CHAPTER 128: 128

While Cang Yur and Yang Ze were inside the Blue Faced tribe leader’s residence, Lin Yue and Xiao Ruolan were slowly making their way towards the Blue Faced tribe.

Unlike Cang Yue, Lin Yue didn’t think about sneaking into the Blue Faced tribe. Their mission was to obliterate the entire tribe, not just a single person. She needed to make sure to kill every single last one of them. And with the presence of crimson heart inside her body, it was even more impossible for her to let them go.

By killing all of them, not only could she perfectly complete the Swrod Sect’s mission, but she could also improve by leaps and bounds.

Even though using other humans as resources would turn her into a demonic cultivator who would be loathed and even hunted by the entire world, she couldn’t care less about it. In her heart, what she needed the most was strength. With strength, she could have her revenge. With strength, she wouldn’t have to worry about anyone coming after her. With strength, she could return the humiliation to Cang Yue a hundredfold... with strength, she could even take Yang Ze for herself.

"Strength....." Muttering to herself, she steeled her heart. Besides... the people she was going to drain were all murderers and evil people who deserved death.

And since they were going to die either way, why not use them to increase her strength?

There was nothing wrong with it?

The more she thought about it, the more resolute Lin Yue became.

Xiao Ruolan, on the other hand, quietly looked at her changes, but didn’t bother to say anything. She had already given her the Crimson Heart. Whatever she chooses to do with it is on her. She wasn’t going to interfere in her every little decision. Besides... she too wanted to see how it all would end.

"Do you need my help?" Xiao Ruolan still asked even though she already knew the answer.

"NO." And sure enough, Lin Yue rejected any help.

"I will take care of everything by myself. You just need to make sure that none of them can get away."

Pausing for a moment, Lin Yue continued further.

"Remember... not to kill anyone. I need to kill them myself." To which Xiao Ruolan just shrugged in response.

The two of them have scoured the entire area after parting ways with Cang Yue.

Lin Yue didn’t know where Cang Yue was or what she was doing. Earlier, she needed her because of her strength, but after breaking through to the 5th Vein Expansion realm, she didn’t need her help. Hell, if not for the Heavenly Oath, she would have taught that bitch a lesson.

"Good thing she isn’t here." She could only snort in dissatisfaction before focusing on the target in front of her.

It was a group of ten women who were sitting in a circle with numerous skin masks in front of them. Just a single glance was enough to tell that these were all human skin. Peeled from the men who were their victims.

At the moment, they seemed to be comparing their collections with each other, often laughing and fighting verbally.

Lin Yue just took a single glance before nodding in satisfaction.

"Perfect. I will start with you all."

Without wasting a word, she simply walked towards the group of women.

Initially, the women sitting there didn’t pay any attention to Lin Yue, thinking of her as another member of the tribe. But the more she came close to them, the more they realised something was amiss.

And by the time they finally realised that she wasn’t a member of their tribe, it was already too late.

Lin Yue was already standing behind them with a blank expression on her face.

"In..."

"INTRUDER."

One of the women was fast enough to react. She wanted to shout at the top of her lungs and even take out the whistle to alert others, but how could Lin Yue let her do that?

Before any of the women could react, they saw the woman raise her right hand as a thin ribbon slowly dropped down. And then...

*Swish

With the sound of air tearing, their vision turned dark.

The last thing they saw was their headless bodies still sitting there with the faces that they skinned from men.

Looking at the corpses in front of her, Lin Yue simply opened her mouth as the corpse began to shrivel at a rapid pace, with their blood gathering in a small sphere, which was swallowed by Lin Yue in a single gulp.

"Mmmm..." The moment she swallowed the ball of blood, Lin Yue felt every pore in her body cheer. She could feel her strength increasing, but to break through to the Core Condensation, it wasn’t just about taking resources. One needed to master an element as well. And it was something that depends solely on one’s comprehension, not resources.

Lin Yue didn’t know about it. After all, till now, she was the young lady of the Lin family, where the strongest person was her mother, who was in the 5th Vein Expansion realm. Before, she was still struggling to step into the 3rd Vein Expansion realm. She neither had the opportunity nor the time to know about the Core Condensation realm.

She knew that the Core Condensation realm experts could manipulate elements, but how they did it... It remains a mystery to her.

And now... Now, she could only hope that by draining the entire Blue Faced tribe, she could step into the Core Condensation realm; otherwise, she could only look for other extreme ways.

Xiao Ruolan watched the entire process of Lin Yue killing those weaklings and draining their blood before drinking it. Though she appeared shocked on the surface, she was completely indifferent in her heart.

Noticing the shock on Xiao Ruolan’s face, Lin Yue just nodded with a smug face before walking towards another group of women.

She then repeated the process once again, killing the entire group and draining them of their blood.

Perhaps in the future, some scholars might argue about the destruction of one of the most notorious tribes. Perhaps they might have varying opinions about what truly caused its destruction, but one thing they would all agree on would be the carelessness and overconfidence of the Blue Faced tribe.

For years, they have plundered men from the surroundings, skinning their faces to decorate their rooms and fulfil their twisted desires.

And if that wasn’t enough, they also went against the Sword Sect, stealing their tributes and attacking their members.

Years of living like this without any retaliation made them arrogant. They thought they were at the top of the world with no one left to challenge them, and it was this exact arrogance that was causing their destruction at the moment.

Perhaps they wouldn’t have been killed like dogs one by one if they were a bit alert. Unfortunately, they weren’t. They were so drunk on their power that they believed no one would dare to attack them.

This made it extremely easy for Lin Yue to kill them this easily.

In less than half an hour, Lin Yue managed to kill the entirety of the Blue Faced tribe all by herself.

Though the elders of the tribe as well as the Tribe leader were still alive, but other than them, the rest of the members were all dead. She even asked Xiao Ruolan to roam the surroundings, making sure that no one was out in the forest.

"Still not enough?" Drinking the blood from the last group of Blue Faced tribe, Lin Yue couldn’t help but let out a frown.

By now, she had killed no less than two hundred people, but even after taking all their blood, she couldn’t even catch a glimpse of the Core Condensation realm, much less step into it.

"THEN KILL MORE"

Perhaps because of their low strength, these two hundred people weren’t sufficient. Maybe once she drains the Elders and the tribe leader, she would be able to step into the realm of Core Condestaion.

The more she thought about it, the more it seemed to be the case.

Taking a deep breath, she took out the detailed map as well as the intelligence gathered by the Sword Sect before picking up the location of the so-called Elders.

According to the intel, the elders usually stayed on the opposite side of the tribe. There were a total of three elders at the 3rd Vein expansion, living in the three opposite directions of the tribe, each one in charge of one section of the tribe.

"Perfect." Lin Yue couldn’t have been happier. It would have been a pain to deal with them; they were together. But now... With all of them scattered around, she could easily take care of them.

With this in mind, she leisurely made her way towards the first so-called elder of the Blue Faced tribe.

It took her less than two minutes to reach in front of the rather desolate wooden house. With her strength, which was at the very peak of the Vein Expansion realm, Lin Yue could feel the presence of another living being inside the house. It was such a weird feeling... something that she had never felt before.

Perhaps it was due to the Crimson Heart that she could clearly hear the heartbeat of the person inside. At the moment, it was steady, indicating that the person inside was either asleep or deep in meditation.

Without wasting any words, Lin Yue directly kicked open the door.

"YOU!?" The old woman who was practising inside the room was taken aback by someone entering her house so brazenly. She couldn’t believe there was such an arrogant person in the Blue Faced tribe who would dare to do such a thing.

But the moment she saw the newcomer, she swallowed back her anger as a grave expression appeared on her face.

The person standing in front of her was an unfamiliar young woman.

Though she was just standing there, the murderous aura she was emitting was suffocating, even for someone like her.

"This... you... Who are you?" The old woman couldn’t help but ask while stammering. She didn’t dare to make a move against the newcomer. She could feel an extreme sense of danger from the opposite party.

She just slowly moved her left hand behind, taking out a small device. But before she even had a chance to activate it, the woman standing in front of her disappeared before appearing behind her.

"NOT GOOD." The old woman wanted to press the switch, but Lin Yue was even quicker.

Imbuing the ribbon with her internal energy, she simply waved it, and in the next instant, the old woman’s hand, which was holding the device, was chopped off.

"AAAAAAHHHHHH!" The old woman screamed in pain while retreating back. Thankfully, she used her internal energy to cover her body in time; otherwise, it wouldn’t have been just her hand that was chopped off.

Enduring the pain, she took a deep breath while gathering the internal energy in her throat. She wanted to shout using her internal energy, so the entire Blue Face tribe would know about the intruder.

Unfortunately for her, her plan was doomed to fail.

How could Lin Yue give her a chance to shout?

She simply used the ribbon as a whip, striking towards the woman, making it impossible for her to focus.

Under her relentless attacks, the old woman could only dodge in embarrassment. Every time she wanted to gather her internal energy to shout, Lin Yue’s attack would arrive, forcing her to abandon it and dodge.

Time passed, and the two of them seemed to be in a stalemate. Lin Yue kept on attacking while the old woman kept on dodging.

But how could the old woman who was still at the 3rd Vein expansion realm be the opponent of someone who was at the peak of the Vein Expansion realm?

"Playtime’s over." Till now, Lin Yue had been using her to test her strength. And now that she knew and was used to it, she didn’t bother wasting any more time with the old hag.

In an instant, the ribbon in her hand disappeared.

The old woman looked in horror as the ribbon in front of others began to move at an alarming rate, and in less than three breaths, the ribbon seemed to have turned into a miniature hurricane inside the room.

She saw countless ribbons coming from all directions. She wanted to dodge, but there was nowhere to hide.

Desperately, she could only try to use her internal energy to block the incoming damage.

But how could her strength match Lin Yue’s?

In an instant, the small hurricane overwhelmed her completely before she was torn to shreds.

Lin Yue merely opened her mouth, as the blood rapidly entered her mouth without a single drop spilling on the ground.

"Mmm..." Lin Yue once again felt the feeling of joy and strength in her body.

"Just two more."

Licking her lips, she rushed towards her next target.

Xiao Ruolan watched in silence as Lin Yue first took out the old woman and then rushed to take out the remaining two elders of the Blue faced tribe.

It didn’t even take her ten minutes to take out the remaining two elders, and once she chopped off the last elder into pieces, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Now the Tribe Leader." Lin Yue’s heart was jumping in excitement. She managed to take out the entire Blue Faced tribe single-handedly. Even though the majority of it could be attributed to them being careless, it didn’t diminish the fact that all of this was accomplished by her own strength.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Yue nodded towards Xiao Ruolan as the two of them made their way towards their final destination...

The Blue Faced Tribe Leader.