Chapter 81 81

Chapter 81 Chapter 81

"That is because of the Demonic Sword Sect's mandate, master.

Since this technique was created by a rogue cultivator and not one amongst their ranks, it is a must for it to be named as such.

Anyone who does otherwise will be publicly tortured for days.

This will force rogue cultivators to join the Demonic Sword Sect's fold and at the same time repress those who are stubborn enough to deny their rule in this part of the world."

Tan Zan replied without any emotion.

'I see. So that is why those skills sounded so cheap in comparison to the one in the system shop.'

'Hmmm... That evil sect is really doing anything they could in order to ensure that their grip would remain tight and ever secure always.'

Clark rubbed his long beard and searched Lu Chen's memory for some vital information he could use.

Alongside the city of Nexus, there were still two other cities nearby that housed the lives of several hundred million mortals. These were the thriving metropolis of Livine and Arcsea.

Clark was sure that there must be more of them but could only drop this point for now because of Lu Chen's educational inadequacy.

The old man has not even escaped the confines of the city in his lifetime and has only visited a few select locations nearby.

'You were caged inside your little bubble, Lu Chen. I don't know if this is a curse or a blessing instead.'

Clark mused briefly before thinking about the countless more survivors outside the cities.

"Now those people are the real warriors in the flesh!"

Clark could not help but get to this conclusion because living outside the comforts and safety of these three cities were the innumerable towns, farms and villages that scattered to make their own little communities in the wild.

And those bunch were truly the real heroes in this kind of setting.

After all, it was definitely not easy to face the present threat and possible onslaught of these magical beasts anytime and without notice.

These small towns and villages served as a buffer against any beast tide to form towards them big cities in the first place.

"I doubt that the situation inside the cities of Livine and Arcsea fared any better than here in Nexus. Findd new stories at novelhall.com

All three would still have no sufficient cultivation resources unlike the continent where Haran is located."

Clark ended with this educated guess and he has a good hunch that he was probably not wrong in his assumption this time around. But it would still not hurt to check.

"Who's the strongest man in the continent right now, Nancy?"

"The strongest man on this Withered Continent is named Yao Li, host. This is a cultivator already at the peak of The Aspirant Realm." Nancy replied.

"Thank you, Nancy." Clark nodded once.

'So I was right. This place could really not birth a person above that of an Aspirant.'

"The audacity of these fools!" Zhao Qiu cursed and called for his able assistant to handle these pests for him.

"Fan Ru!"

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"Hmmm... This will be a tricky night assault." Clark whispered. It was still early. About 1:30 am and the moonless night just made the terrain even harder to navigate.

At least this was true for his partner in crime tonight, Tan Zan, who was only at 3rd Stage of Mortal Shedding Realm.

At first, Clark expected that the abode of the League of Shadow Assassins was situated in some secret hill or a steep canyon perhaps, even in an underground city beyond the eyes of any mortal eyes.

But alas, it was surprising to see them occupying a small metropolis that housed more than 3 million people within its walled domains.

These scoundrels became the rulers of these unfortunate people and were not even a bit shy to claim it as such out in the open.

"It's good to know that this magical tool indeed works perfectly as it was intended." Clark smiled while he observed the aftermath of his initial strike.

He hit the front gates of the small city, a town really in comparison to Nexus, using the enchanted sword he got from the recently departed Young Master Zhang Mu.

The fireball this time was not anymore like the lazy pups from hours before but it was akin to a human sized comet that paved ashes and destruction on its wake.

The pristine gates turned into smoking ruins in an instant. A gaping maw of wanton wreckage has now occupied a large portion of its closed entrance.

"BOOM!" the last hinges of a thoroughly burned gate toppled towards a burning streak of devastation.

The dark eve blazed eerily hot as it fashioned a big unnatural source of light from out of nowhere. In any other case, this would have been a perfect intro for our bored gamer.

Still, it was surprising to find a sticky problem appear before him right now.

"Shit! Three million effing people! Picking whom to kill or not would give me a bad headache after i combed through all of these NPCs!" Clark exclaimed loudly into the night.

Since he did not want to kill like a crazy savage, his hands were tied and it was extremely hard to tell which was foe or not.

And for this reason of not wanting to stain his soul with the blood of the innocents, Clark could only request the system to apply some needed tweak in the end.

"I want you to tag the good people as green and the bad with blood red colors on top of their heads, Nancy." Clark ordered.

Usually he would have to look at the system interface to check if the person appeared red or not, meaning if they were evil or saints, before he would have to steal the lives of his soon to be victims.

He did that with the first three people he killed from the Yan Family and also at Prince Zhang Mu and his faithful bodyguards before he executed the lot to deliver justice in heaven's stead.

Of course, Yan Kang and his men were also added to the list but to do this every single time became even so tiring for our good gamer.

This was why doing it a different way would be a significant improvement as it would totally ease Clark's worries if and when he would unleash massacre unto the people at large.

"Affirmative, host.

System changes initialing...

Update successful..." Nancy announced after 10 beats.

"Thank you, Nancy! It's much more easier now than before."

Clark approved and he could see the soldiers in the walls of the city shining in different hues of green and red, signifying their eventual fate in the hands of our merciless gamer.