217: Terrifying behemoth

On the crimson land, where magma and flames were everywhere, a behemoth slowly emerged.

Its body was massive and hideous, as if condensed from magma, radiating a suffocating high temperature.

Its skin was a dark red, resembling burning flames, with scalding magma flowing over it, making one shudder with fear.

The behemoth's eyes flashed with a ferocious light, like two burning fireballs, revealing endless killing intent.

Its mouth opened to reveal sharp teeth, as if capable of crushing anything, and its four limbs were thick and powerful; every step left deep footprints in the magma, as if declaring its might to the world.

With the appearance of the behemoth, the surrounding temperature rose sharply, and the air became scorching hot.

Magma constantly dripped from its body, forming small craters on the ground with a crackling sound, and its roar was deafening, as if it could shatter the heavens and earth.

At this moment, the nine great suns in the sky echoed with this behemoth, and nine beams of light shot down onto it.

This caused the behemoth's size to grow even larger.

"Roar!!!"

The behemoth opened its bloody maw, which resembled a fiery abyss, and lunged at the Cultivators before it, who were like ants.

Crunch, crunch, crunch!

It swallowed dozens of Cultivators in one bite, emitting a harsh chewing sound.

Those Cultivators who were lucky enough not to be swallowed by the behemoth were evaporated and melted by the intense heat radiating from its body, turning into ashes.

The Cultivators running towards the entrance naturally saw this scene, and they wished they could grow two more legs to run faster.

Because Lin Ye had discovered it early, those Disciples from the Righteous Qi Sect were actually at the very front.

Boom, boom, boom...

After dealing with those who lagged behind, the behemoth strode forward with its spike-covered legs, charging ahead.

Each step caused this crimson world to shake violently.

"Damn it! What kind of monster is that?! It's a good thing we had Master Lin's warning, otherwise we would all have become its rations!"

Cheng Dezhu cursed angrily while running; he had never expected that such a danger could be encountered amidst the Opportunity within the Emperor Pass.

Not to mention anything else, just based on the strength displayed by the behemoth, they, the younger generation of Cultivators, were certainly no match for it; even joining forces would be useless!

Can many ants bite an elephant to death?

That premise requires being able to break its defense! But now, let alone breaking the behemoth's defense, just the scorching high temperature caused them to turn into ashes upon approaching, so how could there be any talk of breaking its defense!

People from various factions in the outside world also furrowed their brows.

Within the Emperor Pass, the Opportunity in every era is different. Before entering, apart from being able to explain some special matters, they couldn't help much with anything else.

But what they could be certain of was that in every era, the Emperor Pass would never present such a dead end!

When the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals attacked earlier, they could at least step into the gates and possess infinite power!

In contrast, the behemoth inside this second level of the ancient tower was definitely not something these younger generation Cultivators could handle.

"Is this the Golden Age? Even within the Emperor Pass, anomalies have appeared."

"No! Why would there be such an obvious death trap within the Emperor Pass? If these juniors hadn't discovered it quickly, wouldn't they all have been killed by that monster?"

"Nine deaths and one life—where is this sliver of survival? Does it refer to fleeing?!"

"..."

The Cultivators in the outside world watched as their Disciples were killed one by one by the monster, their hearts aching uncontrollably.

After all, in this Lingxu Battlefield, every extra second spent could potentially mean gaining more Opportunity, and now, without even seeing what the Opportunity looked like, they were directly killed inside by some inexplicable behemoth?

The slaughter continued.

The behemoth was mercilessly ravaging the Cultivators before it.

These Cultivators couldn't even resist; they didn't even have time to wail before they were instantly evaporated.

This terrifying scene made countless Cultivators shudder with fear.

Those who had run backward at the very beginning saw a white jade staircase not far away; that was the exit! It was the path leading to the higher level.

It turned out that after the behemoth appeared, the entrance would become the exit!

Seeing the exit, the Cultivators running at the very front were full of joy, but just then, the behemoth sensed that it could not catch up to these people and stopped in its tracks.

The next second, it opened its bloody maw once again.

Boom!!!

A pillar of fire erupted from its mouth. The moment the fire pillar struck the ground, waves of fire soared to the sky, the Void Realm twisted, and the earth shattered!

Even though it struck the ground, the fire pillar did not extinguish; instead, it carved a deep trench into the earth and continued to ravage forward.

"Damn it!!!"

Several Cultivators who had fallen behind felt the intense heat, turned their heads, and immediately unleashed their trump cards.

For a moment, Bao techniques intertwined, spiritual power erupted with brilliant radiance, and all sorts of Dao Rhymes struck out, attempting to block the fire pillar.

But their attacks had no effect whatsoever; upon meeting the fire pillar, they were directly evaporated, and they couldn't even delay it for a moment.

Pfft!!!!!

Those Cultivators were engulfed by the fire pillar, and a large amount of evaporated white steam appeared in the air.

As the earth shook, the Cultivators at the very front turned their heads and happened to see the fire pillar not far behind them.

"Xiang Tiange, take them and leave; I will cover the rear!"

Hearing Lin Ye's words, Xiang Tiange did not hesitate; he took the Disciples of the Righteous Qi Sect and hurried forward, while Lin Ye gradually moved to the rear of the group.

Dao Yan, as the Senior apprentice brother Dao Yan of the Dao Palace, naturally made the same choice.

The two exchanged a glance.

At this moment, both of them had thoughts of pushing the other into the fire pillar. However, firstly, they did not know if the rules of the Emperor Pass were effective within this ancient tower, and they could not take the risk. Secondly, wanting to block this fire pillar now was simply impossible with the strength of just one person.

Therefore, even though both had thoughts of killing the other, at this moment, they both chose to remain silent.

More and more Prodigies arrived at the rear; like Lin Ye and Dao Yan, they all wanted to slightly block the fire pillar.

As for killing the behemoth, everyone didn't even dare to think about it.

Was this thing that easy to kill?

If there were truly any hope, they would have attacked immediately; now, they only had one thought, which was to block the fire pillar.

Lin Ye took out the Human Emperor Sword, Dao Yan took out a horsetail whisk, and the other Prodigies also took out their own Magic Treasures.

Facing the incoming firelight.

The Human Emperor Sword in Lin Ye's hand slashed out fiercely.

Swoosh!!!

A massive Imperial Sword Qi, like a brilliant galaxy, tore through the Void Realm.

Its light illuminated the entire crimson world, making it impossible to look directly at.

This Sword Qi was hundreds of feet long and dozens of feet wide, winding and circling like a giant Dragon.

Wherever the Sword Qi passed, the air was torn apart, emitting a sharp whistling sound.

The Imperial Sword Qi contained endless power, as if it could destroy everything.