"Awwooo~!" Meiqiu softly echoed, clearly delighted.
At that moment, the Great Beast Lord raised his head and asked in a deep voice, "Brother Han Xing, why did we give up the treasures in the last palace?"
"With your strength and our cooperation, even if those people joined forces, we might not have been unable to seize it, right?"
Upon hearing this, the others turned their heads as well, curiosity in their eyes.
Clearly, they also wanted to know why Han Xing had made that decision.
Han Xing smiled and shook his head. "Because there was no need."
"No need?" the Great Beast Lord repeated doubtfully.
"That's right."
Han Xing nodded. "Out of the seven Divine Palaces, we took six without losing a single soldier. The gains were already more than enough."
"Judging from the situation, whenever the Celestial Pool Secret Realm opened in previous years, these seven Divine Palaces must have been the battleground where these God Lords slaughtered one another."
"For any God Lord to obtain the treasures inside, they would likely have to go through battle after battle before snatching them from the other God Lords."
After a pause, Han Xing continued, "When we came out of the sixth palace, I could sense that those God Lords were already on the verge of erupting."
"Although the combat power I displayed earlier, along with my identity as an Eternal Disciple, temporarily intimidated them."
"But if we tried to seize the final palace as well, those God Lords would definitely fight us to the death and launch an all-out battle."
"Even if we won in the end, we would probably suffer significant losses. Someone might even die..."
"So... since we held the advantage in speed and had already claimed six palaces first, it was best to stop while we were