At the same time.
The other techniques also began their slaughter.
But unlike Lei Yin, they did not rush headlong into a crowd and provoke a whole group right from the start... Instead, they kept moving, launching sneak attacks and harvesting them one by one!
And because of that,
they were all frightened by Lei Yin's harvesting speed.
Blood Consumption: "Why did so many corpses suddenly appear in the Shared Space?!"
Nine Flames: "Whoa! Good lord, who killed them?"
Sanyu: "My god... I've only just dealt with three, but there are nearly thirty corpses already, right? They're piled up into a mountain!"
Frenzy Blood: "This harvesting speed is indeed a bit outrageously excessive... Fifth Brother, you did this, didn't you?"
Lei Yin: "Yeah. None of them were any good—unable to withstand a single blow. I've already broken into their stronghold and started a massacre!"
Su Zhan caught sight of the messages and was somewhat stunned. "You charged straight into the stronghold to kill?!"
Lei Yin: "Boss... I just got carried away for a moment..."
Su Zhan: "No, what I'm asking is, are you still alive?"
Lei Yin: "Yeah. They're all besieging me, but none of them can hit me!"
All the techniques spoke in unison: "Hiss~~"
Blood Consumption: "Is this really No Level?"
Frenzy Blood: "An Earth Grade Technique cannot be judged by common sense. Even if she is No Level, she can still possess a slight boost from her innate instincts... That little bit alone is enough for her to sweep through them!"
Nine Flames: "Are Earth Grade Techniques this fierce?"
Sanyu: "Clearly, it's this bitch who's fierce!"
Fierce was an understatement.
This was simply absurd!
Su Zhan did not oppose attacking strongholds. He even wanted the techniques to attack them... But there were too many people inside the strongholds. Even if they could kill a few after charging in, they would most likely die there, disappearing ahead of time after being killed.
To maximize profits, it was naturally best not to touch the strongholds yet.
Who would have thought Lei Yin would be this ferocious, charging into a stronghold and slaughtering everyone!
"Movement Technique... This is the advantage of having such a powerful Movement Technique!"
"Once Universe Wind Thunder Concealment successfully reaches Primary Grade, I'll have this kind of Movement Technique too. By then, I can truly be considered invincible beneath the Martial Master realm!"
A sharp gleam burst from Su Zhan's eyes. "Eight more days... I'm already getting impatient!"
An hour later.
Lei Yin logged off.
She followed Su Zhan's instructions, leaving the crowded area and finding a secluded place before disappearing.
It was not merely a matter of suddenly vanishing and arousing suspicion. More importantly, if she reappeared in the stronghold tomorrow, she could easily be surrounded before she even reacted... If she accidentally encountered a Martial Master there and was instantly killed, she would probably be corpse-camped from then on, and even the incarnation time would be wasted.
"This round brought in a total of... 310,000 gold!"
"I really did strike gold, hahaha..."
Su Zhan could not help laughing aloud.
Lei Yin alone, in a single hour, had already achieved more than the four techniques combined yesterday!
And this was while she was No Level.
If she had a level, wouldn't she go even more berserk with killing?
"With techniques like these, why would I worry about not being able to handle the Meng Lineage?"
Su Zhan was thoroughly delighted.
But the Martial Artists at the stronghold had already begun to panic.
"Again!"
"He took the corpses away with him again!"
"What kind of monster is this guy? Could it be that he eats people too?"
"..."
Seeing the masked person sneak up, kill, and then take away the corpses, the Martial Artists could not help feeling a chill run down their spines.
Killing was normal, but taking away every corpse after killing someone was unheard of!
Generally speaking, if someone killed to conceal something, at most they would blast the corpse into ashes or bury it on the spot... Yet that masked fellow took the corpses away every single time.
It did not matter whether the bodies had already been decapitated.
Nor did it matter how many Martial Artists swarmed in to attack him.
Sometimes, he would rather endure part of the attacks just to take the corpses away, never leaving behind even one!
A Fierce Beast corpse was treasure from head to toe.
Other than their Space Rings, what use were Martial Artist corpses?
Alchemy?
Artifact refinement?
People had long proven that although Martial Artist corpses were rich in qi and blood, they only seemed powerful because of their techniques... When it came to physical flesh, they were far less valuable than Fierce Beast Flesh.
The only possible explanation was... the masked man liked eating human flesh or drinking human blood!
At that thought, the Martial Artists' faces turned exceptionally ugly, and some had already begun to consider retreating.
Another hour passed.
Frenzy Blood also logged off successfully.
Su Zhan decisively took stock once more.
"Today's earnings so far total... 460,000!"
"The cheapest Rank 6 Pill costs 100,000 each. I can already buy four!"
"Another day of bountiful harvests~"
Su Zhan was immensely pleased.
But just a few minutes later.
Sanyu: "Oh no!"
Nine Flames: "What happened?"
Blood Consumption: "Did you run into some kind of situation?"
Frenzy Blood: "I saw it through his perspective... It's a Martial Master!"
Lei Yin: "A Martial Master?! Where, where?"
"A Martial Master?"
Su Zhan frowned.
A Martial Master had actually come to join the fun so soon?
Su Zhan immediately switched into Sanyu's perspective.
But the instant he switched over, he saw a streak of cyan Sword Light descend from the heavens. Then everything before him went black.
"Ding! The technique incarnation of Gilded Jade Body has died and entered cooldown!"
Sanyu: "Damn! That Martial Master was too fierce. The moment he saw me, he used just one move. I didn't even have time to react before I was gone on the spot!"
The gap between a Martial Artist and a Martial Master truly was anything but ordinary.
At their first encounter, he could not even withstand a single move!
If nothing unexpected happened, Martial Masters had likely arrived at Stronghold No. 19, which Lei Yin had attacked, and at Frenzy Blood's stronghold as well... They simply had not been caught because they disappeared.
Martial Masters would likely appear where Blood Consumption and Nine Flames were too.
Su Zhan: "Blood Consumption, withdraw first. Return to the city, and remember to change into another set of clothes on the way!"
Su Zhan: "Nine Flames, you withdraw too. Head directly to the nearest other stronghold!"
Blood Consumption had nine hours of survival time. It could not simply be thrown away for nothing.
Nine Flames likewise had six hours. As long as he changed strongholds, he could keep harvesting all the same!
Blood Consumption: "Got it, Boss!"
Nine Flames: "Boss, I'm going now!"
"Looks like I'll have to start fighting guerrilla warfare from now on... I can't let the Meng Lineage know my targets. I'll rotate between five strongholds every day!"
"Although running around in between will take some time, as long as I can make the Meng Lineage swallow a bitter pill, wasting some time is worth it!"
Su Zhan had not forgotten why he had started causing trouble for the Meng Lineage... Killing people and taking their treasures came second. The key was making the Meng Lineage suffer.
The Meng Lineage had more than a hundred C-grade strongholds anyway. Then he would slaughter them one by one, until the Meng Lineage could no longer bear it!
Elsewhere.
"Dis... disappeared?"
"Did you see that just now? Beneath that body wasn't flesh and blood—it was mercury!"
"I told you... That thing isn't human at all. It's a monster!"
"But why aren't they attacking the other great lineages? Why are they fixated on the Meng Lineage's strongholds?"
"This monster is being controlled by someone, and that person has a grudge against the Meng Lineage!"
"To think I've been fighting a monster like that all this time... Damn it, I'm not coming back next time!"
"..."
The onlooking Martial Artists all looked slightly changed as they discussed it heatedly.
And the Meng Lineage's Beginner Martial Master who had successfully killed Sanyu's incarnation with a single sword strike wore an especially grave expression, his brows tightly furrowed.
He directly took a communicator out of his Space Ring.
"Captain, things are looking a little bad..."
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