Beast roars rang out one after another through the forest, and the ground shook with them.
Countless spirit beasts burst from their nests and raced madly toward the edge of the forest.
Their eyes were bloodshot, and they could no longer distinguish friend from foe. Those of their own kind blocking the way were knocked to the ground, then trampled beneath the beast horde surging in from behind before they could get back up.
Ancient trees toppled in swathes, and the paths through the forest were quickly packed solid.
The thousand-year spirit beasts were closer to the outskirts, but as the ten-thousand-year spirit beasts caught up and smashed through those ahead, more and more spirit beasts joined in. A beast horde numbering in the hundreds of thousands surged toward the human defenses.
There was no probing, much less any retreat. Even when there was no longer room to set foot ahead, the spirit beasts behind still desperately charged forward.
Gu Yuena hovered above the Lake of Life, watching the beast tide spread outward. The blood at the corner of her mouth had yet to dry.
She did not stop the spirit beasts from trampling one another.
The bigger the mess, the better. The Spirit Hall Empire could not possibly watch as their defensive line was overrun. By the time they freed up their hands to search for her, she would have long since left this place.
The Dragon Clan Graveyard had already been discovered by the gods and was nearly lost. Sooner or later, the Dragon God Core would fall into that woman's hands.
That woman possessed the Golden Dragon King's Annihilation Origin and had even formed the rudiments of the Dragon God's Bloodline. Gods stood behind her as well.
If she waited any longer, whether that woman fused with