Chapter 470: Peril Everywhere

After sending Pearl and the others to the Refinement Realm, Xiao Yu and Bernard also left the city to begin their new cultivation journey.
“After a day of exploration, you must realize that this is the place with the highest concentration of demonic beasts in the entire Divine Realm. It’s closer to the Nightmare Forest and the Silent Lake than any other city, and the Dark Valley is less than a thousand kilometers outside the city. These three forbidden areas together harbor at least three ancestral god-level demonic beasts, not to mention hundreds of millions of their offspring. If I were to set up a large-scale formation, it would take me one year and three months to cover the entire city. Those demonic beasts can’t wait that long,” Long Tian said pessimistically.
“We don’t need formations to defend the city. Even if you could set them up in time, we don’t have enough divine crystals to sustain them. Maintaining such a large formation is already extremely difficult, let alone blocking attacks from ancestral god-level beasts,” Ye Feng shook his head.
“If you already know this, why did you promise in front of so many people that you’d protect the city? Isn’t that just asking for trouble?” Long Tian grew even more frustrated. “What if a level-five beast horde really breaks out? I’m afraid only you and I will survive in the entire city.”
“Level-five beast hordes are always triggered by ancestral god-level demonic beasts, which all possess intelligence on par with humans,” Ye Feng said casually, fiddling with a top-quality divine crystal in his hand. “As long as I can provide something that interests those ancestral god-level beasts even more, they won’t care about this city at all.”
“Those ancestral god-level demonic beasts have existed in the Divine Realm for a long time. I guess they already possess most of the treasures here. I really can’t think of anything they’d desperately want,” Long Tian thought carefully but came up with no suitable answer.
“Every ancestral god-level demonic beast wants to grow stronger and surpass the others,” Ye Feng smiled. “But what they desire most is to return to their primal bloodline. You see, most demonic bloodlines originate from primordial beasts, and none of them are pure. This is the biggest difference between them and divine beasts, as well as the core issue plaguing them. It’s also why demonic beasts become increasingly violent—there are more and more restless elements in their bloodlines, making each generation worse than the last. I have something that can help them repair their genes. The potions I have will drive them crazy.”

“You mean making a deal with them? But after they get what they want, you can’t guarantee they won’t covet this city in the future.” Although Long Tian thought a deal might work, he saw it as a short-term solution.
“So, I plan to pull them in and have them help protect the city. That way, all problems will be solved once and for all.” As Ye Feng spoke, Long Tian stared at him with a blank expression.
“That seems a bit difficult, doesn’t it?” Long Tian thought such a thing was completely impossible.
“I’ll try my best to persuade them.” Ye Feng seemed quite confident in himself.
“Alright, then what do you need me to do?” Long Tian asked. Ye Feng’s unconventional approach left him unsure of how he could help.
“You should still set up the defense formations as planned…”
“Weren’t you saying the formations are useless?” Long Tian interrupted Ye Feng.
“The purpose of setting up the formations isn’t protection—it’s to boost morale, making the residents believe we’re preparing for a major battle. Their morale will, to some extent, give me an advantage in negotiations.” Only after hearing this did Long Tian finally understand what Ye Feng wanted to do.
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Titan City, the City Lord’s Palace.
“Third Brother, have the messages been sent out?” The city lord seated at the head looked at the shabby middle-aged man sitting to his right.
“Don’t worry. Those messages were spread as soon as they arrived in Cent City,” the shabby man said, his grin becoming even more vile. “Our trained magical beasts are already mixed in among the beast mobs.”
“What do those rumors say?” Tai Hao couldn’t help but press further. “Are you sure they’ll trigger a level-five beast tide?”
“We just detailed their previous battles and exaggerated them a bit. We claim that Blade’s strength is on par with that of a peak Ancestral God, and Long Tian’s formations can hold off a level-five beast tide. Together, they’ll surely be able to defend Cent City…” The vile demeanor of Third Brother made Tai Hao shudder.
“Given the distances between Nightmare Forest, Silent Lake, Dark Valley, and Cent City, all three sides consider Cent City their territory. If someone provokes them, they’ll definitely take action. Besides, with such a huge gap in Blade’s cultivation and strength, they’ll surely be interested.” The Titan City lord, holding a giant sword, gazed into the distance. “Cent City is doomed…”
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“I heard there are two interesting kids in Cent City this time.” Two streams of mental energy sent this message from the bottom of Dark Valley in two different directions.

In just an instant, the message reached the minds of the other two.
“Zijin, are you interested in those two kids too?”
“Zijin, those two kids are mine!”
Two different mental forces then made contact, completing an exchange of consciousness in an instant.
“That kid with imperial god-level cultivation and ancestral god-level strength is quite interesting.”
“I think that one who knows array formations is good too; my cave dwelling can use more arrays.”
“I want both of them!”
“Youming, dream on!” Two consciousnesses simultaneously entered the Forest of Nightmares.
“Moluo, since Youming isn’t sincere, let’s each take one!” The message from the Dark Valley reached the Calm Lake.
“Hey, whoever can snatch them gets them. If you two try tricks, be careful—I might turn against you!” Two more messages came from the Forest of Nightmares.
“You two had better be careful. Don’t end up getting killed by that imperial god-level kid and become a joke for the entire beast race.”
“Should we act tomorrow?”
“Why rush? Observe for a few more days. With such a large city, I doubt his array formations can’t be completed in a year or two.”
“Alright, let’s observe further.”
After a while, the exchange of consciousnesses finally ceased.
Ye Feng, on the other hand, set up a shielding array around the city lord’s mansion to prevent anyone from probing. Only after confirming there was no one around did he step into the Void Realm.