The righteous coalition marched at an extremely fast pace.
A team of over five thousand elite soul masters is itself a torrent capable of crushing everything.
At the very front of the group, Ning Liu, Bibi Dong, Tang Chen, Tang Hao, and other top experts flew through the air, their imposing aura causing even the clouds in the sky to give way.
The army marched south, heading straight for the border between Tiandou and Xingluo.
According to the map, they would soon enter a vast forest—Sunset Forest.
"Sunset Forest is just ahead."
Ning Liu looked at the familiar dark green outline in the distance and said to Xiao Wu beside him,
"After passing through here, it will be another half-day's journey to reach the front line."
Xiao Wu nodded, but a hint of worry flashed in her bright eyes: "At least the Star Dou Great Forest has powerful soul beasts like Da Ming and Er Ming guarding it, but the Sunset Forest doesn't have any 100,000-year-old soul beasts here..."
In order to obtain spirit rings, Tang San went on a killing spree in the Star Dou Great Forest, but most of them were only a thousand years old or just entering the ten thousand years.
Now that he has become even more insane, the soul beasts in Sunset Forest are likely in grave danger.
Ning Liu noticed her worry and gently patted her shoulder:
"Don't worry, once we deal with Tang San, I'll find a way to restore the ecosystem here."
However, when they actually stepped into the Sunset Forest, everyone fell silent.
Dead silence.
Utter silence.
In the past, as soon as one entered the outer edge of the forest, one could hear the chirping of insects and birds, and the roars of various spirit beasts could be heard from the depths of the forest, full of vitality.
But now, it's eerily quiet here.
The wind blew through the treetops, leaving only the rustling sound of leaves rubbing together, which sounded particularly eerie.
The air was no longer filled with the fragrance of soil and vegetation; instead, it carried a faint, lingering smell of decay.
"What's going on? Why is it so quiet here?"
Ning Rongrong asked in a low voice.
No one answered her.
Everyone was stunned by the bizarre sight before them.
As the army ventured deeper into the forest, the stench of decay grew stronger. They began to spot the corpses of spirit beasts in the woods.
No, it couldn't even be called a corpse.
They were withered, shriveled shells.
A century-old wind wolf with magnificent fur is now nothing but skin and bones, its empty eyes staring at the sky as if telling of its fear before death.
A thousand-year-old human-faced spider that should have been frolicking in the tree was now like a dilapidated specimen, its eight legs stiffly curled up and its body shriveled beyond recognition.
Their flesh and blood, their life energy, were all drained!
One, two, ten, a hundred...
The further you go in, the more "specimens" you'll find.
From low-level soul beasts that are ten or a hundred years old, to powerful soul beasts that are a thousand or even ten thousand years old, none were spared.
They were like a swarm of unseen locusts that had swept through the land, draining them of their last bit of life value, and then carelessly discarding them on the spot.
Xiao Wu's eyes instantly reddened.
As a 100,000-year-old soul beast in human form, she felt the most profound impact of such scenes of life being plundered.
She could sense that the "soul" of this forest was dead. Among those withered corpses, a trace of despair and painful resentment remained.
"It was Tang San...it must have been him!"
Xiao Wu's voice was choked with sobs, and her fists were clenched tightly.
"That beast!"
Tang Hao stared at the scene before him, his eyes wide with rage.
He punched a large tree next to him, and the hard trunk snapped in two.
He felt incredibly ashamed and angry about the expectations he had once had for Tang San.
Tang Chen's face was so gloomy it looked like it could drip water.
He didn't say anything, but the chilling killing intent emanating from him made the surrounding temperature drop several degrees.
His determination to clean house became stronger than ever before.
Even the usually cold-blooded Bibi Dong had a burning rage in her eyes at this moment.
She may not care about the life or death of the soul beasts, but she cares about the order of this world!
Tang San's genocidal slaughter has severely disrupted the fragile balance between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts.
This is digging up the very roots of the entire Soul Master world!
"He created that army of ten thousand Soul Masters using the lives of these Soul Beasts!"
Ning Liu's voice was icy cold. He squatted down and picked up a bit of soil from the ground.
The soil had an abnormal grayish-brown color and was devoid of any life.
"Of this forest, from a hundred years to ten thousand years ago, probably less than one-hundredth of it remains."
Ning Liu stood up, looked around the desolate forest, and said, word by word.
This conclusion sent a chill down everyone's spine.
Not even one in a hundred survived!
What a horrific massacre!
The five thousand soul masters of the allied forces also witnessed the horrific scene in the forest.
Many of them had come to Sunset Forest to hunt for spirit rings. They were filled with awe and memories of this place.
But now, this place has become a huge graveyard.
An emotion called "anger" spread rapidly throughout the army.
"Avenge the dead soul beasts!"
"Kill that devil Tang San!"
"Slay the villains! Uphold justice!"
The soldiers' roars echoed through the deathly silent forest, filled with their shared hatred and indignation at the common enemy.
Looking at the excited crowd, Ning Liu knew that he had achieved his goal.
He needed this anger to fight against Tang San's equally fanatical army.
He leaped into the air and hovered there, his voice echoing throughout the entire team.
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