Outside Shangjing Base City.

As the screams echoed throughout Shangjing, the roars and growls of the Demon Beasts spread as well.

The ground trembled slightly, and thousands of Demon Beasts surged toward the Base City, quickly appearing outside the Guardian Barrier.

The Demon Beasts trampled in chaos, accompanied by the bursts of colorful Soul Skills and attacks. The pale yellow surface of the Barrier rippled and spread, akin to a stone dropping into a calm lake.

Fifty meters away from the Guardian Barrier stood a turret, shining with a metallic luster, standing a hundred meters tall, covering thousands of square meters.

There are 97 such turrets in Shangjing, forming an elliptical encirclement around the Guardian Barrier.

Each turret has 6 staff members and 36 combat personnel, observing the surroundings of the Base City 24 hours a day without interruption.

The Base City has a Guardian Divine Artifact, but that doesn’t mean one can rest easy, as the Guardian Barrier has stress nodes and limited energy.

If a massive attack takes place on a certain interface for a short time, there is still a risk of destruction.

Should the Guardian Barrier be destroyed, the turret is the first line of defense.

"Tch..."

In the sky hundreds of meters high, sharp bird cries resonated as flying Demon Beasts flapped their wings, diving towards the Guardian Barrier.

Normally, such commotions would surely frighten people awake from their sleep.

At this moment, no one slept, nor did anyone care about the noise.

In fact, as the ground quaked and the roars of Demon Beasts were heard, the cheering that had subsided began again, even more fervently.

People seemed to lose their reason, venting their usually suppressed emotions through screams.

"People are truly crazy today."

"Yeah, it’s already insane, and who would’ve thought Lin Feng’s squad would show up and announce that shocking news."

"Lin Feng’s squad closed the Land of Chaos, a truly unexpected feat."

"How did they do it?"

"Who knows?"

The personnel on the turret, tasked with surveillance, watched the dense horde of Demon Beasts outside the barrier and discussed it among themselves.

Though the scene was rare, it wasn’t unheard of, so they were a bit surprised but not panicked.

Of course, if the number of Demon Beasts doubled or tripled, one would need to stay alert, and if it exceeded five times, a yellow alert would be issued.

The turret monitored everything around the Base City but did not witness what happened seventy kilometers in diameter away.

There are five Satellite Cities around Shangjing.

At that moment, these five Satellite Cities, like Shangjing, were also submerged in a sea of cheers.

However, without Guardian Divine Artifacts, people kept their voices low, not daring to release their excitement recklessly.

Zhouyun Satellite City.

This Satellite City is the closest to Shangjing, with a straight-line distance of less than a hundred kilometers.

Under the veil of night, huge walls towering into the clouds revealed the faint silhouettes of Demon Beasts, chasing and hunting each other.

At the forefront of the beast horde, there was a gigantic wolf-shaped Demon Beast, ten meters long, five meters tall at the shoulder, covered in sharp white bone spikes - undeniably a Ninth Tier Demon Beast Bone Spike Demon Wolf.

Upon sensing its presence, many Demon Beasts backed away, few dared to approach easily.

"Awoo..."

At that moment, the Bone Spike Demon Wolf continuously howled, abstaining from hunting, standing still and trembling as if struggling with something, its lantern-like green eyes containing a small pink dot.

The pink dot began insignificantly small but, as the pink light flickered, it enlarged at a speed visible to the naked eye.

When the pink dot occupied the entire wolf eye, the Bone Spike Demon Wolf settled completely, and a few seconds later, the pink glow faded, returning its beastly eyes to normal.

"It’s lively today."

A ghost-like figure walked past the giant wolf.

Appearing leisurely but moving swiftly, crossing dozens of meters in a step.

This was an extremely handsome man.

Aged between thirty and forty, with long gray-white hair, eyes a special pink, his handsome appearance coupled with this unique hair color and eyes granted him charm.

One could say he was so attractive that he made women feel self-abased.

The man moved among various Demon Beasts, and whenever he passed, the Demon Beasts became uneasy and restless. Simultaneously, a pink dot appeared in their beastly eyes, followed by the same image as with the Bone Spike Demon Wolf earlier.

In less than a minute, he passed by hundreds of Demon Beasts.

A uniform group of Advanced Demon Beasts.

Each Advanced Demon Beast’s eyes underwent changes.

"Dream Celestial King is right, after today, Hua Country will be even more lively."

As the man traversed, an old man followed like a shadow, now saying, voice carrying a trace of coldness.

The old man wore a gray leisure suit, appearing aged, speaking Mandarin with a somewhat peculiar accent and bearing a single horn on his head, indicating his Alien Race identity.

During a nationwide celebration, no one would’ve thought one of the Pure Land Twelve Celestial Kings, the Dream Celestial King, would appear outside Zhouyun City alongside Alien Race powerhouse.

"Haha."

The pink-eyed man, known as Dream Celestial King, chuckled, and although it was a man’s voice, it lacked any gruffness, instead sounding as soft as a woman’s.

"Is Dream Celestial King gloating?"

While following, the Alien Race elder asked calmly.

"Somewhat, although I collaborate with you, ultimately I don’t wish for your arrival either."

Dream Celestial King didn’t deny it, for with his power and status, he needn’t concern himself with the Alien Race elder’s feelings.

As he spoke, Dream Celestial King looked towards the direction of Shangjing Base City: "Hai Long, I can understand your anger and helplessness. Hai Wei was killed, the invasion plan disrupted by Lin Feng’s squad; it’s certainly worth being upset, but even without Lin Feng’s squad, the Land of Chaos couldn’t possibly merge."

"Are you referring to the Spirit Medium?"

The Alien Race elder said: "I know Hong Tao let the Spirit Medium enter the Land of Chaos, and when the Spirit Medium exploded, Sha Mi’s power would indeed cause the Land of Chaos’ energy to destabilize, collapse, but a passage should have remained, so the damage wouldn’t have been so severe."

"With Lin Feng’s squad in the Base City, there’s nothing you can do. If you were in the Space Gate, even you might not be their opponent."

"Isn’t Dream Celestial King interested in Lin Feng? A mere twenty-year-old, not even a King yet, who managed to absorb two Divine Level Soul Skills! One of which is a Stand Soul Skill, and he refined a Dragon Fish!"

"Don’t try to probe me; I am somewhat interested in Lin Feng, but that’s it. What of innate talent and secrets? At my stage, Soul Skills hardly prove functional, and I’ve maxed out my Soul Skills."

Pausing slightly, Dream Celestial King continued: "Besides, even if I were interested, it wouldn’t be easy to get him. This kid is both Celestial King Hai’s Apostle and a part of Pure Land. Should I make a move on him, other Celestial Kings as well as Celestial King Hai would have opinions."

"Would you worry about such things?" Hai Long asked, a hint of mockery in his voice.

He knew the details of Dream Celestial King.

The one who once was an Apostle had killed a Celestial King to rise to the Upper Rank.

If Dream Celestial King worried about so much, being so principled, he wouldn’t have cooperated with them.

Essentially, it’s about terms negotiation.

"I indeed endured life-and-death experiences back then."

Dream Celestial King said with some sentiment.

For an Apostle to kill a Celestial King and take their place, such occurrences weren’t uncommon in Pure Land, for the Celestial King’s treatment was vastly different from an Apostle’s.

Moreover, those able to join Pure Land were unruly, and some Apostles weren’t significantly weaker than Celestial Kings.

Plenty desired to usurp the position, but few succeeded.

"If you have the capability, you can directly have Pure Land issue a mission."

Dream Celestial King looked at Hai Long.

Hai Long fell silent.

Pure Land was an organization that even the Dragon King Hall feared.

And most of the Pure Land Twelve Celestial Kings were not friendly towards Alien Races, so they naturally couldn’t have Pure Land issue a mission.

Likewise, Pure Land couldn’t openly declare war on Hua Country.

It wouldn’t benefit either side.

The Twelve Celestial Kings weren’t of one mind, unless there was something none of them could refuse.

Of course, even if something existed, they might be unwilling to sacrifice it.

"These many Demon Beasts should be enough to destroy Zhouyun City."

Dream Celestial King said, gradually stopping.

This week’s nights, he strolled around Zhouyun City’s vicinity, already controlling over ten thousand Demon Beasts, and all were Mid and High Level Demon Beasts.

"Not enough, more is needed, at least double; with these few Demon Beasts, the King Becoming plan can’t be stopped."

Hai Long said, ice in his voice.

"This has already exceeded my control capacity."

Dream Celestial King shook his head slightly.

"Hmm?"

Hai Long slightly furrowed his brow, and under his serious and questioning gaze, Dream Celestial King smiled and said, "Compensation increase is needed!"