Chapter 254

Chapter 254: Control

“Good!”

Li Xiaojun lightly responded with a simple "good," then he extended his hand and gently squeezed.

In an instant, the hundreds of people he had captured exploded into a mist of blood in the air, and a gust of wind blew, scattering the blood mist far away.

Seeing this scene, everyone in Fire Beacon City felt increasingly silent with fear.

Li Xiaojun shifted his gaze to the three great emperors he had trapped in the air.

After a moment of thought, he began to form seals in the sky.

The next moment, three marks were imprinted on the foreheads of the three individuals.

With these three marks, it would be nearly impossible for them to activate the secret realm mark to leave the secret realm.

Li Xiaojun did not use any soul mark to control their lives and deaths, as such marks had too many restrictions.

For example, once the person left the secret realm, he would have no way to stop them and they could find a way to erase his soul control mark.

However, the mark preventing the three from leaving the secret realm was different. If they dared to erase the mark, Li Xiaojun would sense it instantly and would go over to eliminate them right away.

“You three, from now on, just follow me,” Li Xiaojun said lightly to the three.

Hearing Li Xiaojun’s words, the three instantly sighed in relief.

“We are willing to follow you, Senior,” they quickly pledged.

“These are my two daughters; you will follow their orders from now on,” Li Xiaojun pointed to his two daughters and said.

“We are willing to obey the two young ladies…”

The three immediately expressed their willingness again.

With three subordinates of the great emperor realm, it didn’t take long for Li Xiaojun to gain control over the entire Fire Beacon City.

Since Li Xiaojun only killed Feng Wuqing’s faction, not many people left the secret realm after he lifted the control.

Once one hundred years passed after leaving the secret realm, they could return, so without life-threatening conditions, no one was willing to leave.

“Mu Dula greets you, my Lord…”

In a grand hall, Mu Dula, one of the three Tribulation stage great emperors of Fire Beacon City, respectfully bowed to Li Xiaojun.

“Mu Dula, I need you to lead people to take over the immortal essence stone vein located over a hundred kilometers away from here. What are your thoughts on this?” Li Xiaojun asked Mu Dula.

When Mu Dula heard Li Xiaojun’s words, her expression changed, and she quickly replied, “My Lord, the immortal essence stone vein of the beast tribe is guarded by powerful beast tribe creatures, at least of the Earth Immortal realm…”

“Don’t worry; I will help you deal with the threats from the beast tribe. Just bring people to mine for me,” Li Xiaojun said lightly to Mu Dula.

At that moment, Hua Rumeng added, “Captain Mu, don’t worry; the entire beast tribe has been scared into hiding by my dad. He is a True Immortal powerhouse…”

“What? A True Immortal?” Mu Dula was stunned by Hua Rumeng’s words.

“My Lord, is this true?” Mu Dula asked in disbelief.

“Of course it’s true. Now, are you willing to go and take over the immortal essence stone vein for me?” Li Xiaojun finally asked with a smile.

After hearing Li Xiaojun’s words, Mu Dula gritted her teeth and nodded, “Alright, since you want me to take over the immortal essence stone vein, I will go…”

At this point, if she refused, the people before her would surely not let her off, and her fate would likely be death.

Though agreeing to the task involved some danger, it didn’t mean certain death.

However, even though Hua Rumeng said Li Xiaojun was a True Immortal powerhouse, Mu Dula still held some doubts.

So, as he headed toward the immortal essence stone vein, he remained very cautious; if any powerful beast tribe creatures appeared, he would surely be the first to flee.

Before long, Mu Dula led a group of people away from Fire Beacon City, heading towards the beast tribe’s immortal essence stone vein located three hundred kilometers away.

But when Mu Dula arrived at the site, he discovered that there was no trace of any beast tribe creatures; even the slaves of the beast tribe had fled.

“Could it be true, what that Lord said? Is he really a True Immortal powerhouse? Did he scare the entire beast tribe into hiding?” Mu Dula’s mind was filled with confusion.

Before long, Mu Dula successfully took control of the entire vein.

Meanwhile, while Mu Dula was securing the immortal essence stone vein, the other two great emperors of Fire Beacon City also successfully took over a nearby immortal gold mine and plantation.

Li Xiaojun, along with his daughters Chu Qiaoxi and Hua Rumeng, reached another Human Race city called Lishui City, located only a few hundred kilometers away from Fire Beacon City.

Using the same method, Li Xiaojun seized control of the immortal formation, barred everyone from leaving the secret realm, and finally compelled everyone to submit through his overwhelming power.

After gaining control of Lishui City, Li Xiaojun quickly began organizing the people there to seize the nearby resources of the beast tribe.

Thus, Li Xiaojun attacked Human Race cities one after another, allowing the people to take over the beast tribe’s territories.

This process wasn’t without challenges, as some beast tribe creatures discovered that the Human Race had occupied their lands and noticed that the beast tribe had disappeared, prompting them to prepare to reclaim the territory from the humans.

In response to such situations, Li Xiaojun provided all his subordinate emperors with communication talismans.

Once he received a signal, he could arrive at the scene within a few minutes.

Whenever Li Xiaojun showed up, regardless of how powerful the beast tribe creatures were or how many great emperors they had, it almost always resulted in a complete annihilation of their forces.

Six months later, Li Xiaojun had conquered over fifty Human Race cities and acquired a large amount of territory and resources from the beast tribe.

However, Li Xiaojun’s actions did not go unnoticed by the beast tribe.

Deep within the Daizong Secret Realm, there was an underground palace.

This palace was surrounded by an immortal formation, making it undetectable by anyone’s divine sense.

Inside the palace, three True Immortal Beasts were discussing matters.

The leader of these beasts was Qiongqi, at the late True Immortal stage.

“My Lord, it has been confirmed; it was the Human Race behind this. It seems a True Immortal powerhouse has emerged among them…”

“My Lord, what should we do next? Should we test the strength of this Human True Immortal?” another beast at the mid True Immortal stage asked Qiongqi.

After considering his subordinate’s words, Qiongqi shook his head: “No. The fact that they could silently kill our True Immortal initial stage brethren shows their power is far from simple; we cannot take such risks.”

“My Lord, since it is the Human Race’s doing, should we send someone to exterminate the ordinary humans? Drive all of them away?” one subordinate inquired.

Upon hearing this, Qiongqi shook his head again: “No. If we act like that, they could retaliate, and we couldn’t bear the consequences. Our numbers as beast tribe creatures are already small; if they slay our ordinary kin, we could face extinction.”

Although the three were hiding well now, their kin could still be discovered by others.

For a True Immortal powerhouse, finding hidden ordinary beast tribe creatures would take time, but it was certainly possible.

If they went on a killing spree against humans, the humans could retaliate against their ordinary beast kin in the same way.

Qiongqi believed the reason the humans hadn’t slaughtered ordinary beast tribe creatures could be that they were waiting for negotiations.

“How about this, we arrange for one of our kin to contact them and see what conditions the humans would need for peaceful coexistence…”