"What's the situation?" Gu Qingshan asked.
He noticed there were many people all around them—not just Mountain and Sea Qixia and the others. Nearly all the experts of the Beast King Path had gathered here.
They looked at him with all kinds of expressions: excitement, anticipation, relief, confusion.
Mountain and Sea Qixia said, "The Beast Kings pledged themselves to the Heavenly Emperor, but he hasn't appeared in a long time. Now that disaster is upon us, they've finally relented and want to join forces with us."
Gu Qingshan asked in surprise, "Join forces? The apocalypse is about to break in, and only now have they thought of joining forces?"
"We still have time—the Beast Kings used a power from within the Great Tomb to strengthen the world barrier. It's specifically meant to keep out beings without an identity in the Six Paths, so it can hold for a while longer," Mountain and Sea Qixia said.
Wang Jin shouted, "Look! The Beast Kings are here!"
Everyone looked up and saw a row of dark silhouettes in the sky.
They landed opposite the crowd, then shuddered and transformed into human shapes.
At their head stood a burly man covered in scales. He spoke in a deep, rumbling voice:
"The world barrier can hold for another half a day!"
Mountain and Sea Qixia stepped forward from the crowd and clasped her fists. "You've worked hard. Our Human Race has completed its full mobilization and is ready to enter the battle at any time."
The burly man's expression faltered.
A sharp-beaked woman with feathers beside him scoffed and shook her head. "You still don't understand the situation."
The situation?
Had something else happened?
The crowd stirred.
"Quiet! Leaders of the Beast Kings—is there some new development?" Mountain and Sea Qixia asked.
She glanced anxiously