A Bloody Feast, the Oriole Fishing in Troubled Waters
"Gurgle... gurgle... what a waste!"
This mysterious being greedily pounced on the corpse on the ground, like a bottomless black hole, and in the blink of an eye, it devoured the subordinate who was in the Late Blood Transformation Realm, leaving not a single drop of blood!
The Qinglong stared at the monster.
"Is the purge of the Pan Family tonight... related to you?"
"Gurgle... Of course..."
The eerie being emitted an extremely piercing laugh that seemed to pierce one's soul.
"The show is about to begin; this mysterious land, waiting to be explored, is about to welcome a new master."
In the Demon Capital of Shanghai, there is an abandoned heavy industrial area.
Under the cover of night, the rusty steel storage tanks and crisscrossing pipes lie silently in the darkness, like the skeleton of a giant steel beast.
Inside a huge underground warehouse deep within the factory area, the lights were on.
This is one of the secret distribution centers where the Pan Family behind "Myriad Treasures Pavilion" conducts "human blood sacrifice" transactions with underground Variants forces in Demon Capital.
In the center of the warehouse, dozens of huge metal cages, resembling livestock cages, held hundreds of civilian martial artists who looked listless and filled with despair. Most of them were rogue cultivators who had come to Demon Capital from other places to pursue their dreams, with cultivation levels ranging from the Blood Nourishing Realm to the Blood Refining Realm.
"Manager Pan, this batch of goods is of good quality."
A Variants leader, shrouded in black robes and reeking of blood, licked his lips with his barbed tongue, greedily eyeing the warriors in the cage. "Especially those few at the Peak Blood Refining Realm, their blood and qi are so abundant, our patriarch will surely be satisfied."
"Hehe, that's for sure. The Pan Family has always been extremely particular about quality when it comes to doing things."
The Pan Family manager in charge of the transaction, a middle-aged man at the Blood Transformation Realm Fifth Level, rubbed his hands together with a beaming smile, "Since the goods are fine, then this batch of ' Blood Soul Grass '..."
"We understand the rules. One hand over the person, the other hand over the goods." The Variants leader snapped his fingers.
Several men behind him immediately pushed up several heavy alloy boxes.
Just as this dirty, bloody deal was about to be completed.
Above the high ventilation ducts of the warehouse.
"Buzz--"
A very subtle ripple in space flashed by.
Dongfang Yueming, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and a silver mask, appeared there silently like Ghost.
The [Heaven Grade Profound Technique - Heaven and Earth Assimilation] allowed him to perfectly blend into the cold metal pipe, without even a breath or heartbeat leaking out.
Through the [Illusion-Breaking Void Pupils], Dongfang Yueming coldly observed everything below. He could clearly see that there was no trace of corruption of the Variants in the blood and qi of those Pan Family. They were pure humans, yet they were doing things that were even more heinous than those of the Variants.
"Since you all enjoy doing business so much, then I'll collect this debt on behalf of these commoners."
Dongfang Yueming's eyes narrowed, and he prepared to take action immediately, sending this group of scum and the Variants to their doom.
However.
Just as he was about to make his move!
"Um?"
Dongfang Yueming's extremely keen Divine Sense suddenly detected an extremely large and well-concealed fluctuation of true energy, which was rapidly surrounding the warehouse from all directions!
"Such a powerful aura... There's more than one [Meridian Opening Realm] expert, and even... there's a [True Power Realm] expert among them?!"
Dongfang Yueming was startled. The sword energy he was about to unleash instantly retracted, and he pushed [Heaven and Earth Assimilation] to its limit.
He did not act rashly, but quietly remained in place.
"Bang--!!!"
The next second, the warehouse's half-meter-thick alloy door was blasted into pieces by a terrifying, overwhelming force!
A tremendous sound, like a thunderclap, exploded inside the warehouse, causing the civilian martial artists in the iron cages to painfully cover their ears.
Who goes there?!
The Pan Family manager and the Variants leader were shocked and turned sharply to look at the gate.
The smoke and dust cleared.
A group of dozens of people, dressed in identical black combat uniforms, appeared at the warehouse entrance like divine soldiers descending from the sky. The leaders wore the clan crests of the three major families of Demon Capital — the Chu Family, the Tang Family, Li Family family—embroidered on their chests!
Beside the experts from the three major families stood several masked Great Xia Night Watchers!
"The three great houses?! And the Night Watchers?!"
When the Pan Family manager saw this scene, he was so frightened that his legs went weak and he almost knelt on the ground.
"My lords, what... what does this mean? Our Pan Family has paid our 'quota' according to the rules! This factory area is..."
"Shut up!"
The leading elder of the Li Family, who was at the [Meridian Opening Realm], roared, his voice like a booming bell, making the entire warehouse vibrate.
"The Pan Family colluded with Variants to harm our fellow humans; their crimes are heinous! Today, our three great families are ordered to unite and wipe them out, to act on behalf of Heaven!"
These righteous and awe-inspiring words almost made Dongfang Yueming, who was hiding in the shadows, burst out laughing.
"These hypocrites, they've taken advantage of you and now they're pretending to be champions of justice?"
The Pan Family manager below wasn't stupid either; he instantly understood that the Pan Family had been completely abandoned and discarded! Or rather, the three major families had their eyes on the Pan Family's assets and were preparing to double-cross them!
"No! You can't do this! Our Pan Family has powerful connections..."
Kill! Leave no one alive!
The Li Family elders gave him no chance to beg for mercy or explain himself, and with a wave of their hands, the cold order to kill was issued instantly.
"Boom boom boom!"
Dozens of experts and Night Watchers from the three major families rushed into the warehouse like hungry wolves pouncing on their prey!
"Roar--! Let's fight them!"
Knowing they were doomed, the Variants leader let out a superhuman roar, his body instantly mutating, and charged forward with his men. The Pan Family manager also gritted his teeth, unleashing his Blood Transformation Realm blood energy to fight back.
However, faced with overwhelming strength, it was nothing more than a massacre with no suspense whatsoever.
The true energy of the Meridian Opening Realm swept away the fallen leaves like a whirlwind, easily tearing apart the Blood Transformation Realm Variants and the Pan Family thugs. Limbs and severed arms flew everywhere, and shrill screams rose and fell.
In less than three minutes, the once bustling warehouse fell into dead silence, leaving only pools of blood and the pungent smell of blood.
"Release all those alive. Seize all supplies and take them back to the family."
The elder of the Li Family gave a cold glance to the trembling civilian martial artist in the iron cage, then turned and left with his men. In their eyes, these civilians were merely props used to demonstrate their "justice."
Meanwhile, in the heart of Demon Capital, at the Pan Family's luxurious manor...
The situation was equally dire.
"You've gone too far! Do you really think the Pan Family is someone to be trifled with?!"
The patriarch of the Pan Family, a powerful figure who had reached the mid-stage of the [True Power Realm], stood amidst the ruins of the manor, his hair disheveled and his body covered in blood, roaring angrily.
He was surrounded by the corpses of core members of the Pan Family.
Opposite him stood three core elders from the three major families, whose auras were as deep and boundless as the ocean, and who had also reached the [True Power Realm]!
"Old Pan, times have changed."
One of the Chu Family elders sneered, conjuring a long sword radiating terrifying destructive power from his hand. "If you have anyone to blame, blame your Pan Family for fattening you up too much."
"I'm not reconciled! Ah--!!!"
The Pan Family patriarch let out a desperate roar, burning his lifespan in a final, desperate struggle. But under the combined attack of three equally powerful experts, the destruction of the Pan Family was inevitable.
On the ventilation ducts of an underground warehouse in an abandoned factory area.
Dongfang Yueming quietly watched this farcical "double-crossing" unfold.
"The water in this 'Demon Capital ' is so murky it's nauseating."
He originally came to settle accounts with the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, but unexpectedly, the three major families beat him to it and overturned the table.
"However, this is a good opportunity to fish in troubled waters."