Seeing the two tunnels being guarded by some people, Ye Xiao decided to ignore them and continue to move forward. He did not want to find trouble with others so soon, so he and the rest left that and went deeper in the same tunnel to search for some other treasures.
Very soon, another two tunnels once again appeared in front of them, one on the left side and one on the right side. But this time, there was no one guarding these two tunnels.
"Mr. Dongfang, let's split up! Take the guards and go to the left side, I'll go to the right side." Ye Xiao said with a frown.
"You want to go alone?" Dongfang Shang asked.
"Yes." Ye Xiao nodded.
"Right now, there are a lot of powers in the ruins. If you were to encounter Bai Family, it would be dangerous." Dongfang Shang said worriedly.
The grudge between Ye Xiao and the Bai Family was almost at a situation where only one of them could live. If Ye Xiao were to encounter the people of the Bai Family, they would definitely do whatever it takes to kill Ye Xiao. This was also the reason why Feng Wuji told Dongfang Shang to take care of Ye Xiao before coming to this ruin.
Ye Xiao knew the worry in Dongfang Shang's heart. So, he smiled and said, "Rest assured Mr. Dongfang. As long as I don't meet a very strong person such as Wu Xiu, I won't have any problems. Bai Family alone is not qualified to make me avoid them!"
When Dongfang Shang thought about Ye Xiao's abnormal strength and speed, even he felt that he was inferior to himself. After pondering for a moment, he finally nodded his head and agreed.
After separating from Dongfang Shang and the guards send by Feng Wuji for his protection, Ye Xiao entered the tunnel that was opening its dark mouth wide at the right side.
Ye Xiao walked for a few minutes in the tunnel and then sped up. This was still the outskirts of the ruins and wanting to find the same stone chambers as before was obviously a bit whimsical.
After passing through several corridors that were a thousand meters long, they passed by several stone rooms. Some of them were emitting spiritual energy fluctuations. This kind of fluctuation obviously had not reached the extent that it could move Ye Xiao's heart.
So, he simply ignored those rooms and continue to move forward. From time to time he would also check some of the stone rooms to see if there was something worth his interest inside or not.
As he went deeper, Ye Xiao also noticed that the number of stone rooms started to decrease. However, their size became much more majestic. Most of the stone rooms had restrictions placed on them. However, all those restrictions were not very strong. It was already destroyed by someone. As for the things inside, they had all been swept clean.
Ye Xiao's figure flashed past another corridor, and immediately, a golden hall appeared in front of him. The main hall looked somewhat dilapidated but one could still tell how majestic it used to be.
Ye Xiao walked forward for a while and saw that the main door of the hall had been broken. A violent energy fluctuation came from inside. It was obvious that there were people fighting inside. And there were quite a few of them.
Ye Xiao looked at the chaotic stone hall and went in without any hesitation. There was only one passage here and it went straight through the main hall. If he wanted to leave, he could only go through it.
"Hehe, little beauty, hand over the thing in your hands and I can consider letting you two go. If you dare to scream, I am afraid these brothers of mine will be careless and hurt you."
"In your dreams."
A clear and cold voice sounded and it was difficult to conceal the anger within the voice.
"Hey, this little beauty is quite spicy." Brothers, go and capture these two beauties. Today, this hall master will go on a rampage to see what is the difference between the young mistresses of a large family and those bitches from the brothel. As for everyone else, not leave a single one alive."
That wild laughter rang out once more.
Outside the main hall, Ye Xiao frowned. This was really a narrow path for enemies.
He was familiar with the laughter. Not long ago, they had met and had a small conflict.
Ye Xiao shook his head and finally walked in. Unless he turned back now, he would not be able to avoid these guys.
"The people from your Tiger Gang are really shameless." Ye Xiao said in a mocking tone. At this time, he had already reached the main hall.
"It's you?"
"It's you?"
A man and a woman's voices sounded at the same time.
However, there was killing intent in one of the voices and a hint of surprise in the other.
Ye Xiao followed the woman's voice and looked over. He could not help but be shocked. This was because he had met this woman before. She was the Blue Skirt Lady whom he had met at the Floating Fragrance Restaurant.
"What a coincidence."
Ye Xiao glanced at Mu Rong and the others behind Blue Skirt Lady and said with a smile.
"Ye Xiao, hurry up and save us?" At this time, Mu Rong could not care less about what face he had as he shouted for help. He knew, however, that Dongfang Shang from City Lord's Mansion had come with Ye Xiao, along with a dozen or so other guards. If these people were added, they would definitely be able to easily deal with this group of people from the Tiger Gang.
The group of people from Tiger Gang were precisely Laohu Qiong and the others whom Ye Xiao had met inside the Sunfire Mountain Range. Laohu Qiong saw Ye Xiao who suddenly barged inside the hall. His eyes flashed with a fierce light as he looked at the outside of the hall.
"No need to look, I have come here alone." Ye Xiao said indifferently, knowing what Laohu wanted by looking outside the hall.
"You are the only one who dares to come out? Brat, are you looking to die?" A young man behind Xue Qiong said to Wu Tie with a grin.
"You guys continue with your journey, I am only passing by."
Ye Xiao said indifferently. He did not take Xue Qiong's words to heart at all. Although the current him couldn't beat Xue Qiong, if he wanted to leave, Xue Qiong wouldn't be able to stop him.
Hearing Ye Xiao's words, the faces of the people from the Mu Family turned pale.
"Ye Xiao, I want to ask you to bring this lady away." After thinking for a moment, Mu Long pointed at the Blue Skirt Lady who Ye Xiao had met earlier and said.
Ye Xiao's brows slightly raised as he swept his gaze across the faces of the people of the Mu Family.
"Why should I agree with you?" Ye Xiao said indifferently.
"You… Do you know the identity of our Young Miss?" The tight-uniformed young girl beside the Blue Skirt Lady raised her eyebrows and waited for Ye Xiao to speak. If those young talents from the Golden Kingdom knew that their young miss was here, they would risk their lives and come here, ignoring everything else.
"What does her status have anything to do with me? I am not asking for anything from her." Ye Xiao twitched his mouth and said with a hint of mockery.
"You…"
The tight-uniformed woman wanted to say something but was cut off by the Blue Skirt Lady, who waved her hand and said, "Qing Zhu, don't be rude."
"If you have the chance, try your best to escape. Don't throw away your lives to protect me." The Blue Skirt Lady said with a pale face. It was obvious that she had sustained serious injuries from before.
"Miss, even if we are to be smashed into smithereens, we must still protect you from any harm." The Mu Family's Elder said with a serious expression.
Ye Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly, it seemed like the Blue Skirt Lady's identity was not that simple. Most likely, even the young miss of the Mu Family would not make these people risk their lives to protect her.
"None of you can leave today." Laohu Qiong sneered and licked his chapped lips. With a bloodthirsty smell, he pointed at Ye Xiao and said, "You four, kill him for me."
"Looks like I have to fight this time." Ye Xiao's eyes were filled with killing intent as he said. Ye Xiao didn't like Tiger Gang and his group of people.
"Swish."
The four martial artists flew out and with cruel smiles on their lips, they ferociously pounced towards Ye Xiao.
Seeing the four martial artists pouncing towards him, Ye Xiao laughed mockingly and without putting them in his eyes, he said, "You really think too highly of yourselves."
Ye Xiao looked at them coldly. Those four people took out four blood-red long swords and hacked down at Ye Xiao's head.
Even after seeing all of this, Ye Xiao did not move from his place nor did he tried to dodge the attack.
"Ah…"
Blue Skirt Lady let out a surprised cry and the expressions of the Mu Family disciples on the side also changed slightly. Could it be that Ye Xiao was scared silly?
"Chi!"
A crisp sound rang out, and four blood-red long blades directly pierced through Ye Xiao's body. However, the scene of blood splattering the sky did not appear. Ye Xiao's figure actually became distorted and then disappeared before everyone's eyes.
When he appeared, Ye Xiao was standing behind the four members of the Tiger Gang. A long Spear appeared in his hands and he gently thrust it forward.
"Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!"
Four muffled sounds could be heard as four holes appeared on the chest of those four people. The four Tiger Gang members didn't even have the chance to react before they fell to the ground lifelessly.
"Hiss!"
Regardless of whether it was the people of the Mu Family or the Tiger Gang, all of them sucked in a breath of cold air. This was simply too bizarre to the point where they were even doubting whether what they were seeing was a dream.
"This guy is really abnormal."
Mu Rong muttered as he resisted swallowing his saliva. The current Ye Xiao was obviously more powerful than the time during the Nature's Chakra competition.
"Good boy, I have really underestimated you. However, this old man does not have the time to waste on you today." Laohu Qiong's eyes flashed as he said.
"What a pity. I don't want to leave now." Ye Xiao grinned and said. Since they had already made their move, there was no reason for Ye Xiao to leave them alone
Right now, the reason why Laohu Qiong wanted to let Ye Xiao off was not that he was afraid of Ye Xiao's strength. He was afraid that if Ye Xiao teamed up with Mu Family, even if Tiger Gang won, they would still suffer a great loss. This was clearly not what Laohu Qiong wanted to see.
In his eyes, although Ye Xiao was strong, he was still not strong enough to scare them off. But to be on the safe side, he decided to let Ye Xiao live for the time being but who would have thought Ye Xiao refusing to leave.
To the side, a hint of joy flashed across the faces of people of the Mu Family when they heard Ye Xiao's words. They had already seen that even a Middle Stage Immortal Lord Realm martial artist was nothing in front of Ye Xiao.
Laohu Qiong was only at the Late Stage of the Immortal Lord Realm, if Ye Xiao were to deal with the rest of the members of the Tiger Gang, the Mu Family's people could easily take care of Laohu Qiong.
"Brat, if you turn around and leave now, I can pretend that nothing has happened!" Laohu Qiong stared at Ye Xiao and said in a deep voice. The fact that Ye Xiao didn't choose to leave, was indeed a threat to them. In particular, his unfathomable speed was something that even he, Laohu Qiong, was extremely afraid of.
"Little Friend Ye Xiao, take the lady and go! This Laohu Qiong is very strong and even we could barely stop him. Adding to the fact that there were still dozens of martial artists with the strength of Middle Stage and even Late Stage Immortal Lord Realm around, we could not stop them for long. So please, take our lady and leave this place!"
The Elder of the Mu Family calculated many things and finally said. He knew that Ye Xiao was very strong but he still didn't believe that Ye Xiao would be able to kill all the members of the Tiger Gang alone.
Ye Xiao shook his head slightly and said, "I am not staying here to help you guys but to solve the problems I will face in the future."
"Kid, you are not going to rethink!"
A ruthless glint flashed across Laohu Qiong's eyes when he saw that Ye Xiao still had no intention of withdrawing. He suddenly waved his hand and spoke in an overbearing manner, "Kill him!"
"Kill that bastard!"
Hearing that, the people of the Tiger Gang immediately laughed sinisterly as spirit energy exploded out from their bodies and their figures quickly flashed past. Ye Xiao had killed a few of their brothers so they could not let him go now. The sharp swords in their hands brought a cold glint as they slashed towards Ye Xiao.
With regards to the incoming Tiger Gang members, Ye Xiao did not care about them at all. His gaze was only locked onto Laohu Qiong, and when the men rushed in within a few meters of him, Ye Xiao's body moved instantly with an extremely fast speed. Leaving behind afterimages, he rushed towards the incoming members of the Tiger Gang.
"Puff! Puff! Puff!"
Chilling rays of light appeared one after another with many muffled sounds in the great hall. Soon after, one after another, people who were rushing at Ye Xiao started to fell down on the ground and bleed profusely.
The sudden attack caused the people of the Tiger Gang to be shocked. The blade and sword in their hands danced hurriedly and at the same time, they urged their spirit energy to form a defense on the surface of their bodies, blocking the cold light's attack.
Ye Xiao sneered and again used the Spirit Devour Escape. His entire body flashed forward again. Atop the spear in his hand, a cold glint appeared and a sharp, bone-piercing Spear Intent appeared. Following that, an aura burst out from his body that caused the hearts of all the people present to tremble.
Ye Xiao's figure flashed past every member of the Tiger Gang except for Laohu Qiong. All the members fell down on the ground lifelessly one after another.
Seeing this scene, everyone was at a loss for words. The young man in front of them was simply too abnormal. Martial artists who had the cultivation base at the Middle and Late S
of the Immortal Lord Realm, simply could not withstand a single attack from him and were killed as easily as killing an ant.
Other than being shocked, the people of the Mu Family were also overjoyed. The stronger Ye Xiao was, the less pressure they would have on them while facing the Tiger Gang.
Well now, other than Laohu Qiong, there was not a single person of the Tiger Gang who was left alive.
"Kid, you dare to kill my Tiger Gang's people? Good, very good!" Laohu Qiong stared at Ye Xiao and said sinisterly.
Ye Xiao curled his lips and didn't take Laohu Qiong's words to heart. He said, "This isn't the first time I have killed a member of your Tiger Gang."
"Today, I will cut your body into ten thousand pieces."
Boom!
As Laohu Qiong's chilling voice faded, an extremely powerful Spirit Energy burst out from his body. His spirit energy was actually blood-red coloured. The blood-coloured Spirit Energy brought with it a thick smell of blood as it surrounded Laohu Qiong's entire body. A powerful pressure also spread out along with it.
"Little Friend Ye Xiao, be careful. This Laohu Qiong cultivates a demonic technique, so his spirit energy is very corrosive." The elder of the Mu Family, Mu Cheng said with a grave expression on his face.
Laohu Qiong's body turned into a blurry figure and in a flash, he appeared in front of Ye Xiao. Changing his palm into a hack, a sharp bloody blade rapidly formed, directly tearing through the air and ruthlessly hacking towards Ye Xiao's throat.
"Blood Cloud Slash!"
When Laohu Qiong made his move, a smile appeared on Ye Xiao's face as he muttered two words in a very low voice before thrusting his spear forward which directly pierced into the head of Laohu Qiong.
"Wh-What happened?"
All the people of the Mu family were shocked as they saw Laohu Qiong's lifeless body dropping on the ground with a 'thud' sound. They could not understand what just happened.
Wasn't Laohu Qiong died too easily?
The strangest thing was that, when Ye Xiao made his move, Laohu Qiong didn't even try to dodge. It was as if Laohu Qiong believed that he would be able to kill Ye Xiao but for some reason, Laohu Qiong was unable to keep slashing at him. He simply kept rushing forward and was killed by Ye Xiao. Ye Xiao's spear made a hole in his head, killing him on the spot.
Although no one was able to notice what just happened, the tiny fluctuation of soul force was unable to hide from the powerful perceptive senses of the Blue Skirt Lady.
She looked at Ye Xiao in surprise as she never thought Ye Xiao to be able to use a Soul type of martial arts skill to attack the soul of Laohu Qiong.
Yes, what Ye Xiao used to kill Laohu Qiong was not his spear but his Soul Ability: Soul Destruction.
The Blue Skirt Lady was surprised not because Ye Xiao was able to use a Soul-type martial arts skill but because a Soul-type martial arts skill can only be used by people who have awakened the Divine Sense by evolving their Sea of Consciousness into Divine Sea.
Ye Xiao was able to use his Soul Force to kill Laohu Qiong, it could only mean that Ye Xiao was a person with Divine Sea.
"He is the one... Maybe, he can do that..." The Blue Skirt Lady muttered in a very low voice while looking at Ye Xiao with a gaze as of a child who is looking at her favourite Candy.
"Mr. Ye, I..."
Before the Blue Skirt Lady could speak anything, Ye Xiao waved his hand and disappeared from the hall, leaving behind the Blue Skirt Lady who clutched her hand tightly before loosening it.
She took a deep breath before letting out a breath of air. Then she turned at Mu Cheng and said, "Your Mu family's mission is now complete. After going out from the ruin, you can go to the Imperial City to receive your rewards."
"But... Miss, you still have not searched for a person with a..."
"I have found someone who has Divine Sea. Don't worry, I just have to convince him and take him back to the Imperial Palace, that's all!" The Blue Skirt Lady said.
"If you say so, Princess!" The people of the Mu Family bowed their heads and said.
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Ye Xiao walked through the passage and saw some stone rooms along the way. However, these stone rooms were a little over 100 and had been deserted for a long time. It was obvious that there would not be any good things inside. Of course, there were also a few stone rooms that seemed to be in good condition. There was a weak fluctuation coming from them, so Ye Xiao definitely would not let it go.
Ye Xiao was like a locust swarm. He collected all of the medicinal pills and herbs as well as some of the martial arts skills and cultivation techniques from the stone rooms and kept them in the Spatial Ring.
After that, Ye Xiao rushed out. His speed was extremely fast. After travelling at full speed for approximately ten minutes, the seemingly endless tunnel finally became spacious. Rumbling and loud noises were also emitted.
Ye Xiao slows down before he slowly walked out of the tunnel. Outside the tunnel was an extremely vast area. At the front, one could already see a little bit of light shining in..
After coming out of the tunnel, what he saw was an enormous plaza that was three thousand meters large. In the center of the plaza, there was an enormous palace that was dozens of meters tall. The floors were all made of beautiful green jade and were extremely luxurious.
Around the main hall, there were ten carved stone statues of Demonic Beasts. They all had ferocious looks on their faces and even though they were stone statues, one could still feel a tyrannical aura emanating from them.
"A tycoon. This owner of the ruin, when alive, was definitely someone who knows how to enjoy life." Ye Xiao could not help but mutter in his heart.
After scanning around, Ye Xiao found that there were already four to five teams with dozens of people in front of the hall. However, these people were more or less injured. It was obvious that it was not easy to enter this place through the passage.
When those teams saw that one more person had suddenly appeared, they could not help but be taken aback.
"Early Stage of the Immortal Lord Realm!"
Everyone was a little confused. Ye Xiao didn't hide his strength so everyone present was able to see through his cultivation base easily. For a martial artist of the Early Immortal Lord Realm to walk all alone to this place, they wonder just how lucky Ye Xiao was.
But what was the use of coming here alone? Out of the dozen or so squads, almost every squad had martial artists of Late Stage Immortal Lord Realm. A Martial Artist of the Early Stage of Immortal Lord Realm simply could not create any storm in front of these people. Therefore, these people only glanced at Ye Xiao before shifting their gazes away.
Ye Xiao's gaze only swept across these people before looking towards the huge palace. His Divine Sense spread out and headed towards the palace.
"Restriction!" Ye Xiao muttered in a very low voice.
"Thud."
A heavy bell sound rang in Ye Xiao's head as he was forced to retreat one step back. Although Ye Xiao suffered no damage to his Divine Sense because of his unbelievably strong soul, he was still surprised.
"Ignorant brat." In those dozen or so teams, a few of them saw Ye Xiao suffer a loss and laughed mockingly.
Ye Xiao did not care about these sounds. His gaze was fixed at the great hall in front of him. The restrictions around the hall were extremely strong. It was obviously not easy for anyone to break it, of course, he was an exception but still, he also had no intention to break the restriction for other people.
Anyway, it could be seen that there was definitely a treasure inside the hall. Otherwise, how could such a powerful restriction be placed on it?
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Because of the restrictions, everyone stood still on the spot. At the same time, they moved a distance away in case someone tried to sneak attack them.
And as time passed, more people arrived. The first to arrive was of course the Mu Family. Their journey was unobstructed, plus Ye Xiao had already swept the passage earlier. They didn't waste any time, so after a quarter-hour since Ye Xiao arrived, they already felt it.
After that, a few more teams rushed over. Among them, there was naturally Bai Family that hated Ye Xiao to the core.
"Little bastard, I didn't expect you to be here too."
Everyone's body exploded with strong killing intent. When they entered the ruin, Bai Ming had sent a sound transmission to them, telling them if they ever meet Ye Xiao in the ruin, they would use any means at their disposal to kill him.
The moment they saw Ye Xiao, the people of the Bai Family leapt out and attacked him.
"Heh, this kid is really unlucky to actually offend a martial artist with Late Stage Immortal Lord Realm cultivation base."
"You don't know about this? I heard that recently, the Bai Family was turned upside down by a brat called Ye Xiao, and he killed quite a few genius disciples of the Bai Family along with dozens of guards. And this guy had the City Lord's Mansion as a backer, making the life of the Bai Family extremely difficult. Look at Bai Dong, who seems like he wants to eat someone. This brat should be that Ye Xiao."
"I have also heard about it. This matter has already spread in several nearby cities and the prestige of the Bai Family has received a huge blow. Now that their enemies have met, of course, they would be especially angry. "
Whispers came from the surroundings which made Bai Dong's expression darken and his killing intent increased.
"Swish."
At the same time, the sound of something tearing through the air rang out. Mu Cheng's figure flashed and blocked in front of Ye Xiao. He extended his palm and exchanged blows with Bai Dong. The two of them both backed off.
However, in this short clash, it was obvious that Mu Cheng was at a disadvantage.
"Mu Cheng, could it be that your Mu Family wants to interfere in my personal matter?" Bai Dong stared at Mu Cheng and shouted coldly.
"Ye Xiao helped us before. Since I am here, we can not let you touch him." Mu Cheng said with an indifferent expression.
"Humph, do you really want to go against our Bai Family?" A hint of anger flashed across Bai Dong's face as he said coldly. He never expected Mu Cheng to publicly stand against him.
"Although Bai Family is very strong, it is still far from the stage where it can cover the sky with one hand. Also, do not think that you can act without restraint just because you have Snow Cold Palace as your backer. This world is very big and there are many powers that can destroy Snow Cold Palace with a flick of a finger." At this moment, the Blue Skirt Lady walked over with graceful steps as she spoke with a calm expression.