Starting with SSS-rank talent, I contracted the Forbidden Ferocity.

The hand that held the bow was severed by Shen Ye's sword.

A black severed hand fell.

The door bow also detached from the door's shadow.

But the third arrow still didn't stop.

It has already been fired.

An arrow shot will not disappear even if the hand drawing the bow is severed.

A black arrow emerged from behind Shen Ye, its tip splitting in two.

Half of it pointed towards Shen Ye's brow.

Half of it points towards Guixu's forehead.

Zhou Xuan's expression changed drastically.

"The third arrow is still flying!"

Shen Ye did not turn around.

"Return to the Ruins".

The Ruins of Guixu have already moved.

It did not hide.

Instead, it opened its mouth and bit at the falling black severed hand.

Click.

It bit off my severed hand.

There is no flesh or blood inside.

There is only one black door pattern.

The moment the door cracked open, the speed of the third arrow finally slowed down by a fraction.

Shen Ye seized this opportunity.

"Soul Beast, Lock Arrow Shadow."

Twenty afterimages of soul beasts emerged from the ground and entangled the shadow of the black arrow.

"Flying beasts, cut off the arrows' path."

A hundred flying beasts swooped down, their wings slicing through the arrows.

"Armored beast, suppress the hunting seal."

The afterimage of the fifty-armored beast stomped on the ground, its thick armor sealing the half-hunting mark between Shen Ye and Gui Xu's eyebrows.

The black arrow continues its advance.

But with every inch they advanced, a layer of their strength was stripped away by the remnants of the ancient beast army.

The hunter's afterimage looked up.

Within the hollow facade, the crack in the door slowly widened.

It seemed to finally realize that it couldn't shoot the arrow down.

So it stretched out its other hand, trying to recall the broken bow.

Shen Ye's eyes turned cold.

"Longyuan".

Long Yuan took a step forward.

The Fighting King Ape grabbed the broken corner of the bow, his arm muscles bulging, and dragged it backward with all his might.

A hoarse voice came from the crack in the door, echoing the afterimage of the hunter:

"return."

Longyuan responded with a low roar.

I won't pay it back.

Gui Xu's eyes lit up.

It pounced and bit the broken corner of the door bow.

Click.

This bite felt like biting into countless cracks in a door.

Gui Xu's little face scrunched up in a frown.

"hard."

The calamity of heaven and the punishment of the calamity shine down.

A gray-white lightning bolt struck the broken corner of the door frame, pinning down the entangled hunting marks inside.

Guixu bit down again.

Click!

It bit off a piece of the broken corner of the door bow.

The hunter's afterimage emitted its first piercing shriek.

The third arrow also completely lost its balance at that moment.

Shen Ye raised his sword.

Night Feather Black Sun Netherfire fell into the sword's edge.

The nine-year-old candle, the shadow of the burial, sealed the arrow's shadow.

The King of Calamity's Eye Lock pinned the arrow's core.

Guixu swallowed the broken horn of the bow and bit the arrow tail with its backhand.

Shen Ye slashed down with his sword.

Ten Thousand Beasts Seal the Gate!

boom!

The third arrow shattered.

The hunting mark split open simultaneously.

The half of the hunting mark between Shen Ye's eyebrows was burned away by the black sun and the Netherfire.

The half-circle of black markings on Guixu's forehead was also shattered by the divine lightning.

A system notification sounded.

The hunting marks on the porch have been removed.

[The Three Arrows Trial is complete.]

The coordinates of the porch hunter's afterimage have been locked.

[The Ancient Beast Army Trial is complete.]

[Reward: Command authority over the remnants of the Ancient Beast Army.]

[Reward: Ancient Beast Military Token.]

[By devouring the remnant of the Gate of Return to the Ruins, I gained the rudimentary ability: Hunter's Gate Perception.]

Guixu chewed on the broken corner of the door bow, his eyes suddenly brightening.

"I can smell it now."

Shen Ye asked, "The hunters?"

Guixu nodded.

"It's very far."

"Behind the door."

"It's still watching."

Deep within the training grounds, the hunter's afterimage began to retreat.

Its severed hand was cut off.

A corner of the door bow was bitten off.

The third arrow failed.

This afterimage could no longer be maintained.

Even before it completely retreated into the doorway, it still looked at Shen Ye.

"The Crown Bearer".

"The hunting manual has been opened."

"Next time."

"What has arrived is the true form."

Shen Ye looked at it.

"Leave your hands behind next time too."

The hunter's afterimage paused for a moment at the crack in the door.

It was as if they hadn't expected Shen Ye to do this.

The next moment, Shen Ye raised his hand.

"Heavy beast, press down on the door."

The afterimages of the twelve beasts stomped on the ground simultaneously.

boom!

The shadow of the door behind the hunter's afterimage was forced into shape.

Guixu lunged forward suddenly.

It opened its mouth, bit the edge of the door frame, and yanked hard.

Click!

A piece was bitten off the door shadow.

The hunter's afterimage vanished completely.

However, the path it retreated from was forcibly cut off by the Ruins.

Zhou Xuan's eyes twitched.

"You, the fifth tamed beast..."

Qin Wuji continued:

"It's becoming more and more like a porch killer."

Guixu turned around and glanced at him.

"Even lightning can bite."

Qin Wuji immediately shut up.

Li Xuance said softly:

"It is evolving."

Shen Ye also looked towards Guixu.

The black and silver gate patterns inside Guixu's body were deeper than before.

After consuming the remnant of the bow at the gate, its perception of the "hunting path behind the gate" became significantly stronger.

This is not simply an increase in combat power.

This is a countermeasure against the porch system.

The system notification reappeared.

[The ability to return to the Void has been updated.]

[Hunter's Gate Sense: Detects traces of exits where hunters, markers, or ambushes have taken place.]

[Current Level: Embryo]

[Tip: This ability can be improved by consuming Portal Hunter-related fragments.]

Shen Ye withdrew his gaze.

"You can smell it first from now on."

Guixu nodded.

"I smell it."

After saying that, it took another bite of the broken corner of the door bow.

"Still hard."

In the center of the Ancient Beast Army's training grounds.

The five types of broken steles shook simultaneously.

The afterimages of beast riders, flying beasts, armored beasts, soul beasts, and heavy beasts all turned around and looked at Shen Ye.

They did not kneel.

He simply raised up the remnants of his soldiers, wings, armor, souls, and bones at the same time.

Like an ancient military formation, it relinquishes its command to a new commander.

In Shen Ye's palm, the ancient beast military talisman slowly condensed.

It was a dark gold beast-shaped military token.

One side is engraved with the word "army".

One side is engraved with five types of ancient animal patterns.

A system notification sounded.

[Obtained Ancient Beast Military Token.]

[Currently available units: Remnant units.]

[The remaining formation consists of: 300 beast riders, 100 flying beasts, 50 armored beasts, 20 soul beasts, and 12 heavy beasts.]

[Restriction: Requires Ancient Beast Taming Civilization node or Beast King's Crown/Crown Bearer's Token to activate.]

The clue regarding the complete ancient beast army formation has not yet been unlocked.

Zhou Xuan let out a long breath.

"If we take this back to Tianfu, they'll probably go crazy."

Qin Wuji chuckled.

"Dean Tianfu will probably say again that Shen Ye went out and brought the ruins back."

Li Xuance looked into the depths of the Beast King Ruins.

"It's not just about moving back."

"The Beast King Ruins branch is now stable."

Around the ruins, 369 ancient beast souls slowly merged into the Beast King Ruins.

The half-collapsed beast gate was completely erected.

The ancient beast army's training grounds returned to the ground, but were no longer deathly silent.

Dark gold beast patterns spread across the plain.

The distant skeleton of a colossal beast emitted a low growl.

The Beast King Ruins branch has officially returned to its rightful place.

Xue Li watched this scene and whispered:

"The Beast God Cult was destroyed five years ago."

"You fixed it in one day."

Qin Wuji corrected:

"It wasn't us."

He looked at Shen Ye.

"It's mainly him."

Shen Ye put away the ancient beast military token.

"It's not over yet."

Zhou Xuan nodded.

"The Beast King mentioned the Beast King Platform before his death."

"They even said there's a rebellious beast lurking below."

Xue Li said:

"And the fact that he was silenced on the porch shows that this line of investigation is very important."

Shen Ye took out the black bone fragment.

On the bone fragment, half of the animal platform pattern glowed faintly.

As the person holding the crown approached, the beast-shaped pattern on the platform automatically completed a corner of its design.

But it is still incomplete.

Zhou Xuan leaned closer and looked at it for a moment.

"This is not the complete map."

"It's more like a directional key."

Li Xuance said:

"Where can you point to?"

Shen Ye did not answer.

Because Guixu has already raised its head.

It had just swallowed the broken horn of the gate bow, and the hunter's senses were still glowing.

At this moment, it stared at the black bone fragment and suddenly spoke:

"In the porch."

Everyone looked at it.

Gui Xu slowly said:

Someone mentioned it.

"The Beast Emperor's Platform."

"In the ancestral home of the demon race."

The air fell silent for a moment.

Qin Wuji's smile vanished.

Zhou Xuan's expression also darkened.

The ancestral home of the demon race.

That's not a branch of the Beast King Ruins.

That is the true core of the demon race.

Shen Ye looked down at the bone fragments in his palm.

The beast-shaped pattern on the bone fragment seemed to sense the words "Ancestral Court of the Demon Clan" and suddenly lit up with a dark golden light.

The next moment, a very low roar came from the depths of the pattern.

It doesn't seem like a tradition.

It's more like a warning after being suppressed for too long.

Shen Ye gripped the bone fragment tightly.

"Return to Zhenmo Pass."

"Investigate the ancestral temple of the demon race."