The black python's panicked retreat left Xiao Mo deeply puzzled.
This black python was already King-level and possessed extremely high intelligence.
It should have known that attacking the Immortal and Demon Tribe now offered the greatest chance of success.
After all, the current territory and city could be described as an empty city.
If it missed this opportunity, its next arrival would be its death.
However, as it passed by the Immortal and Demon Tribe, it didn't hesitate at all, directly soaring into the clouds and flying away with great decisiveness.
This situation gave Xiao Mo a sense of foreboding.
"Master! I have a bad feeling! It seems like something terrible is about to happen!"
Just then, Xian Qing'er walked up to Xiao Mo, her expression solemn.
Hearing Xian Qing'er's words, Xiao Mo couldn't help but frown.
Although Xian Qing'er was an immortal tribe soldier, she was essentially a woman.
A woman's intuition was terrifying, and this intuition wasn't just directed at men.
Especially for someone like Xian Qing'er, an immortal tribe warrior, her intuition itself came from her soul's premonition of danger.
Something terrible?
What could it be? Could it be the arrival of the beast tide crisis?
But it was just an initial beast tide crisis, would it need to cause such a commotion?
Even the King-level black python was so frightened that it fled and vanished.
Unable to figure it out, Xiao Mo opened the [World Chat Channel] with his doubts.
The chat channel was already in chaos.
The topic, of course, was the sudden celestial phenomenon that had just appeared – those terrifying clouds and the eight blood-red characters.
Now Xiao Mo understood that these crimson clouds and the sound of war drums were far more terrifying than he had imagined.
Lords in all regions of the Primordial Continent had witnessed this phenomenon at the same time.
[Damn! What was that just now? It was so f***ing terrifying! My heart almost burst!]
[It was indeed terrifying! Especially the sound of war drums, my eardrums almost burst!]
[What's a burst eardrum? You didn't see a ten-thousand-zhang mountain vanish into thin air! Not only that, but the magical beasts outside my territory are still going berserk!]
[And those eight characters! So we were just trial players before!]
[The true crisis journey officially begins today!]
[But what exactly is going on? Is some disaster or danger about to occur?]
[Don't worry too much upstairs, perhaps it's just a natural phenomenon in this world!]
[Natural phenomenon? Upstairs has lost their mind! Didn't you hear the drum sound nine times in total, with almost consistent intervals, and each beat's power was layered? Does your natural phenomenon occur like this!]
[Your analysis upstairs is quite reasonable, I feel like something big is about to happen!]
[Exactly! Perhaps it's a precursor to the beast tide crisis!]
……
While the lords were discussing heatedly.
The announcement belonging to Xiao Mo, which was at the top of the chat channel, quietly went offline.
A new world announcement appeared before every lord.
[Latest World Announcement!]
[The novice protection period has officially ended, the trial phase of the Myriad Races Hegemony Competition has concluded, and all lords will embark on a new journey!]
[Announcing good news to all lords: in one hour, the initial beast tide crisis will officially begin!]
[The scale of the beast tide encountered by all lords will be random, and a beast tide score ranking will be set!]
[The top one hundred lords will receive random rewards!]
[The lord ranked first will receive a unique special benefit in addition to random rewards!]
[Lords who fail to pass the beast tide crisis trial will have their territory destroyed, and the lord will be completely eliminated!]
[The path of vying for hegemony among all beings is a journey filled with blood and fire! Only those lords who have passed the cruel trials can truly embark on this path, be qualified to accept higher trials, and ultimately stand at the peak of this world, becoming the supreme deity that rules this world!]
[This is a grand era! May all of you pass the test and compete for the most revered position of God-King in this grand era!!!]
As soon as the announcement appeared, the chat channel exploded again.
The beast tide crisis would arrive in one hour, meaning all lords' territories would be truly invaded by a beast tide.
As a result, a surge of panic and despair welled up in many lords' hearts, and their spirits directly collapsed...
[F***! Is this a joke? Just one hour! What can be done in this time!]
[Facing the beast tide with current strength! We are destined to be finished!]
[I'm done for too! The territory defense battle at dawn consumed nearly eighty percent of my troops! How can I possibly resist the beast tide in an hour!]
[Me too! I suffered heavy losses at dawn! The troops I just replenished today are weak as hell, almost useless!]
[After the territory defense battle, most lords suffered heavy losses, and then immediately followed by the beast tide crisis. It seems they don't want to leave us any room to survive!]
[The territory defense battle was just an appetizer for the end of the novice protection period, the real main course is the beast tide! But at this time, the beast tide is practically a catastrophe!]
A single territory defense battle had already made many lords struggle to cope.
That wave at dawn had already eliminated nearly a million lords.
Now all the lords didn't even have a moment to catch their breath before facing the beast tide again.
Wasn't this situation a catastrophe?
[I've calculated it! After the beast tide ends, at least another hundred million lords will be lost! This is terrifying!]
[Calculate your grandma! Scram! Believe it or not, I'll send you back to the furnace!]
[F***! Can you be a human! Even a dog has more conscience than you!]
[Why talk to this idiot! He's gloating when he sees others become monster food! But I wonder if he's ever calculated if he himself can see tomorrow's sun?!]
[People like this! Truly garbage! You scumbag! Tsk!!]
……
For a time, the entire chat channel was filled with all sorts of negative energy.
Many lords were in despair, and quite a few had even given up.
They had barely won the territory defense battle.
Although they had some gains, they had suffered heavy losses, and those gains could not be used immediately.
It had only been a few hours since the territory defense battle, and they had just managed to catch their breath, but the beast tide was coming again.
For these lords at the bottom of the pyramid, this was simply a path of no return, a sure death.
What is the most cruel thing in life?
It is undoubtedly encountering something that you must do, but seeing no hope of success!
Especially now, facing death, everyone felt fear in their hearts.
This wasn't worry, it was a primal reaction of all living beings.
Mentally, one might not fear death, but the deep-seated fear in one's heart could never be avoided.
At this moment, across the entire Primordial Continent, many lords became dazed, and some even began to wail.
Because, while the beast tide might be a great opportunity for some lords, for them, it was a death knell from the god of death!
Their path ahead was shrouded in darkness, with no glimmer of light...