Chapter 1789: Secret Realm Appears! Battle Plan! Liu Mengyun

Halfway there, Xia Na asked softly, "Master, how's it going?"

Su Yang sighed, "The tail failed; now Liu Mengyun has no choice but to chase them head-on!"

Just now, the Void Wandering Spirit failed to lock onto Xu Wei's group, but it first teleported near Baocheng City and used their contract bond to report the situation to Su Yang.

Xia Na whispered, "That's troublesome…"

He was about to say more when he noticed Yun Shuying approaching.

Yun Shuying smiled, "Chen Zhanglao, are you alright?"

"What trouble could I possibly have?"

"It seems Chen Zhanglao hasn't let it go yet!"

"You came all the way over just to say that?"

Yun Shuying whispered, "Jian Zhanglao wants to see you."

"What does he want?"

"We've received intelligence: a secret realm has appeared!"

"Secret realm?"

"Yes!" Yun Shuying said, "This secret realm isn't like those small worlds—generally, they hold many valuable things; even finding a divine beast isn't impossible."

"Alright!"

Hearing "secret realm," Su Yang became interested.

A secret realm is somewhat similar to a small world.

Both are independent spaces.

But unlike barren small worlds, secret realms often contain abundant precious resources and rare ferocious beasts.

The reason for this difference is that small worlds originate from beyond the Beast Tamer Great World.

Secret realms are different—they are part of the Beast Tamer Great World itself.

For various reasons, a portion of land broke away and became independent.

In the Beast Tamer Great World, secret realms form mainly through two causes.

One is when a Beast Tamer skilled in space-type familiars deliberately severs a space to use as a hidden residence or base.

The other is due to massive battles between divine-level Beast Tamers, causing spatial collapse.

Occasionally, this leaves a portion of space in an isolated state.

If a secret realm was created by a powerful divine-level Beast Tamer, it likely still holds the treasure collection left behind by that master.

If it was caused by battle, and if the battle was long ago, the secret realm might contain rare ferocious beasts that once lived on that land, or extinct medicinal herbs.

Regardless of the cause, secret realms are extremely worth exploring.

As Su Yang walked with Yun Shuying, he pondered why Jian Zhanglao wanted to see him.

It couldn't be to send him to explore the secret realm, could it?

Wasn't it agreed that his main target was the Shenlongshang Alliance?

When Su Yang met Jian Zhanglao and asked this, Jian Zhanglao told him the secret realm was likely near the border between the Shenlongshang Alliance and the Babaozhai Society.

If defined by borders, the secret realm's entrance lies within Chen Guo territory—inside the Babaozhai Society's sphere of influence!

But that entrance is dangerously close to the Shenlongshang Alliance.

Given the Babaozhai Society's knowledge of the Shenlongshang Alliance, the latter will almost certainly try to seize control of the secret realm!

"So?"

"So, this time the Babaozhai Society cannot yield!"

The voice came from behind.

Su Yang turned and saw Tan Zhiqing entering with Long Zhanglao, Yun Tianyin, and other elders.

"According to confirmed intelligence, this secret realm is vast and rich in resources; the first imperial-level Beast Tamer to discover it brought out many precious herbs… one of them, called Jiuxuan Grass, was said to have gone extinct tens of thousands of years ago!"

From Tan Zhiqing's words, Su Yang heard her unwavering resolve.

Is she planning to confront the Shenlongshang Alliance head-on?

But Su Yang understood Tan Zhiqing's thinking.

If the secret realm truly lies within the Babaozhai Society's territory, Tan Zhiqing would never willingly give it up.

To inherit the Babaozhai Society's leadership and then abandon a secret realm that nominally belongs to them…

That would severely damage Tan Zhiqing's prestige!

Of course, if a fight truly comes, Su Yang would wholeheartedly support it.

He'd been waiting for a fight!

As for how many Babaozhai Society members might die, he didn't really care.

They weren't his troops!

And since Tan Zhiqing had already decided to confront the Shenlongshang Alliance, she must have already weighed the casualties.

That's not Su Yang's concern.

Yun Tianyin spoke up: "President, with our current strength, it's hard to fight the Shenlongshang Alliance!"

"Hard or not, we fight!" Tan Zhiqing gritted her teeth. "Two days ago, one of our Yigefen Alliances was destroyed. If we give up this secret realm now, several nations near the Shenlongshang Alliance may lose stability."

"What's going on?"

Su Yang asked curiously.

Long Zhanglao explained: "Intelligence shows several nations or family factions are secretly contacting the Shenlongshang Alliance, showing signs of defection."

"Human nations?"

Long Zhanglao nodded: "Yes, human nations."

Human nations throwing in with demonic forces?

This was something Su Yang hadn't anticipated.

But thinking it over briefly, Su Yang could accept it.

No matter what humans did, Su Yang wouldn't be too surprised.

When all was said and done, the decisions were always made by that small group at the top!

So long as the profit was sufficient, humans certainly wouldn't mind betraying.

Although humans faced discrimination on demonic territory, there were still human upper-class nobles.

Within the Shenlongshang Alliance, there were human God-Rank Beast Tamers.

They were simply very rare!

Hearing this matter, Su Yang understood why Tan Zhiqing wanted to make a move.

This new president wanted to use this battle to tell the Central Domain that their Eight Treasures Studio was not to be trifled with!

But could they really win?

Su Yang was doubtful about this.

An elder reminded her: "President, the Shenlongshang Alliance has at least four God-Rank High-Grade Beast Tamers!"

Tan Zhiqing shook her head: "Those four won't all deploy—at least two must stay behind to guard the headquarters!"

"But they still have two left?"

Tan Zhiqing said in a low voice: "If those two both show up, then I'll handle it!"

Su Yang watched Tan Zhiqing with great interest.

What Tan Zhiqing meant was, she planned to challenge two Beast Tamers of the same rank alone!

Tan Zhiqing continued: "Elder Tan and Elder Guo have both agreed!"