Hours later, the moon was like a silver disk, and stars filled the sky.
On the other side of the Sunset Forest, the atmosphere was peaceful and orderly.
At this moment, Dugu Bo had already hunted a suitable Soul Beast for the Shi Brothers, who were now sitting cross-legged on the ground, fully absorbing their fourth spirit ring.
Beside the two Shi Brothers lay the corpses of two Soul Beasts, each the size of a small hill, which were five-thousand-year-old Thorny Rock Turtles.
Its appearance was slightly ferocious, with a thick rock shell covering its entire body like natural armor, and sharp stone spikes protruding from its shell, all demonstrating its powerful defense in life.
Two deep purple spirit rings were suspended above the heads of the Shi Brothers, emitting waves of rich Soul Power fluctuations, which then surged into their bodies like a tide.
Tang Chuan and Dugu Bo stood not far away, quietly guarding them.
Although Dugu Bo still maintained his lazy demeanor, the occasional glint in his emerald eyes indicated that he had never relaxed his vigilance.
However, this tranquility did not last long.
"Rumble... Rustle, rustle..."
Suddenly, an unusually violent and dense commotion, without warning, emanated from deep within the dense forest not far away.
The sound went from far to near, initially like a muffled thunder rolling, then quickly becoming like a surging tide.
Amidst it were the crisp sounds of countless branches and leaves being trampled and broken.
As well as the panicked cries, whines, and roars of various Soul Beasts!
It was as if a thousand troops were rapidly gathering and stampeding in that area, immediately causing a localized ground tremor, as if an earthquake was approaching.
This commotion was by no means caused by ordinary Soul Beast skirmishes; it was more like a prelude to a large-scale beast tide, or... a collective riot of Soul Beasts after being subjected to some extreme stimulus!
Immediately, Tang Chuan and Dugu Bo's brows furrowed slightly at the same time, their expressions changing.
The next second, Tang Chuan looked up, his gaze heavy as he directed it towards the source of the sound, and he instantly pushed his Blue Silver Domain to its limit, saying with a hint of disbelief:
"Something's wrong! This commotion is too big; it seems like a lot of Soul Beasts are gathering."
Upon hearing this, Dugu Bo's formerly lazy posture vanished, his emerald pupils contracted to pinpricks, and an invisible, chilling aura emanated from him, as he coldly snorted:
"Hmph! This aura is chaotic with savagery and anger... It doesn't seem like a naturally formed beast tide. It's more like the Soul Beasts have been greatly frightened, or provoked by someone!"
Nodding slightly, Tang Chuan knew the situation was not good, and immediately fully activated his Blue Silver Domain, his mental force spreading rapidly like mercury towards the direction of the commotion.
The scene he perceived through his Blue Silver Domain made his heart sink.
The distant dense forest seemed to have exploded into chaos.
Countless Soul Beasts, from the lowest ten-year and hundred-year ones, to ferocious thousand-year ones, and even more than a dozen powerful ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts.
At this moment, they had broken through their usual territorial boundaries and species barriers, mixing together to form a chaotic and violent torrent of Soul Beasts.
These Soul Beasts were of various types: agile Wind Wolves, sturdy Rock Rhinos, ferocious Venomous Pythons, violent Giant Apes... Their only commonality at this moment was their blood-red eyes, filled with fear and anger, and their frantic trampling of their surroundings.
This was definitely not an organized beast tide.
It was more like a large-scale, organized retaliation by Soul Beasts against human Soul Masters!
Sensing that a portion of the Soul Beasts were rushing towards them like headless flies, Tang Chuan's expression also changed. He immediately retracted his Blue Silver Domain and turned to look at the Shi Brothers behind him, who were in the critical period of absorbing their spirit rings and could not be disturbed in the slightest.
"Not good!"
He said in a deep voice to Dugu Bo, who had just ascended into the air to set up a poison array:
"The beast horde is in chaos, and some of them seem to be rushing towards us. There are quite a few, including several ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts!"
"If this chaotic beast horde crashes over, the Shi Brothers' spirit ring absorption will inevitably be interrupted, leading to a backlash with unimaginable consequences!"
Upon hearing this, Dugu Bo, who had just stepped into the Void Realm and ascended, was already enveloped in a dark green poisonous mist. He snorted coldly, a hint of disdain and arrogance flashing in his emerald eyes, and said:
"What are you panicking for? They are just a bunch of mindless beasts!"
"But then again, someone must be doing something atrocious to the Soul Beasts in this Sunset Forest, otherwise, these beasts wouldn't gather and riot."
Immediately after, Dugu Bo quickly formed hand seals, and his vast Titled Douluo-level Soul Power surged out, instantly fusing with the poison within his body.
"Don't worry, I won't let them break in."
As soon as his voice fell, Dugu Bo's figure flickered several times in the air, and the dark green poisonous mist, as if alive, rapidly spread, descended, and diffused outwards with him as the center.
The vegetation below that the poisonous mist touched did not immediately wither.
Instead, it seemed to be coated with a strange green glow.
He swiftly flew a circle around the core area where Tang Chuan and the Shi Brothers were, and wherever he passed, the dense poisonous mist, like a paintbrush, drew a huge, dark green circle on the ground that perfectly protected everyone in the center.
"Emerald Poison Dragon Array—Activate!"
Following Dugu Bo's low shout, the landed poisonous mist suddenly surged upwards, transforming into a dark green poison barrier dozens of meters high, thin as a cicada's wing yet emanating a heart-stopping aura.
It was like an inverted bowl, completely isolating the internal area.
Above the poison barrier, emerald light flowed, and faint emerald Dragon shadows swam, emitting a deadly aura sufficient to deter Soul Beasts of ten thousand years or more.
"It's done, kid. You can rest assured now. Unless a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast comes personally, or a Titled Douluo forcefully attacks my poison array, otherwise, those crazy beasts outside absolutely won't be able to break in even an inch. Any Soul Beast below ten thousand years that touches this poison array will die instantly."
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