SWNOVELXO Chapter 860 Chapter 861: Either Kidnapping Someone, or On the Way to Kidnap Someone
860 Chapter 861: Either Kidnapping Someone, or On the Way to Kidnap Someone
"Return the stolen resources to the village."
Li Xiaobai took out a Huazi, lit it, took a small puff, and said with a cloud of smoke.
"Understood!"
Everyone nodded their heads. The Grandmaster truly lived up to his name. Although a practitioner of the Demon Path, he still had a heart of compassion. This kind of integrity was truly awe-inspiring.
"Bastards, all the resources are mine, they belong to the Blade Sect! Do you think you can steal from the Blade Sect without consequences? I don't care who you are or where you're from, but let me warn you, you can't handle the consequences of meddling in this. If you release me now, you still stand a chance at life, otherwise, once my fellow disciples from the Blade Sect arrive, you will undoubtedly die!"
Yang Tian screamed out, trying to frighten them away, but in a blink, he was pinned to the ground, helpless.
"Indeed, this one is a disciple of the Blade Sect. And to tell you the truth, several of the well-known major sects on the Eastern Continent are allied with the Blade Sect. The Sword Sect is a flickering candle in the wind, awaiting extermination the moment the major sects make their move. The dynastic powers that rely on the Sword Sect will sooner or later become vassals to the Blade Sect. For the sake of your future, I advise you to be kind!"
The other captured cultivators also cried out in alarm, hoping to scare off their captors and save their lives. They were terrified to be in the hands of a gang of fierce and evil beings. They had seen the other side's brutality firsthand, with everyone having a Sin Value in the five digits, at least over ten thousand, with some reaching as high as several tens of thousands. Could these be a Demon Path army?
And the young leader, who had not lifted a finger from start to finish, sat atop a chariot that was grotesquely adorned with countless severed limbs and broken arms. It was unfathomable how many souls had suffered at his hands, and whether they too would become part of that chariot, eternally trampled upon by others.
"Threaten me, and I'll blow your head off!"
Li Xiaobai swept his longsword, and the Sword Qi tore through the sky. Yang Tian only saw a flash of sword light, felt the world spin, and then darkness enveloped him as his lifeless body, headless, fell to the ground.
Boom!
The resources within his Dantian exploded outward, scattering across the ground.
Magic Treasures and Immortal Stones were dazzling to behold, leaving onlookers dizzy and mesmerized. For a moment, the entire small village was enveloped in the rich aura of Immortal Yuan.
"This... Senior Brother Yang Tian has been slain?"
"And with a single sword stroke, what kind of cultivation level does this take?"
"Look at the Sin Value above his head! He's truly a demon head, this team must be a major force of the Demon Path, we've fallen into the hands of the Demon Path!"
The ten-plus bound cultivators instantly became docile, daring not to make any more trouble. The scene before them was too shocking, completely immobilizing them.
Atop Li Xiaobai's head, a blood-red light flickered, and his Sin Value turned into 210,000. The scarlet numbers were etched into everyone's heart. Even the villagers who had been rescued trembled slightly, not daring to move a muscle. They had heard that demon heads ate humans.
Li Xiaobai pointed to the resources scattered on the ground and said indifferently. These resources were enough to make a village prosper, to cultivate more young experts to attend the sects for training. It was also a form of compensation for the village.
"This... Thank you, sir!"
"The sir truly has the heart of a Buddha!"
"He's a good person, we've met a good person!"
Upon hearing this, the villagers immediately became excited and knelt down to bow to Li Xiaobai, their expressions brimming with gratitude.
They had originally lost only a few hundred Immortal Stones. Now, this Grandmaster was using an entire lifetime's savings of a Human Immortal to comfort the village. It was a blessing they must have cultivated in their past life. They were at a loss for words with gratitude stuck in their throats, unsure of how to express their thanks.
Though he belonged to the Demon Path and was beset with Sin Value, his actions were purer and more virtuous than those of the cultivators from the righteous path.
"No worries, rest well from now on, and if you have nowhere to go, you can come find me at the Sword Sect's Second Peak."
Li Xiaobai waved his hand indifferently.
"Cough cough, well, sir, I am also a cultivator from this village, I'm a good person, not one of those invaders."
One of the captives among the cultivators said.
"Yes, yes, we all came to aid this village, we're not with those ruthless bandits, please recognize the truth, sir, and let us go."
Quite a few captives spoke out, feeling that this big shot was quite approachable.
"Enough talk, every cultivator has to be tied up. If I release you, you will still take part in the conflicts between great powers in the future. My purpose in this journey is to solve the problem at its root. Whoever has a cultivation level is to be taken away, to the Great Flame Dynasty!"
Li Xiaobai waved his hand, and the chariot moved, taking the group and the multitude of captives on a wild dash without further discussion, striking out from the village towards the distance with an overwhelming momentum.
The cultivators were completely dumbfounded, thinking that every cultivator had to be captured—what kind of policy was that?
They were good people, after all, willing to confront Blade Sect disciples to protect the village, and yet they were captured?
In the village, the expressions on the elders' faces were somewhat vacant as they stared blankly at the receding cloud of dust in the distance.
"Old man, our kids seem to have been taken away by that lord."
"Yes, anyone with a cultivation level has been taken, I hope nothing bad will happen, right?"
"What could possibly happen? That lord is kind-hearted. He's taking this opportunity to give the rascals a hard lesson! Let's clean up and go back to eat."
"Let's go, let's go."
The elders seemed to take it in stride, collecting the scattered resources on the ground before merrily heading back home.
On the official road.
Li Xiaobai continued to charge recklessly, traveling in a straight line, whether through forests, over large rocks and artificial hills, or past ferocious beasts, crashing straight through as if his dictionary lacked the words to 'take a detour.'
While the cultivators trailing behind him had long grown accustomed and thought nothing of it, the captive audience was scared out of their wits. In just a short span of ten minutes or so, they witnessed the war chariot lord break through towering ancient trees, crush the lairs of Demonic Beasts, and even forcibly carve a tunnel through a high mountain. It was absolutely terrifying.
They swore that these brief ten minutes would take a lifetime to heal.
Along the way, they passed through many villages, following the same routine. Even without Li Xiaobai saying much, Li Chen took the initiative to lead the charge into them, packing up all the cultivators and taking them away in a smooth, efficient motion.
The cultivators who came to attack ordinary villages didn't have very high cultivation levels, with the strongest barely reaching the Human Immortal Realm. To Li Chen, an Earth Immortal Realm cultivator, they were like toddlers taking their first steps, unable to stir the slightest ripple, let alone the fact that their troop now had well over a hundred people.
Speeding along, the number of captives skyrocketed from a few dozen to several hundred, and this number was still rapidly increasing. Li Chen and his team's actions became faster and faster. Many cultivators hadn't even realized what was happening before their bodies were bound, and after feeling dizzy and disoriented, they found themselves dragged along with the main force on a furious run.
The team grew larger and more imposing, a mighty procession that did not have any cultivators stepping aside, because any cultivator they encountered was promptly subdued by Li Chen and thrown to the back to run with the main force.
After some time, a familiar, massive city gate appeared in the distance with a signboard hanging high above: "Yan City!"