Once I Kill You, Your Treasures Will Still Be Mine

"Kuolun! Qinglin!"

The young man roared in terror and whipped his head toward the direction the laser had come from.

Every hair on his body stood on end, and cold sweat instantly drenched him.

"What kind of attack could kill Kuolun and Qinglin in an instant? Could it be a C9 Rank laser gun?!"

"It's over! I'm finished!"

Without a second thought, the young man turned and fled.

A second ago, he had been fantasizing about getting rich in one fell swoop, only to plunge into hell in the blink of an eye.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The air whistled as Chu Yuan and his six Universe Level bodyguards flew toward him at tremendous speed.

Star Pupil No. 3 overtook the young man and hovered in front of him, cutting off his retreat.

Black Blade Two and Black Blade Three flanked him, trapping him between them.

No matter how fast someone at Star Level 9 flew, they could never escape the palm of someone at Universe Level 8.

Chu Yuan walked through the air with the remaining three bodyguards. Black Blade One looked at the empty air on either side of the young man, shook his head, and sighed.

"Ah, with a D9-class laser gun around, there's no room for us to show our skills anymore!"

"Tell me about it!"

Xingtong Two and Star Pupil No. 3 both looked at Star Pupil No. 1 with envy and jealousy. "Lucky bastard, getting to use the laser gun. When do we get a turn?"

Star Pupil No. 1 lifted his chin and grinned smugly. "You'll have to ask the master about that. As soon as he gives the order, I'll hand the gun over!"

They chatted casually, not taking the young man seriously at all.

"I'm from the Tuta Family! My father is Wolf Tuta, a World Lord expert! You can't kill me!"

The young man's eyes were red as he roared, fierce on the outside but cowardly within, "If you kill me, my father will never let you off!"

"Let me go, and you can have all my treasures!"

Chu Yuan folded his arms and looked at the young man indifferently, snorting coldly. "Idiot. Once I kill you, your treasures will still be mine."

"Kill him."

Chu Yuan waved a hand and gave the order.

He had thought this was a genius who could give him some actual combat practice to test his strength after his breakthrough, only to find he was trash.

He had no interest in even exchanging blows with trash like this.

Squelch!

A throwing knife pierced the young man's skull, bursting his head apart. His headless corpse fell from the sky.

A storage ring flew over, and Chu Yuan caught it.

After branding it with his Spiritual Imprint and inspecting it, Chu Yuan curled his lip and cursed, "Pauper."

He was the son of a World Lord expert, yet all his treasures put together were worth less than three billion Universe Coins.

He was most likely born to a concubine.

"Master, I've detected another six Universe Levels. Two are Universe Level Sixth Order, two are Universe Level 7, and the remaining two are Level 8 and Level 9. They're all natives, and they've already come down!"

Feiluan popped out and opened a three-dimensional projection with a grave expression.

In the image, six Universe Levels flew down through the opening and were heading toward them.

"Damn it! They must have led the natives here!"

Black Blade One swung his fist fiercely and cursed, his face dark.

"Don't just stand there. Attack! Kill that Universe Level 9 first!"

Chu Yuan gave the order coldly.

With the laser gun on his shoulder, Star Pupil No. 1 raised it and fired.

Boom!

The laser beam screamed past and struck the Universe Level 9 native, instantly blasting his head apart!

"Watch out!"

"Get out of the way!"

The other five Universe Levels immediately scattered, seeking cover.

The corners of Chu Yuan's mouth lifted at the sight. He glanced at his bodyguards. "Didn't you think there was no room for you to show your skills? Go on, let them see what you can do!"

Black Blade One rolled his neck, drew his war blade, and chuckled in a low voice. "Watch closely, Master. I'll pluck their heads off right away!"

Before he had finished speaking, the air cracked behind him. Xingtong Two and Star Pupil No. 3 had already shot off on their psychokinetic weapons, shrinking to tiny black dots in an instant.

Black Blade Two and Black Blade Three hurriedly flew out as well.

Black Blade One was dumbfounded and could not help swearing, "Damn it, leave a few for me!"

Before his words had faded, he charged out too.

But a warrior's flying speed could not match a spirit reader's in the end.

Xingtong Two and Star Pupil No. 3 had already engaged the natives before the three warriors even reached the battlefield.

Star Pupil No. 1 stayed behind. He was responsible for protecting Chu Yuan at close range.

"Master, six natives charging in at once can't be a coincidence. Something must have happened outside."

Star Pupil No. 1 looked at the young man's corpse below, his tone grave. "These people must have fled here because they were being hunted down too."

Chu Yuan looked up, his gaze seeming to pierce through over a hundred thousand kilometers of mountain to the outside. "If I'm not mistaken, the natives have launched another great purge."

Feiluan promptly supplied the relevant information about the great purge.

"The natives of the Turbid Abyss Continent launch a great purge at intervals. The longest interval is five hundred thousand years, while the shortest is a hundred thousand years."

"Whenever the natives launch a great purge, they pour out in full force, and it lasts for hundreds or even thousands of years. Adventurers from outside often suffer devastating casualties during the purge, and the elite geniuses of the various major powers are killed in batches."

Star Pupil No. 1 was puzzled. "The natives have killed so many elites from the major powers. Do those powers' World Lords just stand by? It should be easy for a World Lord to flatten the Turbid Abyss Continent, shouldn't it?"

Chu Yuan's voice was calm. "It's to temper geniuses. Only through battles of blood and fire can true experts be born."

Whether it was the powers of the Black Dragon Mountain Starfield or the five great giants, all believed in the strong devouring the weak and the victor becoming king.

The mortality rate of geniuses in the Universe Country powers was relatively low. Among the five great giants, it was even higher.

For instance, the mortality rate in the Virtual Universe Company's Taichu Zone reached ninety-five percent.

Of a hundred geniuses who entered, only five would ultimately become Immortals.

But that was precisely the purpose behind the major powers nurturing geniuses.

All they wanted were experts. Geniuses who died along the way were merely expendable materials.

Large entourages of bodyguards and guards protected them on their everyday travels, and they were given the finest cultivation environments, the most cultivation resources, and instruction from the best teachers.

If you still died under such generous conditions, it only proved you lacked ability. Your death counted for nothing.

So many geniuses died among the five great giants every year, yet no one ever heard of them avenging those geniuses.

The powers of Black Dragon Mountain were naturally no different.

"Invaders from beyond the heavens, die!"

The Universe Level 8 native brandished a spear and charged at Xingtong Two.

Xingtong Two turned into a streak of golden light and pulled away. The flying shuttle beneath his feet shot out 327 small throwing knives.

Every 109 small throwing knives combined into a crescent moon. The three crescents swept past at high speed, slicing the native into six pieces, and his corpse fell from the sky to the ground.

Elsewhere, Star Pupil No. 3 controlled six flying-ring psychokinetic weapons. The rings tore through the air, forming an impenetrable cutting net that enveloped a Universe Level 7 native and shredded him into a mist of blood.

Black Blade One, Two, and Three also killed their opponents at the same time.

"Master, these are their treasures."

The five bodyguards flew over and respectfully presented several storage bracelets.

Chu Yuan casually accepted them and looked overhead.

"Master, what do we do now? Leave immediately, or wait until things blow over before leaving?"

The six bodyguards looked at Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan shook his head slightly. "The great purge will last hundreds of years at the very least. We don't have that much time to waste here. We'll fight our way straight out!"