375: Killing

“The cleanup is my business, you don't need to worry about it. As for him, if you can't bear to do it, I can do it myself. After all, killing him benefits me!”

Gao Yuan’s attitude remained resolute, his body exuding a dense Killing Intent, directly aimed at Zhuge Rizhao without any concealment.

In an instant, Zhuge Rizhao felt his body turn incredibly cold, a chill spreading throughout, even his thoughts slowing down.

Until, he gradually fell into absolute darkness.

With a thunderous ‘boom’, light tore through the darkness, and Zhuge Rizhao broke free from that state of death.

At the scene.

Two Law powers collided.

The Law of Slaughter, with an incredibly powerful stance, shattered the Law of Thunder and surged towards Chu Mo.

Boom!

The Law of Sword, the Law of Fire, and the Law of Battle—three Laws advanced together, barely holding their own against the Law of Slaughter erupting from Gao Yuan.

“You’re not weak, but… you’re too green! You haven't fully integrated the Origin power in your body into your Moves. You need to Cultivate more!”

As Gao Yuan’s voice rang out.

All the Laws released by Chu Mo were shattered.

A crimson light flickered in the main hall.

And then.

A mournful scream echoed through the main hall.

“You win…”

A strand of hair slipped from Chu Mo’s shoulder.

This indicated that if Gao Yuan had wanted to, if his sword had deviated just slightly, he could have taken his head.

However.

Gao Yuan did not do so.

“This sword teaches you one thing! Don't overly disperse your focus on the quantity of Laws. Sometimes, victory or defeat is decided in a single Move!”

With that said.

He pulled out the sword that was plunged into the Fifth Prince, sheathed it, and then he smiled at everyone, saying,

“When I draw my sword, it must draw blood.”

“However, this time, I did not kill by mistake! Because, this Fifth Brother of mine, he is the person I intended to kill today! The charge? Let me think. Ninth Brother fell, and he didn't come to help, he didn't care for his younger brother. Do you think I was right to kill him?”

At the scene, no one answered.

Seeing this, Gao Yuan found it very uninteresting.

He continued,

“Since that’s the case, let’s do something interesting! Today, half of the people present must die.”

“You decide who gets to live. Please don't make me use my brain cells, otherwise… fewer than half might survive!”

With that said.

He didn't bother with the expressions of those present.

He turned and walked out of the main hall.

Inside the hall, Chu Mo stood in place, holding in his palm the strand of hair severed by Gao Yuan’s Law of Slaughter.

Upon it, the pure and incomparable Killing Intent of the Law of Slaughter still lingered.

“Master!” Zhuge Rizhao softly called out beside him.

Chu Mo raised his hand.

“It’s nothing!”

“I’m tired today, let’s go back!”

Zhuge Rizhao said nothing, merely lowered his head, and silently followed behind Chu Mo… Hundred Flowers Pavilion, private room.

Chu Mo sat alone on the large bed, recalling everything that had happened at the banquet, and in his palm, he still held that strand of hair.

“Human Dao’s Preferred Choice…”

“You really are something, Human Dao…”

Earlier at the banquet, the moment Chu Mo saw Gao Yuan, he sensed the traces of the Human Dao on Gao Yuan’s body.

And Gao Yuan, in turn, also discovered the traces of the Human Dao on Chu Mo’s body.

Based on this situation.

Chu Mo then stepped forward to exchange secret signals.

Moreover, the signal he used was rather subtle, not as straightforward as a simple math problem.

The outcome had already explained everything.

Gao Yuan was also a Transmigrator.

And, not an ordinary Transmigrator.

Human Dao’s Preferred Choice.

What is the Human Dao’s Preferred Choice? An individual who is a key focus of the Human Dao, bearing the Dao marks of the Human Dao, can be considered a Human Dao’s Preferred Choice.

As for the former Chu Mo, even though he was a Transmigrator, a member of the Chat Group, and favored by two Emperors, he was not a key focus of the Human Dao.

“If I hadn’t become the Group Leader, my standing would probably still be beneath his. Gao Yuan? Very strong. At least, he alone could slaughter our entire group!”

Currently, in the Chat Group, only he was a key focus of the Human Dao; everyone else was just making up the numbers.

The Human Dao’s approach was a broad casting of the net.

“At the banquet earlier, I clearly felt Gao Yuan’s Killing Intent. That sword of his truly intended to kill me. However, it seems the Human Dao marks on his body played a role; Human Dao’s Preferred Choices cannot kill each other…”

“That’s right, it’s not easy to select these seed contestants; indiscriminate killing would only narrow down the advantage!”

Chu Mo knew that if not for the influence of the Human Dao marks, he might not have left the Imperial Palace safely today.

Gao Yuan’s Law of Slaughter was too terrifying.

It’s just… leaving the Imperial Palace today didn’t mean he was safe.

The strand of hair in his hand was the best proof.

Gao Yuan was conveying a message to him: I will definitely kill you!

“Law of Slaughter. He wants to delve deep into this Law. For this, he intends to kill those whom the Human Dao forbids killing, thereby elevating his Law of Slaughter to a higher level. It’s just that today, influenced by the Human Dao marks, he didn’t decapitate me with one sword, but instead killed the Fifth Prince behind me. As for Zhuge Rizhao… he was merely incidental.”

“Gao Yuan’s objective, from beginning to end, was me!”

“Law of Slaughter, what a terrifying Law of Slaughter!”

“If Gao Yuan doesn’t perish prematurely, he will absolutely reach new heights with the Law of Slaughter!”

The Human Dao forbids its key focus individuals from killing each other.

But ‘killing’ comes in many forms.

One can kill without personally acting.

Chu Mo even speculated that if Gao Yuan’s Law of Slaughter reached a certain level of power, he would even defy the Human Dao’s rule against mutual killing among its key focus individuals, and forcibly kill them to prove his Dao of Slaughter.

Thinking of this, Chu Mo couldn’t help but exclaim, “This Law of Slaughter is truly terrifying beyond measure. Other Laws require slow comprehension, but the Law of Slaughter, the more one kills, the deeper one’s comprehension. Killing all obstacles in one’s heart leads to rapid progress, but it’s easy to lose oneself…”

Thump thump thump—!!

Thump thump thump—!!

Just as Chu Mo was reviewing the day’s events, someone knocked on the door.

He gently waved his hand.

The door opened automatically.

Zhuge Rizhao walked in with vacant eyes, and then a bloodstain appeared on his neck, gradually spreading to the other side.

Chu Mo flashed forward, activating all his Laws, and poured them into the other’s body.

Law of Slaughter.

This was a technique left by the Law of Slaughter.

“Delayed Slaughter, Gao Yuan, to what extent have you Cultivated the Law of Slaughter?!”

…Imperial City, Taiji Palace.

Blood enveloped everything, a crimson hue, with a dense smell of blood permeating the air, and dismembered bodies everywhere on the ground.

Deep within the Taiji Palace, the Emperor of Great Yan lay weakly on the ground, surrounded by several figures shrouded in black mist.

A battle from within the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty had slowly drawn to a close.

A bloody figure, emerging from a mist of blood, walked into this dilapidated palace, now reduced to ruins.

“Imperial Father, I’m back!”

The Emperor of Great Yan, lying on the ground, heard this familiar voice and suddenly opened his eyes, his vision blurred by blood.

“Gao Yuan, it’s you! You bribed the people of the Ferocious God Hall to attack our Great Yan! Why, why is this happening? I am your biological father! Great Yan is also your home. If you had the ability, you would become the Emperor of Great Yan in the future. Why! Why did you do this?!”

The Emperor of Great Yan questioned, growled, and roared.

No matter how the Princes within the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty competed, as long as they didn’t call in external aid or harm the lives of other Princes, he allowed it.

But now!

Gao Yuan not only called in external aid but also slaughtered all the Princes, and the heads of those slaughtered Princes were placed by Gao Yuan right beside the Emperor of Great Yan.