Reborn as a lotus, she initially refuses to hand it over to the state.

However, it is only now that it truly understands just how enormous the gap is between the sixth and seventh orders.

"Get out of Changbai Mountain!"

The Tiger King opened its massive jaws and let out a deafening roar.

The next moment, the polluted power within its body surged wildly, and the blood-red vertical eye on its forehead burst forth with dazzling blood light.

A blood-red beam of light, as thick as a water bucket, shot straight towards the Azure Lotus branch. Faced with this attack...

Chu Zhou did not dodge; a silvery-blue lotus leaf gently rose up and blocked the lotus stalks above.

boom!

The crimson beam of light struck the lotus leaf, and terrifying energy swept in all directions, tearing a ravine hundreds of meters long through the snowfield.

The lotus leaf swayed only slightly.

Its surface shimmered with a bluish-silver light.

All the blood-red stains were gradually erased.

"That's impossible!"

The Changbai Mountain Tiger King was stunned. Its current strength was close to the late stage of the sixth rank. Even Qin Zhenyuan would not have dared to take that attack head-on.

But this green lotus, grown from a lotus seed, blocked the view so easily?

Chu Zhou's voice rang out again: "Tiger King of Changbai Mountain, I have not come here to kill you. If you are willing to hand over the source of pollution within your body, I can spare your life."

The Tiger King froze, then a maniacal smile spread across his face: "Hand it over! You think I don't know what you want? You're just like that human—you want to take Changbai Mountain and my power!"

It had barely finished speaking.

The blood-red aura within his body surged violently once more, causing the Tiger King's massive body to tremble violently. A fleeting moment of clarity appeared in his originally scarlet eyes.

"Lord of the Azure Lotus, do not believe in Him."

The Tiger King of Changbai Mountain spoke in a hoarse voice.

Chu Zhou's eyes flickered slightly. This was the original consciousness of the Changbai Mountain Tiger King, and it had not yet been completely devoured.

"He is underground."

The Tiger King struggled to raise his head, his blood-red vertical eye breaking open repeatedly: "He has been using me, using the strange beasts of Changbai Mountain. What He wants is not Changbai Mountain, but flesh and blood, sacrifices."

Before he could finish speaking, the Tiger King's body suddenly convulsed violently: "Shut up!"

A cold, hoarse voice emanated from within the Tiger King, as if countless people were speaking at the same time.

It carried an indescribable eeriness.

The next moment, the tiger king's blood-red vertical eye on its forehead opened completely.

Boom!

The snowfields of Changbai Mountain trembled violently.

Huge cracks spread outwards from beneath the Tiger King's feet, extending in all directions.

In the crack.

A crimson mist of blood shot into the sky.

Countless long-dead alien beast corpses began to tremble, their flesh and blood seemingly summoned, transforming into torrents of blood that converged towards the depths of Changbai Mountain.

"not good!"

Qin Zhenyuan's expression changed drastically: "That thing wants to forcibly devour flesh and blood to completely control the Tiger King!"

On the defense line of Changbai Mountain.

Everyone watched this scene with a chill running down their spines, as the situation, which had just begun to improve, crumbled.

It got out of control again.

Inside Heilong Lake.

Chu Zhou's gaze pierced through a thousand miles, looking down at the foot of Changbai Mountain.

He finally sensed that deep within the endless ice and rocks, there was an extremely large, blood-red shadow.

The shadow had not fully awakened, but its tentacles had already spread throughout the underground of Changbai Mountain.

"I see."

Chu Zhou's seven lotus leaves swayed: "Trying to use the Tiger King's body to arrive ahead of schedule?"

The next moment, in the center of the Changbai Mountain snowfield, the roots of the green lotus branch erupted, and hundreds of green and silver roots broke through the soil, like chains, instantly wrapping around the limbs and neck of the Changbai Mountain Tiger King.

The Tiger King struggled frantically, but the more it struggled, the tighter the silver roots wrapped around it.

The Tiger King struggled frantically, but the more it struggled, the tighter the silver roots wrapped around it.

Those roots did not directly penetrate its body.

Instead, a huge blue cage was formed along the tiger king's limbs, back, and the position of its blood-red vertical eyes on its forehead.

"roar!"

The Tiger King of Changbai Mountain let out a painful roar as the crimson power within its body surged and clashed. With each clash, large cracks would appear on the surface of its silvery roots.

But soon new roots emerged from beneath the snowfield, patching up the cracked area.

For a moment, the blood-red malevolent energy and the life force of the green lotus clashed continuously on the Tiger King's massive body.

From a distance, this once majestic Siberian tiger king appeared to be tightly bound by countless blue chains.

"Humans".

Chu Zhou's voice suddenly rang out.

Qin Zhenyuan looked up at the blue lotus branch in the center of the snowfield and asked, "What are your orders, Lord of the Blue Lotus?"

Chu Zhou said calmly, "I need to extract the source of pollution from its body. Before that, we must not let that thing underground get close. You must guard the defense line and also protect this snowfield."

Qin Zhenyuan's gaze sharpened. He naturally understood Chu Zhou's meaning: the Lord of the Azure Lotus could suppress the Tiger King, but he could not completely block the power of the forbidden existence underground.

If that bloody pollution were to breach the defenses, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"it is good."

Without uttering a single word, Qin Zhenyuan took a step forward, and his internal energy and blood surged forth.

The martial arts dharma image behind him condensed again. Although it was much dimmer than before, it still carried an aura that suppressed heaven and earth.

"The Changbai Mountain defense line is bounded by the snowfields. Any blood-stained contamination that dares to cross the line will be utterly destroyed!"

"yes!"

Inside the defensive line, countless soldiers responded in unison, heavy artillery quickly changed direction, and a large number of awakened individuals, led by Lei Zhenyue, gathered on the snowy plain ahead.

Everyone knows that the next battle will no longer be just about resisting the beast tide, but about facing a forbidden being that has truly awakened from the earth.

at the same time.

Chu Zhou's consciousness landed on the branch of the green lotus.

Seven silver lotus leaves slowly unfurled, and a vast spiritual force instantly enveloped the Tiger King of Changbai Mountain.

"Golden stamen".

"Buzz!"

In the distance, the Queen Bee, who was originally seriously injured, immediately led the remaining spirit bees to fly over.

Of the original three thousand spirit bees, only a little over two thousand remain. Many of them have broken wings and are weak, but they still did not hesitate at all when they heard Chu Zhou's summons.

A golden stamen landed on a lotus leaf, and it lowered its head.

"Protect the lotus division and do not let anything get close to the lotus seed."

The six golden stamens of the bee vibrated, emitting a resolute buzzing sound.

The next moment, the remaining spirit bees reassembled their hive domain, completely covering the area above the green lotus branch.

Chu Zhou no longer hesitated. A green-silver root emerged from the lotus heart. The root was not thick and looked no different from an ordinary vine.

But when it approached the tiger king's blood-red vertical eye on its forehead, the tiger king's massive body suddenly trembled.

"Get out! Get out!"

The chilling voice emanated from within the Tiger King's body.

The blood-red vertical eyes flashed wildly, and countless scarlet tentacles emerged from beneath the tiger king's fur, attempting to tear apart the cyan silver roots.

However, at this moment, lotus patterns appeared on the surface of the Qingyin roots.

All the crimson tentacles that touched the roots were as if they were being scorched by fire, instantly emitting large amounts of black smoke.

"what!"

A piercing scream came from inside the Tiger King's body.

The sound no longer resembled the Tiger King; it sounded as if something was being forcibly torn from flesh and blood.

Chu Zhou said indifferently, "How dare a mere wisp of remnant spirit lay a finger on my possessions? Show yourself to me."

boom!

The silver roots suddenly pierced the blood-red vertical eye, and the tiger king of Changbai Mountain froze instantly.

The next moment, an extremely dense, blood-red aura surged wildly from the vertical eye on its forehead.

The blood-red aura twisted and turned in mid-air.

In the dim light, they coalesced into distorted human faces: old people, children, strange beasts, and human awakeners with faces full of despair.

Countless faces opened their mouths at the same time, emitting a silent roar.

"What is this?"

Inside the Changbai Mountain defense line, many people had pale faces.

Lei Zhenyue clenched his fists even more tightly.

He could sense the intense resentment and unwillingness in those blood-red faces.

Clearly, the forbidden entity beneath Changbai Mountain has devoured countless lives.

"You ant, how dare you seize my vessel!"

A chilling voice emanated from within the crimson aura.

The next second, the entire Changbai Mountain shook violently again.

Rumble!

The huge crack beneath the Tiger King's feet suddenly widened.

A blood-red tentacle, hundreds of meters thick, emerged from the depths of the earth.

The surface of the tentacles was covered with countless eyeballs and mouths, each eyeball was moving and each mouth was whispering.

"Flesh and blood, sacrifices, I shall descend..."

Seeing this, Qin Zhenyuan's face darkened completely; this thing had not yet truly broken through the seal.

It already possesses such terrifying power to pollute with just one tentacle; if it were to truly escape its predicament...

The entire Changbai Mountain area, and even several northeastern provinces, will likely become a dead zone.

The crimson tentacles did not attack Chu Zhou, but bypassed the lotus stalks and directly coiled towards the Tiger King, which was bound by roots, in an attempt to reclaim its container.