At this moment, everyone inside the carriage was also jolted awake by the sudden chaos.

"What's going on?" Bai Cheng hurriedly leaned over to look out the window and check the situation.

She saw Qingniao's Thunder Domain suddenly expand like a ring of dazzling blue-white light; wherever it passed, the violent black clouds and the eerie "silence" hidden within were forcibly dispelled.

Several trains, pitch-black as shadows with sharp lines, materialized in the suddenly clear night sky. They had already formed a surrounding formation, with the crimson insignia of #1 Channel visible on their hulls.

"Here they come again!" Bai Cheng, Leng Ningxue, and Yu Nian instantly entered combat mode, quickly gearing up and rushing to the train's control console.

However, before they could activate the train's defenses, the hatches of those black trains swung wide open.

Surging black mist gushed out like a burst dam, rapidly condensing into thousands of Black Mist Monsters with twisted forms and eyes that were merely crimson points of light.

They let out silent roars, swarming toward Bai Cheng's train as well as Liu San's and Ye Liangchen's nearby trains in an overwhelming wave.

"Mere parlor tricks," Purple Iris snorted coldly, not even leaving the train.

She lightly lifted her fingertip, and a highly concentrated purple slash, shaped like a crescent moon, shot out through the window.

The slash grew as it met the wind, instantly transforming into a purple curtain of light that swept across the battlefield.

Wherever it passed, the Black Mist Monsters were annihilated and dissipated in swaths like pencil drawings erased by an eraser, unable to even let out a wail.

Chiyan was even more direct; he pushed open the top hatch, leaped onto the roof, and spread his arms. Blazing white flames roared outward from him, forming a sea of fire within his Incineration Domain.

Once the Black Mist Monsters touched it, they were instantly vaporized, leaving only a scorched scent in the air.

Powerful energy fluctuations also erupted from Ye Liangchen's train, coordinating with Purple Iris and Chiyan to clear the area.

This seemingly terrifying tide of monsters failed to make even a ripple before several King-level existences; it was ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) wiped clean in just a few dozen seconds.

"The monsters are just expendables; it's time for the main players to show themselves." Qingniao hovered in mid-air, lightning snakes coiling around him, as his sharp gaze locked onto those black trains.

As if in response to his words, the top hatches of the black trains all opened at once, and five figures clad in black robes with cold auras leaped out.

They were shrouded in black mist ten times denser than before, and their energy levels had impressively reached the King-level.

Without any nonsense, three of them lunged straight for Ye Liangchen and his train, while the other two, carrying intense killing intent, charged with a clear target toward Chiyan and Purple Iris on top of Bai Cheng's train.

"Good timing!" Chiyan laughed wildly.

His Incineration Domain fully expanded; the color of the flames shifted from white to gold, and the temperature climbed sharply, causing the incoming black mist to sizzle as it burned.

The #1 Channel King-level opponent facing him condensed black mist into countless tentacles and weapons, yet found it difficult to break through the flames' absolute defense, instead being roasted until they constantly shriveled.

Facing another enemy, Purple Iris's figure flickered like a specter; every time she appeared, it was accompanied by a purple slash that tore through space.

Her slashes were not only matchlessly sharp but also possessed a property of destruction; the opponent's shields and attacks condensed from black mist were easily sliced open and dispersed.

Purple Iris's domain quietly enveloped the battlefield. It was a space filled with an invisible, sharp aura that greatly enhanced the power and speed of her slashes while constantly weakening and shredding the opponent's black mist.

Qingniao did not directly join the battle below; he circled at a higher altitude, controlling the overall situation.

The Thunder Domain not only provided powerful area suppression and interfered with the enemy King-levels' energy flow but also remained vigilant against any other possible sneak attacks.

Whenever an enemy tried to cast a large-scale curse or summon, a precise bolt of lightning would descend from the sky to interrupt them.

The battle did not last long.

Although the King-level Survivors of #1 Channel were strong, Qingniao, Purple Iris, and Chiyan were all battle-hardened King-level Employees with seamless cooperation, and their use of Domain Power was superb.

Chiyan seized a flaw in his opponent's defense; his golden flames transformed into a spear and pierced through the heart.

After a series of dazzling flickers, Purple Iris used a cross-shaped purple slash that pierced through the domain to annihilate her opponent along with their protective black mist.

Almost simultaneously, the battle on Ye Liangchen's side also ended, with the three enemy King-levels being executed.

At the very moment the last #1 Channel King-level Survivor fell, a sudden change occurred.

Their bodies did not leave behind ordinary remains; instead, they suddenly disintegrated, turning into five energy beams that were pitch-black as ink but contained inner crimson patterns, which then shot violently toward the nearby #8 Platform.

That massive, unknown structure that shrouded the entrance like a triangular curtain.

The energy beams silently merged into the triangular curtain.

In an instant, the surface of the previously motionless curtain began to ripple violently, like a lake into which a stone had been thrown.

Dark colors began to flow, and crimson patterns flickered within it as if some ancient seal had been touched, or like a slumbering behemoth being forcibly injected with energy to wake up.

The shape of the curtain began to twist and stretch; the edges of the triangle became blurred, and more complex, unsettling geometric structures faintly formed and shifted within it.

An aura far deeper, more ancient, and more ominous than any previous black mist slowly spread from the changing Platform entrance, enveloping all the trains and personnel standing by.

Everyone's nerves, which had just relaxed, tightened again as their gazes fixed intently on the Platform entrance where a series of unknown, bizarre changes were occurring.

The starry sky remained the same, but the atmosphere had dropped to freezing point, as if they had inadvertently opened the door to a deeper unknown with their own hands.

"What's happening?" Yu Nian exclaimed in surprise as she looked at the phenomenon before her.

"They can even affect the Platform?" Leng Ningxue's expression was equally shocked.

It wasn't hard to see that those guys' goal from the start didn't seem to be killing them.

Thinking back carefully, after those Black Mist Monsters were killed, they had dissipated into an eerie black energy.

Now it seemed they hadn't dissipated, but rather merged with the surrounding environment.

Combined with the bodies of these few #1 Channel Survivors, the two seemed to have formed some kind of unknown energy, aimed directly at the interior of the Platform.

Not far away, Ye Liangchen's face was also solemn.

Although he and his two merged Employees had both promoted to the peak of the Guardian rank, and their strength after merging was a level above before...

But even so, their strength was surely not so exaggerated that they could deal with three King-levels, right?

Frowning, he immediately sent a message to Bai Cheng nearby.

"These King-levels are not right; they are too weak!"

However, at this moment, Bai Cheng had no time to attend to these messages.

It was Yu Nian who saw the message, but before she could reply, the triangular curtain in front of her suddenly began to turn into ashes.

The black energy from just now then forcibly pulled their three trains along to begin entering the Platform...