Su Zhou remained silent. He hadn't uttered a single word since the battle began. Now, his violet-blue Dragon Pupils were devoid of emotion, their cold gaze fixed on the three remaining enemies.
Gazing at the trembling Divine Beasts, the Great Dragon silently bared its sharp fangs.
"Run!"
In reality, no Divine Beast actually shouted the word. The very instant the thought occurred, they turned and fled for their lives back toward their army, moving even faster than they had on their approach.
This was no disgrace. It was an encounter with an unknown terror the likes of which the Divine Beasts had never experienced. Any living creature would have made the same choice in this situation.
—At first, they had thought that letting a Divine Beast with a powerful Breath attack strike freely from a distance was a senseless waste of their Personal Guards and assets, so they decided to close in and stop it.
