Ye Xuan smiled and murmured, "Good. This is exactly what I expected."
Ye Xuan didn’t take a single member of the Sun Family seriously. The reason he chose to come to the Sun Family’s Secret Realm this time was that the Sun Family was the absolute weakest among all the cities! Bar none. The Arrays in the City Lord’s Mansion had all been shattered and hadn’t been repaired yet. Furthermore, their strongest combatants had already been mostly wiped out by Ye Xuan. Even if he were discovered in the Sun Family’s territory, Ye Xuan could easily retreat. In fact, he wouldn’t even need to retreat. He could simply kill whichever unlucky fools bumped into him.
Advancing forward with an Earth-tier mid-grade longsword in hand, Ye Xuan slaughtered every Rank-Five Beast he encountered. He could leave the lower-grade Beast Pills for the Ye Family. Even if they could only absorb seven or eight percent—or even just one percent—of the energy within, Rank-Five Beast Pills would still be of immense help to them. After all, their cultivation hadn’t even reached the Super Spirit Realm yet.
Along the way, he was an unstoppable force, slaughtering everything in his path. Ye Xuan didn’t bother searching carefully. Instead, he pushed straight ahead, killing whatever Beasts he happened across without actively hunting for them. This was because he planned to reach the deepest part of the realm and slaughter his way back out! What he desired most were the Beast Pills of Rank-Six Beasts.
One day later.
Ye Xuan laid eyes on his first Rank-Six Beast. It was a Rank-Six, Tier-Two Beast. Without holding back, Ye Xuan immediately unleashed his Dragon Soul. The moment the Dragon Soul appeared, all beasts were forced to submit. Even a Rank-Six Flying Beast couldn’t escape. It could only kneel on the ground, trembling as it waited for death.
The instant Ye Xuan exerted his full strength, every member of the Sun Family within the Secret Realm was struck with terror.
"Who is in the Secret Realm? How can there be such terrifying pressure?! I feel the blood boiling in my veins; I can’t control my Spiritual Qi at all!"
"Could it be that someone from our Sun Family has undergone a Beast Soul mutation? This pressure is definitely at the level of a Fierce Beast! It’s coming from that direction."
The Sun Family hadn’t yet realized that the person who had entered the Secret Realm was Ye Xuan. Instead, they assumed one of their own had stumbled upon a great fortuitous encounter, causing their already awakened Beast Soul to mutate. For the Sun Family, this would be an incredibly joyous occasion.
Many of them rushed toward Ye Xuan’s location. Though they were frightened and their legs trembled, they all wanted to see which member of the Sun Family had stumbled upon such fortune!
Soon, an Elder arrived near Ye Xuan. When he clearly saw who it was, his expression changed drastically. Wasn’t this Ye Xuan, the man the Sun Family dreamed of killing?! How the hell was this a member of the Sun Family? But why was Ye Xuan here? Hadn’t he escaped? How could he be in the Sun Family’s Secret Realm?!
"Crap, run!"
Regardless of why Ye Xuan was there, the Sun Family Elder didn’t dare stick around. Ye Xuan absolutely possessed the strength to kill him. Unfortunately for him, Ye Xuan gave him no chance to escape.
"You think you can run after seeing me? You must be here to sweep up the remnants as well. Perfect. Let’s see how many Beast Pills you can leave for me." Ye Xuan grinned and swiftly charged at him.
The Sun Family Elder wanted to flee, but escape was impossible. Ye Xuan was much faster than him. Knowing that his death was certain today, the Elder channeled all of his Spiritual Qi into his throat right before he died, roaring at the top of his lungs.
"Ye Xuan is in our Sun Family’s Secret Realm! Run! Run away!"
His booming voice echoed throughout the surroundings. In several other directions, the Sun Family members who had been approaching Ye Xuan instantly stopped in their tracks.
That voice belonged to Elder Dong! He actually said Ye Xuan was in the Sun Family’s Secret Realm. That meant the pressure they had felt was the pressure of the Dragon Soul! No wonder they could sense it from so far away.
At this moment, they no longer dared to venture deeper. Instead, they quickly bolted toward the exit.
"You’re about to die, yet you still cause trouble for me!" Ye Xuan frowned, then threw a punch that blew the old man’s head apart. He pocketed the old man’s Storage Ring and resumed his hunt for Beasts.
He knew he didn’t have much time left. Once those fleeing Sun Family members got out, they would spread the news of his presence to the other City Lords. He only had two or three days. Once that time was up, he had to leave.
With this in mind, Ye Xuan summoned the Blood Princess. "Blood Princess, take this sword. Kill every high-level Beast you see!"
A single person’s strength was limited. But with the Blood Princess helping him, he would be much faster. Although the Blood Princess’s raw strength was inferior to a Rank-Six Beast, her killing speed was even faster than Ye Xuan’s. This was because she could use Instant Movement.
The two split up, one heading east, the other west. They slaughtered their way from the deepest depths all the way to the outer perimeter. They had to comb through every single area. As long as it wasn’t a young cub, they killed everything.
As time passed and Ye Xuan continued his massacre of the Beasts, the Sun Family estate suddenly erupted into a frenzy. This was because the Sun Family members who had entered the Secret Realm had finally emerged.
"Disaster! Ye Xuan is here!"
"Who?"
"Ye Xuan! It’s Ye Xuan!"
"What?! Then what are we waiting for? Pack your things and run!"
The Direct Lineage clansmen had only been back for a month. Before they could even warm their seats, they had to prepare to flee once again.
"How can this Ye Xuan be so bold?! He actually dared to show his face again."
"I know! It’s one thing to show up, but he actually dared to come to our Sun Family. Has he been fixated on the resources we seized?"
"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up. By the way, where is Ye Xuan killing right now? Is he already near the main courtyard?"
"He’s not in the courtyard. He’s in the Three-Star Secret Realm."
"Huh?" The current Patriarch Sun, Sun Hu, looked utterly astonished. "You’re saying he’s in the Three-Star Secret Realm? What is he doing in there?! Did he never leave after attacking the Sun Family last time, instead hiding inside the Three-Star Secret Realm all along? Who discovered him?"
"It was Elder Dong! He roared for us to run. He... he’s most likely dead inside."
"Elder Dong is dead?" Sun Hu’s face darkened. The Sun Family only had two or three Earth Spirit Realm experts left. Losing even one was an irreplaceable blow. The current strength of the Sun Family was already inferior to the Four Great Clans!
"Run! Let’s just flee first! Also, send Lightning Doves to all the City Lords. Tell them Ye Xuan has appeared!"
...
Two days later.
Inside the Three-Star Secret Realm, Ye Xuan’s brow remained tightly furrowed. He wasn’t satisfied with his haul over the past two days. He had obtained far too few high-level Beast Pills.
Rank-Five, Tier-Eight Beast Pills: five.
Rank-Five, Tier-Nine Beast Pills: three.
Rank-Six, Tier-One Beast Pills: one.
Rank-Six, Tier-Two Beast Pills: one.
Rank-Six, Tier-Three Beast Pills: zero.
Although he had been lucky enough to find three Rank-Six, Tier-Three Beasts, not a single one yielded a Beast Pill. Sure enough, he was just here to sweep up the leftovers. The vast majority of the Beasts had already been killed by the Sun Family.
"Master, you’re finally here. I finished on my side ages ago. Here, take the Beast Pills." The Blood Princess cupped several Beast Pills in her hands. She had obtained even fewer than Ye Xuan. As for Rank-Six Beast Pills, she only had two Tier-One pills; she hadn’t found anything higher.
"Master, do we need to double back and sweep through again?"
"No, let’s head out. If we delay any longer, we won’t be able to leave."
Ye Xuan knew that news of him being in the Secret Realm had definitely spread. If he lingered, he really might not make it out.