Fighting the Masked Man

This is a dark, desolate place, so dark that it seems to devour even the air itself, creating an atmosphere of immense oppression and heaviness...

call out!
The darkness and silence that had lasted for an unknown period of time were suddenly broken in the next moment. Ripples spread across the void, and a crack seemed to appear. Then, several streams of light shot out and appeared in this dark void.

Five figures of light stood in mid-air. As soon as they appeared, spiritual energy swept out and enveloped their bodies. Then, they warily stared at their surroundings. After a moment, when there was no unusual movement, the spiritual light around them weakened slightly.

As the spiritual light faded, their figures gradually became visible. They were Jiu You and his companions, who had set off from the Heavenly Court, accompanied by Xiao Diao and others.

Among the five, Jiuyou, Xiao Diao, and Xiao Yan are the strongest, all of whom are experts who have reached the Great Perfection of Earthly Sovereign. Xiao Yan, in particular, inherited the Xuanlong Guardian, and once he forms an array, he is able to contend with Heavenly Sovereign for a short period of time.

Logically speaking, the three of them were somewhat overpowered and should not have been qualified to enter the Divine Beast Plains.

Because the inherited blood essence here is used to cultivate the prodigies of the divine beast clan, most of the people who can participate are at the Supreme Realm level, and the laws of heaven and earth within it are extremely repulsive to those above the Supreme Realm, and may even attract attacks from the remnant souls of super divine beasts.

But rules are rigid, while people are flexible.

With the Heavenly Court as their backing, the three of them didn't need to care about the so-called rules. They sealed their strength to the Ninth Grade Supreme Realm through the seal.

"Is this the Origin of Divine Beasts?" Little Marten frowned slightly as he looked at the void space around him. With his keen senses, he could easily perceive the special nature of this place. The spiritual energy on his body seemed to be being decomposed by the void space around him. If this decomposition rate continued, the spiritual energy in his body would be completely consumed in just a few years.

If it were an ordinary Supreme Realm cultivator, they would probably only be able to sustain it for one or two days.

This shows how strange and special this place is.

“This is a void space where the Divine Beast Plains are located.” Jiuyou looked around with her pretty face, then looked into the distance and explained, “In this void space, spiritual power will be decomposed by darkness. So if we are exposed to the void for too long, our spiritual power will be gradually decomposed, and we will eventually sink and be unable to escape.”

"This place should be the outer edge of the Divine Beast Plains!" Little Marten said calmly, his expression indifferent. Strength was his confidence; even if he encountered an accident, he could call for reinforcements.

His older brother is Lin Dong!
"Yes, to truly enter the Divine Beast Plains, one needs to ride some small meteorites. These meteorites appear every so often. If you're lucky, you can wait for half a day; if you're unlucky, it will take several days... These meteorites are all products of the shattered Divine Beast Continent in the past." Jiuyou nodded slightly, then her wild and beautiful eyes showed a hint of sadness as she slowly spoke.

Who could have imagined that the once mighty Divine Beast Continent would be ambushed and destroyed by the extraterrestrial evil race? Even the strongest among the super divine beasts perished, and the ancestors of the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan were also seriously injured and killed, causing the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan to fall into decline.

The five sat cross-legged in the void, quietly awaiting their impending doom. And their luck was clearly good; less than half an hour later, a meteorite about a hundred feet long silently streaked across the darkness, hurtling toward them.

"Here it comes!" Jiuyou chuckled as he watched the meteorite hurtling towards him, and landed steadily on it with two of his clan's young prodigies.

Little Mink and Little Flame followed closely behind.

After they landed on it, Little Marten clearly felt that the power that decomposed spiritual energy around him disappeared, repelled by the unique magnetic field of the meteorite. At the same time, he also felt a strange energy on the meteorite. With a gentle clench of his hand, a lump of bloody flesh was extracted from the meteorite.

The minced meat gleamed with a bloody sheen and emitted a strong, pungent smell that made the blood in the five people present boil slightly, giving them an almost instinctive urge to devour it.

"This is Blood Spirit Mud. Legend has it that in the ancient times, powerful beings in the Divine Beast Plains foresaw the plans of the extraterrestrial races. When destruction came, they self-destructed their physical bodies in an attempt to stop it. This so-called Blood Spirit Mud contains a trace of the essence of these powerful beings' flesh and blood. This Blood Spirit Mud can be ingested, and after ingestion, it will greatly benefit the physical body. In the outside world, if there are powerful alchemists who are skilled in alchemy, they can even use this Blood Spirit Mud to refine Blood Spirit Pills, which can transform one's physical body." Jiuyou explained to Xiao Marten upon seeing this item.

"Looks like we're in luck," the sable chuckled, then asked, "Are there many of these?"

"If we encounter some large meteorites along the way, we might be able to find some," Jiuyou said softly. She had learned about this from the clan's ancient books, and this was the first time she had seen the actual objects. Although they were only the size of a fist, they would be enough to sell for a million Supreme Spirit Liquids if they were in the outside world.

"Xiao Yan, remember to work!" Upon hearing this, Xiao Diao grinned and reminded Xiao Yan beside him. Compared to Jiu You, the two brothers were quite 'poor'.

Last time they went to the Holy Abyss Continent, they thought they could collect some special rare and precious materials, but in the end, they gained very little, which was not enough to exchange for a Heavenly Origin Pill. This is why they chose to participate in the Divine Beast Plains.

"Hmm!" Xiao Yan nodded coldly, his tiger eyes flashing with a hint of ferocity.

……

"Tick tock~"

Drops of blood, imbued with the power of thunder, slid down a mutilated corpse and dripped onto the blood pool below, rippling slightly. The rich, bloody stench almost dyed the meteorite red. On it stood several figures wearing ghost masks, each exuding a powerful aura comparable to that of a Supreme Realm expert.

The leader's aura had reached the limit of the Ninth Grade Supreme Realm. A book filled with death energy floated in his palm. The three ancient spiritual characters "Book of Life and Death" could be vaguely seen. Dark light emanated from it, emitting a strange and cold aura of the underworld, enveloping his entire body as if he were suppressing something.

Beneath his feet lay a severely injured young man, who looked up in utter disarray and terror, asking, "Who...who are you people?!"

As the pride of the Thunder Raven Clan, a peak seventh-grade Supreme Realm expert, he was actually severely injured by the opponent's attack. The rest of his clansmen were also torn apart one after another, their blood pooling together. During this time, they didn't even understand what was happening before they were all wiped out.

Especially the leader, whose strength was unfathomable, giving him the feeling of facing a clan elder!

"The one who will guide you to the afterlife..." the leader said coldly. His eyes, hidden behind the mask, were extremely cold, devoid of any human emotion. They showed only indifference to life, as if all living beings were the same in his eyes.

As the words fell, the pitch-black book in his palm began to flip, and a strange black aura surged from it. This aura seemed to originate from the netherworld, and one could vaguely see countless beings sinking into hell. Before the terrified eyes of the Thunder Raven Clan prodigy, the black aura entered his body, pulling his soul out and sending it into the Book of Life and Death…

As his soul was extracted from his body, the Thunder Crow Clan prodigy's body instantly stiffened, transforming from human form back into his original form. The Yin generals dressed in black robes stepped forward and dismembered his body, pouring all the flesh and blood into the blood pool beside him.

"As expected of a spirit beast with divine beast bloodline, its blood and flesh essence are extremely good, making it an excellent material for setting up an array." The Judge of Life and Death, holding the Book of Life and Death in one hand, looked at the blood pool in front of him with a hint of satisfaction in his eyes and said in a low voice.

The leader was none other than the Judge of Annihilation of Life from the Underworld, the former Lord of the Soul Palace. However, he had long since bid farewell to his former identity, and both his strength and aura had undergone earth-shattering changes.

Even if Yao Chen were here, he probably wouldn't recognize his former identity.

"Om~"

The Judge of Annihilation opened the Book of Life and Death in his hand, and saw endless Netherworld Qi flowing from it, as if connected to the cycle of hell. This Netherworld Qi gathered in mid-air to form a complex and intricate array. The important nodes on the outer perimeter had all been lit up, and only the spatial nodes on the inner perimeter remained. Once the array was activated, it could completely freeze the Divine Beast Plain!
The purpose of the Underworld's trip is to swallow the entire Divine Beast Plains into the Underworld and transform it into the Animal Realm of the Six Paths!
Whether it's the remnant souls or the essence blood of super divine beasts, they are all resources of great strategic value to the Underworld, enough to nurture dozens of Ghost Emperor-level beings. Only in this way can the Underworld have enough confidence to wage war against the Divine Beast Continent!
As for the vast world... it is naturally restrained by the evil races from beyond the realm!

"Just a little bit more, and we can begin!"

The Judge of Annihilation's eyes flashed with a cold, scarlet light as he spoke in a low voice, his tone filled with an indescribable excitement and agitation. He seemed to be extremely eager for this war, after all, the Underworld had been hiding for too long, and it was time to bare its fangs to the world.

Gentlemen, he craves war and slaughter!
……

As a dazzling light burst forth before everyone's eyes, an extremely vast continent came into view. The blinding light was emanating from the distorted spatial power surrounding the continent, making it exceptionally radiant.

That continent was vast and boundless. Even from the endless sky, the people could not see the end. The entire continent was filled with a primordial and boundless aura.

"Is this the Plains of Divine Beasts?"

The little sable looked surprised and muttered to himself that he had read some records about the Divine Beast Continent in the Heavenly Court.

In those ancient times, this region was considered a gathering place for powerful beings even in the entire Divine Beast Continent. It was home to two or three out of ten of the peak beings in the Spirit Beast Realm. As a result, it attracted the attention of the extraterrestrial race, who launched a surprise attack first. With the force of thunder, they brought destruction, causing the continent to be severely damaged in an instant.

"Ok?"

Soon, a solemn expression appeared in everyone's eyes, because on that vast Divine Beast Plain, a deep pit several million feet wide had appeared. If viewed from high above, the dark pit could be seen as an indescribably huge palm print.

That palm print seemed to have fallen from the sky, directly tearing this Divine Beast Plain apart. Countless ravines, each ten thousand feet high, spread out from it, dividing this Divine Beast Plain and changing the terrain as a result.

This destructive power was truly world-destroying; it's unimaginable how many powerful beings in the Divine Beast Plains were instantly reduced to dust under this single palm strike.

"The Heavenly Demon Emperor?!" Little Marten said in a deep voice. He had seen the Heavenly Emperor fight against many Heavenly Demon Emperors on the Holy Abyss Continent. The commotion was quite exaggerated. The aftershocks alone were enough to destroy the world and leave indelible marks.

Even after decades, the battleground still retains terrifying spatial rifts, showing no signs of disappearing. Even the Heavenly Sovereign dares not easily set foot there.

"This is the devastating attack launched by that extraterrestrial race back then," Jiu You said, her pretty face somewhat grim.

Although the Spirit Beast Realm is also a place of survival of the fittest and full of brutal competition, this is still an internal matter of the Spirit Beast Realm, and it is conducted according to certain rules. However, the sudden appearance of the extraterrestrial race directly broke these rules. They acted like invaders, and any living beings that were different from them would be destroyed by them.

It is precisely for this reason that the entire world regards the extraterrestrial race as a great enemy.

Non-my family, its heart must be different.

For that war of protection, countless once-powerful forces in the vast world vanished, and countless peak beings perished. At that time, all grudges were put aside, and everything was for the purpose of protecting this vast world.

This is the significance of the Great Thousand Palace's existence, and also the reason why so many powerful individuals cultivate today. No one wants the Great Thousand World to be completely occupied by the extraterrestrial evil race, causing them to permanently lose their homeland and become objects of enslavement.

"Such a scene will never happen again. In today's vast world, there are beings like the Heavenly Emperor!" The young prodigy from the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan said with a soft laugh.

“That’s true. Even if the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up.” Little Marten smiled and said casually. With his current strength, the war between the Great Thousand World and the extraterrestrial evil race was obviously not his business. Even if he wanted to get involved, that would be something to do after he stepped into the Heavenly Sovereign realm. He was not qualified to step into such a battlefield at the moment.

Unlike the other two, Jiuyou was not at ease. She was in the Heavenly Court and knew some inside information. More than ten years ago, the Heavenly Emperor made a strong move against the Cangqiong Ranking, which attracted a heavenly tribulation and caused her main body to be severely injured. Her main body had been in seclusion for more than ten years, and no one knew its condition.

As the meteorite approached the Divine Beast Plains, friction occurred between the atmosphere and the meteorite, creating a swirling firelight. The crowd fell silent, transforming into streaks of light and disappearing into the continent.

At the same time, many meteorites entered this continent from all directions.

However, no one noticed that the number of people entering the Primal Beast Realm this time was nearly half that of previous years… (End of Chapter)