Chen Yu landed beside Zhu Hongzhen. He had sped more than a dozen li before finally arriving here.
His gaze swept around. Zhu Hongzhen was watching the surrounding environment tensely.
Chen Yu asked, "Uncle Hongzhen, how's the situation?"
After Zhu Hongzhen heard his voice, his expression relaxed. He turned and said to Chen Yu, "Don't worry. A few of those Titan Scarabs tried to come over just now, but I drove them back. I'd guess they're watching for now."
Chen Yu nodded. He understood that Zhu Hongzhen's relaxed mood did not mean they could afford to lower their guard.
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was located on the edge of Sunset Forest's core area, where many powerful soul beasts gathered.
To ensure the safety of soul masters who entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in the future, and to guard against any contingencies, the Chen Clan had begun deliberately clearing out the surrounding soul beasts, especially those on the core-area side.
Of course, not all soul beasts. Clearing them all out would be bad instead—who knew how those soul beasts in the core area would react? Besides, low- and mid-tier soul beasts served as a protective umbrella, blocking human soul masters.
So the soul beasts they had selected were those capable of threatening Soul Douluos, meaning soul beasts above the Sixty Thousand Year Ancient King Level and large gregarious soul-beast clans. As for the range, it was within fifty li of the surroundings.
During the half month Chen Yu had been gone, Chen Cong and Zhu Hongzhen had already made an initial investigation of the nearby soul beasts.
They identified the three greatest threats: the Saint King Level Nine Stars Magic Leopard, the Blood Armor Beast King, and the Titan Scarab colony.
Although the Titan Scarabs