Mantis Stalks the Cicada, But Does It Know the Oriole Waits Behind?

Yue Yang returned to the Western Heaven Realm.

He discovered that the previous encampment had already been reduced to a field of ashes. Although the battle had ended, fierce flames still blazed. Not only had the encampment been destroyed, even the surrounding areas had been turned into ruins. What surprised Yue Yang was that this time, the three major trial teams—Eight Wastes, Snowfield, and War Song—had actually won. At the very least, the fallen warriors of the Dark Realm had been driven back for now.

Knowing in advance that the Dark Realm's fallen warriors would launch a massive assault, the three major trial teams had joined forces.

They launched a preemptive counterattack before the battle.

After paying an enormous price, they finally crushed and repelled the Dark Realm's fallen warriors.

"Third Young Master, if not for your intelligence, I'm afraid we..." The ruler of the Spirit Cloud Kingdom was deeply grateful for Yue Yang's secret return. Indeed, if Yue Yang had not warned Fatty Hai, Ye Kong, and the others, let alone the ruler of the Spirit Cloud Kingdom, the entire Eight Wastes team—even the whole encampment—would likely have been wiped out.

"What are your plans next? Will you continue into the trial grounds, or leave this place?" Yue Yang asked.

"We've decided to go in and take a look." The ruler of the Spirit Cloud Kingdom and Tu Hai had not known before, but after learning that this was not some ancient ruin concealing secret treasures for later generations to unearth, but a Heaven Realm trial ground hidden from the outside world by the Central Divine Temple, they once again felt the urge to challenge themselves. It did not matter if there were no treasures; with so many people, they could not have divided them evenly anyway. Better to