"What... what on earth is going on?!"
"Who exactly killed them?!"
A group of middle-aged men and elders looked at the incredible scene before them, all furious, their hair rising with anger, emitting billowing white smoke.
This was indeed a world-shaking major event.
Every Heaven's Pride who entered the Secret Realm had been cultivated with immense effort by various factions. Even if they couldn't obtain the Hedao Fruit and break through to the Unity Realm Stage soon, given some time, they could still step into the Unity Realm.
They possessed outstanding talent and were the best heir candidates for each faction, destined to become the Sect Leaders or Clan Leaders of their respective groups...
But now, they all perished in the Secret Realm.
Almost all of them died; nearly thirty people were dead except for one or two survivors!
This truly marked an unprecedented major shift after centuries!
In the Kunlun Ruins, the heirs to various faction leaders had died before, but never all at once like now, almost wiping out the leading figures of the younger generation!
This was an unimaginable event!
It was sure to trigger a massive upheaval in Kunlun Ruins!
"Who exactly killed them?"
"Could it be that Dragon Head Leader, Mu Jinyu?"
"Impossible, he's only at the Eighth Level of the Fanxu Realm. Even if he defied the heavens and killed one or two among them, that's already impressive; there's no way he could kill so many!"
"Indeed, just now, over a dozen died at once! Is he really that powerful? Even I can't do that!"
"I need to go in and see what exactly happened!"
The crowd was agitated, a group of individuals in the False Merged Path Realm holding various Forbidden Artifacts, all prepared to enter the Secret Realm to see what had happened!
However, unfortunately, without the keys to enter, they simply couldn't get in.
"Act separately, return to your families and sects, and check the Remaining Shadow Life Tokens to find out who killed them, while sending people to gather keys and go in to settle accounts!"
In the end, they decided to seek out the last few keys while returning to view the Remaining Shadow Life Tokens to see what these individuals encountered in the Secret Realm before they died.
...
Inside the Secret Realm.
Mu Jinyu was unaware that with the deaths of those Heaven's Pride, the various external forces had already become thoroughly agitated, vowing to uncover the truth and enter the Secret Realm to have the culprit executed.
He didn't know about these things, but he could guess that with the deaths of these people, he would inevitably be thrust into the limelight. Even if the Vice Palace Master of the Heavenly Palace stepped in to protect him, it might not be enough under the wrath of the major sect leaders.
But he had no regrets about his actions.
Even if time turned back and he was given another chance to choose, he would still kill indiscriminately, leaving no one alive!
Because he and these people had long become mortal enemies.
Even if he chose to spare them at the time, they would, unwilling to let their humiliation go unanswered, still join forces to kill him.
At this moment.
Mu Jinyu, along with Wen Rou and two others, arrived once more at the foot of a small Dwarf Mountain.
As they prepared to enter, Mu Jinyu discovered that the restriction he had previously broken with eight others had been restored, blocking their way.
"What is this place?"
Zhuo Yue, standing outside the restrictions, could sense the terrifying aura emanating from the Barbaric Wilderness Mountain Range inside, and asked Mu Jinyu with a hint of worry in his voice.
While working to break the restriction, Mu Jinyu replied, "I'm not sure. It seems to be a forbidden zone of this Secret Realm, right? I ran into some trouble when I first entered and got transported into here. That dragon corpse we just saw was found inside."
"Oh, and I also got the Hedao Fruit in there," Mu Jinyu added, recalling something.
"You got the Hedao Fruit too?" Upon hearing this, Zhuo Yue found it astonishing and unbelievable.
A group of Heaven's Pride entered the Secret Realm with the goal, yet without even knowing its location, Mu Jinyu had quietly plucked the Hedao Fruit. How lucky could he be?
"Yes, there were only nine Hedao Fruits on the Hedao Tree. Initially, I thought I wouldn't be using so many anytime soon and was planning to trade some for Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures with a few others, but they were too greedy, forcing me to kill indiscriminately."
Mu Jinyu said this casually.
At the time, when facing the successor of the Divine Array Sect and the eight others, he didn't intend to escalate to a world-enemy level.
Moreover, he believed that Gu Xiyan and Su Zijin, who were outside, were likely still not in the Fanxu Realm and didn't urgently need the Hedao Fruit.
So, he planned to keep just four pieces for himself and use the remaining five Hedao Fruits to trade with those eight.
But they showed no mercy, wanting to take everything and even made the first move against him.
At that point, he had no choice; he wasn't intent on stirring up great trouble, but that didn't mean he was afraid of doing so.
Now that it had escalated to this point, he could only kill the forces of Kunlun Ruins until they feared opposing him.
And for this, strength was needed!
Thus, he wanted to enter this forbidden zone to continue cultivating in that lake.
Mu Jinyu spent over an hour and finally broke through the restriction.
Then, he led the others into this wild region.
After they entered the forbidden zone.
Not far away, in a cave, a young man's eyes flashed as he murmured, "They've gone inside. Could the Hedao Fruit be in there?"
"The successor of the Divine Array Sect has yet to be found, could it be that he's already in there?"
The young man mumbled for a bit, thinking it highly possible, and without hesitation, rushed toward the entrance of the forbidden zone.
Unfortunately, by the time he reached the entrance, the restriction had already been restored significantly, and with his limited knowledge of breaking restrictions, he couldn't get in.
"Damn it..."
...
Mu Jinyu didn't know there was someone hiding behind, observing his actions, hoping to take the chance to enter the forbidden zone at the last moment.
Arriving in the forbidden zone, they were unable to fly and could only walk step by step toward the Dragon Lake they remembered.
It took them more than half a day to finally reach the location of the Dragon Lake.
"Wow, it's so beautiful..."
Seeing the Dragon Lake before them, resembling a green gemstone embedded in the earth, Wen Rou and Jian Ruyan's low spirits lifted, both exclaiming in admiration.
Zhuo Yue, on the other hand, could feel the vast amount of Spiritual Energy contained in the Dragon Lake, and joy flashed in his eyes.
In such a Heaven Cave Blessed Land, while cultivating, he should be able to quickly break through the bottleneck of the Peak Sixth Layer of the Fanxu Realm, reaching the Seventh Layer, fully entering the Late Stage of the Fanxu Realm.
...
Meanwhile, as Mu Jinyu and the others began their cultivation at the Dragon Lake.
Outside, as the news of dozens of Soul Lamps and Life medallions breaking spread, after retrieving the Remaining Shadow Life Tokens of their heirs, the major factions viewed the scenes of their deaths, realizing they were all killed by Mu Jinyu alone...
An unprecedented storm began to brew.
Mu Jinyu, a name recently under the world's spotlight of Kunlun Ruins, was once again thrust into the eye of the storm.
But this time, instead of admiration and aspirations to have sons like Mu Jinyu, the talk was...
No Mercy!