Half a day later, the battle came to an end.
Yang Kai licked the blood from the corner of his mouth and turned his head to look around. Almost everyone who had participated in this battle was injured, even Lu Xue.
It was true that Black Feather Old Ancestor was severely injured and had yet to fully recover, so he was unable to display his full strength.
However, he still had the foundation of a Fifth Order Open Heaven Stage, so it was difficult to fight him when he figt in a desperate situation. If it weren’t for the Demon Territory being the battlefield and the Demon Saints of the Demon Territory working together, it wouldn’t have been difficult for Lu Xue to defeat him alone, but killing him would have been quite difficult.
With Black Feather Old Ancestor's death, the Small Universe World in his body collapsed and the foundation of the Fifth Order Open Heaven Stage dissipated into this world, allowing his Embodiment to use the Demon Territory as its foundation to perform the Heaven Devouring Battle Law, and madly devouring it.
Coupled with the previous Low Rank Open Heaven cultivators who had died, although the Demon Territory’s foundation had suffered some losses in this battle, they had also gained a great deal.
The shattered world began to reorganize, the laws solidifying, and the World Energy became denser.
Everyone began healing themselves.
Yang Kai put away the Azure Dragon Spear and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth before turning his head to look in a certain direction. Taking a few steps, he arrived at the foot of a collapsed mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, Chang Tian’s face was withered and his hair was white as he sat cross-legged. Although he looked haggard, he was still smiling at Yang Kai.
In the battle just now, Chang Tian had suffered the most serious injuries. Before Yang Kai and the others arrived, he had already suffered heavy injuries, and the subsequent battle had only made things worse.
Compared to when Yang Kai left, the current Chang Tian was more than a few hundred years old. If the image he displayed in front of Yang Kai was that of a burly middle-aged man, the current him was an old man.
Yang Kai stepped forward to examine his injuries, but after a moment, his brow wrinkled as he took out a Spirit Pill from his Space Ring and handed it over, “This should be useful to you.”
Chang Tian took it and examined it for a moment before revealing a look of surprise, “Dragon Blood Pill? And it’s an extremely high-grade Dragon Blood Pill! Good stuff!”
With a sigh of admiration, he casually tossed the Dragon Blood Pill back, “I don’t need it anymore, you should keep it for yourself. You also have the Dragon Clan’s bloodline, so this pill can enhance your bloodline.”
The problem with Chang Tian was not the severity of his injuries, but his lifespan!
He didn’t have much lifespan to begin with, and after constantly burning his Blood Essence in the previous battle, his already limited lifespan had been greatly shortened. At this moment, his vitality was withering like a piece of wood that was gradually decaying.
This was definitely not something a single Dragon Blood Pill could solve, unless he could find some rare treasures that could extend one’s lifespan.
Yang Kai then stuffed the Dragon Blood Pill back into his hand, “I have a lot of these, don’t refuse.”
Chang Tian hesitated for a moment, but didn’t say anything. He nodded, stuffed the Dragon Blood Pill into his mouth, swallowed it, and began refining it.
The Dragon Blood Pill’s medicinal efficacy quickly stabilized his chaotic aura.
At this moment, Guo Ziyan rushed over and whispered, “Sir, we found something on the ship!”
The flying ship had been cut in half by Lu Xue’s sword and landed in the Demon Territory. After the battle ended, Guo Ziyi and Lu Xue went to search for it and found something interesting.
When Yang Kai returned to the ship, he saw a young man kneeling on the ground, trembling as he kowtowed and begged for mercy.
This young man’s eyes were swollen and his face was sallow. One look and Yang Kai could tell he was a man who indulged in alcohol and lust. His cultivation wasn’t high, only at the Second Order Open Heaven Stage, but Yang Kai felt that this Second Order Open Heaven Stage didn’t live up to its name and was even weaker than Ma Yuande.
“Black Feather Sect's Young Sect Master?” Yang Kai asked.
When Black Feather Old Ancestor had fled from Black Feather Sect, he had brought many people with him, but after numerous battles with Raising Heaven Pavilion and Flying Flower Boat, many of his sect’s masters had died, leaving only eight Low Rank Open Heaven Stage masters.
Of these eight people, four of them had been killed by Yang Kai and the others, Ma Yuande was left alive to lead them back into the trap. The other were also killed on the spot, along with the low-level cultivators on the ship.
Since this young man in front of him was able to survive, it meant that his identity was extraordinary, and from his clothing, it was clear he came from a wealthy family.
Besides the Young Master of Black Feather Sect, Yang Kai couldn’t think of any other explanation. Since he was the Young Master of Black Feather Sect, he could naturally use a large amount of resources to accumulate his own cultivation, but due to his limited aptitude, Second Order Open Heaven Stage was his limit, and with the accumulation of resources, his strength was definitely inferior to Ma Yuande’s.
Sure enough, as the young man kowtowed, he hurriedly said, “Mo Ning greets Sir, please spare my life, Sir!”
In the previous battle, he had been hiding inside the broken flying ship, watching as Black Feather Sect's Open HEaven Stage masters fell one after another. Even Black Feather Old Ancestor had not been able to escape this calamity, causing him to feel extremely terrified.
But since he fell into the Demon Territory, where could he escape to?
When Guo Ziyan examined the ship, he immediately pulled him out.
Yang Kai ignored him and instead looked towards him with interest.
It wasn’t just this Mo Ning that Guo Ziyan found from the broken ship, but also a woman!
However, at this moment, this woman was frozen in a block of ice, her eyes tightly shut, her hands held to her chest, her expression serene, as if she had died thousands of years ago.
However, Yang Kai’s Divine Sense was able to detect the faint vitality in this woman’s body.
In other words, this woman was not dead.
Looking at this woman’s face, he could tell that she had an extraordinary appearance and a curvaceous figure. Her skin was white and tender, and her charming face exuded a heroic aura that was truly tempting.
Yang Kai looked at Mo Ning and asked, “Is this the woman you captured?”
Mo Ning’s head had been smashed and blood was pouring out. Hearing this, he didn’t dare hesitate and quickly said, “Yes, Sir, she is the daughter of Flying Flower Boat's Chief, Shangguan Yu.”
“Did you do this?” Yang Kai tapped the ice block and found that it was cold and made of a strange material.
Mo Ning shook his head like a rattle-drum, “It wasn’t this lowly one’s doing, she was the one who used a Secret Technique to become like this.”
“Nonsense!” Yang Kai coldly snorted. In his perception, this Shangguan Yu was only an Emperor Realm cultivator, she was not able to open the Heaven and Earth in her body yet. However, this ice wrapped around her was at least a Fourth Grade. In other words, if he wanted to melt this ice, he would need to use the power of a Fourth Grade Fire Element to do so.
Moreover, this was only a possibility.
Shangguan Yu’s Secret Technique might have some other kind of restriction, and if he tried to forcefully break it, it might lead to other problems. Otherwise, with Black Feather Old Ancestor's Fifth Order Open Heaven Stage cultivation, why would he just ignore it?
Mo Ning said fearfully, “It’s the truth Sir, this lowly one doesn’t dare lie, she really did it herself.”
Yang Kai looked at him with a strange expression, “In other words, after you captured her, she used a Secret Technique to turn herself into this?”
“Yes!” Mo Ning nodded vigorously.
Yang Kai didn’t know what to say. If that was the case, then this Mo Ning was truly a tragedy. Not only had he not eaten any mutton, but he had also caused a lot of trouble. Because of a woman, Black Feather Sect has been beaten to death by others, even his own father had died.
“Sir…” Mo Ning carefully sized up Yang Kai, “This lowly one is willing to follow Sir and serve Sir, please spare my life!”
Yang Kai looked down at him and said in disgust, “You’re nothing but a good-for-nothing, you can’t even catch a woman, what use do I have for you? Kill him!”
Mo Ning was shocked and wanted to beg for mercy, but Guo Ziyan had already appeared behind Yang Kai and swung his axe.
A blood-curdling scream rang out as Mo Ning was cut in half before he could even resist.
Guo Ziyan couldn’t help muttering, “Too weak!”
He had also advanced from the Second Order Open Heaven Stage, but with the same Second Order Open Heaven Stage, he could fight ten people like Mo Ning!
“Sir, what about this woman?” Lu Xue asked, “Should we rescue her?”
“It’s best not to do anything!” Yang Kai slowly shook his head. He was even more certain that Shangguan Yu had some kind of special method to break this Secret Technique; otherwise, Black Feather Old Ancestor wouldn’t have allowed her to do so. If something happened during this process, it would be troublesome.
In any case, being frozen in this ice, Shangguan Yu wouldn’t die for a while.
Moreover, since she was the daughter of Flying Flower Boat's Ship and also the fiancee of Raising Heaven Pavilion’s Young Pavilion Master, if he could bring her back to Flying Flower Boat or Raising Heaven Pavilion, these two forces would definitely be grateful.
Since the Void Land had just been established, if he wanted to establish a foothold in the 3000 Worlds in the future, he would have to deal with other forces. Flying Flower Boat and Raising Heaven Pavilion were both second class forces, comparable to the Void Land. If he could establish a connection with these two forces, it would be beneficial to the Void Land’s future.
In any case, it was always possible to obtain some benefits from these two forces. The construction of the Void Land required a massive amount of resources, and the six hundred thousand people he had brought with him this time were all bottomless pits. Yang Kai naturally had to make preparations.
After instructing Lu Xue to take care of Shangguan Yu, Yang Kai began to inspect his gains from this battle.
Forget about everything else, just the Open Heaven Stage's Space Rings alone had allowed him to obtain more than a dozen of it.
The Low Rank Open Heaven were one thing, they didn’t have much wealth on them, and Yang Kai was also someone who had seen many storms in his life, so he naturally didn’t put them in his eyes. The key was Black Feather Old Ancestor's three Space Rings.
Each ring was filled to the brim with resources, causing Yang Kai to beam with joy.
An ordinary Fifth Order Open Heaven Stage cultivator might not have such wealth, but Black Feather Old Ancestor was different. He was the Sect Master of Black Feather Sect, and when Black Feather Sect was breached, he would definitely take all of Black Feather Sect's resources with him.
This was the storage of an entire second class force!
Although there weren’t many precious resources, there were many of them. Whether it was the Open Heaven Pill, cultivation resources of various grades, or spirit pills, there were countless of them.
With this, the most pressing issue was resolved.
He had made a fortune in the Great Ruins Boundary, but the cost of setting up the Nine Layers Heaven Array was too great. Yang Kai estimated that by the time the Nine Layers Heaven Array was completed, most of the resources he had brought out from the Great Ruins Boundary would be used up, so this harvest would allow him to cultivate for a while with the six hundred thousand people he had brought.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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