Before spirit beasts reached the Spirit King Realm, most were not particularly intelligent. The Thunder Serpent King before him was a perfect example. When the Star Gu stopped, the Thunder Serpent King sensed no danger at all. Instead, it unleashed a swath of lightning and blasted the Star Gu away.
After that, the Star Gu stayed there, teasing the Thunder Serpent King while slaughtering the thunder serpents emerging from the caves. The Thunder Serpent King grew ever more frenzied, hissing incessantly, its mind utterly consumed by rage. Its eyes saw nothing but the insects darting through the sky. It released bolt after bolt of lightning, relentlessly attacking the Star Gu.
Unfortunately, given the Star Gu's speed, they were hardly easy to hit unless something unexpected happened. They had only been struck a few times at the beginning because the attack had caught them off guard. After that, the Thunder Serpent King found it increasingly difficult to land a hit.
After some time, the ground was littered with dead thunder serpents. In its fury, the Thunder Serpent King failed to notice this at all. It continued roaring without pause. Eventually, fewer and fewer thunder serpents emerged from the underground caves.
Before anyone realized it, almost all the thunder serpents in the area had died at Huo Hai's hands. Huo Hai glanced at the ground and murmured to himself, "No new thunder serpents have come out for five minutes. Looks like just about every last one of them is dead." This was the real reason he had kept the Star Gu from killing the Thunder Serpent King earlier.
As long as the Thunder Serpent King remained alive, the thunder serpent colony would obey its king's commands, crawling out of the underground caves one after another. Even knowing how dangerous it was outside,