264: A conspiracy two thousand years ago

“Go! Go deal with those guys. Whether we can successfully leave this damned place depends on this last step!”

The Sphinx said to its Clone.

Its situation was special; it couldn't leave the underground of the Thatched Cottage. If it wanted to act, it could only do so in this way, temporarily making a move at the cost of severe injury.

However, even if the Clone could only fight for half an hour, it was already enough.

The battle power of the Yuyue Realm wouldn't take much time, even against millions of Yao Beasts.

After all, the Realm gap was too vast.

“Yes!”

The Clone said, then disappeared underground... On the other side.

“So, everything was just a scam?”

Shen Xi didn't forget to think during the battle.

Through numerous suspicious points, and through his understanding of the Yao Beasts during this time, he finally vaguely guessed the truth.

“Hahaha, it seems you've already guessed!”

At this moment, the Sphinx's Clone had also arrived.

For a Yuyue Realm expert, the vast Sealed Land only required a few minutes to traverse.

The Clone floated in mid-air, looking down at Shen Xi and the Yao Beast army below.

A sneer and contempt played on its lips, as if it were looking at a pile of corpses.

“This is, an ancestor?”

“I've seen its statue, this is the Sphinx among the ancestors!”

“Didn't the ancestors leave the Sealed Land long ago?”

“What exactly is going on?!”

The Yao Beasts discussed animatedly.

Everything happening before their eyes had exceeded their comprehension.

After all, for the Yao Beasts, the idea that their ancestors had used supreme power to forcefully open the Seal and leave this damned place was already deeply ingrained.

The ancestors shouldn't still be in the Sealed Land.

“Indeed, I guessed correctly. What a Breakthrough to the Dian Ling Realm allows one to leave this damned place, it was nothing more than a scam!”

Shen Xi couldn't help but laugh.

He laughed at the stupidity of the Yao Beasts.

And he laughed at the cruelty of the Sphinx.

“What exactly is going on?!”

“Human, do you know the truth?”

“What scam?”

“Are you saying that the Dian Ling Realm cannot leave this damned place?”

The Demon Beast Leaders, who had been hiding in the dark, could no longer sit still.

They emerged one after another, eagerly questioning Shen Xi.

“Let it tell you itself!”

Shen Xi gestured towards the Clone.

“Since you want me to speak, then I will. Anyway, at this point, everything is already a foregone conclusion, so letting you die with understanding is fine.”

“We Yao Beasts have never left the Sealed Land!”

The Clone's words were shocking, revealing a truth that stunned the entire audience.

The ancestors of the Yao Beasts had not left the Sealed Land!

As the Clone slowly recounted, the truth finally surfaced.

Two thousand years ago, the First Generation Demon Beasts, personally Sealed by Zhu Feng Ao, fell into despair.

They had enjoyed the freedom and beauty of the outside world, and had even tasted the wonderful flavor of human blood. Naturally, they yearned for the outside world.

But being Sealed in this damned place left them without hope; they didn't want to grow old and die here for a lifetime.

However, even if they tried their best, they could not break the Seal and leave.

Violent emotions permeated the Sealed Land.

Just as the First Generation Demon Beasts were about to fall into complete despair, a rumor spread throughout the Sealed Land overnight.

The power of the Seal was weakening!

The Seal that had restricted their freedom now had a chance to be successfully opened.

As long as they found the crucial node, they could leave this damned place.

As time went on, this news spread wider and wider, and its credibility continuously increased.

Finally, the First Generation Demon Beasts united. They knew that by their own strength, they could not open the Seal, even a weakened one. Only by working together was there hope for success.

On that day, the First Generation Demon Beasts were looked up to by countless Yao Beasts.

They finally decided to act.

And the place where they acted was the true core of the Sealed Land—the Thatched Cottage!

Only at the crucial node, with the combined efforts of the Yao Beasts, could the weakened Seal possibly be broken. This was the conclusion the First Generation Demon Beasts reached after analysis.

But!

The conclusion was wrong!

The First Generation Demon Beasts ultimately failed.

They all died immediately, but the Yao Beasts outside the Thatched Cottage didn't know the truth; they still thought the First Generation Demon Beasts had succeeded.

“This is the truth!”

The Sphinx sighed.

“How could this be?”

“Did all the ancestors fail?”

“They all died two thousand years ago?”

“Hahaha, so everything was just a joke. Breaking the Seal, leaving this damned place, it was all just us dreaming. We can't leave here!”

“Everything was a dream!”

The Yao Beasts were going crazy!

All along, what sustained them was the hope of having a chance to leave the Sealed Land.

But at this moment, that hope was shattered.

They felt despair, the sorrow of never being able to leave this damned place and being confined to a prison for life, making them feel suffocated.

“The truth you spoke of isn't complete, is it?”

Just then, Shen Xi suddenly sneered incessantly.

These words drew the attention of all the Yao Beasts present.

What did this mean?

Did the Sphinx still have something to hide?

“What's not complete?”

The Sphinx seemed to have expected Shen Xi to say this, showing no surprise, but rather looking at Shen Xi with a half-smile.

“That rumor from back then was spread by you, wasn't it?”

“And you instigated the First Generation Demon Beasts to unite and carve a path from the Thatched Cottage!”

“However, you knew very well that this was impossible to succeed, so you didn't act. And precisely because of this, all the First Generation Demon Beasts died, and only you survived.”

Shen Xi looked at the Sphinx with some disgust.

Its actions made him feel sick!

“Then what was the purpose of my doing so?”

The Sphinx maintained its half-smile, asking in return.

“You wanted to devour the flesh and blood of other First Generation Demon Beasts to enhance your strength, because you knew very well that even if all the Yao Beasts united, the quality of their power would still be insufficient to open the Seal. Only by transcending the Martial Dao Five Realms would there be a glimmer of possibility!”

“But with your strength, you weren't enough to defeat the other First Generation Demon Beasts, and once your actions were exposed, you would become the target of public criticism, besieged by many Yao Beasts.”

“Therefore, you deliberately spread the news, making the First Generation Demon Beasts attack the Seal, ultimately being killed by the rebounding power of the Seal, and you could then legitimately devour their flesh and blood, using their lives to forge your path out of here. Am I right?!”