Across the boundless sea of forest, sound waves suddenly shook the air. Surging blasts churned outward, and a savage shock wave scattered invisible Gang Gales in every direction, startling flocks of birds and beasts.
A gigantic Aphid Beast more than a hundred feet long was knocked flying. After crushing over a dozen great trees, it crashed heavily to the ground. A house-sized fireball came howling after it, sending black smoke billowing upward like a mushroom cloud and leveling everything within several hundred feet.
Soon afterward, thunder struck on the other side, burning the vegetation to ashes.
Overwhelming thunder serpents danced wildly. Amid wanton flashes of lightning and the howls of a gigantic Ape Demon, the surroundings were reduced to wreckage.
Before long, the Demon Beast's hill-sized body collapsed with a crash, smashing a shallow, clearly visible pit into the ground.
"Finally dealt with them. These Demon Beasts really were tougher than expected."
Several figures streaked through the air, heading toward a clearing several miles away to rejoin the others.
Elder Fang had already been waiting there in silence for some time. Seeing everyone return, he asked, "How did it go?"
An Immortal Alliance Core Formation cultivator stepped forward and saluted. "Reporting to you, Elder, they have been dealt with."
After hesitating, he added, "Everything that came out to block us just now was a Demon Beast from the forest, not Corpse Puppets as we had anticipated."
"Is that so?" Elder Fang turned to glance at the Mountain Ogre Corpse Puppet lying nearby, almost torn to pieces. An odd expression flickered across his face.
But he said nothing more and led everyone onward, flying east.
As far as his eyes could see, a layer of gloomy clouds shrouded the distant sky. Demonic miasma blanketed heaven and earth, seemingly filling the entire