Once more, a clear, ringing cry sounded, and the lifelike skylark vanished into the portal.
At that moment, within the Meridian Thunder Sun Tomb, swaths of monsters burst out. They looked starved and emaciated, all skin and bones, with ape heads and spider bodies.
The ape-headed, spider-bodied monsters spread their spider legs three or four zhang wide. Thick, dark-gray fur covered them. Though they had ape heads, their mouths and expressions were as ferocious as those of most Demonic Beasts. Foul-smelling saliva dripped from their gaping jaws.
"Tidal Spider Demon Apes!" Lu Xiaotian's heart skipped a beat. It seemed he had been wise not to charge recklessly into the Meridian Thunder Sun Tomb. These Demonic Beasts had an exceptionally strong sense of territory. As their population grew, they slowly expanded their domain. Any outsider who entered it was met with a savage attack, no matter the cost.
Few people kept such ferocious Demonic Beasts. Without ample preparation, anyone who entered their territory would be lucky to escape merely battered and disheveled—even someone as powerful as Lu Xiaotian.
But the reason these Tidal Spider Demon Apes were so fierce was that they needed the stimulation of a special Tidal Demonic Miasma found in their territory to unleash their true power. That was also why they rarely charged out of their domain.
Lord Ji Yuan was now actually risking the loss of large numbers of Tidal Spider Demon Apes to drive them out in a frenzied assault. Clearly, he knew that if Yun Cangyue managed to contact the Danzhu Buddhist Sect, it could bring about consequences beyond his control.
The Tidal Spider Demon Apes poured out in wave after wave, filling the sky and covering the ground, too numerous to count.
"Pill King Lu, you mustn't let the other side act unchecked.