Fifth Trial, Soul Sealing Platform II

Within the Star Luo Great Forest, everything was utterly quiet. A gentle breeze drifted past, and apart from the rustling leaves, the entire place was steeped in silence. Sunlight filtered through gaps in the foliage, falling upon Hu Haoran and the others. Green light was everywhere, and life elements flowed continuously like cheerful little sprites. Yet this place gave off an air of danger at every moment.

"Haoran, it's so quiet here!" Shen Mengyan said uneasily. "I don't know why, but the quieter it is, the more something feels wrong!"

Hu Haoran stared solemnly at his surroundings, sending his spiritual power outward again and again, yet he discovered nothing at all. To his spiritual search, this place appeared safe—absolutely safe. But deep down, Hu Haoran also felt a suffocating pressure. That was no good sign.

"Brother Hu, have you noticed anything strange?" Xiao Ge asked cautiously. In the Star Luo Great Forest, they hardly dared breathe, and even their voices were extremely low. "Such a quiet Star Luo Great Forest isn't normal! In a place where soul beasts gather, shouldn't soul beasts be everywhere?"

"I haven't found anything wrong, but that's exactly what's wrong! I haven't found a single soul beast here, and that's the most abnormal part! Perhaps..." Hu Haoran swallowed. He had already guessed the reason. "Perhaps we've entered a place we never should have entered!"

"A place we shouldn't have entered?" Hong Lu looked at Hu Haoran in confusion. "What does that mean?"

Hu Haoran explained slowly, "In a place where soul beasts gather, soul beasts are generally everywhere. But if a place suddenly has no soul beasts at all, it proves there is an extremely powerful soul beast here... This soul beast is king-class and can drive all other soul beasts away! In other words, we