The sight of ten thousand beasts stampeding was truly terrifying. Wherever they passed, trees so thick that several people together could barely encircle them were knocked flying and toppled, then trampled by the Demon Beasts behind them until even their trunks were crushed to splinters.
"ROAR!!!!!!!!!!" Like the king of all beasts, the Black Qilin unleashed another earth-shaking roar.
"ROAR!! ROAR! ROAR!!" The beasts roared in unison, instantly picking up speed as they charged in the direction Sun Xing and the others had fled.
"ROAR! ROAR!!!" The Black Qilin roared twice more.
"Whoooosh!!!" Suddenly, countless Black Beetles flew out of the enormous horde of Demon Beasts, black vapor emanating from their bodies. Their entire bodies were covered in black armor bristling with spikes, and beneath their fiery-red eyes gaped a pair of fangs larger than their bodies. They looked hideous and terrifying.
"Bzzzzzzzzzz!" The Black Beetles immediately gathered together, forming a black torrent that buzzed loud enough to shake the heavens. Far faster than the stampeding beasts, they flew dozens of yards in an instant and surged to the very front of the horde.
"ROAR!!" The Black Qilin let out what sounded like an excited roar. A black shadow flashed as he leaped onto the back of an enormous Demon Beast resembling a black leopard with a pair of Flesh Wings. Had Li Xiaoya been there, he would certainly have recognized it as a Flying Sky Leopard. However, Flying Sky Leopards had golden-spotted hides and were nowhere near this large. Azure light enveloped the beast, and clouds of black vapor burst outward. Pushing off hard with his feet and beating his Flesh Wings, he raced after the torrent of beetles at a speed that was actually no faster than theirs...
At the very rear of Sun Xing's fleeing group, a