Black Dragon Emperor Appreciates Lin Ming?

Its voice rumbled like rolling thunder through heaven and earth, carrying the fury of one roused from a long slumber. "I was only a sliver away from taking that final step! How dare you awaken me ahead of time?!"

Its gaze swept over the five Beast Emperors kneeling on the ground. The fury in its eyes nearly condensed into tangible black flames bursting forth!

The five Beast Emperors trembled under that gaze, cold sweat streaming down their bodies. The Scarlet Flame Lion Emperor forced himself to speak, his voice shaking.

"Please quell your anger, my Emperor! We... we had no choice! A human... an unprecedented genius has appeared among the humans! He... he is even more terrifying than Ye Lingyun! Even the five of us Beast Emperors joining forces were no match for him! Had we not awakened you in time, we might have faced utter destruction!"

"More terrifying than Ye Lingyun?" The rage in the Ancient Black Dragon's eyes stalled slightly, replaced by a trace of surprise. "You nine fools could not even deal with a single human?"

The "nine fools" it referred to clearly included the four dead Beast Emperors such as the Golden Feather Emperor, the first nine Beast Emperors to absorb the essence of its bloodline.

"You see clearly, my Emperor!" The Withered Wood Beast Emperor hurriedly explained. "That human truly is monstrous! He is only Eighth Tier, yet he can kill Ninth Tier opponents across ranks! Four brothers, including the Golden Feather Emperor, have already fallen at his hands! We truly had no way to turn things around, so we risked death to awaken you!"

Upon hearing this, the Ancient Black Dragon's anger subsided somewhat, replaced by an icy scrutiny. Its enormous dragon eyes fell upon Lin Ming once more, its gaze as tangible as