A world-shaking battle was unfolding on Profound Rock Island.
Perhaps that was a slight exaggeration.
But to the Crab and Turtle Clans, this was absolutely a battle of vital importance.
One fought for the chance to raise its clan to glory, seeking to seize the land containing the Fourth-Tier Spirit Vein by force. The other fought for a place to survive, desperately defending its homeland and refusing to surrender even an inch of its soil.
This battle had been destined to erupt from the moment the Five Great Royal Clan Demon Crabs began breaking through the first island of the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Array. By now, it had dragged the entire Ringed Turtle Clan's strength into the fray.
An aged Ringed Turtle emerged from the base of the central mountain on Profound Rock Island.
His murky eyes swept across the surroundings. His majestic Divine Sense spread over the homeland where he had lived for over a thousand years, and waves of sorrow welled up in his heart.
His clan disliked fighting.
Even after a Demon Emperor at the Transformation Stage had once emerged from their ranks, they had merely continued living peacefully in the Profound Rock Sea Area.
Even among the native demon beasts of all sizes in the sea area, as long as they did not interfere with their lives, the clan rarely imposed strict control over them. At most, they accepted them as vassals.
Yet the result nurtured by such benevolence was the scene before him—corpses strewn across the land, blood flowing like rivers!
"It should still be in time, right?" he murmured.
Looking at the surviving members of the Ringed Turtle Clan, he turned his gaze toward where Luo Chen had departed. That Human Race cultivator had indeed bought them some extra time.
But this was