A sudden, immense sense of crisis enveloped Shengqing and Lian. Shi Wei and the cubs, who were sleeping in their beast forms around Su Yu's grassy nest, jolted awake, their fur instantly bristling.
Lan Qi shot to his feet, scooping the soundly sleeping Su Yu into his arms. Almost subconsciously, he stomped the ground. Hard clods of earth surged upward, enveloping the entire tree hollow.
The instant the tree hollow was encased in earth, a brutal beam of black light slammed into the thick earthen shell.
BOOM—!
A deafening roar erupted. The earthen shell around the tree hollow was instantly blasted to smithereens, but there was no sign of life within.
The gray mist darted over to inspect, then morphed into an arrow pointing at the flat ground.
Clearly, the Beastmen who were in the tree hollow had escaped by burrowing into the earth.
The Merfolk Stone Sculpture tsked and glanced at his hand. After ten thousand years of suppression, his power was still significantly weakened.
