The battle had just ended, and the Demonic Calamity had temporarily subsided.
By now, the Merit God War had passed its halfway point. The various Heavenly Prides who had entered the Ancient Immortal Realm were gradually gaining a foothold.
Some had gathered in groups of three or five to hunt Calamity Beasts and accumulate vast amounts of merit; others had ventured deep into Secret Realms, seeking the burial sites of ancient sages and amassing wealth on a grand scale.
For a time, everyone had gained something, and the scene was flourishing in countless ways.
Among them, the most dazzling were naturally those peerless monsters who had already made names for themselves!
Mu Hanyu, the Burial Ground Young Master, the Star Shattering Saber... The merit values of these few were skyrocketing wildly, showing almost no sign of stopping.
Under their unstoppable hunts, large swaths of empty territory had actually been cleared from the heart of the battlefield, which had originally been filled with baleful intent.
The weaker Demons and Monsters had been slaughtered into trembling terror. The moment they sensed a change in the atmosphere, their forces had already collapsed, and they fled in panic.
However, this smooth and favorable situation did not last long.
As the army continued advancing deeper, the peerless ferocious beasts entrenched in the depths of the battlefield were finally roused from their long sleep of ten thousand ages, awakening one after another.
"It's this time again... A bunch of Human Race fools who don't know whether they're dead or alive actually dare to treat the Ancient Immortal Realm as a hunting ground!"
"Hmph. In the past, while we lay dormant and did not show ourselves, these lowly ants became more and more insatiable. This time, we'll make them pay the price in blood!"
"Don't be anxious.