"Your ancestors sure held you all in high regard!"
"To arrange such a trial, do they think there are too many tribespeople and periodically killing a batch is a way to save resources?"
"Gulp!"
Ye Hanjun swallowed hard, suppressing the urge to turn tail and run, he looked up, scrutinizing inch by inch.
There was no mistaking it, the creature's forepart was a massive lion, with brown mane and yellow fur, its wide and powerful paws capable of shattering mountains and rivers.
Moving towards the middle, its torso shrank in size starting from one-third down its spine.
A black goat was perched upon its back, with snow-white horns and sleek, smooth black wool, its drooping beard unwittingly conveyed a sage's dignity.
Further back, where the goat's tail should be, was a huge, twisted green python, its head forcibly turned around.
The gaping maw revealed pale, dagger-like fangs, sharp as spikes, seemingly capable of cutting through rivers and cleaving seas, omnipotent.