Mixed Feelings
The Abysswalker was the first one to react. Before Hao Xuan and Ceni had even completely gone through the gateway an ethereal claw reached out and stabbed that section of the space.
It followed him into the gateway as both Ceni and Hao Xuan were warped into nothingness before being thrown out thousands of kilometers underground, right next to his camp behind the city of Argham.
Princess Ceni was frozen stiff because of Dai Zhi's ability so it all fell on Hao Xuan. He threw her across the forest the moment both of their bodies stabilized on this side but he wasn't fast enough to dodge the claw.
It ripped through his lower abdomen before finally dissipating into smoke.
Hao Xuan fell to the ground coughing up blood and even some small chunks of internal organs.
"BARACUS! THE WOUND, CLOSE IT NOW!" he barked in agony prompting all the nanites to jump into action.
The blood stopped but the gash remained the same, showing no signs of healing whatsoever.
*Beep*