With a piercing, mournful roar, a colossal beast measuring a thousand zhang in length emerged from the sealed pillar of light.
It had the head of a goat, the body of a bear, bat-like wings, and was covered in long, emerald-green fur!
“Disaster! The Hexi Beast—one of the Four Great Fierce Beasts!”
Not only did the unsuspecting human cultivators in Yitian City panic at the sight of the beast, but even the black-armored giant, who had just been preparing to counterattack with his twin hammers, was stunned. Sensing the terrifying aura emanating from the creature, his eyes flickered with dark light as he glanced toward Yitian City. Upon recognizing the beast, he couldn’t help but exclaim in shock.
The beast’s eyes shifted, immediately spotting the fleeing white-robed cultivators nearby. A vicious glint flashed in its gaze as it opened its maw and exhaled.
A surge of yellow mist swept out, vanishing in an instant—only to reappear, engulfing the white-robed cultivators. With another flash, their bodies exploded into bloody mists, which the beast inhaled, devouring them whole.
Nearby cultivators were terrified out of their wits. In an instant, thousands of escape lights shot into the sky as they fled in all directions.
The beast let out a low growl and swung a massive brown-yellow paw, swatting at a group of fleeing cultivators.
A shrill screech tore through the air as a yellow hurricane roared forth, sweeping up over a hundred cultivators in its wake and shredding them into countless fragments.
Without pause, the beast swung its other paw in another direction, instantly slaughtering dozens more.
Frost Li the Transcendent, witnessing this from afar, paled and immediately bellowed, “Fairy Lin! Now is the time to act!”
His voice, infused with a powerful technique, boomed across the heavens, shaking the battlefield. Some low-level demonic beasts even collapsed, unable to stand from the sheer force of the sound.
Meanwhile, in another part of the battlefield, Fairy Lin Luan, locked in combat with a white-robed youth, heard the command. Her delicate face darkened as she let out a sharp cry. Three gourds at her waist exploded in succession, releasing three enormous wasps, each several zhang in size.
These were none other than three Fire Wasp Kings!
Each wasp spewed a different kind of flame, forcing the white-robed youth to retreat rather than face them head-on.
Seizing the opportunity, Fairy Lin Luan flapped her fiery wings and vanished in a burst of flames.
A moment later, she reappeared over a hundred zhang away from the white-robed youth. Her face flushed crimson as she swiftly formed hand seals with one hand while pressing a jade-like finger to her brow with the other.
A few runes flickered before a small, blood-red talisman materialized on her forehead—faint and indistinct, yet pulsing with spiritual energy.
With another sharp cry, her finger glowed white as a pure beam of spiritual energy surged into the talisman.
At the same time, the rampaging beast in Yitian City suddenly stiffened, letting out an agonized roar. On its massive goat head, an identical blood-red talisman flickered into existence.
Apart from size, it bore a striking resemblance to the one on Fairy Lin Luan’s brow, shimmering with spiritual light and emitting a faint bloody glow.
“Wretched beast! Have you had enough? Get out of the city now!”
As the beast writhed in pain, even rolling on the ground, Fairy Lin Luan’s icy voice echoed in its mind.
The moment she spoke, the excruciating pain vanished as abruptly as it had come.
The beast groaned before slowly rising to its feet, its eyes darting about in confusion and wariness.
But when Fairy Lin Luan’s cold snort reverberated in its mind once more, the beast shuddered and, without hesitation, spread its wings. Transforming into a colossal yellow bat spanning a thousand zhang, it summoned a gale and surged toward the battlefield outside the city.
High above the battlefield, the black-armored giant had once again engaged Frost Li, pressing him with relentless attacks. However, sensing the approaching monstrous aura, a trace of fear flickered in his heart.
Though the Hexi Beast ranked last among the Four Great Fierce Beasts and was incomparable to true divine beings, these creatures, born from the most malevolent energies of the realms, each possessed several heaven-defying abilities. Even a single one could contend against multiple Harmonious Soul-stage experts unscathed.
As a peak late-stage Harmonious Soul demonic Venerable, he knew full well he stood no chance against such a beast alone.
“How could such a beast appear here? And how did these human cultivators subdue it? This is unbelievable! Could it be…?”
His thoughts raced as realization dawned.
While maintaining his assault on Frost Li, the black-armored giant expanded his form to thirty zhang tall, his massive claws and twin hammers pinning Frost Li down. Simultaneously, he extended his divine sense toward the approaching beast.
Only someone as powerful as him would dare divide his focus so recklessly.
His divine sense instantly reached the monstrous yellow bat, probing cautiously.
“As I thought! Its aura is unstable, fluctuating between strong and weak. Its vitality is damaged, and its power greatly diminished. If that’s the case… then there’s still a way to deal with it. This battle isn’t lost yet.”
A decisive man, the black-armored giant wasted no time. Letting out a long, resonant howl—part dragon’s roar, part tiger’s snarl—he sent the sound piercing through the heavens, reaching both human and demonic forces for miles around.
In the depths of the demonic horde, a high-ranking demon clad in full armor smirked upon hearing the signal.
“The order has been given. It’s our turn now.”
Behind him stood thousands of demonic warriors—most mounted on demonic beasts, others the dreaded three-headed, six-armed Jialun War Demons.
Unlike the other demonic elites assaulting the city, these warriors exuded a chilling aura, their bodies wreathed in swirling gray-white energy as if they had cultivated some sinister art.
At their commander’s word, the previously meditating demons silently rose, mounting their steeds or drawing their weapons without a sound—like phantoms in the night.
“Begin the demonic transformation!” the commander barked.
The thousands of demons showed slight hesitation but obeyed without question, each swallowing a purple pill.
Instantly, their faces contorted in pain as crimson patterns spread across their skin, their auras swelling rapidly—doubling, then tripling in intensity.
The gray-white energy around them thickened like coiling serpents.
Meanwhile, outside the demonic horde—
Despite the black-armored giant’s relentless assault, Frost Li, now in his Azure Dragon form, managed to hold his ground, though his body was battered and bleeding.
Just as the black-armored giant intensified his attack, he suddenly halted, retreating dozens of zhang with a strange expression.
Frost Li, seizing the respite, dispersed his dragon form, reverting to human shape—pale, with seven bloody holes in his chest, his lifeblood gushing uncontrollably.
Ignoring his wounds, he turned to look behind him.
A monstrous yellow gale howled across the sky above the city walls, sweeping aside humans and demons alike. Those caught in its path were flung aside, plummeting to the ground, dead or alive.
As the wind dissipated, the Hexi Beast loomed in the sky—its goat head, bear body, and bat wings spanning two to three thousand zhang, blotting out the sun.
Both human and demon forces gasped in horror at the sight.
“Hexi! Slaughter these demons! After this battle, I grant you freedom!” Fairy Lin Luan’s voice rang out as she activated the blood talisman on her brow.
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