With a boom, several great mountains suddenly collapsed without warning, sending up a haze of gray-brown mist. It was a terrifying sight.
Maoqiu squeaked and shrieked, leaping onto Little Fellow's shoulder and baring its claws and fangs at something dozens of li away, restless and agitated.
Several great mountains collapsed, and the earth split open. The fissures were frighteningly huge, large enough for entire peaks to sink into them, pitch-black and seemingly bottomless. Just then, an enormous azure claw reached up, bound in scarlet-gold chains.
Just that single claw was larger than many great mountains put together. It was precisely because it had reached out from beneath the ground that so many giant mountains had collapsed and the earth had cracked apart.
Mist surged like a sea, and smoke and dust rushed into the sky. The enormous claw pierced into the heavens and struggled with all its might, as if it meant to break free from underground.
Between its thick pads and its not particularly sharp claws, a layer of rocky shell had formed, even sealing the claw itself. One could imagine how long it had been imprisoned.
The great claw struggled violently. The sound of stone slabs grinding against each other grew even louder, resounding through heaven and earth. In addition, the scarlet-gold chains were pulled perfectly straight as it exerted its strength, clattering loudly like a soul-stirring tune from Hell.
Dong.
In the end, that huge azure claw fell powerlessly, sending smoke and dust billowing. It disappeared from the surface of the earth. Then the sounds stopped as well, and the mist gradually dispersed, leaving behind only a terrifying ruin.
A long time passed without the slightest movement, as if nothing had ever happened.
Little Fellow raised his brows, his gaze secretly shifting toward Maoqiu beside him.
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