Huang Di, towering and covered in skin like cracked lava, had approached at some point and now stood not far to the side of the two.
Its amber eyes glimmered faintly through the steam as it stared fixedly at the two people teaching, a deep sound rumbling from its throat:
"Woooong..." The sound was rich and resonant, carrying the unique reverberation of an Earth Beast.
"Hmm?" Anaxa looked up toward the sound. He was first startled by Huang Di's size, then frowned in confusion.
"Where did the Earth Beast I called over go? This one is far too huge."
He looked around, searching for the originally docile little Earth Beast.
Suddenly, he narrowed his eyes.
Carefully studying Huang Di's body, so unlike that of an ordinary Earth Beast and resembling crystalline rock, he muttered uncertainly:
"Hiss... Don't tell me this is that Tuozi. Did it grow this big from steroids?"
Huang Di: "..."
As a Demigod from an extremely early era—one so remote that even many Chrysos Heirs legends were vague about it—Huang Di was indeed unfamiliar to many later Chrysos Heirs, especially those active relatively late, such as Anaxa and Castorice.
But Castorice seemed to have recognized something.
She covered her mouth in surprise and said softly:
"Ah... This must be the legendary Ancestor of the Earth Beasts, Lord Huang Di."
"In my previous life, I once escorted Lord Dan Heng for a time as a spirit..." She gazed reverently at Huang Di's imposing form.
"Huang Di?" Hearing this, Anaxa's narrowed eyes widened slightly. He once more carefully examined Huang Di's body, his gaze sweeping over the deep patterns in its skin and the armor-like crystalline protrusions.
A moment later, realization and amazement mingled across his face.
"Oh! Georia's greatest creation, the Earth Beast lord of every age whom