Eternal Reverence - Chapter 187

Chapter 187
Even when all of the Devil’s Hand Guild members were subdued, the battle in the sky hadn’t ended yet .

When the martial dao realm was at a higher level, a fight between two experts would take a long time to settle .

As the seventh branch Vice Commander, Liu Kun cultivated a mystic class, high-tier technique just like Elder Scorpion .

In the Azure Water Sect, mystic class peak-tier techniques weren’t accessible to just anyone .

Only direct disciples, inner sect elders, and a minority of the members could redeem mystic class, peak-tier techniques .

Of course, to Liu Kun, a mystic class, high-tier technique was temporarily enough . As of now, he was only at the 17th rank of the mystic class, high-tier technique that he cultivated . It still wasn’t at the highest 18th rank .

As their techniques and cultivation level were of similar levels, the only difference was their martial arts .

Martial arts were full of possibilities . There were many types and were mainly dependant on the practitioner .

After a few hundred exchanges, Liu Kun and Elder Scorpion were both still evenly matched .

“I’m not going to play with you any longer . I lost 5 million gold coins because of you . I shall kill five of your members!”

Elder Scorpion’s figure shot down from the sky . Most of the people couldn’t even react in time .

“You dare!” Liu Kun’s eyes widened as he was angered .

Pfff, pfff, pfff… .

Bursts of bloody mist erupted as five of the seventh branch Earth Realm members were crushed into smithereens .

The officers of Group 4 and 5 were included amongst the five .

Elder Scorpion originally intended to kill Emotionless Sword too, but Emotionless Sword had sharp senses and instantly dodged to the side when Elder Scorpion descended from the sky .

Li Fuchen was nearby too, but he dodged slightly even further than Emotionless Sword . The scene of Elder Scorpion instantly killing five men was clearly witnessed by him .

‘A difference of a single realm was like heaven and earth . These two team leaders were at least at the peak stage of the Earth Realm . But they died just like that . ’ Li Fuchen’s heart shivered . He knew he wouldn’t be able to escape death if Elder Scorpion targeted him .

“You court death!” Liu Kun chased closely behind Elder Scorpion .

“There is no need to send me off . There will be opportunities for me to take your head . ”

Elder Scorpion’s speed increased after he seemingly activated some fleeing type secret technique and left Liu Kun far behind .

“Damn it!” Liu Kun stopped his pursuit but his expression was extremely dark .

“Officer Luo and Officer Liang are dead…” The rest of the five team leaders grieved for their lost comrades .

“Only their luck can be blamed for actually meeting a Heaven Realm class demon dao martial artist . Hai… Life and death can interchange so quickly . ”


“Yes, if it were us, we wouldn’t have been able to escape the gruesome fate either . ”

With everyone feeling the low morale, the excitement from them eradicating the Devil’s Hand Branch Guild began to dissipate .

***

The eradication of the Devil’s Hand Branch Guild was a matter that was three days old .

On the Hunter’s Board of the seventh branch was Li Fuchen’s name . The number behind his name was a single digit; 9 .

This meant that Li Fuchen killed a total of nine Earth Realm demon dao fighters .

It didn’t sound like a lot, but in fact, Li Fuchen’s ranking was already above the nominal position .



On the Hunter’s Board, there were a total of over 400 direct disciples’ names . Li Fuchen was ranked 198 .

The Hunter’s Board rankings was made from combining both the Divine Wind Faction and Iron Blood Faction . Which meant that it was the overall ranking and not just a faction branch ranking .

Of course when the Hunter’s Board was updated, the latest results would be delayed .

Every month, the faction branches would update the overall rankings . Which meant that Li Fuchen’s name would not appear on the other faction branches yet . Only on the first day of the month would Li Fuchen’s name appear on the rest of the faction branches’ list . By then, Li Fuchen may not be rank 198 anymore, as the other branches would also update their information .

“Out of the 400 over direct disciples, about 400 of them have less than a 20 kill count . Only the top 20 has more kills . ”

Li Fuchen looked upward and saw Xue Feng’s name .

Xue Feng was Emotionless Sword .

His kill count was at an impressive 98, Rank 5 .

Above him was Sword Maniac and Sword Tiger .

One was rank 3, the other was rank 1 .

At rank 3, the kill count was at 105 . At rank 1, the kill count was at 145 .

Sword Tiger was addicted to battle, which was why he had a higher kill count than Sword Maniac . This didn’t mean that Sword Tiger’s ability was superior to Sword Maniac’s .

“Combining all the kill counts from the 400 plus direct disciples, they have killed a total of over a thousand Earth Realm martial artists . It sure is a horrific number . ”

What does over a thousand Earth Realm martial artist mean? During the days when the four major clans were still in Cloud Mist City, there was only a total of less than 20 Earth Realm martial artists .

Even medium sized cities like Silver Rich City would only have a total of about 30 Earth Realm martial artists .

Of course, this wasn’t the kill count of a single year, but the accumulated number of around a dozen years .



If direct disciples weren’t able to breakthrough to the Heaven Realm before the age of 40, they would automatically be given a high grade outer sect elder title .

Most people were promoted to direct disciples around 20 odd years of age . Before they reached the age of 40, they would have lived around 10+ years of a direct disciples life .

It was still acceptable to accumulate over a thousand Earth Realm martial artists kills in over two decades .

But what Li Fuchen didn’t know, was that during these two decades, the number of Earth Realm demon dao martial artists killed wasn’t just over a thousand, but at least twice that number .

Many of the previous direct disciples who weren’t direct disciples anymore would have their names removed from the Hunter’s Board .

Those that passed away would also have their names removed .

If those kill counts were to be taken into consideration, twice was just a minimum .

There was something else Li Fuchen didn’t know either . It was that direct disciples didn’t just only hunt demon dao members, but other sect’s Earth Realm martial artists too .

Such as the remnants of the Evil Fist Sect .

Or Earth Realm martial artists from Spirit Hidden Sect or Violent Sabre Sect . Neighbouring sects would definitely have conflicts . Although a conflict wouldn’t lead to a war, but small scale battles do happen often .

A few years back, the Azure Water Sect had a small scale battle with the Heaven Fiend Sect . There were at least a dozen Heaven Realm martial artists and over a thousand Earth Realm martial artists involved .

***

Time passed as days went by .

Group 10 was back to its normal peaceful days . Even when there were missions, it would seldomly be assigned to Group 10 unless it was a big-scale mission .

The first month ended and it was now the first day of the second month . As expected, Li Fuchen’s ranking had dropped from 198 to 215 .



Li Fuchen didn’t mind it .

Kill counts were related to how many contribution points one could get .

For every Earth Realm demon dao martial artist slayed, the reward was 20,000 contribution points .

Li Fuchen didn’t have a lack for contribution points, so he didn’t bother about his ranking or his kill count .

***

In the Devil’s Hand Guild headquarters located somewhere underground…

A group of black shadows sat in a circle within a dark and eerie conference hall .

“Our branch has fallen to the Azure Water Sect’s seventh branch . We cannot remain silent, we must retaliate . ”

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“Of course we need to retaliate, but we must take action quickly . We need to use the shortest amount of time to eliminate the survivors of the seventh branch and not let the other branches have time to provide reinforcements . ”

“Let’s teach the Azure Water Sect a lesson! Let them know the consequences of provoking our Devil’s Hand Guild!”

“When do we act?”

“Three days later . We will gather all our members during these three days and eradicate the seventh branch in one go . We will also take the opportunity to hit the nearby sixth and fifth branch viciously . ”

“Alright, three days later then . After we eliminate the seventh branch, we will then join the Five Poison Triad . They have already sent men to our branches . ”

The conference ended quickly . The seventh branch members didn’t know that a mass-scale assault was about to strike them . When it happens, it will certainly be a blood shed .

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