The Lake of Life fell utterly silent. When Dai Yao's thunderous roar slowly faded, only the gentle sound of the lake's waves lapping against the shore remained.
Dai Yao gripped the Hanhai Trident and pointed it furiously at Di Tian.
Around him, one black and five red Spirit Rings revolved slowly, and that vast, heavy aura briefly overwhelmed every Spirit Beast.
Of course, Dai Yao was not acting on a moment of reckless courage, letting Spirit Beasts slaughter humans at will.
Before coming to the Star Dou Great Forest, he had already prepared for the worst.
He had mobilized the elites of both the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Cyan Lotus Sect, gathering them on the Star Luo Empire side of the Star Dou Great Forest.
In addition, after discussing it with Bibi Dong, the remaining ordinary disciples of Spirit Hall, along with the remaining troops of the various kingdoms and duchies, were stationed on both flanks of the Star Dou Great Forest. Only the side of the Star Dou Great Forest facing the Heaven Dou Empire had no forces deployed.
This was the strategy of surrounding three sides while leaving one open.
Even if the Beast Tide began, with three sides blocked, most of the Spirit Beasts would naturally surge toward the Heaven Dou Empire side.
Not long ago, the Spirit Hall Empire had just won a great victory over the Heaven Dou Empire at Jialing Pass, driving straight across the Lima Plains all the way to the foot of Zhennan Pass. Therefore, in that direction, the number of common people was at its lowest, and when the time came, the damage caused would also be the lightest.
Not only that, most of the Spirit Hall Empire's main forces were there. Once the Beast Tide erupted, the