72: Chapter 72 The Sinners in Action

Sustaining war through war.

While Lin Xiao was frantically slaughtering the hostile lords of the four major races, he was also using the spoils of war, as well as the investments from the Jinshi Chamber of Commerce and the Lord Association, to frantically increase his territory's strength.

After battle after battle, his territory's strength showed no signs of weakening at all; instead, it grew stronger and stronger.

Soon, a day passed.

The hostile lords who died at Lin Xiao's hands had already reached as many as seventy-three, all of whom were veteran Third-Tier Lords of the four major races.

Most of these people were targeted after Jin Ruxuan and Qin Yiyi provided their territory coordinates, allowing Lin Xiao to hunt them down, while a small portion had invaded Lin Xiao's territory and were counter-killed, leading to him taking revenge by counter-invading them.

Had it not been for the significant amount of time spent clearing out invaders, Lin Xiao's battle achievements would have been even more astonishing.

He had gone completely on a killing frenzy.

Lin Xiao's killing spree also threw Jin Ruxuan and Qin Yiyi into a state of extreme excitement, especially the latter, who directly became the Incarnation of Lin Xiao's fanatical fangirl.

In her eyes, the current Lin Xiao was already a god of death looming over the four hostile races.

As his scythe fell, it took the lives of one hostile Third-Tier Lord after another.

Although those Lin Xiao killed were basically veteran lords, it did not stop Qin Yiyi from viewing him as the absolute hegemon of the First Source Sea.

He was an existence in a class of his own.

It was normal for her to think this way; after all, even the most top-tier of top-tier lords could not slaughter veteran lords like cutting grass the way Lin Xiao did.

Jin Ruxuan was not as fanatical as Qin Yiyi, but he also admired Lin Xiao to the point of absolute prostration.

Although he was a Prodigy of a major power and had seen much of the world, it was his first time seeing an existence like Lin Xiao.

President Gu Yizhou, however, was very calm.

With his status, he was able to come into contact with the Blue Star lords. Those few remaining Blue Star lords, whether they were War Lords or logistics lords, were each incredibly Heaven-Defying in their respective fields of expertise, far exceeding the imagination of other lords.

Even among Second-Generation Lords, the probability of such an out-of-bounds existence appearing was extremely low, yet they had truly existed, and more than one.

Not only the Human Race, but the Purgatory Race, Sin Race, Bull Demon Race, and Shadow Race had also seen such figures appear.

Stretching the timeline and looking across the many races of the Chaos Source Sea, one would find that out-of-bounds existences like Lin Xiao were not too rare.

They shone brilliantly for a time; some fought their way into the Third Source Sea to become top-tier experts of an area, while others were besieged and killed by hostile lords, falling in sorrow...

"No matter what, the appearance of an existence like Lin Xiao in this era is undoubtedly a blessing for our Human Race," President Gu Yizhou muttered softly.

He knew all too well what Lin Xiao's appearance meant to the Human Race.

If not for Lin Xiao, in order to prevent a generational gap for the Human Race in the First Source Sea, they would have had to invest countless resources and sacrifice the lives of many lords just to barely salvage the situation.

Now, they did not need to pay such a heavy price.

They only needed to support Lin Xiao with all their might.

...

In the rear world of the Sin Race, the Heretic Hunting Bureau.

Drake and Matsumoto Toshio's expressions were extremely ugly.

Over this day, they had mobilized a large number of veteran lords and used many precious items to increase the probability of them invading Lin Xiao's territory.

Their strategy was very successful.

At least seven veteran lords had invaded Lin Xiao's territory.

Why could they be sure? Because all seven of these veteran lords were dead...

Apart from Lin Xiao, what other lord in the Human Race could kill them now?

What made the two feel extremely terrible was that these seven veteran lords had proven one thing with their deaths: Lin Xiao did not rely on some burst of power but truly possessed the terrifying strength to easily kill veteran lords.

After all, how could a method that could be used consecutively more than seven times be called a temporary burst of power?

"This is all your doing."

Drake was furious. No longer able to control the rage in his chest, he slapped Matsumoto Toshio, sending him spinning and flying back as blood splattered everywhere.

"If not for your clever and deceptive words, how could I have been so negligent as to let Lin Xiao grow?"

"Matsumoto Toshio, your crimes are heinous."

"I have reason to suspect that you are a spy planted by the Human Race within our Co-Prosperity Race."

A powerful aura emanated from Drake, cold killing intent flickering in his eyes.

"No... that's not..." Matsumoto Toshio was pinned firmly to the ground by Drake's aura, unable to move. He desperately wanted to refute and defend himself.

However, Drake gave him no chance at all.

With a downward strike of his palm, he was about to slap Matsumoto Toshio to death.

Right at this moment, an aura far stronger than Drake's suddenly surged forth, shaking Drake back.

"What, trying to silence him by killing him now?"

A cold voice sounded from the doorway.

"D-Director." Seeing the newcomer, Drake's expression changed dramatically. "I... I did not."

The newcomer was precisely his direct superior, the Director of the Heretic Hunting Bureau.

The Director didn't bother to listen to his explanation. "Do you know that apart from the manpower you sent out, our four major races have already lost over sixty veteran lords in this single day?"

Hearing this, not only Drake, but also Matsumoto Toshio, who had barely kept his life, had a sudden change in expression. "Could it be that Lin Xiao was the one who did it as well?"

The minds of both men went completely blank.

For Lin Xiao to resolve all invasions in a single day, and even take revenge by counter-invading and killing the invading lords, was already shocking enough.

To think that this was only the tip of the iceberg.

Counting those they had arranged, a total of over seventy veteran lords had actually died at Lin Xiao's hands.

What kind of concept was this?

Had they really nurtured a ultimate boss?

"Although there is no absolute proof that all those veteran lords died at Lin Xiao's hands, all signs point to the fact that Lin Xiao is already an out-of-bounds level lord."

"His strength has already exceeded the scope of a Third-Tier Lord."

The Director of the Heretic Hunting Bureau said in a deep voice.

He stared coldly at Drake and Matsumoto Toshio. "You two are beyond forgiveness. If you want to reduce your culpability, tell Dicas everything you know in its entirety, without any concealment."

Only now did Drake and Matsumoto Toshio notice that arriving along with the Director of the Heretic Hunting Bureau was also a feminine-looking man.

Dicas—the two were no strangers to this name.

He was the number one on the Co-Prosperity Race's prodigy ranking several years ago, currently a Third-Tier top-tier lord, and also the leader of the Co-Prosperity Race in the First Source Sea.

Compared to his strength, what made Dicas even more impressive was his resourcefulness.

A large part of the credit for the Purgatory Race and Sin Race's current massive advantage in the First Source Sea had to be attributed to him.

He spent several years laying out plans layer by layer, decisively activating two deeply buried chess pieces at the most critical moment, destroying the Jinshi Chamber of Commerce and the Tianwu Alliance in one fell swoop, laying down a highly advantageous situation for the Purgatory Race and Sin Race.

As far as Drake and Matsumoto Toshio knew, Dicas was currently leading many experts of the Co-Prosperity Race to besiege the Human Race's top-tier lord, Ji Chen.

It seemed they had already reached the critical moment of the encirclement and killing.

Unexpectedly, he had actually come here now.

"Ji Chen's life or death is no longer of any importance," Dicas said calmly, as if seeing through their confusion.

"Lin Xiao is an out-of-bounds existence. If we do not resolve him, killing any number of Ji Chens will be of no avail."