87: The Strategy of the Seven Stars Gate

A sword light flashed.

Pfft!

Several heads were sent flying high into the air one after another.

Crimson blood stained the ground, and a strong, pungent smell of blood permeated the air.

The blue-clad Seven Stars Sect disciples, sheathing their ancient swords, looked indifferently at the corpses on the ground.

"There shouldn't be any strong individuals in this area, let's split up; that way, we'll be more efficient."

The leading Seven Stars Sect disciple said.

"Yes!"

The other Seven Stars Sect disciples nodded.

They all had jade slips for requesting help.

Even if they encountered someone stronger than themselves, they could use the jade slip to call for help from others.

The strategy the Seven Stars Sect was employing here differed from other factions.

Their strategy… was slaughter!

No matter who it was, or which faction they belonged to, as long as they were encountered, they were to be killed without exception!

The more people they killed, the fewer rivals there would be for opportunities and good fortune.

At that time, all these opportunities and good fortune would naturally belong to them.

For this reason.

After entering the Seven Stars Holy Land, while others began searching for opportunities and good fortune, they first sought out their own sect members.

They formed groups.

And before entering the Seven Stars Holy Land, the Seven Stars Sect Master had already prepared a special token for each of them.

When they were not far from each other, they could use the token to sense each other's positions.

This allowed them to form groups as quickly as possible.

This current group of Seven Stars Sect disciples had already initially formed a small team.

They would begin to clear out other people in this nearby area.

Meanwhile, in various other places.

Many Seven Stars Sect disciples had already formed groups.

They were like teams, one after another.

Each team would be responsible for clearing and killing in a specific area.

Even if they couldn't kill everyone, they wanted to significantly reduce the numbers here.

By the end, when mostly Seven Stars Sect members remained, they would naturally be the biggest winners… As the sky brightened.

Xiao Shi arrived at the base of a massive tree in the jungle.

He moved.

And leaped onto the treetop.

He concealed himself within the dense foliage.

He planned to wait here until nightfall before taking action.

He had considered hiding by the stone monument during the day, as the monument's location would undoubtedly be safer.

However, Xiao Shi thought that other core direct disciples of the Flying Origin Palace might come to the stone monument.

At that point, his situation would only be more dangerous.

"Just wait!"

Xiao Shi was not in a hurry.

Currently, only core disciples of the Flying Origin Palace could find the stone monuments, and it would definitely take them a lot of time to reach the locations of the various stone monuments.

He didn't need to worry about them getting the exclusive items faster than him.

The only thing he needed to consider… was that after he killed, an exclusive item might not drop every time; a common item might also drop.

This would require him to make more kills.

However, during that one night… he didn't eliminate many people.

It seemed there weren't many people in this area.

Xiao Shi mused that he might need to change locations.

He needed to go to a place with more people.

Just two or three people, the harvest wasn't significant.

He waited like this from day until dusk.

As the sky gradually darkened.

After Xiao Shi felt his entire body becoming increasingly active, he moved.

He leaped down from the tree.

He began to follow his action plan, leaving this jungle to search for more prey elsewhere.

In the darkness of night.

All aspects of his condition reached their peak.

Like a phantom, he moved silently through the night.

After advancing for a distance.

Xiao Shi suddenly smelled a strong scent of blood.

This put him on alert.

He slowed his pace, hid himself in the darkness, and approached little by little.

Soon he saw… numerous corpses ahead.

These corpses had died tragically, some dismembered, some beheaded, others with their bodies pierced through.

Large pools of blood stained the ground here.

The strong, pungent smell could be detected from afar.

From the scene, these corpses did not appear to have died from mutual combat; rather, it looked more like a massacre.

Xiao Shi's eyes narrowed slightly.

He detected something amiss.

Although small-scale skirmishes were common in the Seven Stars Holy Land, they usually occurred in places where opportunities and good fortune existed.

But this current location… had no opportunities or good fortune whatsoever.

This was a bit strange.

Xiao Shi became vigilant, not lingering here for too long, and continued forward.

He saw more and more corpses along the way.

This made him realize even more that something was wrong.

He became even more cautious.

Until he had advanced another distance.

He suddenly heard sounds of fighting.

He immediately and carefully approached the source of the sound.

With his night vision, even at a distance, he could clearly see the scene in the distance.

He saw a group of people dressed in blue, carrying long swords on their backs, gathered together, completely surrounding three Qi Martial Realm martial artists.

These three Qi Martial Realm martial artists all came from different factions.

Their expressions were grim.

Two of them were already severely wounded.

The other one was also on the verge of collapsing under the siege.

Pfft!

A sword light flashed.

The heads of the two severely wounded Qi Martial Realm martial artists flew up simultaneously; they were directly killed.

"Seven Stars Sect!!"

The moment Xiao Shi saw these Seven Stars Sect disciples.

He completely understood.

It was obvious.

These Seven Stars Sect disciples were deliberately forming groups to slaughter!

Whoever they encountered, no matter who it was, they would mercilessly kill them without exception.

And their intention in doing so… was not difficult to guess.

They clearly wanted to maximize the clearing out of people in the Seven Stars Holy Land through killing; as long as all the people in the Seven Stars Holy Land were killed, the opportunities and good fortune here would naturally all belong to them.

Presumably, this was the strategy the Seven Stars Sect was implementing this time.

Xiao Shi couldn't help but frown.

The Seven Stars Sect's approach would undoubtedly seriously affect his plan.

If everyone was killed by them.

Where would he go to get exclusive items?

"This is clearly trying to steal my business!"

Xiao Shi felt a sense of unease.

They were numerous.

And among them were not a few powerful individuals.

Under this kind of group slaughter, he definitely wouldn't be able to compete with them.

Soon, everyone nearby would be killed by them.

"In that case…"

A cold glint appeared in Xiao Shi's eyes.

He focused his gaze on these Seven Stars Sect members.

If he couldn't solve the problem.

Then he would solve the people creating the problem!

"If you won't let me kill others, then I'll just kill you!"

Xiao Shi mused that with so many Seven Stars Sect disciples here, if he could kill them all, the harvest would surely be bountiful!

Of course, given the current situation, he definitely couldn't act.

These Seven Stars Sect disciples were numerous, estimated to be at least thirty to forty people.

Although Xiao Shi did not sense the aura of Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection on these people.

Most of them were stronger than him.