The Ancient Demon glanced at the spot where Half-Roc had vanished and muttered, "There shouldn't be any trouble."
Before long, silver light flashed above the Ancient Demon Plains, and the enormous Half-Roc, a thousand feet long, descended from the sky.
"Damn it! Just how many Emperor Realm experts have entered the Star-Source Secret Land?" Half-Roc's furious curses carried for dozens of miles, accompanied by the piercing shrieks of his two secondary heads.
The Ancient Demons present hurriedly asked what had happened.
Half-Roc's enormous central eagle head cursed and grumbled. "I was lucky enough to obtain a Middle-Grade Saint's Finger in the Ancient Emperor Forest, so I thought I had better come to the Star-Source Secret Land as soon as possible. Who knew its Starforce would fall so far short of the legends? Several Emperor Realm experts must have entered and absorbed vast amounts of Starforce."
"That can't be right. The Star-Source Secret Land opens once every hundred years, and only a few people have entered so far. Any change should be negligible. In past openings, a slight decrease in Starforce was only noticeable just before Burial Saint Valley closed, and even then, it didn't affect absorption."
Half-Roc snapped, "Do you think I don't know that? The Star-Source Secret Land now is nothing like what you're describing! Its Starforce is far lower than it was at the closing of Burial Saint Valley in any previous opening. I even have a feeling it will run dry before long! You said only a few people entered. Who were they?"
The Ancient Demon said, "Three-Faced Ape entered first. Then Greedy Wind, Crab Spider, Ying Hong, and Fang Yun of the Fu Yue Clan joined forces to enter. Three-Faced Ape fell victim to a scheme, and his strength dropped to the Third Realm..."
After hearing