Ye Xiao didn't want to waste time so he simply took out his Sea Dragon Spear and attacked the Black Gold Tiger that was pouncing towards his group of people.
"Puchi!"
"Bang!"
Ye Xiao only needed one strike to pierce his spear un the body of the Black Gold Tiger before taking its life. The Black Gold Tiger fell down on the ground with a 'thud' sound.
There was also another reason why Ye Xiao attacked the Black Gold Tiger. He wanted to test his newly gained strength. But from the looks of it, he needs to find a target at least at the Immortal King Realm before he could test out his strength seriously.
The target below the Immortal King Realm would definitely end up like the Black Gold Tiger, dead with a single strike.
After killing the Black Gold Tiger, all of them continued their way.
.....
Dongfang Shang and the rest had clearly come prepared as they had the extremely detailed map of the Sunfire Mountain Range in their hands. Therefore, they did not need to search for the location of the ruin.
As the group rapidly advanced, the expressions of Dongfang Shang and the others became solemn and alert.
They had already reached the depths of the Sunfire Mountain Range where strong Immortal Beasts roamed about. No matter what, they have to pay more attention to their surroundings as they have to be careful not only from the Immortal Beasts but also from the people who were also going to the ruin.
Ye Xiao's expression was calm and collected but the Divine Sense was spread out and looked around.
"There's the smell of blood?"
Ye Xiao frowned slightly. The smell of blood was too strong. Something extraordinary had happened just now.
"You, go ahead and investigate." Dongfang Shang's eyes narrowed as he pointed at a guard who was standing behind him and ordered.
"Swish."
That guard quickly rushed forward. If one did not carefully check, one would not even be able to detect his aura.
Ye Xiao could not help but sigh. There were indeed a lot of talented people within this City Lord's Mansion. Such an exquisite concealment technique, even in the large sects, there were not many. If such a person became an assassin and hid in the shadows, even a martial artist at the Martial King Realm would not be able to escape his pursuit.
After a while, the guard who went to scout the area ahead, came back and said to Dongfang Shang, "Sir, there is a group of about 40 people in front of us. There are some corpses of Immortal Beasts on the ground. Those people should have hunted down those beasts, sir."
"Yes." Dongfang Shang nodded. "Continue."
There was no small number of forces that entered the Sunfire Mountain Range. The people here all came for the newly discovered ruin. With so many people entering, the Immortal Beast in the entire Sunfire Mountain Range would definitely go berserk.
Seeing that Dongfang Shang did not intend to take a detour, that guard did not say anything and silently went to keep standing. As the elite of City Lord's Mansion, when had they ever been afraid of others?
Ye Xiao narrowed his eyes as he looked at the lush tree-lined area in front of him. Not far away, he could feel the presence of quite a few auras and even sensed an extremely powerful aura from there. That aura had already reached the Late Stage of the Immortal Lord Realm. Such a figure also possessed quite a bit of status within the large sects.
While Ye Xiao was secretly sighing, the group had already passed through the trees. After which, dozens of figures appeared in the empty space in front of them.
"Heh, I never would have thought that more people would come to die." Among the dozens of figures, a skinny young man looked at Ye Xiao's group and grinned. There was a hint of ridicule on the corner of his mouth, as well as a hint of bloodlust.
"Big brother, should we make a move?"
A middle-aged man in a black robe asked a man beside him with a blood-red blade. There were only a few dozen people on the opposite side. Although they had a very aggressive aura, there were 40 people on the other side. Those people were completely capable enough to kill Ye Xiao's group.
The atmosphere had become much tenser in an instant.
Ye Xiao's gaze swept across the crowd and paused on a man in the middle. The man had a sturdy figure and his arms were bare. Numerous vicious scars covered his entire arm, causing him to look like a Fiendish Person.
Ye Xiao squinted his eyes slightly. These people were staring at them with malicious intent.
"I never thought that it would be the guys from Tiger Gang." Dongfang Shang frowned slightly.
Tiger Gang was actually a clan of Mo City called the Laohu Clan and was also one of the three great powers of Mo City. Although their strength was slightly inferior to the Bai Family, they were definitely stronger than the Mo and Mu families. Especially this Tiger Gang, they were all a group of fierce people and were gradually growing stronger by relying on annexing those small sects and clans. They were all a group of extremely vicious people.
"Brat and you all, give me your Storage Ring, I can consider letting you all go." Laohu Qiong smiled sinisterly and said while looking at Ye Xiao and others.
"This place is not your Mo City, isn't it too overbearing for your Tiger Gang to do this?" Dongfang Shang stepped forward and stared at Laohu Qiong indifferently.
Laohu Qiong was stunned, he did not expect anyone to recognize him. Then, he grinned and said: "Since you know about Tiger Gang, you should understand the style of our Tiger Gang. It was already a good thing for all of you that I told you to hand over your things and I'll let you all go. Now, I am going to kill you all."
"Kill them all."
Just as Laohu Qiong spoke, a young man from the Tiger Gang jumped out, brandishing his long blade and charged at Ye Xiao. "Kid, we are all shouting for you to leave your things behind, haven't you heard?"
He swung his long and thin sword and sliced at Ye Xiao's arm.
A hint of coldness flashed across Ye Xiao's eyes. If he was hit by this sword, his arm would really have been cut off. With a "keng" sound, the Sea Dragon Spear appeared in his head as he swung the spear towards the young man without any trace of politeness.
"Deng!"
With this collision, Ye Xiao's opponent's long sword broke in half but the force from the collision didn't diminish as it continued to thrust at the youth.
The youth's expression changed greatly and he quickly stopped moving while retreating quickly. However, although his speed was fast, it was not as fast as the spear in Ye Xiao's hand. A silver sword light flashed past, followed by a pillar of blood that shot into the sky. The youth from the Tiger Gang was instantly killed.
This exchange instantly broke the atmosphere. Both parties immediately unsheathed their swords and sabers as Spiritual Energy fluctuations gushed out in succession across the empty ground.
"Brat, you have guts. You actually dared to kill my Tiger Gang's people."
The middle-aged man in a black robe behind Laohu Qiong stared at Ye Xiao viciously and spoke.
"Oh, you are saying that we are supposed to wait for you all to kill us?" Ye Xiao said mockingly while looking at the angry expression of the middle-aged man.
That middle-aged man waved his hand and another person pounced at Ye Xiao to attack.
Seeing that the Tiger Gang had made another move, Ye Xiao again abruptly took a step forward and the imposing aura surged out without restraint from his body.
This powerful aura also caused the fierce aura on the faces of Tiger Gang's people to become dull. Although they were unbridled in their actions, they also had to see just how strong their opponents were.
"Stop." Laohu Qiong immediately roared and stopped the fight that was about to happen again. He was alerted after he felt the aura of Ye Xiao. Although Ye Xiao's cultivation base was known to them because of his aura, Laohu Qiong still felt that Ye Xiao was not normal because his powerful aura was something that was impossible for a normal Early Stage Immortal Lord Realm to possess.
"Sir, we were a little rash, please forgive us." Laohu Qiong cupped his hands towards Dongfang Shang with a fake smile and said.
"Let's go."
Dongfang Shang didn't intend to chat with Laohu Qiong. He glanced at him indifferently and then led the group to continue walking forward.
As Ye Xiao's group gradually disappeared into the forest, the tense atmosphere gradually faded away.
***
[Laohu means Tiger.]
Boss, are we just going to let them go?" As the Tiger Gang watched Ye Xiao and the rest disappear into the forest, the middle-aged man behind Laohu Qiong said unwillingly.
"That kid even killed one of our brothers." Beside him, a young man looked furious as he punched at the tree beside him in anger and said.
"Those people are hard to deal with, especially that brat." Laohu Qiong shook his head.
"Then do we really let them go?" The black-robed middle-aged man said in a low voice.
"Let them go? There is no reason for us to be let go of the people who killed our Tiger Gang's people. When we enter the ruins, we will meet up with the other two groups. It will be enough to sweep away all the forces that came here, so I will naturally not let them get away."
Laohu Qiong smiled cruelly and said. Right now, he was only giving in temporarily.
Of course, on the other side, Ye Xiao was also interested in this Tiger Gang. He had killed their man so the other side definitely would not let it go so easily. Tiger Gang was made up of a group of vengeful fellows after all.
"Ye Xiao, are you still thinking about those guys from earlier?" Dongfang Shang looked at the Ye Xiao who was thinking something and asked with a smile.
"Hmm, these guys are all not good people. I am afraid they won't let this go easily." Ye Xiao nodded his head and replied.
"Of course they won't let this go easily. Tiger Gang is a pack of wolves, to begin with. The only reason they are backing off now is that if they want to eat us, they will lose a lot too. Right now, they are only temporarily retreating. Once their strength is sufficient, they will definitely come here to take revenge. "
Dongfang Shang said calmly.
Pausing for a moment, he continued: "However, you don't have to worry about them. There are many opposing forces of the Tiger Gang and wants to get rid of them, so there is no need to be afraid of them."
"Yes." Ye Xiao nodded his head. He was not afraid of the Tiger Gang at all. With his current strength, he was more than enough to take down the entire Tiger Group on his own.
.....
Even though they were already gradually entering the depth of the Sunfire Mountain Range, Ye Xiao's group still encountered some teams that had barged in. These teams were not weak. Although they were also a group of evil people, at least their style of conduct was clearly far from being as unbridled as the Tiger Gang.
Ye Xiao's group, on the other hand, had quite a lot of strength so they were at peace.
After a day of travelling, they had already reached the depths of the Sunfire Mountain Range. All the beasts here were high level Immortal Beasts. Most of these Immortal Beasts had even given birth to intelligence, so after sensing that Ye Xiao and the rest's strength were not weak, they avoided them.
As a result, during this entire day, Ye Xiao's group did not suffer any attacks from the Immortal Beasts.
Faint moonlight scattered down from the sky and covered the entire mountain range with a layer of faint silver cloth. From time to time, a deep beast roar could be heard.
Ye Xiao and the others set up camp as usual and found an open area to rest.
.....
The next morning, when the mountain range was shrouded in mist, Ye Xiao and the others also set off.
The mountain range had also become much quieter from yesterday, while the expressions of Dongfang Shang and the others became increasingly solemn. This place could be considered to be extremely deep within the Sunfire Mountain Range where Immortal Beast roamed freely and each of them was a powerful individual.
At this point, as they moved forward, they met fewer and fewer people. However, not a single one was ordinary. The stench of blood and bloodlust that emanated from their bodies showed that they had been through many battles. Since they were able to reach this stage, it meant that they were extremely powerful.
Within these groups, there was no lack of experts at the Late Stage of the Immortal Lord Realm who was exceptionally powerful.
On their way here, Ye Xiao and the others were attacked by the two waves of Immortal Beasts. These Immortal Beasts were all very strong.
Although Ye Xiao and the rest successfully killed these beasts, there were still two guards who were seriously injured.
After experiencing this wave of attacks, Ye Xiao and the others were obviously more cautious as they moved forward carefully. Ye Xiao also increased his vigilance and spread his Divine Sense to sense any danger.
He also slightly regretted not using his Divine Sense earlier. If he had used the Divine Sense earlier, his group could have avoided meeting those Immortal Beasts and those two guards would not have been injured badly.
After travelling like this for another half a day, in the afternoon, they finally saw their target, the ruin.
In front of them was a bare mountain peak. It should not be called a mountain peak as it could only be considered a hill. The bare hill was grey in colour, giving off an extremely desolate feeling.
In the middle of the mound, one could see traces of a brilliant light emitting from it, giving it a mysterious feeling.
"That's the entrance to the ruin?"
A hint of excitement flashed across Ye Xiao's eyes as he looked at the place that was emitting a bright light.
"Yeah, it's just that the entrance of the ruin is still sealed, so we can't enter right now." Dongfang Shang said with a smile.
Ye Xiao also nodded his head. Because of his Divine Sense, Ye Xiao could feel the powerful sealing power radiating from the light.
"Let's go, we will head over as well. I think there must be a lot of people gathered there by now." Dongfang Shang waved his hand and led the group forward.
The group quickened their pace and about ten minutes later, they appeared at the foot of the mountain. There were already quite a few people gathered. Although they were separated from each other, they still regularly took up a part of the area. After all, the depths of the Sunfire Mountain Range were filled with danger. From time to time, powerful Immortal Beast would rush out.
The appearance of Ye Xiao's group also attracted the attention of many people in the camp. However, after they sensed the strength of Ye Xiao's group, they all looked away in fear.
After all, there were very few groups with the people at the Late Stage of the Immortal Lord Realm. Seeing Ye Xiao's group which also had a Late Stage Immortal Lord Realm martial artist, Dongfang Shang, how could they still dare to look at them directly.
But all of this looked strange in Ye Xiao's eyes. In his eyes, Immortal Lord Realm was nothing and only Immortal King Realm had the qualification to make him fight his 90% of strength. Even Immortal Kings were not qualified for him to use his full strength.
"I never would have thought that so many people would come."
Ye Xiao looked around and as usual, there were more than a dozen forces in the area with more than a hundred people. And amongst them, at least half of them had reached the Late Stage of the Immortal Lord Realm.
Far away, Ye Xiao could see quite a few areas. Similarly, there were quite a lot of people gathered there. If he roughly calculated it, there might be over a hundred forces that came this time. A large part of them had died on the way here. Now that he thought about it, it was quite attractive and was not a small matter at all.
"The allure of the ruin is not small at all. This time, even Eight Second Level Sects will probably send people over here. This is a good opportunity to train their disciples, they will definitely not waste it for nothing."
Dongfang Shang said calmly.
Ye Xiao nodded his head. There were not many opportunities like this. If they were lucky enough to get the ruin owner's inheritance, it would be able to increase the sect's strength.
The Dragon Immortal Sect was not far from here. Someone should be sent to this place. Ye Xiao scanned the surroundings but did not find any traces of the Dragon Immortal Sect's disciples. It should be somewhere else.
Ye Xiao was confident that Dragon Immortal Sect will also send their disciple because he heard that the other seven second-level sects had already sent their disciples to train.
There was an expectation in Ye Xiao's heart. What if one of the disciples sent by the Dragon Immortal Sect will be Yue Ying?