Chapter 23 - Inner Circle Forces

"Why is it that everyone was so obsessed in my previous life, and yet here in the world of Douluo Continent, they're still just as obsessed?" Ye Die Die looked at Ah Yin, who was in seclusion every day, and couldn't help but sigh.

"For this second life, I refuse to work as hard as I did in my previous life!"

"Now this is what I call living. Growing all sorts of flowers and plants, basking in the sun, and occasionally going out for a trip." Ye Die Die lay on a flower, enjoying the comfortable sunshine.

In fact, her spiritual power had already become very powerful. Even without actively cultivating, her cultivation base was slowly growing, just at a slower pace than when she actively practiced.

"Let's go east today!"

Ye Die Die used her consciousness to draw a blueprint. On the blueprint was a map with different soul beasts marked on it.

The central part of the map was the territory of the Blue Silver Grass, extending outwards in all directions.

The map drawn by Ye Die Die with her consciousness was not divided according to the Inner Circle, but according to the Blue Silver Grass.

The soul beasts surrounding the Blue Silver Grass territory were the Antelope Clan.

At that time, the Antelope Clan had given up most of their territory to the Blue Silver Grass Clan, but over the course of thousands of years, they had expanded a little.

To the south of the Blue Silver Grass territory was an area close to the Chaotic Zone, where three clans resided. These clans had previously besieged the Blue Silver Grass Clan.

They had been living there all this time, and over the course of thousands of years, their clans had only produced one soul beast that had just reached the ten-thousand-year cultivation base.

Therefore, they did not dare to venture further into the Inner Circle and could only live cautiously on the edge.

To the north of the Blue Silver Grass territory was the core area of the Star Dou Forest.

In the past thousand years, Ye Die Die had only been there once. The closer she got to the core area, the more she felt a sense of suppression.

This suppression was peculiar. She could sense that the aura was strong, but not overwhelmingly so. It was a strange feeling.

However, she could sense that this aura could bring danger to her, so she only went there once.

To the west of the Blue Silver Grass territory lived many powerful clans.

Among them, the most powerful were the Swift Wind Demon Wolf Clan and the Plate Armor Giant Rhinoceros Clan.

Ye Die Die used her soul skills to disguise herself and went to the west several times. She gained a thorough understanding of the cultivation bases of the strongest individuals from these two clans.

The strongest individual in the Swift Wind Demon Wolf Clan is the Swift Wind Demon Wolf King, a twenty-thousand-year soul beast. They have been surviving in the western part of the Star Dou Forest.

The Plate Armor Giant Rhinoceros's strongest individual is a thirty-thousand-year soul beast.

The Swift Wind Demon Wolf and the Plate Armor Giant Rhinoceros have always been mortal enemies, although the strongest individual in the Swift Wind Demon Wolf Clan is not as powerful as the Plate Armor Giant Rhinoceros.

However, the overall strength of the Swift Wind Demon Wolf Clan is strong, and they are incredibly fast, constantly hunting and killing the Plate Armor Giant Rhinoceros.

As a result, the Plate Armor Giant Rhinoceros and the Swift Wind Demon Wolf became mortal enemies.

Over the course of thousands of years, the Swift Wind Demon Wolf also ventured into the Antelope Clan's territory to hunt for prey. They occasionally killed some antelopes and then fled.

Ye Die Die noticed this, but the Swift Wind Demon Wolf had restraint. Each time they hunted, they only killed a very small portion, causing no harm to the Antelope King Clan.

The Antelope King did not request Ah Yin or Ye Die Die's assistance in this matter, so she did not interfere.

After all, each race has its own way of survival. Even if Ye Die Die helped them eliminate the Swift Wind Demon Wolf, countless creatures similar to the Swift Wind Demon Wolf would still appear.

That's why Ye Die Die supported her own race, the Illusion Butterflies, in engaging in healthy competition to enhance their spiritual power.

She could protect the Illusion Butterflies for a while, but she couldn't shelter them forever. In thousands or even tens of thousands of years, she had to let the Illusion Butterflies find their own way of survival.

Therefore, Ye Die Die would only intervene to help the Antelope Clan when they were on the verge of extinction.

Ye Die Die noticed that the Swift Wind Demon Wolf sometimes disappeared from their territory for a period of time. She couldn't help but feel curious and followed them for a while.

In the end, she discovered that there was another space behind the Inner Circle of the Star Dou Forest.

In other words, the Inner Circle of the Star Dou Forest formed a circle around the core area of the forest.

After making this discovery, Ye Die Die was very tempted to go and take a look. However, she eventually decided against it because she sensed several auras stronger than herself in that area.

She didn't dare to take the risk. Besides, she had plenty of time. She planned to wait until she broke through to the hundred-thousand-year soul beast level before exploring that area.

On the eastern side of the Blue Silver Grass territory, there are also two powerful races.

These two races are also mortal enemies: the Thousand Catty Ant and the Terrifying Claw Bear.

Within the Thousand Catty Ant Clan, there are three ten-thousand-year soul beasts. These three soul beasts are all recently entered the ten-thousand-year cultivation level and appear to be three brothers.

The strongest individual in the Terrifying Claw Bear Clan is only a twenty-thousand-year soul beast.

For five thousand years, the Terrifying Claw Bear Clan preyed on the Thousand Catty Ants for food. However, a thousand years ago, three thousand-year Thousand Catty Ants became ten-thousand-year soul beasts.

Afterward, a great war broke out between the Terrifying Claw Bears and the Thousand Catty Ants. In the end, the Thousand Catty Ants achieved a brutal victory.

At the time, when the war began, Ye Die Die was casually eating melon seeds nearby. That war lasted for five days and five nights.

The Terrifying Claw Bears suffered heavy losses and acknowledged the status of the Thousand Catty Ants. However, they successfully became mortal enemies.

At this moment, Ye Die Die's intended direction was to the east because another major war had erupted there. She could sense the fluctuations of soul power, even in her own residence.

She was curious about why they started fighting again after a thousand years. After all, it's better to enjoy the show live while eating melon seeds.

So she accelerated her speed and headed toward the fluctuations of soul power.

When she arrived, the Thousand Catty Ants and Terrifying Claw Bears had already ceased their battle.

The scene was devastating, with corpses of both races scattered everywhere. Ye Die Die took out nectar and three-boost grass as snacks.

Now, with the war halted, they were in the midst of communication. Ye Die Die was very curious and used her spiritual power to eavesdrop.

Her fifty-thousand-year spiritual power would normally be easily detected by them.

However, she employed a soul skill to disguise herself, ensuring that even though she intruded into their spiritual exchange, they remained completely unaware.

"Big Bear, what do you think you're doing? We discovered this first!"

The leader of the Thousand Catty Ants spoke with his consciousness.

"I don't care. If I see it, it's mine."

"Big Bear, you've gone too far. Are you trying to test the combined soul skill of the three of us again?"

Upon hearing this, fear flashed in Big Bear's eyes, but he still spoke.

"I don't believe that after you use the soul skill together, you'll continue to care about your race."

The three brothers of the Thousand Catty Ants hesitated because, indeed, they would be weakened for a period of time after using the soul skill.

"Big Bear, what exactly do you want?"

"Give me half, and I'll agree that our two races won't fight for the next ten thousand years," Big Bear proposed.

"What? Half? That's impossible. At most, a quarter. Each of the three of us will take a quarter. If not, we'll fight," the leader of the Thousand Catty Ants replied.

After thinking for a moment, Big Bear realized that even if they fought, he wouldn't benefit. So he agreed.

"Alright, but I want to see you divide it."

The leader of the Thousand Catty Ants took out a flower. This flower had ample soul power, similar to Ye Die Die's three-boost grass.

Ye Die Die, who was still casually eating melon seeds, was a bit dumbfounded when she saw this scene. She stared at her three-boost grass and pondered.

"All this fuss for just this? They started a big battle for this?"

Just as they were about to divide the flower, a rabbit suddenly hopped out.

(end of this chapter)