Emulate the Worthy

Meanwhile, Liu Sishan and the others waited on the grass for Zhang Ping to be teleported out.

"It's already been over ten minutes. Why hasn't that kid Zhang Ping come out yet?" Bai De muttered anxiously to himself.

The others were extremely worried as well. Their entire operation hinged on Zhang Ping; without him, there was nothing they could do.

"Look over there!" Zhang Shouzhong cried out, binoculars in hand.

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, their eyes widening in disbelief.

A gigantic Firebird was lifting his head from the burning forest. Dense red clouds covered the sky above him, and lightning kept striking down.

"Could the earthquake have been caused by him?" Cheng Xuejie guessed.

The Firebird seemed to be bound to the earth by something. He struggled without pause, and every struggle unleashed fierce gales while making the ground tremble.

However, Liu Sishan and the others were far too distant from the Firebird, and could only vaguely make out his silhouette.

Rumble!

A thunderous boom suddenly sounded in the distance, followed by the abrupt eruption of an extinct volcano.

If Zhang Ping, Su Qingbo, and Ye Changchun had been aboveground, they would have discovered that the erupting extinct volcano was the very one they had been in earlier.

It could only be said that every drink and every peck had been decreed by fate.

If Su Qingbo and Ye Changchun had not left with Zhang Ping, they would likely have died in the volcano's sudden eruption.

"I have a terrible feeling. If that Firebird breaks free of his restraints, he'll definitely bring catastrophic destruction to the entire Endless Mountains," Zhang Shouzhong said, trembling.

Feng Laixian said gravely, "Could this be the so-called King-level Mutated Beast?"

"I don't know, but all we can do now is wait and