Published: February 12, 2025
Water steward, Li Daqian, and Commander Mu were all at the forefront of human evolution, representing the highest level of humanity. Besides their own strength, they also commanded enormous power. In the apocalypse, there were very few who could be called their rivals.
This instilled in them a strong sense of confidence and a pride unique to the powerful.
Even when facing the anomaly that was Ye Zhongming, they acknowledged the gap but showed no signs of fear.
However, at this moment, they felt the blood in their bodies freeze. The fear they thought they had conquered surged back, causing their legs to tremble involuntarily.
Occasionally, they would hear their subordinates mention "pressure" when confronting them, and they would just laugh it off, thinking it was mere flattery or exaggeration, just a psychological fear.
Now they knew, such pressure truly existed. Even before the being had appeared, its mere aura made their souls shudder.
The mutated lives, the Pegasus of the water steward and the colorful giant bear of Li Daqian, grew extremely restless, continuously urging their owners to escape. Meanwhile, the lower-level battle beasts in the Ten Thousand Beast Manor directly lay on the ground, trembling, some even soiling themselves.
Only a ninth-level being could cause such an impact!
No matter how resolutely these three battle teams had vowed to kill a ninth-level life earlier, now that they were truly facing one, they simultaneously regretted in their hearts.
This overwhelming aura was terrifying!
"I—I have faced ninth-level beings before, how can this be so... so horrifying?" As Li Daqian spoke, he realized his voice was stiff and dry.
As the only evolver present who had faced and even killed a ninth-level life, he could clearly distinguish the difference between this ninth-level life and the one before. The feeling was truly like heaven and earth, and Li Daqian even thought that this formidable life nearby had possibly surpassed the ninth level.
"It is the Nine-Winged Crow, the most powerful life in the Blue Secret Realm, and so far, the only ninth-level here." Guangyao, also sweating, was only at the seven-star level, feeling even more pressure. However, as he had prior knowledge of this ninth-level life, he was relatively more prepared. Knowing the specific battle plan gave him a slight psychological advantage.
Still, his confidence wavered as he began to worry whether the battle plan would be implemented smoothly.
"Are we really going to confront it?"
Commander Mu began to self-deprecate, wondering if he was too unlucky to encounter such a terrifying existence in his first battle after coming out of retirement. This was against the odds.
Guangyao shook his head and nodded, "Maybe not, but even if it is, it will definitely be its injured state, not the one we see now."
"At this point, can you not tell us the truth?!" Mu Xinfey couldn't hold her composure, almost roaring at Guangyao.
The others didn't mind her poor attitude, their eyes were also red.
Guangyao found it hard to respond at that moment because he wasn’t clear about when the battle plan would start; that was entirely under Ye Zhongming's control.
Just as he struggled to find words, a space-time gate suddenly appeared on the small plain, and a figure burst forth, instantly teleporting hundreds of meters away, then rushing into a special device and disappearing. The next second, the device exploded with a loud bang, shaking the ground.
Li Daqian and the others turned to look, realizing that they had overlooked a teleportation device. The figure that emerged wasn’t unfamiliar to them; it was Ye Zhongming, who had not shown up all day.
However, they were not as focused on the King of Cloud Summit as they had been before. Instead, they fixed their gaze on the open space-time gate.
From within, another aura that filled them with dread emanated.
A "small" black shadow slowly poked its body out, curiously looking around.
The reason it was called small was not because it was really tiny; it stood over three meters tall, definitely considered a small giant among humans. However, from a distance, its size appeared similar to Ye Zhongming's.