"Could it be that Chu Feng, the one who broke Lord Dugu Lingtian's record?"
Ma Yueyue asked.
"Senior Sister Ma, it is indeed that same Chu Feng," Li Muzhi replied.
"I didn't expect you to actually know him, Junior Brother Li."
"The biggest event I heard about after coming out of seclusion was exactly this."
"But many people say he got lucky, that his true strength is actually quite weak."
"Junior Brother Li, since you know him, you should have a better understanding."
"So tell me, is this Chu Feng the real deal or not?"
Ma Yueyue asked curiously.
"Senior Sister Ma, those six Soul-Attached Treasures were all thanks to Chu Feng."
"He helped us forge them."
Li Muzhi answered directly, but his words were already an answer in themselves.
"Really?"
"He... actually has such ability?"
Ma Yueyue couldn't help but glance at the ring on her finger, her expression filled with surprise.
"Senior Sister Ma, this is the truth, and we can all vouch for it."
"If it weren't for Junior Brother Chu Feng, we would never have succeeded in forging them."
"And once he took action, the forging was completed in no time."
"Not only that, the heavenly lightning he attracted during his breakthrough was truly terrifying. That spectacle alone was enough to prove that he is no ordinary person."
Right after, Zhao Shi and the others also chimed in with their testimonies.
"This Chu Feng is actually that impressive."
"You'll have to introduce him to me later. Your Senior Sister Ma here is still single, you know."
Ma Yueyue said with a grin.
"Senior Sister Ma, that might be a bit difficult..."
Seeing her reaction, Li Muzhi also wore a mischievous smile.
"Difficult? Why?"
"Does your Senior Sister Ma's appearance not meet his standards?" Ma Yueyue asked.
"Senior Sister Ma, you've just come out of seclusion, so you might not have heard yet — the Sect Master is holding a marriage competition for Junior Sister Zi Ling."
Li Muzhi then proceeded to tell Ma Yueyue all about Zi Ling's matter, as well as the fact that Chu Feng had registered for it.
But even knowing full well that Chu Feng's heart belonged to Zi Ling, Ma Yueyue remained unfazed. She raised her eyebrows and said confidently: "Junior Sister Zi Ling is the Sect Master's precious darling. Chu Feng may not necessarily succeed."
"Besides, even if he does succeed, it doesn't matter. I don't mind being a concubine."
Seeing Ma Yueyue like this, Li Muzhi and the others couldn't help but smile. They all knew Ma Yueyue well and understood that she loved to joke around.
Rumble rumble rumble!
But suddenly, bursts of rumbling came from the distance, growing louder and stronger by the moment.
Looking toward the source, not only was the rumbling intensifying, but countless Fierce Beasts — some sprinting through the forest, others soaring through the sky — were rapidly heading in their direction.
At first, Li Muzhi and the others thought they were being attacked by a coordinated horde of Fierce Beasts.
But soon they realized something was off. The rumbling wasn't caused by the Fierce Beasts at all. Rather, it was the trembling of the earth triggered by some other cause.
The force of that trembling was far too terrifying.
In the blink of an eye, even the forest beneath their feet was being swallowed, and it was spreading outward. At this rate, the entire Fierce Beast Prison World would soon be engulfed.
And those Fierce Beasts were all fleeing on pure instinct, sensing some primal danger.
This could be determined from the fact that the Fierce Beasts, upon getting close to Li Muzhi and the others, did not attack them at all — instead, they simply swept past.
Even the six Fierce Beasts they had already tamed had grown restless and agitated. Only after they used the power of the Soul-Attached Treasures to suppress them did they finally settle down.
"I'm getting a really bad feeling," Zhao Shi said.
The others subconsciously looked toward Li Muzhi. Among them, Li Muzhi possessed the greatest strength, so whenever something happened, he had become their de facto leader.
"Senior Sister Ma, you've seen and heard much — have you ever witnessed a scene like this?"
Li Muzhi turned his gaze toward Ma Yueyue.
Although Ma Yueyue's strength was not as great as his, she had a gossiper's heart and knew about nearly every matter in the Sleeping Dragon Martial Sect, big or small. Many things that Li Muzhi was unaware of, Ma Yueyue knew about.
"I can't be certain yet. Need to observe a little longer."
Ma Yueyue kept her eyes fixed on the direction from which the trembling was coming.
But the playful expression she had worn earlier was long gone. Her pretty young face was now filled with solemnity.
Before long, a black hurricane swept in. Its spread was slightly slower than the trembling, but it was still incredibly fast.
The clouds were black as ink, utterly pitch-dark, and beneath them, within the black hurricane, bolts of lightning flashed repeatedly.
The sight was like the arrival of doomsday.
"This is bad. The Prison King might have been born."
"Could it be that the Slaughter Baptism has been triggered early?"
Watching the black hurricane bearing down on them, Ma Yueyue blurted out.
"The Prison King has been born?"
Hearing those words, Li Muzhi and the others all furrowed their brows.
Only Zhao Shi was confused and asked: "What is the Prison King being born? And what is the Slaughter Baptism?"
"You don't even know about the Prison King being born?"
Ma Yueyue looked at Zhao Shi with some surprise.
It was Li Muzhi who explained it to her.
"The Prison King being born occurs once every ten thousand years."
"And this so-called Prison King is the legendary Fierce Beast within the Fierce Beast Prison World."