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Chapter 841: Killing the Rat, A Living Man
Chapter 841: Killing the Rat, A Living Man
Celestial Wrath, Cosmic Shift, Earthly Wrath, Dragons and Serpents Rise, Human Wrath, Heaven and Earth Turned Upside Down.
The Li Family Overseer was indeed a formidable figure in the mortal world. For twenty years, he had helped the Li Family achieve a single law, cultivating the ability to preserve the eternal spirit. Now, with the killing intent just emerging in the mortal realm, he already felt the overwhelming surge of murderous aura, startling his divine soul to the point of near dissipation.
However, he sensed the killing intent but couldn't understand it. He didn't comprehend the bitter smile on Hu Ma's face, nor could he fathom what the Trickery Sect woman had done.
In fact, from the very beginning, he felt that the Hu Family didn't treat the Li Family with due respect.
After all, this was a battle of laws using the Blood Pool as a symbol of authority.
If the Hu Family truly wanted to take it seriously, they should have summoned all the capable Reincarnators and faced the Li Family in a fair contest.
The Li Family only sent me here because I've achieved the state of an indestructible divine soul, standing on unbeatable ground. But why did you only send a few of your people? Show us your true skills that you stole from heaven and earth...
But in the end, they merely used a method to conceal the truth from heaven and earth. Then, the Hu Family, with their own power, blocked the Li Family's Ancient Well Name Summoning. Who knows how many other tricks they have up their sleeves? They already wore a smile of victory, as if the outcome was certain.
Even the Heir of the Hu Family turned his head and looked at him. In the Netherworld, there was no space, and the height and position were different. Just now, he was standing above, holding the white flag and summoning the name of the other.
But now, it was as if heaven and earth had flipped, and he was standing high above, looking down at himself: "Mr. Li, do you know where you lost in this battle of laws?"
"The Grand Scheme!"
"The Li Family, in the end, is just a part of the mortal world."
"..."
When he first heard the Divine Bestowed King scolding them as "mortals," Hu Ma couldn't quite agree. But after the Red Wine Lady spoke of the great mortal world killing calamity, he suddenly understood.
The Li Family was indeed just a part of the mortal world, and their grand scheme only reached the level of mortals.
Even his previous self was the same.
What kind of battle of laws was this? A single thought from the mortal world could move the cause and effect of heaven and earth. With this killing calamity already revealed, it was no longer something that a small trick could stop.
He gritted his teeth, suppressing the surging thoughts in his heart. Facing the endless white flags fluttering, he shook his arms slightly, and all the white flags rolled back. Standing in the void, he looked towards the Burned Blade in the Blood Pool.
This young man, who was ruthless in his actions but had always been straightforward and generous, had just taken control of nearly half the authority of the Blood Pool. Suddenly, he released the technique, putting himself in grave danger.
The massive blood water, having lost its foundation, formed an indescribable power of grievance, like a blood cloud enveloping him. Now, it was sinking rapidly, pulling him into the Blood Pool.
Below, at the edge of the Blood Pool, there were withered and broken limbs and bones. At this moment, they were all reaching out towards him.
A backlash from the origin of heaven and earth was pulling him into the depths of the pool.
"Haha..."
But he seemed unconcerned, and a laugh suddenly rang out: "Brothers, I'll be taking my leave first."
Amidst the laughter, he mustered his remaining strength. With the blood around him having nowhere to attach itself, he took a decisive step forward and strode towards the Divine Bestowed King.
The surging blood water, pulled by him, seemed like a vast blood cloud. Wherever he passed, the entire void of the Netherworld was dyed red.
Fake!
This blood qi of the Burned Blade was originally fake, so the backlash was inevitable. But before completely succumbing to the backlash of the Blood Pool, he still held three-tenths of the authority of the Blood Pool in his hands.
So this strike was inexplicably ferocious, as if it had cut through half the Netherworld.
"Sizzle!"
The place where this strike landed was right where the Divine Bestowed King stood.
This Divine Bestowed King, also brimming with blood qi, was about to be slowly whittled down into a stick by the Malevolent Wretch. But he also possessed nearly two-tenths of the authority, and his blood qi was equally overwhelming.
Both the Burned Blade and the Divine Bestowed King excelled in expanding their blood qi, forming a stark contrast with the Malevolent Wretch. However, this floating and sinking blood qi didn't seem very stable.
The Malevolent Wretch also felt the blood qi approaching from behind and turned to look. Slowly, he moved aside.
The next moment, the surging blood qi, along with the Burned Blade's strike, landed solidly on the Divine Bestowed King. The sound of breaking chains echoed from the King's body, as if the foundation of a city was collapsing.
This single strike seemed to have cut out countless phantoms from the Divine Bestowed King, each connected to him.
These were the projections of the Blood Vajra in the Blood Pool. The Divine Bestowed King was never a single person with such blood qi; it was the accumulation of countless people that gave him this blood qi.
In the current Blood Pool, both the Burned Blade and the Divine Bestowed King held authority. But in the end, they were both fake—one borrowed from the shadows of history, and the other was a freeloader, like the biggest joke in the world.
And now, with the fake breaking the fake, the foundations of both were almost shattered, and the massive blood qi, having lost its anchor, directly merged into one, swirling and surging, with blood qi that shocked the heavens.
Even the Divine Bestowed King seemed to instinctively react at this moment, suddenly opening his eyes as if, unprepared, he had arrived in the Bloodstained Pool in his dream.
And as he opened his eyes, he saw Burned Blade laughing heartily, pulling these two massive pools of blood with all his might, like a mountain cry and ocean roar, directly towards the horrifying scene outside the Bloodstained Pool, where the Hu Ma was sending the blood.
The massive blood qi had already exceeded his ability to support it, and his body was already crumbling, yet he still wore a smile.
At this moment, Hu Ma's emotions were difficult to contain, and it was almost impossible to look directly at the radiant smile on his face.
"Catch it!"
At this moment, the Red Wine Lady beside the Bloodstained Pool also gritted her teeth, reminding Hu Ma, "The mortal massacre is like refining medicine, and you need a catalyst."
"Take this catalyst and send it to the mortal world!"
"..."
"No, no..."
Facing the surging blood that had been sent out of the Bloodstained Pool, the Li Family Overseer couldn't understand what was happening, but his anger was about to erupt. He desperately waved the white flags towards Hu Ma, trying to drive away his remaining fate and stop this bold action.
But Hu Ma, who had just borrowed the power of the tenth pillar incense, now stood firmly by the Bloodstained Pool, and as he faced the Overseer's spellcasting, a sinister smile appeared on his face, and he took a step forward.
He was about to send the sin to the mortal world.
If it were in the past, he would have to go to the Li Family to find their ghost cave, but this time, it wasn't necessary.
The endless white flags beside the Li Family Overseer all pointed towards a place in the mortal world, which was the ancient well in the Li Family's ancestral home, the one that had been weighed down by a weight for twenty years.
Even this ancient well was constantly calling out Hu Ma's name.
So, Hu Ma held the sea of blood in one hand and grabbed the white flag with the other, using the momentum to take a powerful step forward.
The force of this step was so great that the entire Netherworld seemed to tilt with it, and the mortal world seemed to sink downward from that ancient well, immersing itself in the Netherworld.
In the next moment, Hu Ma entered the ancient well, which was connected to the Netherworld's blood pool, right before the Li Family Overseer's terrified gaze.
The sea of blood he held in his hand also followed him into the well.
At this moment, the Li Family Overseer suddenly froze, his divine soul almost collapsing, sensing something amiss, and he had no idea how to respond.
This ancient well, from which the Li Family had stolen endless blood, could refine everything and thus contain everything. Not to mention Hu Ma's Nine Pillar Dao Arts, even a hundred people's Nine Pillar Dao Arts would be enough to contain, let alone suppress.
But, it couldn't take in this Tenth Pillar Dao Arts.
So, following Hu Ma's entry into the well, more than half of the blood from the Bloodstained Pool was brought in, and the ancient well creaked and groaned, reaching its limit.
The Li Family had borrowed this well to control the Bloodstained Pool for twenty years, being extremely cautious and calculating, but they never expected that someone would, in one go, pour in the blood of twenty and thirty years, all at once, into this well.
...
...
"Boom..."
A tremendous roar, like an earthquake, suddenly emerged from the depths of the well.
An indescribable bloody aura rose from the well, and the chilling yin wind, which originally had the power to summon names, now sounded more like a groan of unbearable burden.
In the Li Family's ancestral home, those guarding the well were startled, their faces filled with shock.
The quickest to react was still the Li Family's Old Lady, who suddenly realized something and stumbled out from the inner hall, throwing her walking stick aside.
In the midst of the commotion, a voice cried out, "Quick..."
"Seal the well!"
The others didn't have time to process what was happening, but instinctively, they began to move the weights.
Unfortunately, before they could even lift the weights, a massive blood waterfall erupted from the well, like a volcano that had been dormant for thousands of years, unleashing a colossal pillar of blood filled with endless vengeance, soaring towards the clouds.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The sky was instantly painted with blood, and spider-like lightning spread across it. A torrential downpour followed, drenching everything below.
Blood rained down from all four corners of the world.
The Li family's matriarch stood frozen, her eyes wide as she watched the blood gushing from the well, defying gravity and rising towards the heavens. Her entire body seemed to wither in an instant, and she muttered, "It's over..."
...
...
Amidst the blood-soaked sky, in the mortal world, in Quzhou, Yang Gong led the Grain Guard Army on horseback, their horses galloping fiercely. With a ruthless grip on the reins and their blades drawn, they charged towards the eight counties and twenty townships.
Beyond Tiger Pass, the prominent families of the eight counties and twenty townships had already presented their conditions to the Duke of Mingzhou, and they had prepared ample provisions and weapons.
They were waiting to see if the Duke of Mingzhou would prove himself worthy of their support or if they should secretly collaborate with their relatives within Tiger Pass.
Deep within the rolling darkness of night, on one side were the private armies recruited from the eight counties and twenty townships, while in the vast expanse between them roamed the hungry and dispirited masses—the surplus people in their eyes.
These surplus people could have been dealt with by the eight counties and twenty townships themselves, but they wouldn't do it because it was beneath their dignity and would dirty their hands. So, they waited for the Grain Guard Army to come and eliminate these surplus people for them, and then they would meet with the army.
The sound of distant horse hooves thundered, carrying with it an overwhelming killing intent.
Some of the onlookers couldn't help but smile, saying, "These peasants from Mingzhou aren't as hopeless as they seem. If they truly have the Heavenly Mandate, we can give them a little push."
"We can even guarantee their safety and negotiate with the prominent families within the pass, sparing them from annihilation."
Others scoffed, "The blade comes before the king. These peasants don't understand the cycle of the Heavenly Mandate. They're far from becoming emperors..."
Amidst their laughter, they felt the night wind howling, carrying with it a thick blood scent that was almost palpable.
They ordered lanterns to be raised high on the hilltops, eager to witness the Duke of Mingzhou's purge of the surplus people. And indeed, they saw the Grain Guard Army's iron hooves trampling through the surplus people who roamed the hills and fields.
Their eyes widened, expecting to see heads rolling, but instead, the army charged straight through the surplus people without hesitation, their momentum undiminished as they galloped towards the onlookers.
"Kill the rats and spare the innocent!"
Before they could react, loud shouts echoed from within the Grain Guard Army.
Weapons were drawn, their cold glint piercing the darkness as they charged towards the onlookers' faces.
The aristocratic families and powerful clans were caught off guard, never expecting the Grain Guard Army to have any other purpose than eliminating the surplus people.
Yang Gong, at the forefront on horseback, brandished his treasure blade and slashed towards the necks of the leading family patriarchs, who still wore expressions of questioning and rebuke.
As a large head fell to the ground, a shiver ran through the crowd, and an overwhelming fear emerged from deep within, catching them completely off guard.
"Are they really going to kill?"
The Grain Guard Army had already charged into the midst of the onlookers, their elite soldiers skilled in slaughter, far surpassing the private armies of the aristocratic families. One by one, heads fell, and even with mountains of grain stored in the barns, they would never taste another grain.
"Are they... really doing this?"
Within the Grain Guard Army, no one dared to disobey Yang Gong's orders, but some soldiers who witnessed this scene trembled in their souls, their faces turning pale as they asked.
It had always been the privilege of the elite to eliminate the surplus, but never had the surplus dared to kill the elite.
Such an event had never occurred before, and it would change the landscape of power struggles.
"Kill!"
At that moment, Yang Gong, standing amidst the army, pointed his bloodstained blade towards the direction of the eight counties and twenty townships, declaring, "The Duke of Mingzhou is distributing food by killing! Anyone who dares to object will lose their head!"
"I, Yang Gong, will bear the endless vengeance!"
...
Crack! Crack! Crack!
As his words echoed, the already overcast sky erupted with countless bolts of lightning, tearing the heavy night sky into countless fragments.
Each bolt of lightning that streaked across the sky was tinged with a deep crimson hue.
Then, as if the heavens had opened, an endless blood rain poured down, each drop as large as a fist, sharp as a blade. A torrential bloodstorm, unlike anything witnessed before, swept across the vast land.
(End of Chapter)
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