On the western frontier of the Heaven Dou Empire, barren plains stretched endlessly, with yellow sand sweeping through the air.
This was the only route leading to Vast Sea City. Lin Ya, Dugu Bo, and Ah Rou led a fully armed personal guard of exactly one hundred Soul Elders, traveling swiftly toward the sea. The purpose of this journey was clear—to hunt a thirty-thousand-year Illusory Snake soul ring for Lin Ya.
Looking at the heavily armored, imposing guard force behind them, Dugu Bo could not help rolling his eyes, his tone brimming with disdain. "Was there really any need to make such a spectacle? It's only a thirty-thousand-year soul beast. If I acted alone, I could slap it to death with one hand. Why bring a hundred people?"
A thirty-thousand-year soul beast possessed combat power equivalent to that of a human Soul Sage. Out in the world, it was unquestionably a terrifying monster, but before a level-92 Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor... it was like a baby snake meeting its ancestor.
Yet Lin Ya shook his head lightly, his expression grave. "I trust your strength, but going out to sea is no trivial matter. We can't exactly fly there all the way, can we? If things go smoothly and we find the target within a day, fine. But if we can't find it, are we supposed to drift at sea and wait to die?"
Lin Ya was still rather cautious. "So, at the very least, we need a ship. And if we need a ship, we'll need sailors and the like, right? I don't trust outsiders. Our own people are more reliable."
Lin Ya remembered that, in the original timeline, the Shrek Seven Monsters had nearly been wiped out after being betrayed by that group of sailors on their way to