"Ke ke."
As the crowd talked, the Dark Demon Creature deep in the pit grew ever larger and more grotesque. It let out a chilling laugh, and billowing black smoke condensed into a thousand-foot demonic hand that reached for the ancient Altar.
Once it destroyed the final array base, it would be completely free.
"Quick! We have to find a way to stop it!"
Lu Hou of the Heavenly Ape Clan gripped his stone staff and blurted out.
That was all well and good, but facing a super chimera comparable to a Grand Perfection Earth Sovereign, even if all five forces attacked together, they probably wouldn't be enough to withstand a single slap from it.
Jiu You's delicate body tensed as well, and her slender fingers curled into a fist. "What do we do?"
Mu Chen's answer was brief and to the point. "Wait."
The billowing black smoke swept toward them. Beneath the demonic palm, the ancient Altar—or, more precisely, the three ancient stone statues—suddenly blazed with light, their divine radiance piercing the dark mist.
They transformed into three mighty beings whose auras were as deep as the abyss and as vast as the sea, standing in midair.
Above the Ancient Undying Bird stood a graceful, dignified beauty in palace robes. Her features were exquisite, her figure petite and slender, and an air of nobility radiated from her.
The Myriad Spirit Bird statue transformed into a refined man in multicolored robes, holding a feather fan and wearing a scholar's headscarf. His handsome features were peerless, and his dark eyes glittered like stars.
The last, the Desolate Beast Sovereign, stood bare-chested, his skin dark as ink and his mountain-like frame packed with explosive muscles, as if he had been cast from iron.
The moment the three mysterious figures appeared, the ancient