79: Chapter 79 Professional matters should indeed be left to professionals.

After Huang Xiaotian and his companion disappeared, Su Ming's gaze turned to the completely defeated army below.

Without the slightest hesitation, he directly gave the order —

"Execute them all, leave none alive."

If those natives' vitality had not been overdrawn, Su Ming might have kept them and taken them in for his own use.

But at this moment, their life Origin had been squeezed dry; even if Su Ming didn't lift a finger, they could only live for a few more days at most.

Rather than letting them linger in agony, it was better to send them on their way and add some nourishment to the soul fusion pool.

At Su Ming's command, the Undead Army launched its final sweep.

Screams rose and fell continuously, and in just half an hour, the entire plain fell completely silent.

As for the corpses, they were all moved back to Jiuyou and cast into the soul fusion pool.

After dealing with everything, Su Ming didn't linger at all.

His gaze looked toward the direction of Mingyou City, and his voice was calm yet carried unquestionable majesty:

"All troops listen to the order, continue advancing — target, Mingyou City!"

The grand and mighty army rolled relentlessly toward Mingyou City.

At this moment inside Mingyou City, two battered figures just tumbled out of a spatial rift; they were precisely Huang Xiaotian and his companion who had fled back in panic.

Looking at each other's pale faces, their eyes were filled with terror and despair.

Because they knew —

Su Ming would arrive very soon.

"Let's go, we can't hold this Mingyou City."

Hearing his companion's words, although Huang Xiaotian was filled with unwillingness, he had to admit this was the truth.

Even the frontal battlefield had been crushed by Su Ming like that; now that their heroic dependents were lost, their Divine Power exhausted, and most of their dependents destroyed, what could they use to defend it?

"However…" A flash of viciousness crossed Huang Xiaotian's eyes, "If I am not going to have a good time, I won't let Su Ming have one either! Doesn't he want Mingyou City? I'll give it to him! But whether he can keep it depends on his own abilities!"

Huang Xiaotian sneered and leaned close to his companion's ear to whisper a few words.

Upon hearing this, his companion's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly.

The two then split up to act.

Not long after, flames shot into the sky within Mingyou City!

Huang Xiaotian had actually set a massive fire directly, intending to burn the entire Mingyou City to ashes!

Raging flames devoured the houses and streets, and thick smoke billowed straight into the clouds.

Watching the fire burn brighter and stronger, a flash of gratifying revenge pleasure crossed Huang Xiaotian's eyes.

"Su Ming, I'd like to see what use it is for you to take over a pile of ruins!"

Afterward, the figures of the two vanished together into the flames of Mingyou City.

— —

As Su Ming's army marched midway, they saw from afar the towering flames in the direction of Mingyou City.

He couldn't help cursing angrily:

"You've all run away, yet you still won't give me a moment of peace! With you pulling this stunt, I am very distressed!"

A burned-down city would have its population and supplies heavily discounted; Huang Xiaotian's move had truly disgusted him.

However, right at this moment, Zhang Jiao who accompanied the army had his eyes light up, and an excited expression appeared on his face.

"Lord God, I see that the fire has probably just started spreading, let me go ahead first! I am confident I can suppress the fire, and moreover… it just so happens I can preach for the Lord God."

Hearing this, Su Ming was taken aback.

"As expected of a preaching boss, to actually associate this kind of disaster with preaching…"

However, Su Ming was still a bit hesitant and pursued, "Zhang Jiao, can you really put out that fire?"

Zhang Jiao smiled slightly and nodded with absolute confidence.

"Did the Lord God forget that among my Talisman, there are water Talisman? As long as I wish, I can completely cause it to rain in Mingyou City."

"Alright, then go! I'll have Ganie follow and protect you."

The figures of Zhang Jiao and Ganie flashed, and they quickly disappeared from the spot.

By the time Su Ming led the army to arrive at Mingyou City, he saw a scene that left him dumbfounded —

Most of the big fire had already been extinguished, and the residents in the city were surrounding Zhang Jiao, each with fanatical eyes and muttering words in their mouths.

And inside Mingyou City, unexpectedly half of the natives had already become his ordinary believers!

Su Ming opened his mouth, and in the end it could only turn into a sigh:

"Professional matters really must be left to professionals after all…"

— —

After subjugating Mingyou City, Su Ming did not continue expanding.

It wasn't that he didn't want to, but rather he had encountered an unprecedented difficult problem.

Food was not enough.

His dependents were all undead before, so he didn't need to worry about food issues at all.

But it was different now; he controlled three cities, and those native residents all needed to eat!

When Zhang Jiao told him that their current grain reserves could only last for a month at most, Su Ming was completely dumbfounded.

In other words, if a solution couldn't be found within a month, the foundation he had worked so hard to build might be ruined overnight because of a famine!

Such a situation was naturally something Su Ming would never allow to happen.

His current source of Divine Power mainly relied on the Power Of Faith provided by these natives.

If these natives all starved to death, his source of Divine Power would be cut off.

By then, he would become the biggest shortcoming — others wanting to deal with him wouldn't need to pay attention to his Undead Army at all, they could just strike directly at him.

Therefore, Su Ming was currently burning with anxiety over the food issue, having no energy left to continue expanding.

— —

And just when Su Ming was troubled by the food problem, Yan Qinghe and his group's days became even harder to endure.

Ever since they launched a sneak attack on Carlos last time and almost executed him, Carlos had completely targeted them.

The Alliance and Carlos fought back and forth several times. Every time they beat him to near-fatal heavy injuries, yet every time he could miraculously revive, and each time stronger than the last!

He seemed truly undying, impossible to kill no matter what.

Left with no other choice, Yan Qinghe could only search everywhere for helpers.

But the current trial-takers were each as crafty as monkeys; no one was willing to meddle in his muddy waters.

After all, that was an undying demigod!

In the end, a desperate Yan Qinghe cast his gaze toward a place he originally never wanted to think about.

He was silent for a long time, and finally clenched his teeth, as if making some difficult decision.

"It seems… I can only go find him."