The Legendary Son-in-law of the Emperor Chapter 1771 - 1768: Gathering of the Fierce Beasts

News about the Immortal Treasure had propagated from the Yuhua Immortal Sect, so Yun Si, the Yuhua Mysterious Woman armed with firsthand details, undoubtedly grasped the situation even better.

Ye Xuan seized this chance to probe if that Quasi-Emperor had knowledge of Black Candle while alive, or whether shadowy figures were scheming in the background.

"Ribbit!"

Right then, a sudden croak erupted from the Heavenly Swallowing Toad, its sonic waves rippling outward and making Loose Cultivation Alliance members clutch their ears in agony.

"What’s happening!?"

Confusion gripped everyone present.

The Ruyi Sect group’s expressions twisted in horror, their leading elder snarling, "Damn it, we’ve roused yet another Fierce Beast!"

Thankfully, those sound waves zeroed in primarily on a fierce beast lurking far off in the mountains, sparing the gathered crowd.

Ye Xuan glanced skyward, spotting the concealed fierce beast amid that distant range.

A Green Bird hid within the wooded peaks.

This creature boasted a Divine Beast bloodline, exceedingly rare and nearly vanished from the outer realms.

The most renowned example hailed from the Heavenly Domain Emperor Palace: the Ancient Green Bird, one of Emperor Mu’s mounts, ridden by Emperor Mu’s Avatar in a clash against Ye Xuan.

Yet during that fight, the Ancient Green Bird faced off against the East Desolate Wolf.

Even under Heavenly Dao Suppression, it inflicted grave wounds on the East Desolate Wolf—a truly fearsome feat.

The Green Bird before them probably rivaled the Ancient Green Bird in might!

No other reason could explain why a supreme beast like the Heavenly Swallowing Toad bothered to warn it off.

Bang!

Instantly, the Green Bird shed its camouflage and soared aloft, unfurling vast azure wings that eclipsed the heavens and blotted out the light.

Cold, murderous intent gleamed in its piercing gaze.

Though the Green Bird counted as an Auspicious Beast elsewhere, within the Great Ruins, it spelled pure menace!

The Heavenly Swallowing Toad’s alert only enraged the Green Bird more, compelling it to expose itself for a showdown.

Beasts like the Heavenly Swallowing Toad possessed insane potential strength with zero glaring flaws, turning any clash into a near-guaranteed fatality.

Across the Great Ruins, fiercer beasts typically fled at the sight of an approaching Heavenly Swallowing Toad.

Only this Green Bird dared challenge it head-on; lesser creatures wouldn’t even think of provocation.

Rumble————

Just as the two monstrous beasts locked eyes, thunderous rumbles echoed from remote peaks.

Soon after, the mountains bulged upward as an enormous ebony beast rose to its full height.

This dark behemoth looked like an Earth Demon Bull, its four hooves trampling black flames, crowned with razor horns poised to rend the firmament!

"Is that... an Earth Demon Bull?!"

The Green Bird’s emergence had already sown panic, but now this horrifying Earth Demon Bull joined the fray!

Equally dreadful, the Earth Demon Bull clung to the soil, prowling its depths year-round, shrouded in raging Demon Flame.

Wherever soil existed, slaying an Earth Demon Bull proved impossible!

At last, the Earth Demon Bull manifested, pounding its steel hooves into the earth, head thrown back in a furious bellow.

Thud, thud, thud————

Distant, heavy thuds reverberated.

The crowd traced the noise, their visages paling to ghostly white.

Far off strode a colossal Giant Spirit Clan warrior, gleaming silver-white, towering as if to impale the clouds.

Meanwhile, a primordial Big Python slithered rapidly over the ridges, flattening woods in its wake!

These primeval terrors gathered one by one toward this spot.

Tushan Chen, trailing Ye Xuan, suddenly brimmed with unease, yearning to shift into his Nine-tailed Fox shape and dive into combat.

Such a feeling startled Tushan Chen.

"Emperor Ye, there’s a big problem!"

Tushan Chen urgently relayed his turmoil to Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan, hearing this, flashed a composed smile. "Where the Heavenly Swallowing Toad stirs up such chaos, some phenomenal treasure must be surfacing."

He’d noted earlier how Heavenly Swallowing Toad sightings often heralded treasures!

Evidently, Tong Wuji’s World Pearl was mere foreplay.

Ye Xuan’s Emperor Soul stirred faintly, probing for that fabled treasure.

"Oh?!"

Detecting that faint aura, Ye Xuan registered mild astonishment. "After searching endlessly before without success, who’d have thought it would show up right here."

Thus, Ye Xuan grasped at last why countless Great Ruins fierce beasts had been roused.

Very soon, the shock would intensify beyond imagination!

For a breathtaking chance was about to emerge right in this location!

"What’s happening?"

The others remained clueless, terrified by the massive influx of savage beasts.

"Young Master Ye, maybe we should seek cover right now?"

The Loose Cultivation Alliance elder trembled at the sight unfolding ahead.

Though a dominant force at his cultivation stage in the outer world, in this crisis, he amounted to nothing more than a mere insect.

Forget the Heavenly Swallowing Toad—even the mere ripples from an Earth Demon Bull or Green Bird strike would obliterate him in an instant.

The Giant Spirit Clan and Big Python exuded sheer horror as well!

"Hide? Nowhere left to conceal ourselves."

Ye Xuan replied with steady composure in his gaze.

This served only as the opening sign, as the whole region would soon be overrun, leaving zero escape spots.

Moreover, hiding proved unnecessary.

Ye Xuan stood mere steps from the Heavenly Swallowing Toad.

Locked in confrontation, the Toad and Green Bird paid no heed to Ye Xuan or his companions.

Likely, the Heavenly Swallowing Toad deemed Ye Xuan's group insignificant, its attention fixed on the grand meal ahead.

By contrast, this spot offered the safest refuge.

"Kid, forget slipping away amid the turmoil—Yuhua Immortal Sect’s forces arrive any second!"

The Ruyi Sect folks, though gripped by fear, paused to hurl a threat at Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan offered a serene smile.

Fleeing through the mayhem?

Such desperation felt like a distant memory for him.

Recalling further, it dated back to his Mythical Era return, during his initial forging into that monstrous form.

From then on, foes were the ones fleeing from him.

To Ruyi Sect disciples, Yuhua Immortal Sect stood as an unbeatable Great Emperor Immortal Sect, Xuanzhou's supreme ruler, and among the Xuanhuang Great World's top ten Sects.

Yet to Ye Xuan, it held no significance.

And right then.

Near Ye Xuan, atop a sheer cliff, Yuhua Immortal Sect powerhouses had convened.

Gathered in place, they merely stood vigil outside a cavern, ever vigilant.

Evidently, a crucial treasure lay within that cave.

Nearest the entrance stood Zheng Wushan.

This unremarkable middle-aged figure originated from Heavenly Domain Emperor Mu Heaven's Lower Realm and held True Destiny Great Sage status.

Currently, Zheng Wushan kept watch at the cave mouth, awaiting in silence.

Before long, the enigmatic light barrier shrouding the cave entrance gradually faded.

All eyes turned toward it.

Emerging gracefully from the depths came a veiled beauty radiating otherworldly grace.

The Mysterious Woman of Yuhua, Yun Si.