Although most of them were unintelligent when they were still star beasts, after the star miasma took over, most of these forbidden creatures had become intelligent. Along the way, he encountered many forbidden creatures who greeted him, and they almost exposed their identities. Fortunately, he killed them before they noticed anything amiss, so the news did not leak out.

"No... If this continues, we'll be exposed sooner or later. Where exactly is the Abyss Stone?" After several hours of searching, Su Bai had traversed all the forbidden areas and killed many forbidden creatures along the way, but he still couldn't find any trace of the Abyss Stone.

If he continues killing like this, no matter how careful he is, he will inevitably be exposed.

"Where is it hidden? It's not in that seemingly magnificent palace... nor in any hidden places, not even underground or in the lake. Could it be that the Abyss Stone has vanished into thin air?" Su Bai looked up at the palace in the distance, shrouded in star miasma and completely hidden in dark purple mist. That was the first place he investigated, because anyone with eyes could see that it was the location of the forbidden beast of this place. Based on past experience, such important items would usually be kept close to the owner's body.

To his disappointment, he infiltrated the palace for two hours, searching every corner of every room. Although he didn't directly break into the room where the forbidden beast was located, he did use his Heavenly Eye to explore the outside, but still found nothing.

After leaving, he learned from his previous experience and used his Heavenly Eye to scan the ground to see if the other party had hidden the Abyss Stone underground. However, he still could not find any trace of the Abyss Stone. He even explored caves, riverbeds, and other places where it might be hidden, but the Abyss Stone seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace of its existence anywhere.

"Could it be that the Abyss Stone doesn't exist among these forbidden areas?" Su Bai shook his head and denied it as soon as he had this thought: "Impossible... I used my divine sense to investigate, and the earthworm was not lying when it said that the Abyss Stone exists in all the forbidden areas of the southern region. This means that the Abyss Stone must exist in all the forbidden areas of the southern region."

Just as Su Bai was racking his brains trying to figure out where else the Abyss Stone might be hidden.

"Hey, you up ahead, which patrol team are you from? Why are you lingering in our patrol area?"

A questioning voice sounded from behind him. Su Bai calmly turned around and looked at the human-shaped, horse-faced monster that was seven or eight meters tall and whose body was almost overflowing with star miasma.

Behind it were giant skeletal horses, tens of meters tall and still in human form, their eyes gleaming with eerie blue flames, staring intently at Su Bai.

Su Bai was already familiar with this. After turning around, he first used the language he had learned from these forbidden creatures to speak: "I was ordered by Lord Tianju to collect intelligence on the Northern Star Region. I have just finished reporting and am about to leave."

"Oh? So you're in charge of intelligence work, brother. You've worked hard." After listening to Su Bai's words, the horse-faced, human-bodied Ma An suddenly grinned, waved to the skeletal giant horses behind him, signaling them to relax their guard, and then approached Su Bai with a wicked smile: "By the way, what fun things are there in the Northern Star Region these days? I must say, these people may be weak, but they know how to enjoy themselves. Have you gotten your hands on any new items, brother?"

Upon hearing this, Su Bai's eyes flickered, and he prepared to take another approach. He smiled at Ma An and said, "Of course, I've heard that a new method of concealment has recently been adopted in the north, which can hide treasures so perfectly that no one can detect their location!"

"I plan to bring this back and store the Abyss Stone for Lord Tianju."

"You even know about the Abyss Stone? It seems you really are an intelligence agent." Hearing Su Bai mention the Abyss Stone, Ma An finally let down his guard, but he scoffed at the hidden object Su Bai mentioned: "I don't think we need that so-called hidden object. Everyone knows that Lord Tianju's greatest skill is hiding things. The Abyss Stone is currently on the top of that palace, but who but us would know?"

Su Bai: Σ(⊙▽⊙"a!!