The Netherfire Black Tortoise.
A monstrous Fierce Beast wreathed in blue-green flames, with a bird's head, a snake's tail, and a tortoise's body.
Immortal Venerable Yuan Ping had sent out a distress signal the instant he sensed the Netherfire Black Tortoise's presence. The dozen or so Immortal Venerables stationed nearby arrived in less than thirty seconds.
The other Immortal Venerables took less than five minutes to arrive.
Only Zhang Hongxing and Immortal Venerables Qian Sen and Deng Jia took a full half hour to finally reach the scene.
Before heading over, Zhang Hongxing had made a special detour to the Shimen County Research Base and brought several alien high-tech weapons he had "hauled back" through the Giant Beast-Head Gate.
Throughout all this, the Netherfire Black Tortoise remained motionless three kilometers away, occasionally casting a glance their way through half-closed eyes.
"Fellow Immortal Yuan, what's the situation?"
"I'm not entirely sure myself. That Fierce Beast seems to be deliberately waiting for us to gather."
Yuan Ping's words made Zhang Hongxing frown. He turned his gaze toward the Netherfire Black Tortoise three kilometers away. As luck would have it, the tortoise looked over at that very moment.
Their eyes met, and an unimaginably savage aura swept toward him.
Such power!
It was far stronger than the Moon-Swallowing Dragonfly they had encountered before.
Looking over the Immortal Venerables who had gathered this time, he saw that apart from himself, who could rapidly recharge using the nuclear-powered generator he had already had someone bring over, only Immortal Venerables Deng and Qian seemed to have made some progress after studying technology for quite some time.
Without the Defensive Grand Array to replenish their immortal essence power, they were already at a disadvantage.
Since the Netherfire Black Tortoise did not move, none of them would take