The Near SS-Rank Earth Dragon had now crawled completely out of the dense forest. Its dark blue-green scales gleamed coldly in the morning light, and every step of its four limbs made the ground shudder violently.
Behind it, five S-Rank Demonic Beasts spread out in a fan. Farther back, tens of thousands of low- and mid-rank Demonic Beasts blanketed the open ground between the mountain range and the city wall in a dark mass.
"About time," Lin Jin muttered to himself.
He bit his finger and slammed his hand against the ground. A massive magic circle spread outward from beneath his feet.
"Summoning Technique."
White smoke burst outward, and a silver-white tiger over four meters long leaped from the smoke, landing on a huge rock beside Lin Jin.
The Saber-toothed Thunder Tiger shook his head. His amber eyes swept over the overwhelming Beast Tide before him, and a low growl rumbled in his throat.
"Master, quite the turnout." The Saber-toothed Thunder Tiger's voice carried a barely restrained eagerness.
Ever since swallowing the Thunder-Horned Demon Ape's Demon Core last time, he had been digesting that power deep within Azure Glow Mountain. Now, the lightning coiling around him was more concentrated than before, and the lightning markings on the single horn on his forehead glimmered faintly purple.
"Peak S-Rank?" Lin Jin glanced at him.
"Thanks to you, Master. That Demon Core was just enough to break through my bottleneck." The Saber-toothed Thunder Tiger grinned, revealing sharp fangs, then swept his gaze over the S-Rank Demonic Beasts on the battlefield. "Leave those fellows to me?"
"Your choice. Leave the Earth Dragon to me and take your pick of the rest." With that, Lin Jin pushed off the ground, shooting away in a blur and landing on the open ground in front of the