The next day.
Luo Yan and the others left Chian Base by school bus and returned to Guangling.
At the same time.
In this abandoned city, a continuous series of roars rang out.
In this city that nature had reclaimed, birds, wild wolves, sika deer, and other animals fled from the depths of the city as if for their lives.
It seemed the city was no longer a habitable home.
The roars continued without end, accompanied by intense vibrations.
The city buildings swayed as though they had experienced an earthquake.
The ground trembled, the vibrations like the hurried, violent footsteps of a beast.
The entire city seemed to be instantly shaken by an irresistible force. Buildings creaked and groaned as they swayed violently, like thousand-year-old trees rocking in a storm.
The ground split open, and enormous cracks, like dark snakes, twisted and writhed across the city streets.
The fissures tore open the once-smooth ground like blades, revealing the secrets buried deep below.
Puffs of gray smoke billowed from the cracks, like the earth's fury surging into the sky.
Animals charged out of the buildings in terror, their eyes filled with fear and panic.
They scattered in all directions, trying to find a safe refuge.
But at a time like this, where could possibly be safe?
As a building collapsed along the street, a huge black shadow burst out from behind it amid billowing smoke.
It was a giant beast. It had the shape of a tiger, a pair of enormous wings growing from its back, and a pair of bull horns on its head.
It was none other than the Overlord Giant Beast Qiongqi.
The giant beast's four powerful legs were pillars of steel, supporting its massive body, while its sharp claws could tear through cars with ease.
Its powerful