Just as Jiang Xueling, Lian Baiping, and the others had expected, the Sky Swallowing Beast, which had charged about and made the earth shake and mountains tremble, was naturally not satisfied after eating things mainly made up of soil and vegetation.
After turning this stretch of mountains upside down, the Sky Swallowing Beast soared into the air again with a howl. All manner of auras from the Southern Wilderness Continent reflected in its eyes. Amid those flourishing yet chaotic presences, the aura in the direction of the Southern Wilderness Mountains attracted it most of all, like a fragrant feast laid out in the distance before a starving man.
"Wooo—"
Rumble rumble rumble...
The mountain ranges still trembled faintly, while shattered stones rolled off the Sky Swallowing Beast's body as it slowly rose. In this state, trying to keep Little Three from eating was clearly useless, and would only hurt its feelings badly. Jiang Xueling and the Lofty Brow Sect members could only do their utmost to influence Little Three, helping it retain its basic reason and avoid flying toward the kingdoms of men.
After the Sky Swallowing Beast flew away, a spirit monster in the form of an old man emerged once more from the mountain where a small patch of peaks had collapsed. With lingering fear, he watched the monster fly away into the sky, faintly able to make out people standing upon it.
"Good heavens, is that an immortal beast?"
The spirit monster looked down at the surrounding mountains. At least seventeen or eighteen peaks had collapsed, leaving behind a vast and deep ravine. Countless animals in the mountains were still fleeing in panic. The old-man-like spirit monster could only rejoice that his connection to the Mountain Veins was not too deep. Other than being frightened, he was