From the day the Calamity Fire evolved into the Black Tide, less than a month had passed, yet its might had swept across every corner of the White Tiger Yao Nest, traversing three rivers and sixteen domains, engulfing countless mountains and waters, and bringing almost the entire Yao Nest into the Heavenly Calamity Yao Emperor's hands.
Only Tiger Mound Core's body remained, a mere ten thousand li of territory.
The demons of the White Tiger Yao Nest had suffered devastating losses!
They had been utterly battered senseless.
They could not resist!
To encounter it was to die!
For a time, everyone in the White Tiger Yao Nest, from supreme Yao Emperors down to ignorant lesser yao, was shaken. Fear, terror, and apprehension ran rampant, while undercurrents stirred beneath them.
Countless Yao Emperors contacted beings from other worlds and even begged the Heavenly Calamity Yao Emperor to show mercy, all to no avail.
Their sole consolation was that the Black Tide Calamity Fire had stopped spreading.
It encircled Tiger Mound Core, seemingly waiting quietly for something.
Another day's first light glimmered.
Against the Black Tide Calamity Fire, which resembled a black sea, scattered sunlight tore through another night of dread for the surviving demons in Tiger Mound Core.
All the demons stared blankly at the black Calamity Fire on the horizon, their expressions dull and their bodies exhausted, not knowing when any of this would end.
Deep within Tiger Mound, the Yao Emperors had established the largest Temporary Camp. Gathered around it, they watched the overlapping layers of black Calamity Fire baring their fangs and claws in the distance, and likewise fell into deathly silence.
"Still haven't made contact?"
The Qian Emperor's voice was hoarse.
The Qian Emperor looked utterly exhausted as well, those enormous tiger eyes filled with black