With a thunderous rumble, the Great Gate slowly opened.
First, two enormous shadows were cast beneath the immortal mist.
Everyone looked up to see two gigantic beasts emerge from within, and the earth immediately began to tremble.
Both beasts were a hundred meters long, and their necks alone were at least fifty meters in length.
Their forms were exceedingly strange, their heads resembling those of the Dragon Race.
Two horns rose from their heads, their mouths twisted into savage snarls, their eyes no larger than beans.
Below their necks, however, their bodies were enormously bloated.
Sharp barbs covered them, while layer upon layer of scale-like plates enveloped their entire bodies.
"Heterodont Beasts," Patriarch Shuo said flatly.
"You know them?" Xu Zimo asked.
"How could I not? Back when our Blood Clan was defeated by the Holy Lord, the Heterodont Beast Clan took part in it."
Patriarch Shuo said bitterly, "Otherwise, our entire clan would not have been sealed away."
"You still harbor hatred?" Xu Zimo asked with a smile.
"I would not dare. It just still feels bitter in the end," Patriarch Shuo sighed.
"Some things, I know Your Excellency cannot truly empathize with, but there is still some resentment after all.
"It is merely resentment, nothing more. I have no other thoughts."
The two Heterodont Beasts looked at the group and spoke in human tongue.
"Human, are you here to claim the inheritance of the Ancient Heavenly Court?"
"Since I took the True God Sword, I naturally came to have a look," Xu Zimo said, nodding slightly.
"Then how can you mix with these Blood Beasts?" a Heterodont Beast snorted coldly.
"They are all sinners."
"If I do not mix with them, then you will not stop me?" Xu Zimo asked.
"No. You must defeat us before you can