Celestial Person Realm, Mission Completed
As the days passed, the forces within Jin State that had obstructed the system's spread
were all wiped out, except for the Blazing Sun Sect.
The massive campaign had left as many as a million dead or injured, while the system hosts who took part in the mission filled their pockets to bursting.
Now, everyone's eyes were fixed on the Blazing Sun Sect.
By this time, the Blazing Sun Sect had also learned that the system had issued an extermination mission, but paid it no mind.
After all, Liu Wenzhou, Jin State's greatest expert, held the fort there. Compared with the other jianghu forces and great Aristocratic Clans, the Blazing Sun Sect was far stronger.
Even after hearing that numerous forces had been wiped out by system hosts one after another, the members of the Blazing Sun Sect still paid little attention.
In their eyes, those destroyed forces could not possibly compare with the Blazing Sun Sect and were not worth mentioning.
The people of the Blazing Sun Sect were certain that no one would dare provoke them lightly.
But they had no idea that, at that very moment, nearly a hundred thousand system hosts were lying in wait around the Blazing Sun Sect.
"Liu Wenzhou! Get out here! I'm going to test myself against you today!" Xu Wang roared at the top of his lungs, the sound shaking leaves from the surrounding trees.
The memory of his crushing defeat that year made his teeth itch with hatred.
He had thought it would be nothing more than a spar, only for Liu Wenzhou to disregard martial virtue and suddenly strike with vicious force during the match.
If he had not fled quickly enough, he would have died at Liu Wenzhou's hands.
Now the Blazing Sun Sect had angered the system, and an extermination order had been issued against it. This was the perfect chance for him to settle the score.
He could settle old and new grudges alike, complete the mission, earn Energy Points, and buy a Dao Seed Realm cultivation method.
If he successfully broke through to the Dao Seed Realm, he would gain another five hundred years of life!
Xu Wang's earth-shaking roar instantly alerted everyone in the Blazing Sun Sect.
Numerous disciples grabbed their weapons and began shouting.
"What vermin dares make trouble at the gates of the Blazing Sun Sect?"
"They must be those madmen bewitched by the system. Do they really think our Blazing Sun Sect is a soft persimmon?"
"Let's go! Show them what our Blazing Sun Sect can do!"
Wang Yang, the Blazing Sun Sect's master, immediately led the ten great elders and the sect's elite disciples at a brisk pace toward the main gate, ready to meet the invading enemy.
When the people of the Blazing Sun Sect reached the gate and saw the densely packed enemies swarming like ants, they could not help drawing a sharp breath.
A closer look revealed Xu Wang, Ruan Xingye, Meng Zhixu, Su Wantang, and other top experts ranked among Jin State's ten strongest standing at the front of the crowd.
Wang Yang's face turned deathly pale, worry written all over it. The enemies before them were simply too powerful, enough to make anyone's heart quail.
Just then, Liu Wenzhou appeared, his voice arrogant. "I wondered who it was. So it's you, the man I defeated. If you hadn't run so fast back then, you would have died at my hands."
He cast Xu Wang a disdainful glance, then turned to Ruan Xingye and the other two, his expression turning grave. "Are you going to make an enemy of the Blazing Sun Sect too?"
As he spoke, a terrifying Celestial Person Realm presence erupted from him.
Xu Wang trembled all over with rage. "Liu Wenzhou, you shameless scoundrel! We agreed to spar, but you struck viciously and even tried to kill me! Even if you've broken through to the Celestial Person Realm, don't think you'll leave here alive today!"
Meng Zhixu shook his head. "Liu Wenzhou, you stopped the system from spreading, and now the system has issued an extermination mission.
"Even if you're in the Celestial Person Realm, you won't escape death. I advise you to kill yourself now and spare yourself the humiliation."
Ruan Xingye followed with a cold laugh. "That's right! The Blazing Sun Sect will be destroyed today! You've grown used to throwing your weight around, and you dared to stop the system from spreading and kill hosts. Death is what awaits you!"
At those words, Liu Wenzhou's face turned purple with anger, and he bellowed, "You don't know what's good for you! I simply didn't want to stir up more trouble. Don't think I'm afraid of you!"
"What system? It's nothing but a crooked and evil path, yet it dares sell martial arts manuals so casually. It's practically courting death!"
"So ignorant, and so arrogant!" Su Wantang sighed, her tone helpless. "With you leading the Blazing Sun Sect, it would be strange if it weren't destroyed. You don't understand the system at all, yet you dare make such wild claims."
"Before the system, we're so insignificant we aren't worth mentioning."
"Don't think the few of us are the strongest hosts. There are plenty more powerful than us, and some could even finish us all off in a single move."
Hearing this, Liu Wenzhou's expression changed drastically.
He knew only that the system sold martial arts manuals; he had never imagined there were such terrifying experts among the hosts.
He was in the Celestial Person Realm, yet even he was not confident he could defeat Su Wantang, who was in the Grandmaster Realm, in a single move, much less deal with several of them at once.
He found it hard to believe and thought she was boasting.
"Why waste words on him? Attack!" Xu Wang shouted, activating the Nine Yang Heaven-Burning Instruction.
He became a sun, solar flames blazing around him, and struck fiercely at Liu Wenzhou with a force that could destroy heaven and earth.
Seeing Xu Wang's ferocious approach, Liu Wenzhou's expression changed. He hurriedly summoned all his strength and used the Blazing Sun Palm to meet the attack.
Boom!
Their palms collided like two suns crashing together, and a blinding light burst forth, making everyone present close their eyes instinctively.
Violent waves of force raged in every direction. Amid flying sand and stones, jagged cracks split the ground.
Liu Wenzhou screamed and spat out a mouthful of blood. He flew backward and crashed into the Blazing Sun Sect disciples behind him, sending wails rising all around.
He struggled to his feet, his eyes wide and his face full of shock. "What martial art is that? How can it be so powerful?"
"It's a cultivation method sold by the system you look down on!" Xu Wang's figure flashed, and he attacked Liu Wenzhou again.
Liu Wenzhou was instantly filled with regret. He had never imagined the cultivation methods in the system were so formidable.
Had he known, he never should have stopped the system from spreading.
If he had bound himself to the system too, he would not have ended up in such a state.
No amount of regret could help Liu Wenzhou now. He could only grit his teeth and meet Xu Wang's attack again.
Seeing how fierce Xu Wang's assault was, Meng Zhixu immediately rushed forward, brandishing his spear, intent on claiming Liu Wenzhou's head.
The others refused to be outdone. They unleashed their killing moves and joined the melee.
For a time, blades flashed and swords cast flickering shadows everywhere, while True Power raged in all directions like a mad dragon.
The sounds of fighting and screams rang out across the entire battlefield.
Liu Wenzhou let out an agonized scream as his body was torn apart by Xu Wang's Nine Yang Heaven-Burning Instruction, his flesh and blood scattering like red rain.
Having lost their mainstay, the Blazing Sun Sect disciples instantly fell into utter disarray.
Under the tide of system hosts attacking from all sides, those once-overbearing Blazing Sun Sect disciples had no strength left to resist.
In the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the once-renowned Blazing Sun Sect had been slaughtered to the last.
Because the Fairness System's version 4.0 lacked sufficient computing power, system intelligence had not yet been added, so Liu Yi had to review it personally.
He carefully examined the video evidence of the Blazing Sun Sect's extermination submitted by Xu Wang, Ruan Xingye, and the others.
After repeatedly checking through the system's backend and confirming it was genuine, he immediately awarded Xu Wang 100 million Energy Points. Ruan Xingye, Meng Zhixu, and the other main contributors each received tens of millions of Energy Points as well.
The system hosts who had taken part in the battle and killed Blazing Sun Sect disciples all received rewards corresponding to their achievements.
With the Blazing Sun Sect utterly destroyed, this system mission came to a successful close.
Every system host who had killed an enemy in battle received a generous reward.
The hosts who had killed no enemies could only stare helplessly as others filled their pockets to bursting.
Liu Yi believed this extermination mission would serve as an effective deterrent and that the system would spread more smoothly from then on.
Still, it was time to update and upgrade the system and add some new functions.