The Sha of Hatred's defeat and death were only a matter of time.
Watching the incarnation of their deity become utterly trapped, the Mantid queen was almost driven mad.
She had seen all sorts of Sha slain before.
This time, however, was completely different.
In the past, those Sha had all been slain by the Jade Serpent Venerable or the Chi-Ji Venerable before they could grow.
This one had grown to a very high level, only to be pinned down and thrashed by two powerhouses who had appeared out of nowhere.
Unfortunately, the Mantid queen's fury meant nothing!
Neither she nor her subjects could do anything to help as their deity's incarnation was pinned down and thrashed.
Moreover, quite a few fire elemental creatures were already closing in.
As a powerful Aqir race, the Mantid could overwhelm most mortal races.
Against a supernatural race like fire elemental creatures, however, they were little more than weaklings.
The ostentatious Firekin smugly shouted taunts at the Mantid fleeing in disarray.
"Tremble, you feeble mortals! Fire will cleanse everything!"
The Mantid leaders were furious at the Firekin's taunts.
They wanted nothing more than to tear the Firekin's mouths apart.
Yet those Firekin were despicable, always hiding behind the other fire elemental creatures.
The Firekin were natives of the Firelands.
Their appearance shared many similarities with the Naga.
However, these fiery monsters, with somewhat humanoid upper bodies and serpentine lower bodies, predated the Naga by untold tens of thousands of years.
When the Old God N'Zoth transformed the Highborne into Naga, he had clearly copied the Firekin's body template.
The Firekin had an extremely long evolutionary history.
Naturally, their intelligence could hardly have evolved poorly.
In fact, they were the most intelligent beings in the Firelands.
That was also why the Firekin behaved in such