Luo Zhou blew the bone whistle, and Uncle Cheng Yu brought his men over.
He was utterly astonished by the chaotic scene.
There had been no curse-killing at all. It had been nothing but a torrent of spells and bombardment. The splashing water could be seen from several miles away, and the Crocodile Dragon had been blasted to death.
This strength was terrifying!
Luo Zhou smiled and said, "Clean it up!"
"What are you looking at? Couldn't I have improved? Couldn't I have cultivated a few spells and divine abilities?"
Everyone began cleaning up, carrying the battered Crocodile Dragon into the cart.
They searched the area for spirit materials and soon found a batch of Purifying Water Grass.
It was a type of spirit material. Each stalk of Purifying Water Grass was worth eighty Broken Spirits, and there were thirty-six stalks in all. That was an extra income.
Uncle Cheng Yu thought Luo Zhou was going back to Green Ridge City.
Unexpectedly, Luo Zhou said, "Let's go. There's another Crocodile Dragon!"
"Ah, we're killing two today?"
"Yes. I tried out my newly awakened divine ability. I haven't used any curse arts. Let's continue."
Uncle Cheng Yu was overjoyed, and everyone set off for the next hunting ground.
As for the scout who had died, he had sought his own death. No one cared about him, and no one even mentioned him.
Actually, the scout also had an immortal post called the Dead Agent, but they were all ordinary people and could not receive Headmaster Zhao's teachings.
They headed for the next hunting ground.
It was sixty-three miles from here.
Although the journey was troublesome, everyone was happy. It meant they could split more money.
This was also an old hunting ground. There were Dead Spirits here, though not many—only six.
Then they attacked, showing absolutely no mercy!
This time, Luo Zhou still used the divine ability Overturning Rivers and Seas.
No one dared to stay behind and secretly watch anymore.
Four Overturning Rivers and Seas divine abilities killed the Crocodile Dragon.
They also discovered spirit materials here, bringing in another sum of extra income.
Luo Zhou sensed himself. He did not feel tired, so they continued.
They headed for the third hunting ground.
They traveled a full seventy miles. Even the horses were beginning to run out of strength.
Uncle Cheng Yu immediately made arrangements, changing riders and horses, and sending the Crocodile Dragon back...
He had a certain talent for organization, and Luo Zhou nodded slightly.
But when they arrived, Luo Zhou began shaking his head.
This was a newly opened hunting ground. The Crocodile Dragon had not eaten anyone yet, so there were no Dead Spirits nearby.
If they hunted this time, there would be no Punishing Evil rewards at all.
This Crocodile Dragon was too clever. It had chosen an excellent location, right at a major traffic artery.
Many travelers would certainly pass through here. The Crocodile Dragon would surely eat its fill, and it might even eat a great many people.
But it was doomed!
With such a good location, attacking passing travelers would inevitably bring the authorities down on it, and it would be exterminated on the spot.
If it hid in the shadows and quietly opened a hunting ground, nothing might happen.
But making such a grand display and occupying a major traffic artery meant certain death!
Sometimes being too clever was not a good thing.
However, it no longer had a chance. If Luo Zhou did not kill it, travelers would certainly die because of it.
If he had not encountered it, so be it. But now that he had, he had to act!
Even if it consumed his true qi and brought him no benefit, he still had to kill the dragon.
Once again, four Overturning Rivers and Seas divine abilities killed the Crocodile Dragon.
This was indeed a newly opened hunting ground. Not a single spirit material was gained.
Uncle Cheng Yu could not help asking, "Do we continue?"
"How many are left?"
"Only the last one!"
"Stamp out evil to the very end. Let's go and kill it!"
The last Crocodile Dragon also had Dead Spirits. This time, Luo Zhou did not use a divine ability. Instead, he killed it directly with a single Dragon-Slaying Thrust!
After killing it, he pierced through its seven orifices, creating the appearance that it had been cursed to death by a Curse Master.
It was already evening. They had traveled four or five hundred miles that day, and everyone was utterly exhausted.
Luo Zhou was the same, so he returned directly to the city.
The Dragon Fang Gang would no longer sell the Crocodile Dragons they had killed. They would enter the tavern and restaurant business, producing and selling their own goods.
But Luo Zhou was not optimistic about them!
They were like that clever Crocodile Dragon, occupying a major thoroughfare. It looked as if they could make a fortune, but in truth, they had blocked other people's path to wealth.
One careless step, and everything would collapse into ruin.
But this was not something Luo Zhou could manage. As long as he received his income, that was enough.
In the past, when hunting dragons, Luo Zhou would normally receive around three or four thousand Broken Spirits for a Crocodile Dragon.
For four Crocodile Dragons, though they were somewhat battered, plus the spirit materials, they ultimately sent him seventeen thousand Broken Spirits.
Cheng Wanli was still very generous. He had given him quite a lot.
This business could continue.
The problem now did not lie with him, but with whether they could find the Crocodile Dragons' hidden hunting grounds.
Luo Zhou went home satisfied.
But what satisfied him even more were the Punishing Evil rewards at midnight.
At midnight, the time arrived, and someone came rattling over.
Sixteen Dead Spirits of treasure seekers who had been torn to pieces by bites came before Luo Zhou.
The Crocodile Dragon's Punishing Evil rewards had not arrived all at once. Had they been divided into several batches?
They touched Luo Zhou one after another. Then, one by one, as if relieved of a heavy burden, they slowly transformed into the appearances of the treasure seekers they had been before their deaths.
Luo Zhou looked at them and lit three sticks of incense.
The liberated treasure seekers looked at Luo Zhou with gratitude, thanked him, bowed, and saluted.
"Everyone, congratulations on regaining your freedom. Go. Enter the cycle of reincarnation and begin a new life!"
The many treasure seekers slowly dispersed and entered reincarnation!
"Luo Zhou, sensing a plea for help from the dead: an evil spirit has committed crimes. Punish it!"
"Punishing Evil: slaying the man-eating Crocodile Dragon. Good deed. It deserves a reward!"
"Rewarding Good and Punishing Evil complete. Reward!"
Essence, qi, and spirit slowly entered his body.
The essence tempered his body...
Water Tide Qi poured into his dantian.
The Crocodile Dragon was a beast without a cultivation method. It had accumulated everything through its instincts as a living creature, so the amount of true qi it possessed was extremely small.
Nine strands of Water Tide Energy entered his body, but they quietly transformed into eight strands of Tidal Qi.
One strand of Water Tide Energy vanished during the transformation.
Luo Zhou nodded, only to find another group of Dead Spirits walking in.
This time there were only six. They belonged to the second Crocodile Dragon.
The same procedure followed, and he sent the Dead Spirits into reincarnation.
The essence tempered his body, and spiritual energy entered him. This time, there were five strands of Tidal Qi.
As for the spirit, the Crocodile Dragon's experiences were utterly meaningless.
Then another batch of Dead Spirits entered. They belonged to the fourth Crocodile Dragon.
The essence tempered his body, and spiritual energy entered him. This time, there were four strands of Tidal Qi.
At this point, the spiritual energy within Luo Zhou was:
Eleven strands of Heaven-Eroding Qi, eleven strands of Earth-Boring Qi, nine strands of Heavy Water Qi, eighteen strands of Heavenly Water Qi, and twenty-seven strands of Tidal Qi!
Luo Zhou nodded, thinking it was over.
Unexpectedly, in a daze, Luo Zhou seemed to hear countless people cheering!
"Luo Zhou acted with a single-minded purpose, not for his own gain, and struck out boldly to save the common people.
"Without realizing it, he changed the fates of others, changed Green Ridge City, and even changed the fates of tens of millions of people. This is a great good deed!"
"Great good deed. Heavy reward!"
Luo Zhou was startled. A second great good deed had actually appeared.
He had merely not wanted innocent travelers to die. Who would have thought that this would actually count as a great good deed?
Would the traveler whose fate had been changed go on to save tens of millions of people in the future?
Luo Zhou felt a force descending from the heavens and pouring into his body.
Countless shouts appeared in his mind!
In the dark and mysterious realm, Luo Zhou saw himself strike out with Overturning Rivers and Seas!
"Soul..."
"Overturning Rivers, Seas..."
Luo Zhou's Hinoki Force User appeared. Two figures gradually split off from his body!
They were both force users, yet they were several times more powerful than the Hinoki Force User!
"Rewarding Good!"
"Reward the Overturning Rivers Force User and the Seas Force User!
"Reward the fusion of the Overturning Rivers and Seas Force User. Obtain the hidden profundities of thirty-six force users—the Overturning Rivers and Seas Force User Golden Armor!"
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