The burly man roughly gulped down a large swig of liquor, his face clearly displeased.
If it were warti, he would have stood at the frontlines with a chance to slay the enemy and earn honors. Even without war, going ho to recuperate would be better than staying here. Here, there was no future to speak of, and one had to be on constant alert. A single slip, and there could even be danger of perishing. To be honest, if he had a choice, he truly wouldn't want to stay.
However, the Emperor's command was not to be disobeyed. There was no other option.
Ti trickled away.
Suddenly, the noises outside the tent grew loud, causing the burly man to frown in displeasure.
"Everyone shut up!"
With a roar of anger, the bustling noises inside and outside the tent abruptly ceased.
But not for long. The noise grew loud again.
Hearing this, the burly man was about to get angry when sothing seed to occur to him. The anger on his face briefly subsided, replaced by a grave expression.
He grabbed the long spear resting beside him with one hand and slung the long blade from the desk around his waist. After preparing himself, he then strode towards the outside of the tent.
「Outside the tent.」
The hubbub of voices was deafening. Crowds of villagers surrounded the area, each with a smile on their face.
Stepping out from the tent, the burly man felt a chill in his heart upon seeing this scene. Those straight, staring eyes made him extrely uneasy. Despite the seemingly warm smiles, when everyone wore the sa expression, it was truly unnerving.
Imdiately after, the burly man surveyed his surroundings.
The barren plains were gone, replaced by rising buildings. The area was bathed in red light from nurous lanterns, clearly a bustling city. And within the city, tents had been erected, looking strikingly out of place.
Now, many soldiers were erging from the tents, their faces full of shock at the scene before them. At the sa ti, the guards who had been patrolling outside the tent had vanished.
Just then, a powerful fluctuation erupted from within the city.
"Quick, break out!"
A voice full of rage and fear rang out, and soon a shadowy figure was seen soaring into the sky, attempting to flee the city.
However, as soon as the shadowy figure had lifted off the ground, it was yanked back by black threads.
"No—"
As the shadowy figure plumted, it let out a defiant roar before falling completely silent.
Seeing this, the burly man felt even colder inside. He recognized the identity of the shadowy figure. It was a powerful expert from the Demon-Subduing Division, a formidable existence at the late stage of the Grandmaster rank. Such strength, in the Jianghu, would be top-notch. But now, without any chance to resist, he was pulled back by the black threads. It was clear there was no way out.
"Break through!"
Everything happened in the blink of an eye. The burly man reacted instantly. With a furious roar, his long spear quivered, instantly blasting apart the surrounding villagers. Following that, the long blade at his waist was drawn, and villagers were bisected at the waist one after the other.
Yet, even though they were split in two, their faces still held smiles, undimd by the slightest change.
Hearing this, the other soldiers quickly reacted. Everyone charged, trying to break out.
In the anti, as one after another of the villagers was slain, the smiles that once graced their faces turned to anger.
"Kill him!"
"I want his heart and liver!"
"I want his heart and liver too!"
The enraged villagers surged forward, their eyes cold and devoid of any emotion.
Seeing this, the army pushed to break out with greater urgency.
Soon, the city gate lood in sight.
The burly man's face showed excitent. "Quick, the gate is right ahead! Break through, and we can live!"
At this mont, many soldiers had already been caught by those villagers, who were skinning them, pulling out their tendons, and carving out their flesh and organs to devour.
At this sight, the remaining soldiers were desperate to leave this place.
His long spear quivered. Dozens of spear flourishes intertwined, instantaneously clearing an area with a radius of about ten feet. Without pausing, the burly man made a beeline for the city gate.
But just as he was about to leave the city, he suddenly felt a tightness around his waist. Looking down, he saw black threads wrapped around him.
"Don't..."
The burly man's expression changed. In panic, he turned and swung his blade to sever the threads. Sparks flew, but the black threads remained unscathed.
In the next mont, a powerful pulling force ca, dragging him uncontrollably toward the center of the city.
At the sa ti, the wide-open city gates slamd shut.
Countless black threads shot out from the center, catching soldiers one by one, then pulling them towards the source of the threads.
Since confirming the usefulness of Divine Spirit Blood and giving it to Dongfang Zhao, Shen Changqing had remained in the Demon-Subduing Division, secluded in cultivation. With the Demon-Subduing Division now collecting Demon Evils and Mountain Spirits for him, he really couldn't think of anything else he needed to do.
Therefore, Shen Changqing's main focus at present was to comprehend the Divine Skills he had acquired.
I still need to accumulate Divine Ability Value to reach two hundred; I'm sowhat short. Mountain Spirits are not easy to capture, unless they were as densely concentrated as Demon Evils. Otherwise, even with the Demon-Subduing Division's vast power, finding them one by one would take a very long ti.
Gathering Divine Ability Value was much harder than accumulating Slaughter Value. Divine Skills have ten levels, and his Heaven and Earth Slash was currently only at the first level. Considering that each subsequent level-up required an additional one hundred Divine Ability Value, reaching Perfection at the tenth level would necessitate several thousand Divine Ability Value.
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