Xiao Wu's identity exposed?!

"Boom...!!!"

A soundless collision exploded on the spiritual plane!

Two muffled groans came from deep within the lake, and those two terrifying pressures collapsed instantly like punctured balloons!

In their place, Cao Kun's supreme, all-conquering aura surged back like a tide, enveloping the entire lake!

The mist churned violently, and waves rose across the water!

"Human, you should not have come here."

A low, sonorous voice, seemingly reaching out from the primordial past, drifted slowly from the thick mist at the lake's center. It carried a trace of uncertainty, but above all, a cold warning.

As the voice spoke, the dense mist parted.

The first to appear was the familiar, mountain-sized Titan Giant Ape—Er Ming.

He stood in the shallows by the shore, his enormous golden eyes fixed on Cao Kun, filled with vigilance, anger, and a hint of... dread?

Beside him, the lake erupted with a tremendous splash as an even larger, more awe-inspiring figure slowly rose from the water!

It was a giant python!

No, more precisely, a strange creature with a bull's head and a python's body!

His head resembled that of a legendary divine bull, bearing two enormous horns that curved toward the sky, wreathed in blue lightning.

Beneath his head was a thick neck covered in blue scales, joining a massive serpentine body a hundred meters long! His body was likewise covered in blue scales that gleamed like metal, each as large as a millstone!

With half his body above the water, he towered over the people on the shore. His lantern-sized blue eyes were cold and merciless, filled with majesty and an ancient presence.

A hundred-thousand-year soul beast: the Sky Azure Bull Python!

The apparent sovereign of the Star Dou Great Forest, the forest's guardian, Da Ming!

Seeing these two legendary forest emperors appear