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By this time, Duke Gold had lost all interest in discerning the balance of power between Tianyuan City and the Monster Overlord.

He could only hope that Tianyuan City would hold out, at least hold out a bit longer.

Otherwise, the next time this Calamity Beast - Giant Serpent appeared, it could very well be in their Shen Luo Domain, right in front of his own house.

"Since Tianyuan City can contend with the overlord of this domain, presumably, they have the ability to deal with Calamity Beasts... right?"

As he spoke, his voice trailed off into a murmur.

...

Black Crow Clan.

It was also at the moment the Disaster Beast surfaced that the Black Crow High Priest understood the movement of the Calamity Beast - Giant Serpent.

"Since when did the Orochi Clan become so sneaky? To think they even have the capability to hide a Calamity Beast and only reveal it outside of Tianyuan City."

"Could it be that humanity will simply be flattened by the Calamity Beast?"

"This... it can't be that simple."

It really wasn't that simple.

The Calamity Beast - Giant Serpent was surely a treasure given to the Orochi Clan by that respected Orochi Lord on a moment's notice.

But even so, if Tianyuan City fell just like that, the Black Crow High Priest would still feel shortchanged.

He too had the ability to ask Lord for temporary powers; he just didn't have the ability to make Lord come in person.

At this moment,

The Black Crow High Priest, Duke Gold, and the Battle Armor General were in vague agreement.

"Let's hope humanity holds out a little longer."

...

"Is this a Disaster Beast?"

In Tianyuan City, at the command center's conference room.

Images after images were projected, showing the figures of Dead Bone, Duo Lai, Lu Liu, and others.

The atmosphere in the conference room was a bit tense, but not oppressive.

Mu Yuan was seeing a Disaster Beast for the first time, but he had long been familiarized with many through the materials and video footage provided by the Pioneer Group.

He was no stranger to Disaster Beasts.

He knew their characteristics very clearly.

"Difficult to block, difficult to destroy, is that it?"

"Let's test it out, whether your body is made of hardened steel, or if my swords are sharper."

Mu Yuan looked around at everyone.

Dead Bone did not volunteer proactively; it had seen the strategic plans, and the appearance of the Disaster Beast was one of the many scenarios Lord had anticipated.

This was not unexpected.

It meant that everything was still within Lord's control.

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This indeed fell within the 108 emergencies Mr. Mu had envisioned; since he was all too aware of such a renowned weapon as a Disaster Beast, how could he not have taken precautions?

And as it happened, he had some means on hand to counter the Disaster Beast.

"Begin with tactic 13-B."

"Yes, sir."

...

Thirty seconds had passed since the Disaster Beast emerged.

On the road where the Disaster Beast advanced was one of Tianyuan City's already designated positions for sniping the monster tide.

Qing Shuang and Han Shuang, the Lords of Frost, were leading a group of Lords, Winter Woman, and others who were waiting in that place.

Below their mountain, monsters had already surged past.

The creatures could be seen farther in the distance, resembling an incoming tide.

Even further away was the terrifying Disaster Beast, enshrouded in billowing hot mist. Wherever it passed, some of the creatures were engulfed in the mist and were ground to pieces.

"Lord has given the order to give this giant serpent a blast of wind."

"Ah geez, our first battle is too tough, QAQ."

"Stop whining and focus on the mission."

"Already on it—fortress A energy injection is complete."

"Fortress B energy injection complete...C...D...Array amplification is starting...Army Spirit Embryo resonance..."

"Large-scale Magic, Cold Tide Funeral, go!"

Qing Shuang pointed into the distance, and the ice elemental power from the skies and earth converged upon four temporary Snow Country fortresses.

In unison with the techniques used by the Winter Woman and the Lords of Frost, they created a vast flow of frosty white colder than a mountain snow avalanche.

The white torrent roared down, effortlessly freezing the monsters at the foot of the mountain solid. The frozen creatures shattered to pieces in the icy wind.

The chilling torrent continued forwards.

Suddenly, a figure burst out from the frozen monsters, his domain scattering around him, filled with vast energy.

This was a Legendary Realm being hiding within the monster tide.

But even as a Legendary being, he hastily flew to the sides of the cold tide, unwilling to linger or clash with this soul-penetrating chill.

The cold tide paid no mind to this Legendary being and continued its relentless advance.

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Qing Shuang and the others had no power to control this massive cold wave; being able to cast it was already their limit.

The cold tide collided with the scorching mist, blasting open an even more billowy white fog.

After a brief standoff, the cold tide overtook the vaporous mist in a relentless push, rapidly surging over and enveloping the Disaster Beast - Giant Serpent's massive body.

Within the swirling mist, the Disaster Beast - Giant Serpent became a frozen sculpture—Giant Serpent.

Clouds billowed as the Giant Serpent, encased in ice, came to a halt.

Qing Shuang, holding an object resembling a telescope, peered through the clouds, "Seems like it's frozen solid, but... ugh, I knew it wouldn't be that easy."

Within the frost mist, the thick layers of ice covering the Giant Serpent cracked, and it began to move again, increasingly faster.

"As expected..."

Qing Shuang and the rest hurried down the mountain.

The next moment,

Hum—

High in the sky, the firmament seemed to blaze red as it covered several miles around.

An invisible, horrifying coercion swept across, clearing the clouds and revealing the Giant Serpent, still covered with a significant amount of frost.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"It's Tianyuan City's trump card, the Heavenly Fire Thunder Dragon!"

"Tianyuan City really did have such a trump card up their sleeve!"

On the deck of the Giant Serpent, an elder from the Orochi Clan narrowed his eyes.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

The Giant Serpent stopped moving once more, its menacing mouth quickly closing, its enormous serpentine body lowering, coiling round and round.