Urban Peerless Expert
Chapter 921 - 941: How Can They Be So Ruthless?_1

Chapter 921: Chapter 941: How Can They Be So Ruthless?_1

Lu Daoren was a man who knew how to play his cards right.

Upon meeting Li Ping’an that day, he surrendered without hesitation, and later treated Lin Chen with respect, not feeling humiliated at all being a Transforming God subordinated to a Golden Core cultivator.

He still addressed Lin Chen as Mr. Lin, but now there was an added sense of reverence in his words.

The battle against the Red Dragon King was fierce, with all three Cave Void Experts killed in action, none of them being able to escape with their Nascent Souls intact. Afterward, the Red Dragon King hunted down Gu Yuexi, and the Transforming God elder protecting her was crushed with a single slap.

In such a perilous situation, Lin Chen managed to escape with Gu Yuexi unharmed.

Not everyone could accomplish this feat - at least Lu Daoren couldn’t.

The four people left South Mountain, heading straight to Kong Yuan City.

Three days later, Lin Chen and his companions arrived in Kong Yuan City.

Although Kong Yuan City isn’t small, with a population of 400,000, it now resembled a desolate ghost town.

Elder Zhu Lin of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect was the first to arrive at the city. He was the City Lord of Jianqi City next door.

Zhu Lin greeted them: "Sect Master!"

After Yue Shanhe briefly introduced the two parties, he asked Zhu Lin to talk about the situation.

Zhu Lin explained solemnly: "After I entered the city and investigated carefully, I found that a row of houses had collapsed in the City Lord’s Mansion. Next to it, I found the corpse and bones of Elder Chen, who, like everyone else, had all the flesh on his body vanished without a trace."

Lin Chen frowned: "A row of houses collapsed?"

Zhu Lin replied: "Yes, Elder Chen De’s death was different from others. He didn’t die under the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Array but was killed first, and then his blood and flesh were absorbed by the array."

In a deep voice, Yue Shanhe said: "The city has a Spiritual Array and a Barrier. Even with the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Array, it wouldn’t be possible to slaughter all 400,000 city residents as long as the Barrier remains. So, someone entered the city first, killed Elder Chen, and shut down the Barrier?"

"Yes."

Zhu Lin replied: "There were signs of battle in the City Lord’s Mansion, but only one row of houses had collapsed, which was likely caused by a single attack, probably when Elder Chen fought back."

"Either the opponent possesses overwhelming power and instantly killed Elder Chen, or they approached him stealthily and launched a surprise attack, catching him off guard and killing him instantly."

"After killing Elder Chen, the enemy killed the guards in the City Lord’s Mansion, and I also examined all the Spiritual Array management sites, several of which were attacked."

"This was an organized and premeditated action. Someone entered the city, killed the City Lord, attacked the Spiritual Arrays, preventing them from activating, and then the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Array was activated, turning all 400,000 citizens into pools of blood."

Lin Chen’s expression was grave. Half a year ago, he and his master had discussed the attitude of cultivators towards ordinary people’s lives. Unbeknownst to him, at this very moment, the extreme cruel nature of humanity was being revealed before his eyes.

Four hundred thousand lives were instantly reduced to blood and eventually transformed into a single Wanling Blood Pearl.

Lin Chen came from the Human World, where, although there were still distinctions between rich and poor, the strong were respected and the survival of the fittest prevailed. Ordinary people’s lives were, to a large extent, relatively protected, at least they were not arbitrarily killed like pigs and dogs.

Even when conflicts broke out among cultivator families, they often only targeted each other’s cultivators, cutting off their opponents’ path of cultivation and confining them to the mortal realm, without the power to turn the tide and not casually wiping out everyone in the family.

Throughout his journey, Lin Chen, a notorious exterminator of wealthy cultivator families, had indeed destroyed many of them, but he had rarely killed many people.

But now, before his very eyes, an entire city with 400,000 people had been turned into a sea of blood.

All for a single Wanling Blood Pearl that could enhance one’s strength!

Were they even human?

They were bloodthirsty demons from Hell!

In a somber tone, Yue Shanhe said: "Let’s take a look."

Lin Chen remained silent, following the group as they entered the city.

The bustling crowds in the streets, the customers coming and going in the shops, the children playing on the open ground...

White bones were scattered all over the city. Everything in the city seemed as ordinary as usual, but disaster had suddenly struck from the sky, killing everyone and draining them of their blood and flesh.

Lin Chen’s heart felt heavy, as if an invisible blade was pressing against it, causing him a slight pain and making it difficult to breathe.

Su Mubai covered her face with both hands, tears silently streaming down her cheeks.

"So many vibrant lives... Who are they, and how could they be so ruthless?"

In a somber tone, Yue Shanhe said: "The Refining Path, which excels at refining, has been regarded as an evil path since ancient times. In their view, everything in the world can be killed and refined. Some extremists even refine their own relatives because sharing the same blood makes it easier to absorb..."

Lin Chen asked: "In such a large city, didn’t a single person survive? Among so many Nascent Soul cultivators, wasn’t even one able to escape?"

Zhu Lin shook his head: "Under the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Array, everything can be refined, whether it’s Golden Core, Nascent Soul, or even Primordial Spirit, all can be transformed into pure spiritual energy."

The group arrived at the City Lord’s Mansion and landed in the spacious courtyard.

Zhu Lin pointed at a skeleton on the ground: "This is Elder Chen, I haven’t touched anything here for the time being."

Lin Chen looked down at the male skeleton dressed in luxurious clothes.

As Lin Chen’s gaze fell upon it, suddenly, his eyes fixated on something.