Human Clan Defender-Chapter 719 - s 69 to 72: Eight Million Army, The Battle Begins (Four in One for Monthly Votes)

ROAR!

Suddenly, from outside the room, came the deep roar of a Fierce Beast.

Shen Changqing's cultivation practice abruptly halted. His closed eyes snapped open, and a hint of displeasure flashed within. When he was in seclusion, the last thing he wanted was to be disturbed.

He opened the door.

Tiankui was glaring fiercely at the person in front of him.

Seeing Tiankui, the man's face filled with dread, a touch of shock in his eyes. A Fierce Beast of the Grandmaster Realm! Equivalent to a General Rank Defender Envoy! Such an existence, wherever it was, would be regarded with dread and astonishment.

"Elder Lu?" 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Upon seeing the visitor, Shen Changqing looked surprised. The visitor was none other than Elder Lu Yuan from the Demon Sealing Hall. Speaking of which, Shen Changqing had met him only once before.

Seeing someone emerge, Lu Yuan breathed a quiet sigh of relief, a slight smile appearing on his aged face.

"Greetings, Lord Defender."

Then, he turned to look at Tiankui, the dread on his face gone, replaced by a look of thoughtful appreciation.

"I had heard that the Lord Defender was raising a powerful Fierce Beast. Seeing it today, it truly is extraordinary!"

"May I ask what brings Elder Lu here today?" Shen Changqing offered a faint smile, not dwelling on the topic of Tiankui.

Upon hearing this, a hint of joy appeared on Lu Yuan's face.

"The last time you visited the Demon Sealing Hall, Lord Defender, you mentioned a few matters. Our Demon Sealing Hall has been researching these issues ever since. Now, we finally have some results. So I would like to invite you, Lord Defender, to take a look and perhaps offer some guidance."

"Let's go then!" Shen Changqing's eyebrows rose, his interest piqued.

After leaving instructions during his last visit to the Demon Sealing Hall, he had put the matter out of his mind. As time passed, he hadn't thought about it again. It was only when Lu Yuan mentioned it that Shen Changqing remembered. Immediately, he sensed this was something positive. Whether it was teleportation or communication methods, if Great Qin could succeed with either, it would be enough to change the entire situation.

Without delay, Shen Changqing followed Lu Yuan out.

「Within the Demon Sealing Hall.」

All its members were now gathered here. Upon seeing Lu Yuan and Shen Changqing arrive, everyone nodded in greeting.

"Greetings, Lord Defender, greetings, Elder!"

There were no complicated formalities. For these researchers of the Demon Sealing Hall, such etiquette was negligible.

Shen Changqing paid no mind to these formalities, his gaze instead falling upon the objects before him. There, two small discs lay, similar in size to a Star Plate.

"Lord Defender, please look. This is the Demon Sealing Hall's most recent research achievement," Lu Yuan said with a smile, pointing at the two discs.

Hearing this, Shen Changqing looked puzzled. "Forgive my ignorance." He really couldn't see anything special about the two discs.

Lu Yuan smiled. "Since you haven't been involved in the research, Lord Defender, it's natural you wouldn't see anything unusual. Allow me to demonstrate, and then you'll understand." As he spoke, he stepped up to the discs.

Then, he took two Spirit Stones from his robes and embedded one into each disc. The moment the Spirit Stones clicked into place, the engraved patterns on the discs instantly activated.

Next, Lu Yuan picked up a moderately sized stone. "Lord Defender, watch closely!" With that, he tossed the stone towards one of the discs.

At that moment, everyone in the Demon Sealing Hall followed the stone's trajectory with their eyes. Shen Changqing also found himself following everyone's gaze as the stone fell towards the disc. Quickly, the stone landed on it.

The next instant, a mysterious fluctuation rippled out. The stone, which had been resting quietly on the disc, vanished in plain sight.

An instant later, a stone appeared on the other disc.

Seeing this, Shen Changqing's pupils contracted sharply. In that very instant, he had felt a faint spatial fluctuation. After that fluctuation appeared, the stone had moved from the first disc to the other. This process lasted for a very short time. Even Shen Changqing himself hadn't been able to clearly see how the change occurred. One had to understand, at his Realm, even the fastest movements shouldn't be imperceptible. Unless… it had ascended to another level entirely. Normal speed, no matter how fast, had its limits. A higher level would involve the principles of space. Quite obviously, the discs had formed some kind of connection, allowing the stone to traverse space directly from one to the other.

Taking a deep breath, Shen Changqing turned to Lu Yuan, his expression growing serious for the first time.

"Elder Lu, this is the teleportation method researched by the Demon Sealing Hall, isn't it?"

"Correct," Lu Yuan nodded. "After you mentioned this matter last time, Lord Defender, we devoted all our efforts to researching it. This is the result of our work to date," he said, a hint of pride in his voice. He was well aware of what it meant for the Demon Sealing Hall to have developed such a method.

"Can it teleport living beings yet?" Shen Changqing asked. "And what's its maximum range? Does the Demon Sealing Hall have any specific data?"

Hearing this, Lu Yuan's expression suddenly turned awkward. "Please don't laugh, Lord Defender, but we've only just achieved this small success. For now, we can only teleport inanimate objects like this stone. As for the distance, it's limited to the confines of the Hidden Heart Pavilion itself."