"This... this isn't reasonable!" Taimus looked at the seven Sea Ferocity Beasts, his face slightly bitter.
What was Penglai? It was the enemy of the gods! The enemy of all deities, the mortal foe of the pantheon. The ancient divine war had been a brutal collision between the gods and the forces under Penglai's banner. In that savage war, Penglai's faction had indeed been destroyed, but the gods had also suffered catastrophic losses. Ninety-nine percent of the deities had fallen completely, while the survivors had all sunk into slumber.
As for the fallen gods worshipped by the Fallen God Temple—the masters behind these Sea Ferocity Beasts—they were the most radical and fanatical aberrations within the pantheon, outcasts whom even the gods themselves rejected intensely. How could Master Yin, Penglai's representative, be in league with those people behind the Sea Ferocity Beasts? It made no sense at all!
The sky and sea were enveloped by a mass of pitch-black radiance. The Sea Ferocity Beast blocking Master Yin's path blasted a pillar of light against the octagonal shield. The light pillar exploded, swallowing every trace of brightness between heaven and earth as darkness engulfed everything.
A hole the size of a human head appeared in the center of the purple-gold octagonal shield. A massive dragon scale floated before Master Yin's chest behind the shield. It was this dragon scale that had blocked the light pillar which had pierced his shield and preserved his life.
"Torch Dragon Reverse Scale!" The Osmanthus Tree cried out in astonishment. "I never thought he would have such a thing on him! It is said to be the hardest, most indestructible scale among all naturally born creatures that have endured countless cosmic calamities. Every single Torch Dragon reverse scale is a treasure that would make even those Imperial