At dusk, the blood-red sunset on the horizon had yet to completely fade away.
Yet somewhere in the territory of "Xin Guang Tian," a valley had already been completely shrouded in oppressive black mist so dense it seemed almost solid. Even the wind appeared to have frozen within it.
More than a hundred top beast kings from the "Shan Hai Realm" had gathered in a circle. Every beastly body was taut like a fully drawn bowstring, while beneath their tense muscles, surging power seemed ready to burst forth.
Within those enormous, bell-like eyes, there was not only the ferocity of beasts, but also an overwhelming resolve to burn their boats and fight to the death.
Ever since they had fled in disarray from the area where the "Taixiao Dao-Transforming Chaos Divine Lightning" had been cast, the terrifying scene at that time—one that had seemed like the arrival of doomsday—had been branded into the mind of every beast king.
Lightning had torn apart the firmament, the power of chaos had devoured all things, and even the air had burned beneath the divine lightning. That aura of destruction still made their hearts tremble whenever they thought of it.
It was precisely this fear, sunk deep into their bones, that had caused all the ninth-tier beast kings of the "Shan Hai Realm" to develop an uncontrollable dread in the depths of their hearts—the instinctive awe inspired by overwhelming power.
After the secret plotting of more than a hundred top beast kings from the "Shan Hai Realm," they had ultimately chosen the most dangerous and ruthless method.
Even if they had to pay a disastrous price, they had to reverse their present desperate situation.
They had no choice. If they could not completely eradicate that Human Race cultivator,
then these beast kings who had