Great Cleansing

"Enough nonsense. It's not as if I decided this on a whim. Did you really think begging for mercy would make me spare you?"

Yun Ye shook his head slightly.

Beside him, Shui Wuge clasped her hands together. Her holy armor activated, and an illusion enveloped everyone, completely shattering their ability to resist one last time.

Seconds later, all fifty-eight people present had dismissed their spirit armor. They stood motionless where they were, their gazes vacant.

Yun Ye casually selected eight suitable bodies.

Nearly every member of the Spirit Race had mastered two Spirit Laws. With so many people to choose from, it was naturally impossible not to find the eight dual attributes he needed.

"Brother, are you planning to wipe them all out?"

Shui Wuge asked.

"Hunting disaster beasts only gives a small boost. To truly deal with Captain-level opponents, I still need to use their lives as compensation."

"So, keeping a few ordinary members will be enough."

Yun Ye waved his hand, and fifty of the fifty-eight people immediately lost all signs of life.

At the same time, his power began to surge exponentially.

Cultivating the Three Great Laws followed the laws of reason. It could not increase without limit, because the body could not withstand energy that grew stronger through leaps and bounds.

Outsiders were different. Hunting could strengthen the physical body without limit. Even Dharma-level energy could be endured by the physical body alone.

After Yun Ye dealt with fifty people, the Spirit Realm-level bodies, souls, and spiritual power all surged to the Dharma Realm.

He could even feel that he no longer needed any vessel or Dharma medicine. As long as he circulated the Three Great Evolution Arts, he could directly awaken his latent Spirit Gene, advance into the Dharma Realm, and enter the semi-permanent state of the Evil Spirit God Form. If that happened, he really would be able to kill gods when gods blocked his path and slaughter Buddhas when Buddhas stood in his way.

The power that had surged within him was immense, but Yun Ye still brought it under control with ease, revealing no unusual phenomenon.

After staring for a long while, Shui Wuge finally came to her senses. "Brother, it's over?"

"Yeah."

—Dismiss armor!

Yun Ye's holy armor transformed into a key, which he casually hung from his waist, and he dispersed the spatial barrier.

"I didn't expect you to have planned from the start to wipe out Team Two and gain their power. No wonder you kept provoking them..."

"And I only killed a few disaster beasts, yet I needed some time to adapt to my surging strength. You didn't need to adapt at all."

"The Four Great Captains probably no longer count for anything to you. Even if they play some tricks, it won't matter. The gap has been completely reversed."

Shui Wuge wore a complicated expression as she dismissed her holy armor as well.

The world really is treacherous!

Her own brother was far too ruthless. Without making a sound, he had already set the tone for wiping them all out.

"They truly aren't worth fearing, but my target has never been the Four Great Captains."

Yun Ye clenched his fist, and a flash of five-colored energy swept past.

Thinking about it carefully, he had never encountered any real schemes or conspiracies along the way. Everything had seemed simple and plain.

But.

The simpler it was, the more terrifying it became.

Some nations had been founded through countless struggles of deceit and intrigue, while some dynasties only needed to keep massacring cities.

When strength crushed everything, no scheme or conspiracy was useful.

If one needed schemes, it meant one's strength was not absolute, one lacked confidence in oneself, or one might win head-on but suffer heavy losses.

During the White Stone Town period and the Cloud Heaven Spirit Sect period, knowledge had actually been controlled quite strictly, but resource control had only been ordinary.

White Stone Town did not even have an inspection organization, such as the Brocade-Clad Guard.

There was a practical reason for this.

A single Judge could suppress everything. Once trouble arose, the Judge's divine sense could sweep over the area, find the culprit, and annihilate them without even causing a ripple.

Although there had been various divisions of authority during the Cloud Heaven Spirit Sect period, it had generally adopted a laissez-faire attitude toward the various Spirit Towns. It would only forcibly recruit some Clan Head heirs and, incidentally, plunder some local resources. In essence, it did not care what the localities did.

As the saying went, so what if a local cultivator broke through to the Profound Realm? Without a Super Spirit Vein, reaching the Profound Realm was the end of the road. If they caused trouble, there were plenty of people who could suppress them. If that was too troublesome, someone could simply use a dao artifact to kill them instantly. If that still wasn't enough, a Super Spirit Vein could unleash the power of a True Person. No hidden danger could possibly exist.

Under such circumstances, whether it was White Stone Town or the Cloud Heaven Spirit Sect, their internal reviews of members had actually been very lax. They imposed no restrictions, sent no one to monitor them, and never checked whether a person was loyal.

There was no need. Who could break free?

Even a super-genius couldn't do it!

Was he supposed to guard against a super-genius like Yun Ye, one born with complete knowledge?

That would have been completely superfluous—a waste of time and energy!

But East King City was different. Its spirit veins had been drained dry, and knowledge was completely sealed off. It looked as if they were terrified of the lower classes taking flight.

What did that reflect?

Was East King very wise?

Or perhaps.

Was he very weak?

If it was the latter, then that was fortunate.

"Fate Grade A+, all of it comes from the True Person Bloodline. Although this is inherently part of my potential, it can also be viewed as a portion of my luck."

"But it's still far inferior to having luck raised to the extreme. Will East King be that Fate Grade EX existence?"

Yun Ye yawned, stored away the dead, and kept them as spare materials. The Qu Shuang Spirit Law did not care whether a person was alive or dead; either could be used.

As for the only eight survivors, Yun Ye waved his hand and dispersed the control over their bodies. All eight turned pale and abruptly knelt to beg for mercy.

"The Captain Battle is about to begin. Follow me."

Yun Ye jumped out of the window with Shui Wuge.

All the windows here were floor-to-ceiling windows, designed to let cultivators move through the building quickly. The people who truly needed elevators were ordinary people doing ordinary work.

The eight survivors remained kneeling on the ground for a long time without getting up.

The fear in their hearts refused to fade.

As servants, they had once again experienced despair. Their origins and their weakness had both made it impossible for them to control their own fates.

So many of them were core members of the Spirit Race, yet a Saint Race scion had killed them just because he said so. There had even been quite a few Saint Race members among them!

After this massacre, they once again realized that in East King City, every step was a higher threshold. Those standing at the summit possessed dominion over everything.

Soldier against soldier, King against King. The premise of all this was that they did not belong to the same team...

"Thinking about it carefully, they were simply arrogant beyond all limits."

"In front of a team Captain who held the power of life and death over them, they actually dared to jump up and rub their faces in it. If they didn't die, who would?"

"Heh..."

Someone let out a bitter laugh. Those who had survived were all ordinary members, and they had never been able to participate in the decisions of the elite members, much less the Vice Captain.

They had almost died without even understanding what was happening!

"Bullshit! We can't afford to provoke Shui Changdong, but do you think we can afford to provoke Shui Weibai, Shui Qingya, or Shui Riyue? Which one of those names couldn't casually leave us without even a place to be buried?"

Someone lost control of his emotions and gnashed his teeth.

"That's reality. What are we, anyway? Nothing but firewood. Inferior firewood, at that. Only the Four Great Captains can be considered quality fuel!"

Most of them had already grown accustomed to it, and one of them sneered.

"Stop talking. We're only servants. Life and death are up to fate. We have no choice. All we can do is choose the least terrible ending."

"Who could have guessed that Shui Changdong's serious injury was actually an act—and that he would be crazy enough to go this far? Who could have guessed?"

"Let's go. If we wait any longer, the time will truly come."

"..."

The eight silently tidied their appearances before jumping from the building.

With their strength, they could easily tread through the air by circulating the Extreme Spirit Law. Naturally, this height meant nothing to them.

After they landed.

The entire scene was utterly silent. The eight instinctively held their breath, not daring to say a word.

Ahead.

Two figures stood facing each other, their auras oppressive and sharply opposed.

It was Shui Weibai and Yun Ye.