A few weeks later and they still remained in the area. The Zombie Dragons were under the control of the Officer but he needed more time to establish a better control over them for combat. The wild nature inside was much to handle with the outside stimuli.
The foolish Cang Ming caused trouble for the Dark Moon Family one day. Thinking the Soul Feather Family was not to be ignored, he demanded to know who they were. Busy with the lake, the Officers didn't budge.
"Haa.. walk away if you know what's good for you." Ye Han stood up. Having stopped his cultivation for this was not the problem, the problem was Shen Yue getting annoyed with the bowl of "Dreamcloud Water" slow process. "We don't want to talk with you right now, so buzz off!"
Cang Ming was annoyed at the disrespect. He gestured for his people to go and deal with Ye Han. It was a big mistake on their part to do so.
"I will deal with the whelpling." Shen Yue's eyes flared purple from annoyance. "Come.. boy." His finger did the come hither motion.
"Humph!"Cang Ming snorted and tried to do a sneak attack. His palms extended as he used Blood Palm technique! Red palm images smacked into Shen Yue brutally. "How do you like that?"
The palms did nothing. Not even cosmetic damage to him.
"It was.. something." Shen Yue blew the dust away. Completely unscathed. "I will remember to have you try "my" palms later. They don't have anything fancy about them though."
Shen Yue came running out like a tiger beast. The Black Star Tiger cubs watching intently. He then pounced on Cang Ming. Crushing him into the ground. Tilting back just a little, he swung like a rabid animal creating wind from the pressure alone.
As the wind currents picked up, blood mixed into it.
Cang Ming had half his face peeled off from turning to mitigate the first strike. The left eye was completely ripped out by a curled finger. Shredded by the hardened fingernails. After the fourth swipe, enough power was built up. He forcefully kicked Shen Yue off and grabbed his weapon strapped on his back.
"Heh!" Shen Yue landed on the ground in a crouch. "Interesting!" The Beast Divine Spark was helping his body movement advance further. His next recreation of his flesh and bones would be promising from the Flame Vortex Core in working in conjunction.
"I WILL KILL YOU!!" Cang Ming had a shining tangible energy in his hand. He threw it with all his might at Shen Yue. But seeing his opponent smile, he felt something was off before contact was made. 'This freak.. is giving me the creeps.'
*Chomp!* Shen Yue swallowed the tangible energy that resembled a Lightning Bolt! Vanishing from the spot, he appeared behind Cang Ming ripping his arm off and swallowing it. The case for the weapon was eaten as well.
Smartly, Cang Ming ran for all he was worth after getting his arm eaten.
*Soo! Soo!* Two palm strikes went out. Using only his physical body to attack. The first palm obliterated the arm put up in defiance and clothes. The second palm strike cracked the sternum and ribs. Cang Ming flew back into those in the crowd.
"Ki..i.." Cang Ming gave his last order. "Kill him!" His breathing labor, they dare not return with him like this without killing the one who caused it.
The people of the Soul Family were pretty stupid. They charged in without transforming with their Demon Spirits. Then again, panic had set in.
"Thank you for this." Shen Yue smiled. Fighting against humans and humanoids was much easier. "You are such a delicious treat." He licked his lips eyes shining brightly in bloodlust.
Grabbing the first few bodies he used them as battering rams going wild. Killing containing a slight cathartic feeling after all for him. Those under Legend Realm died in droves. Blue-white flames washing over them as they were thrown into the Flame Vortex Core with the other bodies.
"Just a few Legend realms, killed just that quickly. What a terrible family you belong to." Stomping the throat of a cat-looking humanoid, he picked up the sword it used. "This will do." He shot forward swinging against two Legend Realms that came to strike him down.
"You monster!" Slowly the cultivator started to transform. He felt an immediate threat as a foot came up kicking him in the chest. "Kuh!"
*Snap!* Shen Yue crushed the one he was holdings throat and snapped it off. The blood getting absorbed into the Metal Seed mostly. The flesh actually speeding his internal organs' recovery along further. More changes to look into.
"Well, I have improved in a few other areas. Something to look forward to more it seems." Seeing the running enemy, he felt the need to give chase. "Instinctual behavior at a high level is dangerous without a steady mind."
*Schlick!* Shen Yue did a swipe with his finger sending out a blood arc. It cut through the ground into the cultivator's back, slicing him in two.
"Well... not doing that again. Its harmful to me." Shen Yue sealed that odd maneuver off in the Beast Divine Spark. 'Why the hell would I want to send my blood into the enemy like that? Especially if it decreases my own longevity?'
The Mysterious Lightning Weapon was at the Heavenly Realm at least. The fact existed with no problems irked Shen Yue a bit. Items with the power of Heavenly Fate can exist but the moment someone steps into the Heavenly Fate, not the Spiritual God Realm, somebody manipulating the Laws come to hit you with Annihilation Level Lightning is annoying.
The notion to have several people do it at once would just cause the power protecting the Tiny World to vanish. Still not having a solution yet around it.
'I need to figure out the Law causing this or slip into a Subisadary Realm to have a further breakthrough to heal. As well as my people.' Shen Yue stretched his neck and back. His bones shifting with small improvements for the muscles. 'The desert.. expedition might be the only other small thing I can do.'
"Could you not have killed him?" A voice called out.
Looking up revealed a black-haired tomboy. The clothing had the others fooled but if one looked closer, the feel of a female was there. It was Xiao Yu in her crossdress attire for safety. Then again, he was in an older setting so people might not be able to tell anyway.
"Why are you staring at me?" Xiao Yu had come around with Xiao Ninger, Ye Ziyun, Ye Hong, and the rest, Nie Li with his crew in tow.
"Hmm, I just can't "see" through you completely is all." Shen Yue smirked. His eyes racked over Xiao Yu as he gave a sniff to the air. "Careful back home.. child.. bad things happen here that effect that place." Feeling his heart racing, he walked away. "Careful of those new friends of yours to."
"Shen Yue, is everything alright?" Ye Hong excused himself from the others walking away. "You look off."
"Just injured heavily is all." Shen Yue didn't care who heard. He needed more to come after him to refine the bodies. "How did Glory City go? Eliminated the enemy fully?"
They walked away as Ye Hong filled him in. The mention of the Demon lord actually being there was a bit of a twist. The Wugui Family that went with was wiped out but the Demon Lord was pressured only.
Shen Xiu and Ye Mo dealt enough to give him pause. Up until he got serious and threatened to destroy the Glory City walls. Ye Ziyun pressed the attack but Ye Mo and Ye Hong prevented her from delivering a damaging blow out of fear of reprisal.
"He was also looking for some Demon Spirit Stone." Ye Hong was nervous about the next part a little. "It was let out that you have it. I tried to say you destroyed it, but the Demon Lord didn't believe it for a moment."
"So... he will be coming for me. How interesting." Shen Yue was wondering who said it. Rubbing his chin in thought, the notion that he could be used to help restore his organs passing briefly. "The person that directed him my way must have had a good reason to."
"Haa..." Ye Hong sighed giving the answer. "Ye Zong said so. Grandpa Ye Mo informed him of the deal and took back over of the City Lord position in the same process. No longer needing to guard the area as Ye Ziyun and Ye Zong were taking people inside to collapse the exits apparently. Obviously, we don't know where they all are, but we close as many as we can if agreeable terms aren't met with the 15 families."
"Hmm... yall do that." Shen Yue was not optimistic about the families in the Nether Realm. 'I will have to have the Officers close the ones on the Plateau to protect the town there. As well as redo the areas of the other towns and Outposts.'
Making it to the tent that was quite large, Shen Yue had Ye Hong explain what happened in detail.
Afterward, Ye Hong left as the others wanted to wait for the remaining members to return and hear what happened from their side before making decisions.
Some of the information piecing together in regards to the Time & Space Palace. The every moving pain in the butt place actually was in the Black Forest at one point. He only knew this because a few of the Demon beasts had entered the place and saw some of the statues that resembled what was described in the Light Novel and were visually close to the Graphic Novel representation.
'Soon, I will make my move and get that book. Hopefully, I am right about the version that exists here and my Flame Vortex Core will have recovered enough by then.' Shen Yue checked on the wide Internal Space he had and felt it was just a little to big now. He needed to throw more land inside to make stuff. 'At least the Thundegod Meteorite Sword has recovered more.'
As the sword floated around discharging rich spiritual lightning, he was glade a rune formation was made to take the energy in and redirected back at the sword. Tempering it with the constant discharge. It would be a while before he would need to find anything to help speed the restoration along.
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Soul Family Compound-
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As word reached the Patriarch of the Soul Family in regards to his heir, the overall situation was forced to be put on the backburner. Information regarding the Wugui Family took precedence.
The family had been wiped out mostly during an attack on a place called Glory City. The various families were informed by the Demon Lord out of spite of his recent failure. Banding together, the families started searching on finding an exit to get out.
Scouring in large numbers made them prime picking by those waiting in ambush at the exits.