153: Giant Beast in the Cave

The combined power of the three people's Summoned Beasts carved out an illusory passage above the dark sun, extending forward endlessly.

"I will guard the passage here. You all go in," Zaraki Kenpachi said to the group.

"General Commander Zaraki, you're not afraid of dying, are you?" Tanaka Mori mocked.

Zaraki Kenpachi did not answer, neither confirming nor denying it.

"Hmph, although the Monster Beast World is dangerous, there are many opportunities. Maybe I can also get a divine beast to contract?" Tanaka Mori snorted and said.

Zaraki Kenpachi was silent for a moment, then turned his head and glanced at Su Ze.

"Understood!" Su Ze nodded and followed the others into the passage. He was also very curious about what the Monster Beast World looked like.

Su Ze wanted to quickly resolve this threat that he would have to face sooner or later.

Meanwhile, Zaraki Kenpachi watched this scene with a confused expression.

"What exactly did he understand? Why did he just go in?"

Zaraki Kenpachi had indeed just entertained the idea of having Su Ze enter the Monster Beast World in his place, but he ultimately gave up on it.

Firstly, Su Ze's current strength was too weak. Even if there were opportunities there, he couldn't compete with Tanaka Mori and Xiao Xu.

Secondly, because of the Golden Feather Phoenix Bird, the Emperor currently valued Su Ze highly, and Zaraki Kenpachi did not want anything to happen to Su Ze under his watch.

If the Golden Feather Phoenix Bird were implicated, he would suffer the consequences.

"Are all puppets nowadays so good at solving problems for their masters? I hope he doesn't run into any trouble over there, otherwise, instead of solving problems, he'll be creating them..."

...A huge suction force came from the dark passage. The group didn't know how long they had traveled, only that their eyes had long adapted to the extreme darkness brought by the surrounding dark sun.

Just then, the group was spat out, as if, dropping down from the dark sun of the Shadow Realm of another world.

The sudden feeling of weightlessness made Su Ze flail his limbs. Just as he was about to summon Feng Qingyi to help him fly, Xiao Xu grabbed him.

Su Ze was about to shake him off when he heard Xiao Xu say, "Just a reminder, you absolutely must not call out the Little Phoenix."

"We are currently in the Shadow Realm. The Phoenix Fire that never goes out on its body will make us targets for focused attack."

"Moreover, this is the Shadow Realm of the Monster Beast World, containing countless divine beasts. To them, your Little Phoenix is a delicious piece of tender meat."

Su Ze knew his words made sense, so he suppressed the disgust in his heart and did not struggle free.

Tanaka Mori said, "Lord Xiao, we must first leave the Shadow Realm and find the Owner of the Shadow."

"Does it have to be the Owner of the Shadow? Doesn't the Shadow Realm also have many monster beasts?" Xiao Xu inquired.

Tanaka Mori cautiously concealed his body, searching for the exit while saying, "Lord Xiao, even in the Monster Beast World, divine beasts are ultimately a minority of powerful experts, let alone divine beasts of the Moonlight Level."

"Even if we are lucky enough to find a Moonlight Level divine beast in the Shadow Realm, we definitely won't be its match."

"Found it! The exit of the Shadow Realm is over here!"

Tanaka Mori explained while sensing the surrounding power fluctuations, finally discovering the exit and leading the group towards it.

Besides Tanaka Mori, Xiao Xu, and Su Ze, there were six other people. They were all powerful experts from the Fusang Dark Guards, starting at the rank of captain.

However, none of them were subordinates of Zaraki Kenpachi.

Xiao Xu followed behind Tanaka Mori and continued to inquire, "What exactly is the deal with this Owner of the Shadow? Why are you certain you can obtain blood from his body?"

Su Ze also pricked up his ears, as this was what he wanted to know as well.

Tanaka Mori said with a smile, "Lord Xiao, let me ask you, what is the most important thing for an anchor point?"

"Is it... stability?" Xiao Xu replied.

"Exactly. Just like the wutong tree that serves as the anchor point for Great Xia, our Fusang shadow anchor point hasn't changed in the hundreds of years since we discovered it."

"That's strange, isn't it? Since it's the shadow of a living creature, there's no reason for it to remain motionless for hundreds of years."

"Even if the light source remains fixed, it should still move."

Xiao Xu suddenly realized, "You mean... he is being controlled?"

"Precisely! A divine beast that is exceptionally powerful but has been firmly imprisoned for hundreds of years!"

After a brief moment of dizziness, Su Ze felt a slight pain in his eyes; it was the light stimulating them.

They had now left the Shadow Realm, but what greeted their eyes was not the landscape of the Monster Beast World; the surroundings were all earthy brown stone walls.

They were in a cave, and the source of the light was an enormous Bright Pearl at the top of the mountain.

It emitted an eternal light, illuminating the entire cavern.

Tanaka Mori warned the group, "Remember, we smuggled ourselves in through the Shadow Realm, and only by the laws of the Shadow Realm were we able to enter this world. Therefore, we must not leave the range of the shadow!"

Everyone nodded repeatedly.

Fortunately, the range of the shadow was extremely large, so they did not feel restricted in their movements.

"What kind of monster beast could cast such an enormous shadow?"

They looked up and saw a Black Evil Dragon firmly fixed in the air by four iron chains, each as thick as a road!

The Black Dragon's body was even more massive, like a black island suspended in the air.

Four iron chains wrapped around its body starting from the dragon claws, then pierced upwards and were fixed to the ceiling of the cave.

Right above the dragon's body was the Bright Pearl, shining upon it and casting the shadow that had not moved for hundreds of years.

"It seems to be asleep..." someone whispered.

"Heh, anyone who has been chained up for hundreds of years would probably resort to prolonged sleep to numb themselves."

Tanaka Mori looked up at the Black Dragon's massive body and said, "What we need to do next is find a vulnerable part of its body and try to obtain blood."

Their first consideration was naturally the four dragon claws pierced by the iron chains. The wounds there were still hideous, but they had long since dried up like dead wood, showing no trace of blood.

"But at least the wounded areas are not covered by dragon scales, meaning the defense is weaker. Let's see if we can enlarge the wounds and get some blood."

This was indeed the case. Even a divine beast's necrotic wounds lacked power protection.

They successfully enlarged the wounds, but they remained necrotic.

It was like digging for a spring in a dry place; no fresh blood flowed out.

Just when everyone was about to give up and look for a new place to start.

Dark red fresh blood suddenly gushed out, and they quickly took out the prepared containers to collect it.

During this time, they didn't forget to pay attention to the Black Dragon's movements. But even though the group was essentially drilling into its body like a major construction project, it still failed to wake up in pain.

It looked so soundly and safely asleep.

"Is this it? It seems a little too easy..." Tanaka Mori said, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

Although they didn't encounter any great fortune, they also didn't encounter any danger. Being able to return safely was the best outcome.

But precisely at this moment, someone excitedly ran over and spoke.

He had just stepped aside to relieve himself when he accidentally discovered a huge space in a corner of the cave.

"Commander Tanaka, General Commander Xiao, a treasury! I found this dragon's treasury! There's lots of gold inside!"

"Don't make a fuss! It's just gold. Don't create complications. If you wake it up, will you take responsibility?!" Tanaka Mori, startled by him, scolded him in a low voice.

That person quickly lowered his voice and replied, "But I also saw several monster beast crystal cores, very large monster beast crystal cores, ones I've never seen before!"

"Could it be... divine beast crystal cores?!" Even the usually steady Tanaka Mori couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.

But what none of them noticed was this.

The Black Dragon, which hadn't moved even while being drilled into and bleeding continuously.

Its tightly shut eyes seemed to tremble slightly when they talked about the treasury!