Chapter 770 - 311: Heaven Sealing and Earth Locking Array

The Alliance knew that the Human Race in Cloud River Valley was in dire straits, but they didn’t expect it to be this bad.

The territory of Cloud River Valley is about the same size as Yongyi, and it was once a prosperous land with many Human Race Tribes.

But now, after the Alliance sent a Desert Patrol Envoy into Cloud River Valley, they realized that it had long turned into a Ghostly Realm.

On Huo Shan’s desk, the message sent back by the Desert Patrol Envoy who went to Cloud River Valley was written in just a few words.

White bones covered the fields, desolation as far as the eye can see, ghostly phosphorescent fires, beasts inhabiting Human settlements.

Huo Shan grabbed Yao Chong’s hand and led him into the great hall.

Yao Chong and the dozen figures behind him were among the few Divine Treasure Martial Artists of the Human Race in Cloud River Valley.

After experiencing a great war and then a plague, many were killed or injured.

To this day, the plague in Cloud River Valley still hasn’t been eradicated, sporadically emerging to wreak havoc, which is one of the reasons why the remaining Human Race hasn’t been able to repopulate.

Inside the great hall, after Yao Chong and the dozen figures took their seats, there was a hint of restraint in their expressions.

"Without the Alliance’s Witch Doctors and Witch Medicine, who knows how much suffering our tribespeople would have had to endure."

Yao Chong stood up and saluted once more.

In recent years, due to the spread of Plague Qi, it was difficult for children in the tribes to grow up, and many died young.

Although things have gotten better over the years, beast groups frequently assault, and the mortality rate of Martial Artists in the tribe remains high.

The Wild Beasts in Cloud River Valley are even more chaotic and disorderly than those in other places, their eyes as red as blood.

The tribes to which Yao Chong and his entourage belong are scattered throughout Cloud River Valley, and if not for the Alliance Human Race searching for them, they wouldn’t have even known where each other were.

With their strength, they can only protect the tribespeople they’ve gathered, barely sustaining life.

If they rashly venture out to explore and get heavily wounded, it would impact the entire tribe’s inheritance and continuation.

One could say, the entire Cloud River Valley has almost become a paradise for Wild Beasts.

These Wild Beasts and the Human Race in Cloud River Valley experienced the plague together, but some survived by consuming the plague-infected corpses and quickly reproduced.

In contrast, the Human Race wasn’t so lucky.

After the plague, ninety-nine percent of the tribes disappeared, all buried in the wilderness.

"Alliance Leader, before I came, I asked the tribespeople we gathered, and none have seen a Tier Five elder."

After some discussion, Yao Chong spoke up, "Additionally, the tribe has also explored the nearest Bo Division ruins over the years, but unfortunately found almost nothing."

These questions had already been asked repeatedly when the Alliance’s Desert Patrol Envoy went.

Yet, at this moment, Yao Chong still solemnly informed Huo Shan once more.

The other dozen or so Clan Leaders also spoke up one after another.

There are rumors of Tier Five elders in Cloud River Valley, but they have truly never seen them.

Of course, they can’t be blamed for this either.

The plague in Cloud River Valley didn’t arise overnight; before this, there were fierce battles among the various tribes in Cloud River Valley, affecting tribes both north and south.

With battles raging on, the plague emerged, small at first, not taken seriously by the major tribes.

After persisting for decades, a widespread plague swept over the entire Cloud River Valley.

By this time, it was too late for the warring tribes to stop, and they were all directly destroyed by the plague.

The current Clan Leaders managed to luckily gather some survivors during the plague, gradually passing down their legacy with great difficulty.

For them, the initial reasons for fighting are long forgotten, but the message passed down seems to suggest it was for a Witch Artifact.

Seeing Yao Chong and others mention these matters, Huo Shan still asked again, "Over the years, have there been any so-called Holy Envoy Race, or Holy Spirit Envoy people, who have sought you out?"

"No."

Yao Chong shook his head. Among the dozen people, he had the highest realm, having reached late-stage Divine Treasure, and was also the oldest among them.

"Before the great war and plague, were there any related rumors?"

Yao Chong once again shook his head, and the other Clan Leaders knew even less.

Seeing this, Huo Shan did not continue to question and reassured them, "No worries, the Alliance will investigate these matters thoroughly."

The Alliance had long been aware of the plague in Cloud River Valley, knowing it was caused by the Tier Five Eight-legged Feiyi causing mischief.

But the Eight-legged Feiyi merely took advantage of the situation; the real cause was the prior outbreak of the great war.

If not for the prolonged war causing so many deaths and injuries, grabbing the attention of the Eight-legged Feiyi, Cloud River Valley might not have suffered such devastation.

That night, Huo Shan arranged a banquet to entertain his kin from Cloud River Valley.

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Blazing Flame Race Territory.

Inside the mountain top cave dwelling, a hundred-zhang-sized sand table lay in the middle of the dwelling.

On the sand table was the result of Shen Can’s painstaking efforts over the past ten years of cultivation.

Heaven Sealing and Earth Locking Array.

The Inner Array gathers the Power of Stars and repels Five Elements Source Power, while the Outer Array uses the bones of Earth Cave Spirit Monsters as the Array Base, filled with Yin Cold Power, transforming into a Source Power Forbidden Domain.

The most basic Array Base unit of this formation had reached Tier Four, with node Array Bases being Tier Five.

And both the Inner and Outer Arrays of the entire Grand Array had a total of 129,600 Tier Five node Array Bases.

For the Blazing Flame Race and even the entire Human Race Alliance of the Giant Mountain Range, this was a terrifying number.

Let alone Tier Five, all Tier Four combined currently don’t even number ten thousand.

At first glance, this seems like an impossible task, bordering on delusional.

However, in Shen Can’s deductions, this is merely the foundation.

This means that the 129,600 five-tier node array bases, the dual arrays of inner and outer, might still not be enough, and the numbers may need to double further.