Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Edited by Aelryinth
The collapse of the secret plane had caught everyone by surprise. This must have been a fake secret plane, right?
It had been less than four days in total. Many beastmasters were still on their way to the gateway, and the secret plane had already collapsed, just like that?
This had to be a joke!
However, the beastmasters falling from the sky clearly showed that this wasn’t a joke. The secret plane had indeed collapsed less than a day after the beastmasters entered it this time!
“Hmm? Why are there so many fewer beastmasters?”
After the initial shock, many people’s faces finally changed when they got a closer look at the beastmasters who had just appeared in the sky.
Originally, the beastmasters who had entered the secret plane during the past few hours numbered at least six hundred, if not seven. However, less than four hundred of them had reappeared!
In other words, close to half of the beastmasters had died inside the secret plane within a few hours! When more and more people realized this, everyone’s complexions changed.
This was something unprecedented! In the past decades, even the most dangerous secret plane had a survival rate of more than fifty percent, and that was after they had experienced countless dangers!
That time, the survivors had spent over a month in the secret plane! But this time, it hadn’t even been a full day yet!
By now, some people were rejoicing inside, thinking it was fortunate that the secret plane shattered so soon. Close to half of the beastmasters had died in less than a day; if it was longer, how many people would be left after a week? Or even a month?
The beastmasters who entered the secret plane were the core forces of the various regions. They were the top mid-tier beastmasters of the many factions, and were equipped with many high-quality beast cards.
If there had been more casualties, the blow to humanity as a whole definitely wouldn’t be small. Even so, no one understood why the secret plane shattered so quickly this time.
With so little time, the beastmasters who made it into the secret plane probably didn’t gain many rewards, if any. What a huge loss!
Everyone felt an ache in their hearts. Putting aside the matter of gaining close to nothing, they even lost this many people! This was definitely bad news for society!
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Meanwhile, the beastmasters who were taking the risks associated with the night and pushing their way forward to the gateway were all stunned when they saw this.
-Freaking hell, we’re still on our way in and you’re already out?
-Hopefully these people didn’t gain too many benefits, or I’d have lost big!-
The beastmasters who were personally involved in the action weren’t sure how many people had entered in total. Thus, they didn’t know that close to half of their fellow beastmasters had lost their lives during the past few hours. Otherwise, they would be rejoicing instead!
Following the collapse of the secret plane and the surviving beastmasters descending on their flying mounts, the skies in this area suddenly fell into darkness.
In the next moment, streaks of snow-white light shot out from the camps in all directions toward the central area.
With so many people dead suddenly, although everyone felt the pain, they still had to go take a closer look, hoping that their own forces had fewer casualties.
Putting aside the fact that the Mercury alliance was only an empty shell, even if it really became a unified alliance, it was impossible for the various regions to truly come together as one. Everyone would have their own selfish motives.
In the bigger picture of things, everyone had to repel the beast swarm together, as well as the demonic army that was sure to strike again in the future.
However, everyone hoped that their own forces would be stronger, and have less casualties. The two goals were not in conflict.
The snow-white light illuminated the surrounding dozen kilometers in the central area. The surviving beastmasters were visible to everyone’s eyes.
The people in charge of the various regions, as well as clans and factions who had sent their mid-tier beastmaster to the secret plane, quickly went looking for their own people.
Those who found their men were still alive sighed in relief. Those who didn’t started to panic, and looked around even harder. In the end, they still couldn’t find their men and could only swallow their tears.
Huang Juyun saw the Darkfiend Abyssl Dragon on the horizon almost immediately. He let out a long sigh of relief inside, subconsciously showing a smile on his face that contained a hint of the lingering fear he felt.
Although he knew that Zhang Che probably wouldn’t be in any danger, given his strength, no one could be sure of the situation inside the secret plane. Accidents could happen!
Seeing Zhang Che in perfect shape and quickly flying towards the Hua Xia camp on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, Huang Juyun could no longer be bothered to concern himself with other matters.
The faces of the many representatives of the clans and factions around him started to turn ugly, however.
This time, a total of about eighty mid-tier beastmasters from Hua Xia went to the secret plane. However, only fifty-some of them appeared in the skies. A quarter of the beastmasters were lost!
Although it was possible they had missed some people, it wouldn’t be more than a couple. In other words, Hua Xia had lost more than twenty mid-tier beastmasters in just a few hours!
Not only that, those beastmasters were the core forces of the various clans and factions!
“We’ve suffered too great of a loss this time,” a high-tier beastmaster sent by the government to oversee the entering of secret plane sighed and shook his head slightly, a hint of sorrow on his face.
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The situation didn’t only happen in Hua Xia’s camp. The overseers of the various factions in every other camp were similarly gloomy.
In the Bei Mei region, General Mihill caught sight of Zhang Che riding the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon into the Hua Xia camp. A hint of killing intent flashed through his eyes.
-That kid is actually alive. Looks like Morack’s group didn’t manage to get him.
-Makes sense. Their time in the secret plane was too short, in addition to the vast size of the world in there, the chances of them appearing in the same area as Zhang Che is too slim.-
“Right, where’s Morack and the others?” General Mihill’s eyelid twitched. He didn’t notice Morack and the others among the beastmasters who made it out alive…
He tried looking for them for a while, but it was fruitless. General Mihill’s heart gradually sank.
-Looks like they were wiped out? Damn it! I prepared two mid-tier epic-quality beast cards for them! They were my personal strategic combat forces worth tens of millions of purple crystal points! They are gone, just like that?-
General Mihill felt a great pain in his heart, and had difficulty breathing.
No matter how strong and how influential an organization or person was, epic-quality beast cards weren’t staple goods. Losing two of them at one go was a huge blow!
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A few hours later, every mid-tier beastmaster, regardless of whether they had entered the secret plane or not, returned to their respective camps. Afterwards, they took jets or sky shuttles and flew off back to their home region.
This trip to the secret plane was like a swing of a club to the head for everyone. Every region suffered huge losses, and no one was willing to remain there any longer.
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Aboard Dijiang-hao, Zhang Che was telling Huang Juyun the specifics of his entrance into the secret plane, especially the matter regarding the terrifying rain of light.
Of course, what Zhang Che said was the same as the other survivors of this secret plane. He didn’t mention a word about his secret!
“Looks like we can’t enter the secret planes thoughtlessly again if another one appears. The situation now is unclear; going in recklessly is too dangerous,” Huang Juyun said slowly, his expression grave.
Zhng Che had a solemn look on his face as well, acting like he was deep in thought. However, he was actually thinking inside, -Please don’t! Actually the secret planes aren’t that different from those in the past. Although there are dangers, they’re also full of opportunities!-
As for their collapse? Would Zhang Che mention the so-called collapse of the two most recent secret planes were actually because of him?
The previous one had really collapsed, but it was because the rainbow crystal had devoured the source energy of the secret plane, and as a result its space could no longer be maintained. In the end, it turned into countless fragments and disappeared into the void.
This time, however, the secret plane was still in existence in a perfect state. If Zhang Che wanted to enter it again, he could immediately have the rainbow crystal open up a tunnel for him. But Zhang Che wouldn’t do something like that.
In the future, he would not open the secret plane gateway thoughtlessly, unless he was in a deserted area in the beast world. The commotion would be too great; it would be impossible to hide it from the observation satellites in outer space.
“This trip to the secret plane ended so abruptly; it truly is unexpected,” Huang Juyun said. He looked at Zhang Che, asking, “Right, what are your plans after this? Are you going to keep entering the beast worlds and hunt exotic beasts to break through to Tier Seven beastmaster as soon as possible?”
Zhang Che nodded, answering, “Of course. I don’t think I’m strong enough to handle many situations as long as I haven’t advanced to high-tier beastmaster. So, if nothing unexpected arises, I’ll probably keep going into the beast worlds and sweep through the remaining locations.”
After a short pause, Zhang Che added confidently, “I can already vaguely tell that I’ll only need ten days or so to break through to Tier Seven beastmaster if there aren’t any accidents.”
“Not bad, not bad!” Huang Juyun’s mood brightened up when he heard Zhang Che’s confident tone, dispelling much of the unhappiness from this trip to the secret plane. He said, “If I remember correctly, Xiaoche, you only became an official beastmaster in around April or May, right? It’s only been half a year, and you’re already about to become a high-tier beastmaster! Who will believe that?!”
Breaking through to high-tier in only slightly more than half a year’s time after their awakening as a beastmaster! Let alone others, even Hung Juyun wouldn’t believe it if he hadn’t witnessed it himself!
Zhang Che, this kid was simply too much of a monster!
