Chapter 630 - - 510 Cruelty and Persuasion_2

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The last Alien Battlefield in Marta Country was also the first to be targeted by him.

Therefore, having received negative keywords, one must not be too reckless at the start.

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After much thought, Duge decided to leave the small mountain village. The landlord’s family only went to town to buy goods occasionally, and since they relied purely on farming and did not engage in any trade, let alone a collection of books, it was basically impossible to learn about the composition of this world from them.

Even if one had to lie low, it was necessary to understand the world’s background. Was he really going to farm in this small mountain village for several years, just like Tie Tou’s forebears?

Before leaving, though, he needed to erase any trace of his existence reasonably.

The disappearance of a child might not necessarily cause much of an uproar, but it was better to be safe than sorry.

Duge eyed the two buffaloes grazing leisurely on the hillside and suddenly stood up, lashing their backs with a whip several times.

The strength of a nine-year-old child was very limited, and even though Duge’s several million points of spiritual power were transforming his body subtly, the speed of transformation by spiritual power was too slow for any significant change to happen in such a short time.

The lashes on the buffaloes’ backsides were basically harmless.

But what Duge wanted was not the effect of whipping the buffaloes. The moment the whip fell, two tiny ice spikes had already penetrated the animals’ anuses.

Stung by pain, the two buffaloes were suddenly startled and started running wildly on the slope without regard for anything.

Duge followed closely behind them, occasionally whipping them to keep stimulating the buffaloes, driving them toward the cliff…

Beating the livestock for no reason was a behavior bordering on cruelty, and many of Duge’s physical attributes improved quietly and significantly.

Only when the two buffaloes reached the edge of the cliff did Duge stop his actions. He kicked off a stone from the edge, then threw away one of his straw sandals at the cliff’s edge.

Immediately afterward.

His figure flashed as he climbed to the treetops and hurried out of the dense forest along the mountain paths, heading outside the village.

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In the valleys, there were many small villages like Zhang family village, but Duge did not disturb them. He continued through the woodland, catching wild chickens and rabbits when hungry and drinking from the mountain springs when thirsty.

With the transformation of his body by spiritual power coupled with the cruelty of killing the wild birds and rabbits, Duge’s physical condition improved a lot. The stamina of the nine-year-old child was almost comparable to that of an adult, so the mountainous roads did not hinder him, but neither could he go much faster.

Even limited by his body, Duge’s perception could cover a range of twenty or thirty meters, enough to let him avoid the poisonous insects and wild beasts in the forest in advance.

However.

Compared to the rapid progress of improvements before, the increase in attributes due to cruelty against animals was minuscule, almost negligible, even slower than the time he lived in the forest with Luo Shuang. When he first arrived in the body, there were still a few people ranked behind Duge.

But now, he was at the very bottom of the rank.

Even so.

Duge was not too anxious. While hurrying through the forest, he constantly checked his personal panel.

On the first day, there were over two thousand seven hundred Alien Warriors who survived the possession successfully;

The second and third day’s numbers were similar, and even if there were changes, they were not significant.

But starting from the fourth day, the number of Alien Warriors began to plummet. In the two days that followed, their number dropped from over two thousand seven hundred to around one thousand five hundred.

More than a thousand people died in two days.

At the end of the last Alien Battlefield, Bai Long had observed that Duge’s spiritual power was almost three million. Pan-Universe Entertainment needed to build seed players to fight in the arena against him and had to bring their spiritual power level either equal to or surpass his.

About three million points of spiritual power, along with the skills developed over a few days, yet still in such a short time, over a thousand had been eliminated. This was enough to illustrate the horror of this world.

A calamity may well be a blessing in disguise; a low starting point might actually be a good thing for him.

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At the dawn of the sixth day.

Duge finally emerged from the forest and arrived at a fairly bustling town.

At this time, his appearance was almost indistinguishable from that of a little beggar.

Covered in dirt, with matted hair, wearing nothing but scattered patches of fabric to cover his body, his feet were pitch black, without even a single shoe.

However.

This guise had its advantages.

Almost no one paid him any attention on his way. Those who passed by would cover their noses and hurry away, some even cursing “smelly beggar” under their breath…

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“Have you heard? Demons and monsters have descended upon the world, causing chaos, and the disciples of the immortal cultivation sects have all descended from the mountains to eradicate the evil.”

“I know, the government is about to issue a proclamation, whoever discovers a Demon and reports it, as long as it’s true, they can go to the government to collect a hundred taels of Patterned Silver!”

“Really? Is that true?”

“I heard it from Scholar Sun. Could it be false?”

“Scholar Sun said that some Evil Demons possessed imperial officials. When they were discovered, they were directly struck down by Divine Power thunder from the Immortals above. Even the youngest son of the Prime Minister was possessed.”

“With all this excitement, what do Evil Demons even look like? Are they like monsters? Why do they all possess people?”

“Don’t know. I heard that the Evil Demons who were struck down by thunder were all revealed by the Demon Revealing Mirror from above. But they found out that the Prime Minister’s son was possessed because his Life Candle went out, yet he was alive and well, so the Demon was discovered…”

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Wearing the face of a little beggar, Duge wandered around the town for a while and, using his twenty-meter perception, heard quite a few useful pieces of information, feeling once again fortunate.

This world was different from the previous Alien Battlefields he had encountered.

One could say, this is a true immortal cultivator civilization, where the Heavenly Court looms above and the Underworld lies below.

Divine positions like the Earth Deity, Mountain God, and City God, to name a few, were all in place.

Heavenly Masters and Emperors existed in the Mortal Realm, and ordinary people could truly ascend to immortality after cultivating, becoming Immortals.

However.

Ascension and becoming an Immortal is just a legend among the common folk.

Of course, there are many more mythological stories, like how a certain Emperor descended to undergo tribulations, cultivated in the Mortal Realm, and after slaying a powerful Demon, ascended back to the Immortal Realm.

There are also stories of playful Immortals descending to the Mortal Realm to subdue demons and monsters, toy with corrupt officials, and punish the arrogant rich.

In summary.

This world was much more complete than the first world Duge entered, where one could dominate the world while in the period to Overcome the Tribulation, yet was unable to ascend at all.

What he hated the most was.

In this world, powerful Immortals from the Immortal Court seemed to be able to descend to the Mortal Realm at will, and many Emperors even had their own cultivation grounds here.

In such a complex and diverse world, if an Alien Warrior so much as stuck his head out, he could very well be casually exterminated by one of those Immortals.

Even if they couldn’t be killed on the spot, as soon as the Earth Deity and City God thoroughly investigated their tracks and reported back, a few more powerful Immortals could be sent down, and escape would be impossible.

No wonder, in just over two days, more than a thousand Alien Warriors had perished.

Under such a tight management system, the fact that there were still over fifteen hundred people alive was already a miracle.

Duge seriously suspected that the Heavenly Court must already know about their origins and the characteristics of the Alien Warriors by now!

This was difficult!

Duge sat in a sunny corner of a wall, contemplating his next plan based on the various pieces of information he had heard. But after much thought, he couldn’t find a suitable way out.

With Immortals in this world, whatever you do is hard to guard against!

Who knows by what means the Mountain God and Earth Deity monitor this world?

If he killed someone and was then reported by the Mountain God and Earth Deity to the Heavenly Court, becoming a wanted criminal, where could he possibly plead his case?

No, that’s not right!

Duge suddenly shook his head. The Immortal Court’s monitoring of the world probably wasn’t so strict.

Otherwise, when he possessed Tie Tou and Tie Tou’s soul passed away, the Underworld should have been the first to know that the body had been replaced by someone else. After so many days, there should have been a response, but wasn’t he still without any problems?

Moreover, there were still over fifteen hundred Alien Warriors alive!

There must be many villains in the Mortal Realm, and the Immortals haven’t punished them either. On Earth, there is an old saying that even ghosts and gods fear the wicked!

So.

The operating mechanism of this world must have its loopholes, at least allowing for the existence of evil demons and ghosts.

Therefore, it should be impossible for the Immortal Gods to cover the sky with one hand.

The thousand-plus Alien Warriors who perished must have been too conspicuous.

Perhaps, this world is like the Journey to the West, where the Mortal Realm belongs to mortals, the heavens to the heavenly beings, and the Underworld to the denizens of the Underworld…

Duge let out a light sigh and stood up again. The most urgent matter was to figure out the actual operating mechanism of this world.

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