Chapter 312: Beast Emperor Trap! The Secret of Ming Mountain

"The three great Beast Emperors should all be in the Divine Land," Beast King Lei Hui said hurriedly, sensing Li Yuan's killing intent.

Now, he had been severely wounded and had no leverage for negotiation.

"Should be?" Li Yuan frowned.

"The Sky Snake Beast Emperor does not tell me about his whereabouts," Beast King Lei Hui explained hurriedly. "Under the Sky Snake Beast Emperor's command, I am far less trusted than Chi Yan and Hei Guang. Chi Yan and the others know many secrets of the Divine Land, but the Sky Snake Beast Emperor simply does not tell me."

"As for the whereabouts of the other two Beast Emperors... I know even less."

Luo Chan and Tavares both nodded at Li Yuan.

This indicated that what Beast King Lei Hui said was true.

If he were trusted, Beast King Lei Hui might not have colluded with the Seven Star Civilization so quickly.

"As for the entrance to the Divine Land."

"The only one I know of is what you call 'Area 67 on the outskirts of Ming Mountain'."

"It is guarded year-round by a large number of Sky-Flying Beast Kings," Beast King Lei Hui said in a low voice. "Our Ming Ruins beast race's Sky-Flying Beast Kings... once they reach the Sky-Flying level, they can all enter through that entrance. After passing certain assessments and completing the contract ceremony to become so-called 'ordinary soldiers,' they can obtain one Star Technique and one or two Tier-Three weapons."

"If they can become higher-level soldiers, there seem to be many special weapons and treasures... but most Beast Kings cannot achieve this."

"Star Techniques? Weapons?" A flash of surprise crossed the eyes of Luo Chan, Tavares, and the others.

Only Li Yuan remained calm, because he had received secret data gifted successively by Dongfang Ji and Fang Hai.

Regarding the understanding of Ming Mountain, no human martial artist present could surpass him.

Ming Mountain was very likely a crashed 'God-Level Mothership' from an alien civilization.

"You should be able to see that most of our Sky-Flying Beast Kings have cultivated a Star Technique," Beast King Lei Hui said with a bitter smile. "We cannot create Star Techniques ourselves... they are all obtained from the Divine Land, and the weapons are the same."

"Our Ming Ruins beast race's many cultivation insights all originate from the Divine Land," Beast King Lei Hui said, appearing now as if he would tell them everything he knew.

He knew very well that even if he didn't say it, it wouldn't be long before the Seven Star Civilization figured it out anyway.

"That human martial artist you speak of entered the Divine Land by following that entrance and seemingly passing the assessment," Beast King Lei Hui said.

"What assessment?" Li Yuan asked.

"It is the soldier assessment," Beast King Lei Hui said. "Most of us Sky-Flying Beast Kings can only become so-called 'ordinary soldiers'... According to the Beast Emperors, if one's strength is strong enough and potential great enough, one has the hope of becoming an elite soldier and entering the Divine Land... but Beast King Chi Yan has never been able to do it."

"Let alone the other Sky-Flying Beast Kings."

"However, that one human martial artist actually managed it, and it is said he even broke into the Divine Land," Beast King Lei Hui shook his head. "His strength was likely not even as high as mine; I truly don't know why."

Li Yuan understood in his heart. As expected.

Synthesizing the intelligence regarding the mothership given by Alliance Leader Dongfang Ji.

The passage Beast King Lei Hui spoke of was very likely a place for soldier trials on the 'mothership.'

It was just that the difficulty of the trials for Tier-Two and Tier-Three lifeforms was different. These Sky-Flying Beast Kings were relatively weak among Sky-Flying levels and couldn't pass the elite trials for the Sky-Flying level... but Yu Jinghe was super strong among Tier-Two lifeforms.

The potential was completely different!

"It wasn't just that human martial artist."

"Not long ago, the Tianliang Civilization launched a surprise attack, killing their way to the outside of Sky Snake Lake," Beast King Lei Hui said solemnly. "Because it was a surprise attack, we didn't have time to gather so many Sky-Flying Beast Kings... at the time, there were only thirty or forty Sky-Flying Beast Kings."

Li Yuan nodded slightly. The fact that the Ming Ruins beast race had gathered so many Beast Kings this time was likely because they had suffered a loss against the Tianliang Civilization.

"Continue," Li Yuan asked.

"Within the Tianliang Civilization, there was also an extremely strong Tier-Two lifeform, very terrifying," Beast King Lei Hui fell into memory, then immediately added, "Of course, that person's strength was far inferior to Lord Ling Qiang."

"Don't talk nonsense," Li Yuan frowned.

"Yes," Beast King Lei Hui nodded repeatedly. "He was also wearing black, his weapon was a saber, and what he had comprehended should be the Intent of Fire... In a battle against Beast King Chi Yan, he forced Beast King Chi Yan to be unable to do anything to him."

"Even Beast King Chi Yan couldn't win?" A flash of surprise crossed Li Yuan's eyes.

That powerful?

One must know, according to Li Yuan's estimation, even if Yu Jinghe or Rudnev before his breakthrough went to fight Beast King Chi Yan, they shouldn't be able to win, and if things went poorly, they might even lose their lives... The mysterious powerhouse Beast King Lei Hui spoke of should be the super genius from the Wan Mo Civilization.

"Originally, if it came to a bloody battle, the Tianliang Civilization might not have been able to defeat us," Beast King Lei Hui said in a low voice. "But for some reason... Beast King Hei Guang suddenly told them the location of the entrance."

"I suspect Beast King Hei Guang received orders from the Beast Emperors," Beast King Lei Hui said. "That was why he let them in."

"Didn't the Beast Emperors enter the Divine Land? How did they issue the order?" Luo Chan shouted coldly. "Don't you dare lie to us."

"It was the Spirit Orbs!!"

"The three great Beast Emperors each control a Spirit Orb. We Sky-Flying Beast Kings all left a trace of our imprint in the Spirit Orbs... Through the Spirit Orbs, even if the Beast Emperors are in the Divine Land, as long as we Sky-Flying Beast Kings are near the Spirit Orbs, they can contact the Beast Kings."

Beast King Lei Hui explained hurriedly. "Similarly, if we die in battle... the images from just before death seem to be able to be transmitted back to the Spirit Orbs."

This sentence caused the group of human martial artists present to change color.

Such a bizarre treasure?

If that were the case, wouldn't the three great Beast Emperors already know of Ling Qiang's strength?

Li Yuan, however, was very calm. In the vast world and the boundless dimensional river, there were many strange treasures.

Like the 'Soul Lamp' Gu You let him refine, it was even more magical; even across many planes, it could confirm his life or death.

If Ming Mountain were truly a crashed God-Level Mothership, it wouldn't be strange to have similar treasures.

"Therefore, the Tianliang Civilization eventually retreated."

"According to the reports from the Sky-Flying Beast Kings guarding the entrance to the Divine Land, those top powerhouses of the Tianliang Civilization should have also entered the Divine Land along that entrance," Beast King Lei Hui said hurriedly. "Later on, to avoid being defeated one by one, the hundreds of Sky-Flying Beast Kings under the three great Beast Emperors gathered in one place."

"Until you arrived."

Time passed.

Through Beast King Lei Hui's narration, Li Yuan and the human martial artists present understood more and more about the Ming Ruins Star Realm and the Ming Ruins beast race.

"Lord Ling Qiang."

"My lords, I have said everything I should say," Beast King Lei Hui said with trepidation, speaking in a low and humble voice. "I only hope you can spare my life."

Luo Chan, Tavares, and the others all looked at Li Yuan.

Whether to spare Beast King Lei Hui's life depended on Li Yuan's attitude.

"Lei Hui."

"If I hadn't already known a lot of data, I probably would have been deceived by you," Li Yuan said softly. "Your words, nine truths and one lie, are indeed impressive."

The human martial artists present changed color. Deceived?

"Lord Ling Qiang, I would never dare to deceive you," Beast King Lei Hui's face flushed, very agitated.

"That Spirit Orb, it shouldn't just be able to transmit messages at close range, but also over ultra-long distances, right?" Li Yuan smiled slightly, looking at Beast King Lei Hui. "You should be communicating with the Sky Snake Beast Emperor right now, trying every possible way to lure me to that entrance of the Divine Land."

Beast King Lei Hui's face finally changed.

Before he could refute.

"Even," Li Yuan continued, "I suspect that you finding our Seven Star Civilization so quickly before, on the surface, was to sell out the intelligence of the Ming Ruins beast race... but in secret, I fear it was also under the orders of the Sky Snake Beast Emperor, just to play a role at a critical moment."

"Sky Snake Beast Emperor, I am not wrong, am I?" Li Yuan stared at Beast King Lei Hui, as if staring at that Beast Emperor existence behind the scenes.

Boom!

Beast King Lei Hui suddenly erupted, his entire body instantly diffusing countless violent thunderbolts. These thunderbolts burst forth, seemingly wanting to drown this group of human martial artists.

However, Beast King Lei Hui suddenly rose up, but Li Yuan had long been prepared, and his speed was faster than his.

"Whoosh!"

A terrifying spear light struck, instantly piercing through layers of thunder and penetrating Beast King Lei Hui's already scarred head... The head shattered, and the body fell powerlessly.

The thunderbolts that had just surged out dozens of meters also suddenly saw their power sharply decrease, and they were easily blocked by Luo Chan, Tavares, and the others.

Beast King Lei Hui, dead!

With this, the eight top Beast Kings of the Ming Ruins beast race had all fallen.

The many human martial artists all looked at Li Yuan in shock.

"Ling Qiang, how did you see it?" Tavares couldn't help but ask.

"He was too anxious."

"According to common sense, to save his life, he would definitely try to say as little as possible about the secrets he knew."

"He said everything in one breath, having no value left. Why would he rely on his life being saved? Did he really believe our promise that much?" Li Yuan shook his head.

The crowd suddenly realized.

"Moreover, his purpose of luring us was too strong, repeatedly emphasizing that entrance to the Divine Land, as if he were urging us to break in... and he deliberately emphasized that the Tianliang Civilization had also gone to break in."

"The key point was the Spirit Orb he described."

"Even the images from just before their death could be transmitted back... it is impossible that they couldn't communicate information within the Ming Ruins Star Realm," Li Yuan said softly. "So, I became suspicious and tried to trick him."

"As a result, he couldn't hold up himself," Li Yuan said.

In reality, that so-called Spirit Orb.

After thinking for a long time, it made Li Yuan think of a treasure mentioned in the data provided by Dongfang Ji, the 'Soul Crystal Orb,' which was a rare item that facilitated communication between soldiers in a team, barely counting as a type of technological item.

"So, this Beast King Lei Hui was intentionally contacting us before?" Luo Chan couldn't help but say.

"Perhaps, they are all dead now, so there is no need to delve into it," Li Yuan shook his head. "Regardless of what schemes the Ming Ruins beast race has... they have already suffered a crushing defeat in this battle."

"The group of top Beast Kings with the most threat are all dead."

As he spoke.

Li Yuan looked down at the ruins after the great battle below. There were many Beast King corpses in the ruins, and a complex look flashed in his eyes: "Fighting without regard for life or death, these Beast Kings are indeed worthy of respect."

"No matter how worthy of respect, they must be killed!" Tavares said in a low voice.

According to the intelligence understood, the Ming Ruins beast race actually came from different ethnic groups. In the past, they had also fought and conquered each other... but facing the descending Seven Star Civilization and Tianliang Civilization.

These Beast Kings of different races united unprecedentedly in one place, fighting in a bloody battle.

However, this was the struggle of civilizations!

Li Yuan, Luo Chan, Tavares, and the others would never be soft-hearted for the strength of the Seven Star Civilization.

On the contrary, they would strive to clear away all potential threats.

Just like the evolution of all spirits on Blue Star, humans exterminated countless biological species to grow into the primates of all things.

Now, with many civilizations competing in the dimensional domain, the repeated invasions the Seven Star Civilization had encountered over the past hundreds of years, and even the great extinction the Flying Star had once encountered.

Made Li Yuan, Tavares, and the others understand that if the Seven Star Civilization did not seize every opportunity to become strong, it would sooner or later face civilizational extinction.

"Ling Qiang, what should we do now?" Luo Chan asked. "Are we going to Area 67 on the outskirts of Ming Mountain?"

Others also looked at Li Yuan.

"No!"

"Go to the residences of the three great Beast Emperors," Li Yuan said solemnly. "Especially the residence of the Sky Snake Beast Emperor."

"If there were only that one entrance to the Divine Land in Area 67, wouldn't it be better for the Beast Emperors to build their lair in Area 67 and be on alert at all times?"

"Additionally, if the Beast Kings under the three great Beast Emperors were to gather in one place, why would they choose to concentrate at the Sky Snake Beast Emperor's residence?" Li Yuan said.

The crowd's eyes lit up.

In reality, Li Yuan being able to think of so much was not because Li Yuan was smarter than them... it was merely because Li Yuan had the most intelligence.

"Ling Qiang, do you suspect that the Sky Snake Beast Emperor's residence is another entrance to the Divine Land?" Tavares couldn't help but say.

"We will know once we go," Li Yuan said. "In any case, we won't go to the entrance to the Divine Land in Area 67 for the time being... there is a high probability that a Beast Emperor is guarding behind that entrance."

Although he was not too afraid of the three great Beast Emperors, Li Yuan still liked to fight steadily and surely.

Since they were already so late compared to the Tianliang Civilization, there was no need to rush for this moment. Blindly seeking speed was sometimes not a good thing.

"Why have the three great Beast Emperors been hiding in the Divine Land and not coming out?" Li Yang asked in confusion. "Like in the battle just now, if the three great Beast Emperors were all there, we would likely have suffered a crushing defeat."

"Either they have more important things to do," Luo Chan said. "Or... they can't come out for a while. There must be a reason."

The crowd nodded.

"Let's go," Li Yuan said, turning into a stream of light and flying toward the distant Ming Mountain.

Boom! Boom!

The many human martial artists flew into the Tier-Four warship and also rushed toward the Sky Snake Beast Emperor's residence.

The Seven Star Civilization had not yet fully confirmed the residences of the Wan Lin Beast Emperor and the Qian Yan Beast Emperor, only knowing their approximate locations.

But the Sky Snake Beast Emperor's residence, 'Sky Snake Lake,' was clearly marked on the map.

When Li Yuan and the others were in action, Sky Snake Lake deep within Ming Mountain was vast and mighty.

Plop~

A cyan flying snake nearly ninety meters long passed through the clouds, its belly brushing against the water surface, causing ripples to spread across the water, and it rushed into the ancient palace in the center of the lake.

"Qing Sheng!"

"Qing Sheng, you're back?" A black and a white flying snake flew out from both sides of the palace.

These two Sky-Flying level flying snakes were responsible for guarding the Beast Emperor's palace on a daily basis.

"You should both know the battle situation," Beast King Qing Sheng's face was pale. "They are all dead. Uncle Chi Yan is dead, Hei Guang is dead, Tianhe, Nan Xiong, and the others are all dead..."

Among the group of Sky-Flying Beast Kings, Beast King Qing Sheng's frontal combat strength was quite ordinary; it was just that he was very good at flying... plus Li Yuan didn't know his identity.

Therefore, Beast King Qing Sheng luckily escaped with his life, and he rushed back to Sky Snake Lake at the first opportunity.

"We know."

"Beast King Lei Hui also died in battle just now," the black snake said in a low voice. "Qing Sheng, hurry inside. The Beast Emperor's projection is waiting for you in the main hall."

Beast King Qing Sheng nodded and flew into the main hall of the palace, only to see a huge, crystalline sphere suspended in the void of the hall.

Under the sphere, there was a huge projection, and the projection was none other than the Sky Snake Beast Emperor.

"Father," Beast King Qing Sheng said in a low voice.

"Do you still remember the order I gave just now?" The Sky Snake Beast Emperor stared at his child.

"I remember," Beast King Qing Sheng nodded repeatedly. "Take the Soul Crystal Orb and leave, staying far away from the powerhouses of the Seven Star Civilization and the Tianliang Civilization... At the same time, tell the Tianliang Civilization about Ling Qiang's strength and the many battle images."

On the way back.

The Sky Snake Beast Emperor had already sent him a message, telling him many secrets and what he should do.

The most critical thing was to take away the Soul Crystal Orb.

However, once it was taken away from this palace, the effect of the Soul Crystal Orb would be sharply reduced... at least the Sky Snake Beast Emperor would no longer be able to directly contact the Sky-Flying Beast Kings outside.

This palace was built with the Soul Crystal Orb, and it had taken the Sky Snake Beast Emperor a great deal of energy.

If he didn't take it away?

It wouldn't be long before the army of the Seven Star Civilization killed their way over.

"Father, when can you, the Wan Lin Beast Emperor, and the Qian Yan Beast Emperor come out?" Beast King Qing Sheng couldn't help but ask.

"Several exits have been sealed by that human martial artist. Now, the entire Divine Land can only be entered, not exited," the Sky Snake Beast Emperor shook his head, his snake eyes flashing with coldness. "We are trying to find a way to kill that human martial artist Yu Jinghe and seize control of the Divine Land."

"The few geniuses from the Tianliang Civilization who entered are also exceptionally powerful. Although we lured and killed two of them, the Qian Yan Beast Emperor was also not lightly injured..."

"In short, you must escape quickly."

"Additionally, activate the Source Force Array under the palace... since we couldn't ambush Ling Qiang in that soldier passage, then lure him into this passage," the Sky Snake Beast Emperor's voice was cold. "The Divine Land is a great temptation. As long as the top geniuses of these two great civilizations all break in, we will then kill them one by one... everything will not be a problem."

"Yes, Father," Beast King Qing Sheng said hurriedly.

But he felt a bit uneasy in his heart. His father and the Qian Yan Beast Emperor had joined forces and still hadn't been able to kill all the geniuses of the Tianliang Civilization... If the even stronger Ling Qiang entered.

What would the result be?

It was hard to say! But things had reached this point, and there was no better way.

Not long after.

Beast King Qing Sheng took down the Soul Crystal Orb and quickly left with the other two flying snake Beast Kings.

And not long after they left.

"Rumble~" The edge of the vast Sky Snake Lake, which spanned dozens of kilometers, suddenly collapsed, revealing a huge gap. Following this, a large amount of lake water rushed madly toward the bottom of the cliff along this gap.

At first glance, it formed a huge waterfall!!

And the water level of Sky Snake Lake began to drop continuously at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Inside Ming Mountain, in a vast hall with countless metal pillars.

Two extremely huge exotic beasts were coiled here, their entire bodies exuding a powerful aura.

One of them was a cyan flying snake over a hundred meters long, its scales seemingly covered in a layer of battle armor, and those snake eyes were filled with killing intent.

"Damn it!!"

"Is he really a Tier-Two lifeform? Can a Tier-Two lifeform be this strong?" The Sky Snake Beast Emperor roared angrily. "According to the training officer, back then, the strongest Tier-Two lifeform on the mothership did not have such perverted strength."

"Only the top evildoers in the mother civilization, who have cultivated the strongest body-refining Star Technique and combined it with extremely high skill comprehension, can theoretically erupt with Sky-Flying peak strength," the Sky Snake Beast Emperor shook his head. "Could he have become Sky-Flying level? Is it just that he has a special secret treasure to hide his aura?"

"Sky Snake."

A somewhat weak voice sounded, saying in a low voice, "Now is not the time to dwell on whether he has broken through."

"In fact, you had better rejoice that he is not Sky-Flying level. Otherwise, his strength will continue to improve rapidly, and he will stay in the Ming Ruins world for a long time, in which case we will surely die." The weak voice came from a strange monster. At first glance, it looked like an octopus, but its main body was covered with dense eyes.

It made one feel terrified just looking at it.

He was one of the three great Beast Emperors of the Ming Ruins beast race—the Qian Yan Beast Emperor.

The Sky Snake Beast Emperor fell silent upon hearing this, only speaking after a long while: "Qian Yan, what should we do?"

"Wan Lin went to break into the elite passage. He is a Six-Star Pulse... he is the one among the three of us with the most hope of success," the Qian Yan Beast Emperor said in a low voice. "As long as he can break through, he can enter the inner layer. Not only can he capture Yu Jinghe... he has more hope of obtaining control of the entire mothership."

"As long as we can obtain control of the mothership, the entire Ming Ruins world will still be ours," the Qian Yan Beast Emperor's voice carried a hint of excitement.

"Our task is to block the latecomers as much as possible, so they have no way to enter the 'Alien God Area,' and strive for time for Wan Lin as much as possible."

"They are outsiders, without the bloodline of the mother civilization, so they have no way to undergo the elite assessment. At most, they can only become 'outer soldiers,'" the Qian Yan Beast Emperor said.

"Easier said than done."

"Didn't those geniuses from the Tianliang Civilization break in before? And they even caused you to be injured," the Sky Snake Beast Emperor shook his head. "Although this mothership is our home field, the means left behind by those Alien Gods before they died... will also guide these outsiders."

For thousands of years, generations of Sky-Flying Beast Kings of the Ming Ruins beast race had continuously tried to break into the interior of Ming Mountain.

Most had failed.

It wasn't until the three great Beast Emperors rose one after another that they truly broke into the mothership, learned the ultimate secret of the Ming Ruins world, and knew that the outside world was vast... It was just that their relative strength was still too weak, and they had no way to reach the core area of the mothership at all.

Inside the mothership, there were those Alien God Areas in the outer area... The three great Beast Emperors had originally thought they still had enough time to slowly explore and strengthen themselves.

Unexpectedly, the Star Realm passage expanded.

The Seven Star Civilization and the Tianliang Civilization killed their way over directly.

"Do our best," the Qian Yan Beast Emperor shook his head. "Back then, the mothership battle failed, and it crashed into this star realm... We are originally the remnants of the mothership's powerhouses, not the true source lifeforms of the Ming Ruins star realm."

"Let's go."

"If your plan succeeds, that Ling Qiang should come in along the No. 3 passage," the Qian Yan Beast Emperor said in a low voice. "Intercept and kill him!"

"Hmm."

Things had reached this point, and the Sky Snake Beast Emperor had no better way. The two great Beast Emperors turned into streams of light, traveling through the wide metal passage that seemed to be for exotic beasts to pass through.

Tianliang Civilization, in the main base in the Ming Ruins Star Realm, in an ultra-large conference room.

"This?"

"Is this an image transmitted by the Ming Ruins beast race? Is it true or false?"

"Ling Qiang? This!!" That group of Intent Source martial artists and Sky-Flying martial artists all looked in shock at the scene in the projection.

A black-clothed figure, a long spear! Slaughtering Sky-Flying Beast Kings one by one.

"Report upwards!!"

"A Source martial artist erupting with Sky-Flying peak strength? Even in the tens of thousands of years of history of the Wan Mo Civilization, such an unparalleled evildoer has never appeared!!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 313 =====