Star Dou Great Forest.
In the mixed zone, the Clear Sky Sect's Fifth Elder was advancing swiftly with seven experts from the sect.
Their purpose on this trip was clear: hunt Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and obtain Soul Bones.
The Fifth Elder was a Titled Douluo, and the seven Clear Sky Sect experts were formidable as well, all of them Soul Douluos or Soul Saints.
This force could easily wipe out any one of the Lower Four Sects.
But this was deep within Star Dou Great Forest, so they remained cautious.
"Stay sharp. There are plenty of Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in Star Dou Great Forest's mixed zone. Don't get careless," the Fifth Elder warned gravely.
"Yes!"
"Finish the fights quickly. Don't make too much noise. We'll be in trouble if we attract the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python."
The Fifth Elder gave them another warning.
They did not know that the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python had already been hunted down by the Body Sect, so they still dared not act too recklessly.
"Understood!"
Everyone answered, then scattered to search for prey.
Ordinary Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts had no power to resist them at all, and soon, one after another was killed.
"Fifth Elder, no Soul Bone."
"Keep going."
Expressionless, the Fifth Elder led his men deeper.
After hunting down another dozen or so Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, the Fifth Elder gradually noticed something unusual.
"Something's wrong."
The Fifth Elder stopped.
"Elder, what's wrong?"
"The Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python... don't seem to be in Star Dou Great Forest." The Fifth Elder closed his eyes to sense his surroundings, then opened them again.
"There's not a trace of their auras. It's as though they've vanished completely."
By rights, they had already