Many of the Divine Spirits were snickering, while the middle-aged man in the lead stared at the Humans haughtily.
He dared to behave this belligerently because he was certain that the Humans would not do anything to them, but suddenly, a cold voice sounded, “Even if those at the Supreme Headquarters can’t do anything, what about me?”
The Divine Spirits all froze when they heard this voice and their expressions changed as they swiftly turned towards the direction where the voice came from. They saw a familiar figure approaching.
The middle-aged man frowned, [Why is this little bastard here?]
He did not detect Yang Kai’s aura when he first arrived; however, upon closer inspection, he realised why that was.
Yang Kai was heavily injured and his aura was quite feeble. It was no surprise he had overlooked him when he was in such a state.
As Yang Kai came closer, the Divine Spirits’ expressions kept changing. It had been some 20 years since Yang Kai sent them out of the Grand Ancient Ruins Boundary and delivered them to the Star Boundary, but during that time, they heard nothing from Yang Kai and no one knew where he went.
There were only two individuals that these Divine Spirits feared, Fu Guang of the Dragon Clan, and Yang Kai.
The former was strong, so strong they could not afford to offend him. As for the latter… Well, they had sworn a Bloodline Oath with him that they had to abide by.
A group of Women were gathered beside Yang Kai, with Yu Ru Meng and the others looking on in concern. They knew how serious their Husband’s injuries were. He should be focusing on his recovery right now, so why was he running over here and involving himself in this mess?
That being said, it was not as if they could talk Yang Kai out of it, so they came along to protect him.
Soon, Yang Kai stood in front of the Divine Spirits as he eyed the middle-aged man frigidly.
The latter forced himself to smile as he cupped his fist and greeted, “Sir!”
The Divine Spirits quickly followed suit, regardless of whether or not they were doing so willingly.
After all, their Bloodline Oath was in place. They could leave the Great Ancient Ruins Boundary because they pledged their service and loyalty to Yang Kai for 3,000 years. After that, Yang Kai would grant them their freedom.
Since they had to serve Yang Kai, it meant that there was a clear hierarchy. The Divine Spirits were under Yang Kai’s command.
At the time, Yang Kai wanted them to acknowledge him as their Master, but the Divine Spirits were too proud. Even though he was of the Dragon Clan, the Divine Spirits were unwilling to bow their heads. They were only willing to pledge their loyalty and be of service to him for a fixed duration.
Yang Kai did not mind this as to him, there was no difference whether they merely pledged their loyalty or considered him their Master, as long as they helped the Human Race fight the Black Ink Clan.
At the time, Yang Kai assumed that these Divine Spirits from the Grand Ancient Ruins Boundary would be a huge help to the Humans as a lot could be done with 100 Mature Divine Spirits.
He never thought it would lead to such aggravating matters instead.
As a result, he was beginning to regret bringing them out.
He witnessed this today, but what about all the things that happened without him knowing?
Yang Kai stared at the middle-aged man. He did not say anything, but he recognised that this was the Human Form of the Divine Spirit Tao Wu.
Tao Wu could be considered an Ominous Beast like Tao Tie and Qiong Qi. The ancestors of these Ominous Beasts had done things to harm the 3,000 Worlds in the past, so that was why the Old Tree caught them and kept them locked up inside the Grand Ancient Ruins Boundary.
Most of the ancestors of the Divine Spirits inside the Grand Ancient Ruins Boundary were those who had committed great evils. They were lawless and bloodthirsty, and although the crimes of the ancestors had nothing to do with the current generation, the Divine Spirits that Yang Kai had brought out had more or less inherited the callousness and brutality of their predecessors.
These Divine Spirits were completely different from those that came from the Ancestral Land and the No-Return Pass.
Yang Kai turned around and looked at the Seventh-Order Open Heaven Realm Master who came with the Divine Spirits before nodding at him, “Greetings, Brother Yu!”
“You are…?” Yu Zhen queried doubtfully.
“Great Evolution’s… The Star Boundary’s Yang Kai!”
The Great Evolution Army had been dissolved and was now part of the Profound Nether Army, so he could not introduce himself by his previous title anymore.
“So it is Sir Yang!” Yu Zhen exclaimed in realization.
He had long since heard about the immensely talented Human from the Star Boundary who took less than 1,000 years to go from Fifth-Order to Eighth-Order. He initially thought it was just an exaggerated story, but upon seeing Yang Kai now, he realized that it was true after all.
[He’s really an Eighth-Order Open Heaven Realm Master now, though his injuries seem quite serious.]
Yu Zhen knew that Yang Kai had to be a lot younger than him, but he addressed Yang Kai respectfully anyway due to the latter’s higher cultivation.