BOOM—!!!
Centered on the Mountain Lord, a powerful shockwave erupted. The Xiang brothers, who had been suppressing the Mountain Lord, were sent flying by the blast and forcibly separated from him.
"Urgh—"
"What happened?"
Murderous light flashed in the brothers' eyes. They twisted around and steadied themselves, glaring at the Mountain Lord again as they prepared to rush in once more.
But the sight before them left both of them stunned.
The Mountain Lord lay prone on the ground, his chest heaving violently. One of his pitch-black eyes had already returned to white.
"Cough—"
With his jaws wide open, the Mountain Lord spewed a mouthful of dark red blood.
The pupil in his eye trembled—trembled violently—as scalding tears streamed down from it.
"You bastard—why—why were you able to break through the seal of our will—" Half of his face, the half with the eye still black, roared in disbelief. Yet beneath that madness, a trace of panic could be heard.
"You lowly, filthy bug!!!!"
ROAR—!!!!!!
This tiger's roar was louder and more majestic than any that had come before. It made Pang Mountain tremble and scattered the dark clouds. Even the invincible Xiang brothers were forced half a step back by the Mountain Lord's roar of furious wrath.
The refugees temporarily sheltered beneath makeshift sheds in the wilderness outside Zi Family Village, Xiang Liang, Liu Ji—who was fighting the chimeras with his sword on the mountainside—and the several Tiger Lord Attendants who had awakened, all turned toward the source of that tiger's roar.
The rain stopped.
With that roar, the Mountain Lord completely forced the black mist out of his body.
But the price was grievous.
Half of the Mountain Lord's body had been dyed crimson. His black-and-yellow fur was soaked through with blood—miserable, yet beautiful.
"You are one of