45: Crisis, global upheaval

In the second month after the Zhouguang Special Zone completed its initial construction, the world inexplicably descended into chaos.

Over in China, the undisputed number one mountain range, Kunlun, saw millions of Fierce Beasts descend, seemingly directed by a Divine Beast.

Following that was Shennongjia, the second-ranked forbidden zone, where countless Fierce Beasts also began to sweep through various cities.

Next was Changbai Mountain.

These places were relatively far from Qingyang, so they didn't significantly affect the situation here.

However, as Fierce Beasts globally began to bare their fangs, the Guling Mountain Range, ranked sixth in China, finally couldn't stay still either.

On this day, as the Black Myna returned to the Eternal Night Forbidden Zone, flapping its wings anxiously, it also brought news of activity from the Guling Mountain Range.

A message of a five-pronged attack.

According to the Black Myna, the first wave of the Guling Mountain Range's Fierce Beast army descending the mountain was a five-pronged attack, with one surge of Fierce Beasts heading directly towards the Eternal Night Forbidden Zone where Qingyang was located.

The Beast King leading the charge was surprisingly at the peak of the fifth rank.

At the late fifth rank, currently in the Eternal Night Forbidden Zone, besides Qingyang, only Ming Tian had reached this level.

It's important to know, this was the Guling Mountain Range's first time launching a beast tide.

Instantly, Qingyang felt an unprecedented sense of crisis engulfing him.

At the center of the artificial island, Qingyang summoned all the current high-level combatants to begin discussing countermeasures.

"Then let's fight? Qing Yang is a sixth-rank super Fierce Beast, are we still afraid of a peak fifth-rank Fierce Beast?" Ming Tian shouted boisterously.

According to the Black Myna's observation, the force launching the beast tide towards the Eternal Night Forbidden Zone this time consisted of one peak fifth-rank Fierce Beast, six mid-fourth-rank Fierce Beasts, three peak fourth-rank Fierce Beasts, and one mid-fifth-rank Fierce Beast.

This combat strength, if calculated based on Qingyang's strength before breaking through to the sixth rank, would absolutely have been capable of sweeping through Eternal Night.

Clearly, this must be the combat strength dispatched after the Beast Kings in the Central Region of the Guling Mountain Range discussed it.

Qingyang wasn't afraid of this combat strength, but he was afraid of even stronger Fierce Beasts behind this beast tide.

Immediately, Qingyang told the major Fierce Beasts about his concerns.

After learning about Qingyang's concerns, Little Luan, an Exotic Beast who had now advanced to the mid-fourth rank, slightly raised her phoenix-like head and said softly.

"Since that's the case, we can find a way to first lure the strongest Beast King into the core of Eternal Night, and after Qing Yang kills it, we can then slowly act like we're no match for the enemy and try to buy time."

Little Luan's suggestion received unanimous agreement from the major Fierce Beasts.

But who would go to lure that Beast King? That was the problem.

The strength couldn't be too high, for fear that the opponent would become wary and call for backup directly, but it also couldn't be too weak, as it would be easily instantly killed by the opponent.

Finally, all the Fierce Beasts' gazes simultaneously turned towards Ming Tian.

"Hey, hey, hey? Why are you looking at me? I'm the second boss, you're not going to make me lure it, are you? No way? No way? It's a Beast King of the same rank as me, and it's from the Guling Mountain Range."

To be honest, after the incident with Qingyang, Ming Tian subconsciously believed that the Fierce Beasts from the Guling Mountain Range were extremely powerful, so he was a bit resistant.

But facing Qingyang's cold black-gold vertical pupils, Ming Tian finally swallowed his saliva, drooped his chicken head, and along with Hong Ying and the other major Fierce Beasts, walked out of the Eternal Night Forbidden Zone, preparing to face the enemy from the Guling Mountain Range.

Inside the cave, Qingyang watched his subordinates leave one by one, and the unease in his heart grew stronger and stronger.

Finally, Qingyang murmured, "All fear stems from insufficient strength, Attributes."

[Species: Winged Ice Black-Gold Poisonous Flood Dragon (Super Exotic Beast).]

[Realm: Early Sixth Rank.]

[Strength: 500.]

[Speed: 500.]

[Defense: 500.]

[Devouring Points: 2278.]

[Skill: Ice Blade Meteor Kill (-400℃, releases nine ice blades.) Cooldown: 24 hours.

Backwater Extreme Sacrifice (All self Attributes × 5 times, duration five minutes, after which all self Attributes return to one.) Cooldown time: 120 hours.]

Seeing this scene, Qingyang immediately began to try and max out his Strength Attribute first.

As one thousand points of Strength Attribute appeared and displayed the word "Evolvable," a glint flashed in Qingyang's eyes, and he immediately said, "Max out all Attributes."

The next second, as the Attributes changed, Qingyang's aura also rapidly surged within the cave.

[Species: Winged Ice Black-Gold Poisonous Flood Dragon (Super Exotic Beast).]

[Realm: Peak Sixth Rank.]

[Strength: 1000 (Evolvable).]

[Speed: 1000 (Evolvable).]

[Defense: 1000 (Evolvable).]

[Devouring Points: 778.]

[Skill: Ice Blade Meteor Kill (-485℃, releases nine ice blades.) Cooldown: 24 hours.

Backwater Extreme Sacrifice (All self Attributes × 5 times, duration five minutes, after which all self Attributes return to one.) Cooldown time: 120 hours.]

The strength of a peak sixth rank allowed the previously somewhat uneasy Qingyang to barely calm his mind a little.

But as he thought, Qingyang's cold vertical pupils gradually cleared up.

"No, no, no. When I first learned about that White Tiger Divine Beast from Huangshan, it said its strength had already reached the sixth rank,

So much time has passed now, I don't believe it hasn't advanced. If it has advanced, then..."

As he said this, Qingyang's pupils sharply contracted.

...

Outside the Eternal Night Forbidden Zone, after waiting for several hours, the moment the dense, rising and falling sounds of Fierce Beasts echoed from Guan City, Hong Ying also said softly, "They're here."

Sure enough, just as this sound rang out, a black-headed red-tailed bee Beast King, only the size of an adult, flew towards the major Fierce Beasts at extreme speed, its entire body faintly appearing as a blur.

As this Beast King flew over, the fourth-rank Fierce Beasts following beside it also quickly locked onto Hong Ying, Xuan Ming, Little Luan, and the other fourth-rank Fierce Beasts.

Watching this black-headed red-tailed bee Beast King, the size of an adult, charge towards him, a hint of ferocity flashed in Ming Tian's blood-red eyes.

But because of Qingyang's plan, he could only fight the opponent while making "cluck cluck cluck~" sounds, appearing to be no match for the enemy, fighting and retreating at the same time.

Gradually, as the two Beast Kings got closer and closer to the core of the Eternal Night Forbidden Zone, even seeing the small island in the middle of the lake from a distance,

Ming Tian suddenly let out a miserable cry and instantly flapped his large wings, flying towards the small island.

Seeing this scene, the black-headed red-tailed bee Beast King didn't think much and immediately chased after him.

However, the moment this black-headed red-tailed bee Beast King, who had risen from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, arrived at the small island, an instinctive sense of danger made it subconsciously turn around and prepare to flee.

But just then, a massive black-gold figure had already arrived not far from it.

"Ice Blade Meteor Kill!"

The instant the sound rang out, the air around both Ming Tian and the black-headed red-tailed bee seemed as if it was about to freeze.

The next second, a full nine ice blades, only about a meter long, suddenly shot out from the ferocious maw of the black flood dragon below, directly towards the black-headed red-tailed bee Beast King.