Ahead lay the palace complex within the Secret Realm. After the Star Gu's investigation, it was also the only palace complex in the entire Secret Realm. Elsewhere, there were only small villages, not even a single town.
Within this vast Secret Realm, although much of the land had been cultivated, most of it was effectively abandoned. The Vast Earth Empire had planted many Spirit Medicines or raised special Spirit Beasts and Spirit Insects in certain unusual environments. Most places, however, were occupied by wild Spirit Beasts, and some people even hunted there.
"Forget all that. Go and kill everyone here. Remember, leave not a single one alive." With a wave of his hand, Huo Hai released the Crimson Spiders and Star Gu. He could not be sure whether the people here possessed anything unusual.
As members of the Imperial Family, no one knew whether they had left behind any special contingencies. Huo Hai also did not know whether everyone in the Secret Realm belonged to the Imperial Family or was merely an outsider. But even if they were not, they were surely die-hard loyalists of the Imperial Family.
Otherwise, how could the Vast Earth Imperial Family dare let these people live inside? Even a tiny Secret Realm like Pavilion Among Flowers had a large population within it. Yet the Vast Earth Empire's Imperial Family possessed a Secret Realm one-tenth the size of the empire itself, and it actually held so few people. Although Huo Hai had not investigated the entire Vast Earth Secret Realm, the central region was already perfectly clear to him.
Even if people lived elsewhere, there probably would not be many. The current Huo Hai felt no psychological burden whatsoever in killing these people. Besides, slaughtering them could continuously increase his Killing Aura and restore the Killing