"Dead... The leader is dead... The leader is dead!"
After the three deputy leaders died one after another, the strongest and highest leader of the Black Demon Mercenary Group fled in fear, and was easily killed by Yun Che during the escape. The Black Demon Mercenaries who had lost their backbone were all terrified and lost their minds. Looking at the young man standing next to the Black Demon's corpse with a calm face, all their fighting spirits turned into endless panic and fear.
In the brief silence, the flames gradually died down. Yun Che walked forward slowly with a cold face. As he walked, the eyes of the black magic mercenary closest to Yun Che shrank, and then he suddenly let out a strange cry and fled backwards desperately. His actions also immediately awakened all the black magic mercenaries, and they fled away in fear, no longer caring about anything else.
"Want to leave?" Their escape did not make Yun Che feel relieved. Instead, a hint of cold murderous intent flashed in his eyes. His profound energy surged under his feet, and he flew up. In a few breaths, he had already chased the fleeing team of the Black Magic Mercenaries... If these Black Magic Mercenaries fled separately, he would be helpless, but he killed four of their leaders in a row, and these Black Magic Mercenaries developed a huge fear of him, and all subconsciously fled in the opposite direction of where he and he had just stood. And that direction was also the only exit of the back mountain.
At the back of the fleeing team, Yun Che leapt forward high. After reaching the highest point, another Star God Fragment moved sideways and reached directly above the team. The Tiger Soul Sword pointed downwards, and blazing flames ignited on the blade. The golden phoenix mark on his forehead released a dazzling golden light.
“Burning…Star…Demon…Lotus!!”
As Yun Che groaned, his entire body was ablaze with fire, and he suddenly fell down.
BOOM!!!!
The raging flames exploded from the place where Yun Che landed. The madly released profound energy turned into phoenix flames and spread out layer by layer, instantly covering the surrounding area of more than 20 feet, ruthlessly sweeping all the black magic mercenaries into it. From the air, it was as if an enchanting and incomparable flaming lotus flower was blooming in the center of Yun Che, but every petal was burning with the deadly flames of the phoenix.
Countless screams rang out in the huge fire lotus, as miserable as the cries from the Netherworld. But the Burning Star Demon Lotus did not show any mercy, and continued to bloom mercilessly, with layers of flames gradually blooming into a larger and larger blazing fire lotus.
Lan Xueruo, who was standing not far away, was completely stunned. Although she was not very old, she had seen too many masters, including high-level Earth Profound Realm masters, and even super masters of the Sky Profound Realm. But she had never seen anyone who could release the fire-type profound art so brilliantly, including the Burning Heaven Sect, which had the strongest fire-type profound art of the Blue Wind Empire.
It was even more unbelievable that such a blow actually came from Yun Che... a boy who was only sixteen years old!
"A level one in the Nascent Profound Realm defeated a level ten in the Nascent Profound Realm... He crossed a major realm in a month... A level ten in the Nascent Profound Realm killed four True Profound Realm Xuanists in a row... My feeling did not deceive me, he must be the person I have been looking for." Lan Xueruo stared blankly ahead and murmured softly.
The flame lotus had bloomed to its fullest, but the screams had become smaller. Through the layers of flames, Lan Xueruo could vaguely see figures tumbling desperately in the flames. She turned her head away, feeling deeply sorry. At this moment, she saw Yun Che walking out of the flames, dragging the Tiger Soul Sword with an exhausted look and heavy steps. His clothes were already tattered, and the bloodstains on them were burned black by the flame lotus.
“Junior Brother Yun!” Lan Xueruo exclaimed and rushed forward, but stopped just before she got close to Yun Che. For a moment, she was even a little afraid to move forward. Because Yun Che at this moment made her feel unfamiliar… His increased strength was secondary. When he killed the three deputy captains and slaughtered the black magic mercenaries, all his moves were fatal without a trace of mercy. With a single fire lotus, he killed more than 70 black magic mercenaries… He slaughtered hundreds of people in the blink of an eye without changing his expression. He was only a 16-year-old boy, but he actually had such a devilish mentality.
“Senior sister, I’m a little tired… Help me.” Yun Che’s steps were weak and his body was shaking. When he spoke, his body softened and he almost fell. “Burning Star Demon Lotus” is a phoenix fire skill included in the sixth level of “World Ode of the Phoenix”. Its single-shot killing power is not as good as Phoenix Wing Sky Dance, but it has an extremely terrifying large-scale burning ability. Phoenix Wing Sky Dance must be launched in mid-air, while the Burning Star Demon Lotus can bloom in any state and any direction, but it is also accompanied by huge consumption. Two Phoenix Wing Sky Dances, one Burning Star Demon Lotus, plus the continuation of the evil spirit state, made his profound strength almost completely depleted in this short period of time.
Lan Xueruo quickly stepped forward to support Yun Che, hesitated for a moment, and asked: "Junior Brother Yun, have you... killed many people before?"
Yun Che was silent at first, then he nodded slowly: “I have killed… many, many, far more than you can imagine.” He looked at the fire lotus behind him that was gradually shrinking, and said: “Senior Sister, do you think I am cruel and shouldn’t kill those who are no longer attacking us but simply want to escape?”
Lan Xueruo didn't say anything, silently agreeing.
Yun Che looked at Lan Xueruo and said, “Sister, I once said that you are too soft and kindhearted, but this sentence is not a compliment from me to you, but a sigh… You should be able to sense that these evil people have more or less hostility in them. They have all killed people before, and most of the people they killed were good people who were robbed and attacked by them. These evil people should have died long ago, and they deserved to die. They trapped us in the trial ground for more than a month before. If I hadn’t passed the Phoenix Trial, Senior Sister and I would never have been able to escape, and the entire Phoenix clan would have been in danger of being exterminated. It’s not excessive for me to kill them.”
Lan Xueruo shook her lips slightly, looked at the extinguished fire lotus, and said in a vague voice: "Since I was a child, my master taught me to be kind, gentle to others, and love all living things... They are indeed guilty, but after all, they are all living beings. They have just thrown away their weapons and chose to flee. They are no longer a threat to us. Why... can't we let them go?"
“They are a group of extremely vicious people. If we let them go today, they may kill others tomorrow, and it may be a lot of people.” Yun Che said seriously: “And if we kill them, many innocent people can be saved. Good people and innocent people should not be killed. But killing these evil people is not a sin, but saving people! Letting them go is the real sin!”
Lan Xueruo: “…”
"Brother Yun, you really did it... Great, really great!!"
At this time, Feng Baichuan, holding the still unconscious Feng Zuer, walked over with the Phoenix survivors. Everyone was excited, with tears in their eyes, and they looked at Yun Che with eager eyes, as if they were looking at a god.
When Yun Che killed the Black Demon, Feng Baichuan opened the seal at the entrance of the cave, and the scene they saw made them extremely excited and shocked. Many of the elders even kept muttering, "This must be the messenger sent by the Phoenix God to save us. The Phoenix God has never forgotten us..."
Yun Che glanced at the pale-faced Feng Zuer in Feng Baichuan’s arms and said quickly, “Feng Clan Leader, the evildoers have all been cleared out. Quickly take Zuer and the others back home to find some clean water to drink, but don’t eat right away… Go quickly, these children are in a very dangerous condition right now, and we can talk about other things later.”
"Okay!" Feng Baichuan nodded, and then he and the others took the unconscious children and quickly ran towards the valley entrance. When they passed the place where the fire lotus was burning, they all suddenly stopped and looked ahead with vigilance.
As the fire lotus extinguished, two pale-faced black magic mercenaries appeared in sight, sitting on the ground. Most of their clothes had been burnt, and they also had many burns on their bodies, but they were mostly minor burns. They were just at the edge of the Burning Star Demon Lotus, and were not really affected by the fire lotus, but were only swept by the aftermath. The reason they were now sitting on the ground was not because they were seriously injured, but because they were frightened by the huge fire lotus and their legs were so sore that they could not stand up for a long time. At this time, seeing Feng Baichuan and others coming in front of them, their eyes suddenly widened, and they retreated hastily like frightened birds.
“There are still some fish that have slipped through the net!” Yun Che showed a look of shock. He quickly put the Tiger Soul Sword into Lan Xueruo’s hand and said quickly, “Senior Sister, I am currently running out of profound energy and cannot do anything. Go and kill those two people. You must not let them get away!”
Subconsciously taking the Tiger Soul Sword, Lan Xueruo stood there without moving. After a moment of wandering eyes, she shook her head and said, "I have never killed anyone, nor do I want to kill anyone. It is their destiny that they survived. The entire group was wiped out, and they have no place to go. After experiencing the shock just now, they have been punished... Let them go. The Black Demon Mercenary Group no longer exists, and they should not do evil again in the future."
“No!!” Yun Che shook his head with great determination. “Being soft-hearted and not getting rid of the root of the problem is always the biggest taboo when facing an enemy! If you don’t kill them, there might be some unforeseen serious consequences. Hurry up and do it!”
Yun Che's words were hurried and harsh, completely different from his usual gentleness when facing Lan Xueruo. Lan Xueruo moved her lips, took two steps forward, but stopped again. She couldn't lift the Tiger Soul Sword no matter what. Finally, she sighed silently and said to the two surviving Black Magic mercenaries: "You guys go. Don't be a bad guy in the future, otherwise, if I meet you again next time, I will never let you off easily!"
Lan Xueruo's words woke the two Black Magic mercenaries lying on the ground from their dreams. They quickly got up from the ground... but they did not turn around and flee as Lan Xueruo had expected. Instead, they suddenly looked sinister and pounced on Feng Baichuan.
“Clan leader Feng, be careful!” Yun Che’s pupils shrank as he shouted loudly.
But Yun Che’s shout was too late. The Black Demon Mercenary had already rushed to the unprepared Feng Baichuan. With his profound strength at the sixth level of the Nascent Profound Realm, how could Feng Baichuan resist? He immediately knocked Feng Baichuan away and snatched Feng Zuer from his hand. He hooked his right hand and pinched Feng Zuer’s neck with a ferocious smile on his face: “Don’t come over here, retreat! Retreat! Otherwise… I will break his neck right away!”
"Joey...Joey!" Feng Baichuan screamed after being knocked down.
Lan Xueruo's face changed drastically, and she said anxiously, "You...you evil villain! I let you go out of my goodness, but you did such a despicable and shameless thing! Release Zu'er immediately!"
“Hey!” The Black Magic Mercenary sneered, “Our Black Magic Mercenary Group spent a huge price to enter the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, and the entire group was wiped out for a treasure. How can I be willing to leave! Hand over your treasure to me immediately! Otherwise, I will strangle this bastard to death! I know very well that this is the son of your clan leader! I want to see which of your treasures is more important, or the life of this bastard is more important! If you don’t hand it over... I don’t want to live anyway, so it’s not a loss to be able to drag someone down with me and see you crying before I die, hahahaha!”
Lan Xueruo clenched her fists, her face pale with anger. Beside her, Yun Che's calm and cold voice came: "Senior Sister, this is the result of your hesitation, softness, and kindness. You mercifully let the two evil men go, but handed Zu'er's life to them. Is this the result you want to see?"
“I…I…”
"And even if they don't do this, what do you think they will most likely do after they escape from here? They will spread the news that there is a mysterious village and the so-called 'treasure' hidden here. By then, who knows how many powerful forces and sects will be alarmed to come 'treasure hunting'. At that time, the Phoenix clan will suffer a crisis that is many times greater than this time, and even everyone will be slaughtered because of it."
Yun Che stared at Lan Xueruo, and every word he spoke was like a needle, piercing her heart: "I killed people, hundreds of evil people, but I avenged countless people who were harmed by them, and saved countless people who might be harmed by them in the future. You didn't kill anyone, and you mercifully let two evil people go, but more than 200 innocent people here, from the elderly to children, all died tragically because of this... Is this what you understand as kindness and love?"
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