strong are meant to devour the weak.

Even if they fail, the cost will be acceptable to Chen Guan.

He also has a leopard.

Yin Tianzheng's fingers were embedded in the shattered metal plate: "What you're saying is all based on the premise that you can survive. What makes you think you can survive even the first second inside it?"

Chen Guan didn't answer him, but turned to look at him and asked in return, "Do you want it to blow up half of Shanghai here, or gamble that I can take it away? Or do you want to wait for a powerful rescue that may arrive at any time?"

"Sir, please choose one."

Yin Tianzheng closed his eyes, then opened them again.

"Do I even have a choice?"

Yin Tianzheng began to adjust his hand gestures, pressing his palms back into the shattered metal plate, his spiritual energy surging.

"I can tear the seal open again, but this time I don't have the strength to close it again."

His gaze swept over everyone and landed on Chen Guan, the old man's cloudy eyes churning with indescribable emotions.

Whether you go in alive or not is up to you.

That's enough.

Chen Guan released the leopard. Fortunately, the opening and closing of the alternate dimension was unaffected. After settling his main body, he said, "Guan Jinyue, can I ask you for a favor?"

"Go ahead and say it."

Guan Jinyue had already guessed what he was going to say.

"After the incident, move my leopard away."

"Leave it to me."

Guan Jinyue agreed. Chen Guan had risked his life to bring back her sister, so she should do so.

But... Guan Jinyue looked at the leopard. He was willing to give his life for strangers, but why couldn't fate treat a good person kindly just once?

My sister is, and so is he...

Yin Chen walked over and stood directly in front of the coffin, his expression complex.

"Don't you ever discuss this with us before you do something like this?"

Chen Guan looked down at him and said with amusement, "Even if you discussed it, you couldn't stop me."

Yin Chen gritted his teeth and stuffed an ice-blue bead into Chen Guan's hand.

"Water-repelling pearl, after all, there's the sea down here, don't let yourself drown."

Chen Guan clenched the bead and put it in his pocket, then patted Yin Chen on the shoulder.

Long Ao walked over and said nothing sentimental: "Come up here alive."

Hong Yuan brandished her battle axe.

"If you die down there, I'll use this to carve a tombstone for you."

Her methods were as strange as ever.

Su Yuehe silently cast a bunch of buffs on him.

An Changqing sheathed his sword, patted Chen Guan on the back, and said nothing.

Some things don't need to be said.

The farewell ceremony was over. Yin Zhengtian's palms once again plunged into the shattered metal plate. The old man's body trembled violently, and blood gushed from his nostrils and the corners of his mouth at the same time.

The moment the spiritual energy flowed into the earth's veins, all the golden runes beneath their feet lit up, so bright that it was blinding.

"The seal is about to open; three seconds remaining."

Chen Guan walked to the widest part of the crack and looked down into the darkness below.

The darkness was watching him too.

Hungry, yearning, the anticipation that finally seeps into your bones after sleeping for countless years and finally smelling food.

Baal's voice rang out one last time.

"I never agreed to collect your body."

Chen Guan smiled in his mind.

"You don't need to accept it."

"three."

"two."

"one."

The golden runes shattered completely, and darkness surged up from the depths of the tower.

Chen Guan took the final step, and his entire body plummeted into the endless chaos.

"He really jumped."

Long Ao rushed to the edge of the shattered structure and peered down.

Thick black fog, like a rising tide, surged wildly up through the cracks.

An Changqing stepped out from the side, grabbed Long Ao's shoulder, and pulled him back forcefully.

"Don't get too close."

"Chen Guan voluntarily lured away the most dangerous part. The only thing we can do now is to protect this platform and prevent the problems here from spreading to the entire city."

An Changqing turned the sword horizontally to block the wisps of black energy that were seeping out from the gap.

"We should trust that he has his own plans."

Guan Jinyue stood in the wind, holding the container that held his sister's soul.

She glanced down at the leopard lying quietly on the ground, the one Chen Guan had specifically asked her to take care of before he left.

"He won't die."

Guan Jinyue's cold gaze slowly swept over the crowd on the platform.

"A person like him who plans everything out will not fight a battle he cannot win."

"There are things he cares about, things waiting for him."

……

At this moment, the coffin was rapidly falling into the boundless darkness.

The cold wind howled in his ears, stealing away the last bit of warmth from his body. The chaotic black mist, which had been desperately climbing up the cracks in the tower, was now still present.

As Chen Guan fell, he immediately released the suppression of the divine aura.

The same power belonging to the demon god manifested as a layer of dark golden light on his body.

The light was incredibly dazzling in the pure black abyss.

He adjusted his descent posture, following the direction of the flowing black mist.

The surging black mist around them paused for a moment upon contact with this aura, clearly indicating that they were automatically targeting the enemy and engaging in a battle of wits.

However, the internal struggle between the left and right hemispheres lasted only a moment. Soon, the black mist from all directions went completely mad.

Those forces instantly abandoned their attempt to climb the crack in the Oriental Pearl Tower. In mid-air, they transformed into countless materialized black tentacles, swarming and biting towards the location of Chen's coffin.

Chen Guan neither dodged nor avoided the encounter, but went straight to meet it.

The moment the black mist struck his body, all his physical senses were completely overturned.

The steel structure inside the tower and the howling wind disappeared simultaneously.

He was plunged into a spiritual world made of blood.

Countless fragmented and horrific images rushed into his mind, following his nerves.

He saw the azure planet crumble in an instant, saw countless creatures tumbling and struggling in a sea of ​​fire, saw blood-stained ashes falling from the sky, and saw hills piled with bones beneath his feet.

Various screams and wails struck directly into the depths of his consciousness.

A pain that felt like it was tearing the soul apart began to spread rapidly along the nerve endings.

Baal's voice, with an unprecedented seriousness, echoed in my mind.

"Keep your mind steady, and don't let yourself be swallowed up by these complex memories. These are the instinctive memories left behind by the remnants of a demon's body!"

"It wants to completely assimilate you with these massive amounts of negative emotions. If you can't hold onto your true self, you'll become a mindless zombie who only knows how to devour!"

Baal's words were soon proven true; Chen Guan could feel his once sharp mind gradually becoming sluggish.

Those horrific images carried a powerful pulling force, attempting to forcibly strip him of his subjective consciousness as a human being.

"You must now close your heart and shut out all external senses."

Baal's voice continued.

"Don't look at those images, don't listen to those sounds, imagine yourself as a stone without any feelings."