The situation was more dire than he had thought; the appearance of that creature would surely bring doom to the entire continent. Even though he was now strong enough to face anyone on the continent, he wasn't sure he could defeat it. A sense of urgency and pressure filled him, warning him that he and the entire continent must prepare for the worst.
"No wonder Duke Badin and the other two duke houses betrayed the continent's cultivators by working with the devils," he thought. "That creature is beyond anything this continent's beings can contend with, and their mental fortitude would collapse upon seeing it."
