"The situation seems quite favorable for us!" Outside Ancestral Soul Mountain, Ai Qing gazed at the various battle platforms. As her eyes swept across them, she was pleasantly surprised to find that Myriad Beast Heaven seemed to hold a significant advantage, while members of the Fiend Beast clan occasionally perished on the platforms.
However, after speaking, Ai Qing glanced apologetically at Zhou Yuan. If Myriad Beast Heaven could indeed suppress the Fiend Beast clan so easily, Zhou Yuan likely wouldn't need to intervene, and given Ai Zhi's personality, he would probably cause trouble because of it.
"Zhou Yuan, you don't need to worry too much," Ai Qing quickly reassured him. "Aunt will certainly honor her word."
Zhou Yuan did not reply, his gaze fixed on the numerous battle platforms atop Ancestral Soul Mountain.
On the surface, Myriad Beast Heaven indeed held the advantage in the current situation, but this instead caused him to frown. It wasn't that he disliked seeing Myriad Beast Heaven gain an advantage; after all, while he was displeased with Ai Zhi, Jiang Ba, and others, he wouldn't let those feelings extend to the entire Myriad Beast Heaven.
However, from a rational perspective, it seemed illogical that the Fiend Beast clan, who clearly came prepared, were instead completely suppressed by Myriad Beast Heaven.
Furthermore... "If Myriad Beast Heaven could gain such an advantage so easily, why was there no significant progress during the month-long standoff that preceded this?" Zhou Yuan said slowly.
Ai Qing was startled by his words. Indeed, Myriad Beast Heaven seemed to have made little progress during the previous month of clashes and confrontations; otherwise, they wouldn't have failed to even ascertain the true nature of the Fiend Beast clan.
"What... what do you mean?" Ai Qing asked, a hint of unease in her voice.
Zhou Yuan remained silent, offering no reply. He was unsure of the Fiend Beast clan's true plan. If this was merely feigning weakness, what benefit could they gain from continuously sacrificing their forces?
Yet, the unsettling feeling in his heart intensified sharply at that moment.
What exactly did the Fiend Beast clan intend to do?
He gazed intently at the fiercely battling platforms on Ancestral Soul Mountain. After a long moment, his expression suddenly shifted, and Sacred Runes emerged deep within his pupils.
The Barrier-Breaking Sacred Runes!
As the Sacred Runes circulated, the scene before him immediately transformed.
It was as if he gazed upon a blood-red world, where boundless malevolent energy surged from Ancestral Soul Mountain, covering the sky and obscuring the sun, a sight that made one's scalp tingle.
The malevolent energy was so overwhelmingly intense that even his soul perception couldn't penetrate it. However, with the power of the Barrier-Breaking Sacred Runes, Zhou Yuan finally detected some anomalies.
He observed small whirlpools appearing on Ancestral Soul Mountain. These whirlpools were scattered but multiplied at an astonishing rate, gradually drawing in the vast malevolent power emanating from the mountain.
"These whirlpools..." Zhou Yuan's heart jolted. He realized that most of these whirlpools were appearing at the locations where members of the Fiend Beast clan had perished.
This discovery made Zhou Yuan's scalp tingle. Could the Fiend Beast clan be deliberately sacrificing lives, using them as a medium to form these blood-red whirlpools?
What was their objective?
Zhou Yuan couldn't ascertain the exact purpose of these whirlpools, but this was undeniably part of the Fiend Beast clan's hidden scheme.
"Huh? Some of the blood-red whirlpools are gradually connecting."
Suddenly, Zhou Yuan noticed a trajectory gradually connecting and influencing some of the blood-red whirlpools. This connecting trajectory was exceptionally abstruse and complex. He attempted to deduce its path, but found that even his late-stage Manifestation Soul began to tremble slightly, a sign that he could not sustain the effort.
What did this signify? It meant that this arrangement was beyond the scope of a Manifestation Soul to deduce or even grasp.
Zhou Yuan's heart trembled. His gaze immediately fixed on the final point where the trajectory emerged.
It was a battle platform located halfway up the mountain, not particularly conspicuous among the others.
And at that moment, on the battle platform, stood a black-robed figure.
Beneath the black-robed figure's feet lay the corpse of a Myriad Beast Heaven expert.
Zhou Yuan's expression shifted slightly as he gazed at the black-robed figure. He couldn't perceive its existence; indeed, had it not been for the Barrier-Breaking Sacred Runes, he likely wouldn't have detected this individual's presence at all.
This person was anomalous!
However, just as Zhou Yuan's gaze locked onto the black-robed figure, the latter seemed to sense it. The figure tilted its head slightly, and from beneath the shadows, a pair of cold eyes pierced through the void, clashing with Zhou Yuan's own.
A rumbling sound seemed to echo in Zhou Yuan's mind, and his Divine Soul began to vibrate violently. Fortunately, he immediately mobilized his Divine Soul, suppressing the effect with all his might.
It took a considerable moment before he managed to stabilize his Divine Soul.
Zhou Yuan exhaled a shaky breath, his expression grim. Had his Divine Soul not just broken through to the late Manifestation Stage, that previous impact might have directly inflicted severe damage.
He looked again, only to find the battle platform empty; the black-robed figure had vanished.
And with the black-robed figure's disappearance, a blood-red whirlpool, imperceptible to ordinary sight, also emerged at that battle platform's location.
This caused Zhou Yuan's expression to turn somber. It was just as he suspected: the Fiend Beast clan had a hidden agenda. Chi Yuan and the other Fiend Beast royalty were merely the overt, powerful enemies; the true danger lay with this black-robed figure concealed in the shadows.
Zhou Yuan's eyes flickered slightly. He then turned his head to Ai Qing and said, "Send a message to Ai Tuanzi and the others. Someone from the Fiend Beast clan is using the Ancestral Soul Mountain battle platforms to execute a grand scheme. If this is overlooked, Myriad Beast Heaven might face a severe setback this time."
Ai Qing was startled by Zhou Yuan's words. Although she didn't fully grasp their meaning, based on her understanding of Zhou Yuan, she knew he must have a compelling reason for saying them.
Without hesitation, she retrieved a feather, hollow and inscribed with runes. She lightly blew into it with her red lips, and a peculiar sound wave immediately shot through the air.
As the sound wave dissipated, the expressions of Ai Tuanzi, Ai Zhi, and others on the Ancestral Soul Mountain battle platforms all shifted.
Ai Zhi's eyes flickered, but he ultimately scoffed, "Is Zhou Yuan trying to scare us just to make a display?"
But Ai Tuanzi was not as narrow-minded. She, too, carried a sense of unease regarding this confrontation, and Zhou Yuan's warning only intensified it. She fell silent for a moment, then suddenly shouted, her voice echoing in the ears of Myriad Beast Heaven's forces: "Everyone, pay attention to a black-robed figure! If you spot them, immediately send word, and engage in coordinated elimination!"
Her voice immediately drew numerous responses, full of killing intent despite the underlying doubt.
"Heh heh..." But just as Ai Tuanzi's voice faded, a somewhat sinister chuckle suddenly rang out.
Many eyes followed the sound, finding a black-robed figure standing on a battle platform. He crouched slightly, his palm pressed against the blood-stained surface, and his gaze, as he lifted it, was fixed on Zhou Yuan outside Ancestral Soul Mountain.
"Clever boy, you actually managed to discover my whereabouts." "But unfortunately, it's still a little too late!"
As he finished speaking, his palm abruptly slammed down.
In that instant, Ancestral Soul Mountain itself seemed to shudder slightly. Immediately, an overwhelming surge of malevolent energy swept forth, rolling in and finally immersing itself into the body of every Fiend Beast clan expert present.
Then, the experts of Myriad Beast Heaven watched with drastically changed expressions as the aura of the Fiend Beast clan forces surged, the malevolent energy emanating from their bodies almost solidifying into a tangible form.
It was as if they had received a tremendous amplification!
Especially on the ten core battle platforms at the highest level, the ten top experts of the Fiend Beast clan experienced an explosive surge in their aura, reaching a level that made one's heart palpitate.
Consequently, the entire situation was reversed almost instantaneously!
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