NOVPUBChapter 1054: Chapter 154: Forming a Pioneering Group [Four Updates] Chapter 1054: Chapter 154: Forming a Pioneering Group [Four Updates] The Wind Demon was devoured, and with their leader gone, the Wind Demon’s looting group was headless. Witnessing the awe-inspiring Chu Yuan, they were terrified to the extreme.
“Devoured as energy.”
Blood Rose was also shocked, and she looked toward this group of plunderers, “Wind Demon is dead now. How does Your Majesty plan to deal with these people? Do you want to kill them all, extract their power, refine them into blood pills? I can do it for you.”
Blood Rose made a cutting gesture, showing she too was a ruthless character.
“Don’t kill us!”
The group of plunderers was terrified; they had only gathered together because of Wind Demon’s strength, and now that Wind Demon was dead, they were begging for mercy.
“All immortals are to surrender their soul origin and follow my commands, and I shall spare you from death.”
Chu Yuan glanced at Blood Rose, then spoke to the plunderers.
“I thought Your Majesty would have them killed.”
Blood Rose lifted her blood-red hair.
The heart of an Emperor is unfathomable, capable of both cruelty and mercy.
“The God Dynasty’s actions are different from plunderers. Kindness and ruthlessness coexist. Keeping this group of plunderers is of great use to me. I won’t concern myself with their past actions. I value making the most out of people, and keeping them is of great use to me.”
Chu Yuan spoke indifferently.
“I understand Your Majesty’s intent.”
Blood Rose was very clever.
The group of plunderers, though reluctant, understood that if they didn’t surrender their soul origin, they would definitely die. The law of the survival of the fittest among plunderers was even more brutal.
They wouldn’t be foolish enough to die alongside Wind Demon, so they surrendered their souls as well.
Seeing their sensibleness, Chu Yuan nodded in approval.
He needed this group to work for him.
Plunderers are not about development; they thrive on looting. So, let them play to their nature, let them plunder for the God Dynasty elsewhere, and discover resource-rich locations for the Dynasty’s troops to mine, becoming new pioneering groups.
They were much more adept at pioneering than the troops of Chu Yuan’s God Dynasty.
“Strength is also a resource!”
Blood Rose felt that although she was harsh, she couldn’t compare to Chu Yuan.
He wasn’t only after resources, but also wanted to subjugate the strong to work for him. This is where the actions of an Emperor differed from a mere plunderer like herself.
“I will have you lead these plunderers.”
Chu Yuan lifted Blood Rose’s chin, looking at this wild woman.
“I know where there are more plunderers. Inside Mount Celestial Divide, there is never a shortage of them. If Your Majesty requires more, I can provide information.”
Blood Rose smiled, it seemed that His Majesty was assembling a grand army of plunderers.
“Advance.”
Chu Yuan commanded.
Indeed, there were many plunderers within Mount Celestial Divide, and it was a wise choice to subjugate Blood Rose as his woman.
Having been a plunderer for a long time, Blood Rose knew of some secluded plunderer hideouts. Without her guidance, it would have taken much longer for Chu Yuan to find them by himself.
“We surrender, we are willing to submit!”
Blood Rose cleaved the leader of a group of plunderers, taking over their power.
“This is already the nineteenth plunderer camp to be conquered!”
The army of plunderers grew like a snowball, becoming larger and larger. In a short time, nineteen plunderer camps were conquered. Although not every one of them was as strong as Blood Rose’s looting group,
The sheer number of them was terrifying.
In the world of marauders, this was common: the strong conquered the weak. Blood Rose’s subordinates had also been conquered in this way, with her overpowering strength, slaying their leaders and forcibly bringing them under her control.
But Chu Yuan’s unbridled conquest still made these marauders tremble.
“Expand the pioneering group.”
Chu Yuan said with a smile.
“Does your majesty wish to continue?”
Blood Rose, while organizing her spoils of war like a valiant Valkyrie, smiled and said, “I just got some information from this marauder camp that your majesty will definitely be very interested in.”
“What information? There’s no need to beat around the bush in front of me.”
Chu Yuan waved his hand, suppressing her.
This woman was different from the several empresses in his harem, wildly different. To make her obediently listen, he must subdue her with overwhelming strength.
“His power has become even more terrifying!”
Blood Rose sensed that Chu Yuan’s strength had grown stronger than when they had fought, aware that he had recently devoured the souls of many marauder leaders, which had improved his prowess. She said, “It’s about the Divine Bloodstone; Ling Cheng got a piece of Divine Bloodstone.”
“Divine Bloodstone!”
Chu Yuan showed interest.
He had conquered nineteen marauder camps in succession. Though he had obtained only a few Celestial Crystals, he hadn’t gotten any Divine Bloodstone. He knew that to find the Divine Bloodstone, one must go to the Ancient Blood Mine to mine it.
Whereas Celestial Crystals could somehow be condensed.
“Let’s go, I don’t like to waste time.”
Chu Yuan spoke, and Blood Rose immediately led the way. She was much more familiar with the terrain of Sky Break Mountain than he was.
Boom!
At a certain location in Sky Break Mountain, Chu Yuan actually saw a vast ocean’s waves, but this was not real seawater. It was multi-elemental energy that had condensed to a certain limit and was about to liquefy.
Within this energy mass floated numerous islands.
“Ling Cheng is here. This place is an offshoot of the sky-breaking energy sea. Long ago, there used to be a Supreme Divine Sect here, but that clan has long been destroyed. Ling Cheng has openly established a sect here, but in fact, he is engaged in marauder activities as well,” Blood Rose continued, “Using this torrent of energy, Ling Cheng has also constructed a great array. The many islands are its focus points, and they are not easy to deal with. How does your majesty plan to make a move?”
“Crush everything with sheer force.”
Chu Yuan looked coldly at Blood Rose. He was simple and direct, pulling out the Emperor Sword without concern for the tense situation, and with a slash, a dazzling sword light fell.
The moment this sword light struck, the entire sea of energy roiled, runes gleaming brightly, but in that instant, countless islands shattered, the sword breaking through all the prohibitions with one stroke.
“Who is it!”
From the main island, an enraged voice sounded, and then a middle-aged man in white descended from the sky, his gaze immediately falling on a sword-wielding figure.
He suddenly looked at the sword in Chu Yuan’s hand and exclaimed, “It was you who made a move!”
“And Blood Rose, you’re here too!”
Ling Cheng looked toward Blood Rose. He didn’t recognize Chu Yuan, but that didn’t mean he didn’t know Blood Rose.
“Of course, I would come where there is treasure,” said Blood Rose. “Hand over the Divine Bloodstone.”
“Again for my Divine Bloodstone!”
Ling Cheng had an unhappy expression. Ever since he obtained the Divine Bloodstone, he had not been at peace, with many coming after him, which left him feeling very displeased, “There’s none, the Divine Bloodstone is not with me anymore, go look elsewhere.”
He was not afraid of Blood Rose but wary of the man in the dark black Emperor’s robe.
With one sword stroke, this man had broken his prohibitions, clearly not an ordinary strong man; otherwise, he would have already struck out at Blood Rose in anger.
“I knew you would say you don’t have it,” Blood Rose was not surprised. “It doesn’t matter if you don’t admit it, we’ll just take it by force!”
“There is none, I tell you! The Divine Bloodstone is no longer mine. If you want it, go talk to him, don’t bother me!”
Ling Cheng spread his hands open with a face full of anger.
