At the center of its icy eyes were slit pupils, radiating the peculiar chill of a cold-blooded creature.
The undisguised, awe-inspiring pressure that suddenly appeared in the distance caused Turbid Lizard, one of the twelve predators near the Penetrating Gate, to abruptly open eyes that had slumbered for a long time, shattering the silence that had endured for decades.
"Hisss!"
A red tongue flicked from its mouth. As though it had caught the scent of danger in the air, Turbid Lizard's four pairs of wings, which had protected its body during its slumber, gradually spread apart, revealing the python-like body curled within. Its dense, fine scales resembled crystalline stone, giving it a semi-transparent physique. Its enormous body, curled into a ball, slowly unfurled.
Staring at the seven tiny figures suspended in the air before it, the ones who had disturbed its hibernation, Turbid Lizard knew that another challenger seeking to become a predator had arrived.
Yet unlike those challengers who had already entered its belly, these seven bizarre beings, their auras linked as one, possessed strength far beyond anything those previous challengers could compare with.
"Daring to disturb my slumber, insignificant creatures, have you also come to challenge my throne?"
Although there were seven figures in total, Turbid Lizard, having raised its scaled head and looked down from on high with its colossal body, focused its slit pupils upon the mysterious figure in the center, which distorted the light and darkness in all directions.
As its body completely uncurled from its spherical coil, its crystal snake tail casually struck the ground with a bang, and a ravine spread across the earth, displaying the explosive power contained within it.
From its earliest stumbling beginnings to its current peak of evolution, Turbid Lizard's long slumber within the Dimensional Esophagus had granted it