Country of India's livestreams had caught the attention of Great Xia Nation's leadership, but after seeing what they showed, the leaders paid them no further mind.
Their priority was to quell the Beast Tide at home and keep the country stable.
As time passed, the livestreams from Country of India grew more numerous instead of dwindling.
Quite a few streams went black without warning, just like the earlier ones.
Some viewers who thought for themselves saw the final images and began to suspect that Country of India's supposed Mystic Realm was a lie.
But there were too few of them. When they spoke the truth, viewers from Country of India cursed and mocked them, and moderators even kicked them out of the streams.
Onscreen, Martial Artists poured into the red light and were swallowed one after another. The viewers from Country of India suspected nothing.
They remained convinced that the Mystic Realm lay within the red light. Even the streamers who died horribly believed, to their last breath, that they had been right.
Of course, the red light swallowed people so quickly that they had no time even to scream. None of them had a chance to realize the truth.
Those at Grandmaster level and above knew a little more. They did not dare rush in and attacked only from outside.
But their attacks had no effect.
The red light was so uncanny that it filled them with dread.
Holden Mans and Xiuste, who knew the truth, were especially terrified. They had seen with their own eyes that Shanlilas had created the eerie red light!
Shanlilas had not moved. Martial Artists kept charging in, providing him with energy to heal his wounds and increase his strength.
His wounds had not healed yet, so naturally he would not come out.
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