Beast Taming: Bloodline Golden Hand-Chapter 777 - 490: Celestial Capital Besieged

After a brief and urgent exchange, they finally understood.

It turned out that the reason Liu Gu summoned all the top leaders today was to discuss the matter of the Celestial Capital!

During the time when Lin Chen and the others set off for the Spiritual Forbidden Area,

the Celestial Capital City suddenly suffered an unprecedented attack!

If the previous attacks by the Divine Race on the four great families were still just at the level of assassinations,

then this time, it was a brazen massacre in broad daylight!

"...The matter began two weeks ago."

Liu Gu slowly recounted the events to the newly returned Lin Chen and the others.

"Two weeks ago, Gu An, who was in charge of investigating this matter, was suddenly assassinated in a city and eventually died from his injuries."

"He died very suddenly and mysteriously, leaving no trace at the scene."

"However, Gu An's death was quite tragic; all his limbs were severed, and he bled out, quite different from others."

Hearing the name "Gu An," Lin Chen, the Great Elder, and Lee Zhen showed no emotional reaction.

The current Gu Family was no longer what it used to be. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

As for Gu An himself, there wasn't a shred of goodwill toward him; even Lin Chen harbored a murderous intent against him.

Liu Gu clearly understood this as well. He paused for a moment and continued:

"Gu An's death stirred up a storm in the Celestial Capital."

"Especially the Gu Family, they almost sent everyone out, conducting a large-scale search, causing widespread panic."

"However, just a few days ago, right when you all had just entered the Forbidden Area…"

Liu Gu paused here, a trace of undisguisable fear flashing in his eyes.

"The winds of change swept through the Celestial Capital!"

"An enormous Five-Colored Altar appeared without warning over the Celestial Capital."

"Immediately after, a terrifying scene unfolded…"

"A terrifying demon beast never seen before leapt out from the altar!"

"It wrought a bloodbath upon the Celestial Capital City!"

"The entire Celestial Capital City has now descended into chaos!"

"That Five-Colored Altar has completely sealed off the entire city!"

"Fortunately…"

A trace of relief appeared on Liu Gu's face:

"The demon beast seems uninterested in ordinary citizens; its target is clear—it's after the four great families and high-ranking figures in the Celestial Capital."

"According to sporadic intelligence returned by our scouts…"

"The demon beast's power is enormous, and its strength is likely nearing the… Immortal Venerable Realm!"

"Moreover, it has an extremely bizarre ability…"

"It seems to be able to… extract the essence blood of Spirit Beasts and Beastmasters!"

"Essence blood extraction?!"

Upon hearing these four words, both Lin Chen and Lee Zhen's pupils contracted!

They exchanged a glance almost simultaneously, seeing a trace of undisguisable horror in each other's eyes!

"Could it be… that thing…"

Lin Chen's voice was somewhat dry.

In the Southern Secret Realm, Lin Chen and the others had seen that scene before, and coupled with having previously seen Gu Family members being killed.

"It's very likely."

Lee Zhen's expression turned extremely grave as he said,

"This kind of evil method should be unmistakable."

Just as the two had already formed a hypothesis in their hearts,

the doors of the council hall were pushed open again.

The Thunder City Lord, Xu Pingzhi, arrived with a group of people.

Clearly, they were here for the matter of the Celestial Capital as well.

To support the Celestial Capital?

This was naturally impossible for them to do.

The four great families and the Celestial Capital had long forsaken the Human Race, their lives and deaths no longer concerned the Spirit Alliance.

However, as the Lord of Thunder City, Xu Pingzhi had to consider a longer-term and more deadly issue—

When the lips are gone, the teeth feel the cold!

After the bloodbath of the Celestial Capital, whether the next target would be Thunder City, now regarded as the second-largest city of the Human Race, was a matter they had to consider.

When Xu Pingzhi and the others saw Lin Chen and the others return safely, genuine joy was shown on their faces.

"You… finally came back!"

However, when Xu Pingzhi's gaze fell beside Lin Chen, on the black-clad Qin Shaoshao, he was suddenly taken aback!

He exaggeratedly rubbed his eyes, face filled with disbelief.

"Qin… Qin… Senior Qin?!"

Xu Pingzhi was so shocked that he couldn't speak on the spot!

After several seconds, he finally reacted, his face instantly replaced by wild joy!

"You all… you really rescued Senior Qin?!"

"It's a long story."

The Great Elder waved his hand to indicate everyone to be seated.

His face showed no joy at all, instead, it was filled with unprecedented gravity.

"Since everyone is here."

"Let us sit down first."

"We need to discuss the matters of the Celestial Capital."

"And we also need to talk about… the Divine Race."

"The Divine Race?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Pingzhi's heart tightened.

He looked at the Great Elder, Lee Zhen, and Lin Chen, their faces exceedingly solemn, immediately realizing that perhaps another earth-shattering event had occurred during their absence!

…

Celestial Capital.

At this moment, this once bustling super city had already fallen into chaos.

An enormous Five-Colored Altar, like an inverted heavenly city, completely shrouded and sealed off the entire city.

Countless citizens gathered like headless flies under the tightly shut city gates, faces full of fear and despair.

However, no matter how they stormed, they couldn't shake that invisible barrier constructed by the Five-Colored Divine Light in the slightest.