After seeing the Japanese devils flee, Ye Ye didn't rush after them. Instead, he returned to the three brothers.
Ye Ye: "Big brothers, I've already driven them off."
The three hadn't expected Ye Ye to be so powerful, and they all exclaimed in admiration, "You're really skilled, young brother! May I ask what level your Soul Power is?"
Ye Ye: "I'm afraid I can't tell you that!"
Wang Gang: "Hahaha! We were being presumptuous. Soul Power and Martial Souls aren't things you can tell just anyone!"
In truth, they were already thinking of recruiting Ye Ye into their sect.
Wang Weiqi: "Sigh! It's a shame that ambush cost us so dearly!"
Li Si: "We struggled so hard to get this far. We can't turn back now. Besides, Zhang San isn't dead. A Titled Douluo wouldn't fall so easily. He must have landed somewhere deep in the forest. We have to kill him."
Wang Gang: "Exactly. Even without Godzilla, we still have to kill Zhang San, or he'll be a threat to us later!"
Wang Weiqi: "I agree. But, Ye, are you willing to join us?"
Ye Ye: "Hahaha! If you gentlemen invite me, of course I'll come. Besides, I still have a score to settle with Zhang San!"
Li Si: "Good! Let's go now!"
Ye Ye: "Wait!"
Li Si frowned. "What is it?"
Ye Ye: "It's getting late, so it's not a good time to travel. The Japanese devils who fled just now were probably heading back to their tribe. These vermin shouldn't be allowed to live in this world. We can wipe them out and spend the night there!"
Li Si: "Brother Ye, you have such a noble heart—you're still thinking of the people of the world. I, Li Si, truly admire you! Good! Let's go wipe out those Japanese devils!"
Ye Ye: "You're too kind, Brother Li!"
Then Ye Ye and the others followed the route the Japanese devils had taken. By the time they arrived, night had fallen. The Japanese devils had lit a fire and were completely unaware that danger was approaching.
Wang Gang: "Those Japanese devils sure are carefree! Their leader just died, and they're still laughing and chatting over there!"
Wang Weiqi: "Exactly! They're a pack of beasts!"
It turned out that the Japanese devils were divided into many tribes, and the tribes often fought among themselves.
The losing tribe met a terrible fate: the men were killed.
The women were kept behind, and then... heh heh heh!
Ye Ye: "Let's surround them first, then attack together. Don't let a single one escape!"
Wang Weiqi: "All right! I'll go give the orders."
After a while, Ye Ye and the others had surrounded the Japanese devils, but they were still completely unaware. They really were mindless creatures.
Li Si: "Three... two... one! Charge!"
In an instant, a crowd rushed out of the surrounding forest. They all released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, then attacked the Japanese devils.
The Japanese devils spoke a jumble of gibberish that no one understood. Everyone on the Douluo Continent spoke the same language, while the Japanese devils' language had absolutely nothing to do with the mainland's.
Zhao Moumou: "Third Soul Skill, Crow Sits on Plane!"
Qian Moumou: "Fifth Soul Skill, Thousand Years of Death!"
Sun Moumou: "First Soul Skill, Come On Aoligei!"
Li Moumou: "Sixth Soul Skill, Kunkun Body Protection!"
After a while, everyone outside had been dealt with. Ye Ye opened the door and told the women inside, "Don't move."
But Ye Ye saw that all the people inside were women, and they were all in disarray.
The Fear Claw Sect members' eyes lit up when they saw the scantily clad women.
One of them said, "Brother Ye, leave them to us!"
As a man himself, Ye Ye knew what they were about to do, so he said, "All right. You take care of them."
The others said, "Thanks, Brother Ye! Heh heh heh!"
Just then, Li Si brought over several people and said to Ye Ye, "Brother Ye, there are a few more here who were pretending to be dead. What should we do with them?"
Ye Ye said, "Leave them to me. They need a proper punishment, so they can wash away their sins and be reborn as good people!"
Next, Ye Ye demonstrated the Ten Great Tortures of the Qing Dynasty for Li Si and the others: 1. Skinning 2. Cutting in half at the waist 3. Disemboweling 4. The five punishments 5. Lingchi 6. Strangulation 7. Boiling 8. Castration 9. Amputation 10. Live burial.
These methods washed away all their sins, ensuring they wouldn't "fall into the eighteenth level of hell."
And so Ye Ye and the Fear Claw Sect members stayed in the Japanese devils' tribe for a day.
The next day, a group of people came out of the women's room. They weren't the same people Ye Ye had seen before.
There must have been more than ten groups taking turns the previous day. The people inside had probably already been... used up.
Then Ye Ye and the others each grabbed a torch and threw it into the Japanese devils' tribe. Since they were savages, all their houses were made of wood and burned easily. Just like that, the Japanese devils' tribe was burned to the ground.
(Why does this get more and more twisted the more I write? The protagonist's starting to seem more like a villain. Do you like this sort of thing? I feel like the protagonist's character is falling apart!)
Ye Ye and the others continued deeper into Guizi Forest. Along the way, they encountered many mutated Soul Beasts. As expected, they were ugly and violent.
Ye Ye didn't want them living in this world, so he sent them on their way and helped them reincarnate.
Three more days passed. During that time, they encountered many more Japanese devils' tribes, and those tribes met the same fate as the previous one.
By now, Li Si had completely run out of patience. All he wanted was to hurry up and kill Zhang San, but they still had no leads.
Just then, a member of the Fear Claw Sect came to report, "Sect Master, we've found a lead!"
Li Si shot to his feet. "Fantastic! Take me there at once!"
Then Li Si led the Fear Claw Sect members, fully prepared, toward the location of the lead.
When they reached the place the Fear Claw Sect member had mentioned, the first thing they saw was a huge crater, followed by traces of blood and footprints.
Wang Weiqi, the cleverest one there, analyzed the scene. "This crater was probably made when Zhang San fell. The footprints confirm it, too. The Japanese devils on Xiaorizi Island don't wear shoes, but these footprints have tread patterns, which proves someone was wearing shoes. The blood also proves Zhang San was seriously wounded!"
Wang Gang added, "So all we have to do is follow the footprints, find Zhang San, and kill him!"
Wang Weiqi: "If we're right, we'll find Zhang San!"
Li Si, with his hot temper, didn't bother with all that. "Who cares if it's Zhang San? Let's chase after them and see!"
Li Si had made up his mind, and the Fear Claw Sect members had no objections. Ye Ye wanted to stir things up, so he naturally followed along and agreed.
And so everyone followed the footprints. Half a day later—
Wang Weiqi: "Look! There are signs of a fight up ahead!"
The group quickened their pace. When they reached the site, they saw that there had indeed been a fight. Li Si sensed traces of Soul Power lingering there and said, "Zhang San definitely fought here!"
Wang Gang: "That's great! Looks like we were right!"
The Fear Claw Sect disciples cheered, too.
Wang Weiqi: "Something's not right!"
Wang Gang: "What's not right?"
Wang Weiqi: "Look, there aren't any bodies here. Given Zhang San's nature, if he'd fought someone, he'd have chopped them to pieces. That makes this very suspicious!"
Ye Ye added, "That's right. The battle here wasn't very intense, which means there was a huge difference in strength between the two sides!"
After hearing them explain, Wang Gang immediately understood. "So, if there was a big difference in strength and Zhang San won, he would've left bodies behind. But there aren't any, which means Zhang San lost!"
Li Si understood as well. "And judging by this, the other person must have completely overpowered him!"
Wang Weiqi: "Zhang San is a level-94 Titled Douluo. To kill Zhang San without a fierce battle, someone would need to be at least level 97—and at the peak of level 97!"
Wang Gang: "Terrifying! There's actually a level-97 expert here."
Wang Weiqi: "Big brother! We can't take this risk. If we chase after them now, we'll almost certainly be doomed. Besides, Zhang San is probably already dead!"
Li Si thought it over and said, "Retreat!"
Li Si could be reckless and thoughtless, but in a situation like this, he still knew to protect the sect and think of the bigger picture!
Ye Ye wanted to say something, but after thinking it over, he decided it was better to plan carefully.
Ye Ye was highly attuned to battle, so he sensed Zhang San's aura, along with that of the others who had fought, and the direction they had gone. Ye Ye also knew Zhang San was still alive, so he had been leading them this way.
But now they were afraid, and Ye Ye could only think of another way. Suddenly, Ye Ye sensed something, then grinned!
Wang Weiqi, it's getting late. Let's camp here for the night and leave tomorrow.
Wang Gang and Li Si: "All right."
Ye Ye answered as well. "All right!"
Everyone except Ye Ye was unaware that danger was already approaching!
Late that night, everyone had gone to sleep when a dozen green figures crept toward them and silently killed them.
A dying Fear Claw Sect member: "Urgh...!"
But everyone was sleeping too soundly, so no one noticed. No one except Ye Ye.
Suddenly, a figure appeared beside Li Si. Just as it was about to kill him, Li Si sensed the danger and rolled aside, dodging the attack.
Li Si looked at the disciples lying dead around him and the green monsters still slaughtering people, then shouted, "Wake up! We're under attack!"
He put all his strength into the shout, and everyone immediately woke up. But it was already too late. Most of the men were dead. As for the women, you know... heh heh heh!
The green monsters had been exposed, so they no longer held back. They all launched their attacks.
In an instant, more members of the Fear Claw Sect were killed and wounded.
Wang Weiqi and Wang Gang reacted, too, and joined the fight. But they realized that the three of them couldn't beat their opponents. As it turned out, all these monsters were at least Soul Douluo level.
Ye Ye joined the battle, too, so he wouldn't blow his cover.
Wang Weiqi: "We can't keep fighting like this! They're all Soul Douluos, and there's even a Titled Douluo among them!"
Wang Gang: "What do we do, then? Are we supposed to abandon the sect's disciples?"
Li Si: "No! We absolutely can't abandon them. Come on, let's use our Martial Soul Fusion Skill!"
Then the three brothers used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Ye Ye had already disappeared somewhere to watch the show!
After the three used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the tide of battle turned instantly. The Little Green Men with Soul Douluo-level strength were all knocked down, and the brothers prepared to finish off the Titled Douluo with Dark Gold Terrorclaw.
But a much stronger Little Green Man emerged from the darkness, radiating an even more terrifying aura.
Wang Weiqi: "Is that the creature with level-97 strength?"
Little Green Man: "You little bears dare to show off in front of a master? Die!"
A Note from the Author:
I've used up my stockpiled chapters. Over the eight days of the National Day holiday, I'll post two chapters a day, releasing all fifteen chapters in reserve. I'll also write one extra chapter during the holiday, so that'll be sixteen chapters over eight days! This is the second chapter today.
During the National Day holiday, I'll post two chapters every day: one at eight in the morning and one at eight in the evening. If the chapters get blocked, I'll stop posting temporarily until they're unblocked.
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