Chapter 1007 The Beginning of the Vengeance (1)
“Xiaofan?” Among the hunters in the distance, someone shouted in surprise.
All the hunters got excited.
While they were feeling the most desperate, the martial arts legends of their tribe came back. Everyone cheered, and the horror and anger in their hearts disappeared at this moment. Every hunter believed that when this person came back, all the disasters and pain would come to an end.
The young man smiled friendly at the hunters.
The next moment, when he looked back at the bald man who was crawling on the ground like a worm, his smile suddenly froze as he asked word by word, “Didn’t you want to kill me with one finger?”
Zhang Fan was usually a man of few words, but when he was angry, every word of his would be like a sharp knife, making his opponent feel desperate and overwhelmed by unprecedented fear.
It was true that the glory of the hunters of Baiman Mountain, the Mad Saber Zhang Fan, one of the three legends of martial arts in Snow Province, finally returned at this time.
The bald man looked at Zhang Fan in disbelief.
“How is that possible?
“This is such a desolate and barren small place with declining thin power. How could such a horrible master be brewed here? He has such horrible power of blood energy, which is unbelievably vigorous. He’s obviously close to reaching the G.o.d Realm.”
Zhang Fan looked up at the nearly one hundred Land of Divine Grace mercenaries and stepped out gently with his right foot.
In an instant, vines-like cracks spread out under his feet like mad pythons. They were as fast as lightning and got to the feet of the mercenaries within a second while a terrible force burst out from under their feet.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of explosions came.
The bodies of those mercenaries, including the bald st.u.r.dy man, were like porcelain smashed by a hammer, splas.h.i.+ng and turning into ashes. No one could escape the attack.
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Snow Province.
In the west of Snow Dragon Mountain.
In the Peaceful City.
This was the largest Human Clan settlement city within a radius of thousands of miles. It used to be under the protection of the Swordsmans.h.i.+p-seeking Sect. But since the new s.p.a.ce gate opened and the dark age of chaos came, everything had changed. Lei Tao, the City Lord of Peaceful City, took advantage of this opportunity to rope in several big and small sects in the city. He simply set himself as a king and no longer followed the rules left by the Swordsmans.h.i.+p-seeking Sect in the past, becoming a tyrant in the city.
Without the restraint of the Swordsmans.h.i.+p-seeking Sect, Lei Tao no longer kept the hypocritical image of the former. His means were b.l.o.o.d.y and ruthless while he did whatever he wanted in Peaceful City. He forced the civilians to be his slaves and sped up the construction of the city defense. He crazily plundered the wealth of the citizens and collected blood. At the same time, he constantly collected martial artists coming from all places to form his army. His ambition kept expanding.
In an instant, the daily life of the citizens of Peaceful City was plunged into a disaster.
In order to strengthen his own rule, Lei Tao even wantonly framed and killed all the people and forces related to the Swordsmans.h.i.+p-seeking Sect. Some families with children who had joined the sect before were almost wiped out. Those who had relations with the sect were also imprisoned and killed.
“The Swordsmans.h.i.+p-seeking Sect is in the past. From now on, Peaceful City is the world of the Divine Thunder Sect.” Lei Tao proudly announced. He integrated his power and named it the Divine Thunder Sect. He wanted to be known as the head of his sect.
In the City Lord’s Mansion.
“Your honor, the last batch of rebels of the Swordsmans.h.i.+p-seeking Sect has been escorted to the execution ground.” A guard in red leather armor knelt on one knee and said loudly.
Lei Tao laughed and said, “Haha, nice, I will personally supervise the execution. Only by killing all the people of the Swordsmans.h.i.+p-seeking Sect can our Divine Thunder Sect truly have a foothold in Peaceful City and establish the dominant business of thousands of generations. Haha, it is now the age of the strong.”
He led his master guards and soon arrived at the execution ground of Peaceful City.
This used to be the largest livestock slaughterhouse in the city. After Lei Tao made himself a king, he killed many people. Later, he simply transformed this place into a execution ground. In the past few months, thousands of people had been tortured and slaughtered here.
Countless civilians were forced to come to the execution ground.
Being driven by the masters of the Divine Thunder Sect, they gathered around the execution ground and looked at the 101 prisoners who were escorted to the scene. Their eyes were already a little numb. In the past, every time someone was killed, the citizens would be driven to watch the death penalty. Lei Tao used this way as a warning to eliminate the courage of rebellion in the citizens’ hearts.
“Your honor.”
Countless people were forced to kneel on the ground and wors.h.i.+p the City Lord loudly.
Lei Tao, like a G.o.d, stood on the execution platform while the wild wind blew his crimson cloak. His long flame-like hair danced along the wind, his eyes were full of killing intent, and there was a proud and fierce smile on his face.
More than a hundred people in handcuffs on the execution ground were waiting to die with their eyes closed while their bodies were covered with blood.
In the crowd.
“Alas, w.a.n.g is a nice guy. He has only met Ding Hao of the Swordsmans.h.i.+p-seeking Sect once. He has nothing to do with the sect, and yet he got caught and beaten like this…”
“What’s the big deal of that? w.a.n.g Hong’s whole family was killed just because their old house was next to the previous station of the Swordsmans.h.i.+p-seeking Sect in the city!”
“Lei Tao is too cruel. When the Swordsmans.h.i.+p-seeking Sect was in its prime, he was like a lackey to them, currying favor harder than anyone else. But now he is hunting down anyone related to the sect. Does he have no fear of karma?”
“Alas, the whole Swordsmans.h.i.+p-seeking Sect has disappeared. It’s said that they have gone to the immortal land, but who knows if it’s true? Lei Tao dared to rebel because he was sure that no one knows the truth. What’s more, I heard that he has a backer.”
Some people in the crowd were talking. Although they sympathized with those innocent people who were pressed on the execution ground, they were all angry but dared not say anything. As long as they said anything they shouldn’t, if Lei Tao’s people heard them, they would face a more horrible ending than death.
“Time’s up. Start the execution.” An expert who was in charge of the execution looked at the sundial and shouted.
“Lei Tao, you’re just a mad dog and you’ll die a horrible death. Sooner or later, the Swordsmans.h.i.+p-seeking Sect will come back to avenge us…” A prisoner who had been beaten badly roared and struggled angrily. The wounds on his body were torn and blood splashed out while the iron shackles sounded.
The prisoners cursed angrily and in despair.
But most of them had been beaten nearly to death and were unable to struggle.
Lei Tao stood on the stand in the distance with a cold smile on his face.
In his eyes, killing a few people was nothing. “In this age of chaos, human life means nothing. I must use blood and bones to make those who are born to be slaves aware that in this world, the strong are respected, and they deserve to be stepped on. They should just obediently settle with their fate.”
Under the fierce wind and scorching sun, the executioner raised the execution blade high in the air.
The sharp blade reflected a cold light that made people desperate.
“Kill!” The executioner shouted. He spat out a mouthful of booze, which splashed on the knife, and raised his hand to chop down.
Poof!
While there was blood and light scattered, a head flew up.
Countless people outside the field lowered their heads, unwilling to see such ruthless slaughter again.
But soon, someone suddenly exclaimed.
After that, the exclamation spread wildly like a tide. Many people who had their heads lowered looked up inexplicably, and when they looked over to the execution ground again, they were all stunned.
Someone’s head flew up.
However, the one who died was not the executed person but the executioner.
A bright sword light shot from the distance, like divine punishment thunder, cutting off the executioner’s blade and his head.
On the viewing platform, Lei Tao’s face was full of shock.
“Who is it? Come out here!” Lei Tao shouted angrily. His figure flashed as he came to the void. He looked around, and his whole body was filled with killing intent.
Swoos.h.!.+ Swoos.h.!.+ Swoos.h.!.+
Several sharp sounds of breaking through the air were heard.
A strange power spread out in the void. The dazzling silver flowing light flashed, and the fierce wind suddenly stopped. When people looked up, they saw several figures suddenly appearing on the execution ground.
“City Lord Lei, long time no see.” Among a dozen of people that had suddenly appeared, the leader, a ruddy-faced middle-aged man, laughed coldly.
“You are…” Lei Tao was stunned. When he fixed his eyes on the man, he found that the man looked a bit familiar as if he had seen him somewhere before, but he couldn’t remember where.
But when his eyes fell on the clothes of these people, he suddenly s.h.i.+vered, and indescribable fear instantly overwhelmed him all over.
Those people were wearing the swordsman robes of the Swordsmans.h.i.+p-seeking Sect.
They were from the Swordsmans.h.i.+p-seeking Sect.
A horrible thought flashed across Lei Tao’s mind. He suddenly understood something and cried out involuntarily, “You… you are Elder Gu Xin… Why… why are you here? Aren’t you…”
Gu Xin used to be an outer core elder of the Swordsmans.h.i.+p-seeking Sect. He was already hundreds of years old and was a master in the Primordial Realm. He couldn’t be regarded as a core member of the Swordsmans.h.i.+p-seeking Sect. He was responsible for inspecting the situation of the cities in the sect’s protected area. He had come to Peaceful City many times before, so Lei Tao was very familiar with him. He even tried his best to curry favor with Gu Xin.
However, at that time, Gu Xin appeared clearly aged with gray hair on his head, and his blood energy was weak. He was in his declining years.
But now, his blood energy was vigorous, his black hair was thick, and his face was ruddy. It was obvious that he was in his prime, so Lei Tao didn’t recognize him for a while.
What Lei Tao didn’t know was that after Gu Xin and others arrived at the Land of Divine Grace, their cultivation bottleneck had finally been broken through, and they had been upstaged two big realms in a row. Now they had reached the two-apertured Martial Emperor Realm, and they had gained 400 years of life. Their vitality had returned to their bodies, and they had returned to their vigorous state.
“Humph, you ungrateful b.a.s.t.a.r.d, how dare you kill the people of the Swordsmans.h.i.+p-seeking Sect and bring trouble to Peaceful City? I think you’re fed up with your life. Come and die.” Gu Xin raised his eyebrows and was extremely angry.
They rushed all the way here and met some refugees. After entering the city, they heard about what had happened here one story after another. Gu Xin could hardly restrain his anger. It was due to his recommendation that Lei Tao could become the City Lord of Peaceful City. “I didn’t see clearly how sinister this guy could be. I’ve made a terrible mistake and invited trouble to the city.”