Suppressing the Desolate Beast

Along the way, Guen had encountered more than one Alien Race Venerable, but most had kept their distance, unwilling to risk a conflict. Even the more capable ones, like Venerable Konghua and Venerable Bikong, had restrained themselves and avoided a fight.

As Guen explored, he collected some valuable treasures and fragments of Supreme Treasures, but made no major discoveries. He hadn't even seen a Huangshou Platform. He was considering expanding the influence of his Gaizhou Cube when he heard a faint, intermittent sound, like someone tapping a shield. It was so quiet that without having cultivated the True God Note, Guen wouldn't even have been able to pinpoint its direction.

It's this way.

Guen immediately flew in that direction. Sure enough, the Chaos currents grew more turbulent that way, and the Desolate Beasts born from them were somewhat stronger, already at King Peak level—and still growing stronger.

Before Guen arrived, Alien Race Venerables were already there. A massive red-bodied Desolate Beast stood with all four legs planted on the flying island beneath it, enduring attack after attack from several Universe Venerables. It had a pair of wings on its back and a head like that of some kind of dragon beast. It roared and snarled without pause. Amid its furious bellows, the Huangshou Platform once again gave off the faint sound of a shield being tapped. Chaos currents continually poured into its body, healing its wounds.

The fiercest attacker was a Machine Race lifeform, one of the rare "Alchemist" types who didn't fight by controlling an army. This school focused more on improving and tempering one's own divine body, honing one's skills like a Fighter. Within the Machine Race, only the most favored lifeforms had the right to follow this path of cultivation.

If they died, their divine bodies would