Chapter 705

"Danger zone?"

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【1】 "Danger zone?"

The eel tribe chief looked with suspicion at the little shaman sitting opposite him: "Wuyue, what is a danger zone?"

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Wu Yue looked around, but she saw that the eel tribe beastman warriors around, including the pale-faced beastman, all had puzzled expressions.

Wuyue pondered for a moment, then looked up at the eel tribe chief: "I don't know if you've heard of a place on land that can suck in passing beasts and people and slowly devour them."

Several eel tribe beastman warriors looked at her with shocked expressions: "Are you sure you're talking about a... place, not a beast?"

Wuyue nodded: "Just like rivers, mountains, and forests, it's not a beast."

Everyone fell silent; after a while, the eel tribe chief spoke: "Wuyue means that the Bai Sha Yan Hai has also appeared such a place, and it is such a place that has devoured our various tribes' beastman warriors?"

Wuyue shook her head: "I don't even know whether the Bai Sha Yan Hai has such a place."

On land, such naturally existing danger zones are not just the devouring swamps I just mentioned; there are also volcanoes that spew scorching magma, and earthquakes that split open and let people fall into endless abyssal fissures—many, many of them.

Therefore, the boundless Bai Sha Yan Hai surely also has such a place; you can go back and ask your tribe's great shaman, and if the eel tribe's great shaman hasn't seen it either, you can go inquire of the tribes living deeper in the Bai Sha Yan Hai.

She took a sip of water and continued: "Third, it's man-made."

As her words fell, the beastman warriors still digesting what she had just said about the dangerous terrain were all taken aback.

The pale-faced beastman looked at her: "You mean the disappearances of the beastman warriors from various tribes are man-made?"

Wuyue nodded, then gave him a teasing look: "You brought your people to find me—surely you aren't suspecting this has something to do with our Snow Moon tribe?"

The pale-faced beastman scratched his head embarrassedly: "I've never suspected it myself; it's just people in the tribe who don't know the situation saying that."

To avoid further embarrassment, the pale-faced beastman quickly changed the subject: "Hey, Wuyue, there have been occasional occurrences of the Beast God's Wrath lately, do you know about it?"

Wu Yue was somewhat bewildered; she didn't even know what the Beast God's Wrath that the pale-faced beastman mentioned was.

Good grief, can't we stop linking everything to the Beast God's Wrath?

The pale-faced beastman nodded: "Recently, the sea area has often been echoing with rumbling sounds, and even tribes near our eel tribe's waters have seen the Beast God's Wrath split the sky, cleaving a mountain in half."

Wuyue: "..."

Her face stiffened; if she heard correctly, what the pale-faced beastman said was probably his recent days of using fire to blast the mountain.

Although she also knew the commotion was a bit big, who knew that the whole Bai Sha Yan Hai tribes would find out.

But looking at their expressions, it seems they mistook the noise from their earlier mountain-blasting for powerful thunder.

She shook her head amusedly: "That isn't the Beast God's Wrath; it's just us quarrying the mountain behind the beach, and the sound was a bit loud, so it was thought to be the Beast God's Wrath."

Pale-faced beastman: "..."

Eel tribe chief: "..."

All the eel tribe beastman warriors: "..."

We've been anxious for so long, and you just casually tell us that it's merely your tribe quarrying the mountain wall?

What beastmen, the noise from quarrying the mountain wall is that huge?

Seeing they weren't very convinced, Wuyue smiled and stood up: "Please follow me, everyone."

She said that and then walked toward the big ship.

Yuan Lang, who had been acting as an invisible person, stepped forward, put his arms around her waist, held her and made a few jumps, then steadily stayed on a small boat swaying on the sea below.

"Chief..."

The beastman warriors all looked toward the eel tribe chief standing at the ship's side.

But they saw him leap up and mount his steed.

The beastmen all leapt down from the big ship and followed Wu Yue toward the Small Salt Land.

The place where the big ship was anchored wasn't far from the Small Salt Land, and everyone soon arrived at the beach under Wu Yue's lead.

The pure humans and half-beast slaves laboring on the beach, upon seeing the former tribe's beastman warriors, all knelt in the sand.

The pale-faced beastman and the eel tribe's beastman warriors completely ignored them, considering them lowly slaves unworthy of the mighty beastman warriors' attention.

Wuyue merely curled the corner of her lips into a faint arc, raised her hand, and pointed at the not‑far‑away cliff: "Look, that's the reason you mistook for the Beast God's Wrath a few days ago."

The beastman warriors followed the direction of her arm and looked; the next second, their bodies shuddered violently.

"What... what... what is that!"

The cliff was too high; even in the eyes of the beastman warriors who are nearly two meters tall, the endless‑looking staircase still seemed to reach straight to the heavens.

Though the eel tribe chief, experienced as he was, had a growing solemn expression, Wu Yue still saw his pupils constantly trembling.

Besides, thanks to you, pale-faced beastman—if it weren't for the half‑beast and pure‑human slaves you sent, this staircase would probably still need some time to finish quarrying.

"Lady Wu Yue, how does this seem almost like a road to heaven?"

The pale-faced beastman stared unblinkingly at the distant heavenly staircase, his voice trembling.

A hint of cunning flashed in Wuyue's eyes; she deliberately lowered her voice, and her soft, slow tone inexplicably carried a hint of mystery and distance: "At certain times, this staircase can indeed lead to the heavens."

Ignoring the pale-faced beastman and the eel tribe beastman warriors' astonishment, Wuyue stepped toward the staircase: "You all surely remember what this cliff looked like before."

Although the beastman warriors' claws can break open the cliff, doing so would not only injure their bodies but also make the quarrying progress very slow.

So we used a very powerful magical talisman, repeatedly blasting the cliff, which allowed us to finish quarrying it in such a short time.

Having witnessed the heavenly staircase and kept in mind Wuyue's earlier speculations about the beastman warriors' disappearances, the pale-faced beastman and the eel tribe's people prepared to leave.

"Wuyue, once the beastman warriors' disappearance matter is settled, we welcome you to our eel tribe; we will surely prepare the freshest sea beasts to entertain you."

The middle‑aged beastman gave Wu Yue a slight nod, his eyes unbeknownst when having acquired a hint of respect.

Wuyue's smile deepened: "Of course, I'll definitely go when I have the time."

Seeing the group off, Wu Yue's smile suddenly faded.

This matter always gives me a bad feeling; according to what the pale‑faced Beastfolk said, all the tribes around Bai Sha Yan Hai have had Beastfolk go missing, but our tribe hasn't had a single missing Beastfolk, as if we were excluded from this missing persons incident.