Chapter 412: Four Holy Beasts Defy Heaven
The Four Holy Beasts Bai Mo spoke of were precisely the strongest mutated creatures, each guarding one of the Secret Realms.
After receiving the message broadcast with the mutated ant queen's life, they departed from the Subspace Stronghold that connected the Big Four Mystical Realms, converging here together.
"Four Symbols Sealing Heaven!" Witnessing their companion struggling with increasing difficulty within the cage of white light, the other three beasts uttered not a single superfluous word, immediately unveiling the trump card they had prepared to resist Bai Mo.
Runes intricately complex beyond imagination, accompanied by vast power, surged forth from their bodies, enveloping Bai Mo's descended form layer upon layer.
Even the giant bird, trapped within the net, had runes continuously streaming from its beak. After enduring multiple layers of interception, a small portion still managed to escape, joining the combined encirclement of the other three torrents.
A dragon, a tiger, a phoenix, and a beast—four massive phantoms gradually emerged. However, it was clearly visible that the phantom representing the phoenix was considerably dimmer than the other three.
Under the control of the phantoms, the runes collaborated with the yellow mist that had previously been fighting on the front lines against Bai Mo, attempting to condense into an unprecedentedly vast seal to suppress Bai Mo here.
"Interesting. A group of beasts' development and application of runes actually rivaled the peak levels of human mastery." Feeling the pressure that had suddenly increased severalfold, he finally grew serious, his eyes even holding a hint of admiration.
The protective energy field that originally enveloped the entire forest, while quantitatively strong enough to contend with his main body, lacked a powerful primary will to lead it. Ultimately, it was just a loose collection of sand, simply no match for the white light.
The Four Holy Beasts were all at the Six Tiers level. After various deductions and simulations, they believed that the combined power they could unleash simultaneously would be enough to temporarily contend with Bai Mo at the Seven Tiers stage.
And then, with the entire Secret Realm Forest sacrificially outputting its energy, they would definitely achieve their goal of sealing him.
Over a year ago already, the Alliance of Ten Thousand Beasts, closely observing the dynamics of human society, had already listed him as their greatest hypothetical enemy, constantly researching potentially effective countermeasures.
There was no other reason; it was simply because he was the strongest, strong enough to completely shatter the world's balance.
Relying on various small animals that humans had grown accustomed to, such as mutated ants, mosquitoes, and cockroaches, the Alliance of Ten Thousand Beasts was able to gather intelligence on most non-highly classified matters.
Except for top-secret high-level meetings where humans had strong preventative awareness, the controlled cockroaches and ants could appear in almost every corner.
Of course, if there were targeted, comprehensive investigations, these spy insects would also be exposed. But the few leaders controlling these small animals knew very well that as long as they didn't appear in sensitive locations, no one would pay attention to an ant crawling by the roadside.
"...To deal with me, you'd rather completely abandon this Secret Realm?"
Bai Mo's Divine Sense swept forth, and accompanied by the furious bombardment of the dark yellow mist, the forest centered around him began to wither and yellow continuously, as if all its moisture had been plundered away.
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"The fluctuations are getting stronger." Min Tianci walked carefully forward, trying his best to hide his aura amidst the commotion.
His biological instincts constantly warned him, repeatedly reminding him that immortals were fighting up ahead, and it was dangerous for mortals to watch the show.
"What kind of existence could it be that could make the entire Secret Realm Forest so turbulent...? Could it be a legendary Six Tiers powerhouse?"
Three years ago, when Min Tianci was exiled into the Secret Realm Forest, human society had only just begun to receive fragmented information about Six Tiers existences. So he subconsciously believed the source of the commotion was the strongest Six Tiers life form he thought currently existed.
Having been estranged from human society for several years, he had no idea that the outside world had completely changed. The influential figures Min Tianci had offended had also "entered" the system core, becoming one of the countless managing machines under the soul parallel network.
His only thought was to continuously grow stronger in this place filled with both opportunities and dangers, until he believed he possessed enough power for revenge.
"How much further do we have?" he asked Yue Die, who was leading the way ahead of him.
"About thirty kilometers," the girl replied in a cool, clear voice.
Min Tianci didn't mind the coldness in Yue Die's tone, because he knew clearly that whenever she used her ability, she entered a 'sage mode' where her personal emotions would be suppressed to their lowest point.
"Thirty kilometers... The monsters ahead are getting denser. How will we avoid them?" Along the way, he had clearly noticed more and more mutated animals becoming their fellow travelers.
If not for their clever methods of concealing their aura, they would have been discovered long ago.
"They won't care." Yue Die, who was currently like a robot, dealt with Min Tianci using the most concise sentences.
"Alright, everything you say is right." Min Tianci, pulled along by her icy cold hand, helplessly continued forward.
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"As long as you remain, human hegemony can never be overthrown. So, for the revival of the Alliance of Ten Thousand Beasts, we apologize." the Azure Dragon and White Tiger spoke in the tone of old acquaintances.
"Do you truly have the power to apologize to me?" Watching the progressively tightening seal, Bai Mo still appeared as calm as an ancient well.
Just as his mental fluctuations spread out, the Four Holy Beasts, guarding the four directions of the seal, discovered that the seal's runes seemed to be forcefully altered by someone!
He had recognized them long ago—these two Six Tiers mutated creatures were the cat and snake he had encountered over ten years ago in Hawaii.
At that time, the White Tiger was merely a mutated bobcat twice the size of its kin, and the Azure Dragon was just a mutated giant python.
The three of them were all the biggest beneficiaries of the Spirit Tide outbreak; in a sense, they had also once shared adversity, even if it was only for a single day.
"We know that 'Four Symbols Sealing Heaven' cannot even harm you, but a seal created by sacrificing an entire Secret Realm Forest will certainly last for fifty years."
"Fifty years is enough time for the three major powers—the Alliance of Ten Thousand Beasts, humanity, and the Sea Race—to determine the final victor and unify this planet!"
"If we win, we can use the power of the entire planet to maintain the seal. And if we lose, then there will be nothing left to care about anyway—after us, who cares if the floods rage to the sky!"
The Four Holy Beasts, just like the Secret Realm Forest, desperately accelerated the completion of the seal in a self-sacrificial manner.
As long as they could suppress this human, even paying a considerable price would be worth it.
Because Bai Mo was already using his terrifying mastery of runology, rapidly deciphering the runes they had constructed. If he successfully deciphered them before the seal was complete, then everything would be over—they would absolutely not get another chance.
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