Chapter 726: The Devouring Clan

When Ye Feng and the three others appeared before Nian Cangsheng and Wu Kuang, the two were looking in confusion at the rampaging beast horde, which seemed to ignore them as it moved frantically forward. All the other human warriors had already disappeared without a trace.
“What exactly happened?” Nian Cangsheng asked Ye Feng, who had suddenly appeared, guessing he might know something.
“Nothing much. I simply ordered those beast leaders to create a large horde so that they would deliberately avoid you two,” Xue Hai explained. “That’s the only way to drive those troublemakers out quickly.”
“Who is this?” Nian Cangsheng and Wu Kuang glanced at the person beside Ye Feng in surprise.
“He’s the master of this secret realm,” Ye Feng introduced briefly. “In short, he’s one of us now. There’s no need for me to stay in this realm anymore. Do you plan to stay here to train further, or come with me?”
“If Xue Hai is the master here, it might not be right for us to keep killing the beasts here…” Nian Cangsheng found the topic awkward.
“It’s fine. Those below the fourth-level warrior rank can be killed freely,” Xue Hai said generously. “I can store my internal universe away. Whenever you want to come out, just call my name loudly.”
Nian Cangsheng and Wu Kuang exchanged a look and decided to stay. Such an opportunity for training was rare, and they didn’t know when they’d get another chance.
“Everyone else has been driven out,” Xue Hai said with a smile. “The items you wanted should be gathered within seven days. I’ll put them all in a storage ring and give it to you then.”
“Mm,” Ye Feng nodded. “Let’s leave then.”
Xue Hai activated teleportation, and the four of them left the Blood Sky Secret Realm in an instant, leaving Nian Cangsheng and Wu Kuang to continue their training.
Outside the realm, those who had been driven out stared in shock as the realm disappeared before their eyes, completely confused about what had happened. Many cursed at the empty space, having lost their storage rings.
Ye Feng and his group had already arrived in one of the major cities of the higher-tier main plane—Lake City. In fact, Lake City wasn’t the largest in the True Realm, but it was still among the top ten. They chose this city because it was the most prosperous in the entire True Realm.

Lake City is prosperous for two reasons: its large size and its proximity to Ink Lake. Ink Lake is one of the four most dangerous places in the entire True Realm, with legendary beasts at the third-level powerhouse level said to dwell there. The black swamps surrounding Ink Lake, however, are where powerful warriors commonly train. The beasts here are mostly at the Chongzhen realm or above, with occasional ones even reaching the Puzhen realm, which is why many Puzhen-level powerhouses are drawn to this place.

“Wow, the number of Puzhen-level powerhouses here is at least three times that of cities of the same size. No wonder it’s called the most prosperous city,” Ye Feng exclaimed in amazement.

“With so many powerful warriors, others also come to join in the excitement, including many tourists,” Luo Yan said with a smile.

“It seems the human world has similarities to ours,” Xue Hai, who had little contact with humans and even less time integrating into human society, couldn’t help but share his thoughts. “In the Outer Lands, powerful warriors are always surrounded by followers wherever they go. Although it’s not as obvious here, the worship of power seems to exist everywhere.”

“There are indeed two extremely powerful beings in Ink Lake,” Jin Wen noted something else.

“Two beasts at the fourth-level powerhouse level,” Ye Feng nodded as well. “Normally, with the resources in this realm, reaching the second-level powerhouse level is already remarkable, let alone the third level. For these two beasts to reach the fourth level must mean there’s some special treasure in the lake that accelerates their cultivation.”

“What intrigues me more is that usually, one mountain can’t hold two tigers,” Luo Yan said doubtfully. “How can such a small lake have two fourth-level powerhouse beasts? Won’t they fight?”

“It might be a male and a female,” Ye Feng smiled. “Who knows, maybe a third fourth-level powerhouse beast will appear soon.”

“I forgot that the human world has genders, which our Blood Demon clan doesn’t have,” Xue Hai compared everything to the Outer Lands. “The Devouring Clan also doesn’t have genders, but the Divine Eye Clan does. Overall, in the Outer Lands, races without genders make up over 80%. In your world, it’s less than 1%, right?”

“There’s no research on this. It should be less than that.” Ye Feng thought for a moment. Aside from some microorganisms, there are really few species without gender distinctions. “How do those genderless races reproduce?”
“Our race’s method is simple. We just need to extract a drop of life essence and nurture it using secret techniques. When enough energy and time have passed, offspring are born,” replied Blood Sea. “There’s also the Devouring Race. It’s said they have something like a black hole inside them. They need to cut out a part of that black hole and nurture it separately. Once it reaches a certain level, it lays an egg. That egg then absorbs external energy to continue growing and taking shape. Anyway, each race is different.”
“The Devouring Race lays eggs? Then their eggs must be easily coveted by other races, right?” Ye Feng asked.
“That’s right. Each egg contains immense energy. After consuming it, a black hole similar to that of the Devouring Race forms in the body for a while, producing effects similar to their devouring ability. But after some time, that black hole dissipates on its own,” explained Blood Sea. “However, only those with a powerful internal universe can consume it; otherwise, they’ll die from internal explosion. I’ve never eaten it, but our clan leader has. That’s why his strength is much greater than that of the Grand Elder. Before consuming it, his strength was only slightly better than the Grand Elder’s. After consuming it, his strength soared in a short time. If I could get one to eat, I could not only surpass the Grand Elder but also easily beat the Second Elder.”
“It sounds pretty good. We can try to sneak a peek later.” Blood Sea’s explanation made Ye Feng and the others feel eager as well. “Enough talk. Let’s eat something first, then find out if anything has happened in the Real World recently.”