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Before the vortex of space appeared and during the battle against the Four Ultimate Douluo of the Spirit Hall, Du Bushi unleashed a powerful bloodline force.
Golden Behemoth.
The Behemoth tribe was wiped out in ancient times because they primarily hunted Dragon Clan members, and most importantly, they were truly capable of hunting dragons at the same level.
In a fit of rage, the Dragon God exterminated the Behemoth tribe.
However, a few Behemoths managed to escape that battle.
After all, complete extinction is nearly impossible. Across the vast universe and countless planes, even if these realms are unconnected, the same races might still emerge due to coincidences.
The birth of every race, especially powerful bloodline races, often seems both like a coincidence and an inevitability.
Bloodline races, particularly those with strong bloodlines, are spread across the universe's many planes, making their complete eradication nearly impossible.
Extinction, in this sense, means rarity.
Of course, Douluo Continent, being the Dragon Clan's stronghold, should have seen the complete extinction of the Behemoths.
But to everyone's surprise, the bloodline of the Behemoth still exists.
If a soul beast were to merge with this bloodline by chance, even if it only becomes a more powerful mutation, the descendants of such creatures could one day trigger a return of the pure Behemoth bloodline if it ever reawakens.
Du Bushi had obtained the Golden Behemoth's bloodline. Now, recalling it, Su Yu naturally planned to ask whether there was any leftover bloodline power.
"I haven't found a living Golden Behemoth. The bloodline power I inherited was fully refined, but according to the guidance from the legacy I received, the Behemoth tribe wasn't completely extinct. There are still living individuals," Du Bushi said.
Su Yu glanced at Gu Yuena but said nothing.
Gu Yuena also remained silent.
This was something that had happened long ago, involving the Dragon God, and had little to do with her.
The Dragon God at that time was supreme across the universe, unmatched in both heaven and earth, but he was not a mindless, arrogant being.
He had reason.
Acts like complete extermination were only directed at specific enemies.
Even with the First Phoenix God, who once contended with him for control of the God Realm, the Dragon God only killed the First Phoenix God. The Phoenix tribe was not wiped out.
Although the Behemoth tribe once fed on dragons, they were not the only race that did so. There were others, yet only the Behemoths were targeted and exterminated by the Dragon God.
The reason was simple—at that time, the Dragon God was provoked.
Afterward, as long as the Behemoth tribe wasn't completely wiped out, the Dragon God no longer cared about them, even though he still lived.
Gu Yuena naturally didn't care.
Of course, while Gu Yuena was indifferent, Emperor Tian seemed to be particularly interested in the Behemoth tribe.
After all, they were enemies of the Dragon Clan.
But as the Beast God, Emperor Tian carried the hope for the revival of soul beasts. If any Behemoths still lived, they would undoubtedly become a pillar for the soul beast tribe in the future.
While this seemed contradictory, in truth, as long as Emperor Tian remained strong enough to keep the Behemoth in check, there was no need to worry about the Behemoth's potential threat to the Dragon Clan.
It was similar to the relationship between the Behemoths and the Dragon Clan before their near-extermination.
The Dragon God's existence meant that even with races like the Behemoths, who fed on dragons and even had abilities that could counter dragons, they posed no significant threat to the Dragon Clan.
"Are there living Behemoths?" Su Yu asked, his previously disappointed mood lifting at Du Bushi's words.
"From the information I gathered from the inheritance site, the Behemoth tribe had countermeasures. Not only did they leave behind a bloodline legacy, but they also left excellent descendants who, for various reasons, avoided being hunted by the Dragon Clan. Considering the current situation on Douluo Continent, the Behemoth tribe's activities are almost entirely unknown, and most of their contingency plans have likely failed," Du Bushi explained.
"The reason I'm sure there are still living Behemoths is because, among the descendants of the Behemoth tribe, some of them hid or used sealing techniques to escape the Dragon Clan's pursuit."
Just like the inheritance site Du Bushi found, it was a sealed spatial rift where everything inside was frozen in time, which preserved the bloodline power. This allowed Du Bushi to absorb and refine it.
Similarly, since the bloodline power had been preserved, it stands to reason that some of the Behemoth descendants must have survived.
"Although I refined it to form a bloodline soul ring, the bloodline power was nearly depleted. If I hadn't discovered it in time, it would have likely dissipated after thousands of years," Du Bushi sighed.
"However, since the bloodline power has been preserved until now, if it was from a living entity that survived the Dragon Clan's eradication, then it's possible its life force hasn't completely extinguished yet."
The only unknown was how much longer it could remain sealed before it would no longer be viable.
"I didn't get much information from that inheritance site, so I don't know about the specific Behemoths that were sealed. But after refining that bloodline power, I've vaguely received some location information about the Behemoths." Du Bushi's method of refinement was unlike the soul spirit system, as he fully merged with the bloodline, which allowed him to obtain a faint bloodline inheritance.
Perhaps it was due to the higher degree of fusion or the nature of his martial soul, but he had indeed gained some bloodline inheritance from the Behemoths.
"Among those sealed Behemoths, I think the ones with the greatest chance of survival are those sealed with life-related treasures. These have the least chance of having their life force completely extinguished."
With that, Du Bushi shared the information he knew about the Behemoths' whereabouts.
Since Su Yu had taught him how to condense bloodline soul rings, Du Bushi naturally wouldn't keep this information to himself and was willing to share what he knew about the Behemoths.
"Dragon's Valley?" Su Yu's expression changed slightly.
As he listened to Du Bushi's description, he began to feel that it sounded eerily similar to the Dragon Valley he knew.
This isn't the Dragon Valley mentioned by Gu Yuena, but rather the one Su Yu initially entered through the spatial passage, corresponding to the mountain valley near Tianhai City in Douluo Continent.
After entering the Dragon Valley, Su Yu referred to the mountain valley outside the spatial passage as the "Fake Dragon Valley."
"So, the Behemoth tribe hid one of their promising descendants right near the Dragon Clan's doorstep?"
Su Yu's expression turned truly strange.
Is this the classic "hiding in plain sight"? The most dangerous place is often the safest?
Especially since the Behemoth tribe chose to seal one of their promising descendants, using life-related treasures, and hid it there.
This descendant had a high chance of surviving.
And they had hidden this descendant in the Dragon Valley, or more accurately, the Fake Dragon Valley.
"Wait," Su Yu suddenly remembered. "Gu Yuena probably doesn't know about the spatial passage near Tianhai City."
"So, it really was a backdoor, and not one that the Dragon Clan themselves opened, but rather one the Behemoth tribe stole from them?"
Of course, Su Yu wasn't too interested in investigating the specifics of this matter.
What he wanted now was to head there and see if he could find the Golden Behemoth.
The one hidden in the Dragon Valley was the royal bloodline—the Golden Behemoth.
"It looks like we're headed in the right direction," Su Yu said to Gu Yuena.
Su Yu planned to visit the Fake Dragon Valley, which was one of the entrances to the Dragon Valley.
"Well, I didn't expect the Behemoth tribe to have opened a spatial passage to the Dragon Tomb," Gu Yuena remarked, also surprised.
With the coordinates in mind, Su Yu and Gu Yuena used their spatial abilities to travel directly from the Extreme North to the Fake Dragon Valley.
"I won't wait for you to search for the Behemoth; I'll head out first," Gu Yuena said as she entered the spatial passage leading to the Dragon Tomb.
After Gu Yuena disappeared through the passage, Su Yu watched as the spatial vortex at the deepest part of the Fake Dragon Valley gradually shrank, eventually vanishing as if sealed.
Su Yu shook his head, not giving it much thought.
After all, he knew where the front gate was located.
Expanding his mental power, Su Yu enveloped the entire Fake Dragon Valley.
"Hidden quite well. Even with my full effort, I can't find it," Su Yu muttered, shaking his head.
However, Su Yu was confident he would find it.
"I'm not just anyone," he said to himself.
Su Yu activated his Destiny Force, using his Dragon Clan bloodline as a catalyst, trying to sense the presence of the Behemoth bloodline, a race that bore a grudge against the Dragon Clan.
"I still can't sense it?" Su Yu furrowed his brow.
But thinking about it, he realized that such techniques were very sophisticated. During the height of the Dragon Clan's power, they might have mastered Destiny Force as well.
If the Behemoth tribe wanted to leave this descendant alive, avoiding detection by powers like Destiny Force would be essential.
"Using Dudu's bloodline as a catalyst?"
Su Yu tried to connect his own essence to Dudu's, using Dudu's Golden Behemoth bloodline as a medium to sense the presence of the Behemoth bloodline.
"Still not working."
The power of Destiny had already enveloped the entire Fake Dragon Valley, and even the surrounding several hundred miles. Su Yu could sense the fluctuations from these areas as well.
Destiny is omnipresent. What Su Yu was manipulating wasn't the power of Destiny itself, but the fluctuations of Destiny's force within the surrounding area.
After trying various methods, Su Yu had to admit that the Behemoth tribe's techniques were incredibly clever.
"There's still one possibility left: the Dragon Clan might have found and eradicated this Behemoth."
Su Yu prepared for his final attempt.
A life-related treasure seal.
Even though the treasure was sealed on the outside, hiding its life aura, it was still a life-related treasure.
Life!
Su Yu released the "Life" character, and immediately, the laws of life in the world became active. Su Yu could clearly feel the operation of these life laws.
Destiny force!
He activated the power of Destiny again, using the laws of life as a guide to sense any life-related opportunities nearby.
This time, Su Yu wasn't disappointed.
"Finally, a clue!"
According to the feedback from the Destiny force, Su Yu could confirm that this life-related treasure was extremely high-grade. Even if it wasn't the treasure sealing the Golden Behemoth, it was still a significant discovery for Su Yu.
Returning to the core of the Fake Dragon Valley, where the spatial passage to the Dragon Valley once existed, this passage had been sealed by Gu Yuena.
Su Yu sighed, then used his spatial powers to reopen the node.
However, instead of opening the passage to the Dragon Valley, he created a new passage in the opposite direction. Immediately, a hidden passage appeared within Su Yu's perception.
"The spatial force has nearly returned to its original state; it's no longer a proper passage. If the spatial force hadn't still been a little thin here, I wouldn't have even been able to tell this used to be a spatial passage."
It was also possible that the Behemoth tribe had intentionally concealed it this way.
Even though the spatial force was chaotic, Su Yu carefully restructured it, stabilizing and clearing the passage. He proceeded down the passage.
"As expected, there's a spatial tear."
The spatial tear was a small space created within the spatial layers.
Its size was roughly that of a level four storage soul guide, barely enough to fit.
Within this space, a bag made from emerald-green vines floated in the air.
"Is this... the Evergreen Life Vine?"
The Evergreen Life Vine was the top-tier life-related treasure. A single inch consumed by a human could extend their life by a hundred years. This effect was only from the most basic consumption—ordinary people, without any means of refining the life energy, could still achieve this result by absorbing only a small portion of the energy.
Now, in front of Su Yu, there was a bag made from Evergreen Life Vine!
"Wow, apart from my Soul of the Living Blade and the Life Gold at the bottom of the Life Lake, this bag must be one of the most precious life-related treasures in the world right now."
Of course, this excluded things like the Tree of Life in the Divine Realm and the Golden Ancient Tree that formed the core of a plane.
What Su Yu didn't know was that the bag was crafted from the roots of the Evergreen Life Vine, though its value wasn't affected by this fact.
The roots of the Evergreen Life Vine, while containing enormous life energy, were also extremely effective for storing and transitioning life energy.
The Behemoth tribe had chosen to use these roots to make the bag to preserve the life force of the Golden Behemoth inside, showing their great effort.
Su Yu picked up the green bag and felt the life force inside.
As someone with an immense understanding of life, thanks to his mastery over the Life Laws and research on reincarnation, he had an exceptional sensitivity to life forms.
"Not bad, still alive."
Su Yu sighed in relief. The little life inside was still in a deep slumber, with barely any life force remaining, but at least it wasn't dead.
If Su Yu truly exerted his power, bringing the dead back to life wasn't impossible—especially a Golden Behemoth that was on the verge of death.
The Behemoth tribe's life force was naturally resilient, and this Golden Behemoth was even more extraordinary. This tiny bit of life force would be enough to keep it hanging on.
Su Yu estimated that with the bag made from Evergreen Life Vine and the remaining faint life force, this little one could live for thousands of years without issue—provided the bag wasn't damaged.
"This space is becoming unstable."
As Su Yu entered, the space began to tremble, threatening to collapse at any moment.
His perception spread out, and Su Yu observed an interesting scene.
As the space shattered, Su Yu protected himself with spatial power and returned to the deeper parts of the Fake Dragon Valley. However, at the same time, an ancient coin appeared.
Su Yu looked at the bag in his hand, calculating.
"If it weren't for me, that space would have collapsed, and the bag would've fallen into this coin."
Su Yu briefly inspected the coin, realizing it was a simple storage soul guide with a capacity of only one cubic meter.
"This soul guide array is incredibly primitive, even by the standards of a thousand years ago on the original Douluo Continent. It's nothing compared to the ones on the Sun-Moon Continent."
(End of Chapter)