Believing that Ray had fled, the young Fiend turned his attention toward the Celestial Grass.
Unlike Ray, who approached with caution and respect for the dangers surrounding heaven and earth treasures, the Fiend carried himself with arrogance, striding toward it confidently, as if it was already his.
To him, nothing in this place could possibly threaten his existence!
Just as he crouched down, reaching out his pale, jewel-adorned fingers to pluck the herb, the ground beneath his feet trembled violently, then exploded with a thunderous crack.
The earth split apart as a monstrous figure surged out.
It was massive well over ten feet in length with a body ten times thicker than a grown man's torso.
Its form was segmented into dozens of chitinous rings, each glistening like polished obsidian, giving it the horrifying appearance of an armored leviathan that had clawed its way out of the abyss itself. And its wide-open maw revealed a nightmare.
