Chapter 714: Purple Sun Beast

Having tamed the Thousand-Ant Bee Queen, his soul could now communicate with it, and he naturally gained some understanding of this hive.

Looking inward with his spirit, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but roll his eyes.

This football-sized hive could indeed contain life, but... its diameter was only about two meters, enough to accommodate at most himself and the Bee Queen, and no more.

He had originally thought of putting the Purple-Winged Heavenly Male Beast in there too, to form a spirit beast army, but now... it was just a pipe dream!

"The Thousand-Ant Bee Queen has many grades; this one is the lowest, so the hive it builds is also relatively low-level. Unless it can be helped to level up and evolve, the hive will only be this big..."

Soon, he understood the reason.

This Thousand-Ant Bee Queen was only the lowest grade; the hive it built could at most accommodate itself. For a larger hive, it needed to evolve.

No wonder this thing hid in the mountain peak and remained undisturbed—probably in the eyes of true experts, even this hive was useless, better off without it!

"What kind of luck is this..."

He had thought finding this thing would make him rich, but it turned out like this. Zhang Xuan smiled bitterly.

"There's a spiritual energy fluctuation inside, let's go in and take a look..."

Just as he was feeling helpless, he heard a voice from outside the cave, followed by footsteps. Brother Yu and Feng Wu had discovered something and were about to rush in!

Earlier, when Zhang Xuan fought the Thousand-Ant Bee Queen, he couldn't conceal his aura. The shaking of true qi and the spirit beast crashing into walls had made a huge commotion, hard not to be noticed.

"Get in first!"

Zhang Xuan frowned, no longer dwelling on his frustration.

With a thought, he put the Thousand-Ant Bee Queen into the hive, then grabbed it and stored it in his storage ring.

Although it was a spatial item, the hive was special enough to be placed in the ring and carried around.

Otherwise, carrying a football-sized thing around every day would make even a fool suspicious.

Whoosh!

After doing this, he was about to leave when he heard hurried footsteps at the cave entrance, followed by a thrown-in night pearl that illuminated the surroundings.

"Damn!"

He hadn't expected them to come in so fast. If discovered, it would be extremely awkward. Raising his brows, Zhang Xuan flicked his finger.

Bang!

The thrown-in night pearl exploded instantly, plunging the cave back into darkness. Knowing there was no time to hesitate, he stomped his foot.

Swoosh!

Using the Heavenly Dao Movement Technique, his body became like a phantom. Before Brother Yu and Feng Wu, who had just entered, could react, they saw a blur and he had already dashed out of the cave.

"Someone..."

Both were startled and quickly assumed defensive postures, but the other party had no intention of fighting and vanished from sight in an instant.

"Who..."

They hurriedly chased out, but the valley was empty, with no sign of anyone.

"The spirit beast... is gone?"

Returning to the cave, they searched around but found no trace of the spirit beast. Brother Yu and Feng Wu exchanged glances; if they still didn't understand, they would be fools!

"Damn... I finally drugged the spirit beast, and it's been snatched away. Who the hell..."

With a roar, Brother Yu was about to go mad.

In his view, he had definitely drugged the spirit beast, and this guy sneaked in, killed it, and put the corpse into his storage ring, taking it away.

Otherwise, with clear signs of battle, why was there not even a single hair of the Returnance Realm spirit beast?

He had burned the beast-scale incense for so long and expended so much effort, only to benefit someone else. It was a miracle he hadn't exploded on the spot.

...

"That was close..."

Outside the valley, Zhang Xuan shook his head.

Fortunately, he wasn't discovered; otherwise, if the other party insisted he had robbed them, he would have been unable to defend himself.

Good thing he reacted quickly, destroying the night pearl first to plunge the cave into darkness; otherwise, with their eyesight, they would surely have recognized him.

After moving forward for a while, he flipped his wrist and released the Bee Queen.

He still had some questions to ask.

"Why did you instruct these spirit beasts to oppose humans?"

From his understanding, the Thousand-Ant Bee Queen was not a kind-hearted spirit beast, and it had no connection with these spirit beasts. Why would it expend effort to instruct them to oppose the new students?

Wasn't that asking for trouble?

"It was... the Purple Sun Beast that forced me to do this!"

The Bee Queen said.

Using ancient beast language, he could now communicate with it verbally.

"Purple Sun Beast?" Zhang Xuan frowned.

He had read many books in the Beast Hall and knew most savage and spirit beasts, but what was this Purple Sun Beast it mentioned?

He had never heard of it!

"Yes! The Purple Sun Beast came a few days ago. It not only made me help these spirit beasts but also gathered all the spirit beasts to oppose humans..."

The Bee Queen recounted the events.

"You mean, a Purple Sun Beast, a few days ago, unified all the spirit beasts on Lei Yuan Peak to oppose today's new student trial?" Zhang Xuan grew more puzzled.

If the Purple Sun Beast truly wanted to protect these spirit beasts, knowing about the trial days in advance, it could have made them flee!

Opposing humans...

Did it... want to kill these geniuses?

"What strength is this Purple Sun Beast?"

Zhang Xuan couldn't help asking.

"I don't know either. I only know it's unfathomable, no match at all..." The Bee Queen shook its head. "Oh, right, it's now at the highest point of the peak, personally directing many things!"

"On the peak?"

Zhang Xuan was stunned. Directing spirit beasts to oppose humans—what was this creature's background? And why would it do this?

"Yes!" The Bee Queen nodded.

After asking a few more questions and getting the full story, Zhang Xuan found it increasingly strange.

The many spirit beasts on the peak were indeed captured by that Elder Mi, but a few days ago, this Purple Sun Beast appeared from somewhere and demanded the spirit beasts cooperate to deal with humans.

To avoid becoming sacrificial victims in the trial, they naturally agreed without hesitation.

The Thousand-Ant Bee Queen, due to its special nature, became the intelligence provider, while the Purple Sun Beast personally took command, directing the spirit beasts to surround humans and oppose the many masters.

"If this Purple Sun Beast continues to command, the masters will surely suffer heavy losses..."

Putting the Bee Queen back into the hive, Zhang Xuan stroked his chin.

Although it didn't matter to him if these masters were eliminated or even killed, the thought of masters being toyed with by a spirit beast was somewhat infuriating.

"Let's go see what this Purple Sun Beast really is!"

A spirit beast daring to strike at masters, disregarding Elder Mi and the Master Academy—Zhang Xuan really wanted to see how many heads this creature had.

With a leap, he flew straight up the peak.

Lei Yuan Peak was over ten thousand meters high, with steep slopes and year-round snow. Even a Mortal Transformation Realm expert would need at least half a day to climb to the top.

Zhang Xuan's Red Dust Heaven-Treading Steps allowed him to fly, so it didn't take that long. After about ten minutes, he arrived near the summit.

The peak covered a vast area, spanning nearly a hundred li, covered in white snow that reflected light, almost blinding if stared at too long.

With his cultivation, he wasn't afraid of being blinded, but the endless white still made his eyes sore, so he activated his Principle-Understanding Eye to survey the area.

Knowing there might be a spirit beast of unknown strength up here, he didn't dare be careless. He changed into a white robe, hugged the snow, and flew forward slowly.

"Spirit beast footprints!"

After flying a while, he soon saw a series of huge footprints in the snow, leading straight ahead.

Each footprint was over half a meter long, deeply pressed into the snow, indicating the owner had a heavy, massive body.

"What kind of spirit beast is this?"

His brows furrowed into a knot, the more he looked, the stranger it seemed.

These footprints were somewhat similar to human footprints but completely different. He had read many books on spirit beasts and even heard of rare ones like the Thousand-Ant Bee Queen, but he had never seen the owner of these footprints.

"Whatever it is, if I follow the footprints, I'll find it easily..."

Knowing that following the footprints would lead him to the creature, Zhang Xuan stopped worrying and flew forward quickly.

After flying a while, he indeed saw a huge thatched hut in the snow, with the footprints disappearing at its entrance.

"A thatched hut? Could it be... someone lives up here?"

Spirit beasts usually live in caves. If there was a thatched hut, could a person live inside, and this big creature was a tamed beast pet?

If so, what was this person's purpose?

"Could it be... an alien race member, wanting to wipe out the many masters?"

He raised an eyebrow.

If anyone wanted to kill masters, it would likely be the alien race. This Purple Sun Beast, commanding spirit beasts to besiege masters, acting so perversely, was probably connected to that sinister race!

Otherwise, why would it hide at the top of the peak, not letting anyone discover it?

"Let's take a look..."

With a thought, he held his breath and crept closer.

Sure enough, he saw a huge spirit beast lying on the ground, its lantern-like eyes half-closed, unknown if awake or asleep.

"So this is the Purple Sun Beast the Bee Queen mentioned? Indeed, I've never seen it before..."

Looking at this big creature, its body cyan like a giant ape, indeed a species he had never heard of, Zhang Xuan couldn't help frowning.

It was not recorded in any book, so naturally, he knew nothing of its strength, temperament, or abilities.

An unfamiliar spirit beast, definitely stronger than the Mortal Transformation Seventh Layer, and even he found it somewhat terrifying.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Just as he was about to get closer to investigate, he heard wind sounds in the distance, and then saw a flying spirit beast approaching from afar.

This creature's aura was like a rainbow; even before it arrived, it gave a strong pressure—it was a Mortal Transformation Seventh Layer flying spirit beast.

"It should be with this Purple Sun Beast."

Seeing that this big creature didn't conceal its aura and the Purple Sun Beast didn't mind, he knew they were acquainted. He immediately moved, pressing close to a snowdrift and hiding behind it.

His movements were light, and wearing white clothes, the other party didn't notice him even from the air.