"The Beast Tide retreated?" a sentry asked shakily.
Han Guotao did not answer. He stared fixedly into the depths of the mountains, where a presence was slowly awakening.
Lin Jin stood inside Susanoo. His Mind's Eye of the Kagura pierced the layers of smoke and dense forest, sensing the scene deep within the mountains.
An enormous head slowly rose from the Miasma Swamp. Each of its dark cyan scales was the size of a millstone, its curved horns gleamed with a cold, eerie sheen, and interwoven dark green and dark red light swirled within its slit pupils.
It was a peak SS-Rank Giant Python Beast King, the true mastermind behind this Beast Tide.
Its aura was more than a full tier stronger than that of the Earth Dragon from earlier, and even somewhat stronger than the Nether King of the Cangnan Mountains before he burned his essence.
Yet the Swallowing-Heaven Python did not leave the swamp after raising its head. Its slit pupils pierced the dense forest and smoke, locking onto the purple giant on the battlefield at Linyuan City from afar.
It had ordered the retreat because it knew perfectly well what a human powerhouse capable of killing a Near SS-Rank Earth Dragon meant.
Launching this Beast Tide was a deal humans had secured with Qiongqi blood essence. Most of the deal had already been fulfilled. Although Linyuan City's defensive line had not been breached, the main human force had indeed been tied down. Now that a human Transcendent Level powerhouse had intervened, it had no reason to sacrifice all its subordinates for the deal.
Still, having seen that purple giant cut off the head of the Earth Dragon under its command, it could not simply ignore it.
It raised its head, and a ball of dark cyan light