Looking at it carefully, he couldn’t see any Spiritual Energy fluctuations coming from it, as if it was just a stone picked up from the side of the road. However, after taking a closer look, this unremarkable bead rapidly expanded in front of his eyes, instantly transforming into a giant planet, vast and desolate. Being on this planet, Xi Lei’s heart was filled with panic, his mind seemingly trapped in a cage.
Biting the tip of his tongue, he felt a sharp pain and quickly escaped from it. Cold sweat covered his forehead as he shouted, “World Bead!”
“This is a World Bead?” Shan Qingluo was stunned.
She also didn’t know what it was, but before the sixth stem army set out for the Western Regions, Yang Kai had specifically called these sisters over and given each of them a bead before helping them refine it. As for what it was used for or what it was called, they hadn’t been able to figure it out until this time they had taken it out to kill their enemies…
“That’s right, this is a World Bead!” Xi Lei nodded. Although he had never come into contact with a World Bead before, he had at least heard of it before. Now that he connected it with his previous experience, he immediately concluded that this was definitely a World Bead refined by Yang Kai.
However, this World Bead was slightly different from what he knew.
It was indeed different. The World Bead given to Shan Qingluo and the others was from Yang Kai’s first practice. In order to separate the Second Territory from the Mysterious Small World, he had refined many dead stars and large pieces of meteorites.
These World Beads didn’t have the ability to contain living people, if one tried to force their way in, they would be crushed to dust by the laws inside.
Only the batch made according to the Mysterious Boundary Bead Yang Kai refined later would be able to contain living creatures, but they were all given to Li Wuyi and distributed to the army commanders.
The reason why the Star Boundary army had retreated so quickly from the Western Regions was because they had used the World Bead. If not for that, how could the hundreds of thousands of troops have retreated so quickly?
However, although the World Beads in Shan Qingluo and the others’ hands didn’t have the ability to contain living creatures, they were still refined from dead stars, and with Yang Kai’s help, they were able to freely control them. If they were to smash them, it would be equivalent to throwing out a dead star.
If that Mid-Rank and High-Rank Demon King wasn’t on guard, how could they resist?
Yang Kai still had a lot of such World Beads in his possession, so he was prepared to find an opportunity to distribute them to the sixth stem army people. If these things are used well, they would definitely be a great surprise to the Demon Race masters.
Unfortunately, he didn’t have enough time. If he had more time, Yang Kai would be able to refine more beads and it will become a great weapon for his sixth stem army.
“I'll know when i ask later,” Shan Qingluo smiled as she tightened her grip on the bead in her hand. Originally, she had felt that her cultivation wasn’t high enough and was unable to help Yang Kai solve his problems, but now that she had this treasure, even a High-Rank Demon King could be instantly killed. Shan Qingluo’s heart was filled with joy as she held the bead in her hand and tossed it around the battlefield, throwing out the World Bead again as if she was chopping vegetables.
The stalemate in Azure Sun Temple had been broken, before Yang Kai could lead his people here, the Demon Race army had broken through the Great Array and entered Azure Sun Temple, engaging in a fierce battle with Wen Zishan’s army.
After Yang Kai led hundreds of masters here, it was like pouring salt into a pot of oil, causing the entire situation to change rapidly.
More and more Demon Race masters were killed, and the Demon Race Half-Saint guarding this place was completely helpless against the combined forces of the Lian Sisters.
Seeing that the situation wasn’t looking good, the Half-Saint let out a long roar, and fled from the battlefield after receiving the blow from the Lian Sisters, the Lian Sisters chasing after him.
The strongest had already fled, while the rest of the Demon Race had been reduced to nothing more than a pile of corpses.
Two hours later, the noisy Azure Sun Temple quieted down.
Wen Zishan’s body was covered in blood as he stood in the air, staring at the thousands of years of foundation of the Divine Temple and letting out a long sigh.
Although this battle had killed many demons, the losses on Azure Sun Temple’s side weren’t small, and the corpses of their disciples could be seen everywhere.
Even his army had suffered close to thirty percent casualties, and it could be said that their vitality had been damaged. The Demon Race that had died had their Demonic Qi dissipating from their bodies and gathering in a certain direction, causing the entire Azure Sun Temple to become gloomy.
After meeting with Yang Kai and communicating with him, Wen Zishan learned that High Heaven Palace had also been attacked by the Demon Race. However, High Heaven Palace’s forces were strong, so they didn’t suffer any losses. On the contrary, the Demon Race had suffered heavy losses.
Looking at the several Demon Race Half-Saints gathered around Yang Kai, Wen Zishan’s eyes couldn’t help turning red as he coughed lightly, “Yang Kai, this King has something to discuss with you.”
“I’ll have the Lian Sisters follow Senior,” Yang Kai said.
Wen Zishan was stunned for a moment before immediately rejoicing, “That’s for the best.” He had originally wanted to recruit a Half-Saint from Yang Kai’s side. Although his army was not ordinary, its only flaw was that there were no Half Saint level master to guard it. Normally, it's nothing, but if a Demon Race Half-Saint came, there was no one on his side who could compete with them.
He had only wanted Yang Kai to leave behind a Half-Saint, but he hadn’t expected Yang Kai to leave two for him. Wen Zishan couldn’t help feeling that they were indeed a family, and that Elder Yang was also anxious for him.
Cleaning up the battlefield and sorting out the casualties, Yang Kai didn’t stop and led the group back.
Returning to High Heaven Palace, Yang Kai immediately sent a message to Li Wuyi, informing him that High Heaven Palace, the Branch Sect and Azure Sun Temple had been attacked by the Demon Race.
Not long after, Li Wuyi sent a message over, and after reading it, Yang Kai’s expression became solemn.
Just as he had expected, the entire Star Boundary was in a state of turmoil. The two worlds were connected, and a large number of Demon Land had appeared in the four regions. Great armies of the Demon Race had crossed over from these Demon Lands and entered the Star Boundary to plunder and burn.
The current situation was far more serious than the Demon Race crossing over from the Western Region. Previously, there was only one passageway between the two worlds, so although the Demon Race was powerful, the Star Boundary only needed to set up some defenses. But now, the Demon Race had spread out and instantly spread the flames of war across the entire Star Boundary, causing the 55 Star Boundary army to be somewhat exhausted.
It wasn’t just High Heaven Palace and Azure Sun Temple that were attacked. In just half a day, Li Wuyi had received no less than thirty requests for help, and there were seven in the Northern Domain alone. Even with Li Wuyi’s ability, he didn’t know how to face the enemies, so all he could do was react accordingly and try his best to preserve the Star Boundary’s vitality before the Great Emperors appeared.
After learning that Yang Kai had freed up his forces, Li Wuyi was overjoyed and asked him to lead his troops to reinforce the seven locations where they had requested reinforcements. Yang Kai immediately gathered his troops.
The Sixth Stem Army had only been recuperating for half a day and had yet to fully recover, but at this moment, he couldn’t care less. He quickly summoned his army into the Mysterious Small World and stepped into High Heaven Palace’s Space Array.
At this moment, Yang Kai couldn’t help rejoicing at the various arrangements he had made back then. In order to unify the Northern Domain, he had set up many Space Arrays all over the Northern Domain, and now they had finally come in handy. If he didn’t have these Space Arrays, it would have taken him a lot of time to travel to various places.
The number of Demon Race cultivators was huge, but after splitting up, there weren’t many of them, giving Yang Kai a chance to defeat them one by one.
Yang Kai led his Sixth Stem Army into battle and slaughter, and wherever he went, the Demon Race army suffered heavy casualties. In just a few days, more than a million Demon Race soldiers had been wiped out by his Sixth Stem Army.
However, along the way, they had also witnessed the Demon Race wreaking havoc in the Star Boundary. Many cities had been massacred, many villages had been set ablaze, and even some small and medium-sized Sects had been slaughtered.
Corpses were strewn all over the place, and countless humans had fled, but in this chaotic world, where could they escape to? They were like headless flies, and once they encountered the Demon Race, they would simply die.
When he encountered these fugitives, if they have the ability to kill the enemy, Yang Kai would send them to his Sixth Stem Army. If their strength was insufficient, he would take them into the Small Mysterious World.
Along the way, Yang Kai’s army had expanded significantly, restoring the original three hundred thousand soldiers.
Inside the Mysterious Boundary Bead, Yang Kai had taken in more than a million refugees.
Inside a dilapidated city, Yang Kai stood in front of a house.
The flames in the city soared to the sky and the streets were filled with corpses. Nearly half of the houses in front of them had collapsed. Inside the house, a naked woman was lying on the ground, her body covered in wounds. Her body was cold and her eyes were wide open. Before she died, her eyes were filled with fear and shock as she turned her head to the side, her eyes filled with fear and reluctance.
In her line of sight, a three-year-old child was lying in a pool of blood.
There was a hole in the child’s chest, but there was nothing inside.
Although he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, Yang Kai could still imagine the scene at that time. The Demon Race had attacked, and the mother had risked her life to protect her child, but how could a weak woman be a match for a powerful Demon Race from the other side?
The woman had been defiled, died an unnatural death, and the child had been killed!
Even though Yang Kai was used to seeing such tragedies in the past few days, at this moment, he couldn’t help bursting into a rage, his murderous intent is like a volcano ready to erupt at any moment.
A few days ago, many cities and villages had been massacred, but in those cities, the Demon Race only killed people and did not do anything else. However, in this city, Yang Kai saw something different, and the scene in front of him made him feel somewhat uncomfortable.
“Brother in law!” Fu Ling rushed over from not far away, her beautiful eyes red and tears welling up in her eyes. Before she could even approach Yang Kai, she was startled by his murderous intent and stopped in her tracks. Following Yang Kai’s gaze, Fu Ling bit her lip.
“Speak!” Yang Kai took a deep breath and restrained his killing intent, causing his clothes to flutter.
“There are no survivors in the city, everyone has been slaughtered, the children under the age of ten…” Fu Ling frowned, seemingly unable to speak.
“What happened to the child?”
Fu Ling pointed into the room and said, “Just like that, the heart was stolen.”
“Brother in law, does the Demon Race… eat humans?” Fu Ling turned to look at Yang Kai.
Yang Kai frowned at her.
Fu Ling said, “If they didn’t eat people, why would they dig out their heart? Moreover, all of them are children and there are very few corpses in the city, so they should have been taken away.”
TO BE CONTINUED...
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