Monsters Are Coming

One week later, deep in the Land of Unceasing.

Eight figures had just finished an intense battle, descending from the sky to stand on the gnarled branches of an ancient giant tree.

They then uniformly raised their hands.

The next moment, Double Effect Special Level Potions appeared in their palms.

They tilted their heads back and drank, the vast medicinal power spread, quickly soothing the battle’s exhaustion and minor injuries, restoring them to their peak state.

This scene had repeated countless times over the past seven days.

At this moment, soul fire felt the surging power within its body, the ghostly blue flame eyes swept over the seven reborn clan members beside it.

Recently, there was something that puzzled it greatly.

When these eight chosen bodies acted together, a situation of synchronized growth occurred.

For example, when it hunted and killed a Monster.

The other clan members, no matter what they were doing, could feel a warm current enter their bodies, enhancing their physical fitness, including strengthening the rules synchronously.

It seemed there was an unknown connection among these eight bodies.

But wherever this connection existed, no matter how hard it searched, it could not find a trace.

This problem, it did not dwell on deeply.

These chosen bodies harbored too many undiscovered secrets.

Now, different rule powers surged within their bodies, possessing unimaginable growth potential.

The hope fire of the Soul Clan had been ignited.

With their efforts, the Soul Clan will no longer be forced to hide as remnants.

They will rebuild the Soul Clan city-states, harness stronger rules, letting the "Light of Soul Fire" shine brilliantly in the Monster World filled with strong clans.

But beneath this fervor, soul fire was also aware of its own situation.

They were still too weak.

In this world crowded with strong clans and fraught with crises, even with infinite growth potential, they were nothing more than toddlers learning to walk.

Any rash move might bring about catastrophic disaster.

Those top strong clans overlooking all forms of life could easily erase them.

Before possessing enough power to protect themselves, they must have patience, strictly controlling their activities within familiar areas.

Through repeated small-scale hunting, they quietly accumulated strength, never stepping into unknown areas lightly.

Hiding, growing, waiting—these are the only feasible paths to becoming a strong clan.

Therefore, they always operated in this area, with no plans to leave.

However, Xia Sheng, who observed and read soul fire’s thoughts, couldn’t help but frown.

Soul fire’s steady approach was the right choice from its perspective.

Not understanding the outside world, rash exploration could likely bring trouble.

But he and his brothers chose to have soul fire carry out training, having valued soul fire and its clan’s efficient hunting methods.

At the current trend, once this area’s Monsters were all hunted, soul fire feared it would turn to more conservative resource extraction from nearby.

By then, training in hunting could transform into training in mining.

In hunting mode, they could gain sacrificial power and Life Soul Experience, but in a gathering mode, they would gain nothing.

If the Soul Clan became the "Miner Clan," there’d be no training to play anymore.

What he needed was a training partner that could continuously generate high returns, not cautious resource gatherers.

Unless they could also get a share of the mining profits.

But he clearly couldn’t change soul fire’s mind.

This troubled Xia Sheng.

After discussing with his brothers, he decided to come clean.

In the future, building a cyclical profit channel, revealing the truth was inevitable sooner or later.

With a clear mind, Xia Sheng took the initiative to speak:

"Soul fire, we need to talk."

Suddenly hearing a voice resounding in its mind, soul fire was startled.

But it soon realized that this voice seemed to belong to the original owner of the body.

The ghostly blue flame in soul fire’s eyes flickered intensely, stirring up a storm in its heart.

It had always thought that the consciousness of the body’s original owner was completely suppressed in the Star Sea Barrier, unable to perceive the outside world when it possessed it.

𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

But unexpectedly, it could even talk through the sealing.

"Don’t be surprised, you haven’t actually sealed me, or so to speak, you’ve never truly controlled this body."

Soul fire’s consciousness nearly froze:

"What do you mean?"

"It means your so-called possession failed from the start, the barrier you constructed was only allowed by me, including your so-called Pseudo-Conscious Sea connecting to the body... When the rules suddenly reconstructed before, it was neither this body’s self-optimization nor even my discovery that this rule system better suited your combat style, and I switched it to enhance your hunting efficiency more actively."

Soul fire’s flame eyes flickered violently, filled with incredulity.

"Right, every time you wished for something, the potion generated, it was because I knew your thoughts and proactively gifted you. Even your current inner shock and doubt, I can clearly sense, and all I intended was to be lazy, letting you work hard to grow for me... In truth, I’ve been watching you, soul fire."

Xia Sheng’s explanation sent a bone-chilling shiver through soul fire.

It pieced together seemingly logical answers out of many questions in its mind.

Yet the truth was so cruel, it was the fool being deceived.

All its plans were built on such absurd misunderstandings.

"What about your seven clan members?"

"The same, they were all arranged by me."

"Just to toy with us?" soul fire said through gritted teeth.

"Don’t get me wrong, originally my clan and I had this thought, but our intentions changed later, my initiative this time is also to discuss mutually beneficial cooperation with you... ."