Chapter 310 Sect Leader Seeks Death

Someone called out: "Wu Wei?"

A voice rang out.

The gray-robed man hesitated but kept walking, steeling himself.

A hand shot toward him.

Wu Wei lunged away, but the hand was faster—with a single palm strike, it turned him into a spray of blood.

Lu Ye pocketed the storage ring, not summoning the Human Emperor Banner, but he did seize the soul for now.

Eyes snapped toward him.

At the sight of Lu Ye, many went pale, hurriedly looking around and acting oblivious.

Naturally, Lu Ye wasn’t about to hurt bystanders.

His figure vanished.

As Lu Ye hunted them down, the members of the Shanhai Sect were wiped out fast.

That said, the demonic cultivators, evil practitioners, and other races in the Fourth Heaven had been unusually well-behaved this time.

In the outer realms.

The demons were on the move, not toward the continent, but away from it.

"Demon Emperor, why is this? With the humans tearing themselves apart and suffering heavy casualties, isn’t this the perfect time for us to launch an all-out assault?"

Someone asked in confusion.

The Demon Emperor sneered.

"All-out assault? The demons of the First, Second, and Third Heavens all thought the same. And now? They’re corpses now. You still eager to charge in? How many lives you got to throw away?"

"We’ve never had any conflict with that Lu Ye, and he hates their guts. Surely he wouldn’t side with the humans, would he?"

"Are you even listening to yourself? Did the demons of the Second and Third Heavens have any conflict with him? Didn’t he butcher them anyway? He’ll kill us just for breathing wrong."

"Right now, being this close, I’m sweating he’ll hunt us down next. That’s why I’m leading you away. And you still want to attack the humans? I truly don’t know what that brain of yours is even for!"

...

The other races and evil practitioners had indeed wised up.

Hell, some even envied the humans.

Though Lu Ye was slaughtering his own kind, if the other races were to fight the humans, he would undoubtedly stand with humanity.

He was an extremely domineering man.

And an utterly ruthless one.

Even among his own kind, those who provoked him faced complete annihilation. To him, the other races were beneath even pigs and dogs.

Perhaps to this Lu Ye, every creature feels pain… except those freaks.

Take it easy, take it easy. Let's hide first. Only when this Lu Ye ascends will they make their move.

The members of the Shanhai Sect are disappearing one after another.

Unlike the Invincible Sword Sect, the Shanhai Sect's elder in charge of guarding the Soul Lamps is still present.

Watching the Soul Lamps extinguish one after another, he was completely terrified.

He hurriedly took out the Sound Transmission Stone and began reaching out.

The Sect Leader of the Shanhai Sect, known as Daoist Fengyu, listened to the elder's report and collapsed into his chair, eyes filling with tears.

It's over!

We're finished!

His Shanhai Sect is finished!

The centuries of foundation built by the Shanhai Sect have been completely destroyed by his hand.

He doesn't fear death!

But after death, how could he face the ancestors before him? How could he face the disciples who have already perished?

Because of his greed, because of his misjudgment—and not just once, but again and again.

It was he who led the Shanhai Sect step by step into the abyss.

Those who once joined the Shanhai Sect in besieging Lu Ye—because they offered spirit stones—are now living safer than ever, and happier than ever.

The two million spirit stones they paid were worth every last stone!

Regret!

Regret overwhelmed him.

Daoist Fengyu broke down sobbing. Why had he let greed poison his mind?

Why, when given chance after chance, had he failed to seize them?

Why?!

"Pfft!"

Daoist Fengyu spat out a mouthful of blood, his entire body suddenly aging before their eyes.

"Sect Leader!"

A figure emerged from the shadows, exclaiming in alarm.

"I must go to Lu Ye. I must go personally and atone with my life."

"I will offer him all the treasures of our Shanhai Sect—I just beg him to spare our disciples. They are innocent, they are innocent!"

"Sect Leader, you can't go!"

"Get out of my way! Even if I don’t go, he will come for us. So I might as well seek him out myself. I will beg for his mercy—I'll get on my knees and beg!"

"My Sect Leader!"

Taoist Windrain waved his hand and sent his blocker flying with a palm strike, then bolted outside.

He was going to find Lu Ye.

Lu Ye had a rather predictable killing pattern—he followed a set order based on location.

From south to north.

Finding Lu Ye wasn’t difficult.

*Well, Lu Ye was doing it on purpose—bring it on!*

Once again, he appeared on the main street.

This should be the residence of one of Shanhai Sect’s elders. They were no pushover, so he’d better make it quick to avoid unnecessary casualties.

Lu Ye was a kind man.

He disliked mindless killing, even if bystanders died due to the aftermath of battle.

It ate at him.

He just didn’t show it.

Of course, if killing the enemy was unavoidable and the resulting shockwaves caused deaths, Lu Ye could only grieve inwardly while cutting through enemies with even greater force.

*It was all that enemy’s fault—if they had just let themselves be killed obediently, no innocents would’ve gotten hurt.*

*This was on them!*

But before he could take more than a few steps, Lu Ye halted.

An elderly man in Taoist robes, his aura vast as the sea, unshakable as a peak, knelt on the stone-paved road.

Lu Ye looked at the old man.

He recognized him.

In his past life, Taoist Windrain had been a figure of some renown. As the so-called "moron guardian," Lu Ye naturally knew him.

*What’s this now?*

Lu Ye was puzzled but still walked over, planting himself openly before Taoist Windrain.

Even though Taoist Windrain was old and Lu Ye was still a youth—so what?

"Fellow Daoist, every wrong, every sin, is mine alone. It was my greed that clouded my judgment. They only raised hands against you under my orders!"

"I, Windrain, now offer all Shanhai Sect’s treasures, as well as my own life, begging you to spare the remaining members of Shanhai Sect."

"Your great mercy, Windrain shall never forget. Even through ten thousand lifetimes, I will remember your magnanimity, chanting sutras and burning incense for your blessings every day!"

"Fellow Daoist, this unworthy Taoist... repents!"

At this moment, Taoist Windrain kowtowed fully on the stone road, sobbing brokenly.

Even Lin Chuyue’s heart wavered.

A Sect Leader who can go to such lengths for the sake of his sect... deserves to be called a fine Sect Leader.

Lu Ye looked at Elder Stormwind.

He gazed at the small tower floating beside Elder Stormwind.

This was the entirety of the Shanhai Sect's treasury.

"Had you foreseen this outcome, why did you act as you did?"

The stone sword gleamed, and Elder Stormwind's head rolled to the ground. The sword *qi* snuffed out his life in an instant.

The Human Emperor Banner flared.

Elder Stormwind's corpse dissolved into ash.

Lu Ye wasted no time, continuing to walk toward the surviving disciples of the Shanhai Sect.

"Brother Lu Ye!"

Another figure barred his way.

Elder Benevolence stood before him.