Chapter 170: The Heaven-Devouring Beast
Yun Jiao couldn’t shake the feeling that the fallen Demon King of legend and Lin Ting—the one who had raised the Heaven-Devouring Beast in the Ghost Realm—were connected. But no matter how she turned it over in her mind, the link refused to surface.
“Girl, what now?” the old man asked helplessly. They had expected the Demon King to know something about Lin Ting, yet the trail had ended abruptly. Where were they supposed to start?
“Let’s head for the Eternal Forest,” Yun Jiao said at once. “Lin Ting fed all the souls of the Spirit-Restoration Kingdom to that beast. That means it’s already fully grown—and a creature that size can’t stay hidden for long. Since he knew we went to the ghost city and that the Spirit King would be released, the only place left for him to flee is the demon realm itself.”
“The Demon King said the Eternal Forest is in the far south. I’ll set up a teleportation array.” She pulled out a bundle of array flags and was just beginning to form the circle when—
A deafening roar split the heavens.
The sound rolled across the entire Demon King City, shaking the air itself. It was as if the cry came from the edge of the world, yet it reverberated right beside their ears, rattling their very souls. The once-clear sky darkened; clouds boiled up, wind howled, and the ground heaved beneath their feet.
“What’s happening?!”
“T-that—look there!” the old man shrieked, pointing toward the horizon.
Yun Jiao turned—and froze.