Bai Feng and Ye Nantian saw Ao Yuan staring at the eyes and exchanged a silent glance before also remaining silent.
With their knowledge, how could they not understand that the thing that had immobilized them earlier was very likely these eyes.
They shared Ao Yuan's same confusion: what exactly were these eyes?
One had to know that with the further recovery of spiritual energy, both of them were at the Foundation Establishment realm.
They were top-notch experts in Da Xia, and even on Blue Star.
"Strange."
Ao Yuan looked left and right, feeling that these eyes were not like anything good at all.
It seemed... only when they lit up could one tell they were something good.
"Truly peculiar."
Ao Yuan muttered, shaking his head and no longer thinking of investigating himself.
Instead, he prepared to use his own ability.
Last time, he had obtained the Eye of Insight.
However, this skill had little use for Ao Yuan on Blue Star, so he rarely used it.
But now, wasn't this the perfect place for the Eye of Insight to display its might?
With this thought, Ao Yuan softly exclaimed, "Eye of Insight, open for me!"
[Ding]
[Scarlet Gemstone]
[Description: Scarlet Gemstones can store spiritual energy and have the ability to generate illusions. When combined with formations and complementary statues, they can create powerful stone statues.]
[Note: The richer the spiritual energy stored within a Scarlet Gemstone, the stronger the power of the statue. They are the most cherished sect-protecting treasures of ancient minor sects!]
[When attached to a stone statue, the maximum power that can be unleashed is the fifth level of the Spirit Sea realm!]
"Eh! This is a good thing!"
Hearing the explanation from the Eye of Insight, Ao Yuan's eyes shone slightly.
The highest attainable realm was the fifth level of the Spirit Sea realm, which was not inferior to his current strength.
"Your Highness, Guardian Beast, what is this thing?"
Hearing Ao Yuan's low mutterings, Bai Feng couldn't help but ask.
"You take this."
Ao Yuan tossed the scarlet eyes to Bai Feng and then repeated the explanation of the Eye of Insight to Bai Feng and Ye Nantian.
This made them both tremble slightly.
"This... Your Highness, Guardian Beast, we cannot accept this!" Bai Feng hesitated and wanted to refuse.
This was such a good item that Ao Yuan had obtained. It was so good, how could they dare to accept it?
"Yes, Your Highness, Guardian Beast, this item is too precious."
"Just take it if I tell you to," Ao Yuan said dismissively, "This thing is of no use to me."
"If it were useful, I wouldn't give it to you."
Bai Feng and Ye Nantian thought about it, and it did make sense, so they no longer refused and accepted it.
"Let's go, we'll continue further in."
"There should be other good things here."
Ao Yuan's eyes lit up.
He had encountered this thing right at the entrance. If they went further in, they might encounter things that would even tempt him.
"Okay."
How could Bai Feng and Ye Nantian refuse Ao Yuan's suggestion? They readily agreed.
Led by Ao Yuan, the two people and one beast continued to walk deeper.
For a long time, they did not encounter anything particularly dangerous.
They encountered quite a few minor dangers, but these were completely incomparable to the stone statues before.
They didn't even need Ao Yuan to act; Bai Feng and Ye Nantian could easily resolve them with their strength.
Instead, the debris on the ground became more and more numerous, and the air was filled with an extremely oppressive aura.
Looking at the dismembered remains, even though a long time had passed, they could still feel how tragic the battle had been.
"Who would have imagined that ancient Blue Star had so many terrifying existences?"
Looking at everything around them, Bai Feng couldn't help but sigh.
"Yes!" Ye Nantian also sighed, "I really don't know what happened back then."
"That caused them to disappear without a trace overnight!"
"And not even a trace was left in history!"
"I believe the truth will eventually come to light!" Bai Feng said in a deep voice.
"Wait!"
At this moment, Ao Yuan let out a gasp.
Bai Feng and Ye Nantian trembled and stopped talking, their gazes following Ao Yuan's direction.
Ahead was a place resembling a basin.
Beneath the basin, the dim light had somehow faded considerably, revealing a scene of corpses strewn everywhere.
From a distance, the ground was covered with remains, appearing a deep red as if doused with blood.
The area was so vast that almost this entire large depression was like this.
If the previous encounters were merely minor skirmishes, then this place perfectly exemplified what an ancient battlefield was!
Even though they deeply knew this scene had occurred a thousand years ago, they still felt an extremely strong aura of slaughter surge towards them.
Seeing this scene, even Bai Feng and Ye Nantian, with their strong psychological fortitude, couldn't help but tremble.
The number of corpses before them was simply too many.
So many that their scalps tingled.
This was far more than a thousand; it was likely at least ten thousand!
Seeing this situation, Bai Feng and Ye Nantian couldn't help but swallow.
"We must have arrived at the center of the ancient battlefield," Ao Yuan said slowly.
"No way? We've reached the central area so quickly?" Ye Nantian was somewhat surprised. As he spoke, he subconsciously glanced at his watch.
"Damn it!"
"What's wrong?" Bai Feng asked.
"You... quickly check the time..." Ye Nantian's face was filled with horror, and he stared blankly at Bai Feng and Ao Yuan.
Bai Feng's expression immediately darkened as he checked the time.
"How has it only been 6 hours!"
"How is that possible!"
Bai Feng exclaimed.
They clearly hadn't walked for that long; it felt like at most two hours.
Ao Yuan looked at the two of them, his brows furrowing slightly.
He stared intently at the watch tied to his paw for a moment, then suddenly looked up and said, "It's not that we've walked for six hours."
"It's... time flows faster here!"
"Hmm?"
Hearing this, Bai Feng and Ye Nantian were startled and carefully looked at their watches.
And indeed.
They had only mentally counted a second.
But more than two seconds had already passed.
"This... why didn't time speed up when we entered before?"
"It's not that it didn't speed up," Ao Yuan also frowned.
He was clearly also puzzled by this.
Suddenly, Ao Yuan thought of the previous stone statue and said with extreme solemnity, "Perhaps it sped up before too."
"But the acceleration wasn't this rapid!"
"And the closer we get, the faster time accelerates!"
Bai Feng and Ye Nantian's gazes darkened.
Although they didn't know how Ao Yuan had concluded this,
Considering the previous encounters and the current situation, Ao Yuan's words did hold some truth.
"Then what should we do now?"
Ye Nantian asked, and Bai Feng involuntarily turned their eyes to Ao Yuan.
Clearly, they had already implicitly regarded Ao Yuan as their leader.