Leading the group was an old man with a goatee, followed by seven or eight men and women.
Billy roughly assessed the strength of the group. The old man with the goatee was the strongest, at the eighth-rank Entering Empyrean Realm. There was also one sixth-rank Entering Empyrean Realm and two fifth-rank Entering Empyrean Realm, with the remaining individuals being at the Extinguishing God Realm.
“You finally showed up!” The old man with the goatee looked at Billy and spoke in a deep voice as they approached.
“People from Cloudsoaring Palace?” Billy glanced at them. “Are you Miss Walsh’s master?”
“I heard you want the method to break the formation at the entrance of Chaos Realm?” the old man retorted.
“So it’s really you?” Stout smacked his lips. “We were just planning to visit your Cloudsoaring Palace, and here you are delivering yourself to us. Did you bring any treasures in your storage ring?”
Billy: Stout, is this really the time to be concerned about treasures?
“Give me the method to break the formation, and I’ll spare your life. How about that?” Billy asked after a brief pause.
“You’re quite humorous!” The old man with the goatee sneered. “You dare destroy my disciple’s body. Have you thought about how you want to die?”
“Not willing? Then let’s fight, each relying on our own skills!” Billy shrugged in response.
“I heard you can challenge someone a whole rank above you. Let me see for myself!” A fifth-rank Entering Empyrean Realm man stepped forward.
“You all come at once, save some time!” Billy shrugged again.
“Arrogant!” The fifth-rank Entering Empyrean Realm man shouted and charged at Billy.
In the next moment, without any tricks, he threw a punch at Billy. The force of the punch caused the void to collapse inch by inch, creating a terrifying momentum.
At the same time, Billy moved as well. Under the influence of his bloodline power and Heaven Book Heart Method, his cultivation had already risen to second-rank Entering Empyrean Realm.
So, even a casual Slaughter Heaven was not something his opponent could withstand.
The blade light flashed across the man’s body, splitting him in half. His soul was severely injured, and his face showed an expression of disbelief.
“Uh-huh?!” Seeing this scene, the other members of the group were momentarily stunned.
“You truly deserve to die!” The old man with the goatee shouted angrily. “Everyone, attack and kill them!”
With that, he led the charge, followed closely by the sixth-rank Entering Empyrean Realm and another fifth-rank Entering Empyrean Realm individual.
The three of them did not hold back, attacking Billy with their full strength, causing the entire void to appear as if it would be destroyed.
The remaining four or five Extinguishing God Realm men and women surrounded Stout. They knew that with their strength, attacking Billy would be suicidal, so they sensibly chose to target Stout.
“Why aren’t you helping your elder? Why come after me?” Stout shouted as he activated Infinite Sky Armor.
“Die!” A sixth-rank Extinguishing God Realm man threw a punch at Stout.
“Do you really think I’m an easy target?” Stout shouted back and met the punch with one of his own.
Pfft!
The sixth-rank Extinguishing God Realm man spat out a mouthful of blood and flew backward, lifeless before he hit the ground. His soul fled from his body.
Before he could react, Dark Puppet was already beside him, absorbing his soul into its body.
“What is this?” Another seventh-rank Extinguishing God Realm woman shouted angrily, her ancient sword unleashing a sharp sword light toward Dark Puppet.
Pfft!
Even worse than her companion, after a punch from Dark Puppet, her body turned into a mist of blood. Her soul didn’t have time to escape before being absorbed by Dark Puppet.
Dark Puppet had recently absorbed many high-level souls, including numerous evil spirits from Spirit Valley half a month ago, greatly enhancing its combat power.
Not to mention seventh-rank Extinguishing God Realm opponents; even early-stage Entering Empyrean Realm opponents could be dealt with in one move.
As Dark Puppet killed the seventh-rank Extinguishing God Realm woman with one punch, another seventh-rank Extinguishing God Realm man was similarly killed by Stout with one punch.
With his bloodline power boosting him to second-rank Extinguishing God Realm and the help of Infinite Sky Armor, Stout easily defeated his opponent.
The remaining two opponents were also quickly annihilated within moments.
On the other side, only the old man with the goatee remained. The other two had fallen, leaving only their souls floating in mid-air.
Dark Puppet wouldn’t waste such high-level supplements and quickly pursued them.
The old man with the goatee wasn’t faring much better. A deep wound from Billy’s blade exposed his bones, significantly weakening him.
He could clearly feel that Billy had held back earlier; otherwise, he would have lost his body entirely.
His shock was beyond measure. Even though he knew Billy was formidable, he hadn’t expected it to be this extreme!
“So, are you ready to talk now?” Billy floated nearby.
“You want the method to break the formation at Chaos Realm so badly. Do you have a map?” The old man asked after a brief pause.
“You’d better answer my question directly!” Billy glanced at him.
“You killed so many people from Cloudsoaring Palace. Aren’t you worried about…” The old man continued.
“Still stubborn?” Billy interrupted him calmly. “Then let’s continue!”
With that, he flipped his wrist, ready to strike again.
“Stop! I’ll tell you!” The old man shouted loudly.
In truth, telling Billy the method to break the formation didn’t cost him anything. He just didn’t want to be threatened by a sixth-rank Extinguishing God Realm kid.
From another perspective, if Billy could enter Chaos Realm, news would eventually spread. Cloudsoaring Palace could then enter Chaos Realm to seek treasures as well.
Chaos Realm was vast; entering a month earlier or later made no difference.
So he hadn’t even planned on having Cloudsoaring Palace seek revenge on Billy. Everything could wait until they entered Chaos Realm.
The old man’s eyes narrowed slightly as he sent a stream of information into Billy’s mind.
“Thanks!” Billy read the information and replied.
“Can I leave now?” The old man asked next.
“I won’t see you off!” Billy shrugged in response.
“We will meet again!” The old man said before turning to leave.
“Boss, did you get it?” After the old man left, Stout flew over. “Could he have given you false information?”
“Probably not!” Billy shook his head and added, “They likely want someone to clear the way for them!”
“What do you mean?” Stout paused before realizing. “They want Boss to lead them into Chaos Realm?”
“You guessed it!” Billy smiled faintly.
“Got it!” Stout nodded and asked, “Where do we go now? Directly to Chaos Realm?”
“We know too little about Chaos Realm. Just going there might be risky!” Billy thought for a moment before adding,
“Let’s head back to Everreach City first and find Miss Meyer. She should know more than we do.”
Returning to find Skyla Meyer was partly for this reason.
Additionally, he had promised her that if he obtained the method to break the formation, he would invite her to explore Chaos Realm together. He couldn’t go back on his word since she provided the map.
“Alright!” Stout replied.
Then they headed towards Everreach City.
With Billy’s current cultivation level, using spatial traversal was as fast as using teleportation channels, so they no longer needed to seek out teleportation channels specifically.
A few days later, they passed through an unknown star field.
“Stout, be careful!” Billy stopped and said.
“Boss, what’s wrong?” Stout paused slightly.
“Someone’s coming!” Billy replied.