Destroy Them

"Kill!"

"Storm the Jing Kingdom!"

Black Tapir rode atop an oceanic beast and launched a surprise attack.

Three years earlier, when the Nine Li Tribe was wiped out, he had followed his king's orders and packed up Jiuli's texts and spiritual treasures, taking them across the sea to the Oceanic Beast Tribe.

Unfortunately, the beasts demanded too many resources. Only by exhausting nearly everything had he managed to raise two Giant Beast Kings capable of flying.

There were still plenty of ordinary amphibious beasts, though.

So, after repeated provocations, Black Tapir had finally spurred the Oceanic Beast Tribe to strike first at the Jing Kingdom on land!

"The Giant Beast Kings are invincible!"

Black Tapir's heart surged. My king... I'm going to avenge you. Watch me!

Behind him, one beast after another rose like an unbroken range of mountains.

Around those mountains marched a strange army of Hairy Folk.

Astonishingly, their banners bore the name "Count Mu of Xundi"!

Mu was the Hairy Folk leader who had surrendered. To show his magnanimity, and because humans and the Hairy Folk did indeed share a common origin, Yuan had appointed him Count of Xundi, allowing him to inherit the Incense rites in the Hairy Folk's former capital.

Now that feudal lords took their surnames from their fiefs, he could also be called Xun Mu.

It was Xun Mu, enfeoffed in Xundi, who had opened the gates to the enemy, allowing the beasts to ambush the Jing Kingdom before it could react!

Black Tapir had prepared for this day for so very long...

And then—

Bang!

An Eight-Armed Alligator Dragon was hurled from the city and smashed hard into a small mountain.

Shattered rock flew everywhere, injuring many Hairy Folk soldiers.

Black Tapir's face twitched.

Fortunately, high above, the Cang Dragon spread an