Chapter 925: Divine Punishment

Someone sneered:

"You're going to die anyway, why struggle?"

"Offering up your own life, that is the best choice."

Someone stood before their aging parents, raised a kitchen knife, and aimed it at the suddenly arrived Punisher.

"Do not go near my parents!"

She was small in stature and weak in strength, yet she let out an angry roar.

Like a little lioness ready to explode at any moment.

Yun Hai Dao Fu.

Boat-leaves belonging to the Punishers surrounded the entire Yun Hai Dao Fu.

A Punisher sneered aloud:

"We already know that your Yun Hai Dao Fu's Chen Yan is not here; hand over five hundred thousand Tainted-Blood humans, or we will attack!"

Mu Yanwan arrived, surrounded by a crowd of Yun Hai Dao Fu experts.

She looked at the Punishers surrounding the Yun Hai Dao Fu and took out two pitch-black light orbs from her hands:

"Venerable Chen Yan gave these to me before he left.

I can fully activate the Divine Array by relying on these two energy spheres!"

A Punisher sneered:

"Do you intend to resist the Ancient God!"

Terror appeared in Mu Yanwan's eyes:

"Mu Yanwan only knows that she once made a promise to the Venerable!"

The next moment.

Boom, boom, boom!

Inside the Yun Hai Dao Fu, the roaring sounds of Qi, blood, force, and the operation of arrays resounded.

Seeing the Yun Hai Dao Fu like this, the Punishers did not feel a shred of fear.

If it were before, they would never have charged into the Yun Hai Dao Fu.

But now, it was different.

The Ancient God had awakened.

And so, the great war began!

Tens of thousands of Punishers charged into the Yun Hai Dao Fu, clashing in a bloody battle with the experts inside.

Relying on the energy light orbs given by Chen Yan, Mu Yanwan once again activated the Divine Array of the Yun Hai Dao Fu.

Only then did they resist the Punishers' onslaught.

"Yun Hai Dao Fu, you defy the will of that one; you will eventually perish!"

A Punisher roared as he left.

Within the entire Yun Hai Dao Fu, hearts were instantly filled with panic.

Covered in blood, Peng Linjun came before Mu Yanwan:

"The nearby town-level Pure Lands and village-level Pure Lands have all been plundered by the Punishers."

Mu Yanwan, in a green dress, looked behind her at the pairs of desperate, terrified eyes.

Mu Yanwan's complexion gradually turned deathly pale:

"From this day on, the Yun Hai Dao Fu allows all Tainted-Blood humans to enter!"

Her voice fell, stirring up a pool of shocked whispers.

Her choice made the Yun Hai Dao Fu the first Jing Tu to stand in opposition to the Ancient God.

Mu Yanwan did not know if what she did was right or wrong.

She only fantasized.

If that Venerable were still here, what would he do.

…………

Green Mist Dao Fu.

A subordinate arrived.

"Lord Dao Child, Punishers have arrived, demanding that our Green Mist Dao Fu offer up five hundred thousand Tainted-Blood humans."

The subordinate's voice resounded in the great hall.

Ruan Qingwu sat on the throne in a red dress, cold light suddenly erupting from her body.

"They have such great audacity!"

Inside the great hall, surprise appeared in the eyes of the subordinate dressed in white:

"This subordinate will go and drive them away!"

The white-clad subordinate prepared to leave.

"Wait!" Ruan Qingwu reached out her hand, appearing to be caught in a struggle:

"Let them in."

Her voice grew low, as if she had lost her strength.

The white-clad subordinate looked at Ruan Qingwu in disbelief.

The next moment.

"Ruan Qingwu!!!"

The subordinate let out a shrill roar:

"As a Dao Child, do you know what you are doing?

You have only ever known yourself; you are not worthy... not worthy of being worshipped!"

Ruan Qingwu's body stiffened, and the expression beneath the mask turned cold in an instant.

She had not expected this subordinate, who had been so loyal to her, to suddenly lash out in such a way.

"What do you understand?" Ruan Qingwu coldly snapped:

"Opposing the Ancient Gods at a time like this is an unwise move!"

"I don't understand!" the subordinate in white robes roared, a dagger pressed against their own neck:

"I only know that death is inevitable for all men; today, I shall teach you!

If I am to decide the life or death of five hundred thousand people, I would rather die."

Swish.

Blood sprayed out, staining the white robes red.

Ruan Qingwu's body remained rigid, and it was only after a long silence that she spoke to another subordinate outside the hall:

"Let the Law Enforcers... enter."

…………

Central Divine Earth.

"What?"

Xuan Yi narrowed his eyes, looking at the subordinate who had come to report.

"One hundred thousand Law Enforcers have surrounded the Xuan Yi Dao Fu, demanding that our Xuan Yi Dao Fu hand over the five hundred thousand Tainted Blood Human Race."

Xuan Yi narrowed his eyes, cold light erupting within them.

"They have quite the nerve."

Xuan Yi remained silent, then continued to ask:

"How is the situation with Wuchen being handled?"

"Lord Wuchen has already entered seclusion and will not allow anyone to disturb him; he likely does not know about this matter either."

The subordinate spoke:

"Your Highness aims to become the strongest Dao Child; if you were to make an enemy of the Ancient Gods for the sake of those mere five hundred thousand Tainted Blood Human Race,

it would not be worth it!"

Xuan Yi raised his brows slightly and waved a hand:

"Go handle it yourself."

"Yes!" The subordinate left.

"Chen Yan..." Xuan Yi narrowed his eyes, looking toward the gray fog world created by 【Unity】.

There, Chen Yan's figure had already appeared in the position of the ninth seat of the Human Race.

Even higher than Xuan Yi.

This was the ninth strongest in the mortal world!

Moreover, the other party was an Ancient God, possessing absolute suppression over the Human Race and even the strongest Ancient God Beasts.

"I didn't expect that 'the Thousand-Day Ancient God appears' referred to you," Xuan Yi whispered:

"No, it is not you.

You are already dead; it is just that your physical body has been inhabited by an Ancient God."

Time passed slowly.

One day, two days...

Fifty days!

Above the vast, turbid Sea of Malice.

Countless boat-leaves were connected together.

On the foremost boat-leaves, over a million Law Enforcers stood.

Terror and hope surged in the eyes of each of them; the deeper they went into the Sea of Malice, the less they dared to whisper.

On the boat-leaves behind them.

The Tainted Blood Human Race were bound together like cargo, escorted like livestock toward the depths of the Sea of Malice.

Their bodies trembled, tears welling in their eyes, yet they dared not cry out, fearing it would invite the whips of the Law Enforcers.

Some stared blankly at the gray sky, their pupils dilated like dead fish, as if their souls had been extracted.

Some children curled up in their mothers' arms, their thin bodies stiff with fear.

Some mothers clutched their children tightly with withered arms, yet their gazes were equally despairing.

Someone spoke in a hoarse voice:

"To think... to think that no one cares about us."

A look of impatience appeared in the eyes of a Law Enforcer, who looked back, intending to strike.

But they were stopped by another Law Enforcer beside them.

An eighth-rank Law Enforcer used a martial technique, controlling these millions of Tainted Blood Human Race with invisible force.

At this point.

These Tainted Blood Human Race, destined to become food for the Ancient Gods, had no right to die at all.

Finding themselves unable to move, these Tainted Blood Human Race finally broke down, emitting suppressed sobs.

The eyes of the Law Enforcers were filled with awe.

They were about to arrive at the location of the gods.

All their actions were under His gaze.

A Penalizer knelt down, lowering their head.

Immediately after, one Penalizer after another knelt down; they had to kneel to face that towering existence.

A Penalizer felt extremely fortunate.

They had made the right choice.

They would have become food for the Ancient God, but they chose to become a Penalizer.

A darker future was about to arrive.

And they had the qualifications to survive.

Because they were a lackey of the Ancient God.

Yet, above the vast sea of dark malice.

Tiny sparks of fire appeared; those were individual boat-leaves.

Experts who had set out from the various Pure Lands stood upon them.

They were each prepared to face death, their weapons clashing and ringing in their hands.

Mu Yanwan, Peng Linjun, and Fang Rui were among them.

"Today, we shall block you!"

A red-haired, burly man stepped out, carrying a blood-talisman, an expression of extreme rage appearing in his eyes.

A look of astonishment appeared in the eyes of a Penalizer.

They had not expected that anyone would actually stand up to resist.

Clearly, the Dao Children of the various Dao Mansions had not said a word.

Even such powerful existences could only submit to the tyrannical might of the Ancient God.

What did these people count for?

"A group of ignorant ants, daring to defy His will!" a Penalizer spoke with disdain.

"Beasts!"

The man named Peng Linjun roared:

"Slaughtering your own kind, offering flesh and blood as sacrifices—are you even human?"

A youth prepared to face death screamed:

"Come! We would rather die in battle than be livestock waiting to be slaughtered!

Even if we all fall today, we will drag you lackeys down to the grave with us!"

Mu Yanwan pressed her lips together tightly; she knew that from the moment she chose to intercept these Penalizers, she was already on a path to death.

She did not regret it.

She only felt a pity that she had not seen Chen Yan.

Where was that existence now?

Was he gazing at her?

Would he feel gratified by her choice?

The Penalizers frowned one by one, knowing that a death battle was inevitable today.

But they were unwilling to fight to the death with these foolish humans.

They had already chosen the Ancient God.

A Penalizer with a tiger's head said in a deep voice:

"Use the Tainted-Blood humans to pave the way; I don't believe they will kill these Tainted-Blood humans!"

A Penalizer with a face full of tentacles hesitated:

"But these Tainted-Blood humans are food offered to that Lord."

"He will forgive us." A look of piety appeared in the tiger-head's eyes.

The next moment.

Boat-leaves pushed aside the boat-leaf where the Penalizers were, appearing in the middle of the two sides' confrontation.

A Penalizer cast an array, enveloping the captured Tainted-Blood humans, and grinned hideously:

"If you dare to make a move, I will kill these beasts!"

In an instant.

The arriving resistors glared in anger.

"Beasts!" Peng Linjun's eyes turned red.

"You are even more disgusting than the Ancient God!"

"If I do not kill you all, I swear I am no human!"

Piercing roars rang out.

The resistors had not expected that these Penalizers would be so filthy.

But now, they were unable to make a move.

Mu Yanwan breathed with difficulty.

Seeing this scene, she no longer knew what to do.

If humans could not even overcome this hurdle among their own kind.

How could they resist the Ancient God?

Only Chen Yan.

Only he.

She would always think of that person.

It was as if he were a lamp on the path of Mu Yanwan's life.

Yet, at this very moment.

Crack, crack, crack...

Silence descended!

The surging sea of malice suddenly froze in place.

The sound of the surging waves abruptly vanished.

In the darkness, some indescribable evil existence opened its eyes.

The entire world fell into terror because of it.

An immense fear seeped into the heart of every person.

The pitch-black sky seemed to invert and collapse at this moment.

A blurred figure emerged from the abyss of chaos and descended.

Twisted, frenzied!

Reason was vanishing, madness was howling.

"He... has awakened!"

The Law Enforcers trembled all over, their heads pressed firmly against the boat leaves, not daring to look directly at the shadow rising from the abyss.

Mu Yanwan suddenly stiffened her body.

All the experts of the Evil Realm who had come to intercept the Law Enforcers had their eyes wide open, forgetting to breathe.

They could not move, and did not dare to turn their heads.

Peng Linjun trembled all over, teeth clenched tight, unable to believe that they could barely even speak a single word.

Tap!

It sounded like the noise of a footstep.

Tap, tap, tap!

Some existence was treading across the frozen sea of malice.

When He walked, there was an inhuman sluggishness, as if every step were resisting the repulsion of space.

Any living being that met His gaze would see their own rotting future.

Therefore, living beings absolutely dared not look directly.

Living beings are not worthy of gazing upon Him.

Hum!

Wisps of willow-like malice appeared, and dead silence continuously spread and covered everything.

A hoarse babble exploded; a million Law Enforcers were struck as if by lightning, their physical bodies uncontrollably prostrating, their bones emitting groans of unbearable strain.

Millions of Tainted Blood humans were bound together, and their state could no longer be described by mere despair.

They were waiting for their death to arrive.

Yet, at this very moment.

Boom!

The physical body of a Law Enforcer suddenly exploded, turning into a sky full of blood mist.

And then.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

Accompanied by crisp, heavy, and strange explosions.

In the darkness, that existence extended a finger and simply drew upon the two-dimensional plane of the world.

Then, everything began to twist and overturn.

The million Law Enforcers could not even let out a screaming roar.

Yet, under the weight of endless, intense pain, they were forced to watch their own bodies break, twist, and deform.

The world was paved with the color of blood.

They had welcomed divine punishment!