52: The battle for supremacy

Distributing a full 20,000 zhen crystal, although Qingyang felt a pang of heartache, he did not regret it.

Because Qingyang understood that in this chaotic world of spiritual energy recovery, he had to establish his own power and become strong enough to gain a foothold.

In the following days, Bu Bai, Blood Town, Mao Qiu, and King Kong, having received enough "supplements," began to push with all their might towards sixth-tier strength.

And the Eternal Night Forbidden Zone, with this appearance, was directly ranked eighth among the Ten Great Forbidden Zones by China in one fell swoop.

On this day, while Ming Tian was wandering around the periphery of the Eternal Night Forbidden Zone, he caught a Tong Xin Ao that had come from the Guling Mountain Range.

The Tong Xin Ao, as a type of Fierce Beast, was originally a relatively rare amphibious Fierce Beast.

But the problem is, the Tong Xin Ao Fierce Beast is too rare; the only most famous one is the top expert under that Divine Beast in the Central Region.

After a brutal beating of this Tong Xin Ao, which was only at the peak of the fourth tier, Ming Tian finally learned its identity.

The only bloodline descendant of the top enforcer under that Divine Beast in the Central Region.

He was somewhat considered a "core" member; at that time, Ming Tian carried him in his mouth and brought him to Qingyang.

Under questioning using threats and promises, Qingyang, by chance, finally learned some internal matters of the Guling Mountain Range.

First of all, the so-called Central Region is actually where the most powerful beings in the Guling Mountain Range reside.

In other words, the more powerful Fierce Beasts in the core region that Qingyang had worried about actually didn't exist at all.

Or, according to what this Tong Xin Ao said, there are more powerful Fierce Beasts in the core region, but they are all dormant, and they all died in their sleep.

Yes, they died in their sleep while dormant.

As for that White Tiger, currently the most powerful being in the Guling Mountain Range, the reason it is frantically expanding and sending its subordinates down the mountain is actually for territory.

A hegemonic-level territory.

According to this Tong Xin Ao, it's not just the Guling Mountain Range; currently, in China's major mountain ranges, dangerous areas, rivers, and lakes, the most powerful Fierce Beasts are all vying for territory.

China has ninety-six million square kilometers; currently, the first wave of expansion territory from the Guling Mountain Range side already amounts to 300,000 kilometers.

Furthermore, that Divine Beast is still preparing to continue expanding.

As for why it wants to expand so much territory, the Tong Xin Ao's only explanation is to compete for the position of overlord, the God of Fierce Beasts in China.

This title, to Qingyang, sounded very chuunibyou.

Currently, with the Guling Mountain Range as the center, the Eternal Night Forbidden Zone has become the strongest stumbling block on that Divine Beast White Tiger's path of expansion.

Removing this stumbling block is already imminent.

After learning all this, Qingyang thought of another matter.

Currently, the Qingbei University where Shen Ying is located is within the Ling Mountain, a Forbidden Zone that was once ranked ninth and is now ranked tenth.

Although Fenghu, a fourth-tier subordinate, is currently there, the territorial expansion and struggle for dominance among Fierce Beasts are not something a small fourth-tier Fierce Beast can influence.

Thinking of this, Qingyang immediately sent the Black Myna to the Zhouguang Special Zone to ask Qian Tong what the situation was like at Qingbei.

Originally, this was just a casual thought of Qingyang.

But as the Black Myna returned from the Zhouguang Special Zone and brought back news, all of Qingyang's plans were disrupted.

Qingshang Special District has fallen!

The culprit is the Divine Beast from Ling Mountain, the hundred-meter Golden Roc, whose strength is as high as the mid-seventh tier.

Now, because the Qingshang Special District has fallen, a full 120 million Humans are displaced; although the Qingshang Special District side is working hard to regroup the Humans and rebuild the Special Zone,

But Shen Ying's whereabouts are unknown.

The moment he learned this news, on the Cold Domain Island, Qingyang's aura as a seventh-tier pseudo-Divine Beast completely and undisguisedly permeated the air.

As Ming Tian, Little Luan, and other super Exotic Beasts came to Qingyang's side, they saw Qingyang at this moment, his wings spread, his black-gold body seemingly enraged to the extreme.

"Ming Tian, Little Luan, Huang Shan, come north with me to the Qingshang Special District. Xuan Ming, King Kong, you two guard the home,

Bu Bai, Blood Town, Mao Qiu, immediately lead 150,000 second-tier Fierce Beasts and 50,000 third-tier Fierce Beasts from the Eternal Night Forbidden Zone and march to the Qingshang Special District."

On this day, the Eternal Night Forbidden Zone went mad; no one knew why the Eternal Night Forbidden Zone would suddenly have a Fierce Beast riot, with all its elites dispatched.

In the sky, Little Luan led thousands of flying Fierce Beasts, their target directly the Qingshang Special District.

On the ground, behind Ming Tian and Huang Shan, the two sixth-tier super Exotic Beasts, Bu Bai, Blood Town, and Mao Qiu led dense swarms of Fierce Beasts, overwhelming the land as they marched north.

In the clouds above this dense army of Fierce Beasts, Qingyang spread his wings, his speed already creating afterimages as he went ahead towards the Qingshang Special District.

The riot of the Fierce Beast army from the Eternal Night Forbidden Zone caused the Fierce Beast powers in various parts of China, who were originally continuing to expand their influence, to stop one after another and cast their gaze towards it.

A day later, when Qingyang arrived at the former Qingbei University ahead of the others, his vast perception instantly noticed the original site of the now dilapidated Qingbei University.

After a careful scan, he did not sense Shen Ying's aura, which eased Qingyang's mind considerably.

Subsequently, while Qingyang flew towards the location of the Qingshang Special District, his perception carefully scanned the ruined city below.

He saw that the entire city, currently to the north, was already in ruins.

Various Fierce Beasts, ranging from a few centimeters to tens of meters in size, roamed and fought within the city.

From afar, when Qingyang noticed the clearly collapsed appearance of the Qingshang Special District, and the reddish-brown land around its periphery, Qingyang couldn't help but feel a surge of tension.

With the appearance of the most powerful Fierce Beast energy, the alarm sounds around the giant city of the Qingshang Special District instantly blared piercingly.

For a moment, the Special Zone, which had already experienced a Fierce Beast breaching its walls once, instantly became like a startled bird.

On the city walls, figures of Spirit User Organizations and Beast Tamers began to search for the presence.

The construction of the Special Zone was divided into five levels of areas.

Among them, the most core areas were all allocated to the top financial groups and wealthy individuals because they contributed money and effort during the construction of the Special Zone.

Next were the areas for Spirit User Organizations, Beast Tamers, and so on.

After that, there were civilian areas.

But the civilian areas were also divided into different grades, down to the lowest-ranked, most populous slum areas closest to the outer perimeter.

At this moment, in Qingyang's perception, Shen Ying was in the outermost slum area.

The moment he sensed Shen Ying's aura, Qingyang's black-gold vertical pupils locked onto Shen Ying's figure from the clouds.

He saw Shen Ying at this moment, covered in dirt, her face sallow, sitting in a relatively clean spot, holding her knees with her hands, slightly lost in thought.

Beside her, Fenghu's figure did not appear.

From this, Qingyang also roughly understood why Shen Ying would appear in the slum area.

After all, without Fenghu, Shen Ying was just an ordinary person.

But what made Qingyang curious was that even if Shen Ying and Fenghu were separated, or if Fenghu died in battle, Shen Ying's identity as a born Beast Taming Saint Body shouldn't have led her to this state.

What about Li Xingguo and them?