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Yang Tian walked towards the Black Demon Mercenary Group. There was not a hint of emotion on his face. Just a relaxed look…
The Black Demon Mercenary Group saw an unfamiliar man leaving the seal. They were somehow confused upon his appearance.
Black Demon, the leader of the Mercenary Group, spoke, "Who are you? Are you related to that guardian clan? What is it hiding? And bring that beauty outside as well…"
Yang Tian merely shook his head, "You seem like the type who likes to talk more. Really though… You shouldn't be worried about these sort of things. After all…"
"… You all won't be alive to realise any more of your dreams."
He just threw a fist-sized fireball made of Phoenix Flames at the first person that caught his sight. It was one of the Vice-Leaders of this mercenary group. Someone named Black Tiger…Well, the name was pretty much insignificant for Yang Tian.
But still, this man was a True Profound Realm Cultivator. This person stared at the pitiful orange flames and raised his hand as if wanting to extinguish it just by touching it with his hand.
Seeing someone wanting to extinguish the Phoenix Flames with such a Profound Energy. Jasmine commented with a hint of a sneer on her face, "The ignorant is truly fearless."
Yang Tian was inclined to agree with her words.
And just as they expected, the orange flames quickly broke past the profound protection barrier around Black Tiger and started burning him.
The flames of the Primordial Phoenix were naturally not something these mercenaries could even think of suppressing. If their cultivation was a great realm or maybe 2 great realms above Yang Tian, they might be somewhat accomplished in that task. But right now? They could only give up their lives!
After the death of Black Tiger, the rest of the mercenaries immediately turned serious.
They understood that this person was strong.
The leader of the mercenary group immediately shouted with a startled look, "You are a member of the Burning Heaven Clan?! Brothers… Kill him! We must not allow him to escape!"
These mercenaries only knew of the Burning Heaven Clan which utilised flames within the Blue Wind Empire.
Yang Tian was somewhat excited when he saw them coming at him. He jumped high in the sky and spoke slowly.
"Empyrean Dance of the Phoenix Wing!"
A silhouette of the Phoenix appeared around Yang Tian's body; it was incredibly faint as if it was on the verge of disappearing.
It continued to fly in the sky for a few moments before suddenly flying down at the centre of the Black Demon Mercenary Group.
The region which was targeted was naturally the most concentrated region where the maximum number of Black Demon Mercenary Group members were located.
A loud explosion occurred as Yang Tian's body struck the ground.
Nearly 60 or so members of the Black Demon Mercenary Group died. And the rest, who survived had high injuries on their bodies.
It wasn't that Yang Tian couldn't kill them, but more of the fact that he had significantly restrained his power.
He gazed at the bodies of these mercenaries, who were on the ground, groaning due to pain.
Yang Tian walked up to them and broke the hands and legs of each member of the Black Demon Mercenary Group.
After that, he went inside the seal again and looked at Lan Xueruo, "Lan Xueruo, come with me…"
"… Alright." Lan Xueruo was visibly affected by Yang Tian's previous words, but she still went along with him.
What she saw next was incredibly shocking for her.
She saw the ground painted red with blood… With the blood of the mercenaries. The surviving members of the Black Demon Mercenary Group numbered 40 or so. But each one had an injury and burn marks on their body.
Yang Tian stared at Lan Xueruo and said to her, "Pull out your Monarch Sword."
Lan Xueruo was getting a bad feeling, but she still pulled out the Monarch Sword. Yang Tian stared at her with not a hint of pity in his eyes, "Now… Step forward and kill all these people."
"W-what?" She was incredibly startled upon hearing Yang Tian's words.
"You heard me. I said… Kill all these mercenaries by your hands!" Yang Tian's face showed an icy look as he said that.
"B-but they can no longer fight back… These people won't be a threat to us…"
"They won't be a threat to you. But what if they return after their injuries heal? Even if you cripple them, what if they bring an even stronger person with them the next time? It's time to let go of that naïve and beautiful kindness and accept the cruel and ugly truth of this world." Yang Tian said with a faint trace of killing intent.
Lan Xueruo found that she couldn't reply to Yang Tian. The words just wouldn't leave her mouth…
After a brief moment, Yang Tian said with a soft voice, "Also remember that these were the people who killed that person. Did the Phoenix Clan somehow anger them? No… They died merely because of the greed of these mercenaries. Being kind to them means that you are cruel to the members of the Phoenix Clan. Choose your own priorities…"
As Lan Xueruo remembered the death of that person, she felt the guilt and hateful feelings burst within her heart.
She did hate this mercenary group. Such guilt… She had never felt such guilt.
Moreover, she had seen the parents of that child cry… Cry because she was too gutless to do anything.
Tightening her hold over the Monarch Sword, Lan Xueruo stepped forwards. The Black Demon was about to say something, but his head was suddenly pierced by Lan Xueruo.
After his head was pierced by Lan Xueruo, she puked… This was the first time she was killing a human. This feeling… It was too destructive, but before she could lament on this, she heard a sharp voice, "Next one!"
Unconsciously, she felt her hold over the Monarch Sword getting weaker, but her feet still moved towards the nearest target to her.
Without saying anything, she once again shot towards this target and killed him instantly.
"Next!"
Just like that, Lan Xueruo killed all the surviving 40 members of the Black Demon Mercenary Group.
After killing the 19th Mercenary, Lan Xueruo didn't even need to hear Yang Tian's voice before she proceeded to kill the next one.