536: Sixty years

As soon as Chen De exchanged blows with him, he discovered that this fellow was comparable to a peak third-stage Diamond Rank.

In truth, fighting above one's level wasn't that big of a deal; although Diamond Rank was high, such feats weren't unheard of.

What truly surprised Chen De was that the power boosting the opponent's combat strength was a different kind of energy.

Or rather, it was a different cultivation system.

Was it that this world had other systems, or... After some thought, he realized there were only two possibilities.

One was that this might be another system native to this world, and the other was that he had created it himself.

The former was reasonable; as for the latter, what kind of trash was a Diamond to think they could create their own system?

The only explanation was that the opponent was someone who had descended just like him.

“Interesting...” A look of interest appeared in Chen De's eyes. If that were the case, the Holy Mother Sect's little games might actually be effective.

Although it wasn't his own body, with Ancestor Wuguang's abilities, he could naturally achieve one hundred percent sensory feedback.

All the pain, stimulation, smells, tastes... they were all as real as could be.

Just like the body he was currently inhabiting, it could be the same.

However, Chen De's true body was extraordinary, and his cultivation was indeed a bit painful.

So he had acted to turn off all the sensory feedback of this body.

With no sensation at all, it was just like using a keyboard to play a game.

In reality, direct control was much more convenient than a keyboard.

But after thinking about it, he gave up on that plan; the priority was to increase his strength.

As for the person in front of him, he would know if they had descended with him once they were dead.

But as he was about to strike, Chen De stopped again.

If this guy had come with him, how did his strength increase so rapidly?

Could it be that this so-called descent was truly and completely random?

Not only was the identity after descending random, but even the cultivation level was randomized?

After some thought, Chen De decided to use some 'kind' methods to ask these questions.

After some tinkering, he finally learned everything he wanted to know.

At first, the guy was indeed very uncooperative, but after playing some little games that everyone in the Holy Mother Sect loved to play, he immediately stopped being naughty.

It could be said that he told everything he knew without reservation.

From his mouth, Chen De learned that this fellow had descended sixty years ago.

Upon hearing this news, a little thought revealed what kind of methods Ancestor Wuguang was using.

He first waited for everyone to enter, then randomly sent different people down.

The general process should be: after sending down one group of people, speed up the time flow of the Small World, and then slow down the time flow of the other group of people themselves.

After a long time had passed, he would then put the other group in.

Of course, the above was just a simplified version; there were definitely some other procedures in between.

It wasn't necessarily just split into two parts; it could have been several parts.

As for why Chen De said the parts were chosen randomly rather than by the order of entry.

This was because the people from Wuguang Hall entered first, and people from other forces entered afterward.

Of course, according to Chen De's understanding, it also made perfect sense for those who entered later to be sent down earlier.

After simply disposing of the person before him, a ball of light flew out and vanished into the nearby space.

Chen De knew that this guy wasn't dead, but it looked like he had been eliminated.

If that was the case, then this selection was relatively safe, with no need to worry about life-threatening danger.

This was only the first Descender he had encountered; in this Imperial Capital, there were likely many more.

After absorbing this one, his cultivation took a small step forward, successfully reaching the second stage of Diamond Rank.

The Sheng Chu System showed no progress at all; this bit of energy was truly not even enough to fill the gaps between its teeth.

Consequently, in the time that followed, Chen De officially began his operation to find Diamond-ranked 'philanthropists'.

During this time, he also encountered several other Descenders.

Some had already discovered each other's identities and formed alliances.

Chen De liked these the most; catching one was equivalent to catching several.

After playing some little games, those names would pop out like bubbles.

Perhaps Chen De's frequency was too high, or perhaps it wasn't high enough.

In just a few days, the upper echelons of the Imperial Capital noticed something was wrong.

Those were all big figures and great families of the Diamond Rank; how could they suddenly vanish without a trace?

Each of these existences possessed immense power; usually, anything involving them would cause a massive uproar.

Disappearing all at once now was simply as obvious as could be.

Thus, the Regent King immediately ordered the forces of the Imperial Capital to be mobilized for a full investigation.

As for himself, he moved his residence and office overnight to the vicinity of where the Emperor was in secluded cultivation.

Subsequently, when those subordinates investigated, they were shocked by what they found.

Within the territories of these forces, they discovered many mummified corpses.

According to strict identification, these mummies were all those Diamond and platinum experts.

Not only that, but in order to investigate clues, the current situation of those platinum-level forces Chen De had visited previously was also discovered.

This caused everyone who knew about it to be suddenly jolted into realization.

It turned out that it wasn't just those Diamond Rank existences who had met with trouble; the incidents involving the platinum rank were even more numerous.

It was just that their influence wasn't as great as the Diamonds, and since it had only been a few days, it hadn't been noticed yet.

But in reality, with so many platinums meeting with trouble, it would have been noticed and discovered eventually anyway.

So many experts had been killed, and their deaths were miserable; almost none of them had intact corpses.

Particularly several among them whose skin had been flayed, and not all at once.

Rather, it had been peeled off sheet by sheet, layer by layer, each layer being incredibly thin.

They were left beside the mummies, neatly stacked layer upon layer.

And that was among the lighter cases; there were many whose bones had been taken out one by one and reassembled into a skeleton beside the mummy.

Not only that, there were also... the tragic states of these experts simply made one's heart turn cold; just who was the perpetrator?

Many platinums and Diamonds who had channels to find out the inside story were suddenly in a state of constant fear.

They all gathered together for mutual protection, fearing that they would become the next target.

The Regent King considered that the opponent might be collecting this blood for some purpose.

Thus, he intended to issue a bounty for them, but considering the turbulent situation, he pondered for a while.

In the end, the Regent King made a decision and issued the bounty.

“Imperial Capital... Demonic Cultivator... Blood-sucking... Cruel... Extermination...”

After Chen De finished reading the wanted poster in front of him, he glanced at the panicked commoners around him.

He also let out a helpless sigh; he had been to all the places mentioned on the bounty.

He just didn't know where this Demonic Cultivator came from who had actually wiped them all out.

Dammit, just who is this Demonic Cultivator?

Isn't this intentionally smearing his, Chen De's, reputation?