264: Chapter 264 Ancestor

As the King of the World-Destroying Beast clan,

And an existence at the Late Stage of the Immortal Realm,

It had already discovered Wang Chen and the others the moment they stepped into this world.

Why did Wang Chen and his group sweep through everything without encountering any decent resistance?

The reason was simple—

That was because every World-Destroying Beast at the Half-Step Immortal Realm or above had been forcibly summoned away by it the instant Wang Chen and the others invaded.

There was no other choice.

It wasn't that it didn't want to resist, but it knew that resistance was futile!

Since Wang Chen could sense their existence, it could naturally sense the presence of Wang Chen and his group as well.

A total of five Immortal Realm powerhouses.

What was even more excessive was that among them, Wang Chen, Tianji, and Disha were all existences at the Late Stage of the Immortal Realm or higher.

With such a powerful lineup, how were they supposed to block them?

Block them with their heads?

Wouldn't that just be delivering heads on a silver platter!

As a World-Destroying Beast of extremely high intelligence, it was naturally very clear about this in its heart.

Since they couldn't stop them,

Then it naturally couldn't let its subordinate World-Destroying Beasts go to their deaths in vain.

Therefore,

At the first opportunity, it summoned every World-Destroying Beast at the Half-Step Immortal Realm and above to its headquarters—

Which was the largest nest within this World-Destroying Beast world.

And at this moment.

In the deepest part of the nest, dozens of World-Destroying Beasts were gathered together.

Although they varied in size and had slightly different forms,

From their bodies,

Terrifying auras emanated.

The weakest were at the Half-Step Immortal Realm, and among them were several true Immortal Realm existences.

The content of their discussion

Was only one thing—

How to stop those people outside.

"King, they are too strong, we simply cannot stop them..."

The World-Destroying Beast at the Early Stage of the Immortal Realm was the first to speak, its voice filled with unease and fear.

"We must stop them even if we can't! Are we supposed to just give up and wait for death?"

Another World-Destroying Beast at the Middle Stage of the Immortal Realm retorted.

"Give up? Even if we want to give up, will they let us go?"

"Isn't that nonsense? How could they possibly let us go!"

"Then what do you say we do?"

"I... I don't know..."

"Useless! Saying that is the same as saying nothing!"

"Who the hell are you calling useless? If you're so capable, you say something!"

"I..."

"I... I... I your granduncle! If you don't know, shut up, no one is treating you like a mute!"

...

On the scene,

Many World-Destroying Beasts began arguing on the spot, none yielding to the other.

If it were normal times,

They were all of the same clan and saw each other often; there was no need to make the relationship too strained.

But now it was different.

Their lives were almost gone, so who cared about that anymore? They would say whatever made them feel better; who was afraid of whom...

"Enough!"

Suddenly,

The King of the World-Destroying Beasts let out a roar that shook the entire nest.

This sudden explosion of rage

Instantly made all the World-Destroying Beasts shut their mouths.

The King of the World-Destroying Beasts swept its gaze over every beast present, its eyes full of disappointment.

Dozens of clansmen at the Half-Step Immortal Realm and above had discussed for ages, yet the enemy was almost at the doorstep and they hadn't come up with a single piece of useful information.

"You all... have disappointed this King too much."

Its voice was low and raspy, filled with helplessness.

"Great King! It's not that we are incompetent, but the enemy is just too strong!" a Half-Step Immortal Realm World-Destroying Beast said aggrievedly.

"Yes, five Immortals, including those at the Peak of the Immortal Realm, how are we supposed to fight?"

"Forget fighting, just sensing their aura makes my legs go weak..."

"Isn't that the truth..."

"Sigh... say no more, get ready, we might all die!"

...

Listening to these discussions, the King of the World-Destroying Beasts fell silent itself.

Because it knew.

They were all telling the truth.

Before absolute strength, any schemes or plots were useless; in the end, it all came down to power.

And their strength

Was indeed inferior to the opponent's!

It closed its eyes, and the image of a figure wearing a black dragon robe surfaced in its mind.

That human was too strong; it had only sensed a trace of his aura and was nearly shocked into kneeling on the spot!

That kind of power

Made it, for a fleeting moment, lose even the courage to fight him.

"Must it... really come to that step?"

It murmured to itself.

A flicker of hesitation flashed in its eyes!

One must know,

It did not want to take that step.

Because once taken, there would be no turning back.

But now,

If it didn't take that step, then they would all die here today.

Outside, the sounds of slaughter reached the heavens.

The powerhouses of the Imperial Dynasty were massacring those ordinary World-Destroying Beasts.

And those World-Destroying Beasts

Had no power to fight back at all before the Imperial Dynasty's powerhouses.

"Since it's like this, then we can only awaken the Ancestor."

"What?"

Upon hearing their Beast King's words,

All the World-Destroying Beasts on the scene were stunned.

"King, you mean... the Ancestor?"

"Exactly!"

The King of the World-Destroying Beasts nodded and spoke with certainty.

"The Ancestor is the founder of our World-Destroying Beast clan and the first World-Destroying Beast born in this world. Its strength long ago surpassed the Peak of the Immortal Realm. As for exactly what Realm it has reached, even this King does not know."

"But... isn't the Ancestor in a deep sleep?"

"Sleep can be awakened."

"Although awakening the Ancestor requires paying a massive price, we can no longer worry about that much. If we don't awaken the Ancestor, we will all die here today."

Having said that,

It ignored the other World-Destroying Beasts and directly stood up, walking to the deepest part of the nest where a massive wall stood.

On the wall,

Ancient runes were carved, flickering with an eerie light.

In the very center of the wall was a giant eye, closed tightly as if in slumber.

The King of the World-Destroying Beasts knelt down, its forehead pressed against the ground.

"Great Ancestor, your descendants have encountered a crisis of clan extinction. I implore you to wake up and save your descendants!"

Its voice

Was filled with piety and awe.

Seeing this, the other World-Destroying Beasts also knelt down one after another.

"We implore the Ancestor to awaken!"

"We implore the Ancestor to awaken!"

"We implore the Ancestor to awaken!"

...

The voices rose and fell, echoing through the nest.

Following their pleas,

The runes on the wall began to flash.

That tightly closed eye also began to slowly open.

"Sacrifice!"

At the very moment the eye on the wall slowly opened, the King of the World-Destroying Beasts suddenly shouted.

It turned out,

Awakening their Ancestor required powerhouses at the Half-Step Immortal Realm and above to sacrifice their own Essence Blood.

Essence Blood was the Foundation of all living beings.

Once lost, it would be very difficult to recover.

At best, one's cultivation would regress; at worst, the Foundation would be damaged, and one might even be unable to ever take another step forward.

This was why,

Unless absolutely necessary, their Ancestor could not be awakened...