The crowd witnessed a terrifying scene. Wei Tu’s body suddenly withered, and all his life force poured into Ye Chu’s body. His primordial spirit transformed into streams of power, continuously merging into Ye Chu’s form.
His entire essence flooded into Ye Chu’s qi sea, causing the spiritual energy within to surge wildly. At the same time, Ye Chu grew increasingly violent. A certain intent rampaged through him, disturbing his mind and sending his blood and qi into a frenzy. The power in his qi sea lost its calm and began to churn relentlessly.
Ye Chu’s eyes suddenly turned blood red. His entire body became wildly agitated, and an overwhelming urge to go berserk spread through him.
Ye Chu’s strength was rising. A peak ninth level Xuanming realm expert naturally possessed considerable essence. Although it could not push Ye Chu to the ninth level, it did elevate him to the sixth realm.
However, the faster his strength grew, the more violent Ye Chu became. He lost his earlier calm demeanour, replaced entirely by a raging frenzy.
“Ahhh… ahhh…”
Ye Chu roared continuously, swinging his arms wildly like a mad dog. His aura kept erupting violently. He charged into the disciples of the Three Yuan Sect, throwing punches nonstop. Every strike turned a cultivator into a bloody mess.
As if violence had completely consumed his mind, Ye Chu attacked everyone like a rabid dog.
“Ye Chu!” Ye Jingyun’s expression changed drastically as she shouted aloud. Ye Chu seemed lost again, but not entirely. At this moment, he displayed more of a violent and manic state, as if suffering from cultivation deviation.
Ye Jingyun was terrified by this situation. The greatest fear for any cultivator is losing control of their own mind. Once mental control slips away, death is never far behind.
Ye Chu’s current violent slaughter had already pushed him into this dangerous stage. He was treading on extremely perilous ground. If this continued, he might truly become a permanently violent and manic person.
Gritting her teeth, Ye Jingyun shot forward, reaching out to grab Ye Chu.
Ye Chu swung a backhand punch downwards. Ye Jingyun blocked it sideways, but even so, she was forced back several steps, her blood and qi churning violently.
Yet Ye Jingyun paid it no mind. She lunged forward again, attempting to seize him.
Ye Chu threw another punch, sending Ye Jingyun flying backwards. Her entire arm trembled, and the force turned her face deathly pale.
“Damn it!” Ye Jingyun ignored the blood trickling from her lip and tried to advance again. However, she saw Ye Chu bite his lip, blood spilling from his mouth. His fingers moved rapidly, forming a seal in his hand.
“Plunder!”
Ye Chu shouted. Countless strands of energy emerged around his body, surging directly into him. He extracted a strand of intent. The intent was terrifying, and as it vibrated, the sound of ringing swords echoed continuously.
Everyone recognised this intent clearly. It belonged to Wei Tu, yet no one knew why it had appeared in Ye Chu’s body.
After Ye Chu extracted the intent from his body, a surge of multicoloured fiendish aura rose within him and directly crushed it. Only then did his violent aura gradually subside.
Ye Jingyun walked over to Ye Chu. Watching him regain his calm and lazy demeanour, she asked, “Are you alright?”
Seeing the delicate worry on Ye Jingyun’s beautiful face, Ye Chu smiled and shook his head. However, he exhaled a cloud of foul breath. He had not anticipated this happening either.
The Soul-Devouring Essence-Transforming Technique was indeed heaven defying, but it could not refine another person’s intent. If it had been an ordinary intent, it might have been manageable, but Wei Tu possessed a true intent. Although all his essence merged into Ye Chu’s body, the true intent struck violently, triggering his manic state.
Naturally, this single strand of true intent could not fully consume his mind. However, suppressing and destroying it still required immense mental effort. If he had not employed the Profound Principle of Plunder to forcibly extract it and then crushed it with his fiendish aura, destroying it would have been extraordinarily difficult for Ye Chu.
Feeling the surging power within, Ye Chu took a deep breath. The Soul-Devouring Essence-Transforming Mantra was indeed excellent, a terrifying secret art. However, it could not be used recklessly.
Intent could not simply be dissolved. If the technique refined a cultivator who was too powerful, their intent might actually crush Ye Chu. Fortunately, Ye Chu possessed the Profound Principle of Plunder. As long as the opponent was not vastly stronger than him, he had little to fear.
Looking at the dried corpse at his feet, Ye Chu’s expression remained calm. He addressed the remaining Three Yuan Sect disciples, “Hand over half your assets, take Wei Tu’s body, and get out.”
Since Wei Tu had contributed his entire essence to him, Ye Chu naturally had no intention of desecrating his corpse.
The Three Yuan Sect disciples stared at Ye Chu in terror. This was far more frightening than simply killing Wei Tu. They had clearly watched a living person turn into a dried corpse. It was the power of a ghost.
Exchanging glances, they looked at the corpses of their fallen comrades and began to scatter and flee.
Zhu Fengcheng wanted to pursue them, but a single glance from Ye Chu forced him to stop dead in his tracks. Their awe of Ye Chu deepened. The youth before them was not only fiercely powerful, but his methods were also ghostly.
Their attitude towards Ye Chu grew more respectful, bordering on fearful reverence. Although Ye Chu appeared lazy and gentle on the surface, his recent killing methods proved otherwise. Treating him as a kind person would be inviting death. Offend him, and who knew when they might turn into dried corpses.
Zhu Fengcheng ordered his disciples to take over Red Iron Mountain and bury their fallen comrades here. Meanwhile, Ye Chu felt his Supreme Intent strengthen slightly once more, reinforcing his belief that the Soul-Devouring Essence-Transforming Technique should not be used frequently.
“Senior brother! Would you like to inspect Red Iron Mountain?” Zhu Fengcheng asked Ye Chu cautiously.
Ye Chu understood his meaning. Glancing at him, he said, “Take the refined iron from the storerooms at Red Iron Mountain for this young master. Leave the rest for yourselves.”
“Yes!” Zhu Fengcheng replied quickly. He did not consider Ye Chu’s demand excessive. Ye Chu had conquered it. Given his recent display of power, they would have handed everything over if he had asked.
Since Ye Chu had seized so many assets for them, refusing to reward him was unrealistic. However, Ye Chu stating exactly what he wanted actually relieved them. Otherwise, guessing what would please him would have been a gamble none could guarantee.
Watching the defeated Three Yuan Sect disciples flee, Ye Chu wondered if the sect had any stronger figures. If not, he would have to seek out a King realm expert.
However, to fight a King realm expert, his current strength still fell short. If a real battle broke out, Ye Chu would likely suffer heavy losses.
Ye Chu could not guarantee he could defeat a King.
“If there truly are no suitable cultivators, I will have to seek out a King to temper myself.” Gritting his teeth, Ye Chu decided that if all else failed, he would attack the Three Yuan Sect’s main headquarters directly.
Ye Chu knew very well that a King guarded the Three Yuan Sect’s main gate.
“Are you alright?” Seeing Ye Jingyun resting nearby to recover her breath, Ye Chu asked.
Before Ye Chu could even finish his sentence, Ye Jingyun kicked him fiercely. “You bastard! Could you not have been a bit gentler?”