The corner of Snow Venerable's mouth tugged up slightly as she continued...
"This is the perfect opportunity. I thought taking down Sikong Jing wouldn't be easy, but I didn't expect something like this to happen."
"Two heavily wounded demon beasts are undergoing the Burial Emperor Tribulation. Sikong Jing must be right beside them."
"We have to move quickly..."
"If we wait until the two demon beasts are smashed to death by the Burial Emperor Tribulation, Sikong Jing will inevitably return to Heaven-Soaring Palace."
After a pause, Snow Venerable spoke in a low voice again...
"Pass on my order now..."
"Completely seal off all of Heaven-Soaring Palace's territory. Sikong Jing must not be allowed any possibility of returning."
The difficulty of taking down Sikong Jing lay mainly in the troops he had in the Spirit Seal Realm, along with the Fire Evil Spirit at his command. As long as they ensured that Sikong Jing could not return, he was merely a minor Quasi-Emperor.
Thus...
The forces of the three Half-Heaven Emperor Palaces continued to gather, constantly sealing off the territories of the nine Quasi-Emperor Palaces, including Heaven-Soaring Palace.
The so-called slaughter game continued.
Several days later...
Snow Venerable frowned within the Burial Emperor Tomb. "Why can't I find it? The location where the two Four-Tribulation Beast Venerables underwent their tribulation should be somewhere nearby. The direction from which they were pulled away from Green Leaf Palace cannot be wrong."
She had searched for two full days, yet she still could not find the location where the two demon beasts had undergone their tribulation.
When a tribulation was crossed, a tremendous aura would emerge...
And when they had been pulled away from Green Leaf Palace, there should have been a corresponding location. Yet Snow Venerable, a dignified Seventh-Tribulation Emperor Venerable, could not