Monsters Die When Killed

From the giant crocodile’s devout account, Su Zhou and the others frowned as they finally began to understand the true social structure of the Beast God Realm.

—Any Divine Beast, in any region, enjoyed the highest privileges, even among different races.

Conflicts between races and infighting within clans were all fought to the death by the Combat Species and Slave Species. They had nothing to do with Divine Beasts. Even if a Divine Beast was defeated, it would not be killed. At most, it would be used as a breeding machine to propagate new offspring with novel abilities and Divine Techniques, or it would be reduced to a vassal.

That was why the giant crocodile and other beasts would respectfully prostrate themselves upon seeing Jin Qiong in her Great Roc Golden-winged Bird form. However, they would not obey her commands. Only the Venerable Lord of the Scale Race could issue absolute orders.

’That makes sense. Divine Beasts rarely fight to the death. After all, a Divine Beast Bloodline is difficult to propagate and pass down... Even if captured, they’re just turned into breeding stock to try and merge Divine Techniques, produce offspring with Daoist Techniques, or create a derivative vassal race.’

’Wait a minute. If that’s the case, then when the Peacock Divine Bird lured me to the Beast God Realm, its objective was...’

As this thought struck her, Jin Qiong suddenly shuddered. Back then, the Divine Bird Peacock had constantly tempted her to go to the Beast God Realm, promising her immense glory and status. But now, it seemed that if she, a lone Divine Bird, had actually run off to another Divine Bird’s territory, wouldn’t she have just been serving herself up on a platter?

Being well-versed in modern internet culture, countless strange and disturbing scenarios, like those titled *The Humiliation of a Divine Bird*, began to pop into her head.

"That’s quite normal."

Bai Canglang, who knew well how difficult it was to maintain such a lineage—and was aware that many Dao Mimic Clans of old had resorted to intermarriage and even incest to preserve the potency of their bloodlines—understood this struggle all too well. He couldn’t help but sigh. "Still, the system in the Beast God Realm is truly backward and chaotic."

"To be fair, that’s true." The sentiment was met with widespread agreement.

The wounds on the giant crocodile’s body were already mostly healed. Even so, a great deal of Spiritual Blood had flowed out, soaking the sandy soil. Yet it still didn’t rise—because Su Zhou hadn’t told it to.

It simply continued in a reverent tone, "Venerable Lord, do you have any other directives?"

Its tone was incredibly sycophantic yet monotonous, like a robot that could only execute commands and possessed nothing but unwavering loyalty.

Meanwhile, Zhang Fucheng was relaying the information they had gathered to the Europe Action Team, as well as the American Federation and Ross Country teams that had subsequently begun their entry.

This immediately sparked a flurry of discussion.

"According to this local, the Tree of Life has shown no signs of activity for millennia. Most likely, it’s either completely dead or still far from recovery." This was the conclusion from Zhengguo.

"The Divine Beasts are the sole leaders, the sole rulers. What kind of autocratic regime is this?" This was the American Federation’s assessment.

"It seems that apart from the Divine Beasts, all other Spirit Beasts devoutly believe in the Tree of Life. Could this power of Belief have some unknown effect?" This was the cautious thought from Ross Country.

"It seems the Divine Beasts only pay lip service to their faith in the Tree of Life. They don’t truly believe in it. It’s likely just a front to deceive the ignorant masses." This was the European Union’s speculation.

Finally, Zhengguo deduced a result: "Don’t forget, the severing of Spiritual Qi also affected the Beast God Realm. For a thousand years, not even the Beast God Realm had an Extraordinary Tier. The gap between Divine Beasts and ordinary Spirit Beasts could absolutely have been overcome by sheer numbers."

"Therefore, the Divine Beasts of that era likely planned their way forward long ago, preparing to use this bizarre religious faith to maintain their bloodline’s rule over future generations."

And now, with the Spiritual Energy Revival, which was undoubtedly seen as a divine miracle, the Talents of the Divine Beasts far surpassed those of other Spirit Beasts. Their explosive increase in strength, in turn, proved the "truth" of the miracle. As a result, the classes below the Divine Beasts had recently become even more fanatical in their faith in the Life Lord. It was a vicious cycle, and for the ordinary Spirit Beasts, the logic was self-consistent and flawless.

Setting aside the overall situation in the Beast God Realm for the moment, everyone at least felt a little more at ease. This proved that even if the Tree of Life wasn’t dead, it was incapacitated. They had time to prepare to destroy it completely.

After extracting the information, Su Zhou had no intention of killing these Scale Race soldiers to silence them. The Zhengguo authorities also understood that killing them would only alert the Scale Race that something was amiss. It was far better to let them live and mislead both the Scale and Feather factions.

"Let’s keep moving." With that, Su Zhou, who had only used the Suppression of his bloodline and hadn’t actually fought, turned to get back on Jin Qiong’s back.

He didn’t expect, however, that his crisp, clean departure would instead send the giant crocodile into a panic.

’Why is this Venerable Lord leaving already?!’

It was utterly aghast. ’Every time the Celestial Dragon Venerable Lord inspects the troops, he always eats a small beast as a blessing! That’s a blessed reward! We always want the Venerable Lord to eat more, but he refuses, saying it’s a rule set by the Primordial Ancestor that he can’t bestow too many blessings... But one is enough, and maybe it could be me this time?!’

’And this Venerable Lord isn’t eating anyone. What a shame...’

Driven by this thought, and risking punishment from the Venerable Lord, the giant crocodile spoke in a low voice. It scrambled after Su Zhou, causing the young man to turn back in confusion. The powerful, Extraordinary High-tier Spirit Beast pleaded, almost begging, "Venerable Lord, you’re not going to eat one of us this time? All of us beasts were so looking forward to it... Look, what about me? My hide is a bit tough, but I’m very chewy! If that’s no good, you could peel it off and use it as leather armor... Won’t you give me a try?"

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