A piercing, mournful roar. The creature, with a bear's body and bat's wings, covered in lush, emerald fur! "Unbelievable! It's the He Xi Beast—one of the Four Great Fiendly Creatures!" Even among the human cultivators in Yitian City who were previously unaware of this beast, a wave of panic surged upon first sight. A black-armored man, just moments ago wielding his two hammers to mount a counterattack, instantly felt the overwhelming aura radiating from the giant beast. His eyes flashed with dark light as he glanced toward Yitian City. But upon catching a clear view of the creature's form from afar, he gasped in astonishment, his voice rising in shock. The beast's eyes flickered, instantly spotting the white-robed cultivators fleeing in panic nearby. With a flash of fierce determination, it opened its mouth and unleashed a jet. A wave of golden-hued light surged forth, swiftly fading, then engulfed the fleeing white-robed cultivators. In an instant, they burst into splashes of blood, transforming into cascades of crimson rain, which the beast then effortlessly drew in and swallowed whole. The other cultivators nearby were startled to the point of being stunned, as a thousand to a thousand streams of light surged upward simultaneously, scattering in all directions in panic. Seeing this, the great beast roared low, then with a massive brown-yellow paw, fiercely swept a cultivator fleeing in one direction, sending out a piercing cry that erupted instantly in the void. A yellow-hazy gale surged forth, roaring violently, and in a single sweeping motion, it engulfed hundreds of cultivators, tearing them into countless fragments. Then, the beast raised its other massive paw and struck in a different direction, instantly killing dozens of cultivators on the spot. From a distance, Master Qinglong's face changed instantly, and he immediately shouted, "Lady Lin, why wait any longer—now is the time to cast your spell!" "This entire surge of power clearly contained a certain divine technique from Master Qinglong. It not only resonated powerfully throughout the sky, but also caused low-ranking beasts to reel and collapse instantly, unable to stand or fight. Meanwhile, Lin Luan, the fairy maiden engaged in combat with the white-robed youth, heard the sound and immediately grew pale, her expression darkening like still water. With a sudden, sharp cry, she had three gourds burst open in succession—'crack!' 'crack!' 'crack!'—launching three colossal bees, each several zhang in size, each spewing a distinct flame, directly toward her opponent. These were indeed the three Fire Queen Bees! Each of these queen bees wielded flames of immense power, compelling the white-robed youth to retreat and hesitate, unable to meet them head-on. Seizing this opening, Lin Luan swiftly unfurled her pair of fiery wings behind her, and in an instant, her form dissolved into a blazing flame, vanishing completely from her original position." At that very moment, in the void some hundred paces away, the young lady materialized with a slight shift of her form. Her face turned a strange, vivid crimson, then, with one hand swiftly pressing a series of hand seals, and the other extending a jade finger gently touching her brow. As several characters flashed into being, a delicate, blood-streaked talisman emerged, faintly visible and slightly blurred. Immediately, Lin Luan, the immortal lady, gave a bright cry, and the jade finger she had pressed glowed white, channeling a surge of pure spiritual energy that flowed into the talisman in a steady, rolling column. At the very instant when the great beast within Yitian City was charging toward the multitude of cultivators, roaring with fierce intensity, it suddenly halted, emitting a sound of profound agony—on its massive ram’s head, a second blood-streaked talisman appeared, shimmering with the same luminous glow. Though differing in size, the shape and engraved patterns of this talisman bore a striking resemblance to the one on Lin Luan’s brow, sharing about seven or eight points of similarity, both radiating a subtle, pulsing glow of spiritual light. "Damn beast! Have you had enough of my lessons yet? Don't dawdle—get out of the city!" As the colossal creature writhed in agonizing pain, even rolling around on the ground within the city walls, a cold, crisp command suddenly resonated in Lin Luan's divine awareness. The moment the words fell, the intense pain within the beast's consciousness vanished mysteriously. After emitting a few low groans, the creature slowly rose to its feet, its eyes darting incessantly, revealing a clear sense of bewilderment and dawning awareness. Yet, upon Lin Luan's next sharp exhalation of disdain echoing in its mind, the beast jolted upright, immediately spreading its wings without hesitation, and transformed into a vast, golden-yellow creature stretching a thousand zhang in length, sweeping a strange wind as it surged steadily toward the battlefield where humans and demons clashed. At this moment, high above the city, the black-armored warrior once again ensnared the Azure Dragon and, seizing the opportune moment, launched a powerful assault that pushed it into the defensive. However, as his divine awareness sensed a vast presence approaching at an astonishing speed from the distant horizon, a genuine sense of apprehension stirred within him... Although the Harmonized Beasts ranked last among the Four Great Fiend Beasts and were far from comparable to true spiritual beings, each of these fiendish beasts born from the very roots of calamity and evil across the realms possessed several miraculous, transcendent powers, enabling them to withstand and defeat several beings at the Consolidated Stage without sustaining a single injury. Despite being a fully accomplished Magus Sovereign at the late Consolidated Stage, he simply did not believe that he could withstand a one-on-one confrontation against one of the Ten Great Fiend Beasts. "How could there be such a fiend beast here! How could these human cultivators possibly subdue it? This is truly astonishing! Could it be that we'll have to return empty-handed this time? No—this human city possesses such formidable strength. Why would they have held back until now?" Might it be...? The black-armored warrior, after a swift mental shift, suddenly recalled his realization. As the demon swiftly transformed his form into a towering figure thirty zhang in height, and with a single rotation of his two massive hands, countless great claw-shadows surged forth, tightly ensnaring the green dragon with the two colossal hammers, he simultaneously focused his divine awareness, carefully enveloping the distant giant beast. This bold dual-tasking stemmed from his confidence in his own superior powers compared to the green dragon's master—otherwise, against a truly matched opponent, he would never have dared to divide his attention so. With the formidable powers of a late-stage consolidated stage cultivator, his divine awareness reached the strange wind-form of the sheep-headed giant in an instant, and he gently probed into it. "Indeed! The beast's energy is so impure, fluctuating in strength and weakness—clearly suffering from internal damage, its vital force significantly diminished. If this is the case, then employing such a strategy should indeed prove effective in overcoming the beast. The battle remains highly favorable." The black-armored giant was also a decisive one. As soon as he noticed the colossal beast was not in its usual state, he suddenly opened his mouth and let out a long, resonant roar. The roar sounded like a dragon's cry or a tiger's howl, soaring straight into the clouds, so clear and vivid that people on both human and demon sides within a hundred li were all startled and taken aback. "Heh, the commander has given the order—our turn to move!" said a high-ranking demon warrior, wearing a helmet and armor, as he heard the roar. Behind him, a dense formation of several thousand demon troops stood in perfect array! Most of them were the Universal Demon Riders, riding on magical beasts, while a smaller number were the tri-armed, six-limbed Galar War Demons. Unlike the other elite demon forces currently attacking the city, these troops exuded a strikingly cold aura, and a pale gray mist curled and spiraled around their bodies, as if each had mastered a unique internal cultivation technique. These demonic beings had originally been seated silently in the void. Upon hearing the leading general's words, they instantly rose without a sound—some flipping onto their mounts, others dismounting their weapons from their backs—silent as ghosts. "Cast your spells now—begin the transformation!" the leading general turned and issued a stern command. At the sound of this, thousands of demons showed slight surprise on their faces, yet none hesitated. They all promptly drew out a purple pill and swallowed it whole. Immediately, their faces turned pained, and crimson spiritual patterns began to emerge on their cheeks, spreading rapidly across their bodies. The exact nature of these blood-like patterns remained mysterious. Though the demons remained visibly in pain, their inner energy surged dramatically, growing significantly stronger within moments—and continued to intensify along the way. Yet the gray-white aura once coiled around them had thickened by several circles, swirling like countless great serpents in chaotic dance. Now, outside the magic realm. Though the black-armored warrior summoned his full powers, unleashed a series of secret techniques, and hurled nearly eight precious artifacts at the Dragon Sovereign in a relentless barrage of attacks, the Dragon Sovereign’s manifested dragon possessed truly extraordinary capabilities, managing to withstand the assault with barely a scratch. Nevertheless, the dragon was battered and wounded throughout, appearing as though it could not endure much longer. At that moment, the black-armored warrior suddenly frowned, abruptly drawing back his attack and stepping back several dozen paces with a sudden shift in posture, then gazing at his opponent with an unusual intensity. The Dragon Sovereign, seizing this brief respite, felt a great relief, yet immediately recalled something—his dragon then shook its head vigorously, and instantly the jade-green glow dispersed, restoring the sovereign to human form. Only pale as death, with seven blood holes bursting across his chest, his vital essence gushing uncontrollably—so much so that even his spells could not halt the flow at first. The Qinglong Elder paid no attention to the wounds on his chest, but merely turned his head toward the rear. "From this battle forward, I hereby release you from your bonded status!" At the same time, Lin Luan, the maiden of the war faction, upon seeing the great beast arrive at the battlefield, immediately accelerated her brow's blood seal and cried out loudly.