There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 289 Suppressing the Ferocious Beast

"Roar……"

In an unknown valley, countless ferocious beasts with gleaming scales sat around a high platform, roaring angrily as if venting something.

On the high platform stood ten imposing humanoid beasts, looking down at the group of beasts below like kings.

Among these ten ferocious beasts are Zhu Huai, Xiu She, and Lan Yin Teng, who had met Hao Chen once before.

There were also creatures that Hao Chen had never seen before, such as the Fei Yi, Huo Dou, Golden-Winged Roc, Zhu Yan, Snow Mountain Heavenly Silkworm, Wolf God, and Devouring Toad.

These ferocious beasts, known as the Ten Kings of Ferocious Beasts, were originally members of the divine race left behind by Chen Ying in this world. Later, they were sealed in the Underworld by Haotian along with the ordinary ferocious beasts.

After the calamity of eternal night descended, the ferocious beasts, in order to regain their freedom, voluntarily chose to refine the corrupted power in the black mist, gaining a three-fold buff to their corruption, and finally broke the seal and escaped from the underworld.

Just then, Blue Silver Vine, one of the ten ferocious beast kings, seeing that the others were silent, couldn't help but speak up: "What do you mean by this? Continue attacking this realm or try to find a way home!"

When the topic of going home came up, a flicker of emotion flashed in Blue Silver Vine's eyes, but it quickly dimmed again.

Upon hearing Lan Yinteng's words, Zhu Huai couldn't help but laugh at himself: "Home??? Hahaha~ Are you kidding me? Now that we've become this inhuman and ghostly state, do you think we can still go home?"

Then Zhu Huai sighed heavily again: "Besides, even if we can go home, so much time has passed, it is still unknown whether the gods are still around."

Zhu Huai's words silenced the ferocious beasts present. In fact, they all knew in their hearts that the gods might no longer exist. Otherwise, if the gods were still alive, how could their lord have abandoned them?

Seemingly sensing the somewhat heavy atmosphere, Zhu Huai broke the silence with a chuckle: "Alright, let's talk about what we should do next."

"What else can we do? Since we can't go home, we should at least find a place to stay in this world."

“That’s right. Even if not for ourselves, we should think about the men who have risked their lives for us.”

Upon hearing this, Zhu Huai glanced at the ferocious beasts below out of the corner of his eye. Humans are not plants or trees, how could they be without feelings? Although they had fallen, they still could not abandon all their emotions.

However, finding a place for their subordinates was not as simple as just saying it; the Heavenly Court of this realm was simply too powerful.

Whether in the past or present, whether they have fallen into depravity or not, the Heavenly Court still has ways to deal with them.

The blood from the auspicious beast Pixiu was practically the nemesis of their divine race, easily breaking through their defenses and dissolving their divine power.

Just as Zhu Huai and the others were still arguing about where to find a place to stay, Xiu She suddenly felt his eyelids twitching wildly, and a sense of crisis arose spontaneously.

Without a second thought, Xiu She suddenly stood up and roared, "Run!"

However, before anyone else could react, the valley where they were located began to shake continuously.

Then, patterns burst forth from the void, emanating the aura of the Great Dao, appearing in the valley and radiating wisps of supreme divine power.

"An ambush? Have the Heavenly Court sent people here?"

"No, it wasn't the Heavenly Court that sent them; this formation is an ancient Heavenly Venerable formation?!"

"Who is it? What kind of skill is it to hide? If you have the guts, come out here."

The group of ferocious beast kings were terrified. They never expected that they would be attacked at their doorstep without even noticing. They kept attacking, trying to break the formation before it was fully formed.

However, the array patterns did not stop because of Zhu Huai and the others' attack. Instead, they formed an unparalleled imperial killing array in a very short time.

"It's over!!!" Zhu Huai's pupils shrank sharply. After sensing the great power contained in the formation, he unconsciously stopped moving, as if he could already see their next fate.

The ancient formation roared, and the majestic aura of imperial power soared into the sky, sweeping out countless yin and yang sword energies, which transformed into a long river of sword energy that crisscrossed the valley.

"what……"

"Do not……"

"stop it……"

……

Thousands of sword energies surged, turning the entire valley into a blood and flesh millstone. Every moment, ferocious beasts let out mournful howls and screams before being dismembered and slaughtered by the sword energies.

In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, all the ferocious beasts in the ancient formation except for the ten kings of ferocious beasts were instantly reduced to piles of flesh and blood, with severed limbs covering the entire valley.

Even the most ferocious beast kings, seasoned by countless battles, couldn't help but feel nauseous at the sight of such carnage.

One moment your subordinate is alive and well, the next he's a pile of minced meat flowing down to your feet. What normal animal could stand that?

Snap... Snap... Snap...

Suddenly, a series of footsteps approached from afar, sounding like a death knell in the ears of the ferocious beasts.

"It's you, Charmander?! Did you do all this?" Xiu Snake looked at Charmander walking towards them with a cold gaze.

Xiu She had some impression of the little fire dragon. It was said to have dragon blood and looked a bit like a lizard. Although it looked a bit strange, it was quite powerful. Therefore, Xiu She did not object to the little fire dragon joining their divine race.

What Xiu She didn't expect was that the seemingly harmless little fire dragon almost wiped them all out in an instant.

The little fire dragon saw that all the ferocious beast kings were looking at him with hostility, but his eyes remained calm and he was not afraid.

When he chose this path, he had already considered all the consequences: "Gentlemen, my elder brother invites you to embark on your journey."

"Little Fire Dragon, since you were once a member of the gods, I beg you to let us die knowing the truth. Tell me who your elder brother is and whether he has any grudge against us?"

In Zhu Huai's gaze toward the little fire dragon, besides resentment, there was also a deep sense of powerlessness.

Having just been bombarded by the formation, they appeared unharmed, but in reality, they had exhausted their divine power and were now at their weakest.

Even so, the little fire dragon had no intention of speaking. Instead, it summoned thirty-six array flags to surround Zhu Huai and the other ferocious beast kings.

The battle flags gleamed, swirling with the principles of Yin and Yang, instantly forming an even more terrifying array.

"This is the Yin-Yang Locking Heaven Formation! Little Fire Dragon, tell me honestly, where did you get this formation? Did a Pixiu give it to you?" The Golden-Winged Roc exclaimed in surprise, clearly recognizing the formation's origin.

From what the Golden-Winged Roc said next, Zhu Huai and the others learned that the Yin-Yang Locking Heaven Formation was a top-level sealing formation that could seal even immortal beings, and was even said to be a formation that could seal the heavens.

More importantly, the Yin-Yang Locking Heaven Formation is a formation that only their Venerable One knows; it is impossible for others to learn it.

Just then, Zhu Huai seemed to remember something and quickly said, "Wait, you forgot, there's another person who can learn it."

"Who?" the ferocious beasts hurriedly asked.

But before Zhu Huai could answer, the array flags summoned by the little fire dragon changed. Thirty-six chains stretched across the sky, piercing through Zhu Huai and the others' shoulder blades in twos and threes, sealing their divine power and laws.

"My elder brother tells you all to accept reform properly, and if you ever have the chance to get out in the future, don't do evil again."

As the little fire dragon spoke, it activated the final seal of the great formation.

Zhu Huai was laughing wildly, roaring, and feeling utterly powerless: "Hehe... Hahaha, Hao Chen, how cruel you are! We've known each other for a while, and you're not even going to leave us a way out!"

Zhu Huai's words silenced the other ferocious beasts. They understood that this seal might be eternal, and there would be no more times when they met again.

In the void, Hao Chen silently watched all of this, watching the little fire dragon use his array flags to seal away all the ferocious beast kings.

The last two chains pierced through Charmander's shoulder blades, sealing him away as well.

In the end, the remains of the ferocious beasts, Zhu Huai and the other ferocious beast kings, the little fire dragon, and the entire valley all disappeared under the great formation.

"I'm sorry, little fire dragon. I made you do this so soon after we met. However, you have been tainted by the aura of the real continent. In order not to affect Tianlu and the others, I have no choice but to seal you away. In the end, I am the one who has wronged you."

Hao Chen sighed, and then with a thought, a silver river appeared beneath his feet.

"The river of time, how I wish I could flow downstream with you, but alas, now is not the time."

Hao Chen looked down into the river of time, a flicker of emotion appearing in his eyes, but he quickly suppressed it.

Then Haochen made up his mind and went against the current of time without looking back.

As Haochen left, the beast world trembled slightly, as if it had lost something, or as if nothing had happened.

However, only those at the level of Haotian felt this. The Ancient Origin Land had disappeared, and without its existence, their power had changed and was no longer as strong.

Everything returned to its original starting point after Haochen left.