Drinking Blood and Falling to Demons, a Substitution in Secret (Two-in-One; Please Vote)

At that moment, even the rain over the sea seemed to stand still.

The entire world fell into an uncanny silence.

The detonation of the Fourth Stage Array, together with the destruction of the spirit vein, had unleashed a thunderous surge of spiritual energy. It became a vast storm of spiritual light that spread outward, obliterating everything in its path.

Even the Sea Shark Demon King gave a low whimper. It had clearly suffered serious injuries.

The spirit boat carrying Ye Jingyu had become a streak of light, barely breaking free of the sea where spiritual light still raged.

Much of the dark cloud overhead had been scattered. The spirit boat, meanwhile, had been battered nearly to pieces.

Ye Jingyu brought out another spirit boat.

He tucked the soul banner into his storage bag.

Unfortunately, the explosion had yielded few beast souls.

The soul banner's pull had its limits, and the boat bore a top-grade Third Stage Great Wind Sky Talisman. Its speed was already close to that of a Demon King.

With the blast propelling it as well, its speed had nearly rivaled a Fourth Stage spirit boat.

Seeing that the beast tide behind them had not caught up, Ye Jingyu steered the boat straight toward the Falling Cloud Archipelago.

They would not return to the Purplewood Sect's territory.

Someone might already be waiting for them there.

The Ye Family had long since moved the mortals and its young cultivator prospects away. It had also sold off or relocated some cultivation resources in advance.

Only the Purplewood Sect's local early- and middle-stage Qi Refining cultivators remained on Purplewood Island, along with a handful of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Its resources and secret manuals had vanished.

Anyone who went to Purplewood Island would come away empty-handed.

Of course, the Purplewood Sect