Once everything was settled, Ye Chuqi turned to Ye Qinglan and the others. "I think those people from Kabu Continent are behind this. That thing that floated out just now was probably a beast soul."
The demon beasts on Raila Continent—and perhaps those on Kabu Continent too—had no souls. Even if they did, those souls could not normally be seen with the naked eye. But the strange arts passed down on Kabu Continent could refine demon beasts into beast souls, then bind those souls for the user's own purposes.
Judging by what they had seen, those people could not only refine beast souls but also combine them however they pleased, creating all manner of bizarre creatures. They could even force ordinary demon beasts to evolve. Though the evolution was only partial, the method was horrifying enough.
"I think there must be other demon beasts..." Ye Chuqi paused. "Or more of these things that we can't even classify as one kind of demon beast or another. They're somewhere else, but in the Lost Forest, I can't pinpoint their locations..."
Just then, San San spoke up. "I can."
Ye Chuqi promptly fell silent.
"If this is a formation, and those people really are planning something big, this formation won't stand alone. There must be others linked to it. These creatures aren't so much toys they made on a whim as sacrifices within the formation, meant to bring about something much bigger. Besides, the giant scorpion could only tear open space blindly. The creature that can confuse demon beasts isn't nearby, but the two must be connected."
Ye Chuqi understood at once. "If it's a large-scale formation, their plans must be enormous. Destroying this one formation eye won't be enough."
"And it's hard to work anything out from a single formation eye. We