The Great Luo Hall was now within sight, but facing Zhang Fan's warning and the threat of the beast tide, no cultivators dared to approach.
"With our current strength, approaching the Dark Plains is simply seeking death. It's better to seize this opportunity to improve our power. In three months, we can follow Senior Zhang Fan to venture in."
This was the thought of most cultivators. After all, facing such a terrifying beast tide, going alone, even a normal cultivator of the Ninth Tribulation realm would not be able to withstand it.
Three months was an extremely short period for Nascent Soul stage cultivators who often went into seclusion for decades or even centuries.
Countless rules of the Dao permeated the heavens and earth, and the spiritual energy from the four directions surged like rivers and seas, flowing continuously towards the assembled crowd. Dense immortal spiritual energy drifted through the air, and lightning tribulations descended from time to time, clearly indicating that many cultivators had broken through their strength during this period, attracting heavenly tribulations.
Every cultivator was diligently cultivating, wanting to elevate their strength to the utmost before entering the Dark Plains. Only then would they have hope of breaking through the beast tide and entering the Great Luo Hall.
Because they all knew that the most crucial moment was yet to come. Everything they had experienced before, all the rare treasures they had obtained, were insignificant compared to the opportunities within the Great Luo Hall.
The plateau was serene, but outside the Great Luo Realm, the World Heart Continent was already in turmoil, with widespread fear and unrest.
All the cultivators of the Tengshe clan who had entered the Great Luo Realm perished. This incident caused quite a stir on the World Heart Continent, and even the six top forces were somewhat taken aback.
After all, although the Tengshe clan was not one of the strongest forces on the World Heart Continent, it was second only to the six top forces, with peak Ninth Tribulation realm experts presiding over it, making them a regional overlord.
Furthermore, the Tengshe tribesmen who entered the Great Luo Realm were all not weak. To annihilate them all, besides the powerful demonic beasts in the Great Luo Realm, only the six top forces possessed such capability.
However, the Tengshe clan had a long heritage and deep foundations. Many ancestors in history had entered the Great Luo Realm and had gathered much information about it. They would not foolishly venture into dangerous places that posed a fatal threat.
Moreover, the Tengshe clan resided in a secluded corner, had little interaction with the six top forces, and harbored no enmity with them. Thus, they had no reason to act against the Tengshe clan.
As information could not be transmitted from the Great Luo Realm, while various parties were speculating about the perpetrators, even more sensational news spread from the Flying Immortal Mansion, Black Sand Cave Heaven, and Sun Shadow Cave Heaven.
The cultivators from the Flying Immortal Mansion, Black Sand Cave Heaven, and Sun Shadow Cave Heaven who had entered the Great Luo Realm all perished on the same day. Even Ninth Tribulation realm cultivators like Shen Feichen, Fu Tianling, and Zhan Feiyang did not escape.
This enraged and perplexed these three factions immensely. They were filled with questions as to what kind of great terror they had encountered that resulted in the complete annihilation of the elite cultivators from three top forces, with no survivors.
The leaders of the Flying Immortal Mansion, Black Sand Cave Heaven, and Sun Shadow Cave Heaven all issued simultaneous statements, vowing to thoroughly investigate the culprits after the Great Luo Realm opened and exterminate their entire clans.
The Six King's Mansion was built upon the Dragon-Coiled Mountain Range in the center of Six King City. Palaces stretched and spread along the mountain range, with peculiar peaks jutting out between the mountains. Immortals cranes soared, and a massive spirit-gathering array converged spiritual energy from all directions. Dense mist shrouded the area, resembling a fairyland.
The Mansion Lord, Ling Xiu, stood on a towering cliff, overlooking the entire Six King City. His gaze was as calm as a bottomless ocean, and it was unknown what he was contemplating.
Beside Ling Xiu stood a slightly gaunt man. His posture was straight, like a peerless spear. His slender body contained terrifying power.
This person was Mo Yan, ranked second in the Six King's Mansion, known as King Yan.
The two stood on the cliff for a long time. King Yan seemed to sense something and spoke, "The Flying Immortal Mansion, Black Sand Cave Heaven, and Sun Shadow Cave Heaven have suffered heavy losses this time. I could hear the furious roar of that old fellow Bai Mengtian from tens of thousands of miles away. I wonder who made the move to annihilate the cultivators of these three factions within a single day."
Upon hearing this, Ling Xiu couldn't help but glance at Mo Yan, letting out a light laugh as he said, "Do you truly not know who did it?"
Mo Yan was taken aback. As if realizing something, a hint of astonishment appeared in his dark eyes. "Eldest Brother, are you saying it was Elder Zhang Fan?"
"Besides him, I really can't think of anyone else with such capability."
"Moreover, the Flying Immortal Mansion and Black Sand Cave Heaven already had an irreconcilable enmity with him, and they were annihilated at the same time. Do you think such a coincidence exists?" Ling Xiu said.
"But Elder Zhang Fan had just passed his seventh heavenly lightning tribulation before entering the Great Luo Hall. How could he possibly have this strength?" Mo Yan had a guess in his heart, but he couldn't believe it.
Ling Xiu shook his head and said, "Have you ever seen anyone who, at their seventh heavenly lightning tribulation, could attract the Heavenly Annihilation Tribulation?"
"Have you ever seen anyone who could cultivate two different rules of the Dao simultaneously?"
"Although it sounds unbelievable, besides him, I really can't think of any other possibility."
"Perhaps Bai Mengtian and Fu Beichen also thought so, but before the Great Luo Realm concluded, they couldn't confirm their suspicions."
"Or rather, they were unwilling to confirm."
After pondering for a long time, Mo Yan slowly nodded and said, "If it were me, I would probably have the same thoughts."
"Of course, other possibilities cannot be ruled out. We can only say that the probability of it being Zhang Fan is very high."
"If it is, will Eldest Brother make a move then?" Mo Yan asked.
"Haha, Elder Zhang Fan is an honored guest of our Six King's Mansion. If I don't make a move, wouldn't the reputation of our Six King's Mansion, accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years, be ruined by me?"