Xu Yi remained calm as he stared at Gong Xian. "You're not worthy of fighting me. I'll have a few little brothers play with you instead."
With that, he pursed his lips and let out a sharp whistle.
Before the whistle had even faded, the entire island suddenly split apart.
The next instant, the whole sea churned as countless savage beast tails, each like a giant python, lashed through the air.
More than a thousand cultivators had landed on this island, which spanned barely a few miles in either direction.
When the island split apart, they didn't even have time to take flight before the terrifying assault arrived.
Nearly everyone gathered here was a strong cultivator. The moment the island split, they formed protective shields in the blink of an eye.
Though the savage tails struck them and left them in a sorry state, they were fortunate enough to escape injury.
But that relief lasted only an instant. Terrifying blizzards and fire malice erupted all around them.
"Heavens! It's a Mixed-blood Unicorn Python! Its horn is already snow-white. That's a Second-grade Demon Beast!"
"No, there's also a Rampage Sky-Splitting Multi-legged Lion! It's as big as a hill! Th-this is a Second-grade Demon Beast too!"
"Barbed Frenzied Sound Beast, Blood River Purple Dragon Whale, Thousand Extremes Red-mouthed Multi-handed Monster, Serrated Blood-Arrow Shark..."
"D-did we just stumble into a demon beast den?"
"Ah! My hand! The flank, the flank's about to break..."
"..."
For a time, shouts of alarm and screams rose and fell across the battlefield.
Gong Xian had barely come face-to-face with Xu Yi when a huge, pitch-black beast wrapped itself around him. Pure black fiendish energy poured from its mouth without pause. Even with Gong Xian's abilities, he could only use his magical power to hold the beast off