Before coming to the Tree Court Inn.
Ye Li had thought he was fully prepared for the dangers here.
Murder for treasure, monopolized resources, sinister schemes...
He had planned to keep a low profile unless something crossed his bottom line, and replenish his depleted Source Energy at the inn first.
But clearly.
He had still been far too unprepared.
Ye Li lowered his eyes, the killing intent around him surging ever higher!
Of all the possibilities he had considered, he had never expected to encounter something this disgusting in the ruthless Upper Realm.
They were truly forcing him to unleash a massacre here!
And at the same time.
Deep within his sea of consciousness, warnings from his Golden Soul kept pouring in.
Ye Li sneered inwardly.
So he really does have someone backing him.
If this effeminate young man were merely an ordinary spoiled scion, his Golden Soul would never have reacted so strongly.
This could only mean that the man's backer was no ordinary figure.
But he had already prepared himself for that.
Even if the man's backer was the lord of Gaoyang City himself, that seventh-layer Sea-Illuminating Realm cultivator who had acquired two arts... so what?
Even if Ye Li could not defeat him head-on.
With several trump-card Divine Abilities at his disposal, escaping would be more than manageable!
Besides.
Offending one is still an offense. Offending a whole crowd is no different.
An icy gleam churned in Ye Li's golden eyes.
He would welcome enemies on every side in this realm. That would give him all the more reason to make sweeping improvements to its environment!
"M-my lord... please show mercy!"
Only now.
Did the two beautiful maids, pinned down by his blood aura, finally recover from their terror.
Seeing Duan Hai's head crushed into a bloody