Chapter 162: He's a Beast!
Ye Tian's arrival quickly caught the attention of Yun Mengli, who was guarding the spatial rift. When Yun Mengli emerged and saw Ye Tian, he recognized him immediately. However, upon sensing the faint Saint-level aura emanating from Ye Tian, he was astounded, realizing that Ye Tian had ascended to Saint-level.
"Ye Tian has become a Saint-level? How is this possible?" Yun Mengli was in utter shock. A Saint-level was a realm countless King-levels aspired to reach, with life spans of 1,000 years, and even 1,500 years for those with a perfect foundation. Saint-levels possessed not just longevity but immense strength, and their divine consciousness could probe thousands of miles around, detecting even the slightest movements of an ant.
Yun Mengli, with just an extraordinary level cultivation talent and lacking treasures to refine spiritual power, found it difficult to ascend to Saint-level. Despite obtaining several opportunities over the years in Zhonghai Super Base, he had struggled to find such treasures, thus envying those above Saint-level.
"Greetings, Lord Ye Tian!" Yun Mengli respectfully greeted.
"There's no need for such formalities," Ye Tian responded casually.
Other King-levels soon arrived, shocked at Yun Mengli's respectful treatment of Ye Tian. They wondered how Ye Tian could have surpassed King-level so quickly and speculated that his talent might be beyond extraordinary.
"Lord Ye Tian," the gathered King-levels and array masters greeted him, acknowledging his status beyond King-level.
Ye Tian nodded slightly and then addressed the situation at the spatial rift, expressing his concern as a former member of the Demon Sea Base.
Yun Mengli invited Ye Tian inside the top-level array to a castle where a group of King-levels gathered. Ye Tian inquired about the sea beasts' attack, finding it odd since sea beasts typically disliked dry environments and rarely attacked warriors outside the sea.
Yun Mengli speculated that something might have attracted the sea beasts, possibly a treasure used by the beasts on the other side of the rift to draw the sea beasts' attention. However, despite extensive searching, they had not found this supposed treasure.
Ye Tian contemplated this possibility. It seemed likely that the beasts from the other world wanted to occupy a complete world and were relentless in their invasions. Using a treasure to lure sea beasts to attack the King-levels guarding the rift could be a strategy to breach the array and transform the rift into a three-star level rift, paving the way for a prepared beast army to invade.
Yun Mengli suggested that Ye Tian might be able to find the elusive treasure.
"Alright, I'll give it a try!" Ye Tian said, his divine consciousness beginning to extend and spread out. He easily covered a thousand-mile radius, every movement, even of an ant, falling within his perception as he searched for the elusive treasure.
But he found nothing.
"Treasure Seeking Talent!" Ye Tian then activated this rarely used talent, which, if there truly was an unknown treasure nearby, should be able to detect it. However, to his disappointment, he still found nothing. This suggested two possibilities: either there was no treasure, or it was hidden inside someone's storage bag, beyond the reach of both his divine consciousness and treasure-seeking talent.
"King Yun Mengli, can you gather everyone here?" Ye Tian asked.
"Yes," Yun Mengli nodded, seemingly guessing Ye Tian's intent. He too had considered the possibility of an insider's involvement but found no motive for anyone to help the beasts. Nevertheless, he summoned all the King-levels and array masters to his castle.
Upon their arrival, Ye Tian inquired, "Is this everyone?"
"There's a mid-level array master in seclusion, but he's just a Great Martial Warrior. We can proceed without him," Yun Mengli explained, seeing no relevance of a Great Martial Warrior to the current issue.
"I've found him; it's that Great Martial Warrior. I'll go have a look," Ye Tian said, flying towards a specific direction. The other King-levels followed, puzzled and intrigued.
Arriving at the mid-level array master's residence, Ye Tian shattered the place with a slap, revealing a middle-aged man inside.
"Why are you attacking my residence?" the man asked in fear.
"Did you lead the sea beasts here?" Ye Tian asked coldly.
"How could I possibly lead the sea beasts here?" the man denied, shaking his head in terror.
Another King-level stepped forward to vouch for the man, noting his background and questioning how he could possibly be involved with the beasts.
"What if he's not your mid-level array master but a beast in disguise?" Ye Tian retorted with a cold smile.
The man shivered but managed to hold back any reaction.
"A beast?" Yun Mengli frowned. "That's unlikely, isn't it?"
Ye Tian challenged their disbelief: "Since the incident, has he been in seclusion without maintaining any arrays?"
"Yes, but what does that prove?" a King-level replied.
"Then let him set up a simple primary array to test. If he can do it, I'll believe he's not a beast," Ye Tian suggested sarcastically.
Upon hearing Ye Tian's words, the expression of the so-called mid-level array master changed dramatically.