Eastern Continent, Great Qin Celestial Dynasty, Central Capital.
Qin Shuo angrily smashed the ornaments on his desk.
"Useless! Both were at Heaven Peering, yet he couldn't withstand a single blow! Not only did he disgrace Humankind, he even led that beast toward Fuzhou in my Baiyue Prefecture!! What is he trying to do?! Does he want rivers of blood flowing through my Baiyue Prefecture?!!"
The attendants around him knelt silently, not daring to speak.
Beside him, Shen Xuan frowned deeply, seemingly pondering something.
Seeing this, Qin Shuo asked,
"Have you discovered anything, my minister?"
Shen Xuan replied,
"Your Majesty, even among the Demon Race, Nian ranks as a great demon. But after watching the current Nian Beast fight Wei Xian, I noticed something strange about its strength. It is certainly powerful, but something about that power is wrong. I cannot say exactly what."
A thoughtful look entered Qin Shuo's eyes.
"Something wrong with its strength?"
Unable to make sense of it, Qin Shuo said gravely,
"If necessary, use Humankind's providence to grievously wound that beast!"
Shen Xuan frowned slightly, but still cupped his hands.
"I obey your decree."
Meanwhile, Nian was rampaging through Humankind's Baiyue Prefecture in the Southern Continent. Like a maddened beast driven blood-crazed by slaughter, the Nian Beast opened its gaping maw and devoured the humans within every village and town it passed.
Whenever the Nian Beast opened its bloody maw, crowds were sucked into its mouth like a surging tide.
As the Nian Beast chewed, drops of crimson slurry seeped from the corners of its mouth and clung to its snow-white fur. Countless crisp crunches rang out within its mouth-the sound of bones being crushed, mingled with sobbing and groans. Beside the Nian Beast at that moment, even a Rakshasa Ghost of the Netherworld Ghost