When Chen Junting and Ning Bowen arrived at a side hall used for receiving guests within the sect, Di Tian was already seated with Zhi Yong keeping him company, quietly sipping tea, saying nothing, simply waiting.
Only upon seeing Chen Junting arrive did he show interest.
As for Ning Bowen, who was the Sect Master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect...
After Di Tian saw him, he merely nodded and paid him no further attention. Obviously, in the eyes of this Beast God, a mere Soul Master with Soul Douluo cultivation was simply not worth his regard.
Ning Bowen naturally wasn't angry; knowing Di Tian's purpose for coming to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect this time, he yielded this to Chen Junting.
"Senior Di Tian."
Chen Junting said, "What brings you here this time?"
"It is for you."
Di Tian put down the fragrant tea and sighed slightly.
"I had matters earlier and blocked off perception from the outside, so I did not receive your call for rescue earlier. When I detected it, I hurriedly came over, preparing to investigate your situation."
Saying this, he glanced at Chen Junting.
"I presume you emerged from danger safely."
Blocked off perception from the outside?
Chen Junting raised an eyebrow slightly, pondering slightly in his heart.
At Di Tian's level of cultivation, he would disdain to lie. Thinking this way, the place where outside perception was blocked was likely within the Star Dou Forest, the sleeping place of the Silver Dragon King.
Could it be that the Silver Dragon King has awakened?
He shook his head secretly in his heart, interrupting the train of thought.
Regardless, this matter temporarily had nothing to do with him.
At this time, Di Tian also asked, "Kid, what exactly happened earlier that required you to seek assistance from me again? Although those two guys, Taotie and Body, are incapable, if they join hands, even an ordinary Limit Douluo couldn't take them down immediately, not to mention your group had other Super Douluos along the way."
Di Tian dared to say that with their retreat lineup, unless two Limit Douluos came, otherwise there was simply no need for him to make a move.
Besides, where would humans get two Limit Douluos?
Perhaps there were some breaking through, but those truly standing firm at the Limit level... Mu En had passed, the one with the Dark Holy Dragon Martial Soul was also pinched to death by one of his claws, at most only the Death God remained.
"Senior Di Tian, at that time there was not just one Limit."
Chen Junting shook his head helplessly and held up three fingers in front of Di Tian, "At that time we encountered an ambush by three Limit-level combat powers, but fortunately you did not appear at that time either."
"Three?!"
At this moment, even Di Tian was suddenly startled!
"You humans actually have three Limit Douluos!?"
If that were truly the case, then it was not strange.
However...
Di Tian, having realized the flavor of the words, frowned slightly.
Why say "fortunately he was not there at that time"?
Just at this time, Chen Junting shook his head and continued, "I didn't say all three Limit-level combat powers were human Soul Masters. Actually, besides the Evil Soul Master Death God Douluo Ye Xishui who ambushed us, the other two Limit-level combat powers were from the Soul Beast clan."
Hearing this, Di Tian's eyes flashed with sharp light.
"The Evil Emperor made a move."
Among the soul beasts on that Sun Moon Continent, the Evil Eye Tyrant Dominator was the absolute hegemon. With a hand involving the time field's Space-Time Light, even Di Tian could not gain advantage against him.
"Besides the Evil Emperor, there was another soul beast, the Deep Sea Demon Whale Queen. According to speculation, there is a high probability she is a family member of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, who was killed by Sea God Tang San ten thousand years ago."
Saying this, Chen Junting glanced at Di Tian, "Moreover, I learned from their words that their target was not us."
"Their target is me!"
A trace of fierce light suddenly appeared, and killing intent spread around.
Di Tian knew very clearly that this guy, the Evil Emperor, similarly possessed the pride of a strong soul beast. Generally speaking, he would not join hands with human Soul Masters and deliberately walk out of his Evil Demon Forest just to ambush a group of Soul Masters who didn't even have Limit-level combat power.
He would do this, likely because of himself.
Keep in mind, the two of them had just reached an agreement regarding Soul Spirits a few years ago, yet now he wants to make a move.
"Hehe, truly such great audacity! Daring to ambush me!"
Di Tian's aura had become exceptionally dangerous, but under his deliberate restraint, it did not affect the others.
Actually, regarding the Evil Emperor's intentions, he was very clear.
It was nothing more than the same as back then, for that flesh silkworm.
After all, that concerned whether the Evil Emperor could safely pass his next great tribulation, so as long as there was an opportunity, he naturally would not give up.
It was just a pity that the energy of that flesh silkworm had already been sucked dry by the soul beasts of their Star Dou Forest, and even the spiritual source that was highly nourishing for the Evil Emperor disappeared without a trace due to the Tian Meng Ice Silkworm's escape.
So regardless, he drew water with a bamboo basket—all in vain.
But regardless, this matter of ambush could not just be turned over like this. But unfortunately, he did not have time to make a move now. The task arranged by his Master, he still had to complete perfectly.
Moreover, currently he cared more about another matter.
That was exactly how Chen Junting and the others escaped?
Regarding this, Chen Junting naturally had no intention of hiding. He told Di Tian openly, mentioning the Heavenly Tribulation Array.
And when he mentioned the Heavenly Tribulation, Di Tian couldn't help but feel his scalp go numb; he knew very clearly the lethal power of the Heavenly Tribulation for living beings.
Especially since these living beings were Evil Soul Masters and Soul Beasts.
Similarly, he was also amazed by Chen Junting's methods, that he could actually rely on mortal methods to borrow the Heavenly Tribulation for his own use.
The more Di Tian listened, the more unable to sit still he became.
Until the end, when Chen Junting finished speaking completely, he could no longer hold back, and the whole beast suddenly stood up!
"What did you just say!?"
"The Heaven-Deceiving Array."
Chen Junting looked at the gradually excited Di Tian, knowing very clearly how great the attraction of the Heaven-Deceiving Array's effect was for soul beasts, or more accurately, for fierce beasts. But ultimately, he still said it.
"Senior Di Tian wants the Heaven-Deceiving Array, right."
Such a calm tone made Di Tian recover his calmness.
He sat back down in his seat, pondered for a moment, and then slowly spoke, "Kid, since you say so, you should be very clear about what kind of attraction this Heaven-Deceiving Array has for us soul beasts, or more accurately, for fierce beasts whose great tribulation is approaching."
"When soul beasts reach 100,000 years of cultivation, every 100,000 years they must undergo a Heavenly Tribulation. If they pass, they can gain another 100,000 years of life; if they do not pass, then their soul and spirit scatter under the Heavenly Tribulation."
"The most important thing is that there is no vitality within this Heavenly Tribulation. In other words, this extra 100,000 years of life we gain is not a gift, but rather the lifespan we cultivated ourselves, which should originally be ours, yet extra tribulations appear. Regarding this point, the Snow Empress within your body is very clear; she chose another path because of this, so you absolutely understand."
Saying this, Di Tian's fists were already clenched tightly, because this was the measure taken by that bunch of damn gods against their soul beast clan!
"Perhaps you do not know, there is a secret within our Star Dou Forest." At this moment, his golden eyes became dim, and he did not care even though Ning Bowen and Zhi Yong were still at his side.
"Actually, our Star Dou Forest once had a million-year soul beast! It was an ice silkworm; it seemed to be forgotten by heaven and earth."
The moment the five words "Million-Year Soul Beast" were spoken, Zhi Yong and Ning Bowen were immediately greatly shocked, but upon hearing it was an ice silkworm, an image of one of Yuhao's soul spirits immediately floated into their minds.
The two subconsciously glanced at each other, then closed their mouths and said nothing.
They had thought the million-year soul beast in Di Tian's mouth was the foundation of the Star Dou Forest, never thinking it was actually Tian Meng!
Truly a misunderstanding!
Di Tian did not know what the other two were thinking, and just continued, "That ice silkworm was exceptionally weak; although it finally broke through to a million years, it had no combat power at all, couldn't even defeat a 10,000-year soul beast. But what makes us envious is that in its entire life, it never even experienced a single Heavenly Tribulation."
Chen Junting nodded slightly, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Indeed!
Huo Yuhao = Child of Destiny?
Wrong!
It is Tian Meng Ice Silkworm = Beast of Destiny!
There were always quite a few people with better achievements than Huo Yuhao looking across the ten thousand years of the Douluo Continent. But looking across past and future, since the Dragon God died, the only one who could truly break through to a million years was Tian Meng!
"So you also understand the importance of that Heaven-Deceiving Array to us fierce beasts. As long as we have it, we can live on forever."
After Di Tian finished speaking, his eyes were bright.
However, Chen Junting both nodded and shook his head.
"Senior Di Tian, the Heaven-Deceiving Array is not omnipotent. First, it cannot block anything at the God-level. That is to say, once the Heavenly Tribulation's attack reaches God-level, the Heaven-Deceiving Array will lose effect. Like your next Heavenly Tribulation, it is almost at this level."
Hearing this, Di Tian's heart sank slightly. After seeming to be silent for a long time, he still couldn't help but sigh, "Then what is the second?"
"Second, if relying on the Heaven-Deceiving Array to dodge the Heavenly Tribulation. Then the moment you step out of the Heaven-Deceiving Array, all the dodged Heavenly Tribulations will erupt together with increased intensity, because this is the price of teasing the Heavenly Tribulation. Moreover, when the Heavenly Tribulation's power accumulates to God-level, that will be the time of death. Of course, this situation only targets those who should have had a Heavenly Tribulation; like the Heavenly Tribulation I drew using the Heavenly Tribulation Array, it is not within this situation."
Hearing this, Di Tian suddenly lifted his head.
He roughly understood that the effect of the Heaven-Deceiving Array could not help their soul beasts exist in the world for long, it could only help some fierce beasts who could not pass the Heavenly Tribulation delay the time they continued to live in the world a bit.
But for them, this was enough!
Seeming to see Di Tian's interest, Chen Junting also proposed his conditions, "I can help you arrange the Heaven-Deceiving Array, but the premise is that I can only help you arrange this array in the core zone of the Star Dou Forest. From now on, any soul beast that relies on the Heaven-Deceiving Array's effect to escape the Heavenly Tribulation must not appear in the outside world."
"This is for the protection of us humans."
"Agreed!"
Di Tian did not hesitate and agreed immediately.
At the same time, he also made a promise using the identity of the Master of the Star Dou Forest: from now on, Chen Junting was the Star Dou Forest's eternal friend; as long as he did not betray the friendship, no matter what, the Star Dou Forest would help this friend Chen Junting to the end.
And if he could develop self-condensing soul rings...
They could even intervene in human wars!
Once these words were spoken, everyone in the room was stunned.
They didn't expect Di Tian would actually make such a promise.
Hearing this, Chen Junting's eyes flashed with sharp light.
"Good! It's a deal!"
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