Ye Yu set up several layers of barriers in a corner of Balance City.
Then he began to pull out the Greedy Spirit Sheep.
There had originally been five, but he’d thrown one to Shen Kangren with a poison pill, so only four remained.
That was fine!
Ye Yu activated his dream-realm talent fusion and merged the four Greedy Spirit Sheep into Little White!
Perhaps because both sides were of such high rank, the fusion took half an hour.
Of course, during that time Ye Yu didn’t have to stand there waiting.
He simply placed the slumbering Little White back into his arms, while the four Greedy Spirit Sheep turned into pale light and merged into its body.
Once it was done, Ye Yu began to prepare for another stroll through Balance City!
Unfortunately, with so many dazzling wares on display, it was impossible to know where to start.
But before long, Ye Yu spotted a familiar figure!
Gu Yingbai!
Last time he’d helped Ye Yu find the right purchases in Balance City!
That fellow was enthusiastic and cheerful—a truly excellent guide.
Ye Yu took out some Divine Stones and tossed them into Gu Yingbai’s arms.
“Come with me to shop.”
Gu Yingbai glanced at the Divine Stones, then his face lit up with a brilliant smile.
“Very well, Your Highness. You truly have an eye for quality. I am the finest guide in the Divine Realm! I guarantee you’ll find exactly what you desire.”
“Do you want to look at Divine Artifacts? Or intelligence reports? Maybe Divine Techniques? Whatever you need, just tell me.”
Ye Yu thought for a moment and whispered, “Let’s browse first. By the way, before coming here I heard that Su Tian the Drunkard might also be in town. Have you seen him?”
“No. That old man hasn’t shown up in over half a month. He’s probably been lured away by some exquisite wine again.”
As Balance City’s professional guide, Gu Yingbai was intimately familiar with everything here.
Hearing that Su Tian was truly gone, Ye Yu relaxed considerably.
“Good—it’s better that he’s not around.”
The two of them soon made their way to the southern district of Balance City, where intelligence reports were sold.
Ye Yu purchased a dossier on the Flesh-and-Blood God Shen Kangren and began to read.
Shen Kangren’s arrival in the Divine Realm is undocumented. His power is believed to be in the early Ancient-God Realm, and he possesses the ability to fuse flesh and blood.
Eight hundred thousand years ago, he stayed hidden. After the Star-Chaos Burial and the disappearance of the Fire Star, he began to emerge.
He rampaged across the Divine Realm, killing nearly a hundred deities and fusing countless bodies!
His strength has been rising rapidly. He currently ranks eleventh on the Evil List (with much room for further advancement).
Unless you’re absolutely certain you can kill him, be sure to ingratiate yourself. He is narrow-minded, holds grudges, and is extremely vengeful. Caution, caution, caution!
The repeated warning at the end made clear how seriously one must treat him.
Gu Yingbai added beside him, “Your Highness, Shen Kangren is no simple opponent. I’ve heard his name often. Rumor says he’s nearly immortal. Unless someone can crush him by overwhelming force, he is unbeatable in prolonged combat.”
Ye Yu fell silent for a moment, then softly asked, “If his flesh and blood are so powerful, what about his divine soul?”
Every time he entered the Divine Realm, he couldn’t help but think of that familiar deity—
the God of Inner Demons!
That deity specialized in soul attacks. If he and Shen Kangren ever clashed, who would prevail?
The question flickered through Ye Yu’s mind, then was firmly dismissed.
He had witnessed both Shen Kangren and the God of Inner Demons firsthand and clearly felt that Shen Kangren’s divine power fluctuations were stronger.
In a direct confrontation, the God of Inner Demons might not stand a chance!
Gu Yingbai answered, “Your Highness, Shen Kangren’s methods are eccentric. Someone once tried not to confront him head-on but sought out a soul-master instead, hoping to defeat him from within. In the end, that person died utterly. That path seems closed.”
Ye Yu nodded and remained silent.
He and Gu Yingbai spent most of the day in Balance City, buying several Divine Techniques and Artifacts, and even plenty of alchemical pills.
They spent an astronomical sum of Divine Stones!
Gu Yingbai couldn’t stop exclaiming how formidable His Highness’s spending was!
Little did he know Ye Yu didn’t even ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ blink at the cost.
Having slain so many Evil Gods and acquired a storage ring from a Golden-God-Realm powerhouse, Ye Yu was comfortably rich.
He bought what he liked—it wasn’t wasteful, everything was necessary.
After finishing his purchases, Ye Yu took out his last Divine Stones and rented a Blessed Grotto within Balance City.
For the next two days, he would slowly carry out his fusions there.
Gu Yingbai, however, lingered unwillingly, hiding in the shadows as he watched Ye Yu’s new grotto with a complex expression.
After a while, he took out a Communication Stone and said in a low voice, “Second Brother, I’ve found a fat lamb over here. Interested? It’s really plump—if I couldn’t eat it myself, I wouldn’t have called you. You wouldn’t believe—”
Before he could finish, the stone in his hand suddenly fractured!
The abrupt change shocked Gu Yingbai. He spun around and saw from the shadows a white, adorable little lamb.
Its fleece was fluffy, like a toy.
If sold to some Divine Maiden, it would fetch a fortune!
But its voice was incongruous with its appearance:
“You say my Big Brother is a fat lamb? He is furious. So, are you ready to be eaten?”
The bloodthirsty tone sent a chill down Gu Yingbai’s spine.
He felt ensnared by some terrifying aura, as if death could come at any moment.
But having spent years in Balance City, he knew some means of self-preservation.
He immediately crushed a talisman at his sleeve!
The surroundings shifted in an instant. When they re-formed, Gu Yingbai found himself outside Balance City!
He thought he had escaped.
To his surprise, the little lamb followed like a shadow, then opened its blood-stained maw, revealing its ferocious true form and razor-sharp fangs—and swallowed Gu Yingbai whole in one swift, fluid motion!
Palace of the City Lord, Yu Buxia watched everything through the Water-Moon Mirror, softly murmuring, “What a peculiar divine beast. What a peculiar deity.”
