Chapter 1083: Dream Weavers

As expected, the Third Elder was truly unwilling to have his soul extinguished so easily and unknowingly by Xu Yang. Ultimately, however, it was his own arrogance and hubris that prevented him from maintaining sufficient vigilance in Xu Yang's presence.

However, such talk was merely theoretical. After all, who in the entire world could match Xu Yang in terms of combat intelligence? Even if someone possessed that level of intelligence, they would be far from having Xu Yang's strength.

The Third Elder's eyes completely lost their color, turning hollow and grayish-white, and all his spiritual technique domains around him also vanished completely in a very short time.

The moment Xu Yang withdrew from the main battlefield, the Diamond Behemoth immediately took action. Following the orders Xu Yang had previously given it telepathically, it unhesitatingly executed the Third Elder, a core member of the Demonic Dragon Legion, right in front of all the oceanic overlord-level powerful beings.

A thunderous roar instantly spread out.

"I will repeat this once more," Xu Yang declared. "The Glory Squad has begun its conquest of Demonic Dragon Island. Anyone who dares to obstruct us will be killed without mercy! Let this be the fate of anyone else who dares to offend us!"

As Xu Yang finished speaking, he subtly flicked his palm. In an utterly domineering manner, right before the myriad top-tier sea race powerhouses in the Endless Sea, he slowly lifted the corpse of the Demonic Dragon Legion's Third Elder into the void.

In an instant, countless boundless sword energies materialized out of thin air above the mid-sky. Before everyone's eyes, they dismembered the Third Elder's body into countless pieces.

The shattered remains of the corpse scattered in all directions across the Endless Sea, triggering a new round of frenzied scavenging and devouring among the sea races.

After all, that was the body of one of Demonic Dragon Island's three most powerful figures, a true top-tier human spirit cultivator. To be able to conquer such a being so easily, only Xu Yang likely possessed such unparalleled strength.

For the sea races, the period before the arrival of the Millennium Tribulation was essentially when spiritual stone resources were most scarce for all races. Obtaining such an opportunity was truly a rare stroke of luck.

With competition, naturally came slaughter.

Xu Yang's strategy, akin to "killing three warriors with two peaches," was incredibly clever. By using the Third Elder's physical body as bait, he incited a deadly struggle among the sea race powerhouses. The Black Pearl seized the opportunity to rapidly advance at full speed, quickly breaking through the energy encirclement before them and moving into a new phase.

"What did you say?"

At that moment, on Demonic Dragon Island, when the Second Elder informed the First Elder that the Third Elder had been dismembered by Xu Yang in front of the sea races, the First Elder immediately rose into the air, his eyes ablaze with intense killing intent.

"Those bastards, those damned wretches!" he roared. "Prepare for battle. This time, I will make every single one of them pay a blood debt for my third brother!"

After fiercely uttering these words, the First Elder instantly crushed a massive spiritual stone before him.

Little did they know, near the central region of Demonic Dragon Island where the two brothers were located, spiritual stone prototypes of various colors and sizes were already visible everywhere. Apart from the two of them, no one knew how these spiritual stones had truly formed.

And recently, Xu Yang and his companions had also noticed that they hadn't heard the enormous Demonic Dragon roaring for quite some time.

In the blink of an eye, three more days passed. The sea surface had become calm and peaceful, clearly indicating that Xu Yang's previous display of deterrence had been highly effective.

The powerful sea races who had obtained the Third Elder's corpse as sustenance were content with their gains. With no longer being threatened by the three elders' commands, they naturally saw no reason to provoke the formidable Glory Squad and had long since retreated into the deep sea to digest the spiritual power.

As for the sea races who failed to acquire the corpse meat, some were battered and bleeding, desperately needing to recover from their injuries, while others, having witnessed Xu Yang's terrifying strength in slaying the Third Elder, had long since fled.

After all, they couldn't even snatch a piece of the corpse meat, unable to compete with the top-tier sea races. This meant they were even less qualified to contend with Xu Yang, a terrifying existence akin to a monster.

Thus, the inner domain entered a relatively peaceful period.

For three whole days, every member of Xu Yang's Glory Squad, under the strict orders of their leader, Xu Yang, remained in the mobile city, diligently cultivating.

This time, Xu Yang issued a death order: no one was permitted to emerge from cultivation until they had fully consolidated their Purple-level realm.

With the arrival of the three elders, the inherent hardware advantage of the Black Pearl was directly negated. Judging by the techniques the Third Elder used, these three ultimate bosses of the Demonic Dragon Legion were undoubtedly stronger than each other. What hidden means the Second Elder and First Elder possessed, even Guglas, the living intelligence database, had no clue about. It must be related to the Demonic Dragon Island's legacy.

Considering this aspect, Xu Yang automatically and consciously prioritized everyone's safety.

Boom!

On the third night, the usual calm was finally shattered by a sudden, massive roar.

Everyone stared, wide-eyed, towards the southwest, awaiting a barrage of further roars. However, to their surprise, the roar seemed more like a diversion, for soon, melodious zither music wafted through the air.

The lingering zither music was enchanting and refreshing, instinctively reminding Xu Yang of the girl with the Nine-Aperture Exquisite Heart.

"No good! Everyone, immediately guard your minds!" Xu Yang shouted. "Do not get lost in the zither music!"

Xu Yang let out a fierce roar, and an immensely powerful mental pressure swiftly enveloped the entire Black Pearl. Everyone was forcibly awakened by their leader's terrifying mental fluctuations. Only then did they realize they had unwittingly fallen into a dream state.

"Oh heavens, boss, I don't know why, but just now," one exclaimed, "I saw countless fine wines, and my maid was walking towards me, smiling, carrying all sorts of delicious food."

"Oh? You fat oaf, tell me what she was wearing, it wasn't a uniform, was it?" Guglas was practically drooling, endlessly chuckling foolishly.

Suddenly, Ling Yao, who was beside him, struck him on the back of the neck.

"Do you know how dangerous that just was?" Ling Yao questioned. "If I'm not mistaken, this must be the Second Elder's most skilled soul-infusion technique. Once you sink into it and cannot pull yourselves out, you will never wake up."

Hearing this, everyone gasped in cold dread.

At this point, the entire Black Pearl was completely enveloped by Xu Yang's Angelic Domain. However, the most terrifying aspect of the opponent's mental attack technique was that once successfully cast, it required no further mental power to sustain it; those trapped would simply remain in their own dreams indefinitely.

No one noticed that Little Mushroom, the group's pet who had previously hidden under the deck clutching her rag doll bunny, now had a strange, shadowy tint in her eyes...