Chapter 973: The Sad Ones (1/2)

In the boundless black sea.

The three Saint domain experts, Jing Feiyang, Quan Zixuan, and Qu Mingde, flew in the front, while a large number of Void domain experts followed.

Since they weren’t in the starry river, none of them unleashed their domains. However, they were still as fast as lightning bolts.

The three major sects from the Domain of Heaven Python had each sent one Saint domain expert, along with three Void domain experts.

As for the Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries, all of their major sects, except the Pure Heaven Sect, had sent two Void domain experts on this mission.

The Domain of the Falling Stars, however, had only sent Fan Kai, a Void domain expert.

The goal of this trip to the floating continent was to get rid of the outsider intruders with quick, hard strikes. Therefore, after discussing it with his subordinates, Nie Tian had decided to take only the Saint domain and Void domain experts this time.

Since those with lower cultivation bases wouldn’t be able to serve that purpose, they hadn’t been arranged to join this mission.

The Star Boat flew among the dashing Void domain experts with Nie Tian and Dong Li standing on it.

Under Dong Li’s management, Nie Tian’s subordinate forces had already mined more than three million Star Stones from the Lizardman realm that had been assigned to him. Such a large number of Star Stones allowed him to use them however he wanted.

Several days passed...

An oval-shaped island suddenly entered Jing Feiyang’s detection range. Before he could even see anything, his immense soul awareness covered it.

“It’s not our target island, but... there are outsiders on it...” All of a sudden, Jing Feiyang’s face dropped. “There are also a large number of enslaved humans there!”

Qu Mingde and Quan Zixuan detected the anomaly as well. Their faces instantly grew grim.

Since they were still a great distance from the island, Nie Tian and Dong Li’s cultivation bases didn’t allow them to see or sense anything. With a baffled expression, he asked, “What’s going on?”

Jing Feiyang let out a low sigh. “You’ll see soon enough.”

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

He suddenly accelerated and left the main group, along with Qu Mingde and Quan Zixuan.

“Be careful!” Nie Tian called out. “Try not to expose yourselves too early!”

Jing Feiyang’s voice echoed out from the distance where the three of them vanished. “Don’t worry. The strongest outsiders there are only at the sixth grade. They can’t be easier to kill.”

Nie Tian then sped up the Star Boat as well.

An hour later, the island Jing Feiyang had detected entered Nie Tian’s eyes.

Floating over the island were mysterious magical symbols of different colors. Small sword lights were hovering around and sealing the island, along with dazzling golden sparks that could seen at several corners of the island.

From the look of it, the three Saint domain experts had completely sealed the island, preventing the outsiders’ voices, soul messages, or bloodline fluctuations from leaving the island.

Only after the Star Boat flew closer did the three Saint domain experts’ island-sealing power gradually dissipate.

BZZZ!

The Star Boat came to a stop over the island.

Floating high in the sky, Nie Tian looked down, and saw dead Demons, Blackscales, and Stonemen in different areas of the island.

Apparently, the three Saint domain experts had finished off every single outsider on the island within a very short time.

In fact, considering their Saint domain cultivation bases, they could have annihilated them upon encountering them.

The only reason why it had taken them longer was because they had sealed the island first to prevent information of any form from leaving the island, so that other outsiders wouldn’t be alarmed.

Aside from the dead outsiders, Nie Tian also saw numerous human corpses.

They were also scattered in different locations on the island, as they seemed to have been mining spiritual materials and gathering spirit plants.

All of them were dressed in rags, and were skinny and miserable like beggars.

Each and every one of them had a silver ring around their necks that was carved with patterns that were unique to Demons.

“They were these Demons’ slaves,” Jing Feiyang said with a grim look in his eyes. “When Demons invade human domains, they take human slaves and use them to mine spiritual materials and collect medicinal plants. Due to their less effective reproduction, outsider populations aren’t nearly as great as humans. However, they also control a large number of domains and realms, so they need slaves to work for them.