Howl

Original Universe.

Above the vast, endless Youhai in the core of the Human Territory's 'Original Secret Realm', a figure condensed from water currents. It was Luo Feng, clad in blood-red robes. Beside him, another figure, the 'Chaos City Lord', stood in the void.

"How was it?" the Chaos City Lord asked expectantly.

"The 443 Universe Masters who entered the army," Luo Feng said coldly, "not a single one remains."

"Good!" the Chaos City Lord exclaimed, his eyes blazing with divine light.

In the distant Monster Race Territory, within the virtual world that enveloped the Dream Ancestor Secret Realm, there was a plane.

In an endless mountain range shrouded in mist, a winding, silver great serpent lived. Besides it, there were other powerful Monster Race Universe Masters, as well as some Universe Masters from vassal Monster Races. Although most of these Universe Masters had gone to the 'Jinzhi World', they had left clones or divine power avatars in the Original Universe, naturally allowing them to connect to the virtual world and communicate with the Dream Monster Ancestor at all times.

"Don't worry, the army's assigned mission isn't dang—"

Three Universe Masters of the Monster Race Alliance were gathered together. One of them, a strange flying creature made entirely of gray bones, was speaking, while the listeners beside it were all non-Monster Race Universe Masters of the Monster Race Alliance.

At this moment, the strange flying creature instantly showed a look of terror, and then immediately vanished from the virtual world.

"Why did he leave the virtual world halfway through his sentence?" The alien Universe Master with colorful patterns muttered, then he suddenly turned his head to look beside him. Originally, there had been two Universe Masters listening to the Monster Race Universe Master speak, but now, the Universe Master who had been beside him had also vanished.

"Why have they all disappeared!"

The alien Universe Master immediately felt a bad premonition. If only one had disappeared, it might have been due to an urgent matter, leaving no time to explain. But for two to disappear simultaneously, without a single word of explanation, that was strange.

"Monster Ancestor." The alien Universe Master quickly called out.

*Whoosh~*

A giant silver great serpent suddenly swam out from the mist nearby. The great serpent raised its head, looking at the alien Universe Master: "Montari, what is it? Why do you call me?"

"Monster Ancestor, just now, just now, Lord Mengwan and another were beside me. Lord Mengwan was recounting some information about the Jinzhi World. I've never entered it, and I was curious, so I was listening in. But unexpectedly, both Lord Mengwan and the other suddenly vanished from the virtual world. They both disappeared simultaneously without any explanation." Montari's blue-glowing eyes were filled with worry.

"Disappeared simultaneously? Without explanation?" The Dream Monster Ancestor let out a low growl; it immediately realized something was wrong.

*Boom~*

The Dream Monster Ancestor immediately scanned the entire endless mountain range. This scan revealed a terrifying coldness that seemed to freeze its very soul, enveloping it. This moment... was the most terrifying moment for the Dream Monster Ancestor since becoming a Universe Supreme Master. Even when the war between the two great factions was lost, it had not felt such terror as it did now.

"Gone, all, all, all gone?" The Dream Monster Ancestor discovered in horror.

All the Universe Masters of the Monster Race Alliance who had gone to the Jinzhi World had, not long ago, had their consciousnesses connected here, within this endless mountain range. But now, they were all gone!

All had vanished.

The entire endless mountain range was left with only it and five other Universe Masters, all of whom had not entered the Jinzhi World.

*Boom~*

A giant figure suddenly appeared out of thin air above the mountain range. It was the serrated beast, 'Shocking Demon Ancestor'.

"Mengcha." The Shocking Demon Ancestor looked down, calling out anxiously, "All the Universe Masters under my command, those who went to the Jinzhi World, have all disappeared."

"Mine too!" The Dream Monster Ancestor said, extremely anxious. "Yours have all disappeared too?"

"Any Universe Master who went to the Jinzhi World has disappeared, and each vanished abruptly, without even leaving a message. Those who didn't go to the Jinzhi World are fine." The Shocking Demon Ancestor was also frantic.

Heavens.

The Allied Army Faction was at a disadvantage, so many, many had gone to the Jinzhi World. For example, the vast majority of the Monster Race Alliance had gone to the Jinzhi World. If they all died? That would be an incredibly terrifying blow, a true nightmare.

"Investigate."

"Let's go check quickly." The Shocking Demon Ancestor said anxiously.

The Dream Monster Ancestor also immediately began to transmit orders through the virtual world, giving commands to various Universe Venerables, telling these Universe Venerables to check on their respective teachers. After all, Universe Venerables usually carried life-saving items given by their teachers.

"Monster Ancestor, the token my teacher left behind has become ownerless! My teacher is dead!"

"Monster Ancestor, my teacher has fallen!"

"Monster Ancestor—"

In fact, before the Dream Monster Ancestor could fully issue its orders, Universe Venerables had already begun contacting it proactively, one by one, as if driven mad. Universe Masters were falling one after another... These Universe Masters who had abruptly vanished from the virtual world had all, without exception, perished.

This news was like a series of heavy hammers, striking the souls of the Dream Monster Ancestor and the Shocking Demon Ancestor.

It chilled them to the bone.

It filled them with terror.

It made them unwilling to believe.

The Dream Monster Ancestor and the Shocking Demon Ancestor looked at each other, their eyes no longer held the endless calm that once seemed unshaken even by the collapse of the universe. Instead, there was only panic!

"How could this be, how could this be..." The Dream Monster Ancestor was utterly distraught.

"This, this..." The Shocking Demon Ancestor also felt bewildered.

A blow.

An unprecedented blow. Previously, the Monster Race was one of the absolute peak races in the Original Universe. But in the blink of an eye, from over twenty native Universe Masters and a group of vassal Universe Masters, in such a short moment, the entire Monster Race was left with only four Universe Masters! The vassal races were left with only five Universe Masters!

How prosperous they once were? Now, only a handful remained...

"I, I—" The Shocking Demon Ancestor raised its head, letting out an incredibly furious roar.

ROAR!!!!!!!!!!

The roar contained endless fury, endless unwillingness, endless pain... The Monster Race's accumulation of endless years, all lost in an instant!

"We shouldn't have entered the Jinzhi World, we shouldn't have, we shouldn't have!" The Dream Monster Ancestor was also filled with unwillingness.

It wasn't just the Dream Monster Ancestor and the Shocking Demon Ancestor who were driven to madness by pain, but also the Machine Race Father God, the Insect Race Empress, the Prison Race Demon Ancestor, the Crystal Race Saint Lord, the various races within the Northern Territory Alliance, and numerous large and small forces that had joined the Allied Army Faction. All had fallen into an unprecedented nightmare.

Some forces, which originally had ten or eight Universe Masters, were left with only one in the blink of an eye.

Some races, on the other hand, instantly lost all their Universe Masters.

A nightmare!

"Your Insect Race Alliance too? Your entire Insect Race Alliance is left with only six Universe Masters?"

"Northern Territory Alliance, your Northern Territory Alliance actually lost over 90 Universe Masters? Even the Star River Lord died?"

"Is everyone like this?"

"The Crystal Race and Prison Race are just as miserable as you."

When the Allied Army Faction contacted each other, they were all astonished to find that every other force was in the same situation.

The Dream Monster Ancestor and the Shocking Demon Ancestor felt a little more balanced then. In their view, if all their Universe Masters who entered the Jinzhi World died instantly, then there was no reason for other forces to be completely safe. A quick inquiry and investigation... confirmed it was indeed the case for everyone.

Because they were the Allied Army Faction, their communication was naturally very fast.

Soon—

They then began to contact some forces in the Universe Ocean.

"No."

"You said a large number of Universe Masters died? Nothing like that happened to our Skeleton Race. Our Universe Masters are doing well in the Jinzhi World, and not a single one from this batch died after entering the army."

...

"Of course not, what a magnificent world the Jinzhi World is, full of opportunities, full of endless treasures. Almost all of our race went, and not a single one from this batch who entered the army died. However, the army's assigned mission will begin soon."

...

"Haha, how many Universe Masters from my East Emperor Holy Land entered there? Very few have fallen. At most, some fell during the army's selection process, but everything else is fine. What happened to your Prison Race?"

...

Messages came one after another.

It bewildered the Allied Army Faction. Earlier, when they discovered their immense losses, they thought it was a widespread phenomenon. If it were universal, and all forces in the Universe Ocean suffered great losses, then relatively speaking, the status of their respective races wouldn't be greatly affected. They had hoped that all major forces were in the same boat.

However, the forces of the Universe Ocean were all safe and sound.

No—

To be precise, they finally found someone else in the same predicament.

"You too? My Purple Moon Holy Land also suffered a devastating attack in the Jinzhi World. For some unknown reason, all the Universe Masters from my Holy Land Universe who entered the Jinzhi World have perished."

"Ah, your Purple Moon Holy Land is also like this? Our Allied Army Faction—the Monster Race, Insect Race, Machine Race, Prison Race, Crystal Race, and all other forces in the Allied Army Faction—have all suffered a blow. All who entered the Jinzhi World have perished."

"All wiped out."

"Not a single one survived."

The Purple Moon Holy Land and the Allied Army Faction already had good relations. This contact revealed that throughout the entire Universe Ocean, apart from the Purple Moon Holy Land and the Allied Army Faction, all other forces were safe and sound.

They immediately realized something was amiss.

If the Jinzhi World were to carry out a great destruction against external invaders, how could it possibly spare all other forces one by one? And specifically target them? After all, the Universe Masters they sent were also absorbed into various armies, almost all dispersed. How could the Jinzhi World determine their factions?

"Humanity is safe and sound!"

"All Universe Masters of the entire Human Alliance are also safe and sound!"

The Purple Moon Holy Land and the Allied Army Faction quickly detected this news. They were both shocked and enraged.

Not a single super-powerful being was a fool.

The Purple Moon Holy Land and the Allied Army Faction... their common enemy was the Human Faction! And with the rapid decline of their two great forces, the Human Faction was the biggest beneficiary! Furthermore, the Purple Moon Holy Land had once plotted against Luo Feng in the 'Jinzhi World', but mysteriously failed. Why would a Void True God let Luo Feng go?

All of this...

pointed to humanity!

"Only an internal force of our Universe Ocean could determine the exact factions from among the vast numbers of soldiers."

"If not humanity, then who else is plotting against us?"