Ancient Domain Platform.
Experts streamed back after fighting their way out of the Beast Tide's encirclement. Their bodies reeked of blood, and many bore visible wounds.
The sight made those who had not charged into the Beast Tide grow solemn.
More than five hundred experts had set out for the Beast Tide, yet fewer than a fifth had returned, and almost all of those survivors were injured.
It was easy to imagine just how terrifying the Beast Tide was.
"Look, Hun Yu and his bunch are back too. Their faces certainly don't look good!"
Watching Hun Yu and the others appear on the Ancient Domain Platform, the members of the Gu Clan gloated.
Indeed, Hun Yu and his companions looked utterly grim. This time, they had truly been played for fools.
Queen Medusa's sudden disappearance could only mean that she had headed deeper into the Beast Tide, while they had been made into suckers who drew the savage beasts' attacks for her.
Now that Queen Medusa had vanished, if she reached that deeper region, that beast would seize the opportunity offered by the Bodhi Ancient Tree before they could.
At that thought, Hun Yu's fury soared to the heavens.
"Brother Hun Yu, this Beast Tide is terrifying beyond belief. Queen Medusa used us as cannon fodder. She must have made it inside."
"We have to hurry and break through the Beast Tide, or we really won't have any chance left!"
Nine Phoenix of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan looked equally grim. He spoke coldly to Hun Yu across from him. "That Queen Medusa is simply courting death. Once we break through, I'll deploy a flight-sealing formation and summon our clan's experts with a spatial scroll. I'll make certain she never returns."
"No matter how much we talk, Brother Nine Phoenix,