Atop the mountain.
Several hundred recruits stood in the snow, watching the scene before the Nation-Protecting Divine Stele from afar, their hearts lodged in their throats.
When they saw the pitch-black pillar of fire shoot into the sky, the recruits all widened their eyes, their faces full of shock.
"Look! Instructor Cao Yuan turned into a giant!"
"Wait! Wasn't Instructor An swallowed by the flames just now? He can't have..."
"How is that possible? That's Instructor An. He won't die that easily."
"What terrifying baleful energy! What exactly is that?"
"The giant Instructor Cao Yuan turned into stopped a god! My god! Is this the instructors' true strength?!"
"It's not enough! What are we supposed to do about the other three gods?"
"How can Instructor Lin stop three gods by himself..."
"Huh? Have any of you seen Instructor Baili?"
"No, he was just here..."
Hearing the recruits' discussion, Shen Qingzhu withdrew his gaze from the Nation-Protecting Divine Stele and looked around. Sure enough, Baili Pangpang had vanished, and confusion rose in his eyes.
Amid the blizzard, a dark crimson figure raced toward the Nation-Protecting Divine Stele.
Baili Pangpang gritted his teeth, his eyes fixed on the chaotic battlefield in the distance, his expression incomparably grim.
"The Black King's seal still hasn't been undone. Right now, I can at most hold back one Egyptian god. With Qiye's current realm, even if he possesses another afflicted god, he can only rise to the peak of the Klein realm. It would be extremely difficult even for him to stall one Egyptian god...
Is there really no other choice..."
A profound glint flashed through Baili Pangpang's eyes. He raised his hand and struck the crown of his head three times.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
With every strike, a wisp of reincarnation aura surged from