Even though they had long been prepared, when it actually happened, everyone was still caught completely off guard.
More than a hundred thousand people—elders and disciples alike—stared dumbfounded at the terrifying scene unfolding over Ten-Mile Still Lake.
The sight of over a hundred thousand demon beasts charging out at once was something most True Qi and True Essence disciples had not merely never seen—they had never even heard of it.
Over a thousand were Level Three, over five thousand were Level Four, and more than ten thousand were Level Five.
More than a hundred thousand was still counted in tens of thousands, but the gap was simply far too enormous. Especially with the Vast Heaven Mirror displaying everything from every angle, it made everyone's scalps go numb and their hearts tremble.
They blanketed the sky and covered the earth, packed densely together.
One after another, beast after beast, monster after monster.
Though their sizes varied, their auras were almost equally formidable. Every single one was at the Foundation Establishment level.
Even though there were still nearly seven thousand righteous-path Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Heavenly Moon Grotto, all of them sect geniuses or chief disciples, the sheer number of demon beasts still made people feel crushing pressure on their behalf, their hands and feet turning cold.
And indeed, that was the case.
Within the Heavenly Moon Grotto, Xia Fei and the others, who had swiftly taken to the air to investigate upon hearing the commotion, now looked at the demon beast horde spreading outward like black fog. Even they could not help but reveal startled expressions.
The numbers were far beyond anything they had anticipated.
They had thought that even if this outbreak was severe, there would at most be ten or twenty thousand demon beasts.
But the number before