Chapter 463: Secrets within the Forbidden Land of Divine Sobs

Now that the Wolf Clan had left, the Battlefield of Death appeared even quieter. Of course, its calmness wasn’t due to the wolves’ departure—there were still many powerful magical beasts. In fact, Rod had already sensed magical beasts at the Yin Yellow Realm and Yang Mysterious Realm during his last visit. This time, just like Andrews, he felt these formidable existences as well. After all, this was the ultimate battlefield of the War between Gods and Demons, where terrifying residual energies and auras had given rise to numerous mutated, powerful magical beasts.

Looking at the desolate Battlefield of Death, Rod was filled with thoughts. He exchanged a glance with Andrews, and the two headed deeper into it.

It was still the Battlefield of Death—extremely dangerous even after the dominion of the Wolf Clan had vanished.

Along the way, to avoid trouble, Rod and Andrews released their auras, which helped prevent many issues and at least reduced attacks from magical beasts. Of course, some reckless creatures still came to provoke them. Unfortunately, they were utterly powerless against Rod and Andrews. After a day of travel, the two had already slain at least eight magical beasts. The strongest one was at the early stage of the Yin Yellow Realm, while the rest were at the later stages of the Divine Realm. These creatures must have been blinded by their prey before charging at them. Sharing the common traits of the Battlefield of Death’s magical beasts, they were incredibly strong—especially that Earth Bear at the Yin Yellow Realm, which really gave Rod and Andrews a tough time!

As a result, Rod obtained the first magical beast core from the Yin Yellow Realm—a truly rare item, so valuable it was practically priceless. Rod carefully preserved it, knowing it would be of great help to Lucy and the other girls when taken back.

If given to Lilith, she could likely break free from the constraints of the Divine Realm and enter the Yin Yellow Realm in a short time, thanks to the energy of this core. As for Lucy, it would help her advance to the later stages of the Yin Yellow Realm!

As for Nightingale and Ada, they didn’t need such a core. Not only could they struggle to control its powerful energy, but even if they managed to do so, they wouldn’t be able to utilize it fully, resulting in a huge waste.

Throughout their journey, Rod and Andrews never relaxed their vigilance. At least they could sense three powerful energies lingering around them. As for two of these, Rod and Andrews were somewhat better off—they were spiritual forces at the Yang Xuan realm. If any hostility arose, the two could still cope with it.

The third energy, however, was so formidable that it shocked Rod and Andrews. This was the true source of their concern. If their judgment was correct, this being’s strength had already surpassed the Yang Xuan realm! It was likely at the Xuan Huang realm! Thinking of this, the two exchanged glances.

Even if they joined forces, they might not be able to confront that being. If it truly harbored ill intentions, it would be extremely dangerous!

Rod was familiar with this energy. He had felt it last time he came to the Death Battlefield—exactly the same aura. It must have been the same person.

Last time, Rod was in the later stages of the Yin Huang realm, so he couldn’t accurately assess the opponent’s strength. Now that he knew, he was drenched in cold sweat, filled with fear. If that being had truly intended harm to him and Lucy back then, they would have had no chance to resist! The consequences would have been unimaginable.

Apart from this energy, the two hadn’t detected any particularly dangerous elements for now. Yet they knew that countless powerful beings were hidden here, and what they had discovered was just one of them. In this place, known as the Forbidden Land of the Dark Source, there were many beings capable of killing them.

Therefore, the two were extra cautious, speeding up their pace to minimize their stay and leave this dangerous place as soon as possible.

Fortunately, they remained careful and avoided any accidents. After three and a half days, they finally left the Death Battlefield and reached the edge of the Divine Sorrow Forbidden Land.

Seeing the vast expanse of snow, they finally breathed a sigh of relief. Glancing back at the dark and gloomy Death Battlefield, they exchanged a look, wiped the sweat from their foreheads, and felt deeply moved. After reflecting, Rod frowned slightly as he looked at the Divine Sorrow Forbidden Land.

He still clearly remembered what had happened the last time he was here. Back then, he and Lucy had barely escaped death, almost being trapped here forever.

Thinking of those terrifying beast packs, he shuddered. He turned to Andrews beside him and asked, “How do we get in? The beasts inside are fierce!”

Even today’s Rod, with his strength at the later stage of the Yangxuan realm, wasn’t sure he could enter there alone and come back. Faced with an overwhelming horde of beasts, even those at the Xuanyang realm would be helpless.

Seeing Rod’s expression, Andrews smiled slightly, showing no sign of tension. Gazing at the vast snowfields and feeling the biting cold wind, it seemed he was reminiscing about something—his ancestors. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, their ancestors had come to this area and sealed away the demonic souls. Now, following in their footsteps, they had returned to this forbidden zone to seal another demonic soul.

“Don’t worry, there won’t be any major problems!” After a long while, Andrews took a deep breath and said with a smile.

“No problems? How are we going in?” Rod asked doubtfully, not understanding what Andrews had in mind. Then, suddenly, he realized an important point and secretly smiled wryly at himself for worrying needlessly.

Hundreds of thousands of years ago, the trolls had come here to seal demonic souls, so they surely had a way in—there must be records passed down. Of course, Andrews knew this; no wonder things were so easy. He hadn’t even thought of that. Did he have to break in by force every time a demonic soul needed to be sealed? Even the powerful trolls from hundreds of thousands of years ago probably couldn’t do that.

“Reveal our divine essences, and we’ll go in!” Andrews said with a smile, addressing Rod.

Without hesitation, Rod revealed his divine essence. Due to the trapped demonic souls, it emitted a faint dark glow, giving off an eerie feeling.

Led by Andrews, Rod and he slowly walked inward, where a surprising scene unfolded. As they stepped forward, the howling wind seemed to calm down, and tremors could be felt around them. The ground began to shake, icebergs collapsed, and then giant magical beasts appeared—far stronger than those Rod had seen before. The beast hordes from his last encounter were there too, but following behind those massive beasts.

While Rod was still worried about whether they would attack him, he noticed that these beasts were all lying on the path ahead, looking at them with reverence. Only after the two passed did they slowly rise and follow behind them.

This scene filled Rod with awe. Looking at the divine entity before him, his heart was filled with complex emotions. It was all due to the power of this divine entity—it seemed this place was naturally meant to imprison demonic souls. As for these magical beasts, though powerful, they showed such reverence upon seeing the divine entity, indicating that their innate mission was to protect this area, guard these demonic souls, confine them, and wait for the master of the divine entity to arrive with them.

“These magical beasts are Soul Devouring Beasts. The rest are powerful magical beasts that serve as sacred guardians of this area. Only they can trap demonic souls! The demonic souls here cannot escape unless they regain their peak strength and receive help from external demonic souls to break free from the encirclement.

Over these hundred years, all the demonic souls we’ve seen have been confined here until the return of the Heavenly Demon Army in a hundred years. Only then will these Soul Devouring Beasts fulfill their mission!

After thousands of cycles, these Soul Devouring Beasts have guarded generation after generation of demonic souls! How amazing, right?” Seeming to sense Rod’s astonishment, Andrews explained to him with a smile.

“Mm!” Rod didn’t know what else to say and could only marvel at such an arrangement. It turned out these suddenly appearing powerful magical beasts were Soul Devouring Beasts that had been asleep for hundreds of thousands of years. From their names alone, it was clear they were meant to deal with soul entities and were naturally enemies of demonic souls.

In a hundred years, under attack from both inside and outside, he would likely be forced to fall into slumber once again. But overall, a hundred years was enough time for them to do many things and rest properly.

Under Andrews’ guidance, Rod successfully reached the central area of the Divine Weeping Forbidden Land.

Andrews took out a map left by their ancestors, found a raised spot, and after cleaning it, revealed a flat platform amidst Rod’s puzzled gaze.

The platform was octagonal in shape, with a simple greenish-gray appearance, covered in dense, strange characters that no one could understand!

Andrews carefully placed a fist-sized core of a magical beast at each of the eight corners, all of which were divine-level advanced magical beast cores. There was one core for each of the six attributes—wind, fire, lightning, water, darkness, and light—and the remaining two were lightattribute cores placed behind, forming a stable triangular structure to provide support.

After the eight Magic Core Gems were placed, the ancient platform suddenly emitted a intense blue glow. A thin energy shield gradually formed at that moment, rising high into the sky, making it impossible to determine just how high it reached. This made Rod open his mouth wide again, unable to say a word.