Chapter 782: Kill Ye Xiu to Eliminate Future Troubles

Ye Xiu’s heart sank upon hearing the report. Last night, power outages had occurred on twelve lower-tier human islands and all fourth-rank human islands. Then, this morning, Drunken Fairy Island and Phoenix Perch Island were suddenly attacked by countless lower-tier soldiers and Martial Artists.

Obviously, the three major Judicator Families had used the power outages as cover to secretly transport a large number of lower-tier human troops and fourth-rank Martial Artists to Drunken Fairy Island and Phoenix Perch Island.

But... how could such a large-scale troop movement have taken place without any sign? Transporting soldiers by sea between islands should have been impossible to hide from satellite surveillance. Since You Ming hadn’t reported anything, it was clear that the three major Judicator Families hadn’t used ships to transport their troops and Martial Artists.

"You must find out how the three major Judicator Families and the Eternal Kingdom managed to get those people to Drunken Fairy Island and Phoenix Perch Island. If we can’t figure it out, the consequences will be unimaginable if they use the same method to transport an army of Mutated Beasts to Biluo Island," Ye Xiu ordered.

"Understood!" Ghost Shadow replied.

"By the way, has the Restorer Alliance arrived at Phoenix Perch Island?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Yes," Ghost Shadow confirmed. "After the Restorer Alliance arrived, a small skirmish broke out, but no one died. Afterward, the Restorer Alliance went to Hell’s Gate."

Ye Xiu hung up and sneered inwardly. So the Restorer Alliance and Hell’s Gate really are in cahoots.

Just then, Meng Yinwan called, her voice urgent. "Ye Xiu, the Restorer Alliance is under attack by the Eternal Kingdom’s army on Phoenix Perch Island! We need support!"

Support you? My ass... Ye Xiu thought, but said aloud, "I heard from Huang Quan that the ancestors of all your Restorer Alliance members were the indigenous inhabitants of the Eternal Islands. After the three major Judicator Families took over, your ancestors fled and went into hiding around the world, quietly amassing Power to retake the islands. Is that correct?"

On the other end of the line, Meng Yinwan’s pretty face changed. Huang Quan had actually managed to uncover such a top-secret matter. She asked in a low voice, "It seems you won’t be sending reinforcements, then?"

Ye Xiu snorted. "You natives want to kill everyone on the Eternal Islands, including us. Do you really think Huang Quan would send people to save you?" He hung up without waiting for a reply.

"Ye Xiu..." Meng Yinwan roared at her phone, her voice vicious. "Fine! Since the gloves are off, don’t blame me for what comes next!" With that, she opened the Martial Artist forum and began writing a post.

「On Biluo Island, at the Necromancers Association headquarters.」

Bruce was eating breakfast while browsing the Martial Artist forum when he suddenly saw the post Meng Yinwan had published.

The title read: "All Members of the Restorer Alliance Are Descendants of the Eternal Kingdom’s Indigenous Inhabitants."

Bruce was stunned by the title and hurriedly clicked on the post. The content read:

"My thanks to the Xuanse Medicine King, Ye Xiu. Even knowing that all members of the Restorer Alliance are descendants of the Eternal Kingdom’s indigenous inhabitants, he still risked sending us to Phoenix Perch Island to join forces with Hell’s Gate. Ye Xiu is the benefactor of all us natives. When we make our way to Biluo Island, everyone except Ye Xiu must die."

It was a crude attempt at sowing discord. But for Bruce, who had always wanted to teach Ye Xiu a lesson only to be humiliated every time, it required no further thought.

He slammed his fist on the table and shot to his feet, exclaiming, "Well, well, Ye Xiu. You’ve finally fallen into my hands."

With that, he called Galava, the Sect Hierarch of the Xuan Ming Sect. "Galava, let’s head to the Abandoned City immediately and deal with Ye Xiu."

Galava, who had also seen Meng Yinwan’s post, replied, "My thoughts exactly."

At that moment, Ye Xiu was also having breakfast, his head lowered in silent contemplation. Qin Qing, Leng Yue, and Chloe knew he was thinking and didn’t disturb him. Jiaojiao, meanwhile, was too busy stuffing her face to speak.

"That’s the plan!" Ye Xiu suddenly put down his chopsticks, picked up his phone, and called Dizang. "Go to Phoenix Perch Island at once and set up a Formation that only allows entry, not exit. Let the Eternal Kingdom’s army and Hell’s Gate beat each other’s brains out on Phoenix Perch Island."

"Understood!" Dizang replied.

Qin Qing, Leng Yue, and Chloe exchanged glances, thinking how vicious Ye Xiu’s move was. He was trapping Hell’s Gate, the Heavenly Sect, and the Restorer Alliance on Phoenix Perch Island, while the three Judicator Families could continuously send reinforcements onto the island. If this continued, Hell’s Gate, the Heavenly Sect, and the Restorer Alliance would eventually be wiped out by the three Judicator Families.

"Brother Ye..." At that moment, Yan Long walked in smiling, carrying several eggs. "Yo, having a meal? What a coincidence. I pulled some strings to have a few pounds of eggs from our Xuanse chickens air-shipped over. I figured Brother Ye, being so far from home, must miss the taste of his homeland, so I brought you a few." With that, he placed the eggs on the dining table.

Ye Xiu, Qin Qing, Leng Yue, and Chloe glanced down. Five eggs. The four of them were speechless. It was the first time they had ever seen someone give five eggs as a gift while describing it in such a grandiose fashion. Five eggs were worth air-shipping? And he had to "pull strings" for that?

"If you have something to say, just spit it out," Ye Xiu said with a chuckle.

"Ahem..." Yan Long began to hem and haw like a coy bride. "Um, Brother Ye, about the poison in my body, hehe..."

So that’s why he’s here, to ask for an antidote. In fact, ever since confirming that the Restorer Alliance was descended from the Eternal Islands’ natives, Ye Xiu had figured it out. Yan Long and his group of Loose Cultivators were the descendants of the Sword Holder’s subordinates—the ones truly dedicated to destroying the three Judicator Families. Of course, Yan Long’s founding of the Heaven Net was also a genuine attempt to leverage the strength of the entire Xuanse nation against the Judicator Families.

"Alright." Ye Xiu nodded, went upstairs to retrieve a Medicinal Pill, and came back down, tossing it to Yan Long. "Swallow it and meditate on the spot. Once the pill’s effects are fully absorbed, the poison in your body will be neutralized."

Yan Long stared blankly at the pill in his hand, genuinely shocked that Ye Xiu had agreed so readily to cure him this time. There isn’t a catch, is there?

"So... will this pill give me diarrhea, or just kill me outright?" Yan Long asked tentatively.

Ye Xiu didn’t bother with him. He sat back down to continue his meal and said, "If I wanted to deal with you, would I need to rely on poison?"

Yan Long figured he had a point. Gritting his teeth, he tossed the pill into his mouth, sat down cross-legged right there in the living room of Ye Xiu’s villa, and began absorbing the pill’s power.

After finishing his meal, Ye Xiu sat in the living room with a book and began teaching Jiaojiao how to read.

"Ye Xiu, you get your ass out here!" Suddenly, Bruce’s bellowing voice roared from outside.

What’s this troublemaker doing here?

Ye Xiu stood up and walked out. Bruce and Galava were standing outside the villa’s front gate, weapons in hand, radiating Killing Intent.

He asked, "What’s wrong with you two, having an episode this early in the morning?"

"Quit playing dumb!" Bruce demanded coldly. "You knew damn well that the natives of the Eternal Islands see us as a thorn in their side they’re desperate to remove. So why did you send the Restorer Alliance to Phoenix Perch Island?"

"Bruce, stop wasting your breath on him," Galava said impatiently. "I think he just wants to defect to Hell’s Gate. Let’s kill him now and eliminate a future threat."