Chapter 296

Shen Qing looked at Kato: "Hey, you're Kato, right?"

"I have a question for you—where is your Fusang Island?"

Kato's mouth was full of blood, he revealed a chilling smile: "Do you think I'll tell you?"

"This is our last hope; no matter what means you use, I won't tell you."

Just then, footsteps sounded in the attic, and a Primordial Elixir Realm female pirate ran up. Although Shen Qing had just beaten two Martial Saints here and even split the attic's roof, the lower floor remained intact.

This Primordial Elixir Realm female pirate seemed to be under the influence of the Slaughter Domain; her eyes were still bloodshot. Seeing Kato chopped in half on the ground, she let out a roar.

"Grandfather!!"

Kato's face changed, and he immediately shouted: "Xiaohe, run!!"

At the same time, he used all his strength to grab Shen Qing's ankle, but even at his peak he couldn't touch Shen Qing; now he's only half intact—how could he possibly grab Shen Qing?

Shen Qing flicked his finger, a blade light flashed out, directly cutting off Kato's palm; at the same time, his other hand extended his vital energy, seizing the female pirate's snow-white neck.

Shen Qing's eyes lit up: "Are you Kato's granddaughter?"

The two men had said before that the core members of Wa had all moved to Fusang Island; since Kato's granddaughter is descended from a Martial Saint, she very likely had been to Fusang Island.

"Have you been to Fusang Island? Or do you know where Fusang Island is?"

If Kato's mouth is hard to pry open, then let's switch to one that's easier to pry.

The female pirate's pupils contracted, and Kato shouted: "Xiaohe, no..."

But before he could finish speaking, Shen Qing stomped down hard, crushing his face into a violent deformation, with continual cracking sounds of breaking bones.

The female pirate cried out in anguish: "Grandfather."

Shen Qing chuckled: "Oh, you feel pity—if you feel pity, just tell me the location of Fusang Island."

The female pirate clenched her teeth, helpless tears streaming from the corners of her eyes, but she had no intention of speaking.

Shen Qing raised his voice: "Listen! Tell me the location of Fusang Island!"

Accompanying his voice came a blood-red Slaughter Domain; chaotic thoughts began to invade the female pirate's mind.

The female pirate's complexion struggled, her pupils filled with bloodshot lines, and her vision ahead began to blur.

Shen Qing's face gradually became covered in blood, his mouth slowly splitting to the base of his ears, and terrifying blood-red horns grew on his head.

You are... a demon...

Yeah, I am the demon.

This beautiful lady, I suppose you don't want your grandfather to keep being tortured by me, do you?

Shen Qing's voice, as it fell into the female pirate's ears, was hoarse and terrifyingly cold.

The female pirate's body began to tremble uncontrollably.

Immediately after, Shen Qing stepped on Kato's foot and kept applying force; Kato's anguished screams came, utterly crushing the female pirate.

The female pirate hissed: "I say... Fusang Island is located in a place called the Great Cloud Sea, on one of the small islands."

Shen Qing raised an eyebrow; upon hearing that, he realized the sea was vast beyond compare, so the Great Wu had divided the ocean into several regions for better positioning, and Wa simply took Great Wu's sea charts for convenience, which in turn helped Shen Qing.

This Great Cloud Sea lies in the deepest part of the ocean; normally no one goes there, making it excellent for hiding.

Shen Qing dispelled the slaughter domain, lowered his head to look at Kato; at this moment Kato's face was full of despair.

Shen Qing raised his hand and severed the female pirate's head.

With a clang, the female pirate's head fell before Kato's eyes.

Shen Qing's sneering voice sounded.

"Kato, Kato, you are truly a good-for-nothing."

"You can't even protect your granddaughter, nor your subjects; what are you living for? You're as much a failure as a stray dog on the roadside."

Kato collapsed, letting out a painful howl.

Shen Qing laughed, then directly crushed his skull at his most desperate moment, making him die with endless regret and despair.

Shen Qing turned to the lingering evil spirit, which gritted its teeth: "Don't even think about it; I'm not like them, I won't betray my lord."

Shen Qing gave him a sideways glance: "Did I say I wanted to ask you? I already knew; your evil spirit isn't it in Kyoto?"

The evil spirit's pupils contracted: "How do you know?!"

Wa is just a tiny place; the most populous areas are the pirates' Kyoto and this Tai Island's Fushen City, so the most likely locations are those two; Shen Qing just guessed casually.

But the evil spirit was easily fooled; a casual trick made it spill the beans, and Shen Qing couldn't help but chuckle: "I didn't know just now, but I do now."

The evil spirit realized: "You tricked me?! You bastard..."

Shen Qing pointed his right hand, releasing destructive power, and directly annihilated the evil spirit.

Shen Qing stepped out and looked toward the attic exterior; outside, Fushen City was already half-covered in lava.

Wails echoed continuously within the city.

Of course, although the Martial Saint's destructive power is boundless, Fushen City is not small either; ultimately there are places hard to cover, and many pirates fled outside the city.

But just then, the pirates noticed a fine black line appearing on the horizon.

Gradually, the earth began to tremble.

The sharp-eyed pirates also saw the true situation: what on the horizon wasn't a black line?

It was a formation of sea beasts marching in rows toward Fushen City.

With Shen Qing, this human-shaped nuclear bomb, leading the way, the Abyssal Throat's sea beast army only needed to mop up stragglers, so their speed was not slow either.

Eventually, after rushing and lagging, they arrived.

The pirates were now about to cry in despair: going outward meant facing the sea beast army; going inward meant facing three blood‑eyed Martial Saints.

Among them were a few unwilling Yuan Dan who rose on clouds and charged at the sea beast army, heedless of the Five Declines of Heaven and Man, seeking to carve a breach; but as soon as they neared the sea beast host, they were pinned to the ground by the Abyssal Throat's trident.

The Abyssal Throat glanced at Shen Qing, nodded, then ordered the army to march on Fushen City, beginning the judgment of sin.

Meanwhile Shen Qing looked at his left palm; the sea beast army temporarily obeyed him, so all the karma from these killings was plundered by Shen Qing.

Only the causal power in his left palm was already dazzling beyond compare, its reserves so vast that even Shen Qing could not estimate them.

Just as Shen Qing was about to join the battle, the destructive power in his right palm suddenly twitched, as if something were attracting it.

Shen Qing looked down at the floor beneath his feet, as if it were the ground beneath an attic.

As the saying goes, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line; Shen Qing simply stomped through the floor and fell rapidly.

Even after falling into the underground dark river, he could still hear the roar of the surging waters.

Shen Qing's gaze swept around and he found the source attracting the destructive power: a black, irregularly shaped object floating in midair, twisted; after his arrival its twisting grew more intense.

Shen Qing raised his hand, and the destructive power reached out; the black object, as if it had found its master, swiftly rushed toward his palm.

Shen Qing raised his hand and sensed the destructive power on that black object.

The source of the ocean's pollution seems to be this thing.

As the underground river water flowed past this thing, it was contaminated by the destructive power, turning into black liquid, which then surged from the other end of the underground river into the sea.