The earth split apart, and the energy from the explosion blazed like a miniature sun, so bright that no one could keep their eyes open.
When the dust finally settled, all that remained was scorched earth and corpses reduced to white bones.
Only a handful of survivors had made it out. They fled toward the Heaven Dou army.
Dugu Bo was the fastest of them all.
Ice Empress burst out of the ruins and hovered in midair. Looking down at the fleeing humans, she issued her final warning: "Return the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow to us, or the Far North will never let this go..."
Three days later, news that Spirit Beasts had breached Fengxue City began spreading like a plague.
The Heaven Dou Empire's million-strong army had failed to stop the Beast Tide and suffered devastating losses, plunging the people into panic.
At the same time, Spirit Hall announced that a Beast Tide had erupted in the Star Dou Forest.
Spirit Hall elders had already gone to the Star Dou Forest to stop it.
This sent both the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires into a panic. Beast Tides had erupted in two regions at once—a disaster the continent hadn't seen in many years.
The Star Luo Empire began dispatching troops to the border to strengthen its defenses.
At that moment, gathered in the Heaven Dou army's camp on the front lines were Yu Yuanzhen, Dugu Bo, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, Tai Tan, Xue Qinghe, Marshal Ge Long, the principals of Godwind Academy, Blazing Fire Academy, and Skywater Academy, the principal of Plant...
Representatives of every major faction crowded into the tent, each wearing a troubled expression.
The previous battle had cost every faction dearly.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan