"These aren't marks an ordinary Dou Zun could have left."
"The gravity of the earth veins within a hundred-zhang radius was compressed. Some immense pressure from heaven and earth shattered their bones first, and only then were they slain by a metal-aligned Dou Technique."
"A move like this definitely wasn't a magical beast's innate ability."
At those words, the old fellows gathered around erupted into an uproar.
The elder from the Heaven-Piercing Sword Tiger Clan raised his voice.
"A human Dou Zun?"
"What blind old human monster would dare come running into the heart of our Beast Region and run wild?"
"And to attack in a place as sensitive as the Skeleton Mountain Range-have those old-established sects in the Central Plains lost their will to live?"
The snake-scaled elder from the Nine Netherworld Python Clan spoke in an icy voice.
"Could it be one of those reclusive old fossils from Sound Valley or Burning Flame Valley?"
"I just examined the site. The lingering medicinal fragrance is exceptionally strong. Whoever struck was most likely a top-tier alchemist as well."
"That Dragonblood Scarlet-Gold Ganoderma they dug up had matured for at least several thousand years. It would make an excellent supplementary ingredient for refining a supreme-grade Treasure Pill."
Huang Xuan stood at the edge of the deep crater, his hands slowly clenching beneath his sleeves.
"Whatever faction they belong to, daring to plunder high-grade spirit herbs in territory patrolled by the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan shows utter disregard for us."
Huang Xuan raised his head and swept his gaze over everyone present.
"Pass down the order. Seal off all spatial fluctuations around the perimeter of the Skeleton Mountain Range."
"This person only just left. Even if he used spatial translocation, there's no way he could have escaped these mountains yet."
"The moment