All Sides Mobilize

Xu Yanwu had held back the entire beast tide alone on the beach, but he had not noticed that, in the void, a pair of eyes was watching him.

So he had chosen to help the humans resist the cleansing...

Otherworld Deity... Since you were still so stubbornly deluded...

Along with that whisper, the Honkai Energy around Chi You in the deep sea rapidly flooded into his body, as though Chi You's body had become a bottomless pit.

Roar...

Chi You let out an excited roar. He could feel his body growing stronger again after so long, and his followers were also becoming stronger because of this gathering of Honkai Energy.

Thus, Chi You quickly stopped moving and began to fully digest the Honkai Energy he had absorbed this time.

Only after several cycles of day and night did Chi You's tightly shut eyes slowly open. They glowed purple, like two bright lamps in the dark depths of the sea.

And... there seemed to be something more in those eyes.

Roar... Grr...

Chi You continued to let out soft growls, as if he were adapting to something.

Something rather terrifying happened.

After growling several times, Chi You lowered his head on the seafloor and spoke in human language.

"Thank you... my god..."

A terrifying Honkai Beast had been born—one that possessed not only the extreme strength of a Honkai Beast, but intelligence as well.

Defeat... the Otherworld Deity!

"Yes... my god... I shall carry out your will..."

Only then did Chi You raise his enormous beastly head high and issue the first command he had given since gaining the ability to speak.

"Messengers... our target... the Otherworld Deity... kill!"

Ahem, an out-of-story note from the author: I originally wanted to mess around here and write, "Kids! Let's go beat up the bastard who bullied our god!"... But in the end, I held back...

—Inside Chi You—

"..."

Watching one Dead Soldier and Honkai Beast after another around her begin to exude terrifying auras, Annihilation Spirit crouched in the corner. She did not even dare fly anymore, merely squatting on the ground, hugging her knees and trembling.

"So scary..."

What came from Annihilation Spirit's mouth was a clear voice filled with fear and grievance.

All right, let me introduce her for the moment.

The first Dead Soldier in this Civilization Era capable of speaking human language... had been born!

Though introducing her in such an impressive way would lower everyone's opinion of Chi You...

The only Dead Soldier currently able to speak human language... really was this much of a coward...

"Thump... thump..."

Xu Yanwu touched his vigorously beating heart, fear filling his mind.

"Why do I feel like something is about to happen...? Is it just an illusion...? But this feeling is really awful..."

With one stomp, Xu Yanwu crushed the head of the enormous shark-like Honkai Beast beneath his foot. His expression darkened as he looked out at the sea.

The beast tide had actually lasted this long...

"Damn it... I think I was too overconfident..."

Xu Yanwu had guarded the beach for seven days.

----Xuanyuan Tribe----

Ji Lin sat on the platform around a large table with dozens of people of varying appearances. The two sisters, Danzhu Cang Xuan, stood behind her. Below the platform, a sea of people churned as members of every tribe stood together, whispering among themselves, while Lianshan and Chi Yuan maintained order.

The men and women seated with Ji Lin were the chieftains of the various tribes across the Land of Shenzhou. Ji Lin had urgently summoned them over the past few days.

It had to be said that although they still did not know exactly what had happened, because of the Xuanyuan Tribe's great reputation, they had followed its instructions and brought considerable fighting strength from their tribes.

"Ji Xuanyuan, what exactly did you summon us all here for? I don't have time to play around with you children!"

Below the platform, a burly man shouted in dissatisfaction, "Just because of one word from you, I brought half my tribe's warriors here. If this isn't something important, don't blame me for being rude."

After the burly man said this, the others joined in agreement.

Ji Lin glanced at the burly man who had spoken first, then said, "Chieftain Pi, Ji Xuanyuan summoned all the tribes here because there is naturally an important matter to discuss."

"Good! Then tell us what it is."

Chieftain Pi's straightforward question about the reason left those who had just echoed him feeling rather embarrassed.

"Mm..."

Ji Lin turned to look at Cang Xuan beside her and nodded, signaling for her to bring out the item.

At Ji Lin's signal, Cang Xuan took a small cube from her person and placed it in the center of the table. With a light tap, a 3D model of the Land of Shenzhou projected into the air appeared before them.

This method still startled quite a few tribal chieftains. Of course, someone as thick-skinned as Chieftain Pi was not surprised at all...

"I believe all of you are warriors who have fought Exotic Beasts for a long time. Today's matter is for nothing else—it is about the Exotic Beasts!"

Ji Lin's words immediately caused an uproar among the crowd below.

As the elites of their respective tribes, how could they possibly never have fought creatures like Honkai Beasts?

Those monstrous lifeforms had once been the nightmare of every tribe. They had simply possessed no means of resisting those monsters.

Until these past few years...

Whenever Honkai Beasts attacked a tribe, a man would always appear. After teaching them methods to grow stronger and resist Honkai Beasts, he would leave behind a name before departing.

The Xuanyuan Tribe's... Lord Ying Long.

This was also one of the reasons these tribes had so readily brought their forces here.

There were also rumors that two people had helped them, because someone had vaguely seen a miserable-looking figure carrying a huge pack and holding a green weapon following beside Lord Ying Long... But that was not important.

What mattered was what exactly this matter concerning the Exotic Beasts was.

"Our Xuanyuan Tribe has discovered that a great number of sea-dwelling Exotic Beasts are invading the land. Their numbers vastly exceed every beast tide in the past!"

"?!?!"

Though many of the chieftains present might not get along, or might even hold grudges against one another, they were not fools. They understood how grave the situation described by this news was.

"Impossible!"

One chieftain shouted, "Our tribe is by the sea, yet we haven't discovered any Exotic Beasts invading!"

Ji Lin took a deep breath and used her fingers to enlarge the projection before her, displaying the projection of the stretch of beach Xu Yanwu was guarding.