After dealing with the enemies, the three discussed their next plan as they continued forward.
Just as they reached an agreement and prepared to set off again, Ye Ting abruptly stopped.
He waved his hand, signaling everyone to halt.
"Did you hear something?"
Even in human form, his dragon bloodline granted him senses far beyond those of ordinary people.
"What sound... Wait?!"
Modera had been about to question his sudden alarm when she staggered violently.
"The ground—the ground is shaking!"
Ansirem grabbed her arm and helped steady her. This archmage, an avid fitness enthusiast, was one of the rare burly men among mages.
"Is it an earthquake?"
"No, this isn't an earthquake!" Seeing the scorched nerubian corpses nearby, Ye Ting roughly guessed what was happening.
He pointed at the ground ahead. "I think we might not need to keep chasing them, because the target we're pursuing may be waiting for us here."
"You mean..."
Following his finger, they could see only ordinary mud by the lakeshore, but Ansirem understood as well.
Before he could finish, the source of the tremors revealed itself.
The earth shook violently, as though it were about to split apart. A huge black pincer emerged from underground, followed by a second, then a third...
The ground quickly cracked apart completely, leaving devastation everywhere as if a small earthquake had struck.
Then a massive beast appeared before them.
It resembled an enlarged nerubian, yet also a gigantic beetle. It was more than twenty meters long, and its enormous claws swayed lightly through the air like Death's scythes, sending chills down their spines.
Its shell gleamed with a metallic luster, densely covered in sharp barbs like countless spears.
Yet even more eye-catching were the gorgeous patterns on its carapace. Though it was merely the natural chitinous exoskeleton of