Chapter 157: The Titan Giant Ape's Subordinates, All the Monkeys Gather!
After resting for the night, the next morning.
Ye Wen led everyone to set off towards the Star Dou Great Forest.
A few days later, they entered the outer region of the Star Dou Great Forest.
During these days, news of Ye Wen and his soul beasts causing chaos in Spirit Hall had spread like wildfire across the continent, causing widespread panic among humans.
Spirit Hall was beaten badly!
It was as if the soul beasts were riding on top of humans and urinating on them!
After all, Spirit Hall represented the pinnacle of human soul master power.
This caused panic among the entire continent. While Ye Wen and his group of soul beasts had not yet made any major threats to humanity, people were afraid that one day the soul beasts would challenge humanity's dominance over the continent!
Would they try to rule this land?
Spirit Hall, the Tiandou Empire, and the Xingluo Empire were all filled with trepidation and fear of Ye Wen's soul beast forces.
This wasn't just a crisis for Spirit Hall; it was a crisis for all of humanity.
Even the two major empires had begun to discuss and strategize on how to deal with the situation. Should they ally with Spirit Hall, or perhaps try to unite the human forces across the continent?
Eliminate the hidden threat posed by Ye Wen and his soul beasts!
But this was a monumental task!
Right now, neither Spirit Hall, the Tiandou Empire, nor the Xingluo Empire dared to take such action, let alone plan such a move.
It would require a long time of careful discussions, negotiations, planning, and strategizing before they would dare make a decision.
For now, Spirit Hall and the empires could only temporarily obey the rules set by Ye Wen.
Spirit Hall had also obediently complied, announcing to the entire continent that, from now on, soul masters were only allowed to hunt soul beasts when acquiring soul rings.
The Tiandou and Xingluo Empires also made the same public announcement.
All soul masters across the continent had to comply, as both Spirit Hall and the two empires feared that Ye Wen would lead the soul beasts to attack the human world.
However, limiting the hunting of soul beasts to only acquiring soul rings had a significant impact on many people.
You see, many soul masters on this continent made a living by hunting soul beasts. The meat of soul beasts could be used for food, and their skins could be made into clothing.
Some body parts could even be used as medicinal materials, such as claws and more.
Therefore, this rule would cause humans to suffer enormous losses, and as a chain reaction, many industries, sects, nobles, and merchants would lose their economic sources, even going bankrupt or unable to survive!
But for now, humans had no choice but to obey.
Ye Wen was not joking. If humanity did not comply with the rules he set, he would undoubtedly lead the soul beast army and sweep through the human world again.
"Two years have passed, and we've finally returned to the Star Dou Great Forest," Da Ming said as he walked through the forest, sniffing the familiar scent and feeling relaxed. This was the homeland of both him and Er Ming!
"Na'er, I feel strangely familiar with this place as well," Na'er muttered as she followed.
Ye Wen glanced at her and smiled inwardly: "You've been hiding here in the Star Dou Great Forest ever since you came out of the Divine Realm, healing and recovering. Of course, this place is familiar to you."
"But when will Na'er's memory awaken, and what will happen when Gu Yue emerges?" Ye Wen thought to himself, feeling a mixture of anticipation, worry, and caution.
After all, Gu Yue, the Silver Dragon King, was the true ruler of the soul beast clan!
Gu Yue and Na'er were two personalities, and could be described as two individuals.
Although Ye Wen now ruled over many 100,000-year soul beasts, his position and identity within the soul beast group were still not equal to Gu Yue's, or even Di Tian's.
Di Tian, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, held a revered position among soul beasts and was known as the Beast God.
Ye Wen's dominance was limited to the sea. Once he stepped onto land, he still couldn't represent the entire soul beast race.
So, if Gu Yue awakened, it might not be beneficial for Ye Wen. There was even the possibility that Gu Yue would try to subdue Ye Wen, bringing all his soul beasts under her control.
But Ye Wen wasn't afraid; he had his own way of dealing with things.
"We'll head to the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest, to the Lake of Life, and settle there. Afterward, we'll plan the search for the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger," Ye Wen said.
"Alright."
The group headed in the direction of the Lake of Life.
After a long while, they finally arrived at the Lake of Life.
"Da Ming, Er Ming, as the current soul beast overlords of the Star Dou Great Forest, do you have any obedient subordinates?" Ye Wen asked.
Da Ming shook his head. He didn't like the human way of raising subordinates and handling matters like that. However, Er Ming did have a few subordinates who were more suited for such work.
Er Ming patted his chest and said, "Boss, I have some."
"Oh?" Ye Wen raised an eyebrow with interest.
Er Ming explained, "In the Star Dou Great Forest, most of the monkeys, apes, and gorillas—these primate soul beasts—regard me as their leader. I usually don't command them much, everyone does their own thing, but if you need them, I can call them together."
"Good, have them come over. I need these primate soul beasts to help search for the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest, including the outer regions."
"I hope we can deal with this Dark Demon Evil God Tiger within a month," Ye Wen said.
"Yes! Boss!" Er Ming nodded, then leaped to a small hill beside the Lake of Life.
He switched back to his Titan Giant Ape form, took a deep breath, and in the next second, he let out a monkey-like roar. He started pounding his chest wildly, each strike seemingly transmitting a signal.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"Howl~"
"Howl! Howl!! Howl!"
Soon, from all directions, both near and far, various monkey calls, gorilla roars, and ape screeches filled the air, echoing through the entire Star Dou Great Forest. The calls spread from one to ten, from ten to a hundred.
Before long, large numbers of primate soul beasts gathered from all directions, growing in number rapidly.
The first to arrive were seven monkeys and gorillas, all over 50,000 years old, with one even reaching 70,000 years in cultivation. These seven knelt before Er Ming to show respect and submission.
Following them were dozens of monkeys between 10,000 and 30,000 years old, who also knelt on one knee.
There were also hundreds of monkeys at the 1,000-year level who all showed submission.
"Wow, this is interesting!" Ye Wen observed the group of primate soul beasts.
This was his first time seeing so many soul beasts gather together. While they were all monkeys, apes, and gorillas, they were actually different types of soul beasts, divided into several different species.
"Oh? There are even Wind Baboon soul beasts!" Ye Wen remarked with surprise.
(END CHAPTER)
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