Half an hour later, the Thorn Forest finally spread over.
At this point, calling the Thorn Forest a forest was no longer appropriate. It was more like giant cubes woven from thorns, stretching from the crystal plain's ground all the way into the High Sky!
Like a wall that held up the heavens, it came crashing down toward the Final Land. The densely packed vines completely blotted out the sky and sun.
At last, some Demonic Beasts sensed that something was wrong and began charging outward.
But the countless overlapping walls of thorns were incredibly resilient. Ordinary Demonic Beasts had no way of breaking through their obstruction.
Even the occasional Demonic Beast that managed to break out either possessed the ability to change its form of existence, turning into liquid or mist, or relied on brute force to charge through.
The former were generally not very powerful and heavily restricted. Even if they got out, they would most likely be controlled by the Electrified Sea, then slowly cleaned up afterward. As for the latter, even if they could brute-force their way through walls of thorns layered hundreds and thousands deep, could they break through thorn walls tens or hundreds of thousands deep? Certainly not. In the end, they would still be judged by "art."
As for whether there were Demonic Beasts powerful enough to break through the thorn walls? There were—certainly—but they were exceedingly rare. So far, the special Demonic Beasts Angel had sensed numbered fewer than a hundred in total. Even if they broke through the thorn walls and endured the paralysis of the Electrified Sea, they would ultimately be unable to advance an inch under the shackles of the Shadow of the Cage.
These Demonic Beasts only needed a little time to clean up later, so they could