361: Chapter 361 Spacetime Rift

Inside the Crystal Palace.

Chen Yi was lying leisurely on Yan Jiuyue's soft, fluffy fox tails, scrolling through discussions on his phone.

"Seems like the effect is pretty good!"

Three months ago, he had deliberately leaked the information that the [array eye had lived for a very long time] at a press conference, with the goal of distracting the Demon Abyss Cult.

There were many old fogies in the Demon Abyss Cult; among the known demon emperors alone, several had lived for hundreds of years.

Once this news spread, everyone's eyes would be focused on the Demon Abyss Cult.

Even if ordinary people couldn't do anything to the Sect, various governments, the Beast Tamer Association, and major powers would inevitably strengthen their surveillance and investigation of the Sect.

This way, the Sect wouldn't dare to act overtly on the surface.

Looking at it now, this strategy was indeed effective. For at least these three months, no one had bothered him.

"Quiet years are truly the best!"

Chen Yi sighed with emotion, nuzzling against Yan Jiuyue's fox tails.

Yan Jiuyue gave a light laugh, her nine tails swaying gently to wrap Chen Yi more comfortably. "What? Starting to enjoy these peaceful days?"

"Of course!"

Chen Yi closed his eyes. "After fighting and killing for so long, it's time to take a break! Besides—everyone has made significant progress over these three months!"

Indeed, this three-month peaceful period had allowed everyone to achieve a qualitative leap.

Chen Yi himself had broken through to the first stage of the Tenth Rank—a twenty-four-year-old Tenth Rank Beast Tamer, an existence that was unique in the entire history of Beast Tamers!

Shi Yuying had also broken through to the Tenth Rank with his help; although she was only at the first stage, she had already surpassed the vast majority of veteran powerhouses.

Meanwhile, Lin Mengxue, Luo Shiyin, Su Taotao, Chu Feiyu, Yun Zhiyao, the The Hua Sisters, and the others had all reached the tenth stage of the Ninth Rank, only one step away from breaking through to the Tenth Rank.

According to Chen Yi's estimation, they would definitely all break through within a week.

What made Chen Yi even happier was that after three months of diligent cultivation, Su Taotao had finally learned the Taotie's ultimate skill—Death Devour!

Although it hadn't been used in actual combat yet and the specific power was unknown,

the system displayed the rating of this skill as [Devour Everything]. This rating alone was enough to say it all.

Lin Mengxue's and Luo Shiyin's Affinity had also reached around 950 points, only 50 points away from learning their ultimate skills.

With Chen Yi's efficiency, it would be settled with a few more efforts!

However, Chen Yi also discovered a problem—once Affinity reached 1000 points, it seemed it could no longer be increased.

This meant that 1000 points was the limit for spirit beasts. In the future, if they wanted to learn new skills, they could only rely on various demon emperor crystal cores or special opportunities.

"But it's not a big problem."

Chen Yi thought to himself, "With the system here, what skill can't be learned?"

Just as he was thinking this, Yan Jiuyue's tail suddenly patted him lightly. "What bad thing are you thinking about again? Smiling so deviously?"

"Not at all!"

Chen Yi denied it with a laugh. "I was thinking, if only the Demon Abyss Cult could always stay this well-behaved—"

Before he could finish his sentence, his phone suddenly rang.

Chen Yi frowned.

It was Luo Qinghe calling.

Although Luo Qinghe had contacted him frequently during this period,

it was mostly through messages. This was the first time he had contacted him directly by phone.

"Hello, Grandpa Luo, what's the matter?"

"Chen Yi, is it convenient right now? There's an emergency!"

Chen Yi sat up straight. "Yes, I'm free now. What happened?"

"Have you heard about the situation at the Space-Time Rift?"

"Space-Time Rift? I've heard of it, why?"

As the birthplace of magic beasts, he had naturally heard of the Space-Time Rift.

He just couldn't figure out why Luo Qinghe was suddenly bringing this up at this time.

Space-Time Rift; this name was actually just a common term.

The spatial rift where magic beasts descended to the world was officially named the Plane Battlefield!

This name originated from the earliest researchers who thought the other side of the rift was another world and that the magic beasts were invaders from that world, hence the name.

In reality, the Plane Battlefield was located in the sky above a special location in the center of the Pacific Ocean called Point Nemo.

This was the place on Earth furthest from any land, known as the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility!

The rift was suspended a thousand meters above the sea surface, with a diameter of over ten kilometers, like a hideous wound tearing the sky apart.

From the rift, a steady stream of magic beasts surged out, descending to every corner of this world!

But the Space-Time Rift was not just a machine for summoning magic beasts.

In fact, it could be entered—it was just that the explorable area was extremely limited.

The interior of the rift was an independent space, filled with countless magic beasts, beast kings, and even demon emperors.

The average level started at the sixth or seventh rank at the lowest; they were very difficult to deal with!

The reason why few high-rank demon emperors descended to this world from the Space-Time Rift was that high-rank Beast Tamers from various countries were stationed there year-round to clear out enemies.

At the same time, it was also the primary production site for magic beast crystal cores above the Tenth Rank.

After reaching the Eleventh Rank in his youth, Luo Qinghe had also trained in the Plane Battlefield for many years; it was hailed as a trial ground for the strong.

But the most unique point was—the Plane Battlefield only allowed spirit beasts with Light, Dark, or Chaos attributes and their Beast Tamers to enter.

Without these three elemental attributes, one would be blocked by special rules within the Space-Time Rift.

"I just found out some top-secret intelligence here."

Luo Qinghe's voice interrupted Chen Yi's memories. "The array eye keystones that the Demon Abyss Cult set up in various secret realms—one of the most core array eyes is right inside the Space-Time Rift!"

Chen Yi's brow furrowed even tighter.

Three months ago, Luo Qinghe had said that the Demon Abyss Cult seemed to be coordinating some grand conspiracy that required utilizing secret realms all over the world.

Because the scope was too broad, the Dragon Country military didn't dare to alert the enemy and could only secretly dispatch spies to investigate.

Who would have thought they would uncover such a major piece of intelligence?

"So, was our initial guess wrong?"

Chen Yi asked, "This formation isn't meant to empower the Queen?"

"I don't know!"

Luo Qinghe sighed. "But one thing is certain: the Demon Abyss Cult is going to use that node in the Space-Time Rift to do something very soon! It is highly likely to be related to expanding the Space-Time Rift!"

"Expanding the Space-Time Rift?"

Chen Yi fell into deep thought.

If the Space-Time Rift were expanded, the level and quantity of surging magic beasts would explode.

At that time, the entire world would likely fall into a true apocalypse.

After a long while, Chen Yi asked, "So, Grandpa Luo, you want me to go into the Space-Time Rift to stop this?"

"It's not just you; we are going to stop it!"

Luo Qinghe corrected him. "You are a celebrity known to the whole world now; your every move will inevitably attract global attention. Therefore, we just held an emergency meeting and reached a conclusion."

"You will head to the Space-Time Rift in a high-profile manner to attract the Demon Abyss Cult's attention! We will sneak in secretly, and while you are drawing their attention, we will go and stop them!"

"This mission is extremely dangerous! But based on existing intelligence, if we don't stop all this, this world... might really be finished!"