Chapter 230: Poachers Arriving in the Southern Continent

As a small Spirit boat sailed across the sky, the ocean stretched endlessly below. It wasn't anything fancy, just a low-level boat used by adventurers and poachers for quick travel across continents. -verified

People have started buying this new item as the cost of teleportation formation is high, and there are many places where it is of no use.

So, the Spirit boat was introduced, either found in the treasure chest or someone built using the manufacturing scroll they got.

Onboard, a group of shady men huddled together, whispering and grumbling about their latest mission.

The leader of the group, a rough-looking man with a crooked grin, leaned against the side of the boat, scanning the horizon.

His name was Han, and he was one of the well-known poachers in the Southern part of the Western Continent.

Today, he and his small crew of poachers are going toward the Southern Continent, which does not have any known human cities or settlements.

This surprised many, but without any way to go there, no one thought much about it. Many adventurous people have gone to this nomadic land with the Spirit Boat.

Many died during this adventure, but some survived, and as soon as they returned, they told the World shocking news: the Southern Continent was occupied by intelligent monsters.

Soon, it was confirmed that these monsters could transform into human form after reaching a certain cultivation realm, which excited the poachers.

And Han is one of these people who planned to kidnap a few younger beasts and then train them before selling them for a profit.

"They can switch between human and animal forms," Han muttered to his men. "Imagine the spirit stones we could get for them in the Western Continent.

Rich folks will pay a fortune to have one of those creatures as a servant or bodyguard."

The Southern Continent was a wild, untamed place filled with thick jungles, towering mountains, and sprawling rivers.

This was the Continent that the World's Will gave to the animals of the old world, who have now been transformed into the Monster race.

Similar to humans, the monster race has the same cultivation realm, but before they are able to transform, they cannot cultivate using the cultivation manual.

Instead, they have to devour heavenly materials and wait as they can cultivate automatically, which gave them a boost that has led to them catching up with the humans.

However, what made the Southern continent unique was how the tribes were structured. The tribes of the Monster Race were all led by females.

In their culture, the females were seen as the birthgivers and, therefore, the leaders of their people.

Conversely, the males were the warriors and protectors, always ready to defend their tribes from outside threats.

This way, the Monster race was able to live peacefully, similar to the humans; they had enough resources to use for hundreds of years.

And when they gained the ability to transform, they held a meeting where they would not actively fight as they needed to grow before the humans found them.

Yes, they knew that the humans would come for them, so they prepared early to defend and even counterattack if possible.

This is because all of them knew the human cruelty and knew that for them, the Monster race was a new toy that they would exploit for their own profit.

In the old world, these animals were suppressed due to the thermal weapons, but not in this world, as they could gain the same strength as the humans, putting them in the same leveling field.

So when they found the first batch of humans, they knew the day had come, which is why some of them were let go.

They wanted powerful people to come to them so that they could find out the real situation outside the continent through them.