As he flew, taking in the scenery along the way, Mu Bai sensed the presence of the Beast Race drawing ever closer. Presumably, the Beast Race had organized another attack.
Faced with this Beast Tide, Mu Bai had no choice but to avoid it. He dipped down and burrowed underground.
Within his Divine Palace, the Five Elements Inner Core shimmered with a five-colored haze. Mu Bai moved through the earth like a fish diving into a great river, thoroughly at ease. With his physical body now fully formed as well, traveling underground put no strain on him at all, and he descended a thousand zhang in one go.
Before long, he felt the earth shake, the pounding like rain beating on a leather drum. Tens of millions of Fierce Beasts were thundering past overhead, and there were bound to be enormous beasts among them.
"Good luck to you all..." Mu Bai murmured softly. "Wait for me to return!"
Mu Bai had yet to realize that, deep down, Ling'er was no longer the only person he cared about.
After all, Ling'er already had someone, and Mu Bai could not force the matter. Perhaps he was destined to be nothing more than her big brother Xiao Bai. He, too, now had a wife and beloved of his own.
Afraid that there might be beasts that had undergone demonic transformation, or even demons that had assumed human form, among the Beast Tide, Mu Bai dared not be careless. He suppressed his presence and waited several hours. Only after the rumbling had long since faded did he quietly emerge from the ground.
After the Beast Tide passed, the land was a shambles. Grass and trees had all been broken, lakes and marshes were muddy, and pits and hollows scarred the ground. There was also