Such a World Isn't Worth Having!

"Try taking this slash of mine too!"

The moment Xu Jie finished speaking, his aura changed. He seemed to transform into a demon from hell, his entire body radiating an ominous, evil presence.

Nine Extremes Demonic Blade, Third Extreme!

Xu Jie swept up a cloud of black mist and viciously slashed at the captain.

The captain's expression turned grave, yet he did not take Xu Jie too seriously, because his cultivation was far stronger.

No matter how monstrous Xu Jie was, could he really cross several minor realms and cut him down in a single strike?

Ridiculous!

Blade and sword collided once more. The captain did not even take a step back, easily deflecting the force of the slash, an expression of "just as expected" appearing on his face.

The next moment, the captain's expression suddenly changed. As if he had suffered some tremendous blow, he dropped to one knee and let out a pained roar.

"Ah!!!"

He clutched his head, his eyes bloodshot. His mind felt like a pot of mush, as though his soul had been viciously sliced apart by some unknown force.

The Nine Extremes Demonic Blade could not only wound an enemy's body—it could also sever their soul!

Xu Jie had known this while cultivating it.

He simply had not expected the soul-severing effect to be so terrifying. One slash had reduced a Guard Army captain, far stronger than himself, to such agony.

The Martial Arts and Techniques produced by the system truly had something extraordinary about them!

Xu Jie gave a cold smile, his face slightly pale. Ignoring the expenditure and immense mental burden of using the Third Extreme Demonic Blade, he slashed at the captain once again.

Three consecutive strikes fell, every one of them a Third Extreme Demonic Blade.

With his stamina depleted, Xu Jie staggered back several steps and looked at the captain. Though the man had barely blocked his assault, foam was already spilling from his mouth, his gaze unfocused as he gradually lost consciousness.

Xu Jie attacked again, this time unleashing the ultimate meaning of the Demon Subduing Flame Blade.

A pillar of fire shot into the sky, burning the captain, who had lost all power to resist, into ashes.

Successfully killed Zhu Quan (Talent Multiplier: 1), plundered 54 years of usable Lifespan!

Usable Lifespan: 494 years

Including the demons Xu Jie had killed during the day, along with the ten Guard Army soldiers he had just slain, his usable Lifespan had now nearly reached five hundred years.

As for the Guard Army soldier who had escaped by chance...

Xu Jie sat on the ground and took a slight breath, looking utterly unconcerned that the man might make it back to the city.

He pulled out a plant root from his pocket, put it between his teeth, and slowly chewed it.

After a while, a burst of hurried footsteps sounded behind him.

An armored corpse was tossed in front of Xu Jie. It was the Guard Army soldier who had escaped earlier.

"Xu Jie, look at the mess you've made!"

Chu Mingyue strode up to Xu Jie with anger on her pretty face, her beautiful eyes full of reproach.

"It was one thing to kill the mercenary group, but you even killed actual Guard Army soldiers?"

Xu Jie merely shrugged, too lazy to explain himself to Chu Mingyue.

Their views were different. Xu Jie did not believe he had done anything wrong.

Every one of those mercenaries deserved to die, while killing the Guard Army soldiers was simply the result of irreconcilable hatred between both sides.

Even if he had to do it again, he would make the same choice.

No explanations, no admission of fault, no regret—that was Xu Jie's nature.

Seeing Xu Jie sit there in silent indifference, Chu Mingyue could only swallow the long speech that had risen to her lips.

She walked straight to the burning ashes, stamped out the sparks with her foot, and dug out a medal.

This was...

A Guard Army captain's insignia!

Xu Jie had just killed a Guard Army captain?

That was a warrior at the Pulse-Opening Peak Stage!

Chu Mingyue abruptly turned her head, staring in disbelief at Xu Jie, who was leaning there and recovering his strength.

Had Xu Jie already grown strong enough to kill someone at the Pulse-Opening Peak Stage?

Did that not mean that, at Xu Jie's rate of growth, he would soon surpass her?

Chu Mingyue's heart trembled, and a strange emotion arose within her. She lightly pressed her red lips together, doing her best to keep her voice calm as she said,

"Xu Jie, this is serious. Did you kill a captain?"

"Mm, I suppose so."

"!!!"

Upon receiving confirmation, Chu Mingyue froze for a moment. She quickly recovered and warned him in a grave voice.

"Xu Jie, you shouldn't have done this! We're in enormous trouble!"

A captain was not an ordinary Guard Army soldier. He was already at the starting point of the higher-ranking officers.

Once a captain died, the military would certainly send people to investigate the truth!

If they followed the trail all the way back to Xu Jie...

Xu Jie slowly opened his eyes at that moment, glanced at the grim-faced Chu Mingyue, and calmly corrected her.

"It's me, not us!"

"Xu Jie, how can you be so ungrateful!"

Chu Mingyue was angered into laughing. Overcome by fury and grievance, she could not help but continue growling,

"Xu Jie, this world is like this—the strong devour the weak! I know you did this because that family died so miserably. I want to kill those mercenaries too, but you need to understand that doing this won't protect anyone. It will only intensify the conflict!"

Facing Chu Mingyue's fury, Xu Jie remained expressionless, but his words made her heart quake violently.

"If this world truly is as you say, then I'll shatter its rules and establish an entirely new set! Anyone who stands in my way, whether human or demon, will all die!"

There was no point in remaining in such a world!

Rather than that, he might as well smash it apart and rebuild it!

What had happened last night had deeply affected Xu Jie. He could understand warriors constantly clashing and killing to become stronger, swimming upstream against the current.

But he could not stand by and watch warriors wantonly humiliate and ravage ordinary people.

That was not the strong devouring the weak. That was nothing more than the strong bullying the weak!

Had the little girl's family done anything wrong?

In order to survive, they had stayed in the most dangerous area on the outskirts of the city, diligently toiling away. Every day, they struggled on the edge of hunger and warmth, eating gruel so vile even pigs would shake their heads at it.

Their lives had already been hard enough, yet the warriors who should have guarded the defensive line, cleared out demons, and protected the people—

had instead used the Guard Army's name to wantonly humiliate the weak in the village.

Such a world was not worth having!

Xu Jie was cold and ruthless, disdainful of the weak, but he would never bully them.

Because doing that would not prove his strength. It would only make him look like an idiot!

After hearing Xu Jie's words, Chu Mingyue was utterly stunned. She gradually calmed down and realized that Xu Jie was dead serious, not joking at all.

"Xu Jie, don't you know that Xia Country is being eroded by the gods of the Outer Regions? The situation is hanging by a thread. We have only a few years left to cling to life. Perhaps the next moment, the gods of the Outer Regions will breach the defensive line, and we'll all be finished! You say you want to reshape the world's order, but our greatest threat comes from the Outer Regions!"

"Can the gods of the Outer Regions not die?"

"What?"

"I'm saying, if the gods of the Outer Regions can be killed, then I will slaughter every last god of the Outer Regions!"

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