Sudden Upheaval

This was a golden beast leg, brilliant and radiant, thick and powerful, like that of a divine beast. Even in death, it carried a terrifying majesty, flowing with golden light that inspired awe. At that moment, let alone the hundreds of savage beasts and fierce birds, even strange species like the Silver Crocodile, Blood Marten, and Purple-Gold Snake could not help backing away, cowed by its ferocious aura.

In the end, the Azure-Scaled Eagle was the first to step forward, followed by several other strange beasts. One resembled a Fire Qilin, while another looked somewhat like a Hou. They were all overlords of the outer regions, though aside from the Azure-Scaled Eagle, the others did not belong to this area.

With a thunderous boom, the Azure-Scaled Eagle spread its enormous wings, blasting away countless rocks. Sand and stones flew through the air, revealing most of the Suanni's precious body.

The other fierce beasts did the same, surging forward together. Rocks immediately shot through the sky, startling the other beasts and birds into retreat.

A sheet of dazzling golden divine radiance flowed out. There lay a colossal creature, shaped like a divine lion, with golden dragon horns growing from its head and golden scales covering its forehead. Its entire body glittered, and its fur shone even brighter than golden silk.

This was a Suanni, a true ancient relic species. Though its noble bloodline was no longer pure and it could not rival its heaven-defying ancient ancestors, it still ruled over a region deep within the mountains.

The body it left behind was not exceptionally huge, only six meters long, but the strength of a fierce beast was not measured by size. This Suanni before them was the finest proof.

Its whole body seemed cast from gold. Though dead, its majesty remained. Ferocious energy filled the air, and the golden glow made the entire mountain region shine brilliantly, even turning the leaves a pale gold.

An old Suanni, a terrifyingly powerful creature!

"Roar..."

The Azure-Scaled Eagle, Leopard Hou, Firecloud Qilin, and several other strange beasts and fierce birds moved at once. Having confirmed that it truly was the Suanni's precious body, they now fought with all their might to seize it.

"Clang!"

The Leopard Hou let out a long howl, and a silver arrow of light flew from its back, shooting forth like lightning. Primitive runes had actually formed within its body as well.

"Pfft!"

Another giant beast immediately screamed. The light arrow was incomparably sharp, piercing through its chest from front to back. Its shattered heart could be seen spurting blood.

The Azure-Scaled Eagle had already soared into the sky at the first opportunity, launching a frenzied assault on those below. The azure moon gave off an eerie glow, sweeping across rocks and trees alike. One fierce beast was immediately cleaved in two.

It launched an indiscriminate attack. As long as it killed the strongest few, the remaining hundreds of giant beasts and fierce birds would be no threat at all. No matter how numerous they were, they could not endanger it.

The place instantly became drenched in blood. Some giant beasts had already begun charging forward recklessly, tearing at the Suanni and trying to devour its body, which contained precious blood.

Several fierce-beast overlords roared furiously. The Azure-Scaled Eagle was no exception, attacking to stop them. The entire place descended into complete chaos.

"Screech..."

Suddenly, a piercing shriek rang out, causing stabbing pain in everyone's souls. A purple rat as large as a stone mill leaped into the air and actually landed on the Azure-Scaled Eagle's back.

"Azure-Scaled Eagle Auntie, watch out!" Little Dot cried out.

In the purple rat's eyes, the Azure-Scaled Eagle posed the greatest threat, so it wanted to eliminate it first. It had suddenly leaped more than thirty meters high—an astonishing sight.

Compared to the Azure-Scaled Eagle, its body was tiny, but its attack power was exceedingly great. With a single swipe of its claw, it gouged more than ten jin of flesh from the Azure-Scaled Eagle's body, actually breaking through those azure scales.

Little Dot gave a soft shout and struck with all his strength. The silver moon spun as it pursued the purple rat.

Though furious, the Azure-Scaled Eagle had not lost its reason. It knew that in the distant forest there was such a rat king, feared by all beasts, which fed on metal and possessed teeth and claws that nothing could withstand.

The Azure-Scaled Eagle's entire body shone as runes intertwined, like bolts of lightning spreading over its body. It briefly imprisoned the rat, intending to grind it to pieces with its primitive treasure runes.

Shi Hao moved as well, pursuing it with the Silver Moon and slashing at the immobilized rat king. Yet with a loud "Clang!", it failed to cut through. Little Dot stared wide-eyed in shock and cried, "Yiya, again!"

"Clang!" "Clang!"...

Sparks flew in all directions as the silver moon slashed repeatedly, ringing out again and again. At last, the rat king's fur split open and blood spattered, but its bones were as hard as treasure artifacts and difficult to sever.

Little Dot did not stop. After the first Silver Moon dimmed, he summoned a second one and continued hacking fiercely. Finally, with a crack, part of the rat king's skeleton broke, and it suffered grievous injuries.

"Boom!"

At the same time, the runes woven by the Azure-Scaled Eagle unleashed their power, shaking the rat king until terrifying bloody wounds appeared all over its body. Gravely injured, it fell among the rocks.

At this time, an overlord fierce bird had also been killed. No one could threaten the Azure-Scaled Eagle now, so it swiftly climbed higher, intending to wait until those below had fought themselves nearly to exhaustion before striking again.

In truth, it was not only the Azure-Scaled Eagle. After a fierce battle, the other overlords also chose to withdraw, unwilling to let others reap the benefits. A standoff formed.

Suddenly, the scales all over the Azure-Scaled Eagle's body flared open, then rapidly tightened. It was as though it had encountered some immense terror. It abruptly dived down, skimming over the forest as it fled at top speed.

At that instant, Little Dot's back turned icy cold, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. Only as the Azure-Scaled Eagle sped away did the sensation slowly fade.

"What was that?" Little Dot had never felt such dread before. Just now, it had seemed as though he could no longer breathe, and his little face had gone pale.

Only after flying a great distance did the Azure-Scaled Eagle shoot into the sky and plunge into the clouds, concealing itself as it watched the mountain region.

Little Dot circulated the mysterious power of Bone Script, and his eyes immediately shone brilliantly. Lying on the Azure-Scaled Eagle's back, he looked in that direction as well.

"Roar..."

A beast roar that shook heaven and earth rang out, making the myriad mountains and valleys tremble. Leaves fell in a rustling shower, and the entire world abruptly turned cold as a terrifying aura raged like a flood.

In an instant, the forest went from clamorous to silent. The fierce birds and savage beasts fell mute at once, trembling from head to toe. None dared roar again. Even the Blood Marten, Purple-Gold Snake, Firecloud Qilin, and the others did not dare move.

A black figure appeared, like an unrivaled demon king descending upon the world. It emanated monstrous ferocious might, plunging the mountains and valleys into deathly silence!

This was a fierce ape. It was not especially enormous, only a little over two meters tall, with half-foot-long black fur that gleamed ominously. Astonishingly, it also possessed a pair of black flesh wings and could fly through the sky—it had descended from above just now. In addition, a pair of thick, savage black horns grew from its head.

"Ah, could it be a Demon Ape? And a king with an exceptionally noble bloodline at that—otherwise it would never have grown demonic wings capable of flight!" Little Dot's mouth fell open in shock.

The Demon Ape was far too powerful. The moment it appeared, it cowed all the beasts. Its cold gaze swept over them, and not one dared resist. Black mist coiled around its body, carrying a brutal aura that washed over them as if it had slaughtered thousands upon thousands of powerful living beings.

"This is a king that rules a region deep in the mountains. It is probably not much weaker than the Suanni."

With a "Whoosh!", the Demon Ape kicked off with both feet, instantly leaping a hundred meters into the air before diving down onto the massive head of an Eagle Bear.

The ten-meter-long Eagle Bear was absolutely a rare fierce beast. It had the body of a human bear and a pair of eagle wings, allowing it to soar into the sky. It was immensely powerful, yet now it trembled so badly that it did not dare move, lying prostrate on the ground.

The Demon Ape was unhurried. Sitting on its head, it stretched out a claw and, with a smack, flipped open its millstone-sized skull. Smacking its lips, it calmly began enjoying its meal as though no one else existed.

The Eagle Bear gave mournful cries, but until its death, it did not dare move even once. The monstrous ferocious aura had crushed it so completely that it could not move.

All the fierce birds and savage beasts trembled. This was an ape king scarcely weaker than the Suanni, yet it had emerged from the depths of the mountains. How could they not be terrified?!

"Bang!"

The Demon Ape took only a few bites before pushing off with its feet and leaping up, landing before the Suanni. Behind it, the ten-meter-long fierce beast—the Eagle Bear—collapsed with a crash.

The not particularly large black ape king suddenly stomped its foot. Rocks burst into the sky, the stone mountain collapsed, and the earth split apart. In an instant, the piles of rocks around the Suanni were cleared away.

"Moo..."

Suddenly, the roar of a wild bull came from afar. A terrifying blaze rushed out from the distant forest. It was a giant crimson bull, more than ten meters tall and thirty meters long, its four hooves treading on blazing flames.

Its whole body was bathed in firelight, its fur like silk and gleaming with scarlet radiance.

"Could this be the Li-Fire Bull Demon Grandfather Chief spoke of?!" Little Dot's eyes widened in shock.

By now, Chief Shi Yunfeng was frail with age, but when he had been very young, he had heard the elders of that time speak of a fire bull deep in the mountains, whose divine might shook the Great Wilderness. It was actually still alive.

With a rush, the Demon Ape spread its wings and soared into the sky, confronting the Li-Fire Bull Demon. Monstrous ferocious energy erupted between them like a hurricane, ravaging the entire forest.

"Awoo..."

"Moo..."

With two great roars, they charged at each other at once and fought in a bloody clash. In an instant, mountains shook and the earth quaked, ancient trees shattered, and huge boulders flew.

Suddenly, golden light surged and spread, making the entire forest brilliant. The trees, rocks, and everything else took on a pale golden hue. No one had expected that the Suanni would leap to its feet, its ferocious might soaring into the heavens!

"Roar..."

Like thunder from the Ninth Heaven, its roar shook the mountains into wild trembling. Swift as a golden bolt of lightning, it pounced toward the two beast kings who ruled their own domains.

"Pfft!"

It was too fast and too sudden, impossible to guard against. Golden light flashed past. Although the Demon Ape reacted with incredible speed, one of its arms was still torn off, blood spraying dozens of feet into the air.

"Crack!"

At the same time, one of the Li-Fire Bull Demon's enormous horns, several meters long, along with a great mass of flesh, was severed by a single claw strike from the Suanni and fell to the ground.

This sight stunned every fierce beast and bird. All of them collapsed where they stood, shivering uncontrollably.