Qianqian, riding her mount, quickly caught up to Chu Tian’s pace.
“Get on! It’s going to rain, and we need to get into the city quickly!”
Qianqian said from beside Chu Tian. This time, she didn’t call him benefactor.
She was probably still a little annoyed about Chu Tian playing a trick on her earlier.
She thought Chu Tian didn't have a mount, which was why he was walking.
At this moment, a city the size of a soybean could already be seen in the distance.
That was Wan Shou Cheng, Myriad Beasts City.
“What’s the hurry?” Chu Tian asked, tilting his head.
Qianqian opened her mouth, then swallowed the words she was about to say.
“Let’s rest for a bit and tell me about this Myriad Beasts Sacrifice, what’s it all about?”
As he spoke, he waved his hand and released his tent.
After some thought, he took out the steel plate again and set up the tent on it.
This way, it wouldn’t collect water.
After finishing, Chu Tian walked straight into the tent.
Qianqian hesitated. The raindrops began to thicken.
She flipped off her mount, took a deep breath, and also walked in.
Through detailed explanation, Chu Tian finally understood that the Myriad Beasts Sacrifice of Wan Shou Cheng was not just a simple ritual.
Otherwise, young powerhouses from the Southwestern Domain wouldn't have rushed here one after another.
They were all waiting for the Huá Xuè Secret Realm to be opened after the sacrifice.
This secret realm opened once every hundred years.
It was the foundation of Wan Shou Cheng’s existence.
Inside, it combined treasure hunting, trials, and tempering one’s state of mind.
After passing, there was also the reward of entering the Huá Xuè Pond.
In Qianqian’s words, the Huá Xuè Pond was even more extraordinary.
It was said that humans could strengthen their physique and increase their power by entering it.
And for the demon beast race, it was even more remarkable.
It could purify their bloodline power.
Therefore, the demon beast race had long wanted to seize Wan Shou Cheng and control it.
However, the successive City Lords of Wan Shou Cheng had all been individuals of extraordinary strength.
Furthermore, they all controlled the Myriad Beasts Seal.
It was a rare artifact from the Sea of Death, which only exerted a crushing weight on humans.
For demon beasts and magical beasts, and any creature with the word “beast” in its name, it could gather souls, collect spirits, and refine their vital essence.
When Chu Tian heard this, he interrupted Qianqian and asked, “Then why doesn’t the City Lord of Wan Shou Cheng simply take the Myriad Beasts Seal and exterminate the demon race?”
Qianqian shook her head, indicating that she also didn’t know.
“Legend has it that ten thousand years ago, Wan Shou Cheng did indeed eliminate many members of the demon beast race.”
“Otherwise, the population of the demon race would be much larger than it is now.”
“Later, for some unknown reason, Wan Shou Cheng and the demon race stopped their wars and began to coexist peacefully.”
In reality, the demon beast race was not as harmonious as it appeared on the surface.
There were many conflicts between races such as birds, beasts, insects, and reptiles.
And the four cities of the Dead Sea were also not harmonious.
Perhaps after Wan Shou Cheng and the demon race fought each other to the death, the other three cities would come and reap the benefits.
It was said that during the battle ten thousand years ago, only people from Hurricane City came to the Southwestern Domain.
And they were there to stir up trouble.
The truce between Wan Shou Cheng and the demon race was likely caused by Hurricane City’s meddling.
“I killed a demon beast today, should there be trouble?”
Qianqian shook her head again.
In the Southwestern Domain, private killings were generally not investigated.
As long as it wasn’t a large-scale battle, neither Wan Shou Cheng nor the demon race would intervene.
Private disputes were extremely bloody.
Those who were not from the Southwestern Domain all thought that the entire Sea of Death and the City of Forgetfulness were the capitals of sin.
But they didn’t know that here in the Southwestern Domain, between humans and humans, beasts and beasts, humans and beasts.
There was constant killing every day. Human powerhouses killed demon beasts.
The demon beast race liked to take human powerhouses as their servants.
In their eyes, the more servants they had, the stronger they were, and it was a symbol of strength and glory.
Therefore, Qianqian and her companions used to travel in groups.
They also carried distress signals with them.
This was to prevent them from being killed without anyone knowing if they encountered an enemy race.
Similarly, they would not hesitate to kill enemy small squads.
However, within a three-thousand-mile radius centered on Wan Shou Cheng, no one above the Celestial Soul Realm was allowed to appear.
If there were any, they would be instantly hunted down and killed by the experts of Wan Shou Cheng.
“Celestial Soul Realm?”
Chu Tian seized on the key point.
It seemed to be a consensus in this world regarding powerful individuals.
“Yes! Celestial Soul Realm, part of the 'Heaven, Earth, Profound, Yellow' classification – Celestial Soul Realm!”
Qianqian nodded and continued, “That Saint of the Long-Armed Ape tribe has the strength of the Profound Soul Realm.”
This tall, beautiful, and perfectly proportioned girl.
Her observational skills were also extraordinary. She had already realized that Chu Tian was not a local.
So she directly answered the question that Chu Tian had in his mind.
“Only Profound Soul Realm?”
“Seems like a small fry!”
Chu Tian muttered to himself as he lay on the bed.
“I wonder how strong people in the Celestial Soul Realm are!”
If they were all like this, it would be quite safe around Wan Shou Cheng! Who else would he be afraid of?
But… he didn’t know if there were any strong individuals in Wan Shou Cheng.
“Right.” Chu Tian turned over and looked at Qianqian, who was standing there, and asked.
“What realm do you think I am?”
Qianqian sized him up from head to toe and said faintly, “You’ve hidden your aura, I can’t tell!”
Chu Tian thought to himself, I haven’t hidden any aura. He continued to ask, “Right now, what realm do you think I am.”
“You… are just an ordinary person with a bit more strength!”
Hearing this evaluation, Chu Tian smiled.
To be honest, he didn’t even know what level he was.
Qianqian thought Chu Tian was joking with her again. She turned and walked to the tent window, looking outside.
Outside, there was no wind or waves, and dark clouds pressed down from the sky.
It had been raining for a long time, with no sign of stopping.
The dark clouds hadn’t thinned at all.
Chu Tian was sleeping soundly.
Qianqian kept looking outside, her face full of vigilance.
In fact, all of this was being monitored by Chu Tian’s divine sense.
In this tent, the only one truly fast asleep was the monkey, Xiao Kongkong.
Clang…
Suddenly, the steel plate under their feet vibrated.
Qianqian stood up abruptly.
At the same time, Chu Tian also sat up.
“What is it?”
In Chu Tian’s divine sense, beneath the steel plate was a creature whose body resembled a dog.
But it had a scorpion’s tail, and at the tip of the tail was a pincer.
Strangely, its eyes were located on this pincer.
Its mouth was located where its head should be, shaped like petals.
Inside, there were countless tiny teeth.
Anyone with trypophobia would faint on the spot upon seeing them.
“The most troublesome creature in the Sea of Death: the Pincer-tailed Sand Badger!”
“They are usually dormant, only emerging from underground when it rains in the desert.”
“They fear no creature, even a dragon would charge them and fight. ”
“Moreover, once they fixate on you, they will pursue you to the ends of the earth, either they die or the prey dies!”
Qianqian said nervously.
“Holy crap… why didn’t you say so earlier!”
While Qianqian was speaking, Chu Tian discovered that within a radius of five kilometers.
There were at least tens of thousands of such tails sticking out from under the sand!
“I told you, we need to hurry to Wan Shou Cheng!”
Qianqian said, looking into Chu Tian’s eyes.
Chu Tian was stunned and couldn’t speak for a long time.
He thought to himself, Was that considered telling me?
But there was no time to consider.
The Pincer-tailed Sand Badgers approaching the tent, their periscope-like tails turning, had already fixed their gaze on Chu Tian and the others.
“Run…” Chu Tian pulled Qianqian up.
Xiao Kongkong immediately leaped onto Chu Tian’s back.
With a wave of his hand, the tent and the steel plate disappeared.
Activating his travel form, Chu Tian’s speed was extreme.
As he moved, countless periscopes simultaneously turned in this direction.
The next second, Chu Tian heard screams from behind him.
It was Qianqian’s mount, being torn apart by countless Pincer-tailed Sand Badgers.
However, Chu Tian stopped shortly after running forward.
The path ahead was blocked by a dense mass of disgusting creatures.
Those periscope-like tails appeared, with one every meter on average.
As far as the eye could see, they were endless.
Running was no longer an option, they could only fight their way through!
“Stay close to me!”
He handed Qianqian a curved saber.
Chu Tian remembered that her mount had a curved saber hanging from its back.
It was too late just now, so she was empty-handed.
Qianqian took it and nodded at Chu Tian.
However, the hand holding the saber trembled slightly.
“Go…”
Chu Tian held his spear and cleared the path ahead.
The Pincer-tailed Sand Badgers were only the size of ordinary golden retrievers.
Without heavy exoskeleton protection, Chu Tian found them easy to deal with.
His spear danced, creating whistling winds.
Those he encountered had their bones broken and could not get up again.
Qianqian followed closely behind him, never leaving his side.
Occasionally, she would fend off a stray creature that charged from the side.