Chapter 345: Kindness Repayed with Vengeance

The sea beasts outside the Secret Realm also felt its tremor, were puzzled, and when they saw the Black Flood Dragons emerge from inside, they immediately went forward to ask.

"Stay a bit farther from the entrance," Ye Liuyun reminded Long Ximeng with Divine Sense.

Immediately, Long Ximeng ordered all Black Flood Dragons to retreat. At the same time she told the sea beasts guarding outside that the Secret Realm was about to collapse.

Soon, more strong ones rushed out from inside, all of Heavenly Gang Realm level, including sea beasts and members of the Human Race.

However, at that moment no one could afford to fight; everyone anxiously stared at the exit, concerned about how many of their own could get out.

One after another, some people burst out from inside. The sea beasts outside also automatically yielded the entrance position for them to exit.

But in the end only a few emerged. They watched the Formation at the Secret Realm's entrance being squeezed, deforming and cracking. For a moment they even saw inside the Secret Realm: vast spaces warped, pressed together. Many people and sea beasts fled in terror toward the entrance.

As the entrance Formation was completely destroyed, the surrounding space jolted violently, then everything returned to calm. The Secret Realm's entrance vanished forever.

"Where did everyone inside go?" Long Ximeng asked blankly.

"All dead! The space crushed their Souls completely, leaving not even a speck of ash!" Ye Liuyun muttered.

After a while, Long Ximeng finally said to Ye Liuyun, "Thank you! You are a benefactor of our Black Flood Dragon clan!"

Many Black Flood Dragons behind her heard the words and all turned to look at Ye Liuyun.

"You may go! With our Black Flood Dragon clan here, no one dares to touch you," Long Ximeng assured.

"Until we meet again!" Ye Liuyun replied briefly, then pierced the void, leaving the sea beasts' defense line. After a few more jumps, he launched his Flying Boat, racing toward Qichen County City.

"That guy promised to grill meat for me, yet didn't even leave a Transmission Talisman!" Long Ximeng thought after Ye Liuyun left, realizing they hadn't left any way to contact him.

"Ximeng, what's going on?" Long Ao asked from behind.

"He warned me in advance that the Secret Realm would collapse. Without him, we would have all died inside!"

At this moment, other Sea Tribe groups also asked the Black Flood Dragon clan about the situation. Those who were at odds with the Black Flood Dragons even suspected the clan of causing the trouble.

"We were near the entrance then, about to emerge, which allowed us all to escape," Long Ximeng said calmly.

"What about the Human you let escape?" someone asked, also noting Ye Liuyun's departure.

"He saved my life inside the Secret Realm; I let him go. What's wrong with that?" Long Ximeng retorted.

Afterward, she led the Black Flood Dragon clan and left directly.

The other Sea Tribe, however, began a slaughter with the escaped humans. The humans who got out were few; in the end, aside from two or three higher-level Martial Cultivators who were wounded and fled, all the others were wiped out by the Sea Tribe.

Later, the other Sea Tribe groups dispersed. But the matter was not over. Several factions sent many experts inside; now only the Black Flood Dragon clan of the Dragon King Hall mostly escaped, so those factions will inevitably demand an explanation from the Dragon King Hall.

The senior officials of the Dragon King Hall, after questioning Long Ximeng carefully, gladly handed Ye Liuyun over. Consequently, the other four major factions dispatched agents to track Ye Liuyun's whereabouts, seeking answers.

Long Ximeng, upon learning this, deeply regretted; she hadn't expected the Dragon King Hall to repay kindness with enmity.

Fortunately, she listened to Ye Liuyun's advice and didn't reveal the inheritance she had obtained. Yet now she worries about Ye Liuyun. After all, Ye Liuyun saved their clan members, but she turned him over.

After returning, she suddenly recalled that Ye Liuyun was going to attend an auction. She immediately set out for Qichen County City to find Ye Liuyun, at least to explain that she hadn't deliberately betrayed him.

The news spread quickly, and even the prominent families on land began searching for Ye Liuyun, wanting to ask him for clarification.

Of course, these factions also coveted the treasures Ye Liuyun possessed. They inferred that since he knew the Secret Realm's collapse, he must know other information, so he likely carried many valuables.

Moreover, they considered Ye Liuyun merely a lone cultivator, easy to bully. Even if they mistakenly killed him, no one would avenge him.

After Ye Liuyun escaped, he didn't look back and sped away from the sea at full speed. He knew the Sea Tribe would certainly not let the escapees go.

He tested his Alliance Token, found it worked again, and let out a sigh of relief.

"It seems this thing gets blocked inside the Secret Realm," he said.

As for him becoming a target of everyone's arrows, he is completely unaware.

A day later, aboard Ye Liuyun's Flying Boat, everyone was celebrating their breakthroughs.

Yu Er had already broken through to the Yuan Dan Realm, Wu Qingcheng to the Yuan Dan Second Layer. Now only Ru Yue remains at the Sea Transformation Realm, but she has also reached the Sea Transformation Eighth Layer.

The biggest breakthrough was Lei Ming. The dragon qi and the Dragon Emperor's Primordial Power she obtained have been unsealed. Thus her realm leapt directly to Yuan Dan Sixfold, already at the peak of the Sixth Layer, and she can soon break through again to Yuan Dan Seventh Layer.

Bai Hu and Shi Yuan have been absorbing many beast cores these days, and their realms are about to breakthrough.

Ye Liuyun was grilling some sea beasts for them, then preparing to let others pilot the Flying Boat. He himself entered the Xuan Kong Shi, unsealed the Dragon Emperor's Primordial Power, and broke through another realm.

But at that moment, a massive whale blocked their Flying Boat on the sea surface. Simultaneously, Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense detected a large number of sea beasts converging on them.

He didn't think twice; it was a good chance for everyone to gather more beast cores. So he seized the Flying Boat and fought the sea beasts together with the group.

"Are you Ye Liuyun?" the massive whale spoke human words, asking.

"Hm? How do you know my name?" Ye Liuyun was a bit puzzled.

"You don't need to explain that. I am the Battle Whale of the Sea Guard Tower; you come with me back to the Sea Guard Tower at once!" the massive whale said impatiently.

Seeing that the massive whale was at the Yuan Dan Eighth Layer, Ye Liuyun told Lei Ming, "I'll leave this one to you for practice!"

He was too lazy to waste words with the whale; he'd kill it quickly, as more sea beasts would swarm later!

Lei Ming leapt out excitedly, his body suddenly swelling, twice as large as before, looking even more imposing.

"Roar!"

She let out a mighty roar at the massive whale, a Blood Thunder lunged toward it, then slammed onto the whale's back, forcing it to sink. Her claws also tore off several large pieces of flesh from the whale's back.

"Grew another!" Ye Liuyun sighed.

The massive whale hadn't expected Ye Liuyun to immediately send a ferocious beast to engage it.

They only knew Ye Liuyun was at the Yuan Dan Fourth Layer, so they sent later-stage Yuan Dan sea beasts, assuming that would be enough to intimidate him. Yet they didn't expect Ye Liuyun to have so many allies.

But it was a Yuan Dan Eighth Layer sea beast; why would it fear the Yuan Dan Sixth Layer Lei Ming? Though it took a heavy loss at first, its realm was high.

Then its True Essence surged, trying to blast Lei Ming off its back. But Lei Ming's two hind claws clutched its back tightly, refusing to let go; its two foreclaws began to rake, simultaneously wielding Blood Thunder, bombarding the massive whale, rendering its flesh a bloody mess.