65: Chapter 65 Decisiveness and Ruthlessness: The Self-Cultivation of a Villain

Phoenix Unrivaled looked at Mo Fan, who was already breathing more out than in. Her brow furrowed slightly as she turned to Su Yun and asked.

"How do you plan to deal with these people?"

There was a hint of inquiry in her voice. After all, the Mysterious Maiden Sect was Leng Hanshuang's territory, and Su Yun was currently the person Leng Hanshuang valued most.

Although she was the noble Empress, she still had to give some Face in such matters.

Hearing this, Mo Fan's originally vacant eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had caught his last straw of hope.

Using all his strength, he squeezed a raspy voice from his throat, filled with terror and pleading.

"Don't... don't kill me! Please, don't kill me!"

He struggled, trying to lift his head to look at the women who decided his life and death, his voice carrying a sob.

"This is all a misunderstanding! I... I was just confused for a moment, blinded by greed! I'll never do it again!"

"My father is the Valley Master of Medicine King Valley, Mo Canghai! He is a super powerhouse at the Void Refining Stage! If you kill me, he will definitely not let you off! The entire Medicine King Valley will not let you off!"

"When that time comes, you will Face endless pursuit to the ends of the earth! For one of me... no, for a misunderstanding, it's not worth it to offend a Sect that possesses a Void Refining Stage powerhouse. It's really not worth it!"

He incoherently brought up his family background, attempting to use the prestige of Medicine King Valley and his father's strength to intimidate Su Yun and the others, hoping to make them hesitate.

Hearing the words "Void Refining Stage," Leng Hanshuang and Phoenix Unrivaled could not help but have their expressions freeze slightly.

The weight of a Void Refining Stage powerhouse was enough to crush the vast majority of Sects in the Southern Region.

If a relentless revenge truly began, even if the Mysterious Maiden Sect and the Wu Zhou Empire joined forces, they would find it incredibly troublesome.

However, Su Yun let out a sneer, as if he had heard some huge joke.

He slowly walked up to Mo Fan and looked down at him from above; his gaze was like he was looking at a buffoon.

"Threatening me?"

Su Yun's voice was very light, yet it carried a chill that made one's heart turn cold.

"You don't seem to have figured out the situation yet. From the moment you decided to set foot on the Mysterious Maiden Sect, your life was no longer your own."

"As for your father..."

The corners of Su Yun's mouth curled into a cruel arc.

"Don't worry, you won't be lonely. Soon, I will send him down to accompany you, so your father and son can be reunited."

Before his voice had even faded, Su Yun's right foot suddenly lifted and then fell heavily!

"Crack!"

A crisp sound of bone fracturing rang out, enough to make one's teeth ache.

Mo Fan's head was like a watermelon being stepped on, red and white splashing all over the ground.

He never imagined until his death that Su Yun would actually dare to kill him!

Even after bringing up Medicine King Valley and his Void Refining Stage father, Su Yun still dared to kill him so cleanly and decisively!

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully slaying Mo Fan (a minor villain in the original work, one of the stepping stones on Lin Aotian's path to rise), intercepting his Luck, and obtaining 50,000 Luck points!]

[Ding! Detected that the host acts decisively, conforming to the conduct of a top-tier villain. Extra reward: Divine Ability · Soul Trapping Technique (Upgradable)!]

In his mind, the System prompt rang out clearly.

Yet Su Yun didn't feel even a hint of joy, as if he had just stepped on an eyesore of an ant.

He slowly lifted his foot and rubbed the filth off his sole on the clothes of a nearby corpse.

Then he looked up, his icy gaze sweeping across the thousands of remnants of the allied forces kneeling on the square, begging for mercy.

The moment those captives came into contact with his gaze, every one of them was scared out of their wits, kowtowing like pounding garlic.

"Lord, have mercy! We were all bewitched by Mo Fan!"

"We won't dare to do it again! Please, grant us a way to live!"

"I have an eighty-year-old mother above and a three-year-old child below..."

Cries and pleas for mercy echoed throughout the square.

Looking at Su Yun's expressionless Face, Lin Rou, Liu Yuqin, and the others felt a bit of pity.

Phoenix Unrivaled even spoke up directly to advise him.

"Su Yun, do not pursue a cornered foe. Killing these people is of no use; instead, it will completely infuriate Medicine King Valley and the other two Sects. Why not..."

"Kill."

Su Yun used only one word to interrupt her. His words carried an unquestionable coldness.

Phoenix Unrivaled was stunned.

Leng Hanshuang and Lin Rou were also stunned.

They truly hadn't expected Su Yun to be so resolute, so... cruel.

"Su Yun, you must think this through."

Phoenix Unrivaled took a deep breath and said with a solemn expression.

"Mo Fan's father, Mo Canghai, is a Void Refining Stage powerhouse, and Medicine King Valley has several Soul Transformation Elders; their foundation is deep. If you slaughter them all now, once the news reaches back, Mo Canghai will surely come out in full force. When that happens..."

"Soldiers will be blocked by generals, and water will be covered by earth," Su Yun's tone remained flat. "Since I dare to kill, I am not afraid of him coming."

What he thought in his heart was: Coming? Good!

He was just worrying about not having an excuse to annex the massive resources of Medicine King Valley.

If that old thing delivered himself to the door, it would save him a lot of trouble.

"As for these people..."

Su Yun's gaze fell upon the group of captives again, the corners of his mouth hooking into a cold arc.

"Do you think that if we release them, they will be grateful to us?"

"Don't be naive. For enemies, the best way to handle them is to make them disappear from this world, completely and utterly."

After saying that, he no longer looked at the shock and hesitation on the women's Faces. He directly gave the order to the Golden Armor Guards and Mysterious Maiden Sect Disciples who were looking at each other.

"Leave none alive."

Four simple words, yet they were like the sentence of the God of Death.

The Golden Armor Guards glanced at their Empress, Phoenix Unrivaled. Seeing that although she had a worried look, she ultimately nodded in silent consent, they no longer hesitated.

"Kill!"

With the order given, the massacre began.

Flashing blades and shadows of swords, flesh and blood flying everywhere.

The pleas for mercy that had been filled with wailing just a moment ago were instantly replaced by shrill screams.

Blood dyed every step in front of the Mysterious Maiden Sect's mountain gate red.

Looking at this scene that resembled purgatory, the Faces of the three women—Leng Hanshuang, Lin Rou, and Liu Yuqin—all turned somewhat pale.

Although they were also people of decisive slaughter, they had never seen a massacre so thorough and so without reservation.

Looking at Su Yun's profile, which appeared exceptionally cold under the reflection of the blood-red sunset, Phoenix Unrivaled felt a strange chill well up in her heart for the first time.

This man was far more terrifying than she had imagined.

Was his heart made of stone?

Su Yun naturally didn't know what the women were thinking; he was simply enjoying the pleasure of controlling everything and dominating life and death.

...

Deep within the distant Medicine King Valley, inside an ancestral hall where the life tablets of Core Disciples were enshrined.

"Crack!"

Placed at the very top, the Soul Jade Life Tablet representing Young Lord Mo Fan cracked without any warning.

Immediately after, the cracks spread rapidly like a spider web, and finally, with a "bang," it shattered completely, turning into a floor of powder.

The Elder guarding the ancestral hall saw this scene and was scared out of his wits, running out while crawling and stumbling.

A moment later.

A roar filled with endless rage and sorrow soared into the sky from the Forbidden Ground of Medicine King Valley, shaking the entire mountain range until it hummed.

"Fan'er!!!"

"Who is it! Who on earth killed my son!!"

"Pass my order! Assemble all Elders and Enshrined Experts in the valley! All Disciples above the Golden Core Stage!"

"I want to wash the Mysterious Maiden Sect in blood! I want all of them to be buried with my son!!"

...

At the same time.

At the border between the Eastern Region and the Southern Region, a dark territory shrouded in black mist all year round.

Deep underground, inside a Demonic Palace constructed from white bones and purple-black crystals.

Upon the throne, a pair of long, narrow, and enchanting eyes slowly opened.

Those eyes seemed to contain an endless abyss; with just one look, they could suck a person's soul inside.

She stuck out the tip of her crimson tongue and lightly licked her seductive red lips.

Listening to the intelligence coming from a black Jade Slip in her hand, she let out a burst of silver-bell-like charming laughter.

"Hehe... A good death, it's truly a wonderful death."

"When these hypocrites of the Righteous Path fight, that's when it's good to watch."

"Medicine King Valley, Mysterious Maiden Sect... fight, the more lively the fight, the better."

"Only when things get chaotic..."

"Only when the water is muddied can a fish like me swim even more joyfully."