The beast tide was frightening in size.

Zhang Lie twisted his head, his eyes gleaming with a rainbow sheen. Multicolored mist rose from the ground, stupefying the genetic lifeforms at the head of the pack. As they reached Zhang Lie, they stopped short.

The genetic lifeforms' eyes all took on a rainbow sheen. Zhang Lie pointed at the swan, and they all looked toward it.

The swan shivered and honked, but it had already lost control of all its genetic lifeforms. A horde of lifeforms yelled, screeched, and howled as they swarmed the swan. Zhang Lie's mistmeld clam soulshard had trapped all these lifeforms in an illusion; he had swapped their...