Chapter 152: Beast Tide

  "Most cultivators who come to the Eastern Snowy Plains are here for the Snow Crystal Spirit Stone. However, someone recently found a Snow Crystal Spirit Stone and now countless cultivators are using it. Little brother, if you're really looking for the Snow Crystal Spirit Stone, be careful because two of the three major empires in the Eastern Domain have sent people to come."

  If it wasn't for Yi Chen just now, they would have been buried in the beast's belly long ago. This mercenary leader seemed to have some conscience and reminded them.

  "The Three Great Empires of the Eastern Territory?"

  Yi Chen's face showed a look of surprise, although he had been in this world for over a decade, he had never had much contact with the outside world. Currently, he only knew that the Eastern Domain had an empire called the Huang Ji Empire.

  Moreover, he knew the reason for this empire was because Yi Chen's arch-nemesis Qiu Shao Xian was the crown prince of this empire.

  "There are three largest empires in the Eastern Territory, namely Huangji Empire, Nuo Di Empire and Fengying Empire. Recently, Fengying Empire and Nuo Di Empire sent people to come here to find Xuejing Ling Stone."

  "As far as I know, the Notti Empire has sent their youngest princess, whom everyone calls Princess Mina. The Wind Shadow Empire has sent their youngest prince - His Highness Liu Nuo." The leader of the mercenary group introduced them to Yi Chen.

  "No wonder they have so many masters, their identities are unexpectedly not simple." Upon hearing this introduction, Yi Chen was slightly stunned, but quickly reacted.

  Princess Weina, Lord Liu Nuoduo, these two names were not unfamiliar to him. They were the same group of people he had met in the Death Domain before. What Ye Chen did not expect was that their backgrounds were so impressive.

  "Did they know where the Snow Crystal Spirit Stone was?" Yi Chen wondered in surprise, recalling how they had been constantly recruiting mercenaries.

  "Recently, someone found the Snow Crystal Spirit Stone. I heard that person sold the location of the spirit stone to people from the two major empires."

  "At first, in order not to attract attention from others, the two great empires recruited mercenaries elsewhere. However, those mercenaries were killed by monsters and had no choice but to return to the empire and mobilize soldiers."

  "It's also because of this that it has attracted the attention of many cultivators, and now countless cultivators are following behind them, approaching the central area of the Eastern Domain Snow Plains." The mercenary said without any concealment.

  "Do they have news about Xue Jing Ling Shi?" This message made Yi Chen feel extremely surprised, his eyebrows slightly raised.

  "As for whether there is any news about the Snow Crystal Spirit Stone, we can't be certain, but if Little Brother wants to head to the central region, he must be extremely careful." Upon mentioning the central region, the mercenary leader became very tense.

  All practitioners who come to the Snow Plains of the Eastern Domain dare not mention the central region too much, for there are powerful magical beasts there, and strange things often happen.

  Originally, Yi Chen saved them just to confirm whether this was the Dongyu Snow Plains or not. Getting such important information could be considered an unexpected gain.

  "It turned out they were people from the Three Great Empires." A cold glint flashed in his eyes as Yi Chen calmly spoke these words.

  "Even if you're a prince of the Wind Shadow Empire, I'll still play with you." Yi Chen sneered, recalling what happened at Tianqiao.

  Without bidding farewell to these mercenaries, Yi Chen identified the direction and headed deep into the Dongyu Snowfield.

  "Indeed, many mercenaries have come to the snowy plains of Dongyu."

  All the way, Yi Chen was very low-key, and he found that there were indeed many cultivators heading to the central area of Dongyu Snowfield.

  "I heard that the Wind Shadow Empire and the Notti Empire found an ice palace in the central area of the snowy plains, I don't know if that news is true or not."

  "This is still unclear for the time being, and it's also possible that it's a case of Chinese whispers."

  "Let's hurry up and go, if there really is treasure appearing, maybe we can still follow in the footsteps of those major powers and get a taste of the soup." Countless mercenaries surged towards the central area like a tidal wave.

  "Ice Palace?" Yi Chen looked at the backs of the mercenaries as they left, a strange expression flashing across his face.

  "Perhaps it's just a rumor, if there really was a discovery, how could the Fengying Empire and the Nuodi Empire leak the news?" Yi Chen shook his head, feeling that something was off.

  Thinking of this, Yi Chen slowed down his pace and searched for the tracks of the magical beast. He wanted to take advantage of these days to upgrade the level of his Beast Soul.

  "The current level of the beast soul is five, I don't know how many more beast souls I need to absorb in order to upgrade it to six." Thinking about the level of the beast soul, Yi Chen couldn't help but feel depressed.

  After he arrived at the Dongyuan Snowfield, the number of magical beasts he hunted was not small, and many were level 5. However, the level of the beast soul did not increase, and so far, he had not even touched the bottleneck.

  "The Dongyu Snowfield is not lacking in demonic beasts at all." Without thinking much, Yi Chen hooked the corner of his mouth and continued to hunt demonic beasts on the Dongyu Snowfield, while also heading deeper into the Dongyu Snowfield.

  "The deeper into the snowy wilderness, the lower the temperature in the air." After several days of rushing, Yi Chen had almost arrived at the central region, standing on a huge stone, shivering with cold.

  The temperature here was even colder than the marginal zone, and he had to mobilize his soul power to resist that chill.

  "We're getting close to the central area, it's better to be careful." Without lingering, Yi Chen continued to move forward.

  "Chirp!" At this time, several eagle cries came from the sky, very sharp, and reverberated in the air.

  "Grade 5 Flight Beast - Lemu Huo Niao." Yi Chen looked up at the sky and found that there were indeed five Lemu Huo Niao birds, carrying several elderly cultivators towards the central area, flying extremely fast.

  "Are those five not the national masters of the Wind Shadow Empire?" The mercenaries who were traveling with them looked up at the sky, and when they saw their appearance clearly, they exclaimed in surprise.

  "The Empire of Fengying has sent so many national masters again. Have they really found the Snow Crystal Spirit Stone?" said some of the mercenaries who came.

  "People of the Wind Shadow Empire." Yi Chen was not far from those mercenaries, and naturally overheard their conversation. He looked at the few figures disappearing into the distance, his eyes narrowing slightly.

  "They must have found something in the central region, let's hurry up! If we're slow, we won't even get a chance to drink soup." The mercenaries' eyes were filled with fervor, and their pace quickened by several degrees.

  Seeing this scene, Yi Chen raised an eyebrow and also joined the crowd.

  There were at least several thousand of these people, and many more that Yi Chen couldn't sense the cultivation of. They could very well be in the Huang Hun Realm, or possibly even strong cultivators on the verge of breaking through to the Xuan Hun Realm.

  "A silly fool is rushing to reincarnate." A faint voice echoed through the crowd, a stout middle-aged man silently moved forward, his slightly narrowed eyes occasionally flashing with cunning.

  Having already advanced to the quasi-Huang Xuan realm, Yi Chen's hearing was extremely sharp, and after catching this sentence, he turned his head to look at the middle-aged man.

  "The aura of a quasi-yellow soul realm." Yi Chen released his sensing power and sensed the other party's aura, frowning.

  The breath released by the other party was only a quasi-yellow soul realm, but for some reason, Yi Chen always felt that he was not simple at all, giving people a sense of danger.

  "What did he mean by saying that?" Yi Chen was very puzzled, but quickly withdrew his gaze and continued to move forward silently.

  The closer they got to the middle position, the colder the temperature became. Many cultivators with lower cultivation levels chose to leave, while those with higher and more profound cultivation continued to move forward.

  The demonic beasts in the central region are extremely powerful, but there are thousands of cultivators here, and it's been a smooth journey so far.

  "Chirp" continued to walk for a day, and suddenly a shrill eagle cry came from the central area, followed by a disheveled figure riding a Thunderwood Firebird rushing out of the central area.

  "Wasn't he the Wind Shadow Empire elder who entered the central district a few days ago? How did he end up coming back, could it be that he encountered a powerful demon in the central district?" Many mercenaries looked up and asked in puzzlement.

  Under the gaze of many mercenaries, the national teacher of the Wind Shadow Empire rushed out of the central area and rushed to the outside of the Dongyuan Snowfield, until he disappeared under everyone's eyelids.

  "What's going on? Did something happen in the central area of the Dongyu Snow Plains?" Yi Chen furrowed his brow and muttered.

  As soon as the word "roar" fell, a shocking roar rose in the central area, this sound was filled with endless anger, forming a sonic wave spreading out in all directions.

  Everyone in the scene was a mercenary covering their ears and staring at the central position with horrified eyes, not knowing what had happened over there.

  "Could it be that a powerful demon beast has appeared over there?" Yi Chen's heart skipped a beat as he readied himself to leave at any moment.

  "Everyone run quickly! The beast tide is coming!" A large group of cultivators were running towards this direction from afar, their faces filled with panic and looking extremely disheveled.

  "Beast tide?!" Hearing that group of cultivators' shout, the faces of these cultivators suddenly turned ugly.

  "Roar!" A shocking roar erupted, a large group of demonic beasts rushed out from the central area, including sixth-level and fifth-level demonic beasts, densely packed, collectively rushing forward with deafening sounds.

  "What a terrifying beast tide." Yi Chen felt his heart racing, and a look of shock appeared on his face.

  "Ahh!" A miserable cry echoed from that direction, and the cultivator running at the back was torn to pieces by the chasing magical beast.

  "Run quickly!" The crowd on this side erupted into a chaotic shout, and then they began to frantically mobilize their soul power to escape.

  "What bad luck." Having finally arrived in the central region, he hadn't expected such a situation to occur. Yi Chen let out a light snort and quickly activated his soul power to escape.

  Thousands of practitioners fled at the same time, some with lower cultivation levels were left far behind, and eventually surrounded by beasts, trampled to death or killed.

  "What in the world happened on the Central Plains?! How could it summon so many demonic beasts, damn it!" A cultivator yelled with a pale face while running away.

  This sentence shouted out everyone's heart voice, they all want to know what happened in the central region.