Chapter 209: Killing 100,000 People
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The City of Sin.
Currently, the huge ancient city was silent.
At a glance, there was no noise at all. The air was filled with an intense killing aura.
At this moment, tens of millions of cultivators were gathered outside the ancient mottled city gate. They were all kneeling, their eyes filled with endless fear and despair.
At the front of the crowd were people from the City Lord’s Mansion, including Han Qingshan, Zhao Mang, and the Dari Demonic Sect’s Li Xuanshan.
Anyone who was related to Lin Wudao or involved with him was suppressed and forced to kneel outside the city gate.
They had been in this state for almost a day.
The reason for this was all because of Shangqing Sword Palace’s revenge.
Previously, in Heishui Ancient City, Lin Wudao first forced Wei Qingsi to death in front of countless cultivators. Then, he forcefully killed Lin Xuanzhen, a successive disciple of the Shangqing Sword Palace, as well as Yan Zhenshan and several other elders.
Lin Wudao’s actions were undoubtedly a huge provocation to the Shangqing Sword Palace. For a moment, the Shangqing Sword Palace had become the laughingstock of the 12 regions in the Great World of Divine Desolation.
To take revenge, the Shangqing Sword Palace sent the Wind-lightning Swordsman Lü Qinghou and the Inner Sect Elder Fu Tianshan to suppress Lin Wudao with the supreme treasure of the Sword Palace.
Since they couldn’t find Lin Wudao, Lü Qinghou and the others could only force Lin Wudao to show himself by holding the thousands of lives in the City of Sin hostage.
Now, more than half a day had passed, but Lin Wudao was still nowhere to be seen.
Above the city tower, a cold-faced man in embroidered clothes with an extraordinary temperament was sitting quietly on a bluestone. His eyes were slightly closed as he seemed to be resting. His entire body emitted a calm and dignified aura.
At the same time, beside him stood a red-robed old man with a fierce aura. His cold eyes were looking at the void outside the city as if he was looking for something.
“It’s almost a day, but Lin Wudao hasn’t appeared yet. If he doesn’t appear, are you really going to kill all the innocent people in the City of Sin?”
After a long silence, Fu Tianshan asked.
Hearing this, Lü Qinghou, who was sitting cross-legged on the bluestone, hummed lightly. There was no change in his expression.
“When have you ever seen me go back on my word? There’s still an hour before the day ends. If Lin Wudao doesn’t show up, I’ll kill 100,000 cultivators from the City of Sin. If he doesn’t come tomorrow, I’ll kill half of the population. If he doesn’t come by the third day, I’ll slaughter the entire City of Sin. At that time, they will all die because of Lin Wudao,” Lü Qinghou said indifferently.
It was as if human lives were nothing in his eyes.
Hearing his words, Fu Tianshan frowned.
“This… That’s not good, right? The Shangqing Sword Palace is a righteous sect. How can we do such a heartless thing as slaughtering a city? At that time, where would my Shangqing Sword Palace’s dignity be?”
Heh… Dignity?
Lü Qinghou snorted coldly.
“In this world, the law of the jungle has always been the principle. Whoever has the biggest fist represents justice and truth. Dignity is not something that comes from words but from fists. Without great power, how can we talk about dignity?” He scoffed.
“Besides, the City of Sin is filled with a bunch of villains who have committed all kinds of crimes. All of them have heinous sins. I’m doing justice for the heavens by killing them. This is truly an act of justice. If they don’t want to die, they’d better pray that their City Lord Lin Wudao will come back soon. If he returns late, my butcher knife does not discriminate,” Lü Qinghou said indifferently.
From the beginning to the end, he didn’t think he was wrong.
Seeing this, although Fu Tianshan didn’t agree, he didn’t say anything more.
His main purpose for coming here was to assist Lü Qinghou.
“Oh right, I heard that Lin Wudao is extraordinary. Since he dared to kill the disciples of the Shangqing Sword Palace in public, he must have something to rely on. What if…”
“Don’t worry. The leader has already thought of what you are worried about. We have never underestimated Lin Wudao. To deal with him, the leader has given me two supreme treasures before we left. Even if Lin Wudao has extraordinary abilities, he will die without a burial place.”
Supreme treasures?
Hearing this, Fu Tianshan’s spirits were lifted.
“What is it?”
“Ha, you will know when Lin Wudao comes.”
Lü Qinghou didn’t want to say more.
After saying that, he closed his eyes and continued to rest.
Very quickly, an hour had passed.
“Reporting to the Wind-lightning Swordsman, the time is up.”
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a disciple of the Shangqing Sword Palace came to Lü Qinghou and reported respectfully.
Hearing this, Fu Tianshan’s heart trembled.
“According to what I said before, kill 100,000 people first.”
“Yes, sir.”
The disciple’s heart trembled but he did not dare to disobey.
Boom!
He stood on the city gate tower and waved his hand gently. In an instant, a terrifying sword array spread out and was distributed in all directions. Immediately after, thousands of sharp sword energy erupted.
“Oh my god, is Shangqing Sword Palace for real?”
Outside the City of Sin, after hearing about the revenge of the Shangqing Sword Palace, a large number of cultivators had already gathered in the distant sky.
When they saw Lü Qinghou’s order to attack, they instantly gasped and their faces revealed intense shock and fear.
“The Shangqing Sword Palace is too overbearing! Those living beings in the City of Sin are all living people!” Someone said angrily.
“Sigh, this Wind-Lightning Swordsman of the Shangqing Sword Palace is indeed too cruel and brutal. To think he would slaughter innocent creatures at the slightest discontent.”
“Who should be blamed for this monstrous sin?”
“LÜ Qinghou, of course.”
“As the City Lord of the City of Sin, didn’t Lin Wudao say that he would protect the living beings in the city? Where is he now?”
“Ugh, he is the culprit behind everything.”
The earth-shattering discussions came from the crowd in the distance.
“Ah!”
“Ah!”
“Ah!”
While the spectators were shocked and furious, the terrifying sword energy that was like a great river had already wreaked havoc among the people of the City of Sin.
Along with shrill screams and blood splattering all over the sky, large numbers of cultivators were killed by the sword array and turned into cold corpses.
In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of people had died.
Ha!
Seeing this, the spectators in the distance couldn’t stay calm. They clenched their fists tightly, and their eyes were filled with intense pity and infinite sympathy.
Those were all innocent people. But now, because of Lü Qinghou’s words, they died without a burial place.
“Clan leader, this Lü Qinghou of the Shangqing Sword Palace is too cruel. He even killed the innocent! Can we save them?”
In the vast sky in the distance was a huge ancient ship. A little girl in purple who was full of wisdom pulled on the clothes of an elegant man and begged in a low voice.
Next to her was a peerless and otherworldly woman in white who also frowned slightly.
However, a moment later, she shook her head.
“Ziyi, Lü Qinghou is a respected swordsman of the Shangqing Sword Palace. His cultivation has reached the peak of the Divine Mansion realm. With our strength, we can’t save those people at all,” The white-robed woman sighed. “But… Those people are the people of the City of Sin’s City Lord Lin Wudao.
Since we’re here to ask for Lin Wudao’s help, why can’t we help them? Based on my observations, the City of Sin has boundless Fate Energy. In contrast, the Fate Energy on Lü Qinghou of the Shangqing Sword Palace is withering. From this, it can be seen that Lü Qinghou is not worth worrying about. If we save Lin Wudao’s people, wouldn’t it be much easier to ask him for help in the future?” Xiao Ziyi said seriously.
Hearing this, the elegant man and the woman in white were stunned.
“Ziyi, are you sure?”
“Yes, yes,” Xiao Ziyi nodded vigorously, “Clan leader, according to my observation, the Sword Palace’s Fate Energy on Lü Qinghou is declining. I’m afraid that it won’t be long before not only he dies, but the Shangqing Sword Palace behind him will also be destroyed.” What? Shangqing Sword Palace was about to be destroyed?
Hearing this news, the scholarly man took a deep breath.
The Penglai Family was a descendant of the ancient divine race. In every generation, there would be a talented person who could observe the Fate Energy of all beings in the world.
In this generation of the Penglai family, Xiao Ziyi was favored by the heavens and awakened the bloodline of the divine race. Her Eye of Fate Energy could observe the changes in Fate Energy in the world. At the same time, it could be used to avoid disasters.
Since these words came from her mouth, they should not be fake. Before long, the Shangqing Sword Palace would be destroyed. Thinking of this, the scholarly man looked into the distance again.
“Our Penglai family never gets involved in the grudges and disputes of the human world. It is to avoid being tainted by karma and bring disaster to the family. However, since Ziyi said that the City of Sin has boundless Fate Energy, let’s help it this time. That being said, our strength is limited. We are unable to save everyone. We can only save the people close to Lin Wudao.”
As he spoke, the scholarly man took out a scarlet pill and swallowed it.
Rumble!
In an instant, his cultivation rose from the initial stage of the Divine Mansion realm to the peak stage of the Divine Mansion realm.
“Clan leader, look! Those people… they can’t be killed!”
Just as the scholarly man was swallowing the pill, Xiao Ziyi’s incredulous cry suddenly sounded in his ear.
When the man took a closer look, he was also stunned on the spot, his eyes wide open with shock.
There were eleven people below the city gate in the distance, and they could not be killed at all!
