Chapter 764: Purgatory on Earth

When Ye Xiu arrived at Seven-Star Island with Tu La and Cha Muxue, he was met with a scene of hell on earth. The air was thick with the nauseating stench of blood.

"What are your thoughts?" Ye Xiu asked, his face cold.

Tu La and Cha Muxue did not answer.

"If I restore your cultivation, would you be willing to help me resolve the crisis on Seven-Star Island?" Ye Xiu asked.

Tu La and Cha Muxue exchanged a glance before Tu La readily agreed, "Fine!"

Ye Xiu nodded and immediately healed Tu La’s and Cha Muxue’s Qi Sea and Dantian, restoring their strength.

"Hahaha..." The moment his strength returned, Tu La burst out laughing, taunting, "Ye Xiu, you’re still so young. Too naive, too easy to fool. How could Cha Muxue and I possibly help you?"

Cha Muxue’s long, severe face twisted into a vicious sneer. "The fact that you restored our strength heralds your doom."

The world itself is simple; it’s the people who are complicated.

Ye Xiu looked at them emotionlessly and said in a deep voice, "Seven-Star Island is the territory of the three great Judicator Families, and the people on this island are your subjects. Can you truly bear to stand by and watch them be slaughtered to the last person?"

He paused, then added, "Perhaps you are unaware, but Kristina ordered more than five million people to relocate from Biluo Island. They are all on Seven-Star Island now. This means there are currently over ten million Fifth Rank citizens here."

"So what?" Tu La shrugged. "People die in war. If the lives of these ten million on Seven-Star Island can be exchanged for the annihilation of every Martial Artist on Biluo Island and help the three great Judicator Families unite the world, then it’s a worthy sacrifice!"

Ye Xiu sighed. He was known as the most cold-blooded man in the world, yet he always cared deeply for his own people. The three great Judicator Families, on the other hand, clearly possessed the power to obliterate Biluo Island but chose this brutal method, sacrificing over ten million of their own people to achieve their goals.

It was utterly depraved. Worse than beasts!

"Lord Tu La, stop wasting words on him! Capture him quickly so I can deliver him back to the Golden Family, while you sneak back to Biluo Island and find an opportunity to rescue the Princess!" Cha Muxue urged.

"Make your move!" Tu La commanded coldly. In his eyes, Ye Xiu was merely a Sixth Realm War God. Cha Muxue alone was more than enough; he wasn’t worth his own effort.

"As you command!"

Cha Muxue’s long leg shot out like lightning, aimed at Ye Xiu’s chest, but before her foot could connect, Ye Xiu vanished.

"Watch your back!"

As Cha Muxue’s face filled with shock, she heard Tu La’s warning. She hastily spun around to attack, but Ye Xiu was faster. Before she could make her move, he had already struck her chest with his palm.

Just then, Tu La made his move. After witnessing Ye Xiu’s speed, Tu La realized their intelligence was inaccurate; a Sixth Realm War God couldn’t possibly be this fast. He realized Cha Muxue might not be a match for Ye Xiu.

Thus, he chose the precise moment Ye Xiu attacked Cha Muxue to launch a sneak attack of his own. However, just as he charged in front of Ye Xiu, Ye Xiu disappeared again. Tu La reflexively spun around to attack, only to suffer the same fate as Cha Muxue, taking a palm strike to the chest.

"You two are the naive ones," Ye Xiu said coldly. "If I dared to restore your strength, it’s because I had absolute confidence in my ability to control you."

Had he said this before, Tu La and Cha Muxue would have scoffed. But now, they believed him. The two of them, both at the peak of the Seventh Realm, couldn’t even withstand a single move from him.

"Are you an Eighth Realm?" Tu La asked.

"That’s not what you should be concerned about right now. You should be concerned about your physical condition," Ye Xiu said without expression.

Tu La and Cha Muxue froze, only now realizing that after being struck by Ye Xiu’s palm, they felt no pain or discomfort at all.

What’s going on?

They hurriedly checked their bodies. The next moment, an excruciating, piercing pain erupted in their hearts. The agony sent them into full-body spasms, and they collapsed to the ground, convulsing.

"This... this is... the Sacrificial Heart Imprint?" Tu La asked in terror.

"So you have some knowledge," Ye Xiu snorted. "You’ve been marked with my Sacrificial Heart Imprint. You must act according to my will. If you disobey, you will suffer pain so intense you’ll wish for death. And you must be well aware that, apart from me, no one can remove it. If you dare to run, you will spend the rest of your lives in a state worse than death."

Of course, Tu La and Cha Muxue knew of the Sacrificial Heart Imprint. It was an incredibly cruel, almost inhuman Demonic Art. Furthermore, only the one who placed the imprint could remove it. If anyone else tried to remove it by force, the afflicted person would surely die.

"Go. Kill all the Martial Artists and controlled corpses on Seven-Star Island," Ye Xiu ordered.

With that, he strode away.

Tu La and Cha Muxue watched his retreating figure.

"The three Judicator Families were waiting for Ye Xiu to mature," Tu La snarled, clenching his teeth. "It seems they were mistaken. Ye Xiu matured long ago; he was hiding his true strength all along."

"What do we do now?" Cha Muxue asked.

"We can only do as he says. Obey and carry out his commands. Otherwise, we really will live a life worse than death," Tu La sighed.

The two of them rose and headed deeper into the island, deliberately taking a different route from Ye Xiu.

Ye Xiu proceeded on foot. Everywhere he looked, there were only corpses and bloodstains, and his expression grew increasingly grim. If not for the special circumstances on Seven-Star Island, he would never have used a cruel ability like the Sacrificial Heart Imprint to control Tu La and Cha Muxue.

The Sacrificial Heart Imprint was too cruel and inhumane. Moreover, Ye Xiu’s cultivation path did not involve Demonic Arts, so using it came at a price. However, the cost of controlling a mere two people was one he could bear.

"Help! Help me!"

"Daddy, no..."

"Daughter, run! Run..."

Just then, a wave of desperate cries and wails reached him.

Ye Xiu looked toward the sound and saw about a dozen people running frantically from around a corner a hundred meters away. Following them were dozens of corpses—or more accurately, zombies. Of course, these zombies were being manipulated by Witch Gu Techniques.

"Hm?"

Ye Xiu suddenly felt the Dragon Sparrow Sword in his hand begin to tremble, as if it were extremely excited. He drew the sword and saw its blade radiating a dense, blood-red aura. An evil impulse emanated from within the blade, fiercely battering his consciousness.

Trying to control me?

Ye Xiu snorted, easily suppressing the Evil Thoughts from the Dragon Sparrow Sword that tried to corrupt him. Then he shouted to the group of people fleeing in the distance, "Run this way!"

With that, he charged forward, sword in hand.

The dozen or so fleeing people, who had long since lost their reason in a state of panic, heard Ye Xiu’s voice and ran toward him without a second thought. However, they had barely taken a few steps before Ye Xiu’s figure suddenly vanished from their sight. The next moment, they heard screams from behind them.

When they turned to look, they saw that Ye Xiu had already beheaded all several dozen of the zombies.