285: Chapter 285 Gu Fan

You must know, the reason the Demon Abyss Cult is able to recruit so many people to join this anti-world organization is certainly not just by relying on force, coercion, or painting a blueprint that is almost impossible to achieve!

The vast majority of members, when they first choose to join this organization, essentially do so because they are attracted by the large amount of rare heaven and earth spiritual treasures!

Only later do the higher-ups of the Demon Abyss Cult slowly reveal the truth of this world, letting them gradually sink into it, and subsequently become the most loyal believers of the Demon Abyss Cult!

Those who can be selected by the Demon Abyss Cult, how could they be ordinary people?

And for such people, how could their knowledge not be extensive?

Yet the Demon Abyss Cult succeeded in tempting them!

This is enough to show what kind of rare treasures are in the Demon Abyss Cult's treasury!

However, she felt that the vast starry sky before her was almost on par with the Demon Abyss Cult's treasury, if not even better!

This is enough to show how terrifying it is!

Just as everyone was immersed in this shock, a thought prompt devoid of any emotion, just like the one heard outside the Crystal Palace, resonated simultaneously in the depths of everyone's minds once again.

[Defeat the Guardian Demonic Beast to obtain the supreme treasure.]

The prompt was extremely clear, but its content instantly stunned the crowd who had just been excited.

"Defeat the Guardian Demonic Beast?"

"Aside from these glowing treasures, there is nothing here? I have not even seen a hair of a demonic beast, where are we supposed to find one to fight?"

"The rules should not be wrong!"

"But where is the Guardian Beast? Could it be hidden among these heaven and earth spiritual treasures?"

"Could it be that we need to actively touch a certain heaven and earth spiritual treasure to trigger the Guardian Beast?"

Just as everyone was puzzled and discussing, an irresistible spatial fluctuation suddenly came from the void beneath their feet.

"Swish, swish, swish—"

With a flash of light, everyone felt their vision blur.

When they focused again, they realized they had been teleported to the core area of this cosmic starry sky.

This was a relatively stable circular platform, as if it were an isolated island floating in the sea of stars.

The platform was made of a material that was neither metal nor jade, smooth as a mirror, reflecting the light of the treasures filling the sky.

However, they were not the only group on the platform.

The team of Ivan, who had left the single-plank bridge one step ahead of them, was currently sitting cross-legged on one side of the platform.

Ivan's expression was still somewhat unpleasant, but among the six Spirit Beast Girls beside him, two had strong energy fluctuations surging from their bodies; it looked like they were performing Energy Guidance, while the other four were responsible for guarding.

What surprised Chen Yi even more was that there was another team on the other side of the platform!

The person leading them was none other than another renowned SSS-rank prodigy of the Dragon Kingdom—Gu Fan!

His six Contracted Spirit Beasts were also all here, with some similarly performing Energy Guidance and some responsible for guarding.

When Chen Yi's group was teleported over, the Spirit Beasts responsible for guarding on both sides immediately became alert.

Especially in Gu Fan's team, a woman wearing crimson leather armor with a hot figure and a sturdy woman from Ivan's team, who had transformed into an ice bear Spirit Beast, both stepped forward at the same time, blocking Chen Yi and the others.

"Stop! Who goes there?"

"This place has already been occupied by us, please find somewhere else!"

Chen Yi, however, acted as if he did not see them and did not hear their words.

His gaze passed over the obstruction and landed directly on Ivan, who was looking this way with a gloomy face, and a somewhat playful smile appeared on his face.

"Brother Ivan, why were you walking so fast just now? I would not eat you! Look, this secret realm is so big, and we have run into each other again; it is truly quite a fate!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Ivan, who was performing Energy Guidance for a Spirit Beast Girl, instantly snapped back to reality.

His chest heaved violently, and he almost could not resist rushing up to give Chen Yi a hard slap!

"Why did I leave?"

"Chen Yi, do you not have any self-awareness?"

"How the hell do you have the nerve to say these things?"

He was roaring frantically in his heart, his facial muscles twitching, and he managed to suppress this impulse with great difficulty.

Of course, he only dared to think about it; the overwhelming strength Chen Yi had displayed earlier left him without even the slightest courage to resist.

Just then, Gu Fan, who was on the side, seemed to be awakened by the commotion here.

He slowly opened his eyes, his brows furrowed immediately, and his gaze first landed on Black Rose, who was beside Chen Yi, with a flash of confusion in his eyes.

What is the meaning of this Black Rose?

What does she want to do by bringing Chen Yi here?

Could her plan have changed?

However, he quickly concealed his inner fluctuations.

As a prodigy from the Dragon Kingdom and a senior who had made a name for himself earlier, since a junior had arrived here, he felt that, reasonably and logically, he should fulfill the role of a host and show off his senior demeanor—his sense of superiority!

He interrupted his Energy Guidance, stood up gracefully, brushed off non-existent dust, and with a smile that seemed generous but actually contained arrogance, he stepped forward to greet them.

"Chen Yi? What a coincidence! I did not expect you to be able to make it here too? It seems your luck is quite good."

Hearing this, Chen Yi sneered inwardly.

This guy is quite good at putting on an act!

Last night, Black Rose had already revealed everything she knew about Gu Fan's background.

Everyone was shocked when they heard it at the time!

They never expected that the SSS-rank prodigy, whom the Dragon Kingdom had spent countless resources to cultivate and who was regarded as a pillar of the future, was actually a mole planted by the Demon Abyss Cult!

And he was a member of the Purification Faction in the Sect that advocated the complete destruction of the world!

If this news were to reach the high-level officials of the Dragon Kingdom, those big shots would probably be so angry that they would vomit three liters of blood on the spot.

However, for Chen Yi, this actually made things simpler.

One mole, Black Rose, was enough.

For dangerous existences from opposing factions like Gu Fan, it was naturally best to find an opportunity to eliminate them.

He did not mind getting his hands a little dirty with the blood of such people.

Hiding the murderous intent in his heart, Chen Yi put on an enthusiastic smile and responded: "Brother Gu Fan! I did not expect to see you here; what a coincidence!"

"But then again, Brother Gu Fan, did you already know some of the rules of this Antarctic Secret Realm?"

"That is why you went to explore alone quietly, without acting with the main force?"

Gu Fan seemed to enjoy being looked up to, accustomed to the treatment of being a favored son of heaven and being sought after by others.

Hearing this, he straightened his back even more and said quite pretentiously: "Hmph, since I am crowned with the title of prodigy, if I still need to rely on grouping up to survive and seek treasures in such a small secret realm, what qualification do I have to be called a prodigy?"

"If the name of a dignified prodigy were to get out, would people not laugh their heads off?"

"If a person cannot survive here and find their own opportunities, then they should not continue on the path of a Beast Tamer; they might as well go home and farm early!"