Before his shout had even faded, a gigantic blood python, its body as massive as a dragon's, swallowed the cultivator whole, skin and bones.
"The Forbidden Sea Nine Absolute Steles! They're the Forbidden Sea Nine Absolute Steles! Only the power of a Beast Mansion could forge them. All this careful scheming, all this careful scheming!"
Before his shout had faded, the entire sea, already battered by frenzied attacks until it was nearly boiling, suddenly fell still.
Countless towering waves seemed to have been forcibly frozen in midair, no longer crashing down.
Nine enormous whirlpools formed in different directions. They split open, and one immense stone stele after another, the color of water, slowly rose from within.
Each stele towered like a mountain and stretched as wide as a peak, its surface covered in all manner of uncanny Law Patterns.
Up close, one would have seen that the enormous steles were formed entirely of condensed seawater. As the nine steles rose, the whole sea was forcibly pressed down by a considerable margin.
With the Forbidden Sea Nine Absolute Steles appearing, this place had become a deathtrap. Not only was the domain sealed and strange talismans rendered unusable, the entire space had been locked down. Escape was impossible unless one possessed a Demon Mansion prohibition token.
With strange talismans unusable and space locked down, fighting countless Second-grade Demon Beasts in these waters was nothing short of suicide.
Even the most confident experts could not help but feel afraid now.
Suddenly, a sharp whistle drowned out the din. A middle-aged cultivator in purple robes stood tall and cupped his fists toward the empty air. "May I ask which Beast... Demon Mansion Lord is here? I am Tan Li, Yonghui City Vice City Lord. What happened today was nothing but a misunderstanding. Yonghui City