Chapter 460: Is It A Trap? (1/2)

Xue Wei was silent when hearing what Lin Xiao said. ”Could it be that these Diviners are unaware of what a Sovereign Beast is?” he asked hesitatingly.

”The Chang'an continent has beasts, but the Sovereign Beasts are known as legends there. To meet them is as difficult as finding a specific drop of water in the sea, so maybe they just assumed that they would be able to tame the Sovereign Beasts?”

Lin Xiao was also slightly hesitating, not sure what might have caused the Diviners to boast with having the skill to tame a Sovereign Beast.

”Do you think that they might have already tamed one of the Vermilion Birds?” Luoluo suddenly asked, and the others looked at her, only to see her grave expression, and the doubt in her eyes.

”If they had not tamed at least one of the Sovereign Beasts, do you really think that they would announce to the entire continent that they would gift these beasts as companions? If they fail, they will end up harming themselves instead of actually solving their problems.”

Hearing Luoluo's words, Xue Wei and Lin Xiao, descended into silence again. What she said made sense, it would be very harmful to the continent leaders if they had promised something that tempting, but were unable to fulfill the promise.

”Do you think perhaps it is a trap?” Hei Gou suddenly asked. ”Maybe they are actually not gifting the Vermilion Bird Clan members to anyone, but they are spreading the rumors for the sake of having a lot of soldiers of the Demon Phoenix Continent gather in an attempt to rescue them, and then set up a Banquet of Hongmen?”

”You think it is either a Banquet of Hongmen, or somehow the Diviners have managed to learn how to tame a Sovereign Beast?”

Xue Wei was wondering what the most likely scenario was. He was not comfortable, no matter which one of the possibilities it was. He knew that if the Diviners had managed to learn how to tame Sovereign Beasts, he too would be in a tough position. But if it was a trap, then the Demon Phoenix Empire would be in a tight spot, as they would lose a lot of soldiers.

Xue Wei sighed. ”Either way, we cannot go there,” he said. No matter what the real reason behind this rumor spreading everywhere was, he knew it was not worth it to investigate.

If it was a Diviner, he might end up domesticated as well, and if it was a trap, he would end up dead. It was much better to stay away.

But this also explained why they had not encountered any soldiers so far. All the soldiers were with the Vermilion Bird Clan members, as such, it was easier for them to move around, but it also meant that the land was unoccupied.

However, Xue Wei and his friends looked around, not sure what to do next. If there were no soldiers, they would not be able to fight, but they could not go where the soldiers were as there were too many gathered together, and some of them were King and Emperor ranked experts.