Chapter 136: Slaughter

One year later.

After a full year of relentless exploration.

Ye Qingxuan finally encountered the first Green Demon Tribe settlement in the Ninth Demon Realm world, guarded by a Nascent Soul realm expert.

This Green Demon Tribe settlement, guarded by a Nascent Soul realm expert, lay within a vast valley deep in the mountain range.

Through Ye Qingxuan's observation, this Nascent Soul tribe ruled over more than a dozen other Green Demon Tribe settlements of varying sizes in the surrounding area.

Because while Ye Qingxuan was investigating the surroundings.

The nearby tribes seemed to have made an agreement, each sending powerful experts to lead large amounts of resources to this settlement to pay tribute.

On the mountain peak, Ye Qingxuan watched the crowd entering the valley below to pay tribute, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

Gaining five Purple Mansion realm Green Demons and twelve Foundation Establishment realm Green Demons at once was an unexpected bonus.

Once everyone had entered the valley, Ye Qingxuan instantly activated the hundreds of formation plates he had buried around the valley earlier.

These hundreds of formation plates could form a fifth-rank concealment great formation and a fifth-rank slaughter great formation.

Although this avatar of Ye Qingxuan possessed only a Nascent Soul realm cultivation base and lacked the assistance of the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven, he could not directly arrange a fifth-rank great formation using raw materials.

However, with the pre-prepared formation plates, he only needed to activate them and guide their power to connect, thereby indirectly arranging a fifth-rank formation.

As Ye Qingxuan activated the formation, all the Green Demons in the valley were instantly alerted, looking up at the great formation shrouding the valley above with suspicion and alarm.

Sensing the terrifying power contained within the great formation, the Nascent Soul realm expert in the Green Demon Tribe settlement covered by the formation cried out in terror:

"Quickly, arrange a formation to defend against the enemy!"

After the Nascent Soul realm Green Demon spoke, the other Green Demons calmed down and began to activate the tribe's protective great formation.

A blood-red barrier began to rise, enveloping the Green Demon Tribe settlement within the valley.

By this time, the fifth-rank slaughter great formation activated by Ye Qingxuan had also begun to operate.

Various sword lights, spear tips, and countless energy blades were unleashed from the fifth-rank slaughter great formation arranged by Ye Qingxuan.

They surged continuously toward the Green Demon Tribe settlement inside the valley.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Boom!

Various attacks slammed fiercely into the blood-red barrier activated by the Green Demon Tribe, producing sounds of collision and energy explosions.

Under the relentless assault of the fifth-rank slaughter great formation, the blood-red barrier began to totter.

However, although this blood-red barrier activated by the Green Demons seemed on the verge of shattering, it stubbornly held firm without collapsing.

Seeing this, Ye Qingxuan raised his eyebrows in surprise and said:

"A fourth-rank protective great formation connected to the earth veins?"

The protective great formation in this Green Demon Tribe settlement below, although only fourth-rank.

Because the formation was connected to the earth veins and borrowed their power, it could withstand Ye Qingxuan's fifth-rank slaughter great formation for so long.

Even so, a fourth-rank great formation connected to the earth veins was ultimately still only a fourth-rank formation.

The blood-red barrier in the valley would eventually be completely shattered by the attacks of the fifth-rank slaughter great formation; it was merely a matter of time.

However, if it took too long, unforeseen complications might arise.

Therefore, Ye Qingxuan did not intend to wait long; a flash of ruthlessness crossed his eyes.

He flipped his palm, and the World-Suppressing Pagoda appeared in Ye Qingxuan's hand. Ye Qingxuan lightly shouted: "Suppress the Realm!"

The two words of Dao sound resonated through the valley below. The Dao rhyme containing suppressing power gathered in an instant above the valley, forming a phantom image of the World-Suppressing Pagoda.

Crack! Crack! Crack! The moment the phantom image of the World-Suppressing Pagoda took shape, the blood-red barrier below the valley immediately emitted the creaking sounds of being overwhelmed.

Cracks began to spread across the blood-red barrier.

Seeing this, the Green Demons below, facing the crisis of death, immediately fell into chaos.

That Nascent Soul realm Green Demon, his face filled with extreme terror, hurriedly shouted: "Quickly, increase the infusion of energy to repair the protective great formation!"

However, Ye Qingxuan did not intend to give them time to react.

He gently tossed the World-Suppressing Pagoda in his hand; the pagoda expanded at incredible speed, merged into the phantom image of the World-Suppressing Pagoda in the air, and completely overlapped with it.

With the fusion of the Spirit Treasure-level World-Suppressing Pagoda, the phantom image of the pagoda became more solid, unleashing even more intense suppressing power. Combined with the attacks of the fifth-rank slaughter great formation, it instantly breached the fourth-rank protective great formation below.

The blood-red barrier rising above the Green Demon Tribe settlement shattered into pieces of energy crystals, shooting off in all directions.

But before they could fly very far, these shard-like energy crystals were already annihilated by the fifth-rank slaughter great formation and the World-Suppressing power.

At the same time the protective great formation shattered, facing the impending destructive power.

The Nascent Soul realm Green Demon in the settlement below reacted first, immediately kneeling in terror and begging for mercy:

"No, please, my lord, spare my life! I am willing to—"

But before he could finish speaking, he and all the Green Demons were completely annihilated under the dual obliteration of the fifth-rank slaughter great formation and the World-Suppressing power.

Until death, this Green Demon Tribe settlement never knew that those who killed them were not some great lord of the Green Demon Tribe.

But merely an avatar of a cultivator from the Earth Mystery Realm.

After all the Green Demons in the valley perished, Ye Qingxuan swept the battlefield at incredible speed.

He destroyed the fourth-rank demon veins in the valley, packed up most of the demon stones and the source of the demon veins, and then quickly left the area.

Not long after Ye Qingxuan departed, a Nascent Soul realm Green Demon arrived in haste.

Seeing the devastation throughout the valley, the face of this Green Demon, who had just arrived, turned ashen.

The settlement located in this valley was under his command, belonging to his jurisdiction and protection.

Upon receiving the distress signal from this settlement, he had not delayed a moment and immediately rushed here.

Unexpectedly, despite his haste, he was still a step too late and failed to save this settlement.

After scanning the area, this Nascent Soul realm Green Demon frowned and said:

"Who did this? Could it be that old fellow, Yin Kui?"

The spiritual power belonging to Ye Qingxuan in the battlefield did not require Ye Qingxuan to handle it himself; it had long been neutralized by the demonic qi within the Demon Realm.

Subsequently, this Nascent Soul-level Green Demon Tribe member seemed to recall something and said with apprehension, "That's not right. Could it be those humans from beyond the boundary?"

Upon thinking of this, his expression suddenly changed, and he immediately fled the area like a streak of black light.

The deeds of the human Soul Transformation squads within the Demon Realm over these years had long spread throughout the entire realm.

If it truly was the work of those Soul Transformation squads, he could not provoke them; he might even become prey for a human Soul Transformation squad himself.

After returning to his tribe, this Nascent Soul-level Green Demon Tribe member immediately reported the situation upward.

However, he soon received an investigation response from the Green Demon Tribe's high command.

They stated that the annihilation of the Green Demon Tribe tribe in the valley was not the work of human Soul Transformation squads, but of those below the Soul Transformation realm.

They ordered him to investigate the surrounding hundred thousand li of territory starting today and to report immediately if he encountered any human cultivators.

After receiving the transmission, this Nascent Soul-level Green Demon Tribe member shrugged and took no action.

As if he would leave the tribe to investigate a hundred thousand li of surrounding territory.

If he truly encountered a human Soul Transformation squad, wouldn't he be finished instantly? The Green Demon Tribe were living beings too; they knew fear and valued their lives.

Therefore, after receiving the transmission, this Nascent Soul-level Green Demon Tribe member had no intention of leaving the tribe.

After all, a major tribe with a Nascent Soul expert stationed there was a key protection target for the Green Demon Tribe's high command; if attacked, they would quickly receive support from the high command.

If he left the tribe and encountered a human Soul Transformation squad alone outside, he would essentially be done for.

However, since it was a transmission from the high command, he could not do nothing.

After pondering for a moment, this Nascent Soul-level Green Demon Tribe member issued an order.

He commanded the Green Demon Tribe members at the Foundation Establishment realm within his own tribe and all subordinate tribes to lead teams and conduct a carpet search of the surrounding areas.

His stated reason was that enemies at the Foundation Establishment realm had invaded, and they needed to locate them.

Regarding his orders, no Green Demon Tribe members within all the tribes under his command questioned him.

The various Foundation Establishment-level Green Demon Tribe members quickly formed small teams and began investigating the areas surrounding the tribes.

(End of this chapter)