The rolling wall of fire flew straight toward the distant deep sea, rapidly raising a sky-obscuring cloud of steam.
All it left upon the earth was a shocking scorch mark.
"Retreat!"
"Retreat, now!"
In midair, the lean cultivator from Daosheng Continent and the monk from Xituo Continent both cried out urgently.
Below them.
A mountain-like blood tiger, its entire body seemingly steeped in blood, stood upon an even larger, dying Azure Abyss Dragon Whale.
It tore at the dragon whale's flesh with its jaws, its eyes filled with Sha Qi.
It shook its head, flinging the blood from its body, then raised its head and roared at the sky.
"ROAR-"
The sound shook the wilderness, making it feel for a moment as though heaven and earth were trembling!
"What a ferocious tiger beast!"
The Great Jin cultivators who witnessed this scene exclaimed in amazement.
The Three Continents Cultivators, however, all wore ugly expressions. Their morale inevitably sank further when they heard the commanders of this battle order a retreat.
Many Three Continents Cultivators shouted indignantly:
"Master Youyuan, we can still fight!"
"Sect Master Ru! Give us a little more time!"
"Even without the dragon whale, I can still kill!"
Yet both the lean cultivator and the monk looked helpless.
From their lofty position, looking down below, they could already see that the Three Continents had fallen into a disadvantageous position amid the succession of unexpected developments in this battle.
The Azure Abyss Dragon Whale, which had served to counterbalance the Great Jin cultivators, had been defeated, and several middle- and late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators had also fallen in succession.
A wall of fire had directly shattered the favorable situation they had secured earlier through the Azure Abyss Dragon Whale.
As for the Spirit Transformation battle, although Patriarch Yanzhi was somewhat