Let the Killing Begin

"Wipe out their sect, settle the score? The Demon Suppression Office?"

Hearing Lin Ruoxue's words,

Li Chen could not help bursting into loud laughter.

The several Profound Wind Gang members behind him joined in the mocking laughter.

"Pingyang County today is no longer the Pingyang County it once was."

"Green Mountain Village was massacred. Can County Magistrate Cui Yu even manage it?"

"You're still far too naive!"

Li Chen narrowed his eyes.

If they had not received orders from above,

and learned certain things,

they would not have dared massacre an entire village so openly,

or get involved with demon beasts.

But now, the skies had long since changed!

"You mean it wasn't just Green Mountain Village that suffered from this demon scourge?"

Li Chen's words gave Lin Ruoxue a terrible feeling.

"Chaotic times are coming. The strong reign supreme. Small fry like us must follow the right people if we want to survive."

"Unfortunately, your Withered Wood Fist Hall was too blind to see and insisted on protecting Green Mountain Village."

"That dead old man Chen Wang is planning to drag all of you down with him!"

Li Chen rose to his feet, his voice chilling.

"Follow the right people... Are you saying some great figure is manipulating the demon scourge from behind the scenes?"

Lin Ruoxue was filled with horror.

To dare stir up a demon scourge, and do so this brazenly—

just what kind of identity did the person behind it possess?

"This is not something you need to know."

"Send them on their way!"

Li Chen turned his head toward the Crimson-Scaled Brocade Serpent beside him and spoke sinisterly.

"Hiss!!!"

The Crimson-Scaled Brocade Serpent flicked its tongue, its vertical pupils swirling with seductive colored light as they locked directly onto Lin Ruoxue's eyes.

Lin Ruoxue felt