The fifth wave brought a Fourth Rank Demon, the Roaring Tooth Beast. Compared to the Thunder Maned Lion, the Roaring Tooth Beast's claws lacked thunder damage, but it possessed an even more terrifying beastly charge. It could gather power and lunge forward from a standstill. Forget taking a direct hit—even a glancing blow would cost someone half their body.
Not only did Qian Gongyu and the others have to be careful; even Yan Qing had to fight cautiously, afraid to advance too far. He could only help the Roaring Tooth Beast trim its claws from the sidelines.
After a grueling battle that shook the heavens and earth, the Roaring Tooth Beast finally collapsed outside the city walls.
It had taken three and a half minutes.
"Is this... the power of Foundation Establishment?" Jie Yuanshao murmured.
Standing at the very front of everyone were the Blade Warrior and the Tear Crown Mermaid. They were the upgraded versions of the Blade Warrior and the Narcissus Mermaid, respectively, and were known collectively as advanced statues. Upgrading advanced statues required a great deal of rare resources. Even after Yan Qing and the others had accumulated supplies over several rounds, they only had enough to upgrade these two statues.
Before upgrading them, they had all guessed that the advanced statues would probably be at the Fourth Rank. They simply hadn't expected the gap between Fourth Rank creatures to be so enormous. The Roaring Tooth Beast, which could smash a Third Rank Herald like a toy, was like a large dog being toyed with in circles before the Blade Warrior and the Tear Crown Mermaid.
The Blade Warrior had not gained any special abilities. Its speed had simply become extremely, incredibly fast. The instant the Roaring Tooth Beast's attack reached it, it could slash its teeth