The Devouring Eye isn't a real eyeball, but rather, a massive vortex, resembling the eye of a storm, radiating eerie spiral lines around it, just like writhing tentacles.
In an instant, as the Devouring Eye spread out, it was impossible for the stealth guards inside Yang Manor to evade it. One after another, they were pulled in, those with strength below the Soul-refining Realm couldn't even resist and were devoured of all their power.
The Great Devouring Technique is ever so terrifying, nearly a massacre against any practitioner with a lower cultivation level than Chu Yuan.
"Great Devouring Technique!"
Chu Yuan pointed a finger, and instantly a powerfully absorbing finger harshly jabbed a Divine Ability practitioner. The practitioner's waist exploded on the spot, turning his entire body into a blood mist.
The Supreme of Humane, majestically unleashed!
Originally, these first and second-level Divine Ability masters may not be as strong as Chu Yuan, but they would not be easily slaughtered. But Chu Yuan, wielding the Sword of the Human Emperor, with the Supreme of the Humane's amplification, not only shocked and deterred with its majesty, but also enhanced his power against the human race.
The Human Emperor, the emperor of thousands of emperors!
Those who offend the Human Emperor, must be executed!
The power around Chu Yuan was flickering, killing unheeded. This reckless consumption of power should have exhausted him, but Chu Yuan's face only grew more relaxed.
That's the horror of the Great Devouring Technique - it not only absorbs all powers, but it can also replenish itself during battle, as if it had an endless source of energy.
Other people might fear being surrounded, or overwhelming numbers, but the Great Devouring Technique fears none of that.
"Tyrannical Blade Slash!"
Then a second-level Divine Ability practitioner clenched his teeth, and with a slash of the silver long knife in his hand, an overbearing blade intent fell on Chu Yuan. In an instant, the space within a hundred meters was enveloped by the long knife.
"Great Battle Technique, Battle Frenzy!"
Chu Yuan's five fingers tightly clenched into a fist and made a thunderous blast. At once, a fist covered in thunder appeared in the sky. The fist was as fast as lightning and slow as a snail, creating a powerful twist in reality.
His powerful punch landed on that second-level Divine Ability practitioner, causing him to spurt blood and die on the spot.
The Great Devouring Technique started devouring once again. Chu Yuan seemed like a beast that was never satisfied, slaughtering wildly, absorbing wildly, and the over two thousand stealth guards together with all the Divine Ability masters were all slaughtered.
"You! You actually killed all the stealth guards, it's impossible. What is this power? How could your power have grown so frighteningly?"
Yang Xian exclaimed in horror. He had seen Chu Yuan before. Even though he was a prodigy at that time, he was certainly not as terrifying as today, like a mighty figure reincarnated and rebuilding himself.
"Loyal and Brave Marquis, restrain him, I want to devour his origin, to breakthrough the realm!"
At this point, Chu Yuan, who had just slaughtered more than two thousand stealth guards, had reached the limit of the second-level Original Spirit Realm, and as long as he devoured Yang Xian, he would certainly break through to the third-level Original Spirit Realm.
Even the Loyal and Brave Marquis was surprised secretly. At Chu Yuan's command, he immediately activated a grand spell, "The Great Day Metal Technique, the Gold Spirit Decapitation!"
Yang Xian roared fiercely.
Lu Qianfu sneered again and again. His body transformed into a supreme golden light. His Fragmentation Knife came slashing out, as soon as it touched the armor on Yang Xian's body, it shattered like tofu.
Yang Xian gritted his teeth, his eyes blood-red, his skin presenting an unusual bloody red, and his veins swelling up like coiling dragons.
"Power of Three Emperors, Supreme of Humane!"
At this moment, Chu Yuan's mana flowed to the extreme. Behind him, an enormous phantom image that resembled Chu Yuan's appearance materialized. It was like an ancient human emperor, with boundless dominance, sweeping across the wasteland, and its reputation reaching the four seas.
With a direct blow, he punched Yang Xian at the waist.
Yang Xian, who was on guard against Lu Qianfu and defending against Chu Yuan, was bombarded by the punch. His body bent, and then he was sent flying, crashing hard into the ground.
Just as he was about to retaliate, Lu Qianfu slashed, creating countless rays of knife light around Yang Xian like a prison.
"Great Devouring Technique, Devour, Devour, Devour!"
Chu Yuan once again reached down, his palm fiercely grabbing onto Yang Xian's head, and instantly, a stream of vital energy was extracted.
Yang Xian let out an agonizing scream. He could feel his vitality rapidly draining away and was unable to break free from the hand firmly attached to the top of his head.
After several long minutes, his screams grew weaker and weaker. In the end, an empty robe fell to the ground, and he had completely vanished.
Original Spirit Realm, third stage!
Chu Yuan devoured more than two thousand shadow guards, including Yang Xian, a seventh-stage Divine Abilities expert, but only ascended one stage in the Original Spirit Realm. Although it was only a single stage, he could keenly feel that even without the boost from the Imperial Sword, he was equivalent to hundreds of Original Spirit Realm experts.
"His Majesty has broken through!"
Lu Qianfu was also shocked by Chu Yuan's momentum, then flickered and appeared. He fumbled around the robe, and a space ring appeared.
"Indeed! Shangguan Qingyun has been colluding with the big conspirators for a long time, secretly establishing the Yang Merchant Group, using his power to sell forbidden treasures from my Dawu country to these conspirators. In return, he gains benefits and arms his three thousand shadow guards."
The ring contained letters that clearly displayed Yang Xian's communication with the big conspirators.
Especially after the former emperor's death, every plot and collusion was vividly documented.
However, Shangguan Qingyun was very cautious. He cast a feint, avoiding direct contact with the conspirators' Imperial Dynasty. All dealings were handled by Yang Xian, making it impossible to incriminate him.
"The Yang Merchant Group is Shangguan Qingyun's main income source. Now that he has lost the Barin medicine mountain, and more than half of his three thousand shadow guards have been eradicated, he's nothing more than a toothless tiger."
Chu Yuan waved his hand, "Ten thousand god warriors are just the minimum standard, I need more financial resources. It so happens that there is plenty of evidence of collusion here, so seize all the assets nationwide from the Yang Merchant Group, and transfer the wealth to the state. I can't wait to see how Shangguan Qingyun will react when he hears this devastating news."
"Haha, Your Majesty's plan of removing the firewood under the pot is brilliant. Shangguan Qingyun thought he was clever, but in the end, he lost his shadow guards."
Lu Qianfu dug out a token from the space ring. The transparent crystal clear token was engraved with numerous intricate formations, and it had many light dots on it, "This is a mother-and-child token, which can transmit messages to each other and determine each other's position. The higher the quality, the further the distance.
This token is of extremely high quality, and it can transmit messages quickly through the child tokens."
"Good. Duke Zhongyong, use Yang Xian's name to send a message, ordering all the shadow guards out on missions to return to the Imperial City. We will catch them all in one sweeping action."
He had killed all of the shadow guards in the Yang Mansion but did not receive any Destiny Points reward. He then knew that there were still plenty of shadow guards outside the Imperial City.
"We have this thing in the Divine Warrior Army too."
Lu Qianfu nodded and immediately began to operate it.
With this mother-and-child token, the shadow guards did not suspect anything and all hurried back to the Imperial City's Yang Mansion. Chu Yuan also issued an edict to restrain Shangguan Qingyun's actions, keeping him occupied for the next few days.
Once all the shadow guards were exterminated by Chu Yuan, the reward he had been anticipating finally came.
Ding! Host completes selection two, perfect completion, reward 1500 Destiny Points."
"Current Destiny Points balance, 2300."