Heading for Lantiao, a chance encounter

The anchor point, which did not point to the Human Race settlement, was placed in a very well-hidden location.

It's like a hidden mole that hasn't been completely removed; it's quite difficult to find.

If it weren't for Shisui's keen perception of Spatial Energy and his ascension to the Heaven Realm, he would have overlooked its existence.

In fact, when Shisui first arrived at this secret realm and was teleported to the Jade Swallow Continent, he didn't discover this hidden stake.

This anchor point does not point to any small or medium-sized settlement of any Human Race in the Lantiao Continent.

Instead, it pointed to the mountains and forests in the southern part of central Lantiao Continent.

Shisui had seen the memories of the Beastfolk's high-ranking members, so he knew that the area belonged to the Tree Spirit Species.

He spared a little attention to scan his surroundings.

It was a vast expanse of lush, green trees.

Looking back, even the areas he had damaged last year are now part of a green ocean.

However, in less than a year, it was able to grow back into tall evergreen trees.

Moreover, they are all varieties with very long external growth cycles.

Isn't that suspicious?

"It seems the Tree Spirit Species aren't as well-behaved as outsiders think."

After examining the anchor point and confirming that it was indeed functioning, Shisui let out a sneer.

Then, following the anchor point, they opened Space Wormhole and headed towards the south-central part of the Lantiao Continent.

"Boss, we've found something over here!"

A member of the Demon Race investigation team shouted loudly, signaling the team leader to come and check this area.

At this moment, the Demon Race investigation team has entered the edge area of Spirit Resonance Rainforest Beastfolk.

In the center of the settlement, the fire was still burning, but it was gradually getting smaller.

The fire only burned for less than five minutes before it began to subside.

But this doesn't mean it wasn't burned completely.

On the contrary, it was because the fire burned too thoroughly that the fuel was rapidly depleted, and the fire gradually subsided.

As for the fact that the fire did not spread beyond the settlement, the Demon Race did not find it particularly surprising.

They are mere underlings to the Heaven-Controlling Realm, summoned and dismissed at will, but they hold a very high position within the Demon Race.

Therefore, they have a lot of information.

It's not a secret that Beastfolk settlements have arrays to gather Psychic Energy, and they naturally know that.

Clearly, most of the Psychic Energy in the surrounding mountains and forests has been extracted.

Therefore, the Spirit Resonance Rainforest cannot give birth to beasts with extremely strange realms.

Therefore, the fire will stop in the settlement.

There are clues to this.

What truly puzzled them was that there wasn't a single survivor in the entire settlement.

There wasn't even a body left.

The entire settlement was reduced to charcoal and soot from burned houses and trees.

The debris piled up in the collapsed, huge crater, making the place resemble a volcano about to go out.

With so little information available, the investigation team couldn't find anything useful and could only wait for the flames inside to die down quickly.

The deadlock was broken when one of the members shouted.

Everyone quickly converged on the area where the Demon Race investigator was located.

That used to be a huge building.

Thankfully, this building wasn't entirely made of trees.

Even now, amidst the collapsed ruins, one can still see the original structure of the building.

Upon closer inspection, although he was not in the center of the fire, he was in the center of the settlement.

The team leader led the others into the dilapidated building.

It took quite a while to find the shouting investigator on the third floor or so.

"Boss, come quick! There's a living creature hiding here!"

The team leader stepped forward and, upon seeing what the investigator was holding, immediately changed his expression.

"Damn it, it's Insect Hive!"

He took the dying Insect Hive and immediately used his Psychic Energy trap it securely.

"Insect Hive?"

The investigator wasn't angry even after his belongings were taken from him.

He pondered for a few seconds, then his expression suddenly changed.

Beside him, the other investigators also seemed to realize something, and their expressions turned cold.

"Is it a member of the Insect Race, a species confirmed to be extinct, one of those Insect Hives?"

The team leader didn't reply, but the investigators understood from his expression.

It's undoubtedly the Insect Race.

The silence didn't last long. The leader spoke, ordering, "Return. We must immediately report the situation here to the superiors."

The Insect Race are not extinct, and may even have their own settlements.

This news was even more shocking than the reactivation of the Eye of Madness.

After all, the Eye of Madness is Forbidden-Class Weapons, and like the Heaven-Controlling Realm, the Planetary Will will not allow it to appear on a large scale.

Forbidden-Class Weapons do not amount to genocide or the complete destruction of an ecosystem in a sizable area.

The Planetary Will will intervene before that.

But the Insect Race are a different story.

Their existence is considered part of the planet's food chain.

Even if it leads to genocide, it is still part of the survival of the fittest.

This is why all races united to exterminate the Insect Race at all costs.

The Insect Race have now returned with a vengeance and are now entangled with the Beastfolk.

This is a complete disaster for all races.

Thinking of this, everyone felt uneasy and restless.

As a result, the return journey was even faster.

Just as the Demon Race investigation team was running out of the ruins, a faint light appeared on the horizon.

Before we knew it, the time had passed the six o'clock mark of the morning, and the southern part of the Kaiyang Continent welcomed the sunrise.

Along with them came the Beastfolk Main Lineage, which arrived at the Beastfolk settlement.

They didn't see the fire, but they could see the billowing black smoke rising from a great distance.

Determining that something might have happened at the Spirit Resonance Rainforest settlement, they decided to send several Heaven Realm Awakened to the settlement first.

Therefore, the first to enter this ruin were three Beastfolk from the Heaven Realm.

Then, they encountered the departing Demon Race on a narrow path on the outskirts of their settlement.

The two sides began to stand off, and everyone's faces were grim.

The air was thick with the choking fumes of the fire.

The Beastfolk escort team and the suspicious Demon Race team locked eyes, and sparks seemed to fly between their gazes.

An inevitable war is rapidly brewing.

Meanwhile, the culprit who caused the annihilation of the Spirit Resonance Rainforest Beastfolk arrived safely in the Lantiao Continent.

The location Shisui teleported to was still quite a distance from the Shahai Laboratory that had once modified the Eye of Madness.

Therefore, after arriving safely, he had no intention of staying.

Although he was also somewhat curious about the fact that there were anchor points for other races in the Human Race realm.

But compared to the Eye of Madness, this curiosity had to wait.

Shisui rushed up into the stratosphere, retracting most of his Kakuja armor, leaving only a light layer of Koukaku.

With the help of its two pairs of wings, its speed soared, instantly breaking the sound barrier.

Within the Radiant Feathers and Koukaku, Spatial Energy flowed, and the shockwaves caused by the flight were quickly smoothed out.

Mach 1... Mach 10... Mach 30... Mach 70!

His speed continued to increase rapidly, yet he moved silently across the sky.

The tens of thousands of kilometers separating it from Shahai City are shrinking at a rate of more than 24,000 meters per second.

Because of its excessive speed, even though it was already daytime in the Lantiao Continent, it was difficult for creatures on the ground to spot the flying Shisui.

Unbeknownst to the distant Shahai City, a disaster was about to befall them.