The earth trembled.
It felt like the pulse of some colossal creature awakening deep underground.
BOOM!!!
The ground beneath their feet suddenly heaved upward!
Everyone staggered back, but Qi Wu stayed where he was. His [Six Eyes] pierced layer after layer of rock and soil, staring at the unimaginably massive energy signature rising rapidly from deep underground.
"What is that..." Wolf Team asked in confusion.
RUMBLE!!!
Fifty meters away, the ground exploded!
Rocks and clods of earth shot skyward like a volcanic eruption, then crashed down, kicking up clouds of dust.
Then, amid the dust, a dark silhouette slowly rose.
It was a beast... beyond anything words could accurately describe.
Over a hundred meters long and twenty to thirty meters tall at the shoulder, it resembled a moving black mountain.
Its body was a twisted fusion of countless creatures' traits.
It had the Black Ape King's long, pitch-black fur, rigid as iron; the White Bear King's thick, dense layer of fat; the Iron Crocodile King's tough armor covered in bony plates and keratin; the Golden Lion King's majestic, luxuriant golden mane; and the Vulture King's broad, powerful wings.
Countless pairs of eyes crowded its enormous torso, every pair filled with inhuman coldness and madness.
It lowered its head, looking down at the tiny humans on the ground.
There was no roar.
No howl.
Only an overwhelmingly crushing presence.
Like an ancient evil god descending into the mortal world.
"[Chimera Beast]."
The black-robed man's voice came from the dead tree, brimming with irrepressible pride and fanaticism.
"The ultimate creation of the [Beast King] sequence. It combines the finest traits of every king-class Synthetic Beast-and transcends them all."
"Its combat power has truly reached [false awakening]."
"The completeness of its power far surpasses that of the unfinished Buddha Mother in Zenin."
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