Chapter 648: Wrapping Up (10/20, Autumn Subscription)

Seeing Fang Yue's attitude of such utter contempt, the Dry Blue Guard, who had originally been cowed by fear, instantly felt a nameless fury surge up in his heart.

He roared loudly: "【Demon-Slayer】 Ye Niuniu! Do you know what crime you've committed today! Kneel and confess at once, in the name of 【Blue Coral】 Fourth-rank Blue Guard, I order you…"

Hum!

A flash of blade-light, and the Dry Blue Guard's voice cut off abruptly.

Because the tip of the blade was already pressed against his teeth — one tiny push forward and the black blade would pierce through his mouth, split open his skull, and kill him on the spot.

The overwhelming desire to live made him freeze every muscle; his whole body trembled, cold sweat pouring down his forehead.

All those impassioned words, all those righteous declarations, dissolved into nothing in the face of survival.

"One more word, and I'll kill you."

Fang Yue spoke the words in a very calm tone.

But it was precisely those words that made the Fourth-rank Blue Guard's whole body shudder.

Because the Dry Blue Guard knew Fang Yue wasn't threatening him — he was informing him.

The moment the Dry Blue Guard showed the slightest such inclination, the black blade would pierce through his mouth and end his life.

"Ha… ha… ha…"

The Dry Blue Guard felt even breathing had become difficult, yet he only dared to gasp softly, not daring to make any rash move.

Only when Fang Yue slowly withdrew the black blade did the Dry Blue Guard collapse to the ground all at once, his whole body drenched in cold sweat.

Looking again at Fang Yue, he had already turned his back and was walking away into the distance.

At that moment, boundless fury welled up inside the Dry Blue Guard.

Only four characters surfaced in his mind — impotent rage!

He was unwilling to accept it; he even refused to admit that the pathetic creature scrambling to survive just now had been his own lofty self!

He, who had always held the highest standards, who had never shown the slightest mercy toward evil — he had actually backed down… in the face of death, in the face of evil, he had backed down!

Unacceptable… unacceptable that such a thing should happen; my life cannot be allowed to bear this stain!

The Dry Blue Guard roared as he drew his sword and, aiming at Fang Yue's back, thrust viciously with all his might.

That single sword strike compressed the full power of the Dry Blue Guard's Innate First-rate Realm into a single point.

A technique designed against humans — at this moment it erupted with perfect, unrestrained force.

That sword was both swift and vicious, its penetrative power extreme; in the blink of an eye it was already thrusting toward Fang Yue's back.

But the next second…

A flash of the black blade, and the Dry Blue Guard's severed arm flew high into the air.

I actually missed?!

While he was still stunned, the second blade chopped off his head directly.

"System Notice: Congratulations to player 【Yese Liming】 for killing 【Old City Merchant Caravan Regimental Commander】; Comprehension has faintly increased."

"System Notice: Congratulations to player 【Yese Liming】 for killing 【Old City Merchant Caravan Regimental Commander】; rewards: Control Force +20, Discharge Force +20, Lifespan +2 months, 【Eerie Realm】 progress +0.2%."

"System Notice: Congratulations to player 【Yese Liming】 for killing 【Fourth-rank Blue Guard】; Comprehension +0.1 points."

"System Notice: Congratulations to player 【Yese Liming】 for killing 【Fourth-rank Blue Guard】; rewards: Control Force +0, Discharge Force +50, Lifespan +7 months, 【Eerie Realm】 progress +0.3%."

"System Notice: Congratulations to player 【Yese Liming】; Control Force value has reached the realm cap and has been converted into 【Realm Breakthrough Progress】."

With their leader gone, the rest of the Old City Merchant Caravan scattered and fled in all directions.

The Young Lady happened to arrive with her men at that moment, blocking the exits, and ordered her death soldiers to pursue and cut down the fleeing remnants of the Old City Merchant Caravan.

And when she saw corpses strewn all over the ground, the Young Lady's pupils contracted; she could faintly sense that ever since she had asked about the handkerchief, Fang Yue's emotions had grown far more volatile.

For instance, earlier, Fang Yue had still left the Regimental Commander alive on purpose, saving him for her to kill — to slay the enemy with her own hand.

But this time, Fang Yue hadn't waited for anyone at all; he had single-handedly cut a bloody path straight through the Old City Merchant Caravan, his viciousness even more extreme than before!

A blade-wielder uses the blade as the outlet for his emotions — that is the most basic common sense, and the Young Lady naturally understood.

Looking at Fang Yue, who sat in a chair in the great hall calmly gazing at the corpses covering the floor, the Young Lady silently took the seat beside him.

"I'm sorry…"

"Don't you think I'm terrifying?"

"What…"

"After killing so many people, I don't feel a thing — I even want to kill more!"

"So what? They deserved to die!"

"…Did they really deserve to die?"

"Lord Ye is overthinking it. If one had to debate whether a person deserves to die before killing them, one might as well just kill oneself and be done with it.

They stood in your way, you killed them for your purpose — that is the process and the result, that is an utterly trivial everyday occurrence in this world.

No one cares, and no one has the right to condemn. Put anyone in that place, facing enemies who want to kill them, and they would draw their blade!"

"Fair point."

Fang Yue smiled, his heart eased.

He had killed too many people tonight, and his nerves had grown a little raw.

Or perhaps it was because of a certain matter that his emotions had been stirred.

"Lord Ye, about the handkerchief… I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought it up."

"It has nothing to do with you."

Fang Yue sighed: "The dead cannot be brought back; it was I who failed to control my emotions."

He rose and walked out of the great hall, then glanced back at the Young Lady.

"Let's go, the sky's about to turn cold — we'll head back to Dayang Fu first."

"Mm!"

The young lady happily stood up from her seat, jogged after Fang Yue, her mood growing ever more cheerful.

Returning with the dead warriors, by the time they got back to Dayang Fu, the sky had already brightened.

Fang Yue glanced over the attribute changes, his mood still quite good.

"Name: Yese Liming."

"Eerie Realm: Blood-tier Advanced 【3.6%】."

"Control Force: 10020 【Base: 10000 / Realm Cap Reached】 【Status/Boost: +20】."

"Force Release: 9140 【Base: 9120】 【Status/Boost: +20】."

"Comprehension: 8.2. 【Special Attribute】"

"Lifespan: 12 years, 5 months."

"Realm Breakthrough Progress: 0.1%."

The attributes were nearly at the critical point, and the realm breakthrough progress had also been activated.

The slaughter of this night had yielded quite obvious gains.

The only problem now was that the 【Eerie Realm】 was improving too slowly, and his Martial Arts realm was somewhat falling behind.

One had to know that the next thing Fang Yue was going to learn was an ice-attribute cultivation method completely opposite to the very first one, inheriting Lord Han's legacy cultivation method!

Whether or not to switch his Blade Technique was still undecided, but the Heart Method absolutely had to be learned!

Of course, he had no intention of using the Heart Method to break through his realm, so he still had to wait until the realm breakthrough progress accumulated to full, and then in turn go learn the human-tier Heart Method within Lord Han's legacy.

Now that the decision was made, the current priority was naturally to raise his Martial Arts realm first.

Especially now that he had ample Lifespan, this matter was once again placed on the agenda.

"Welcome back, Lord Ye. The young lady has returned safely to the residence!"

A night of busyness left even Fang Yue feeling somewhat weary.

But strangely, the young lady was especially full of energy, and often showed a smile, looking all smiles no matter who she faced.

It seemed that after her great vengeance was achieved, the young lady's mood had completely brightened.

Watching the young lady still have the energy to bustle about, Fang Yue silently returned to his own room to cultivate his Heart Method.

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(End of this chapter)