In that instant, the freezing snowfield fell into a terrifying dead silence.
The wind was still, and the snow fell soundlessly.
Between heaven and earth, only the distant, deep sound of wind remained, bursting forth from the giant beast's lungs as it calmly, greedily, endlessly... inhaled!
Until the snow filling the sky was disturbed. Blazing heat suddenly spread from the giant beast's body, melting solid ice, vaporizing powdery snow, burning with the ferocity of a furnace.
That long breath had reached its end.
A mocking, expectant smile emerged upon that savage beastly face.
Then it opened its mouth toward the endless ghouls before it.
And gently exhaled the essence of destruction.
Flames, hurricanes, molten currents of steel, even frenzied plasma... every form of devastation converged into a single stream and erupted from Behemoth's mouth!
A sword of blazing light, ten thousand zhang long, surged into existence.
As Behemoth swung its neck, it lashed savagely across heaven and earth, sweeping, cleaving, shaking, setting the ground ablaze, melting ghouls, and shrouding the entire castle in boundless destruction.
Until finally, it shot skyward, split apart the eternal snow and ice, and revealed the daylight beyond.
The last gleam of the setting sun fell upon the magnificent halo, refracting splendid seven-colored light and illuminating the dark, frozen mortal world.
Now, Behemoth strode across the burning earth with its head held high.
It withstood shells, curses, and Brilliant Light fired from countless castles. Those insignificant attacks did no more than singe two strands of fur.
When it took another deep breath, every ghoul burned to charcoal began to tremble violently. Black Hell Sediment and nascent calamities were drawn from their ruined remains, gathering into streams of dark mist and pouring into that bottomless maw.
In the end, the devout sacrifice of countless deaths bought a