The Plane Master's Suppression

By the time Xia Yi woke up, it was already night. Looking at the tail behind him, he sank into deep thought. He even began to wonder whether everything before had been a dream.

But if it had been a dream, where had his tail come from?

And if it had not been a dream, where had the woman whose neck he had bitten gone? Why had he suddenly fallen unconscious?

The many incomprehensible events filled Xia Yi with deep unease. Not daring to delay, he made his way to the place where he had fought Gu Yue earlier under the moonlight.

Sure enough, the traces of battle were still there.

If she was rescued by humans, there was no way they would let me go. Xia Yi muttered inwardly. He had once encountered an old turtle who had used Spiritual Power to tell him that humans had an organization called the Spirit Pagoda, which had been capturing Soul Beasts for experiments.

The old turtle had repeatedly warned him never to let humans discover his abnormalities, or he would definitely be captured and studied.

Xia Yi had never doubted the old turtle's words. He had personally seen the old turtle captured by a human with nine soul rings, who wore a black mecha dozens of meters tall.

Xia Yi had also been discovered at the time, but his cultivation was too low, and that human had not taken an interest in him. That was how he had escaped disaster.

I have to figure out what happened. A strong sense of crisis rose within Xia Yi, and he began inspecting the traps he had set.

In the Star Dou Forest, the only thing that gave him a sense of safety was the traps he had carefully arranged.

After checking every trap, Xia Yi discovered that aside from the wooden stake he had deliberately triggered during the day, all the other traps remained intact and undamaged.

Was I overthinking it? Xia Yi murmured inwardly. However, just as he was about to leave, he suddenly noticed several fresh holes in the leaves nearby.

"The holes are fresh. They were left by my wooden arrows." Xia Yi's pupils contracted sharply. He immediately thought of a possibility: someone had triggered his trap, and the wooden arrows had shot through the air and pierced the leaves.

They had merely restored the trap afterward so he would not notice.

"That idiot Xiong Jun?" Bi Ji, hidden in the shadows, inwardly cried out in alarm. She did not know that Xiong Jun had actually been quite serious about it. After restoring the trap, Xia Yi had inspected it for a long time without noticing the slightest abnormality.

But Xiong Jun was, after all, the brute-force type. Having him do such meticulous work, overlooking a tiny detail was only to be expected.

Only then did Xia Yi finally confirm that Gu Yue had been rescued. Still, he was curious. "Why did they only save that human girl? Why didn't they kill me or capture me for research?"

Could they be observing me in secret? Xia Yi instantly thought of another possibility. After all, in this vast Star Dou Forest, he truly was rather special.

It was entirely possible that he was being secretly watched.

"This is the Star Dou Forest, after all. Human experts cannot possibly remain here twenty-four hours a day. If they truly wanted to study me, the best method would be to capture me and take me to a laboratory. Could it be that the ones who rescued that human girl were not humans, but powerful Soul Beasts?" Xia Yi's eyes shifted. Since he was already being watched anyway, he was not afraid. He roasted two more rabbits, squatted nearby while holding one and gnawing on it, then wrapped the other in leaves and respectfully placed it on the bluestone before him.

"Is he really a ten-year Soul Beast?" Bi Ji felt a little dizzy. She could tell that Xia Yi had already guessed he was being watched.

This rabbit had been left for her.

Bi Ji knew Xia Yi was testing her, but since he had already guessed it, he would surely be more cautious in the future.

There was no longer any difference between observing him secretly and openly. She slowly stepped out, picked up the rabbit Xia Yi had prepared for her, tore off a hind leg, and placed it in her mouth, chewing slowly.

"Bi Ji, the Emerald Swan." Staring at the pair of Emerald Swan wings behind Bi Ji that brimmed with life force, Xia Yi's pupils contracted sharply. He had never imagined that someone with his mere ten years of cultivation would be personally monitored by this terrifying being said to possess nearly six hundred thousand years of cultivation.

Still, being watched by the upper ranks of Soul Beasts was better than being watched by humans.

After finishing the rabbit Xia Yi had prepared, Bi Ji did not leave. She simply sat down on the ground, closed her eyes, and rested. From beginning to end, she did not say a single word.

Xia Yi did not speak either. Although the old turtle had told him that Bi Ji was like an Angel, the kindest Soul Beast in the Star Dou Forest,

she was still a terrifying being with nearly six hundred thousand years of cultivation. A single burst of her aura could crush him to death. Xia Yi was truly a little afraid.

After all, he had just slaughtered two hundred-year Soft Bone Rabbits right in front of Bi Ji.

The old turtle had said Bi Ji hated killing. If she truly became angry, his little life would be over. Fortunately, Bi Ji seemed to enjoy the food and did not get angry.

Seeing that Bi Ji ignored him, Xia Yi did not mind. He climbed a hundred-meter ancient tree and silently gazed up at the moonlight shining down through the transparent membrane overhead.

In the past, he had often climbed to the treetops on moonlit nights, looking through the membrane at the moon in the sky. Whenever he saw that pure moonlight, he would often fall into a long silence. Sometimes, he would stare at it for an entire night.

Xia Yi did not know how he had appeared in the Star Dou Forest. In any case, he had been there ever since he could remember.

But whenever he looked up at the moonlight, he felt as if he had forgotten something important.

Today was different. Looking at the membrane overhead, he felt more anger, while sorrow rose from the depths of his heart.

An urge to shatter everything welled up inside him.

Boom! A Sky-Piercing Light Pillar suddenly descended, slamming him directly from the towering hundred-meter tree onto the ground.

"Ah!" Xia Yi howled toward the sky and tried to break free, but the power of the light pillar was terrifyingly immense. It pinned him firmly to the ground. Forget struggling—he could not even move.

Bi Ji reacted with incredible speed. The instant the light pillar appeared, she moved. But as soon as she approached it, she was blasted away by its terrifying power.

The light pillar was simply too terrifying. Even a Beast like her, comparable to a Limit Douluo, could not resist it, much less a ten-year Soul Beast like Xia Yi.

Roar! A gigantic dragon claw tore through space. The instant it appeared, heaven and earth sank into endless darkness. Yet the Sky-Piercing Light Pillar remained as radiant as ever. Whenever the dark aura surrounding the dragon claw approached it, it was forcibly dispersed.

"What? Even Di Tian is powerless? What exactly is this?" Shock flashed through Bi Ji's beautiful eyes.

"The Plane Master?" Gu Yue appeared with several great Beasts.

At that moment, the faces of the great Beasts, including Gu Yue, were filled with murderous fury.

"The Plane Master... is he going to kill a ten-year Soul Beast?" Bi Ji's pretty face was also filled with killing intent. She had finally encountered such a special Soul Beast. She was truly unwilling to see him vanish just like that.

"It is not killing. It is suppression." Gu Yue clenched her delicate fists. She had not expected the Plane Master to be so ruthless, leaving not even a sliver of hope for Soul Beasts.

"Suppression? Like the Thunderclap Hell Vine?" All the Beasts lowered their heads. The Thunderclap Hell Vine was an eternal pain in their hearts.

It had merely possessed somewhat better talent, yet it had been suppressed by the Plane Master, forever unable to break through one hundred thousand years.

Gu Yue sighed softly and looked up at Xia Yi, who was pinned firmly to the ground by the Sky-Piercing Light Pillar. Her expression was somewhat complicated. "We harmed him. He was originally only a ten-year Soul Beast. No matter how extraordinary he was, the Plane Master would never have noticed him. It was because of us that he was discovered by the Plane Master."

"Lord, do not blame yourself too much. With how extraordinary this Little Fox is, even if the Plane Master had not noticed him today, he would still have been discovered once his cultivation grew high enough." Seeing Gu Yue's guilty expression, Zi Ji hurriedly tried to comfort her.

"Will he be unable to break through like the Thunderclap Hell Vine?" Bi Ji looked at Xia Yi, her face full of regret.

Xia Yi's cultivation had only reached ten years. If he could never break through in the future, it would be far too great a pity.