46: Chapter 46: Return on Investment 399%!

A brief moment of eye contact... followed by a piercing shriek!

Shen Yi instinctively covered his ears... listening as a rustling, trampling sound echoed throughout.

Then, a skinny Yao Beast, covered in black fur and resembling a monkey, reached out from the darkness.

It's actually a First-grade Demonic Beast?

Shen Yi frowned slightly and leaned back...

His gold-medal bodyguard, Wang Meng, reached out and grabbed it!

He ruthlessly slammed the First-grade Demonic Beast, a Water Monkey, against the wall!

He drew the purple-gold hammer from behind his waist.

And violently smashed the Water Monkey's head to pieces!

Seeing this scene, Yan Ping's eyebrows twitched wildly.

"If we had truly come to blows earlier... I fear my head would have been removed as well!"

The gap between First-grade experts can be even greater than the gap between a human and a dog!

After experiencing several battles, Wang Meng's Evil Qi had condensed to Perfection. Having consumed a soldier armor pill, his innate Aptitude was already extraordinary.

He possessed immense strength and wielded a purple-gold hammer.

He was truly a force to be reckoned with!

The Water Monkey's primary battlefield was in the water. Now that it was on land, and with its small, weak body... it was only a low-to-mid-tier First-grade Yao Beast.

How could it possibly compete with Wang Meng!

It was only natural for it to be crushed by a single hammer blow!

If Wang Meng were given the chance... it wouldn't take him long to kill Yan Ping and his men!

Wang Meng stuck his head out, locked eyes with them, and roared.

"You sons of bitches... just you wait for your Grandpa Wang!"

Before his voice even faded, he leaped down.

But Shen Yi stopped him.

"Wang Meng, your speed is a drawback... take this Divine Speed Talisman."

Wang Meng chuckled and immediately slapped it onto his body.

Then, he leaped violently into the pit...

"Many thanks, Lord!"

"Now... I lack for nothing!"

Five First-grade Puppets dropped down simultaneously, and a slaughter...

…began ferociously!

Just as the remaining Rakshasa Guards were about to follow, Shen Yi looked at Yan Ping and said calmly.

"Go down... and kill the Yao Beasts."

The martial artists behind him felt some fear... and retreated a few steps.

Shen Yi said indifferently.

"Take three steps back, and you will be killed!"

The Rakshasa Guards' blades glinted coldly, and Shen Yi continued.

"There are no useless people under my command... Since you have eaten the food of Shuhe Ancient Town, tempered your Qi and blood, practiced martial arts, and become martial artists... you should be killing enemies for the sake of the people!"

"Otherwise, I will cripple your Qi and blood!"

Seeing this, Yan Ping's expression turned solemn, and he cupped his hands.

"It is our duty!"

Then... he led his men down into the pit!

Yan Shu said with a complicated expression.

"Lord..."

Shen Yi patted Yan Shu on the shoulder and walked down into the pit as well!

There were corpses everywhere, and Zhou Xian was guarding nearby.

Torches shone against the walls, casting flickering shadows.

Shen Yi said calmly.

"They are united in appearance but divided in heart; using them is useless, but discarding them is a waste."

"If they do not understand my good intentions, they can be killed in the future!"

"If their hearts are not loyal, sooner or later they will cause the kind of trouble I do not wish to see."

"However, they won't amount to much... and Shuhe Ancient Town has you."

"There will always be smart people!"

Human hearts are hard to control... Shen Yi was naturally very clear about this.

That is why he wanted to eliminate all unsettling factors!

Pingshu Town had no unsettling factors; the Mining Team Leader was very obedient, and Xu Erniang was the same.

But Shuhe Ancient Town was different.

A Loose Cultivator, a group of martial artists, two nominal leaders, and thousands of commoners in Shuhe Ancient Town.

Isn't this just trouble?

He could not tolerate trouble, so he had to do this.

But it seemed... this Yan Ping was very obedient.

And very smart, very sensible!

As for whether he was cold-blooded or not?

Taking precautions is necessary... there is nothing to be ashamed of.

Besides, if they cannot be used by him, aren't they just useless?

What is the point of keeping them?

This place isn't an orphanage or a nursing home.

The corpses began to thin out... and a damp, watery mist arose leisurely.

Piercing shrieks came from ahead... some Black-skinned Stone Bats that had been missed flew past, only to be ruthlessly shot down by Zhou Xian!

The Rakshasa Guards guarding Shen Yi filled in the gaps.

They advanced in an orderly fashion!

The Evil Qi on their bodies grew increasingly dense... which made Shen Yi quite satisfied.

As they moved forward, they encountered significant resistance at the very front!

On the shallow riverbank... bloated corpses were soaking in the water.

Clearly, it was some kind of special ritual.

Upon seeing the intruders, these corpses staggered up from the water.

They bared their fangs and brandished their claws, grabbing at the Rakshasa Guards!

"First-grade?"

Shen Yi fixed his eyes on the brightly lit front line... and saw Wang Meng's Physical Body erupt with extreme speed.

He burst forth... like a fleeting shadow.

The purple-gold hammer smashed across the air... its speed so fast that the First-grade evil entity couldn't even defend against it.

Before the evil entity could react, Wang Meng had already smashed its brain.

A wisp of black Qi flowed down the underground river... and vanished without a trace!

Meanwhile, Wang Meng was hooting and hollering.

"Satisfying! Truly satisfying!"

Ripples stirred on the calm river surface... and sharp voices rose as the Water Monkeys swam upstream.

The water level here was about half a meter high. As the Rakshasa Guards stepped into it, they quickly felt waves of pulling force!

The Black Killing Sabers slashed horizontally... and rolling black blood spread out.

Shen Yi gave an order.

"Thirty men... guard the shallows; do not let a single Water Monkey escape!"

Shen Yi was full of excitement... these Water Monkeys were all ranked, but not yet First-grade.

They were simply perfect material for grinding!

Stuck here, grinding monsters!

Accumulating Evil Qi!

The thirty men obeyed... and Shen Yi led his Dao soldiers to continue walking downward!

Soon, they arrived at a much more turbulent underground river.

The water vein here was so abundant... that the stench in the air had been largely dispersed!

Shen Yi fixed his eyes on it, and his eyes lit up.

He saw that the stones around the water vein were emitting mottled, fluorescent light.

This was the Shuhe Stone that could suppress the loss of the water vein.

Shen Yi looked at Yan Shu, who scratched his head.

"The Yan Clan pulled out, so we had originally thought about mining it privately as a way to make a living."

"Who would have thought..."

Shen Yi nodded; everyone has selfish motives.

They continued forward, and the evil entities ahead became more and more numerous...

Beyond the turbulent river was another massive underground cavern.

But the stench that hit them made one want to retch upon smelling it!

The Rakshasa Guards and martial artists in front stepped inside.

A chorus of exclamations arose.

Shen Yi also stepped inside, and upon seeing the scene in the underground cavern, his expression changed suddenly!

Eerie ghostly fires were spread throughout the entire underground cavern.

In various naturally formed small ditches and ponds, there was a black, asphalt-like liquid.

These liquids were constantly bubbling... who knew what eerie capabilities they had!

Then there were several coffins... these coffins were bound by blood-stained black threads, clearly a sign of great evil!

Yan Shu shouted sharply, pointing at someone...

"Lord Shen... it's him!"

Shen Yi looked over... and a line of prompts appeared in his eyes!

[Currently, you have discovered the underground river, Shuhe Stone, and the underground cavern!]

[You have also discovered a cult stronghold!]

[Great Black Heaven Mother Buddha Sect... a sinister evil sect, about to initiate a blood sacrifice!]

[Attempting to infect hundreds of miles of water veins, to summon the Mahakala Mother Buddha evil entity!]

[Slay the demons and eliminate the evil, and you can obtain massive Karma, receive rewards from the imperial court, and obtain... one tianyuan tongbao!]

[Return on Investment (399%)]

Shen Yi felt... he could do it again!

His passion was burning!