(Heartfelt thanks to 'Icebound Thunder Dragon', 'Seeking Souls', 'Kaede no Chōrei', 'Pokémon', 'Silver Lightning Wolf', 'Youcai Luobo', 'Yuezuki Tatsuha', and 'Yume no Shouyou' for their tips!)
"Whoosh—!"
As the shockwaves rose and rolled several times, fierce waves of force echoed across the entire platform, spreading outward like tangible ripples.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Below the platform, Garin, Mula, Linya, Cynthia, and Magnubi—the five Demigod Rank experts of the Sparlier World—lay sprawled across the ground in various positions. Their faces were deathly pale, blood staining the corners of their mouths. They struggled to raise their heads and look toward the platform, only for their expressions to turn even paler when they saw what was happening there.
On the platform, where the sealing vortex had once stood, a robust figure wreathed in black mist stood tall amid the gradually subsiding blast winds. One hand was stretched forward, tightly gripping Purple by the neck and holding her suspended in midair. His eyes and face were filled with coldness.
After seven days, the Beast King had finally broken through the seal created jointly by Garin, Mula, Linya, Cynthia, Magnubi, the sealing artifacts left behind by the four gods, and the sapling of the Guardian Divine Tree, returning to the light of day!
The moment they sensed the decayed, dark, savage, icy, and violent aura emanating from the Beast King, Garin, Mula, Linya, Cynthia, and Magnubi trembled inwardly. Before even fighting, they were already shaking in fear.
This was the Beast King!
A Pseudo-Divine Rank Beast King!
A Beast King less than half a step away from advancing into a Beast God at the peak Divine Rank!
"Slap—!" Purple's personal paper fan slipped from her hand and fell to the ground.
"Mm..." Purple, whose neck was gripped by the Beast King as she hung in the