At the summit of Fallen God Mountain, with the fall of the Xuanyuan Hongling Beast, there was a brief moment of deathly silence in the world.
But that silence lasted only for an instant, before being torn apart by even more anguished roars.
The Divine Race was terrified and went mad. For survival, the Immortal Beasts of the Divine Race unleashed a hysterical counterattack.
And what greeted them was the...
Death lament sung by those ancient existences of the Human Race.
"Puchi—!"
The sky was drenched with scalding blood, which belonged to the Nine-tailed Demon Venerable.
In order to trap the Divine Race's incredibly fast "Rift Space Golden Roc," this stunning Nine-tailed Celestial Fox chose to ignite its nine life-bound fox tails!
"Return, O soul!"
A ghostly blue soul fire instantly devoured its body, transforming it into a vast soul net that enveloped the sky, tightly restraining the Roc's wings.
Amidst the Roc's terrified screams, the Nine-tailed Demon Venerable gave a poignant smile and detonated its Demon Core.
Boom!!!
Brilliant blue light exploded, obliterating half of the Roc's body, while the Nine-tailed Demon Venerable... left no remains, only scattered blue light dots floating in the air, like the last desolate snow of winter.
"Fox!!!!"
On the ground, the Stele-backed Heavy Mountain Turtle let out a sorrowful howl.
Before it could grieve, above its head, the Divine Tiger Race's "Primordial Saber Tooth White Tiger" wielded a Gengjin Sword Formation capable of slicing continents, descending with a murderous intent!
The target was the Mountain-moving Magic Ape, who had exposed itself for revenge against the Nine-tailed Demon Venerable.
"Old friend, dodge!!!"
The turtle's bulky figure burst forth with unimaginable speed at that moment.
It did not retract into its shell but instead stamped its four feet fiercely, using its hardest back to take on the sky-full sword rain!
Clang—Crack!!!
A spine-chilling sound of breaking reverberated through the battlefield.
The monument it had carried for tens of thousands of years, engraved with Human Race's history, shattered.
Along with the monument, the turtle's spine was also shattered.
The strike almost cleaved it into two.
Blood gushed like a fountain, staining the earth beneath.
Yet it did not fall.
Like a towering mountain, its four feet sunk deep into the rock, pinning down the White Tiger's claws. With its last breath, it roared at the ape behind:
"Monkey... smash it!!!"
"Roar ahhhhhhh——!!!!"
The Mountain-moving Magic Ape went berserk.
Tears of blood flowed from its eyes as it saw its old friend die horribly while shielding for it, unleashing a heart-wrenching howl.
One of its arms had been burned to charcoal by the Netherworld Black Phoenix's Undying Flame, emitting a pungent scorched smell.
"Break it... for me!"
Crack!
The ape used its remaining right hand to tear off its ruined left arm!
It wielded the burning severed arm like a ferocious weapon, leaping high to smash it upon the White Tiger's head in its despairing gaze!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Once, twice, ten times...
Until the Primordial Saber Tooth White Tiger's head was pounded into pulp, and the severed arm held by the ape was reduced to bare bones, it still did not cease.
Brutal.
Too brutal.
This was not a battle between Immortal Venerables, it was clearly Asura's Purgatory!
"Madmen… these Human Race are all madmen!"
"Do they care not for their lives? Exploding at a whim?!"
On the Divine Race side, elders and Immortal Beasts who were still resisting, seeing the blood-drenched, limbless yet grinning Human Race Immortal Beasts charging at them, their psychological defenses completely collapsed.
They were frightened.
They were all Immortal Venerables, with endless lifespans, more concerned about preserving their lives than anyone.
But this group of the Human Race in front of them was not fighting, they were exchanging lives!
"Retreat... retreat now!"
Fear spread like a plague, causing the Divine Race's formation to begin to crumble.
Lin Chen stood on Xiaobai's back, watching the war-torn battlefield, looking at those massive corpses fallen in protection, his eyes long red, his heart pained to the point of struggling to breathe.
These... were the heritage of the Human Race.
For this battle, they have lain dormant for aeons, and today, like dazzling fireworks, consumed all their light and heat in one go.
"Kill!!!"
Lin Chen's chest surged with overwhelming grief and murderous intent.
Xiaobai sensed its master's emotions, its Demon God eyes of black and gold shone again, its four hooves shattered the Void, ready to dash into the fiercest battle circle, to slaughter that scared-stiff Divine Race.
However, at this moment.
"Stop."
A deep and majestic voice exploded in his ears.
A giant Thunder Bear Paw appeared out of thin air, gently pressing on Xiaobai's shoulder. Though seemingly gentle, it carried an irresistible force, forcibly halting Xiaobai's charge.
Lin Chen turned sharply, seeing the massive figure of the Thunder Immortal Bear hovering at the side, the surrounding thunder not only did not weaken but became more furious, clearly showing that it had engaged seriously in the earlier battle.
"Predecessor?" Lin Chen was puzzled, his eyes full of urgency.
"Your battlefield is not here."
The Thunder Immortal Bear interrupted Lin Chen, its eyes full of thunder sea deeply gazed at Lin Chen, then raised its thick arm, pointing beyond Fallen God Mountain to the distant horizon.
"This is the grave of the old era, leave it to us old bones."
"And you... must face the real great enemy."
Lin Chen was stunned, following its fingered direction.
Even though obstructed by layers of spatial storms, he could still vaguely sense that somewhere outside, dragon might was rising incrementally, even faintly overshadowing the murderous aura of Fallen God Mountain.
"Gu Ning's Spirit Dragon has stepped into Immortal Venerable. He sacrificed the dragon veins of nine cities, and the Spirit Dragon has evolved into the Ancestor Holy Dragon, even... touching the essence of the Ancestor Dragon."
The Thunder Immortal Bear's voice was deep and serious:
"He's waiting for you outside."
"What?!"
Lin Chen's pupils contracted sharply.
Gu Ning?!
"There's no time to explain."
The Thunder Immortal Bear gave Lin Chen no more time to think.
It suddenly roared, gathering an extremely pure mass of blue-white Thunder Origin in its palms.
"Pa!"
That palm directly struck Xiaobai's spine!
"Moo—!!!"
Xiaobai shuddered but did not feel pain. Instead, its almost exhausted strength replenished instantly, and the Thunder Power resonated with its internal divine thunder, intensifying its aura slightly once more.
Meanwhile, Bai Ling, who had been quietly following Lin Chen, seemed to have foreseen all of this.
Without a moment's hesitation, she waved her delicate hand.
"Buzz—"
That sacred Unicorn stepped into the air, its horn blooming with brilliant silver light, the ultimate use of Space Law.
An extremely stable space teleportation channel instantly took shape beneath Lin Chen and Xiaobai's feet.
"Predecessor, this is..."
Lin Chen felt his body enveloped by the Power of Space, watching the Thunder Immortal Bear's resolute back as it prepared to return to the fatal battle, his heart surged with an inexplicable bitterness and anxiety.
The Thunder Immortal Bear did not turn back, instead waved towards Lin Chen, its massive silhouette rendered uniquely solitary yet immensely imposing amidst the blood rain and divine light:
"Go, child."
"Defeat Gu Ning, and you will understand everything."
"Leave this... to us."
Boom!
The moment the words fell, the Thunder Immortal Bear roared angrily, lunging again towards the Netherworld Black Phoenix.
The Unicorn's space traverse initiated.
In a flash of silver light.
Lin Chen and Xiaobai's figure instantly vanished from the brutal Asura Field, only the sounds of battle continued to echo in the wind.
