Chapter 2700: A Strange Sight

Several hundred kilometres behind Jian Chen, the huge group led by Jin Hong moved through the thick forest quietly. They would encounter some swamplands and rivers from time to time, so they all hovered above the ground.

Their presences were hidden away. Even the cultivators who cloaked themselves with energy carefully controlled the pulses of power as they did their best to remain hidden. As a result, even though there were numerous people in the group, they did not produce a single sound that stood out. From afar, they seemed like a flock of ghosts that were quickly gliding through the forest.

“It has already been three days, yet we haven’t come across a single Life-devouring Beast. The journey has been surprisingly peaceful. Young master Jin Hong really is clever, coming up with an idea like this to save us a lot of unnecessary trouble,” the prodigy from the Scarlet Light clan, Guang Wanhua, communicated to everyone gleefully.

Originally, he possessed deep fear towards the Two World Mountains. He was even afraid of setting foot in there. Every single battle before had put him on edge. He had basically been dancing on the boundary of death every single time, where the slightest carelessness would take him into the gaping chasm of darkness, dooming him for all of eternity.

The peace of the past three days immediately improved Guang Wanhua’s perception of the Two World Mountains. It no longer seemed as terrifying as rumoured.

“I really hope that the rest of our journey can remain this peaceful so that we can leave the mountains as soon as possible. Once we get out of here, all of us will basically be safe,” He Qianqian added eagerly.

“Don’t celebrate too early. We won’t necessarily be safe once we emerge from the Two World Mountains. None of us knows what has happened to the Hundred Saint City that our clans have occupied for so many years. I think that even if we do make it out of the Two World Mountains alive, what we face next will just be a new challenge,” Ping Yisheng of the Empirelotus Sword sect said grimly.

As soon as Ping Yisheng finished speaking, a prodigy retorted, “What’s there to be terrified about? We’ve brought so many sacrificial soldiers with us that just the sheer amount is unprecedented, and it is just to resolve all instability within the World of the Fallen Beast. We can’t use the sacrificial soldiers properly in the Two World Mountains as they are unsuited for battles against Life-devouring Beast, but as long as we can get out of this place, we can lead a massacre among the Darkstar race with the power that we possess.”

“That’s right. As long as we make it out of the Two World Mountains, everything will be alright. The formations created from our sacrificial soldiers can even deal with Infinite Primes. Just how many Infinite Primes does the Darkstar race have…”

“The Darkstar race won’t pose any problems to us at all. What we should be cautious about are these Life-devouring Beasts. They are our primary opponents…”

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Everyone communicated through the use of techniques such that there were no sounds at all. Many of the prodigies spoke of the Darkstar race with contempt.

The most powerful expert from the Darkstar race, the Darkstar Emperor, was only a Ninth Heavenly Layer Infinite Prime. On the other hand, every single organisation behind them possessed a Grand Prime. Some of them even had several Grand Primes.

This was also why some of them looked down on the Darkstar race from the bottom of their hearts.

“Everyone, shut up!” At this moment, Jin Hong bellowed out, and everyone’s conversations came to a halt. They immediately became nervous, sternly raising their guard. They thought they were facing some new danger.

Jin Hong did not say anything else. Instead, he closed his eyes and sensed for something carefully. A while later, when he opened his eyes, there was a flash of light, and he vanished. He appeared before a cave several kilometres away.

All of the prodigies followed behind him with a group of sacrificial soldiers. They all held their breaths as they stood behind Jin Hong sternly and nervously.

“Young master Jin Hong, is there something wrong?” Sun Zhi could not help but ask as he looked around.

Jin Hong stared into the pitch-black cave for a while before glancing around sternly. He frowned, and a while later, he said, “There was originally quite a large Life-devouring Beast herd here. Looking at the traces in the surroundings, there should have been extremely many Life-devouring Beasts here before, and this cave should have been where the Life-devouring Beast king resided. For some reason, all of them have vanished.”

Everyone looked around instinctively with that, and indeed, they found the traces left behind by many Life-devouring Beasts. Immediately, their hearts shivered, and they became nervous for some reason.

“These Life-devouring Beasts have probably moved away. They’ve probably migrated elsewhere,” Kong Feiying of the Cangqiong clan said casually.

With that, many people nodded in agreement.

“That can’t be right.” Jin Hong frowned and shook his head. “Along the way, this is the second place I’ve found where a Life-devouring Beast herd used to reside. The situation in these two places are exactly the same. There were no traces of battle, but all of the Life-devouring Beasts had disappeared. And looking at the lingering presence, these Life-devouring Beasts all vanished two to three days ago.”

“And, according to my secret technique, I haven’t discovered any evidence of migration. If such a large herd of Life-devouring Beasts migrated away, they would leave behind a presence even if they did not leave behind a single trace. It would be impossible for such a strong presence to vanish in such a short amount of time, which is why I would be able to sense it with my secret technique with ease. However, I haven’t found any presence of migrating Life-devouring Beasts, nor are there any traces of their departure. It seems like they’ve just evaporated. This is the last trace they’ve left behind before vanishing.”

For a moment, everyone fell silent. The sudden disappearance of a huge beast heard made many people uneasy.

“Could they have been killed, and then their remains were taken away?” He Qianqian said rather unnaturally.

“That’s even less likely,” Ping Yisheng of the Empirelotus Sword sect immediately rejected the possibility. “Looking at the traces, many Life-devouring Beasts resided here. There should be a late Godking Life-devouring Beast king watching over this place at the very least. Even Infinite Primes can’t kill so many Life-devouring Beasts without leaving behind traces of a struggle.”

“That’s right. Even though an Infinite Prime can easily annihilate a Life-devouring Beast herd, they definitely can’t do it so cleanly. There should be some remnants of battle at the very least, but there are no traces of battle here at all,” the prodigy of the Man family, Man Yunjun added as well.

“Let’s not talk about this for now and leave here quickly.” Jin Hong gave a stern command as a gleam of light flashed through his eyes.

However, just when everyone was prepared to leave, a howl suddenly rang out from behind the group.