Chi Ji was completely numb...
Things were already like this and he still wasn't satisfied?
She really didn't know what to say. How could someone be so greedy?
But then again.
He was Bai Mang.
So it actually seemed quite reasonable.
Xu Xian sat on the edge of the bowl shaped skull drinking his wine in silence. The cool breeze on his face carried the faint fragrance of blood.
The night was dark and the white bones emitted a faint immortal essence.
Inside the skull were hundreds of people bound by cold chains. They lay in the center of the bone like lost ghosts who had lost their souls.
There were quite a few people but fortunately the skull was large enough.
It wasn't crowded.
Xu Xian was waiting. He was waiting for dawn to continue his hunt.
He was also worried. He was worried because the results were far below his expectations.
Even though there were nearly a thousand people in this bowl most of them were not on the list he had compiled earlier.
Many of them just looked wealthy or originally had higher cultivation realms. Xu Xian had simply rounded them all up with the mindset that it was better to catch the wrong person than to miss out on one.
Although a low realm didn't mean a weak background and a high realm didn't mean a great background Xu Xian figured there was generally a connection between the two.
After all...
Everyone's age was right there. They were all people under a hundred years old. Those who originally had high realms couldn't be that bad.
Of course.
This was also thanks to Shuer's Pupil of Insight. It could not only see through details but also ignore the restrictions of this world to peek at their original realms.
But now his reputation was notorious. Those outside feared him like a tiger and would flee at the slightest sign of movement.
Shuer had the Pupil of Insight and could indeed use a God's-eye view but if others were determined to hide it was naturally difficult to catch them.
Especially those specific targets he had marked before entering. They had many tricks and were not weak making them even harder to capture.
However time was limited.
There were only three days left. Only three days.
Xu Xian felt that tonight's wine tasted a bit bitter. "What should I do? Two-thirds of the people on the list haven't been caught yet. Can I finish the job?"
Little Shuer lay on his forehead. After several days it was also exhausted and spat out two words.
"Doubtful!"
"I wonder if this many people can gather all those materials?" Xu Xian added.
Shuer responded with the same two words.
"Doubtful!"
Xu Xian pursed his lips and didn't argue. Shuer was just telling the truth.
Based on the progress of the past few days the possibility of achieving his set goal was clearly not high.
He had originally planned to use this one operation to gather most of the wealth in Fanzhou to collect the materials for the fourth floor of the Sword Tower. Now it seemed there would be a gap...
However things had come to this point so there was no use in talking. He could only act in the moment and make other plans.
Because of his nature he couldn't help but start thinking during this idle time.
Should he increase the ransom?
That didn't seem realistic.
If you asked for it others would give it on one condition: they had to actually have it.
Should he try to pick the pockets of the Twilight Emperor?
That idea was plausible.
Currently his merit points were the highest. If nothing went wrong the emperor's inheritance would belong to him.
But Xu Xian wasn't sure if he could even meet the Twilight Emperor.
Similarly he knew nothing of the emperor's true intentions. It was somewhat inappropriate to be thinking about picking his pockets already.
The night was short and passed in the blink of an eye.
When the blood suns reappeared in the sky and blood light once again covered the Twilight Burial Realm Xu Xian put away his wine jug jumped off the skull and stretched his muscles.
Just as he was preparing to get to work.
A commotion came from the sky between the two suns.
Just like the first time ripples descended. Then the blood color gathered into a book and stroke by stroke blood characters condensed line by line.
They hung densely in the sky.
[Countdown: 3 Days]
[Top 100 Merit Point Rankings]
[First Place: Merit Points 37,500]
[Second Place: Merit Points 3,900]
[Third Place: Merit Points 3,000...]
In the Twilight Burial Realm people looked up at the sky in unison gazing at that massive light curtain. Even the disciples of the Wendao Sword Sect squeezed at the cave entrance craning their necks to stare.
The Top 100 Merit Point Rankings?
As the name suggested it was the top one hundred people on the current merit point list.
First place had a staggering lead.
Even without a name.
People could tell at a glance who the first place was.
Bai Mang.
It could only be Bai Mang.
They couldn't think of a second person besides him.
As for the second person and beyond they couldn't guess.
In seven days being able to kill several thousand people meant no one on the list was mediocre. It was just a pity that compared to the first place.
They paled in comparison.
Nearly forty thousand points. An average of over five thousand kills a day. This number was exaggerated.
At least in this burial ground where cultivation was sealed it was like that.
And.
They all knew very well that this wasn't Bai Mang's true strength. Those people he caught all had merit points on their heads and quite a lot too.
If he slaughtered them all.
That number would increase even further.
As the light curtain hung there a tide of discussion broke out in the burial ground.
"How has Bai Mang only killed that many people? I thought he had killed at least a hundred thousand!"
"Nonsense! Don't you see what he's doing? Is he killing people? He's kidnapping them. Killing is just something he does on the side."
"True..."
"What's the point of this merit point list? Is it necessary to show it? Bai Mang is first. Who can surpass him?"
"You can't even surpass second place."
"That's the truth."
"It would be great if someone could kill Bai Mang."
"Yeah...."
Behind the text the grey-robed phantom appeared before the people again. Under everyone's gaze it announced a new rule.
"Mortal beings."
"Ten days of slaughter and only three remain. Starting today the coordinates of the top one hundred are open. This is your last chance."
"Kill them and you can enter the top one hundred."
"Plunder to your heart's content."
"Plunder his points. Plunder his life..."
The grey-robed phantom acted crazed as always laughing wildly before disappearing.
Before the living beings could even snap out of it within a second after it vanished a hundred light pillars erupted in the Twilight Burial Realm like volcanoes.
They shot straight into the sky.
The light pillars were surrounded by baleful qi and the blood light was overwhelming matching the sun. Their radiance even obscured the glow of the rankings.
One in particular was as thick as a heavenly pillar with blood color as dark as ink and surging baleful qi...
There was no need for words. Everyone understood.
The thickness of the light pillar represented the amount of merit points.
This pillar that looked like a heavenly pillar must be where Bai Mang was located.
Where the light pillar was.
There the person was.
At the same time Xu Xian looked at the baleful qi that had emerged from his body without cause. It condensed into a soaring light pillar. He was stunned for a moment.
"What the hell?"
Then he frowned.
"This is exposing me to the whole world."
Killing him meant becoming first.
Using him as bait to fish for a million living beings?
But....
Xu Xian slowly raised his eyes. His gaze extended toward the other hundred light pillars and the corners of his mouth tilted up slightly.
He smiled again.
His smile was wicked and sinister. Even Chi Ji felt a chill sweep through her mind for some reason.
Chi Ji knew that when these light pillars rose and that list appeared it meant someone was going to be unlucky again.
And that person.
Would definitely not be Bai Mang.
Xu Xian said softly: "This rule is exactly what I wanted!"
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