Lin Bai gave the Taoists of the Returning Dragon Temple no time to react. The more choices he gave them, the greater the chance of complications. Better to force them to adapt to the change from the very beginning.
The Returning Dragon Temple's two highest-level fighters were both on his side. All he needed was to keep these Taoists suppressed for the time being.
As time passed and other matters distracted them, their hatred would gradually fade.
In a sense, he already held the reins, yet had not slaughtered them to the last man. That alone could count as an act of grace.
Of course, there were risks to doing this, but Lin Bai could not wipe out an entire sect's NPCs.
Although he was traveling farther and farther down the road to becoming the enemy of the world, Lin Bai had always understood that the players would ultimately be the ones to threaten him.
NPCs would listen to reason. Players might not, no matter how many benefits they received from him. When the time came to turn on him, they would do so without hesitation.
The players' unguarded private chats had revealed far too much.
Lin Bai knew that a large group of players had classified him as the final Boss, hoping to farm a sense of achievement from him and savor the pleasure of taking him down!
Players could be divided into four types: explorers, achievers, socializers, and killers.
Of the four, killers were the most common. They always had a strong appetite for competition and cared deeply about winning and losing in games.
Achievers also shared the traits of killers.
Lin Bai becoming bitter enemies with countless players was practically inevitable.
So.
Lin Bai would rather sacrifice his own safety to corrupt the innocent NPCs, teaching