You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?

"The main issue was that the Human Clan acted too quickly."

The white-haired Demon Saint in the black robe shook his head and said, "From the warning of the enemy raid to the breaking of the Thousand Layers Beast Formation, there wasn't much time. Our clan didn't have time to offer any support, otherwise, there might have been a chance for a turnaround."

The Demon Saint Huang Yao also nodded slightly and said, "If it could have held out a little longer, there might have been a Demon God personally delivering a top talent at the Demon King level with a Semi-Divine Artifact. Perhaps that would have been enough to defend the Thousand Layers Beast Formation."

Both of them understood.

Within the clan, there were some peerless talents who deliberately stayed at the Demon King Level without pursuing Harmonization breakthrough to master more of the Heavenly Reversal Path.

Such talents, if placed in the Human Clan's Tianxia Building, would be capable of breaking into the eighth layer of Tianxia Building!

With such strength, complemented by a Semi-Divine Artifact, they would be enough to contend with ordinary Demon Saints.

However, such talents were even more important than most Demon Saints, and the clan would not allow them to get involved in excessively dangerous affairs.

For instance, something like being stationed around the perimeter of the Great Yong Divine Formation for long periods.

"However, the situation isn't completely without hope."

That white-haired Demon Saint in the black robe said, "I heard that our clan still hasn't lost sensing the corpse of the Divine Beast Dream Snake, which obviously hasn't been taken back to Great Yong. The Demon King 'Jiu Xiang' is already ready to search within a thousand miles of Great Yong."

"Jiu Xiang? The pet talent of the Dream Demon Ancestor?" Demon Saint Huang Yao asked in astonishment, "He's actually willing to take such a risk?"

"Indeed, it's very risky."

The white-haired Demon Saint in the black robe nodded and said, "But after all, Demon King Jiu Xiang is our Demon Clan's number one Demon King. Not only has he mastered the embryonic forms of three types of Heavenly Reversal Path, but he may also have broken through the upper limit of the Heavenly Reversal Path. Moreover, it's said that he carries three Semi-Divine Artifacts granted by the Dream Demon Ancestor and has once slain a Demon Saint."

As he spoke, he lowered his voice and said, "The key is that there seems to be something very important within the corpse of the Divine Beast Dream Snake, so much so that even the Dream Demon Ancestor has tacitly approved."

Demon Saint Huang Yao sighed and said, "How exactly does a talent like Jiu Xiang practice? It's said that the Seventeenth Prince amongst the Human Clan of Great Yong is also the top talent of the human race, but he probably can't compare with Jiu Xiang, right?"

"Of course, he can't compare."

The white-haired Demon Saint in the black robe scoffed, "I heard that the Seventeenth Prince possesses a Divine Artifact and has mastered a type of Heavenly Reversal Path, but that's all. How could he compare with Jiu Xiang?"

"Indeed, Demon King Jiu Xiang has cultivated for nearly two thousand years; naturally, the Seventeenth Prince cannot compare." Demon Saint Huang Yao nodded slightly.

Just at that moment—

"Hm?"

Suddenly, the expression of the white-haired Demon Saint in the black robe changed dramatically, and he exclaimed in a low voice, "An intruder has breached the Great Tiandu Formation!"

"What?" Demon Saint Huang Yao was shocked.

Both of them immediately tore through the sky and rushed towards the Great Tiandu Formation located in the depths of the mountain.

In this Eternal Night, communication was extremely difficult, at best one could only use methods like the Spiritual Jade Heart Lamp to signal an alarm; it was hard to convey specific messages.

The Great Tiandu Formation was not only able to transmit detailed information, but at great cost, it could also transport items, making it extremely valuable. It was an Array used for communication within the clan, and its importance was self-evident.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, an invisible fluctuation exploded, causing the expressions of both Demon Saints to change instantly.

"They're destroying the Great Tiandu Formation?!"

Both Demon Saints revealed anger in their eyes as they fearlessly charged into the heavily guarded area where the Great Tiandu Formation was located.

Inside the area, Array Flags danced in the air, igniting streams of light. Where the Great Tiandu Formation was situated, there were sharp flashes of cold light falling down, continuously piercing into the foundation of the Array, recklessly destroying the Array.

"Using an Array to break an Array?"

"Where's the person?"

After both Demon Saints swept the area with their Divine Thought, they found no signs of any people.

Only traces of residual energy extended outside the Grotto Heaven.

"Have they already fled?"

The white-haired Demon Saint in the black robe had a sour look, immediately beginning to stop the Array that was being continuously damaged.

"I'll go after them."

Demon Saint Huang Yao's brow furrowed, and without hesitation, he flew out of the Grotto Heaven.

However, after chasing out, amidst the vast Eternal Night, even with Divine Thought spread out over tens of miles, he found no trace of the other party.

He pursued hundreds of miles farther but still found nothing and had to return the way he came.

After returning to the heavily guarded area of the Great Tiandu Formation in the Grotto Heaven, Demon Saint Huang Yao found that the damaged Great Tiandu Formation had already stopped. The Great Tiandu Formation was merely more pitted than before, but it seemed still intact.

He breathed a slight sigh of relief, looked towards the white-haired Demon Saint in the black robe, and asked, "How is the damage?"

"The Great Tiandu Formation is not greatly damaged."

The white-haired Demon Saint in the black robe shook his head and said, "After all, it is a Holy Grade Array that has been repeatedly reinforced. Although the method of the incoming enemy was very clever, using an Array to break an Array, they were not able to destroy the Great Tiandu Formation. There's only some minor internal damage, and it's just temporarily unable to operate for now."

"Can it be repaired?" asked Huang Yao, the Demon Saint.

"Our materials here should be sufficient for repairs, which I estimate could take about half a day," replied the white-haired Demon Saint in the black robe, nodding.

"That's good."

Huang Yao breathed a sigh of relief. "Fortunately, we discovered it in time. The stability of the Great Tiandu Formation probably exceeded their expectations."

The white-haired Demon Saint frowned as he picked up a broken Array Flag from the ground, "The level of craftsmanship on this Array Flag surpasses mine; it's definitely the work of a Great Power adept in arrays. They should have been able to see that the Great Tiandu Formation can't be destroyed by mere means like this—so why take action?"

"This..."

"You're suggesting that the goal of the perpetrator was merely to temporarily disable us from using the Great Tiandu Formation?" Huang Yao realized.

"Perhaps so," the white-haired Demon Saint in the black robe said with a slight nod, though he appeared uncertain.

"But we truly can't contact our clan for now."

Huang Yao shook his head, "Fortunately, the Great Yong has other Great Tiandu Formations in the seven peripheral regions outside. If there are urgent matters within our clan, we can send messages from the nearest Northern Territory or Western Region. It won't be delayed for too long."

"Still, who could it be?" The white-haired Demon Saint in the black robe frowned deeply.

...

Thousands of miles away, amidst the night.

Lin Yue repeatedly penetrated the void as he traveled, a smile playing at the corners of his mouth.

"It's going quite smoothly."

"Damaging the Great Tiandu Formation was never realistic, but thankfully I have the Breaking Array method given to me by Bi Xu Yuanjun. Considering how complex and sophisticated that Great Tiandu Formation is, it would take at least half a day to repair, right?"

"Half a day is enough."

"Even if there are Great Tiandu Formations in the Great Yong's western and northern peripheral regions, they are tens of thousands of miles apart. It would take some time to get here."

Lin Yue felt considerably more at ease and sped toward the region where the Original Divine Blood was located.

The Great Yong Divine Formation itself covered an extremely large territory within the Great Yong Kingdom, equivalent to a circle with a diameter of tens of thousands of miles.

And the areas along the periphery of the Divine Formation were like concentric circles with radii extending for tens of thousands of miles.

From this, one could imagine how far apart the two regions along the formation's periphery were.

In this Eternal Night, even if a Demon Saint's Divine Thought could spread for dozens of miles, they would have to repeatedly confirm their position, which meant traveling much slower than within Great Yong.

A journey of tens of thousands of miles would take at least half an hour.

Being able to delay for so long was already not bad.

Otherwise, if Huang Yao from the Northwest Domain were to lead people here directly, it would be much quicker.

Once the Demon Clan came through the Great Tiandu Formation and bestowed one or two compatible Semi-Divine Artifacts on Huang Yao, Lin Yue would not be able to withstand it.

"I've arrived."

Before long, Lin Yue traversed thousands of miles and arrived in a secluded valley.

According to the map given by the Second Prince, this was where the Original Divine Blood had appeared before.

"Original Divine Blood..."

Lin Yue surveyed the surroundings of the valley, finding nothing of particular note.

This was normal, however.

If the Original Divine Blood were so easy to find, it wouldn't be considered the first Holy Grade treasure of Eternal Night, having been discovered only a few times in tens of thousands of years.

"I must rely on the Ancestor Blood now."

Lin Yue flipped his hand and produced a Jade Bottle, which had a Barrier placed by the Main Hall Master that could conceal its aura to avoid detection by the Heavenly Demon Ancestor.

However, once the bottle stopper was opened, the Heavenly Demon Ancestor could sense it immediately.

Lin Yue didn't hurry to open it; instead, he stood holding the bottle for a while, to see if the Original Divine Blood could be drawn out by the Ancestor Blood even through the Barrier.

But after waiting for quite some time with no sign of activity, it was clear that it wasn't working.

Having not held out much hope, he reluctantly gave up.

"Forget it."

Taking a deep breath, Lin Yue immediately uncorked the Jade Bottle.

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