So that was it. No wonder they could slaughter the residents of the territory without restraint—their patron was the lord of this land.
Li Wen asked no further questions and turned to leave.
The mercenaries all breathed sighs of relief, thinking they had narrowly survived. Yet they failed to notice the ground beneath their feet splitting apart as tender vines began to sprout.
Those scum who had committed every evil deserved death. Li Wen had no intention of leaving any survivors, so before entering the camp, she had set up a Ritual Array known as Living Forest around the area.
This ritual drove plants into frenzied growth and heightened their aggression toward living creatures. Once ensnared by the plants, one became their nourishment. The ritual was usually used to dispose of corpses, but it could also strangle large numbers of ordinary people at once, just like this.
Li Wen had already confirmed on her way here that there were no innocents or captives in this place. As for the corpses from the slaughter, they had probably long since been handed over to that baron's men. Li Wen had not found them.
"You truly are as I expected, girl," the Ghost Fairy cackled in raven form.
"Do you mean the part where I kill without batting an eye? If so, thank you for the compliment."
In her previous life, she had often used people like these as sacrifices for rituals to replenish her depleted spirituality.
Trash had its value, and scum had its purpose. Rather than leave them free to commit atrocities, it was better for them to become stepping stones for her ascent.
Marsha said nothing, merely watching Li Wen with a meaningful look.
Li Wen, meanwhile, considered her next move.
The true mastermind behind the massacre was actually