As night swallowed the last trace of light from the earth, the black forest of the Ancient Wilds, which had lain deathly silent for three days, suddenly erupted!
There was no warning, no prelude.
"Roar—!"
A beastly roar that seemed capable of tearing apart the heavens exploded from the deepest reaches of the ancient domain, instantly shattering the oppressive silence of recent days.
Immediately afterward, beast roars rose one after another, like a breached black flood surging forth from every crevice of the mountains and forests!
Countless mutated ferocious beasts shrouded in black miasma, their scales covered in broken demonic patterns, swept toward the solitary Wilds Town at the foot of the mountain. Their crimson eyes formed a sea of blood in the darkness!
Gray-black Outer-Realm Demonic Breath miasma, carrying an icy gale, blanketed the entire town first.
Plants withered at its touch, bricks and stone blackened upon contact, and the miasma seeped through cracks in doors and windows, boring into the bodies of every living thing.
The moment it entered the human body, an icy chill coursed wildly through the meridians, freezing the circulation of Dou Qi and bewitching the mind!
"Enemy attack! It's a beast tide!"
The dozen or so Dou Wang and Dou Emperor cultivators stationed atop the walls went pale at the sight of that blood-red sea of beasts and cried out in warning.
However, it was already too late.
Before they could even raise a complete Dou Qi barrier, the foremost wave of beasts had already smashed through the several-yard-high bluestone walls!
Boom—!
Before these mutated ferocious beasts, whose strength had surged dramatically, the sturdy city walls collapsed like papier-mâché. Savage claws carrying corrosive demonic Qi tore through the air and shredded the fragile defensive barriers to pieces.
Blood dyed the weathered walls red in