Chapter 630: Entering the Inner Realm

It took a full three days for Ye Feng and the others to exit the meteor belt. Aside from being attacked twice on the first day, Ye Feng and Yu Hong faced five more attacks in the following two days. Ye Feng was too lazy to play the game of pretending to be weak while actually being strong—he would always annihilate those attackers with thunderous force and seize their storage rings right away.

Adding up the five attacks and the three fragments of virtual treasures encountered along the way, the total number of fragments obtained was only 101. Together with the 15 from before, that made 116 in total. Ye Feng guessed that this amount could at most increase the repair level of the Virtual Realm by 2%, so he decided not to exchange them yet, planning to accumulate more fragments first.

“This is the Inner Realm!” Yu Hong pointed at the starry sky ahead as they left the meteor belt.
“We’ve finally reached the Inner Realm,” Ye Feng couldn’t help but exclaim.
“If we take a straight path and nothing hinders us, it would take about 100 days to reach the border of the core area, given our teleportation speeds,” Yu Hong said. Though he mentioned “our” speeds, Ye Feng knew he was referring to his own speed.
“Count it by your speed—actually, I’ve always been able to keep up with you,” Ye Feng said with a smile. The speed he had shown was merely that of his Star Sea-level cultivation, not the speed he achieved after using his physical puppet.
“If it’s by my speed, 30 days will be enough,” Yu Hong said confidently.
“Is there any tyrant’s territory along this straight path we’re taking?” Ye Feng asked with a smile, clearly determined to cause some trouble.
“There used to be two factions here, but after so many years, it’s hard to say,” Yu Hong replied. Having not been here in years, he naturally didn’t know what had changed. “The battles in the Inner Realm are much fiercer than those in the Outer Realm. Almost every area is occupied by tyrants, and various conflicts occur constantly, so I can’t be sure. But one thing is certain—no matter which route we take, we’ll encounter bandits.”
“That suits me just fine!” Ye Feng said nonchalantly.

The two continued deeper into the Inner Realm. Two days later, they finally encountered the first group of bandits blocking their path.

There were thirteen of them in that group. The leader had a cultivation level of mid-stage Pseudo-Empty, while the rest were all at the early-stage Pseudo-Empty level. Clearly, the leader was just a minor boss, as it was impossible for a single mid-stage Pseudo-Empty warrior to gather so many early-stage Pseudo-Empty warriors as his subordinates.

“Who are you guys’ subordinates?” Ye Feng asked.

“Hmph, just because I tell you won’t mean you’ll become friends with us,” the leader sneered. “We won’t fall for such tricks. Last time, a guy at the early-stage Pseudo-Empty level claimed to be a distant relative of our boss. After we let him go, we asked our boss, and only then did we realize he was a liar. Now that we encounter such liars, we kill them all we see!”

“I have no interest in becoming friends with you,” Ye Feng said coldly. “Since you refuse to speak, forget it.”

As he spoke, Ye Feng’s nine-layered domain enveloped everyone without hesitation. Now that the Heavy Mysterious Tower had evolved to the level of a mid-grade Void Treasure, although Ye Feng couldn’t fully unleash its power, the strength of his domain, driven by his gravity divine skill, had increased several times over.

Those Pseudo-Empty warriors were caught off guard. They never expected Ye Feng to dare attack them first. Before they could fully recover, Ye Feng launched his attack, his ten fingers carrying the destructive divine skill at them. Within the nine-layered domain enhanced by magnetic force, the power of Ye Feng’s destructive divine skill increased even further.

In just a few moments, the battle was over. Everyone except one was killed.

Ye Feng looked at the only surviving leader. “Go back and tell your boss that if he wants to rob me, not to mention a few lackeys, even if he comes in person, I can still make him perish.”

The minor leader, relieved to still be alive, thought he had escaped death. But hearing Ye Feng’s words, he began to doubt whether he would still survive if he reported this to his boss. But if he didn’t report it, how could he explain not only failing to gain anything but also suffering total defeat?

Ye Feng ignored him and gave Yu Hong a signal, after which the two left quickly.

“What are you doing? Why leave a live witness?” Yu Hong frowned. “Once that kid goes back, many people will surely come to hunt us.”

“That’s exactly what I want!” Ye Feng said with a smile. “I don’t intend to waste time trying to find their lair, but I still want to rob their boss. This way, we can force them to come to us, which will undoubtedly save a lot of time.”
Yu Hong finally understood Ye Feng’s plan.
At that moment, the junior leader had also returned to the lair.
“Ba Hong, where are the brothers who went out with you?” A tall man couldn’t help but ask when he saw the junior leader alone. “Hey, are you injured?”
“Hurry, I need to see the boss!” the junior leader said anxiously.
“What happened?” the man pressed further.
“We were completely wiped out; only I survived. Hurry, let me see the boss!” Ba Hong became even more anxious, worried that Ye Feng and the others might escape.
“What?” The man was shocked but quickly regained his composure. “I’ll take you there right away!”
In the hall, a short-haired man sat half-naked on the fur of a beast, staring down at Ba Hong, who was kneeling below.
“Boss, we just found two lone guys. We went to rob them, but one of them slaughtered everyone except me,” Ba Hong hurriedly explained.
“What level was that person?” The short-haired man on the throne narrowed his eyes slightly. He hadn’t expected anyone to dare attack his people on his own territory.
“One was at the peak of the Star Universe level, and the other was only at the early stage of the Pseudo-Void level…”
“Oh, so it was the one at the early Pseudo-Void level who attacked?” the short-haired man interrupted Ba Hong.
“No, it was the one at the peak of the Star Universe level…” Ba Hong’s voice grew quieter—this was the part he was least willing to admit.
Hearing this, the short-haired man frowned slightly. “Are you saying that one person at the Star Universe level wiped out everyone in your team?”
“Yes…” Ba Hong replied hesitantly.
“Did you record the whole incident using a memory crystal?” the short-haired man asked.
“Yes. Although that person stole my storage ring, I kept the memory crystal outside it.” Ba Hong nodded and took out the memory crystal from his pocket.
“Show it to us!”
After receiving this order, Ba Hong, with a red face, activated the memory crystal…