Chapter 24: It's You!

"Good, very good indeed!"

Looking at the few people beneath the river embankment, the killing intent on Shen Yu's body could no longer be contained and began to leak out. He had been struggling here, racking his brains to find ways to plug the gaps, only to find that someone was secretly chiseling the embankment open.

The embankment was originally a shoddy project; if they were allowed to strike it a few more times, wouldn't it start leaking water very soon? No wonder there were so many gaps on this stretch of the embankment that had nearly exhausted him to the point of collapse—it turned out someone was helping from the shadows!

It was truly very good, so good that he couldn't help but want to kill!

"Kill!" After a brief exchange of glances, the few people beneath the embankment looked at each other, then actually leaped up directly from below, raising the blades in their hands to fight Shen Yu to the death. Their posture was as if they were the ones protecting the embankment, and Shen Yu was the one chiseling it open.

To be so self-righteous while being the villain—where is your shame!

It was just a pity that the strongest among these people was merely second-rate; in front of Shen Yu, they were no different from infants. Even though Shen Yu was exhausted now, dealing with them was an effortless task.

After only two moves, the few people who had been brimming with killing intent were lying on the ground in despair, looking miserable and drenched in blood, without even the strength to struggle.

There was no help for it; the gap in strength was too great, so great that it left them in despair. Even though they had exhausted all their strength, they still couldn't shake him by even half a point.

"Speak, who told you to do this!" Shen Yu's eyes were unfocused, as if emitting a mysterious radiance. The few people opposite him were already feeling uneasy, and upon being looked at by such eyes, they immediately began to feel dazed.

"It was the Young Master. The Cultivation Method he wants to practice requires slaughter, so for the past two days, he has been constantly killing in various places. By now, the Young Master should have already slaughtered over ten villages! To cover this up, we had to dig open the river embankment!"

"What did you say? He has already wiped out over ten villages?" In an instant, Shen Yu grasped the main point, and a chill suddenly shot from his eyes.

Even if a small village had a hundred people and a larger one had several hundred, over ten villages meant thousands of people—they were just killed like that?

Bastards! They deserve to die!

No, that's not right. Why would he want to dig open the river embankment? Could it be that he just wanted to use the flood to cover up the fact that he was killing people? That's it. Once the floods rose everywhere, these places would likely be submerged, and furthermore, once disaster victims were everywhere, the government would be busy with disaster relief—who would have the energy to care about him!

"Speak, is he trying to use the flood to cover up his own crimes?"

"Yes, the Young Master said that as long as the embankment is breached and floods rise everywhere, not only will no one know what he has done, but he can also take advantage of the disaster victims everywhere to practice his arts using human lives! Therefore, the embankment must be breached!"

"Arrogant and domineering, treating human life like grass!" In both his past and present lives, this was the first time Shen Yu had seen such a disregard for human life, as if they didn't take people seriously at all. In their words, killing people was as simple as eating or drinking.

Even if destroying the embankment might cause a massive flood, leaving countless people displaced and causing corpses to litter the fields, they still didn't care.

As long as they could achieve their goal, what did it matter if more people died? It was as if dying for them was an honor.

How shameless must one be to have such thoughts!

"Go, immediately go and investigate for this official: exactly how many people have been killed and how many villages have been destroyed!" He roared at the surrounding Constables, then gripped the necks of these few people, his calm eyes seemingly containing a storm about to break.

"Speak, where is your Young Master now?"

"We haven't seen the Young Master for several days. We don't know where he is right now, only that he should not be far from here."

"Good!" Snapping the necks of these few people, Shen Yu turned his head to look at everyone and shouted coldly, "Zhou Yuan, search for him for this official immediately. No matter what, I must slaughter him!"

"Rest assured, My Lord, even if I have to bet my life, I will definitely find him!"

Raising his head, Zhou Yuan's eyes were also bloodshot. The behavior of these people had completely enraged Zhou Yuan, the good-natured man; no matter what, he would make the other party pay the price.

"Hahaha...!" At this moment, in Xiahe Village, not far from the river embankment, the young master laughed wantonly while brandishing a long sword, striking down the person closest to him with a single blow.

Then, the young master swung his sword in a near-manic frenzy, hacking at everything. At this moment, it seemed as if only slaughter remained in his heart, and the killing intent on his body was not concealed in the slightest. The villagers fled in panic, but one after another, they fell under his sword.

The dozen or so Huwe surrounding them had long since tightly sealed the entire village to ensure no one could escape. However, these Huwe did not join in the attack; they just watched the young master slaughtering. Although they felt unbearable pity in their hearts, as servants, what could they do?

Since they could not change it, they could only accept it. Once numb, they adapted.

"Kill!" Swinging the sword in his hand at the person who ran the fastest, was the most panicked, and was screaming the loudest, the young master's face was full of a cruel smile.

For some reason, he seemed to have become addicted to the pleasure of this slaughter, and he liked watching these people's panicked and helpless expressions even more. The more afraid they were, the more excited he became.

"Clang!" Suddenly, a sword flew from afar, just in time to block the long sword in his hand. The person under the sword collapsed to the ground, and having survived a disaster, he immediately crawled away using his hands and feet.

"Shen Yu, Shen Hengzhi?" Narrowing his eyes slightly, the young master saw the group of people rushing over from afar and seemed to recognize Shen Yu, who was leading the charge. When he saw that the person stopping him was him, the killing intent he had already been unable to control erupted completely.

Carrying his long sword, the young master flew toward Shen Yu without a word, as if only this one person remained in his eyes. The remaining villagers, the toys in his eyes, were no longer on his mind at all.

"Kill!" Sword light swirled, and blood-colored True Qi surged suddenly. The terrifying aura belonging to the Postnatal Realm was released wantonly, as if provoking Shen Yu, and wisps of blood-scent lingered, like the most bloodthirsty mad demon.

That terrifying phenomenon made the Constables who had come with Shen Yu unable to help but retreat one after another, their faces becoming somewhat panicked.

However, Shen Yu, who was directly opposite, was not afraid in the slightest. Although the incoming sword was as fast as lightning and as powerful as a thunderbolt, it seemed to lack any technique, as if he were fighting purely on instinct and ferocity. Such swordplay, in his eyes, was no different from children's play.

"Postnatal Realm? This is the first time I've seen such a weak Postnatal Realm!" He couldn't help but curl his lips. Although Shen Yu's experience in the Jianghu was not rich, he could clearly see that the other party's state was wrong.

If his guess was correct, the other party must have used a special method to forcibly elevate his level, and the aftereffects were quite severe.

Pulling up seedlings to help them grow is undoubtedly self-destruction! Even if he didn't make a move, this person would definitely be unable to endure it in the future and would eventually collapse on his own!

"Bang!" He kicked out, passing through a gap in the sword light and striking the chest of the young master opposite him. The man was kicked flying by this terrifying force, falling heavily into a thatched hut.

"Protect the Young Master!" Seeing the young master kicked away, the surrounding Huwe rushed up like madmen. If anything happened to the young master, all of them, including their families, would only have one outcome.

"Cough, cough... urgh." Blood gushed out in large mouthfuls. The young master who had fallen into the thatched hut tried to struggle to stand up, only to find that his bones seemed to be broken, leaving him unable to exert even the slightest bit of strength.

"Young Master, I trust you have been well since we last met!" From the corner of the thatched hut, a middle-aged man walked out quietly, looking down at him with a hint of mockery still hanging on his face.

"Young Master, do you still remember me?"

"You? It's you! Cai Zhong!"