Chapter 556: 90. Divine Beast Corpse_2
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Moreover, this place had long been set up with an array by a Saint-level expert, so even if the Demon King-level mutant beasts and Demon Clan discovered it, they wouldn't be able to enter.
In the Eternal Night Treasure Land within a thousand-mile radius, quite a few had already been occupied by Great Yong and were harvested regularly.
The few mutant beasts near the Yuzhang Forest were swiftly eradicated by the Dawn Army.
Zuo Tianchui also sent people specifically to collect the sap of the treasure trees into the array of Yuzhang Forest, while the whole army waited in place.
Once the collection was complete, the Dawn Army proceeded to the next treasure land.
The mission of the Dawn Army expedition was here, only the treasure lands within a thousand-mile radius of the Divine Array were relatively safe.
Unknowingly, after more than ten hours, the Dawn Army had passed through over twenty treasure lands, and this expedition's mission was almost halfway completed.
However, the most difficult part lay ahead, beyond the thousand-mile range, where the territories of the Demon Saints and Holy Beasts began.
Lin Yue was not in a hurry to leave the army and travel alone, as he intended to take a good look at Eternal Night.
Although there was no sunrise or sunset in Eternal Night, there was still a concept of time.
In the 'daytime' of Eternal Night, lightning occasionally appeared in the sky, with an uncertain frequency, but the period during which lightning appeared was at most six hours, followed by another six hours of complete darkness without the slightest light.
Therefore, the periods when lightning occurred were designated as the daytime of Eternal Night, and the complete darkness was designated as Eternal Night's night.
A day passed.
"Dong!"
"Dong!"
"Dong!"
"Dong!"
"Dong!"
"Dong!"
Six consecutive sounds like grand bells suddenly exploded in Lin Yue's mind.
A momentary lightning on the horizon seemed to be frozen into eternity, all fell silent, save for the majestic and resounding bell sound reverberating incessantly in his mind.
"There is indeed a favorable start, to hear the Sixth Ring just upon arriving in Eternal Night?"
Lin Yue's heart couldn't help but feel a surge of joy, and he began to listen carefully.
The next moment, an ethereal and illusory voice began to speak softly.
"Do you know? Hidden in the Northern Ridge Mountains is the corpse of a Divine Beast, it was the Dream Demon Clan's totem Divine Beast 'Dream Snake,' which fled after the Demon Clan's attack on the Northwest Border of Great Yong eighty years ago, but upon its death, it transformed into White Snake Peak. Even though the Demon Clan was aware of its existence, they couldn't remove it, so they dispatched a large number of Demon Kings and over ten thousand Beast Kings to guard it, temporarily treating it as a treasure land to temper their Dao Hearts."
The voice gradually vanished without a trace.
Lin Yue's eyes lit up.
"Divine Beast Dream Snake?"
He naturally knew about those renowned Divine Beasts within the Demon Clan.
Besides the True Dragon, Phoenix, Golden-winged Roc, among others, the Dream Snake was also an extremely powerful and rare Divine Beast.
According to legend...
In ancient times, the birth of the Dream Demon Ancestor, one of the twelve ancestors of the Demon Clan, involved a complete refining and fusion of a Divine Beast Dream Snake, refining its bloodline and soul completely.
"It was indeed a Dream Snake..."
Lin Yue had investigated the events eighty years ago, during the early years of the Emperor's Inspection, when the Great Yong Divine Formation was damaged, facing the attack of Demon Clans and mutant beasts from all borders.
The Dream Demon Clan's Nightmare Demon God, along with the Divine Beast Dream Snake, were at the forefront of the attack on the northern border.
Later, the Fourth Prince intervened, not only sealing and suppressing the Nightmare Demon God on the spot but also severely wounded the Divine Beast Dream Snake, causing it to escape into a dream.
Who would have thought that the Dream Snake had actually died?
"A treasure land to temper the Dao Heart?"
Upon knowing this, Lin Yue naturally felt tempted.
Although his Dao Heart had already transformed into a Saint Heart, in the future, he intended to harmonize with the Ultimate Path to achieve Sainthood, which required even higher demands on the Dao Heart needed to carry the Ultimate Path.
The Dao Hearts of Proving strong practitioners were Perfect.
The treasure land formed from the Divine Beast Dream Snake's corpse could temper the Dao Heart, and it should be effective for him, right?
Moreover, the corpse of the Divine Beast Dream Snake was incredibly valuable, at least not inferior to a Semi-Divine Artifact.
Even a Demon God's corpse couldn't compare to a Dream Snake.
A Divine Beast was the essence of Eternal Night and the heavens, naturally formed, and essentially a treasure in its entirety.
"However..."
Recalling the information hinted at in the secret, Lin Yue couldn't help but feel a bit troubled.
The Northern Ridge Mountains stretched for over a thousand miles, with the end closest to the Great Yong Divine Formation only seven hundred miles away, just within a thousand-mile range.
Logically, as long as it was within a thousand-mile range, without Demon Saints and Holy Beasts, there was nothing to fear.
But...
A large number of Demon Kings and over ten thousand Beast Kings?
These were Great Cultivator-level beings, and to have such numbers was astounding.
Such exaggerated numbers only appeared among the mutant beasts.
Even Saint-level experts would be daunted by so many Beast Kings.
Moreover, the Demon Clan's expertise in arrays was comparable to that of the Human Clan; having over ten thousand Beast Kings, they still assigned numerous Demon Kings to guard it, surely with strong arrays in place.
"I might not be enough alone..."
Lin Yue pondered for a long while and shook his head slightly.
He relied on the Sun Chasing Path and the Semi-Divine Artifact Flying Spirit Chasing Sun, not fearing the Demon Kings and Beast Kings, but needed to maintain a Virtual State to do so.
However, maintaining the Virtual State was quite consuming and he couldn't do it for long.
Once revealed, he could only flee.
The little time in a Virtual State wasn't enough to temper the Dao Heart.
Furthermore, the Demon Clan knowing the Dream Snake's corpse was in the Northern Ridge Mountains but unable to take it, with twelve Demon Clan ancestors and various Demon Gods failing, he couldn't do it either.
"However, the Demon Clan's elaborate defense efforts also indicate concern over being taken by the Human Clan..."
Lin Yue thought to himself, "The Demon Clan and mutant beasts would be restricted; Demon Saint levels can't enter, but Human Clan's Saint-level existence shouldn't worry, perhaps the Saint level could handle it?"
He contemplated for a long while and made a decision.
"Let's do it."
Lin Yue immediately traversed the void, entering the central military tent where Zuo Tianchui was currently seated behind a table drinking tea, the thick black military tent blocking the light of the Long Bright Pearl.
"Senior Brother?" Zuo Tianchui asked with curiosity.
"Left Governor, I plan to go out for a while," Lin Yue said.
"Now?" Zuo Tianchui couldn't help but say, "Senior Brother, you've only been in Eternal Night for a day. Have you adapted?"
"I've adapted."
Lin Yue nodded slightly, saying, "The Master has entrusted me with a task, and it's within this thousand-mile range. I have to check it out; perhaps I'll need the Dawn Army's assistance."
"The Master's task?" Upon hearing this, the Left Governor didn't dare to persuade further and immediately said, "Just say the word if you need any help."
"I'll go take a look by myself first."
Lin Yue said, "If I feel uncertain, I'll ask you to lead the Dawn Army to assist."
"Very well." The Left Governor nodded slightly, not mentioning escorting Lin Yue.
After all, within a thousand-mile range, without Demon Saints and Holy Beasts, with this Senior Brother's strength and artifact, there was little danger.
"I'll be back shortly."
Lin Yue said, "If I return to ask for help, I'll find you at the Dawn Army's next mission location."
The Left Governor nodded immediately, only advising, "Senior Brother, be careful when traveling alone. Don't fly too ostentatiously; it's troublesome if the Demon Clan dispatches a large number of Demon Kings."
"Understood."
Lin Yue didn't say much more and turned around, penetrating the void.
In the half-light of Eternal Night, Lin Yue's figure continuously traversed and flashed, penetrating tens of miles with each jump, heading towards the Northern Ridge Mountains at an astonishing speed.
According to the map, the Northern Ridge Mountains were less than six thousand miles from here.
After all, the northern border and the Northwest Border were adjacent.
Back then, the Divine Beast Dream Snake's escape direction before its death was presumably westward, eventually dying in the Northern Ridge Mountains closer to the Northwest Border.
Six thousand miles was nothing in Great Yong.
But in the low-visibility Eternal Night, moving cautiously while discerning direction would take considerable time.
However, with no restraints, Lin Yue naturally traversed the void uninhibited, heading straight for the Northern Ridge Mountains.
In just a moment, six thousand miles passed by in a flash.
"I'm here."
Lin Yue hovered in the air, overlooking the mountainous landscape below under the night sky.
It looked extremely calm, desolate, with only a few groups of mutant beasts moving, nothing peculiar.
"Illusion Array?"
Lin Yue raised an eyebrow slightly, and with a gentle shake of his wrist, the golden ring on his wrist autonomously detached, transforming into golden flames and landing beneath his feet.
Then, he entered a Virtual State, disappearing without a trace.
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