The Taotie that invaded Earth was incomparable to the residual souls of Taotie released by the Ghost Emperor in the past.
It came from the Eternal Night World. After devouring the light energy on Earth, it gradually recovered its consciousness and grew stronger. It was now one of the most powerful invading species from the Eternal Night World.
As for the short, stout Minotaur, its origin was unknown. It was suspected to be an anomaly that had fused with the bloodlines of many fierce beasts. It possessed the azure back of the ancient fierce beast Kui Niu and the head of the Fei beast. Bone spurs grew from its elbows, and even though it appeared small, it exuded a powerful presence.
While Cheng Yi was distracting the Taotie, Wang Shouyi was also locked in a fierce battle with the Minotaur. Their bodies flickered in and out of existence in the air, leaving afterimages. Each clash caused the void to explode, even disturbing the laws of physics.
Wang Shouyi was not weak, but unlike the Minotaur, he had many reservations. Below him was the entire Dragon Country.
Thus, his movements were considerably restricted. Moreover, the Minotaur's dark green hide provided formidable defense, leaving Wang Shouyi unable to gain the upper hand for a time.
Instead, the powerful energy fluctuations from their battle continuously impacted the Dragon Country's luck shield, causing much anxiety among the Dragon Country's citizens within the shield.
It was known that the peace the Dragon Country currently enjoyed relied on this luck shield. Without it, countless beasts from the Eternal Night World and various demonic creatures would swarm in, bringing about utter destruction to the people of Dragon Country.
Dark energy, so dense it was almost tangible, poured into Earth, dyeing the sky above Dragon Country a dark ink. If the atmosphere hadn't been dispersed by the earlier terrifying battles, allowing more intense sunlight to penetrate, Earth would have long since entered eternal night.
Even so, Earth had, to some extent, become unsuitable for human survival. The atmosphere was riddled with holes, having been damaged by almost half.
For ordinary people, their survival was absolutely dependent on the oxygen in the atmosphere. One of the consequences of lacking an atmosphere was the extinction of all oxygen-dependent life forms, from the smallest ant to the largest blue whale.
But this was a world of the extraordinary.
The ordinary citizens of Dragon Country were able to maintain their basic survival due to the protection of the luck shield and the efforts of numerous air-element ability users within the country who were continuously decomposing oxygen. However, this was not a long-term solution.
Furthermore, due to the damage to the atmosphere, the world outside the luck shield experienced extreme temperature fluctuations between day and night. The temperature on the sun-facing side exceeded 120 degrees Celsius, while on the shaded side, it dropped to minus 150 degrees Celsius, with a day-night temperature difference of several hundred degrees.
In addition, a large number of near-Earth celestial bodies began to pose a threat to Earth. Many asteroids, upon approaching Earth, did not burn up due to atmospheric resistance before impacting the ground. Instead, they directly penetrated, striking the planet head-on.
Thus, when Yu Zhibo arrived on Earth, he witnessed a doomsday scene of lightning, thunder, and falling meteors, with the entire landscape scarred.
Taiyang Continent, former site of Autralia.
At this time, Taiyang Continent had become one of the planet's primary battlegrounds. Including Autralia, the land was cracked. The entire Taiyang Continent was divided into hundreds of large and small pieces, with nearly half of its land completely submerged. Energy explosions boomed from various locations, accompanied by the roars of giant beasts. The space in each battlefield continuously fractured and reformed. Coupled with volcanic eruptions, lightning, and tsunamis, it was a scene of apocalyptic omens.
On a small battlefield, a figure with an extremely low presence gradually solidified, eventually transforming into a handsome man with long hair, dressed in a black brocade robe.
"This is too exaggerated!"
When Yu Zhibo teleported using the Flying Thunder God Technique to his youngest daughter Yu Shuya's side, he saw a meteor the size of a football field, trailing a plume of fiery smoke, hurtling directly towards them, which made him slightly speechless.
"Dad!" Yu Shuya, who was fighting a thousand-meter-tall beast from the Eternal Night World with her teammates, was stunned for a moment upon seeing Yu Zhibo's arrival, and then a look of excitement appeared on her clear, delicate face.
At this moment, Yu Shuya was wearing armor made from the processed shells of an A-class crab beast. She wielded a long whip made from the sinews of the Taiping Demon Venerable, a subordinate of the Dragon King. Each strike of her whip invoked the power of the water laws between heaven and earth, forming giant water vortexes.
In the strong winds generated by the water vortexes, her long hair danced wildly, and her blood-red cape fluttered, making her appear incredibly formidable.
"Time flies so fast!"
Looking at Yu Shuya, who had grown into adulthood and resembled her mother more and more, Yu Zhibo smiled slightly at his youngest daughter and pointed at the falling meteor.
With that, the meteor, which had been falling at high speed, burst into brilliant colors in mid-air like fireworks, eventually dissipating into dust.
Then, he glanced at the Eternal Night beast fighting Yu Shuya's team.
This beast's head was roughly at A-class level sixty. Its head was lizard-like, with short, thick limbs, and sharp, massive spikes along its spine, giving it a ferocious appearance. Its dark black skin was extremely rough, exuding an ancient, wild, and desolate aura.
A fire-element ability user at A-class level fifty unleashed a massive fireball that struck its chest, but it couldn't even break through its defense, leaving only a shallow black mark.
Yu Shuya's whip, which generated water vortexes, only managed to slightly damage its defense. However, under the powerful primal force, the wound quickly healed.
"Roar~"
Because Bai Yinchen had given Yu Zhibo a stealth bug, the lizard-like Eternal Night beast did not detect Yu Zhibo's presence. Angered by Yu Shuya's torment, it roared furiously. Its massive, thick tail swung with the force of thunder and lightning, capable of shattering mountains, and slammed down fiercely.
The piercing sonic boom and the sound of space shattering reached Yu Zhibo's ears. As the giant tail swung, it created a unique "momentum" that sealed the space around Yu Shuya, intending to prevent her from dodging.
But how could Yu Zhibo allow his daughter to be harmed?
Without even changing the pattern in his pupils, he directly spread his palm and aimed it at the thousand-meter-tall lizard beast.
His thin lips moved, and indifferent syllables escaped his mouth: "Almighty Push!"
Boom!
A powerful repulsive force erupted from his palm. After a moment of spatial distortion, the void was shattered by the repulsive force, and the lizard beast, which had caused Yu Shuya so much trouble, was instantly turned to dust.
"Holy cow~"
Yu Shuya's teammates, who had not detected Yu Zhibo's presence from beginning to end, were instantly stunned by this scene.
Among them, an earth-element ability user who had been lurking underground emerged from the ground, holding a soul-summoning banner. His mouth gaped open for a long time before he managed to close it, muttering with difficulty, "Such a huge beast, how come it doesn't even have a soul?"
The Edo Tensei army was one of the main forces resisting the invasion of the beasts, making each beast's soul and body extremely precious. He hadn't expected such a powerful beast to have its soul destroyed upon death.