I frowned as I saw that the snake spirit had reached the most crucial step of the ritual. I felt that something was wrong.
When I'd mixed the God's power with the monster power and sent it to the cauldron, I'd planned to send the God's power into the shadow of the scarlet dragon. When the shadow came into contact with the slumbering monster, I'd detonate the God's power and destroy the ritual.
If possible, it would be best to destroy a part of the power of the Kongtong Seal. That way, I would be able to solve the problem once and for all.
I'd successfully sent the God's power in, but before I could activate it, the scarlet dragon shadow had crashed into the ground. My connection with the God's power had unexpectedly disappeared!
My mind was in a mess. I tried to use my spiritual sense to search for it, but to no avail.
At that moment, I lifted my head to look at the snake spirit. He had a grave expression as he transmitted his voice to me. "I attached the golden ball to the Kongtong Seal and sent it over, but I can't sense it now. What should I do?"
I remained silent and didn't reply. Both of us had lost control of our God's Power at the same time. From this, it could be seen that there was definitely something in this abyss that was blocking our senses. In fact, I was even beginning to suspect that the vicious beast had awakened and was forcefully seizing the God's Power for itself.
If that was really the case, then my plan had indirectly helped the monster race. Not only had I failed to steal a chicken, but I'd also come home shorn.
While I was bewildered, a rumbling sound came from the black hole. Immediately after, a silver light suddenly shot out and dyed the entire sky silver. In the silver light, a sparkling and translucent seal-like object gradually appeared in midair. It was the Kongtong Seal that the snake spirit had previously thrown in.
Following the appearance of the seal, a series of bestial cries that sounded like barking dogs resounded from the abyss. The ground started to constantly tremble. Even the empty space that had been dyed silver started to sway and collapse. Not long after, a black shadow appeared from the abyss. It was like a black lightning bolt that suddenly shot into the sky. The entire space was like a mirror that had been shattered by the impact.
The black shadow scuttled to the side of the Kongtong Seal, opened its mouth, and swallowed it in one gulp.
The silver space was completely annihilated, and the phantom image of the Kongtong Seal also completely disappeared. Only the black shadow was left in the air. It floated down from the sky, and when it landed on the ground, it suddenly opened its mouth and swallowed a few demihumans with dragon bloodlines that were closest to it.
At that moment, I could clearly see the appearance of the black shadow.
It had the body of a tiger and a pair of huge wings grew on its back. Its entire body was purplish-red, and the hair on its back was like steel needles. It looked fierce and ferocious.
The four ancient beasts had their names. From its appearance, I could tell that it was Qiong Qi!
Seeing that Qiong Qi had started to devour people, the entire plaza was in chaos. The half blood beastmen that were participating in the ceremony scattered in all directions. However, before they could even take a few steps, there was suddenly a vast power that descended from the sky and fixed everyone's body in place. Even I couldn't move at all.
I recognized it immediately. This power was definitely the power of Immortal Xia Ju. In other words, the Wolf Clan's Monster Emperor that had been hiding in the dark had finally made a move.
What did he mean by that?
Qiong Qi loved to devour humans. Could it be that the Demonic Emperor of the Wolf Clan was going to give these half-beastmen with the bloodline of the Dragon Clan to Qiong Qi as food?
If that was the case, this Demon Emperor Krui's methods were a little too cruel.
It had to be known that these half blood beastmen all had the Dragon Bloodline, and the Dragon Clan valued the bloodline the most. Although they couldn't treat these half blood beastmen as members of the same clan, from their attitude of checking and registering every half blood beastman with the Dragon Clan bloodline, it was clear that they valued these people very much.
Moreover, Demon Monarch Kru's actions didn't seem to give the Dragon Tribe any face at all. After making use of them, he immediately sacrificed them. It was extremely vicious.
Below the Golden Wolf statue, the Snake Spirit also widened his eyes when he saw this scene. He seemed to want to stop it, but just as he raised his arm, he also froze in mid-air. Obviously, the power of the Demon Thearch of the Wolf Clan had also been exerted on him.
I couldn't be bothered to pity these pitiful half blood beastmen who were going to be sacrificed, but I was worried about my own safety first.
This Qiong Qi beast had the power of the Dawn Realm, which was different from the Howling Beast. If I were to be swallowed into his stomach, I definitely wouldn't be able to survive.
However, under the suppression of the Demon Thearch of the Wolf Clan, I wouldn't be able to break free by relying on my own strength.
If I were to use the Xuanyuan Sword's power, I should be able to break free, but my identity would be exposed. In that case, although I could avoid Qiong Qi's threat, the Demon Thearch of the Wolf Clan definitely wouldn't let me off.
It was obvious that the situation before me was a dead end.
I glanced at the Snake Spirit, and he was also staring at me. His eyes were filled with anger and worry, as he obviously understood the situation before him.
At that moment, Qiong Qi flapped his wings and flew a few steps across the plaza. His elephant-like body was like a bottomless pit, and he directly swallowed all the half blood beastmen in the vicinity into his stomach.
After swallowing more than ten people, Qiong Qi was silent for a while, as though he was savoring the taste of the food.
After a short moment, he smacked his lips, flapped his wings, and flew towards us.
His body couldn't move, and he couldn't make a sound in the air. Facing the man-eating demon that was flying over, even the usually cold and arrogant Luo Ge had tears streaming down his face. His eyes were filled with fear and despair.
As for the cat girl, Wei Weian, she had already closed her eyes, waiting for the final moment to arrive.
I took a deep breath, and started to circulate my power towards the Xuanyuan Sword in my body.
Even though there was no way out, rather than waiting for death, I might as well give it my all. At the very least, I would be able to drag a few down with me before I died.
In the blink of an eye, Qiong Qi had already landed on the ground in front of us. Moreover, he was staring at me as he walked over step by step.
Very quickly, Qiong Qi was less than five meters away from me. I couldn't wait any longer, and just as I was about to draw out the Xuanyuan Sword, a hoarse voice suddenly rang in my head.
"Respected Master, is that you?"
I was stunned and stopped my movement to take out the Xuan Yuan Sword. I looked around and confirmed that the sound was made by the Qiong Qi beast standing in front of me.
Why did it call me 'Master'?
The Monster race in the Mountain and Sea Realm were all descendants of the ancient Monster Emperor Feng's tribe. Since these four vicious beasts were sleeping in the Mountain and Sea Realm, it was highly likely that they were Monster Emperor Feng's subordinates, and had followed him to the Mountain and Sea Realm!
In other words, Qiong Qi had mistaken me for Monster Emperor Feng, which was why it called me 'Master'.
Only now did I understand that the God's power from before hadn't been wasted. Even though Qiong Qi had absorbed it, and even stimulated its awakening, it had also allowed Qiong Qi to confirm my identity!
I quickly organized everything in my head, and looked at Qiong Qi as I sent a voice transmission.
"That's right, it's me."
I didn't know how Qiong Qi had determined my identity, but it didn't question me. Instead, its voice was filled with excitement as it continued to send a voice transmission. "Master, did you awaken me to fight again?"
This time, I didn't say anything, and just nodded.
Qiong Qi's voice became even more excited. "After sleeping for thousands of years, it's finally time to fight again. Great Master, Qiong Qi vows to follow in your footsteps!"
After saying that, it raised its head and let out a series of roars.
Even though I had already guessed its attitude, I was still stunned when it personally confirmed it.
I hadn't expected that after the Monster race had awakened Qiong Qi, they would finally recognize me as their master.
With Qiong Qi as the main force, even the Wolf Monster Emperor wouldn't be able to do anything to me.
But after thinking about it, I decided to hide it.
The Monster race was working hard to awaken the four vicious beasts, so there was no need for me to reveal myself at this time. When they had awakened all the vicious beasts, and even brought them to the battlefield in the human world, I could give the order for the four vicious beasts to turn against me. At that time, it would be a huge blow to the Monster race.
With that in mind, I sent a voice transmission to Qiong Qi, telling him to go to the side and rest. Without my orders, he wasn't allowed to get close to me.