89: Massacre

Thus, without Poison Wolf City's awareness, the outer "sheep pens" one by one fell into a deadly silence.

It wasn't until dawn the next day that Poison Wolf City realized something was amiss.

By then, nearly half of the outer enclosures were destroyed! Countless enslaved Human Race, though freed from their shackles, were like startled birds, wandering aimlessly within the familiar "sheep pens," yet not a single one dared to step out of the thorny wooden fence that symbolized their cage.

Inside the City Lord's Mansion.

The sinister middle-aged man with gray-green wolf ears—Venerable King Poison Flame—was staring intently with his eyes, which glowed with the eerie light of poisonous fire, at the two Nightmare Grade Wolf Demons prostrated on the ground.

Rip—!

Sharp claws suddenly tore through the air! A giant claw shadow, condensed from dark green virulent demonic Qi, instantly pierced through the chest of one of the Wolf Demons without warning!

"Agh ah—!" The agonizing scream only managed to escape halfway before the Nightmare Grade Wolf Demon rapidly dissolved under the corrosive poison, turning into a pool of dark green pus emitting a pungent, acrid smell!

The choking stench made the survivor's Adam's apple violently bob, almost suffocating him.

Venerable King Poison Flame indifferently glanced at the filth flowing on the ground, then casually waved his hand.

Two Wolf Demon guards immediately flashed in from outside the hall, silently and swiftly cleaning up the remains.

"How many two-legged sheep were lost?" His voice was cold, without a hint of emotion.

The other Nightmare Grade Wolf Demon's fur instantly bristled, and he prostrated himself even lower, his voice trembling: "Your Majesty! The two-legged sheep... not a single one was harmed! The culprit... the culprit only slaughtered our guards!"

He cautiously stole a glance at the throne, and seeing that no renewed fury appeared on Poison Flame's face, his tense spine dared to relax slightly.

However!

Whoosh—!

A huge palm, carrying a fishy wind, slapped heavily on his cheek like a hammer! A terrifying force erupted instantly!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Intense, rapid cracking sounds like popping beans erupted wildly! This Nightmare Grade Wolf Demon's head was actually spun dozens of times at high speed on its neck!

Finally, with a "thud," it flew off his body, crashed heavily against a doorpost, and then rolled onto the ground!

The headless body, having lost its head, swayed violently a few times but did not die; it just didn't dare to immediately pick up its head.

"Useless!" Venerable King Poison Flame's eyes blazed with even greater fury; seeing this incompetent subordinate filled him with violent rage, and he kicked the trembling headless body to the ground, "Get out! Mobilize all Poison Wolf Guards! Even if you have to dig three feet deep, you must dig out that Human Race bug for me!"

"Yes! Yes! Your Majesty! Your subordinate will go now!" The Nightmare Grade Wolf Demon, who had miraculously escaped with half his life, spoke in a voice so shaky it was almost unrecognizable, scrambling and crawling towards the door, tremblingly picking up his head and pressing it onto his severed neck, then stumbling and scrambling out, nearly letting the not-yet-stable head roll off again.

Watching his subordinate flee in disarray, Venerable King Poison Flame's eyes gleamed with ferocity.

If it weren't for the "two-legged sheep" left in the "sheep pens" adamantly insisting it was a Human Race's doing, he would almost suspect that cunning group of cat demons to the west were secretly causing trouble.

However... those troublesome cats don't have males who can cultivate into human form!

At the edge of the enclosure.

Xiao Zhuo's figure calmly emerged once again from a massive "sheep pen."

Behind him were the shattered remains of over thirty Wolf Demons.

The sole Calamity-Grade leader no longer caught his eye.

Only the Physical Body of a King-rank Demon was worthy of becoming his spoils of war.

This was the largest enclosure he had swept, imprisoning over a hundred thousand numb Human Race.

After Xiao Zhuo's figure disappeared, a thin, scantily clad boy, trembling, tentatively moved to the edge of the exit.

His eyes were a mix of faint hope and bone-deep fear.

He extended his dirty little foot, carefully stepping outside the thorny wooden fence.

As one step landed, the anticipated scolding and whipping did not come.

An unbelievable light suddenly erupted in the boy's eyes!

Trembling, he took another step out!

When his entire small body stood completely on the ground outside the "sheep pen," a surge of post-disaster ecstasy instantly overwhelmed him!

However, Xiao Zhuo was no longer aware of this slight change.

His figure had already appeared like a ghost before a city infested with demons—Poison Wolf City!

The Wolf Demon soldiers guarding the city walls discovered him immediately.

"Awoo—!" A piercing wolf howl alarm instantly ripped through the silence on the city wall!

A mortal-grade Wolf Demon pointed below the city, howling a warning to its captain who was lazily napping nearby.

The captain impatiently poked his head out to look down, only to see an empty space.

"Roar!" The captain snarled angrily, then backhanded the mortal-grade Wolf Demon's hard head, making it stumble.

The captain sternly reprimanded the idiot for "falsely reporting military intelligence."

However, the mortal-grade Wolf Demon still pointed in terror behind the captain, making strange gurgling sounds in its throat, unable to speak a complete sentence, then its eyes rolled back, and it fell straight to the ground!

A hint of doubt flashed in the captain's eyes: he hadn't hit it that hard, had he?

The next second, a slender and cold hand gently pressed on the top of its head.

The surrounding Wolf Demon soldiers attempting to approach fell silently, one after another, as if harvested by an invisible scythe!

The Wolf Demon captain's Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering! He tried to turn around, but his body was frozen, not moving an inch!

Boom—!

An indescribable agony suddenly exploded deep within his mind! A massive torrent of images and information surged and churned like a violent flood!

In just one breath!

His consciousness, like a candle in the wind, completely extinguished and dispersed.

Xiao Zhuo withdrew his hand; all intelligence regarding Poison Wolf City was now clear to him.

The City Lord, Venerable King Poison Flame, is a King-rank Middle Stage, and his younger brother, King Green Rock Wolf, is a King-rank Early Stage.

Besides them, there are no other King-rank existences.

Xiao Zhuo shook his head slightly, a self-deprecating curve at the corner of his mouth.

He had been too cautious.

This was merely an ordinary Demon City on the border of Yuzhou Prefecture; what kind of formidable opponents could it possibly have?

His thoughts stirred slightly.

Buzz—!

The Thunder Tribulation Blade Domain suddenly descended!

A layer of dark golden lightning curtain, centered on Xiao Zhuo, rapidly spread out like a divine halo!

Wherever it passed, the air let out a groaning cry of unbearable weight! In just ten breaths, the entire Poison Wolf City, along with the myriad living beings within it, were all mercilessly enveloped by this destructive Domain!

"Who dares! To violate my Poison Wolf City!" A furious roar erupted from deep within the City Lord's Mansion!

Two figures, struggling to be enveloped by a pale green Domain (Venerable King Poison Flame's nascent Poison Flame Domain), were rapidly charging towards the city gate, enduring the terrifying golden Lightning Tribulation Saber Intent that was omnipresent within the Domain!

It was Venerable King Poison Flame and his younger brother, King Green Rock Wolf!

"Oh? One King-rank Middle Stage, one King-rank Early Stage?" Xiao Zhuo's figure slowly floated into the air, and in the depths of his slightly lowered eyes, platinum runes flickered like stars.

His voice was calm, yet carried the indifference of one looking down on ants.

"A Human Race expert who controls a Domain?!" Venerable King Poison Flame's pupils constricted, and a storm surged in his heart!

His barely formed Poison Flame Domain, under the vast, ocean-like pressure of the opponent's lightning, was like a candle in the wind, barely managing to avoid being instantly crushed, already exerting all its strength!

This person's strength definitely surpassed his!

But amidst his fear, an absurd certainty surged within him: the Human Race had been weak for too long; its strong ones only dared to ambush guards in the wilderness to vent their anger, and would never truly dare to move against a King-rank Demon like him, who held sway over a region! Killing him would be declaring war on the entire Yuzhou Prefecture Demon Race! The Human Race could not afford such a price!

However, just as this thought flashed through his mind, he saw the platinum light in the Human Race's eyes suddenly intensify!

A terrifying sense of crisis, one that froze his very Soul, pierced his bones like billions of icy needles!

"Not good!" Venerable King Poison Flame's Divine Soul was utterly terrified, and his Divine Thought instinctively and frantically contracted to protect its core!

Puff!

An invisible, intangible, yet utterly sharp Soul-destroying force, as if transcending space, pierced into the core of his Divine Soul with unparalleled precision!

Before his consciousness plunged into eternal darkness, the last sight he saw was his younger brother, King Green Rock Wolf, falling heavily, his life force extinguished, and the Human Race figure appearing before him like a teleportation, coldly taking his brother's corpse.

"He... how dare he?!" This was Venerable King Poison Flame's last silent roar, filled with extreme shock and incomprehension, before his consciousness completely dissipated.

"Heh, knowing the disparity, yet still daring to deliver yourselves to my doorstep?" Xiao Zhuo waved his hand, collecting Venerable King Poison Flame's still-warm corpse into his storage ring, his tone carrying a hint of playful surprise, "Indeed... two foolish dogs."

Although Poison Flame had comprehended the nascent form of a Domain, and with his brother's assistance, he might have been able to withstand a few moves against an ordinary Myriad Manifestations Realm expert.

But with his Domain encompassing the entire city, the power he displayed was already self-evident.

These two Wolf Kings actually harbored the ridiculous fantasy that the Human Race wouldn't dare to touch them?

Well, that saved him the trouble.

Xiao Zhuo's thoughts stirred.

Within the Domain, the dormant destructive power was instantly awakened!

Zzzzt—! Boom!

Countless dense golden Lightning Tribulation Saber Intent, as if imbued with life, transformed into billions of destructive blades, precisely piercing every demon within the Domain's embrace!

Whether they rushed onto the streets or cowered inside houses, all were instantly engulfed, sliced, and incinerated by the violent golden lightning, turning into charcoal!

In just over ten breaths!

The bustling Poison Wolf City fell into a deadly silence, leaving only some Human Race slaves huddled in corners, trembling with extreme terror.

Xiao Zhuo glanced at the Attribute Points notifications refreshing like a waterfall on his panel, a satisfied curve forming at the corner of his mouth.

Attribute Points: Three hundred seventy thousand!

After slaughtering a few more cities, his accumulation would be sufficient to attempt breaking through to the ninth layer of the Primordial Chaos Golden Scripture!

He lightly stepped, his figure already appearing above the City Lord's Mansion.

Without any extra movements, he casually threw a punch!

Rumble—!

A condensed, almost solid, golden fist Qi, like a meteor falling to the earth, accurately slammed into a seemingly ordinary house deep within the City Lord's Mansion!

Bricks, stones, and wood fragments exploded outwards! Smoke and dust rose into the sky!

Xiao Zhuo's thoughts stirred slightly, and a gust of wind swept through from nowhere, instantly dispersing the smoke and dust, revealing a sealed treasury guarded by a powerful barrier/boundary—precisely where Venerable King Poison Flame had hidden his lifelong accumulation!

Xiao Zhuo floated down, dispelling the barrier/boundary with a wave of his hand, and swept away all the resources within.

Immediately, a brilliant golden lightning bolt shot into the sky, tearing through the clouds, and sped towards the Demon Cities deeper within the heartland of Yuzhou Prefecture!