Hearing Zuo Chunqiu's words, everyone was rendered speechless.
It sounded harmless when they didn't know the details, but once they heard them, it was frightening.
Any one of the Primordial Sacred Land, the Jun Family, the First Central Empire, or the Nine Killers Palace was enough to give them a headache. They had no desire to face any of them.
For a moment, they no longer felt any resentment toward Dongfang Baitian. They even felt somewhat sympathetic.
He was in such a miserable situation!
Dongfang Baitian was truly miserable.
The Dongfang Family actually had to face all four of these terrifying forces at once.
Just thinking about it made their scalps go numb.
Zuo Chunqiu smiled again. "Besides, the condition for becoming Acting Alliance Leader is to see who makes the greatest contribution. And the Young Master never said that we're only allowed to unify the domain we're in. After completely ruling our own domains, we can go and attack the others."
The others' eyes gradually lit up.
"Everyone, since things have come to this, let's see who can move the fastest. See you later."
With that, Zuo Chunqiu left as well.
Afterward, the others discussed things for a while. Some decided to fight alone, while others decided to form alliances. Then, everyone left as well.
Deep within the imperial palace of the First Central Empire.
Lu Yuan sat quietly by the lake, deep in thought.
Unifying the Tianxiao Continent was merely an insignificant move on his chessboard. His attention was currently focused entirely on the Ancient Stone Tablet.
As time passed,
more and more people were drawn to the Ancient Stone Tablet. As the very embodiment of the term "genius," the Children of Destiny naturally came rushing over from all across the Tianxiao Continent.
After bringing up the panel, Lu Yuan checked the Children of Destiny who had arrived so far.
Ding! Discovered 93 Children of Destiny
"Ninety-three already. Even if each Child of Destiny can only contribute two thousand Villain Value to me, that's nearly one hundred and ninety thousand. After killing their relatives, friends, Masters, and lovers, I should be able to scrape together five hundred thousand Villain Value."
A slight movement passed through Lu Yuan's eyes. The killing intent that had lain dormant in his heart for a long time stirred once more.
"Perhaps it's time to act."
As he thought this, Lu Yuan brought up his personal panel.
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"Twelve thousand. I'm still short four hundred and eighty-eight thousand."
Lu Yuan took a deep breath, and his gaze turned sharp. "Then let's begin."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Yuan disappeared from the lakeside.
The four Emperor-Sealing Guards disappeared with him. They were responsible for dealing with the riffraff.
At the Ancient Stone Tablet.
Within a radius of a hundred miles, the area was already packed with people.
The figures of Peerless Prodigies flashed through the mountains and forests.
One examiner after another stepped forward to touch the stone tablet, only to leave in disappointment.
By now, everyone was accustomed to this sight.
After all, more than ten million people had participated in the examination during this period. Among them were Peerless Prodigies famous throughout an entire domain, Sacred Land ancestors who had hidden themselves away for a long time, and current overlords in the prime of their lives. Yet so far, only one person had successfully made the rankings.
And that person had been reborn nine times. After accumulating the foundations of nine lifetimes, he had only barely achieved Break Limit and managed to make the rankings.
Just then,
everyone suddenly felt a pressure in their chests, as though heavenly might had descended. An inexplicable fear rose from the depths of their hearts.
The next second, everyone seemed to sense something and raised their heads, looking toward the sky.
Five figures stood there.
Four of them surrounded a handsome young man in the center, dressed in white garments whiter than snow, his sleeves fluttering in the wind.
The young man was handsome and imposing, with clear, starry eyes that flashed with an intimidating chill. A faint smile played at the corners of his lips, while a hazy radiance surrounded his body, making him seem like an exiled immortal who had fallen into the mortal world.
"Who are they?"
"What a terrifying aura. Even my family's King Realm ancestor isn't this frightening."
"The most terrifying part is that such terrifying existences seem to be merely guards of that exiled immortal-like young man."
"My heavens, could they be existences descended from the Upper Realm?"
"But why do I feel that they've come with hostile intentions? I have an extremely bad premonition, as if it's coming from somewhere beyond reason."
Everyone began discussing animatedly.
At that moment, Lu Yuan gazed indifferently at the countless people below, who were like ants. He waved his hand and said coldly, "Kill them all. Leave no one alive."
There were more than a million people in the crowd below by a rough estimate. Most of them were innocent, but some were inevitably connected to the Children of Destiny in complicated ways—perhaps as relatives, elders, or friends.
Lu Yuan had always believed in the principle that when cutting weeds, one must remove the roots.
He had no time to distinguish between them, nor the patience to do so. Thus, he simply decided to wipe them all out in one stroke.
Hearing Lu Yuan's order, the four Emperor-Sealing Guards showed no hesitation. Terrifying attacks began raining down.
The crowd, which had still been watching the spectacle and discussing it, instantly suffered countless casualties.
Under the pressure of the Emperor-Sealing Realm, most people couldn't escape even if they wanted to. They could only wait for death.
Lu Yuan also began to act.
With the system's prompts, the Children of Destiny could be found with perfect accuracy. They had nowhere to hide.
And to these Children of Destiny, Lu Yuan's terrifying strength was like a true dragon falling into a nest of snakes. A casual strike was enough to kill one of them.
The system's notification sounds continued ringing in his ears.
Lu Yuan paid them no heed and continued slaughtering.
Suddenly, just as Lu Yuan was about to kill a Child of Destiny dressed in blood-red robes, that Child of Destiny threw his head back and shouted angrily:
"Chief God, save me! In exchange for advanced contract-holder support, I'm willing to forgo all rewards in the trial worlds I enter in the future!"
Hearing those two words that were so familiar they could not have been more familiar, Lu Yuan couldn't help looking stunned.
"Chief God?!"
The next instant, a blue pillar of light that reached from heaven to earth enveloped the Blood-Robed Youth. Then, another red pillar of light descended from thin air, landing beside him.
A wild, burly man with fiery red hair, a bare upper body, and bulging muscles walked out of the red pillar of light.
As soon as the big man emerged, he sensed the auras of most of the people around him and immediately burst into laughter. "Hahaha! I never thought I'd get a rescue mission with free rewards like this!"
He turned toward Xue Jiu, his face filled with approval and gratification. "Kid, you did a great job. Remember, my name is Chi Jun. In the future, if you report my name in the Main God Hall, I can protect you once."
As he spoke, Chi Jun casually glanced toward Lu Yuan. His expression instantly froze.
Staring at Lu Yuan, Chi Jun looked as if he had seen a ghost. He even rubbed his eyes vigorously with both hands.
As he rubbed them, he muttered to himself,
"This can't be. How is this possible? Impossible. This is absolutely impossible. There's no way I could have run into this god of slaughter!"
But when he lowered his hands and opened his eyes again, he found that Lu Yuan was still there. Lu Yuan was even looking at him with an amused, knowing smile.
Chi Jun immediately went weak in the knees. He dropped to the ground, knelt, and prostrated himself before Lu Yuan, shouting loudly:
"Chi Jun, Level-Five Contract Holder of the Main God Hall, pays his respects to Lord Hunter!"
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