Chapter 132: Maverick (Please Subscribe)

The sun was scorching, beating down relentlessly.

In the parking clearing of the outpost camp, Luo Zi screamed until his voice was hoarse, his face filled with terror and despair.

He completely failed to understand how, everything being fine just moments ago, he had ended up in such a state.

Clearly, that very morning, he had still been discussing the grand plan with his fellow path-seekers, and had taken the opportunity to pass on the news that Du En had refused to join them.

Just as they were one after another cursing Du En for not knowing what was good for him, Xiang Tao arrived with the old patrol guards returning from their night shift, suddenly surrounded them, sneered as he made his move, took him down directly, and ordered all the new patrol guards present to return to the camp.

Knowing full well that this matter would certainly not end well, this group still chose to obey obediently.

Luo Zi had only just begun to cry out his grievances, but Xiang Tao said he was guilty, so he was guilty; if he sentenced him to death, then he would be sliced into a thousand pieces!

You still dare to show displeasure?

Xiang Tao could not help but flare up in anger once again.

Thus, this scene today came to be.

This was not something they could overstep and speak out about; otherwise, Xiang Tao would only respond with angry rebukes.

Xiang Tao's expression was icy and cold, looking down at Luo Zi with utter indifference, then he frowned and asked those behind him and to his sides: "Where is Jin Lin? Why hasn't he arrived yet?"

Xiang Tao was dissatisfied with this in his heart, but still said offhandedly: "Hmm, I did have him go do something else, but this dawdling—he really has grown accustomed to being slack!"

The result, naturally, was that the flesh just repaired was immediately sliced away again, the entire person constantly switching back and forth between being intact and pristine and being nothing but a skeleton covered in sticky flesh.

Then, catching a glimpse of Du En, he immediately felt a thorn in his side again.

"Trash should have the self-awareness of trash!"

Kill the chicken to warn the monkey!

Xiang Tao noticed that these new patrol guards actually dared to form cliques and establish groups under his nose; this clearly touched his bottom line.

"Hmm."

Amidst the gaze of the crowd, Xiang Tao took a step forward. Luo Zi looked up and saw that under the sunlight, the other man's features were blurred, with only cold, grim eyes piercing through like two blades.

So Xiang Tao held back for the moment; listening to Luo Zi's screams no longer felt pleasant, but merely noisy and annoying, so he simply killed him to conclude this execution.

They hadn't found the person over there and had assumed Xiang Tao had given him a task, so they hadn't thought much of it; only now, when asked, did they realize the situation seemed a bit off?

"Hehe! You little brat! I have to admire you; even here before the Camp Master, you dare to keep your true colors. But since it's like this, if I target you, besides the original benefits, I can also indirectly curry favor with the Camp Master—it can be called killing many birds with one stone!"

—With a wave of his hand, the sunlight was gathered, transformed into small blades, and began to slice the flesh and carve the body!

Because his cultivation had not been shattered and his Dao foundation had not been broken, but only external oppressive shackles had been applied, Luo Zi's Foundation Establishment cultivation and wood-elemental mana were flowing spontaneously, repairing these wounds.

Du En remained calm and composed, unbothered by the panic, and simply began to drag the corpse away efficiently.

Now, if eight or ten people died, filling the vacancies left by the previous chaos caused by evil cultivators wouldn't be a problem, but if too many died or were crippled at once, the baseline for border patrol qualification could not be maintained.

The confidants to his left and right understood immediately; they kept their eyes on their noses and their noses on their hearts, saying nothing.

Some old patrol guards were still unsatisfied, feeling it had been too fast this time; they hadn't had enough fun yet!

However, they dared not oppose Xiang Tao's words and actions, nor did they even dare to mutter; naturally, there was no follow-up, and they just waited for the crowd to disperse and for everyone to return to their posts.

The sunlight was like a knife, slicing pieces as thin as cicada wings, reflecting sparkling points of light, and like wood shavings drifting in the air, rising and falling amidst the incessant screams.

Xiang Tao was just giving instructions offhandedly, not explicitly pointing out who, but it faintly carried a sense of targeting.

Twelve understated words directly sentenced Luo Zi to death!

Next, while Luo Zi was still screaming and being tortured, the other new patrol guards were already jolted; some reacted, directly reaching out to strip the belongings of the newly deceased, then rummaged around to find everything, valuable or not, and crawled on the ground like dogs, holding the items in their mouths to present to Xiang Tao.

With a casual gesture from Xiang Tao, these people whose Dao hearts had collapsed were killed from a distance, without a shred of mercy.

Tch! This Zhao Jin Lin is also becoming increasingly unruly! Knowing full well I wanted to teach these newcomers a lesson, he actually still focuses on that business of his!

"I am wronged! I did not collude with evil... ah!!!"

"Whereas Luo Zi has colluded with evil cultivators, his crime warrants execution!"

Blood flowed like a downpour, filling the surroundings.

Gulping and swallowing, he made an evaluation, laughing with a "hehe," his bared mouth stained with blood, a sight that made people terrified and lose their courage.

Looking at the other old patrol guards, except for a few, they were all excited and satisfied, finding the sight very pleasing and the sounds very delightful.

Originally, Xiang Tao hadn't wanted to go to such lengths, which was why he had intervened in Zhao Jin Lin's affairs, combining them to concoct last night's situation, using it to warn these new patrol guards.

Only then did he nod, finally feeling satisfied.

In this outpost camp, there could only be one head, one Camp Master!

The other old patrol guards clearly knew this, so they never dared to form cliques in their daily lives, and even when gathered now, they stood scattered, not forming a group at all.

However.

Because this person hadn't changed color from beginning to end, at most slightly frowning as if displeased.

After all, he was only the Camp Master of this outpost.

That was to let a typical example appear, so that Xiang Tao could use both kindness and severity to thoroughly subdue these new patrol guards.

Everyone quickly understood who it was, feeling a bit surprised in their hearts, and could not help but look at the main subject.

It was like a pile of heinous evil cultivators!

The new patrol guards were all so scared they collapsed to the ground; some individuals had their Dao hearts collapse entirely, and despite having already achieved inedia during the Foundation Establishment stage, they could not stop their lower valves from leaking filthy matter.

Since Zhao Jin Lin could not be waited for here, he did not continue to wait.

"Bury the body, and make up the patrol tonight."

That was not excrement; that was the collapse of their Dao foundations and the leaking of their Qi seas!

"This, I am not sure; I didn't find him at the logistics department."

The old patrol guards had also gone through this back in the day.

"Camp Master, wasn't it you who had him go do something?"

Things having reached this point, the situation was already very clear.

In this outpost camp, he was just that arbitrary and dictatorial!

However, looking at the new patrol guards fawning and begging before him, he also knew he could not do anything more at this moment, otherwise these fellows on the verge of collapse would likely truly break down on the spot.

The trusted aides to his left and right behind him looked at each other in dismay upon hearing this.

Not complaining about this or that, having no rebuttals or opinions—in the past, to Xiang Tao, this meant being obedient and well-behaved, but now, no matter how he looked at it, he felt this kid just liked burying corpses and had no heart of obedience or submissiveness toward him at all!

It was only because he was concerned about the current situation that he did not flare up immediately.

He felt he had been magnanimous enough, but he never expected that this bunch of fellows not only failed to disperse on the spot and be bullied obediently, but actually dared to continue grouping together, and even more tightly at that...

Therefore, he could only bite the bullet and return, and then, it was Luo Zi, the ringleader, who was stripped of his clothes, shackled, and the other patrol guards were summoned back to watch the punishment.

Originally, there should have been one more step in the process that followed.

An old patrol guard chuckled, and facing what flew in front of him, he actually opened his mouth and bit down, chewing with a smack.

"The person is a bit old, not tasty, not tasty!"

The old patrol guards quickly understood what was going on, and their thoughts immediately diverged.

They had to listen; they couldn't win in a fight, they couldn't break through the encirclement, and if they really managed to escape, they would die even more miserably afterward.

Inside, Yu Jian glanced at the developments, feeling first joy, then shock, and then joy again.

All of a sudden, he looked at Du En as if he were a lucky star!

Because as long as one could win Xiang Tao's favor, it was possible to join the ranks of his trusted confidants and tower over the other old patrol guards in the camp.

Like that Zhao Jinlin, it was precisely because of this that he dared to deduct monthly wages in various ways, or sit on the ground and raise prices, embezzling and hoarding wealth, making people hate him to the bone yet feel helpless.

He had thought he would need to break through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment to reach a higher position, but now it seemed that he only needed to deal with Du En properly to potentially achieve his wish ahead of schedule!

(End of this chapter)