Chen Ming had only intended to test the waters.
He wanted to see how far his current strength could reach.
Yet a simple strike, without using any abilities,
had exceeded the limits of what a Saint Grade Ancient Beast could withstand.
"This is way too weak."
The strange phenomena in the sky dissipated.
Chen Ming muttered to himself.
"With Ancient Beasts this weak, the Great Mist Campaign hardly counts as an escalation..."
He had thought the situation in the Great Mist Campaign was terribly serious.
But it turned out to be nothing much.
It could not even compare to the intensity of the Ruined Divine Kingdom back then.
However,
the Saints who heard Chen Ming's words all fell silent.
Had he considered the possibility...
that he was simply too freakishly strong?
Just then,
Chen Ming shifted his gaze toward where the Saint Grade Ancient Beast had fallen.
Amid the mangled flesh and remains, a flash of crimson caught his attention.
"Hmm? Such pure energy..."
What is that?
Intrigued, Chen Ming immediately went to investigate.
The next second,
he appeared beside the remains.
With a casual swipe, Chen Ming condensed a bolt of violet lightning into a blade and sliced open the Ancient Beast's corpse.
Then the violet lightning drew a mass of crimson blood out of the remains.
Chen Ming studied the glowing blood before him.
It clearly was not ordinary blood.
It radiated a rich luster.
Through Void Sight, Chen Ming also discovered that the blood contained an enormous amount of energy.
It was almost comparable to a Saint Grade resource.
"This is Ancient Beast Essence Blood..."
The Saints walked over and explained it to Chen Ming.
Ancient Beast Essence Blood,
as its name suggested, was the innate bloodline of the Ancient Beast Race!
Ancient Beasts were a special