Chapter 387: Self-Inflicted Demise

"I am an Alliance Elder; do you still intend to kill me?" the elder hadn't expected Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense to be so strong, so he could only try to intimidate Ye Liuyun by his rank.

However, in a fit of rage Ye Liuyun paid no heed to whether he was an elder or not and annihilated him outright. He also spared none of the surrounding ferocious beasts.

A few Alliance members beside the elder recognized Ye Liuyun. His appearance had already become known throughout the Alliance: Golden Pupil, white robes, black blade—especially the Golden Pupil, of which there was no other.

"Ye Liuyun, you dare kill an elder of our Southern Region; aren't you afraid of the Southern Region's punishment?" a Alliance member shouted angrily.

"What are you, that you come to accuse me?" Ye Liuyun retorted.

"Hmph, I am Han Shan, ranked third on the Holy List; if we weren't in this Secret Realm, I could easily slay you!" a young man sneered.

"Indeed, we are all among the top thirty on the Holy List. If you offend us, think carefully about the consequences," the others echoed.

Ye Liuyun lifted the corner of his mouth, and the Thunder Fire Domain enveloped them as well. "Think I'm scared? Kill!" Ye Liuyun commanded the Hell Mingshe directly.

These people were literally courting death. They truly didn't understand Ye Liuyun's temperament—typical of taking the easy route and avoiding the hard. Speak politely and they might survive; but threats are never accepted, and anything that can be eradicated will certainly not be spared.

The others immediately panicked, not expecting Ye Liuyun to actually intend to kill them.

"Ye Liuyun, if you kill us, your Token will record your misdeeds. Once you leave, the Alliance will know your actions and will punish you!" someone shouted.

"Ye Liuyun, if you have the skill, wait until we exit and then we can compare strength again!" Han Shan also resorted to provocation.

"No need! You trash, even after you leave you are not my match!"

With that, Blood Thunder and Golden Crow Holy Fire surged toward them, and the Hell Mingshe swung its massive tail, slamming down...

Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil then turned to the natives that followed them, numbering nearly a hundred. For a small tribe, that was already a formidable force.

"We were forced to come!" the leader bowed his head and apologized to Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun had no time to listen; he immediately performed Soul Search. The search revealed that this tribe was called Jiamuni Tribe, while the tribe Ha Qiong belonged to was called Hasang Tribe. These tribes name themselves simply after surnames, so from the names one can see Jiamuni Tribe has three surnames and far more members than Hasang Tribe.

They had long harbored a desire to annex, and merely used this opportunity to launch an attack.

After confirming the truth, Ye Liuyun was unceremonious, extending the Thunder Fire Domain over those people and annihilating them all.

Spiritual Soul Attack seemed time‑consuming, but in fact it took only a few breaths. Ye Liuyun himself arrived at that moment, first giving Lei Ming and the others Healing Elixir, then storing them in Storage Rings; after clearing the battlefield, he returned directly to the Hasang Tribe.

Ha Qiong and the others, as Ye Liuyun departed, sensed his overwhelming aura, realized something was wrong, began gathering people to help, but Ye Liuyun returned swiftly.

Ha Qiong went up concerned to ask. Ye Liuyun also told Hasang what had happened.

"I killed over a hundred of them; their strength should be weaker now. You can seize the chance to incorporate that Jiamuni Tribe!" Ye Liuyun suggested.

Ha Qiong shook his head helplessly and said, "Friend Ye, you don't know—though Jiamuni Tribe seems to have only one more surname than us, their numbers are three times ours. They don't normally attack us; they just avoid heavy losses. Even if a third of their combat power is gone, we still can't defeat them."

Ye Liuyun immediately asked, "Does Jiamuni Tribe possess any resources that we outsiders could use?"

Ha Qiong replied without hesitation, "They have a kind of water; it does nothing for us, but outsiders love it."

Ye Liuyun instantly used Divine Sense to inspect the Storage Rings of the Southern Region Alliance members. He indeed found a type of water they had collected. The water was saturated with potent spiritual energy, its power nearly matching Spirit Stones; drinking it would certainly be more effective than absorbing Spirit Stones.

Upon hearing this, Ye Liuyun decided, "Tell me where the Jiamuni Tribe is, and I will help you eliminate them."

At that moment, the Hasang Tribe's Clan Chief approached. He was a robust middle‑aged man who had been injured while probing a castle's Soul and remained comatose. Ye Liuyun's Pure Soul Water revived him, and he was immensely grateful.

But he pleaded, "Friend Ye, could you spare them? Though they belong to a different tribe, the population here is already small; if everyone is killed, we may be unable to fend off powerful Monster Beasts. Could you let them surrender?"

Ye Liuyun immediately agreed. Ha Qiong then gathered the tribe's fighting force, preparing to relocate the whole clan to incorporate Jiamuni Tribe. Ye Liuyun returned to store Wu Qingcheng and the others in Storage Rings. He no longer dared leave them alone, lest another accident occur, and assigned them to tend to the injured Monster Beasts.

Ye Liuyun hurried with Hasang Tribe's warriors toward the Jiamuni Tribe's stronghold.

The Jiamuni Tribe's stronghold had walls taller than Hasang Tribe's; without being able to summon his True Essence, he could not even fly over them. At a glance, its fortifications were far stronger than Hasang's.

Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense swept over, revealing that the city was populated only by ordinary locals, so he did not unleash a slaughter but instead projected his imposing pressure from the air, prompting the Jiamuni Tribe's Clan Chief to surrender his people at once.

The Hasang Clan Chief attended to the surrender matters, while Ye Liuyun used Divine Sense to locate a spring, filled the Dragon Palace's bath with it, and then had everyone enter to cultivate.

Lei Ming and the others' injuries were already healing. A soak in this spring accelerated their recovery.

Ye Liuyun dug a pool beside the spring, simultaneously absorbing True Essence from the water and the mysterious qi of the Secret Realm, boosting the quality of his True Essence on two fronts.

Ye Liuyun, now at the Seventh Layer of the Core, has, through this period of absorbing primal energy, markedly increased the quality of his True Essence. Cultivating concurrently, both the quality and quantity of his True Essence are rising.

Ye Liuyun hopes this cultivation will grant him the strength to directly confront the First Rank of Tian Gang.

After three to five days, the others' realms all advanced. Several Monster Beasts even drank and bathed in the spring directly. However, Ye Liuyun's Core is far larger than ordinary people's, requiring more True Essence, so his realm progression was slower than theirs!