Deep within the Star Dou Forest.
Soul beasts of different species, cultivation levels, and even attributes had gathered together, neatly concentrated within an extremely small area.
At a glance, there was a vast sea of black, with no end in sight.
By rough estimate, their numbers exceeded one million.
Apart from the elite Thousand-Year and Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, there were also many weak Ten-Year and Hundred-Year Soul Beasts among them.
Several terrifying Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts stood proudly at the very front of the beast horde.
They stood there silently, radiating deep, mountain-like auras.
Some of the vicious ones carried baleful energy, their bodies shrouded in the stench of blood.
The five great Beasts appeared before the million-strong beast horde at the same time, all in human form.
"It ended too quickly."
Di Tian's expression was somewhat grim. He had begun mobilizing his subordinates the moment the false beast tide appeared, yet the battle had lasted less than half an hour in total.
The only reason he had been able to assemble the beast tide so quickly was because he had gathered the soul beast army in the Core Zone beforehand and spent an entire year preparing all kinds of reserves.
Emerald Swan Bi Ji swept her gaze over the soul beast army under her command and said worriedly, "Di Tian, wasn't launching the beast tide in such haste a little too early? If we strike now, we've already lost the opportunity."
"No, now is just right." Beast God Di Tian's voice was incomparably steady. "After such a great battle, Shrek's side must be exhausted."
"The human empires have just gone through a major war. The Sun Moon Empire, which started the war, completely halted its advance three days ago and entered a period of recuperation."
"So now is the best