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The three fiends who had come from afar were killed by Zhou Ming just like that.

Why had he killed them?

Why not subdue them, put them to work for him, and strengthen his own side?

Zhou Ming had indeed considered that.

He had studied the Crimson Force. Though this power was highly corrosive and could affect the mind, it was not without certain benefits.

For instance, in industrial manufacturing, using the Crimson Force to process certain materials and components was far more effective than relying solely on Azure Power.

Some highly difficult technical problems could even be solved with the Crimson Force.

After all, compared to neutral energy like Azure Power, more extreme "positive energy" and "negative energy" could sometimes play enormous roles, much like acids and bases in chemistry.

If Zhou Ming had kept the three fiends alive and made them work as slave laborers for him... faced with the desire to survive, they would certainly have chosen to surrender.

Yet after exchanging only a few meaningless words with them, Zhou Ming had killed them.

What exactly had Zhou Ming been thinking?

Reducing pollution.

Reducing the pollution these fiends would cause to this plane.

The Mana Web of the Energy Layer had already been severely polluted by the Crimson Force. Now, the planes in the Material Layer had been turned into a "trash bin" by the Azure Hand. If the Crimson Force were introduced as well, the Material Layer would likewise be contaminated.

Once the concentration of Crimson Force in the air grew higher and higher, how would those spellcasters who cultivated Azure Power continue their training in the future?

In an environment where two kinds of magic power were mixed together, spellcasters were easily disturbed by all kinds of "external demons." Their realms would become difficult to