Above Phoenix City, the Phoenix Spirit Queen, her injuries concealed beneath a mantle of flowing light, stared at the beast tide surging in from afar like the sky itself was collapsing. She was utterly shocked!
The Phoenix Spirit Realm was vast and sparsely populated, filled with primeval forests and rich Worldly Essence—a paradise for Monster Beasts to breed and grow. Beast tides occurred from time to time.
But over all these years, the Phoenix Spirit Race had long since rendered beast tides invisible through regular purges.
Beast tides rarely occurred even around other prefectural and county cities, much less around Phoenix City.
To the Phoenix Spirit Queen's knowledge, no beast tide had occurred around Phoenix City for tens of thousands of years.
Moreover, the area around Phoenix City was densely populated. There was simply no possibility for a beast tide to form.
Yet now, a beast tide had truly appeared in the vicinity of Phoenix City.
Wherever the overwhelming beast tide swept through, countless farmlands, mines, medicinal fields, and spirit plant gardens were crushed. The innumerable slaves and Phoenix Spirit Race members working there were struck by the tide, suffering grievous casualties.
Before the beast tide had even reached Phoenix City, the losses had already become too enormous for the Phoenix Spirit Queen to bear.
Therefore, even though she was seriously injured, the Phoenix Spirit Queen had no choice but to personally deal with this matter at once.
What enraged the Phoenix Spirit Queen was that she had previously sent out more than half of the Phoenix Spirit Guards to search for Ye Zhen, leaving Phoenix City severely short on troops.
Prime Minister Wu Lanzong was so anxious that even his voice changed.
"Your Majesty, one-third of our race's annual revenue comes from the area around Phoenix City. We must