Chapter 422: As Expected, Killing Too Few Also Makes Me Feel Uncomfortable

Xiaoyang City.

"The Xia Clan is incompetent!"

"Zhang Ting, are you not going to come out and speak?"

"The Aristocratic Family Alliance deserves to die, they deserve to die!!!"

Waves of angry voices resounded.

Compared to the people of Great Xia, who were continuously shocked by the anomalies produced by the Thunder-Struck Treasure Land.

The residents of Xiaoyang City were instead filled with rage.

Chen Yan had been abducted by King Xiachen right under everyone's noses.

People were as angry now as they had been excited when Chen Yan defeated Lu Fusang.

"Hahaha, the Xia Clan is going to perish, Great Xia is going to perish!"

In front of the Aristocratic Family Alliance building, an old man's forehead veins bulged like twisted vines, his wrinkled face distorted by anger.

He was filled with despair.

What hope was left for Great Xia now?

Even if the Xia Lord Sword had appeared, so what?

Many people were denouncing it, claiming this was merely a tactic by the Xia Clan to divert public attention.

The Xia Lord Sword was powerful, but Chen Yan had given everyone a longing for an infinite future.

Yet, a genius like this had been abandoned by the Xia Clan.

Aside from internal insiders like Jidao Wu and Tan Yishi, many were furious.

"Hahaha, I quit!"

A General Star laughed aloud, his eyes full of disappointment:

"I won't be a General Star anymore!"

He flicked his hand and walked away directly.

All the General Stars watched, their expressions somber; there were not a few who felt the same as him.

Many people were completely disappointed in the Xia Clan.

Jidao Wu wanted to say something, but held back.

Inside the Aristocratic Family Alliance building.

Some were celebrating!

Such is the variety of human life; countless people roared beneath the buildings, while everyone within Great Xia cheered.

Luo Feng was also somewhat tipsy from drinking; he was intoxicated, having indulged himself in a rare moment of youthful abandon today.

"Hahahaha!!!"

He laughed out loud:

"Chen Yan is destined to die!"

He felt deeply in his heart that whether it was that Tier 7 Malice Crystal or King Xiachen's intervention today.

Chen Yan was on a path to certain death.

This world is just like this; if you are too brilliant, you must die.

Many people do not want you to live.

Chen Yan's existence was touching the interests of the upper echelons!

Luo Feng's eyes were hazy, and a high-ranking official beside him laughed:

"How about I call two for Venerable Luo Feng?"

Luo Feng raised his eyebrows; the flame that had long been extinguished seemed to have ignited today.

"Then..."

Just as he was speaking, a communication came through, and Luo Feng answered it indifferently.

The next moment.

"What?!"

He roared, unable to control his aura, and the entire building trembled.

"Ice Intent!!!"

Luo Feng was extremely furious; his Aristocratic Family Alliance had just wiped out one enemy, and now another had appeared!

That Ice Intent had destroyed the Gong Clan and killed the geniuses of the Aristocratic Family Alliance, and now it was actually attacking his Luo Clan.

The next moment!

Boom!

Luo Feng flew out instantly, heading toward Yixian City at extreme speed.

Outside Xiaoyang City.

Li Muyun's expression was terrifyingly somber; he sensed Luo Feng leaving with a group of people.

"Do you dare to do it?"

He looked at Yin Youming beside him with bloodshot eyes.

Yin Youming's expression was also somber to the extreme at this moment; he understood Li Muyun's thoughts.

Li Muyun was deeply disappointed in the Xia Clan, even feeling lost, with a heart full of angry blood and nowhere to vent it.

Things he wouldn't have done before, he couldn't endure today.

But that was a Tier 7, and there were several Tier 6s following him.

"Let's go!" Jiang Miaoxuan said with red eyes:

"They are all a bunch of animals, too afraid to kill?

If you're afraid to kill, why be a General Star?"

She said this, yet gave a bitter smile.

General Star, what a disgusting name.

The incompetence of the Xia Clan today has turned the two words "General Star" into a derogatory term.

Immediately following, more than twenty Third-Rank General Stars arrived.

There were some Fourth-Ranks who also wanted to come, but they were stopped by Yin Youming; their strength was too poor.

Li Muyun and the others discussed it and headed directly toward Luo Feng to pursue and kill.

They were going to kill, to kill the Aristocratic Family Alliance.

Today, they had been angered.

They did not want to endure it anymore.

Jidao Wu saw that Li Muyun and the others were about to set off; he pursed his lips, wanting to speak, but he could not.

He gritted his teeth and followed behind Li Muyun and the others.

"Let's go, to slaughter a Seventh-Rank!" Li Muyun sneered, and fury erupted in the eyes of the group of General Stars.

"Avenge Chen Yan!" someone shouted.

The fury in everyone's eyes grew even more intense.

King Xiachen and the Aristocratic Family Alliance have always been birds of a feather; the Aristocratic Family Alliance should have died long ago.

Four Second-Rank General Stars killing one Seventh-Rank is still quite possible.

As for the remaining Third-Ranks, they would go to deal with those few Sixth-Ranks.

Xi Congyun frowned upon seeing this scene.

"You go too," Mu Zigui, who was to the side, spoke up.

"Me?" Xi Congyun was silent; he glanced at the Xia Lord Sword in the center of Xiaoyang City.

"I won't go; the Thunder-Striking Treasure Land is about to manifest."

"If you aren't going, I will," Mu Zigui said, and the next instant, she transformed into a stream of light and flew off.

Xi Congyun frowned; Mu Zigui had clearly changed, she was different from before.

Why?

…………

Outside Yixian City.

Chen Yan had been locked onto by the Xia Lord Sword.

This was a strange sensation.

The Xia Lord Sword sensed Chen Yan, and Chen Yan also sensed the Xia Lord Sword.

It was a grand, indescribable feeling, like a pair of deep eyes traversing the long river of time.

The Xia Lord Sword was gazing at Chen Yan.

Like the Score and the Time Domain Phoenix, this Xia Lord Sword was also a Divine Artifact, and the number one Divine Artifact under heaven at that.

At this moment, even Chen Yan was somewhat shocked.

He had still underestimated the importance of a First-Rank General Star to the Xia Clan.

Now, with the lock-on of the Xia Lord Sword, Chen Yan could be considered to have an extra layer of protection, though he did not know if this Xia Lord Sword would take action to protect him.

After all, above the Luo family, there was still a powerful existence of unknown rank.

However, it should not be an Eighth-Rank.

If it were an Eighth-Rank, Chen Yan would not be able to perceive its emotions.

The Blood Sword Saint was an exception.

Thinking of this, Chen Yan flew toward the Luo family.

At the same time.

Above the Luo family, Lu Jianxia, in a green dress, knitted her delicate brows; between the slight furrowing, she looked like light clouds obscuring the moon.

She looked into the distance; could it be that she had guessed wrong, and that Ice Intent did not intend to come over?

Or was it that the Ice Intent had sensed her?

Impossible.

Lu Jianxia shook her head; at most, Ice Intent was only a Fourth-Rank.

Compared to when the other party crossed the Golden Body five times, it had only been two months until now.

It was absolutely impossible for them to sense her.

She placed great importance on Ice Intent.

This person was a breakthrough prodigy almost comparable to Chen Yan.

No.

They were still not comparable to Chen Yan, but they already stood at the very pinnacle of all prodigies.

Just as Lu Jianxia was thinking this, her brows curved, and she saw the arrival of Ice Intent.

At this moment, Luo Wensang and the Luo family Sixth-Ranks who had been pursuing Ice Intent were nowhere to be seen.

"Indeed, they have methods; perhaps they are still hiding their strength!"

Lu Jianxia moved her sandalwood lips slightly, the surprise in her eyes deepening; she wanted to appear and directly remove Ice Intent's mask to invite them to Lu Zhou.

But doing so would undoubtedly be an insult to a breakthrough prodigy.

At Ice Intent's level, their value was almost equivalent to a peak Seventh-Rank.

One cannot treat him as a junior.

Lu Jianxia chose to watch calmly, waiting for Bing Yi to finish his business before stepping forward to extend an invitation and show goodwill.

As for Chen Yan, his value was even greater than Bing Yi's.

But once the other party killed Lu Xuan, the son of the Lu Clan Master, Chen Yan and the Lu Clan had already become enemies.

Lu Xuan was, after all, her younger brother.

Even if Lu Jianxia loathed Lu Xuan, he was still her younger brother.

Chen Yan flew above the Luo Clan; at this moment, high-rise buildings were collapsing, the ground was cracking, billowing thick smoke was rising, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder.

Wails and cries rang out one after another.

The women, children, the elderly, and the weak of the Luo Clan were currently either kneeling or lying prostrate before the Luo Clan, wailing and cursing.

Seeing Bing Yi appear, many people's eyes turned red in an instant, and they began to curse.

Chen Yan looked down:

"Remember, my name is Bing Yi!"

His voice was indifferent; he was no butcher, and it was impossible for him to kill these people as well.

The number of times he would have to stain his hands with blood in the future would only increase, not decrease!

The people he killed had parents, children, and friends.

If he were to eradicate them root and branch, would he have to slaughter hundreds of millions of people?

That is malice, not will.

"When you understand right from wrong and still wish to kill me, then don't blame me for being ruthless!" Chen Yan's voice was cold to the extreme.

He sensed the emotions in the surroundings, his brows slightly furrowed; that powerful presence's emotion was still there.

It was still observing the Luo Clan and had noticed Chen Yan.

Chen Yan's heart sank; he had already determined that the presence was not from the Xia Clan.

That meant trouble.

But it had not made a move yet, nor did it show hostility toward him.

Moreover, his goal had not yet been achieved.

Chen Yan pondered repeatedly, then continued walking toward the depths of the Luo Clan.

If that presence were to make a move, perhaps it could force out Jiang Yuan's true strength.

Chen Yan had always been curious about Jiang Yuan's true strength.

This person was the head of the Second-Rank Star Generals; if not for Chen Yan, Jiang Yuan would be the number one genius of the eighteen provinces of the Great Xia today.

At the same time.

Jiang Yuan had already broken into one basement after another inside the Luo Clan.

As expected, he found some precious medicinal herbs that were still being cultivated.

Jiang Yuan's eyes were glowing.

Over a hundred Bright Moon-grade D-tier precious herbs, thirty Bright Moon-grade C-tier, fifteen B-tier, and three A-tier.

Jiang Yuan waved his hand, collecting these precious herbs into his own Origin Space.

The Origin Space could not grow precious herbs, but the vitality of the herbs could be maintained for about a day.

"Where are you?" Chen Yan's communication came through.

"Me? I'm not in Yixian City; I was hunted down and fled," Jiang Yuan said.

"Do you need me to step in?" Chen Yan asked.

"Hahaha, I can handle it," Jiang Yuan replied.

Chen Yan cut the communication and sighed inwardly; everything was fine when acting with Jiang Yuan, but the only problem was that Jiang Yuan always liked to do things that would pit his teammates against him.

High above, Lu Jianxia saw all of this clearly, a trace of a smile appearing at the corner of her mouth.

So these two were not completely trusting teammates after all.

Bing Yi was indeed a genius, but he could not escape being fooled.

The way Bing Yi was fooled created a stark contrast with how he had just intimidated the Luo Clan single-handedly.

This made a smile appear at the corner of Lu Jianxia's mouth as well.

Chen Yan glanced at Jiang Yuan, who was smiling at the end of the connection, ignored him, and walked toward the warehouse where the Luo Clan processed the corpses of Ancient Divine Beasts.

The corpses of Ancient Divine Beasts themselves contained an immense amount of Qi-blood energy, but no one would use them to refine precious medicinal herbs.

Because, in this world, there was simply no technology to completely remove the malice.

The Aristocratic Family Alliance could remove the malice to a large extent, but it would still leave residual malice within the Qi-blood precious herbs.

Using such Qi-blood precious herbs could indeed greatly increase one's strength, but one would also be corroded by the malice.

The staff within the Aristocratic Family Alliance bases were all beings that were half-human and half-Ancient Divine Beast.

What Chen Yan was looking for now were the corpses of Ancient Divine Beasts that had been drained of their Qi-blood energy.

Chen Yan walked to the backyard of the Luo Clan, and according to what Luo Wen'sang had said, entered a two-story small building, walked to the first floor, where the lights were dim, and then found the stairs leading to the basement from one of the rooms.

Inside the basement, a seventeen-year-old girl was cowering in a corner; seeing Chen Yan arrive, her eyes turned red in an instant, filled with murderous intent.

"Kill me!"

The girl shrieked:

"If you don't kill me, I will definitely kill you; I will definitely kill you!"

She shrieked with all her might, as if she were making a vow.

Her father had brought her here before he died, but she had not expected this murderous demon to actually arrive.

Chen Yan ignored the other party, kicked open a wall, and the iron door hidden within the wall collapsed with a boom, revealing a path leading underground.

A wave of malice rushed toward him.

Chen Yan ventured deep inside alone, his expression changing slightly as a foul stench assailed him.

The shrieking young woman saw that Chen Yan ignored her entirely; far from feeling any sense of luck, the murderous intent in her eyes grew even more intense.

She had seen with her own eyes that the other party had killed her father.

Her mother, out of fear, had committed suicide.

The young woman had long since lost any desire to live; at this moment, she was actually following behind Chen Yan, constantly shrieking and cursing, wanting Chen Yan to kill her along with the rest.

Chen Yan frowned slightly, descending the stairs hundreds of meters underground.

That foul stench was thick to the extreme.

The cursing young woman also trembled instantly, unable to speak another word.

This was a massive basement.

The stark white floor was covered everywhere in dried bloodstains.

At the very depths of the basement.

Piles of corpses stacked like mountains, layer upon layer, resembled silent hills, exuding an aura of death.

There were humanoid ones, and non-humanoid ones.

Dense masses of heads and twisted limbs were piled together, pairs of eyes that had died with lingering resentment staring forever in fixed directions.

Countless, countless corpses.

There were those of ancient beasts, ancient divine beasts, and humans.

Beneath the mountain of corpses were large piles of charred little hills; those were cremated remains.

Chen Yan glanced at the basement ceiling, where flame-spraying nozzles protruded from within.

Once the corpses here piled up to a certain point, they would be cremated on the spot.

The look in Chen Yan's eyes beneath his mask was very calm.

He had seen too much; he was used to it.

Therefore, no fear could arise in his heart.

It was just that he had not expected the Luo Family to pile the corpses of ancient divine beasts and humans together.

Those humans had their corpses dissected and their organs removed.

Clearly, this was also some inhuman business.

Chen Yan did not know what kind of desire could cause a family to rot to such an extent.

As for behind Chen Yan, the girl who had been cursing earlier was now clutching her head, letting out a harrowing, tragic scream.

"What are you screaming for? Everything you eat and use is extracted from here," Chen Yan swept a faint glance at the girl.

"Ahhhhh!!!" The girl acted as if deranged, screaming, and fell completely into madness.

Chen Yan waved one hand, and the corpses of the ancient divine beasts were picked out by his Qi and blood, then stored into his Origin Space.

Afterward, chills erupted from Chen Yan's entire body, instantly freezing the human corpses into a massive block of ice.

Then.

Boom—!

The massive ice block floated up, slammed into the ceiling, broke through the earth, and continued to pierce upward, piercing through the ground.

It penetrated the earth, broke through the surface, and appeared high in the sky.

Thousands of frozen corpses flew through the high sky, continuously controlled by Chen Yan, and landed in front of the Luo Family courtyard.

Those Luo Family family members who were still wailing were now all stiff; some were scared into fainting by this scene, others screamed out loud.

These corpses were naturally only known to the Luo Family's upper echelons, but some core family members actually knew a thing or two.

At this moment, the Luo Family's sins were revealed, and those Luo Family family members who were still cursing Chen Yan dared not do so anymore.

Meeting the gaze of those eyes within the ice block that had died with lingering resentment, their curses became a joke.

Originally, those Yixian City citizens who had come to denounce the Luo Family were now trembling even more, their eyes erupting with endless rage.

They were terrified, enraged, and despairing.

They were denouncing, they were wailing and crying.

Many Luo Family family members who were still wailing lowered their heads, trembling in fear, but when they looked at Chen Yan's back, they still revealed looks of resentment.

Chen Yan paused slightly and sighed softly:

"As expected, killing too few also makes me feel uncomfortable."

He waved one hand, and ice spikes shot out.

The heads of those resentful Luo Family family members were pierced by the ice spikes, blood flowed, and they instantly turned into a pool of blood.

Screams rang out.

But compared to the screams, there were cheers that were even more fervent.

Chen Yan swept his gaze toward the crowd and shouted loudly:

"The Luo Family was destroyed by my Ice Intent; those who wish to avenge the Luo Family, come find me!"

His voice was resonant, filled with murderous intent and dominance.