"Run!"
"Chen Changan, run!"
Suddenly, Old Jin's panicked, urgent voice rang out in Chen Changan's mind.
Sensing Old Jin's emotions, Chen Changan couldn't help but freeze.
"Old Jin, don't tell me this thing is the Fierce Creature you killed back then?" Chen Changan asked, frowning.
"Though I hate to admit it, it looks exactly like that Fierce Creature."
"But... I feel like this one is a little different from the one we killed back then."
"I just can't say exactly how."
"Either way, this thing is terrifyingly powerful. You're absolutely no match for it right now."
"Stop asking questions. Run first, and we can talk later." Old Jin urged him anxiously.
Different?
Could this thing... not be the only one? Were there actually a male and a female?
Had Old Jin and the others killed one back then, while another still existed in the Nine Profound Domain, only never showing itself?
Or was this the very one Old Jin and the others had killed back then? They might have seemed to perish together, but it hadn't actually died. Instead, it had hidden here to slowly recover?
And had it even spawned those disgusting beasts?
What role did Nian Junxin play in all this?
Honestly, when Chen Changan first learned of the Fierce Creature's existence, he had wondered whether, after it was wiped out and the Human Race rose to power, Nian Junxin's gradual change in temperament might have been caused by remnants of the Fierce Creature's soul.
Perhaps that soul had invaded Nian Junxin's, and under the Fierce Creature's influence, she had slowly descended into madness.
But now, it seemed Nian Junxin's transformation wasn't caused by the Fierce Creature's remnant soul invading her.
"Is there really... no way to kill it?"
"Either way, the Ten Great Treasures are all in