486: A tide of beasts sweeping across the ruins!

This terrifying suction lasted for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

As the suction slowly subsided, deep within the ice, the massive corpse of the Spirit Deer, whose silvery fur had been dim and lifeless, now faintly glowed with an extremely weak, pulsating luminescence, like a breath.

Inside its chest, the heart that had stopped beating for a hundred thousand years, very faintly… pulsed once.

Thump…

A dull, almost inaudible throb, yet it seemed to strike directly at the Soul.

Immediately after, the Spirit Deer's huge eyes, which had been tightly closed for a hundred thousand years, trembled with difficulty… and opened a slit.

The gaze revealed was one of Chaos, filled with pain and boundless confusion.

It was as if a Soul that had been asleep for far too long was suddenly startled awake in endless darkness.

Yet it found itself having forgotten everything, leaving only a Soul-tearing pain and a bewildered sense of not knowing where it was.

“Woo…”

A low, hoarse groan of pain echoed deep within the ice core.

It wanted to move, to struggle to stand up and escape this frozen cage.

However, a hundred thousand years of ice had already caused its body to completely merge with the surrounding ten-thousand-year-old ice.

Aside from its eyelids and an extremely faint heartbeat, it couldn't even make a single subtle movement.

After attempting for a moment, the Spirit Deer realized it was completely unable to move, and so a surge of anger, like a volcano, roared wildly within its chaotic consciousness!

“Woo——————”

It exerted all its strength, letting out a deer cry from its throat.

A deer cry pierced through endless ice layers, tore through eternal wind and snow, and suddenly erupted from the deepest part of the ice plain.

Then, at an extremely fast speed, it swept through every corner of the entire Eastern Region Relic!

In an instant, the entire Eastern Region Relic, all the Immortal Demon Beasts, upon hearing this deer cry, boiled over!

Completely insane!

Roar!!!

Screech!!!

Howl!!!

All the Immortal Demon Beasts who heard this deer cry, whether they were sleeping, hunting, fighting, or guarding their territory…

Their eyes instantly turned blood-red, leaving only a stronger, more primitive, and more violent killing instinct!

Kill, kill, kill!

Kill all living beings!

In a forest, a several-zhang-tall Earth-Shaking Demonic Ape pounded its chest, its eyes blood-red, casually uprooting a giant towering ancient tree as a weapon, roaring as it charged out of the forest, heading north.

All obstacles along the way, whether Cultivators or other Yao Beasts, were violently smashed into dust by it!

Above the sky, the sky-obscuring Iron-Winged Dragon Eagle let out a piercing shriek that tore through the clouds, like a black storm of death, charging madly towards the Northern Lands, directly attacking any Cultivator it saw along the way.

Its sharp claws and teeth were enough to tear through the air; a Cultivator team hunting on the ground was instantly torn to shreds by the flock of Iron-Winged Dragon Eagles in just one encounter!

In the swamp, the lurking Nine Nether Poison Dragons continuously broke out of the water, bringing with them a foul, poisonous mist.

Their massive bodies crushed through the mire, and wherever they passed, vegetation withered, and venom flowed, as they rushed north, heedless of everything!

Bloodthirsty Yao Wolves, Steel-Bristle Iron Pigs, Phantom Spirit Cats…

They had completely fallen into a berserk state.

Their eyes only saw the north.

And… all the human Cultivators they found!

Cultivators began to react, and those who had originally rushed north also quickly retreated, starting to huddle together to resist the attacks of the Immortal Demon Beasts.

However, the number of Immortal Demon Beasts far exceeded that of Cultivators, and a large portion of Cultivators had entered the Saint Lord Inheritance, unable to come out and draw the Immortal Demon Beasts' firepower.

Most of the Cultivators currently outside were Loose Cultivators from various places and some small to medium-sized forces; they had no intention of competing for the Saint Lord Inheritance, only wanting to simply gain some Immortal Qi, never expecting to encounter a beast tide that had never appeared in a hundred thousand years!

The entire Relic was filled with the terrified screams of Cultivators, and their dying cries.

“What… what happened? Why have all these Immortal Demon Beasts come out?!”

“This looks like the beast tides from the outside world. Beast tides also appear among Immortal Demon Beasts? How is this possible! There has never been such a record!”

“Ahhh, damn it! How could such a large-scale beast tide suddenly erupt?! Run!!!”

“Quick! Form a formation together, we must block them!!”

...

At the edge of a forest, there was a team that was hunting a medium-sized Immortal Demon Beast gathering point.

At this time, all the medium-sized Immortal Beasts had been slain, their corpses scattered across the ground.

The leading Cultivator wiped the sweat from his forehead, a slight smile appearing on his face:

“Whew… we finally dealt with this medium-sized gathering point, it really took a lot of effort. This is good, our team should all be able to get a wisp of Immortal Qi.”

As this person spoke, the other Cultivators also happily said:

“Yes, with this wisp of Immortal Qi, I should be able to try to break through to Undergoing Tribulation Perfection. I hope I succeed this time!”

“Hahaha, Brother Yang, you can definitely do it. Your strength is already no less than that of a typical Undergoing Tribulation Perfection Cultivator.”

“Hehe, thank you, Brother Chen. I also owe you for blocking that attack earlier, otherwise I feel I would have been at least severely injured.”

“Bah! We’re all on the same team, no need to say such things. Just remember to stand in front of me next time, hahaha.”

“No problem, that’s how it should be.”

Seeing the good atmosphere in his team, the leader was also very satisfied:

“Alright, everyone, quickly clean up the battlefield and hurry back to the camp. It’s always a bit unsafe out here.”

“Okay, let’s get to work!”

...

Everyone stood up, picking up all the scattered corpses and putting them into their Storage Pouches.

But as they were picking, they suddenly felt a slight tremor in the ground, and they were somewhat puzzled.

An earthquake?

Immediately after, everyone heard furious roars coming from the forest, followed by towering dust rising in the distance.

“What… what happened?”

Within the team, someone asked tremblingly, with a look of fear on their face.

After sensing the anomaly, the captain quickly rushed into the forest first to observe the situation.

But very quickly, his figure rushed out of the forest, his face filled with boundless fear!

He opened his mouth wide, looked at his teammates, and screamed with all his Qi:

“Run… Run quickly!!!”

Upon hearing the captain's words, all the Cultivators, without any hesitation, no longer cared about the Immortal Demon Beast corpses that had not yet been collected, and began to frantically rush towards the camp!