With Brost already on guard, Han Shuo was even more cautious this time, afraid Brost would detect his demon spirits again. Fortunately, the plain was not particularly vast, and he crossed it in a day. Beyond it lay rolling mountains and bottomless cliffs, places ideally suited to concealing demon spirits, and Han Shuo immediately picked up speed again.
Following them in fits and starts like this, on the thirteenth day, he watched the Godhunters arrive at a vast valley wreathed in mist, filled with swamps and towering, grotesquely shaped rocks.
Even before the entrance to the valley, concealed barriers and several Energy Towers embedded in towering ancient trees were everywhere. Exceptionally powerful elemental fluctuations filled every corner, while figures concealed in the shadows silently observed each Godhunter who entered.
After observing through his demon spirits from far away for a while, Han Shuo suddenly noticed that even Brost, Gallus, and Tailin adopted a humbler attitude here. Though they did not grovel when questioned at checkpoints along the way, they were somewhat cautious.
The sight surprised Han Shuo. He had thought Brost and the other two were the three great leaders of the Godhunters. They should have held supreme authority upon returning to their own lair, yet the reality was not what he had expected.
After thinking it over in silence, Han Shuo was startled. There was only one possible explanation: Brost and the other two were not the highest-ranking figures in the Godhunter Alliance! Only that could explain their behavior in the valley.
Brost and the other two were probably all at the Upper God middle stage. If even people with such strength were not the leaders of the Godhunter Alliance, then this alliance was truly astonishing.
Checkpoints filled the valley. Fluctuations from the Energy Towers covered the entire place,