Way of the Devil - Chapter 587

Chapter 587

However, none of those measures had any effect . The barricade was forcibly broken through on the second day . The lieutenant general in charge of the barricade, Eigen Rida, was shot dead on the spot . At the same time, more than 2000 men lost their lives at the scene .

The federation quickly deployed its Mecha Division which marched mightily toward Platinum City .

However, they had not even got close when they were quickly destroyed by a special team sent out by the Seven Leaves .

These teams were led by Emperor Armor wielders . They were incomparably strong . The bulky armored vehicles and cannons could not hope to keep up with their speed .

After a series of battles of varying degrees, the federation had lost five Divisions . It was a force almost equivalent to an army . The number of casualties was more than 20,000 .

After expending a huge portion of the nation’s resources, the Alan Federation finally accepted the truth . It dispatched a diplomat to negotiate with Lu Sheng . The result was the weirdest pact in history, the Three-Nine Pact .

Platinum City would be recognized as a sovereign state . Three peripheral cities and nine provincial cities would also be included in the pact . At the same time, Seven Leaves would reserve its right to offensive actions .

Under certain circumstances, Seven Leaves was allowed to fight for the federation three times .

In exchange, the federation would recognize Platinum City’s unique status and relinquish the economic sanctions it had imposed . Also, it would pay 10,000,000 tibs in war reparations .

Lu Sheng’s individual strength was too terrifying . While negotiations were underway, he had slipped into the federation’s supreme assembly numerous times . As ordinary people, the chancellor and the other MPs were powerless when facing his Psychological Guidance Healing Art .

Hence, under his intentional guidance, the weirdest settlement in history was brought to fruition .

The federation had lost a war with a mere city, and offered compensation of its own volition .

After taking care of Platinum City’s independence, Lu Sheng spent another fortnight to build the city into an unprecedented city of criminals . It was a haven for evil deeds .

However, the criminals who came here had to abide by certain laws which he had enacted . Those who went against the laws could even be executed on the spot if the offence was serious .

Seven Leaves had established an enforcement team with Bach personally at the helm . The violators would be bound and sent to his dining table .

For the first offence, the criminal would have a part of his body eaten by Bach and the cannibals under his command .

When this terrifying law was announced, it immediately caused a great disturbance . Although it was not humane, the effects were surprisingly good .

Platinum City’s crime rate dropped to an all-time-low .

After settling those issues, the Seven Leaves was already capable of functioning on its own . Then, Lu Sheng started to settle the matters regarding Esha .

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Platinum City .

Lu Sheng stood beneath the Grieving King’s huge shadow . He looked up at this giant armor which he had gone through much pain to build .

Esha stood near him . She appeared slightly downcast and helpless .

“Shasha, do you know why I’ve called you here?” Lu Sheng retracted his gaze and looked at Esha .

“…Are you going to leave me?” Esha spoke with difficulty .

She knew that with Jorin’s current status, he would not be interested in an ordinary girl such as herself .

However, she was not content with this . She wanted to give it a few more tries .

“I’ll give you an amount of money that’ll be enough for you to splurge for the rest of your life,” Lu Sheng spoke calmly . “Find some place for yourself and leave quietly . I don’t want to see any news articles regarding you and me on tomorrow’s newspapers . ”

Esha closed her eyes . Although she had thought of this possibility beforehand, she still found it slightly overwhelming when it actually happened .

As she opened her eyes to look at Lu Sheng who stood at the giant armor’s feet, she could no longer hold back her tears which poured out from her eyes .

“Shasha… Look into my eyes…” Lu Sheng suddenly spoke softly .

Esha could not help but be attracted to his voice . She did as she was told, and noticed with shock that his eyes were like two pieces of magnet . They held her eyes in place, and she could not tear her gaze away from his .

A chunk of fabricated memories was inserted into her real memories . Jorin’s existence was gradually watered down . In replacement, Esha did not work near the Platinum Academy for someone else; instead, she did so because she wanted to enroll into the academy herself, which was why she chose to live near the academy which she liked .

The memories of the time she spent with Jorin were quickly erased by the psychological guidance .

After a full 10 minutes, Lu Sheng slowly closed his own eyes .

“Thump . ”

Esha slumped to the ground . However, she was immediately caught by a mechanical tendril which propped her up .

Her eyes were shut tight . Lu Sheng had already inserted a portion of fabricated memories into her mind with his Psychological Guidance Healing Art .

The person known as Jorin would slowly fade away . She would leave before the Seven Leaves’ operation went into full bloom .

It would not be in Esha’s favor to stay by the side of himself, a wanted terrorist leader .

“Bring her down,” Lu Sheng ordered .

Two ladies in black suits came forward and carried Esha away .

For Esha, she would become a girl whom Lu Sheng dumped . She would keep a low profile and head overseas .

This way, he would be sending a message to the outside world that Esha no longer had any substantial standing in Jorin’s heart .

This was also a way to protect Esha .

As he looked at Esha’s receding figure, Lu Sheng handed down another series of orders . The people of the Platinum Nation would take care of her publicly and secretly .

“Now, it’s time to arrange a place for the Seven Leaves to return to after this . ” Lu Sheng took out his cellphone . This object was a recent invention in this world . It was very expensive, but it enabled a small part of society to say goodbye to landlines .

“All members of the parliament, come and meet me right now . ”

Before he left, Lu Sheng had to ensure that the organization he’d established would not crumble and scatter just because of his departure .

For Platinum City, the crucial key to maintaining the Grieving King was the extremely terrifying Harmonizing Power .

Harmonizing Power had made Platinum City undefeatable .

If he left this place, the foundation to all this would crumble and disintegrate .

However, his objective was to maintain it for several decades, and that would be enough . Platinum Nation’s model could not be sustained forever . It was enough for it to last until he left .

On Jorin’s side of things, this aspect was not included in his karma . Lu Sheng simply did not want to see an organization which he had put so much effort into establishing go to waste .

‘Let’s hypnotize them… though I’m not sure how long it’ll last . Well, it’ll last as long as it can . ’

The current Platinum City had attracted countless criminals from all over the world . There were influential warlords, drug pushers, the mafia, and terrorists .

If all these forces were gathered as one, even the Alan Federation could not turn a blind eye to this terrifying force that spread across the world .

Picking the most powerful of forces to man Platinum City alongside the Seven Leaves might be a plausible plan .

Now, it was an issue of settling the loyalty of these forces .

Lu Sheng planned to settle the matter completely during the next Seven Leaves meeting . In hypnosis, there was a skill called suggestion . If he repeatedly made reinforced suggestions, the effects of the hypnosis would be able to last many years .

That was what he planned to do next .

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Great Yin . Prime Devil Sect . Devil Palace .

“Pcchht!”

Lu Sheng charged out from the gray rift and landed on the formation on the floor . He barely managed to steady his feet when sounds of destruction came from behind him .

The gray rift was completely destroyed the instant he charged out of it .

Lu Sheng was covered in a pitch-black armor . The clothing on his main body was destroyed during the process of his Transportation .

‘I didn’t expect to encounter a time trickle… Jorin’s body was destroyed . That’s a shame… but I’ve successfully assimilated his spirit . I guess that counts as an overall success . ’

Lu Sheng swung his long, spiked tail which resembled a saw . He stepped on the formation runes and walked to the corner . He opened the secret compartment, took out a set of clothes, and wore them .

He glanced at the timer in the secret compartment . This was a simple timer he’d built based on the theory of a sand dial . The timer operated on Devil Qi and formation runes, hence its precision not inferior to that of the electronic timers on Earth .

‘As expected, it was just slightly more than a day . ’ Lu Sheng closed the secret compartment and swiftly reverted to his human appearance . He walked out of the Research Temple slowly .

“Rumble…”

The heavy rock door was slowly moved away . The disciple who was on guard outside hastily went down on his knees .

“All hail the sect master!”

“Has anyone come look for me while I was in my secluded cultivation?”

“The lady has come by once . The stand-in sect master lady Duan Muwan has come by also . However, they did not mention anything of importance . ” This disciple was trusted by Duan Muwan . The main purpose of stationing him here was not to protect the Research Temple; instead, he was supposed to be a messenger who conveyed the information delivered by the others to Lu Sheng .

Lu Sheng nodded in acknowledgement . He went to the Discussion Temple directly . The World of Pain’s District Bishop wanted to see him, and he had no idea just how powerful a District Bishop was .

Judging from Shizi Xing’s strength alone, she was already at the tier of a Weapon Grandmaster . Since the District Bishop was above her, he would be her direct superior .

According to the Black Society World of Pain’s rules, the individuals with higher ranks were usually the ones with greater strength .

Hence, the District Bishop’s strength had to be more powerful than Shizi Xing’s .

As he sat on the main seat in the Discussion Temple, Lu Sheng started analyzing his strength after becoming a Weapon Grandmaster in detail .

‘Assuming that 1000 years was needed to achieve the breakthrough to a Weapon Grandmaster, I don’t think there’s many Weapon Grandmasters older than 2000 years . Among Great Yin’s Weapon Grandmasters, there’s only one Yin Extreme Weapon Grandmaster who has achieved a breakthrough at least 1000 years ago . ’

He caressed the black jade paperweight on his table .

‘If I need at least 30 years to achieve something after Arriving in another world, considering the difference in time flow, as long as a Weapon Grandmaster manages to survive 100 years after breaking through, it’s possible for him to experience one to three worlds .

‘If I calculate it in that manner, I can estimate the upper limit of many Weapon Grandmasters’ spirit’s strength . For example, our Thousand Sun Sect’s Weapon Grandmaster Aurora Polaris had only inherited his position less than 400 years after his breakthrough . 400 years is only 12 worlds, at most, which means that he has assimilated 12 alternate versions of himself .

‘However, in some worlds, such as the Winter Night Wolf’s world, it’s impossible to cultivate to the tier of a demigod without a few hundred years . If one bumped into an individual with a terrifyingly grand karma, it would take much longer to settle it . 100 years might not even be enough to settle a single karma…’

Lu Sheng did some calculations for himself . Based on the number of Worlds he had experienced, even when he compared himself with the youngest Weapon Grandmaster Aurora Polaris, he still paled in comparison . There was a huge difference between them .

However, when he compared himself to the First Sacred King with his status and strength, he was not weak among the Weapon Grandmasters .

‘Deep Blue has greatly shortened the time needed for my recovery after an Arrival . Besides, the success rate is also greatly improved . Also, they can’t completely immerse themselves in their Arrival . They have to deal with the various affairs in Great Yin .

‘In addition to all that, there’s no guarantee that they’re able to settle all the karmas for each of their Arrivals .

‘I’m different from them . I have a success rate close to 100% in all the Worlds I’ve Arrived in . Now’s a great opportunity for me to see the results of my recent Arrival . ’

He had a thought in his mind . He opened his mouth, and slowly stuck out his thin and sharp tongue . He unrolled his tongue, revealing a platinum-colored cube .

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