Grasping Evil

Aa!

Each and every one of the mortals died under Wang Kun's feet. However, the more he killed, the less satisfied he felt. He wanted to find and kill someone who would hate him!

Wang Kun spread his spirit sense and scanned the whole city. Then, a cold sneer appeared on his face. He turned himself into a sword light which was nearly a thousand zhang* (3.33 m per zhang) long and dashed towards a specific direction of the city. Every house, person and even animals that were blocking in front of his sword light were all shredded to pieces…

His sword light faded as he stopped, descending in front of the residence of the city's best imperial scholar. His eyes were filled with contempt.

This imperial scholar's residence was just refurbished not long ago after its owner obtained top marks in the imperial examination.

But as Wang Kun stepped into the residence, all of the owner's servants who resisted him died instantly.

"Interesting! This group of servants actually dared to resist me! Very well! It should be like this so I can feel the joy of killing!"

His gaze landed on an old white-haired scholar who stood among the dead bodies and blood in the residence.

This old scholar had studied diligently for 70 years and put all of his effort to comprehend the correct path of saving the world and his people.

At the age of seventy-nine years old, he believed that he had succeeded in achieving a certain milestone and participated in the imperial examination. As a result, he passed the examination and scored the highest mark!

He then crossed the street riding a horse to propagate his own political view. He met the emperor in person, putting his life on the line in admonishing him. Thus, he gained the emperor's respect and was granted the 'Sword of State' which had been used to execute the top ten most notorious evil courtiers.

He was an unyielding old man and his spirit also earned respect from the people of Gusu City.

He looked at Wang Kun indifferently, eyes filled with disdain and rage.

"Why do you all want to commit massacres in Gusu? Give me a reason!"

"You want a reason? Then let me tell you. The reason why I did all of this is… I like killing people! I like to slaughter mortals like you the most!" Wang Kun burst into laughter which sounded vicious. The smile on his face made the old man reach his boiling point but his anger then turned into calmness with a hint of contempt!

"So you are killing people just for fun! What an excellent reason! What an excellent… reason!!!"

"The one who stands above the rest and bullies those below him is nothing more than a mere ant! You're just a mere ant who only knows of bullying weaklings!"

In this old scholar's eyes, Wang Kun was just as lowly as ant!

Upon hearing those words, Wang Kun's eyes darkened. He raised his sword which shone in cold light and cut the old scholar into half.

Licking the fresh blood at the tip of his sword, Wang Kun's eyes flashed with excitement. After killing that old scholar, his intent realm had actually improved by quite a lot.

"This is how it should be. Hate me! Resent me!! If you don't hate me, killing all of you will just be making my hands dirty!"

His expression was filled with brutality and ferociousness. He then stepped out of the residence and turned into a sword beam again dashing straight to another manor.

That place was named as Zhao's residence and there lived a well-known man of Gusu City - Philanthropist Zhao.

His name was Zhao Shan1. When he was young, he was a dissolute person. However, even when he had grown old, he still had not changed much. However, despite his dissolute nature, he always donated to others and helped the people of Gusu in areas struck by disasters. Nearly half of the entire population of Gusu had benefited from him.

Not long ago, Zhao Shan had just married a young girl. It was a joyful event in the mortal world of Gusu.

At this moment, however, Zhao Shan looked at the women who committed suicide by cutting their own throats in his yard. His eyes which were surrounded with wrinkles revealed an unspeakable resentment.

His wives and concubines were extremely beautiful. However, when Luo Sen came to kidnap them, all of them chose to end their own lives in order to keep their purity intact.

He glared at Wang Kun with his bloodshot eyes and then shifted his gaze to his dead wives, feeling pained and broken-hearted like his liver and guts were being cut to pieces.

"Give me a reason! Give me a reason why you slaughtered my whole family!"

"Reason? I just like killing people. Can there be no other reason!?"

Wang Kun looked at Zhao Shan. He wanted to anger Zhao Shan even more. He wielded his black sword and randomly slashed the women's dead bodies on the floor, dismembering them. He was not planning on leaving these bodies complete and whole!

"You are inhumane! You are too INHUMANE!"

Zhao Shan raised his crutch, trying to swing it at Wang Kun with all the might his old body had.

His sorrow and grief were replaced with resentment. He hated himself for being too old and weak. He hated Wang Kun for being so evil and cruel.

"Good! That is the expression I want!"

Puh!

The black sword pierced right through Zhao Shan's heart, brutally crushing it. Wang Kun felt that his intent realm had grown once again.

The five old men who were trapped by the sword threads could no longer tolerate it anymore.

This was the place where they had lived for thousands of years. They nearly recognized each and every one of the mortals here in Gusu City!

"I will stop you with my life!"

The green-robed old expert's eyes were blood-red. He couldn't let Wang Kun continue killing his people anymore. His nascent soul left his physical body and performed a series of hand seals rapidly. Then, his whole body lit up with ferocious blood light, making him look like a blood-red sun.

He wanted to stop Wang Kun with his life. He wanted to detonate himself!

*Bang*

The explosive power from a Peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivator's self-detonation had actually blasted a hole on Wang Kun's sword threads. The other four old experts did not even have the mood to grieve for their partner's death. All of them had only one thought in their minds - stepping on their partner's corpse and avenging him!

"Detestable! One of them has blown himself up. What a waste…" Wang Kun felt bad that one of his prey that he was waiting to savor in the end was gone. However, what made him feel even worse happened right after that.

Yu Ge who was standing at one side with nothing to do saw the four experts dashing out from the sword threads. His eyes brightened up with interest and he swung the golden sword in his hand. An all-conquering ray of sword light shot out, cutting down the four of them.

As for their nascent souls, they were literally eaten alive by him.

"Yu Ge! You snatched my prey!" Wang Kun was furious. He killed so many people only to arouse and intensify the resentment within the five elderly cultivators. Now however, all of them had been eliminated by Yu Ge.

"Hmph! So what if I snatched your prey?! Do you still want to continue killing? If no, I will then directly swallow the entire Gusu using my 'Corpse Swallowing Technique'!"

"No need. I haven't killed enough!"

Wang Kun gave Yu Ge a dead stare, knowing that it wasn't the right time to argue with Yu Ge.

When his gaze stopped at a mansion in front of him, his eyes suddenly lit up.

He dashed towards the mansion in a ray of sword light and stood outside. Looking at a child who was holding a wooden sword at the door and a beautiful but frightened woman who had not taken off her mourning dress, he coldly smirked.

"You have killed Uncle Xu, Third Aunt Yang, and also Grandpa Chu… I will fight you and seek revenge for them!"

Little Stone eyes were red. He raised the wooden sword in his hand and pointed it at Wang Kun.

What a great expression, an extremely great expression!

Wang Kun was overjoyed. He didn't expect that a child would have such a strong resentment.

It's no wonder all the devils who practice corpse refinement techniques love to refine children into corpses. The younger the child, the purer the heart. Therefore, when they hate someone, the hatred they harbor will be much stronger.

"Little Stone, run! Run away now! Mom will stop him while you run away!" Bai Su was panicking. She had never seen a cultivator before in her entire life.

Wang Kun's eyes narrowed with interest, as if he had figured something out.

"If I instill more hatred in you and kill you after that, there will then be hope for my intent realm to attain Large Accomplishment within a hundred years!"

"So this woman is your mother… Hehe…"

Wang Kun's eyes scanned Bai Su's delicate body from head to toe and licked his tongue.

With his cultivation base, he noticed a trace of the same qi within the blood of Bai Su and Little Stone at first glance. Thus, he could tell that they were most likely to be mother and child.

"Don't you dare touch my mother!" Little Stone blocked in front of Bai Su. However, how could he stop a mighty devil lord with just a wooden sword?

Wang Kun did not even dart a glance at Little Stone. He kept his black sword, pointed one of his fingers at Bai Su and immobilized her. Then, he reached out both of his hands, intending to grab Bai Su's face.

Although he hated dual cultivation, if he could cause Little Stone to hate him even more by abusing Bai Su, he definitely would do it!

However, before his devil claws could touch Bai Su, the sword light of a wooden sword slashed his wrists.

Despite his powerful Mid Divine Transformation Realm physical body, the wooden sword left a cut on him, causing a trace of blood to trickle from it.

Wang Kun was immediately taken aback and retreated a hundred zhang* (3.33 m per zhang) away. After he confirmed that it was Little Stone who slashed him, he was shocked.

"Who carved this wooden sword!? Such a powerful sword intent. Just a little trace of it is enough to break through my physical defense!"

At the moment Wang Kun felt surprised, several boats arrived at the coast of Gusu City. They had come to rescue the city.

Nascent Soul Realm travelling lights flew into the city one by one. The leader of the group was a strong-looking man with a Mid Nascent Soul Realm cultivation base - Wang Si!

When they spread their spirit sense to check Gusu's situation, each of them were sad and furious.

"Who are you all?! Who the hell are you all?! Why did you do this?! Why?!"

"Why? Hmph…" Before Wang Kun uttered a word, Wang Si had already turned into a ray of ferocious light, charging towards him fearlessly!

"Don't you dare hurt Little Stone!"

Wang Si's eyes glinted with worry. When he scanned his spirit sense around the mansion and failed to sense Ning Fan and Xu Qiuling's presence, the only thing he could think of was that both of them had been killed by Wang Kun. Rage erupted within him.

"Who are you?! You have killed Qiuling and her husband. You should DIE!"

Hundreds of years ago, it was Wang Si who brought Dong Xu and Qiuling to Gusu City.

During that time, Qiuling had stayed in Gusu for several years and she became like a niece to him.

Hundreds of years later, Qiuling returned to Gusu City again, bringing her husband along. But both of them died in Wang Kun's hands during their visit this time.

"You've killed my niece! I'll kill you! Ahh!"

Wang Si charged at Wang Kun. However, he did not lift the slightest interest within the latter at all.

Wang Si might harbor some resentment but compared to Little Stone's, his resentment was nothing.

"I no longer need resentment like yours. Get lost!"

*Bang*

Wang Kun made a stomp on the ground, forming an indescribable crushing force that struck Wang Si's chest.

With just a collision, Wang Si's meridians were all broken and he was sent flying away while spurting out blood. Even though he was not dead, he was already in a grievous state with half of his body being incapacitated.

He was coughing out blood while looking at Wang Kun who was approaching Little Stone step by step and lecherously smiling at Bai Su.

Wang Si was so angry that his eyes were stained with blood. He wanted to kill that murderer but he was unable to do it…

"Give me a reason! Give Gusu a reason!" He faced the sky and roared. He was unsatisfied!

He was unable to accept the fact that he was too weak and ordinary. He could not accept being trampled upon by others without being able to do anything.

"Reason? The reason is because… you are all too weak!"

Wang Kun produced sword threads by weaving them with his fingers and formed them into a jail to trap Little Stone within. Then, he sauntered towards Bai Su one step at a time.

Looking at Bai Su's hourglass figure and her resentful eyes which also revealed her worry for Little Stone, Wang Kun felt very pleased. He suddenly understood that it was quite reasonable for Luo Sen to be so fond of women.

Bai Su closed her eyes with humiliation. She could imagine that after ten breaths, no, nine breaths, her purity would then be taken away by this Wang Kun.

"Young Master Zhou… You are not as good as him… I suppose Young Master Zhou is probably an immortal being like you too, but he has never laid a finger on mortals like us… Even though the whole city laughed at him and looked down on him, he only dismissed the matter with a smile… You can't compare with his magnanimity!"

Bai Su had decided to bite her tongue and commit suicide when Wang Kun came near her.

She would never give her body to trash like Wang Kun!

"Young Master Zhou? What bullshit are you talking about? Who the hell is this Young Master Zhou? Are you saying that he is stronger than me and I can't match him? Ridiculous!"

Wang Kun leaned back and laughed loudly. He felt that the mortals here were really good at joking.

"I, Wang Kun, started my cultivation path when I was still seven years old. I entered the 'Yellow Cloud Valley' when I was nineteen. At the age of twenty-three, I attained Harmonious Spirit Realm and condensed my gold core when I was three hundred and nineteen years old. At the age of 752, I murdered my own master and achieved Nascent Formation! I attained the Divine Transformation Realm at 1400 years old and broke through to the Mid Divine Transformation Realm cultivator at the age of 2200! What cultivation base does your so-called Young Master Zhou have!?"

Wang Kun didn't assault Bai Su sexually immediately. He looked at Bai Su from a distance and suddenly felt that it would be very pleasant to crush this woman's final trace of pride and make her yield.

"I-I don't know… I don't know what a cultivation base is. Neither do I know what level he is at… I just have a feeling that while you might be able to kill me like crushing an ant, he can also kill you like an ant too… I believe so… Besides, this wooden sword was carved by him!"

A melancholic smile adorned Bai Su's face. She knew nothing about cultivation.

She only knew that if Ning Fan was also a cultivator, he definitely is ten million times stronger than the man in front of her.

Wang Kun didn't take her words to heart.

However, after hearing that the wooden sword that managed to hurt him just now was actually carved by Young Master Zhou, he began to feel a little dreadful of that man whom he had never met before.

"Young Master Zhou? All this while you only call him 'Young Master Zhou'. Don't tell me you don't even know his full name… What's his name?"

"His name…" Bai Su pursed her lips and smiled bitterly. That man had guessed correctly. She really didn't know Ning Fan's name.

"His name is Zhou Ming!"

Bai Su didn't answer. However, a voice that was cold like ten thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) large profound ice had answered for her!

At the moment this voice fell, only the whistling sound of a sword light bursting out from the surface of the sea could be heard. Wang Kun who had not recovered from his shock upon hearing the mysterious voice was surprised once more!

A young man wearing white robes while carrying a lady in black robes in his arms suddenly appeared out of nowhere in front of Bai Su and Little Stone, shielding them from Wang Kun!

That teleportation light was no doubt a sword teleportation technique that one could only use after comprehending sword intent. It was much quicker than the usual Divine Transformation Realm teleportation technique!

It was so fast that Wang Kun and Yu Ge didn't even notice how Ning Fan had appeared!

Ning Fan's presence emanated a tremendous amount of pressure, making the both of them be on the verge of suffocating.

They both immediately recognized that the white-robed young man in front of them was the person they wanted to originally assassinate - Zhou Ming!

Ning Fan slightly closed his eyes and spread his intent sense across the vicinity of fifty thousand li* (500 m per li) and scanned each and every inch of the land of Gusu City.

Within such a short period of time, two thirds of the population of Gusu City had died!

Only one day had passed after he brought Xu Qiuling into the sea to conduct her final medical treatment, but Gusu had already become unrecognizable.

"Give me a reason… A reason for slaughtering Gusu City…" Ning Fan tried hard to speak with a calm tone. Even though five months was not a long period of time, this place had given him a collection of warm memories during his stay…

Now, however, those memories had been cruelly crushed by someone!

"Reason? Mortals are weak and thus, they deserve death. So what if I kill them all!? Zhou Ming, you're also a devil lord who kills without blinking an eye. You don't have to pretend to be clean and lofty here! Besides, you have come here at the right time. I can now kill you and claim the reward for this mission from the Alliance of Ming Assassins. Then I can…"

Wang Kun looked at Ning Fan with a hideous grin. But before he could finish his words, a killing intent so terrifying that even the sky trembled was being emitted from Ning Fan, covering the entire Gusu!

"Give me a... REASON!"

Ning Fan's eyes seemed to be shooting out blue electricity. He then made a step forward. This move seemed to be commanding thousands of clouds and wind as the color of heaven and earth suddenly changed.

At the moment he moved, a sense of imminent danger immediately rose within Wang Kun's heart, making him feel that his life would certainly be taken.

Before Wang Kun could even react, Ning Fan had already emerged right before him, pushing his palm towards him. It carried a massive aura force that could topple mountains and overturn seas!

Wang Kun was only able to guard his chest with his black sword, letting the incoming palm hit his sword.

This black sword was forged using 'dark steel' which had been tempered for ten thousand times. It was strong enough to block an impact from a crushing mountain without breaking.

Besides, it was also a Mid Grade Divine Transformation Realm Spiritual Magical Treasure. It could cut down Early Divine Transformation Realm cultivators like a piece of paper!

However, despite being such an excellent sword, it was immediately smashed into powder under the force of Ning Fan's palm. Then, a heavy and ferocious force smashed onto Wang Kun's chest. The three layers of spiritual armor covering his body were broken!

With just one palm strike, Wang Kun's muscles and bones were all shattered. His physical body trembled for a while and was directly reduced to a cloud of blood mist!

After blasting Wang Kun to death, the remaining power of his attack did not subside. Instead, it spread out into the deep ocean through the land of Gusu Island.

All of a sudden, the water of the sea domain within the vicinity of one hundred thousand li* (500 m per li) was dispersed by the force of Ning Fan's palm, turning into thousands of water dragons which soared into the sky!

Yu Ge's expression changed drastically. He totally could not believe that Wang Kun, a dignified Mid Divine Transformation Realm expert, was killed by Ning Fan with just a strike of his palm! Before he could recover from his shock, he suddenly felt chills running down his spine making the hairs on his body stand!

Behind him, Ning Fan appeared abruptly like a ghost. One of his hands went towards him, penetrating into Yu Ge's dantian from his waist, literally pulling out his primordial spirit!

Wang Kun and Yu Ge's primordial spirits were being gripped tightly inside Ning Fan's hands. Both of them were frightened to the core.

They seemed to have witnessed something that was completely beyond logic and comprehension. The two of them who were Mid Divine Transformation Realm experts were actually instantly killed by Ning Fan!

How could it be possible!? Other than the Venerated Seven of the Internal Endless Sea, who else could instantly kill a Mid Divine Transformation Realm expert?!

"Y-You! What's your cultivation base!? Killing Mid Divine Transformation Realm experts with a single strike… You aren't an Early Divine Transformation Realm cultivator, definitely not! You must not kill me. I was invited by Purple Gu. It was him who said that we could slaughter all we want at the External Endless Sea... You cannot kill me. If you kill me, you will definitely offend Purple Gu, the whole Demon Sealing Sect and even Venerated Demon! It might be easy for you to kill me, but it is equally easy for Venerated Demon to kill you!"

"Venerated Demon?!" Ning Fan muttered this name and his eyes glinted with a cold light.

Wang Kun and Yu Ge thought that they had found a new bargaining chip that could make Ning Fan afraid. Thus, both of them gradually grew bolder.

"Precisely. It's Venerated Demon! If you kill the two of us, you will definitely provoke him!"

"You said if I kill both of you… I will then offend Lu Jiefen?!" Ning Fan looked at the ruins which were stained with streams of blood within Gusu City, feeling an unvented killing intent that continued to swell in his chest!

I was too kind for not immediately eliminating the Alliance of Ming Assassins. As such, such a disastrous incident happened today!

I was too kind for not wiping out the Demon Sealing Sect. As such, Purple Gu, that self-important little shit thought that he can do whatever he wants!

Civilians should not be dragged into wars; mortals should not be involved in the brutality of the cultivation world.

Especially Gusu City that brought warmth to me. It can't be destroyed by anyone at will!

"Since you said that I will offend Lu Jiefen, then I will show you whether he will dare to mess with me or not!"

"Ying State Immortal Island and Alliance of Ming Assassins! All of you have crossed the line!"

"Since you all washed Gusu with blood, I will then do the same to the whole Ying State Immortal Island! I would like to see as to what explanation Lu Jiefen will give me!"

. . .

Luo Sen was overjoyed. After his trip to Gusu City, he had abducted at least ten thousand mortal women. Each and every one of these women had pure souls. He really could not wait to go back to Ying State Immortal Island immediately and enjoy these beauties.

Riding on the flying sword which was shining with blood-red light, Luo Sen was already not far away from the Ying State Immortal Island. However, he was suddenly bothered by a strange feeling.

What he felt strange about was why Wang Kun and Yu Ge had not caught up with him.

"It was nothing more than slaughtering a mortal kingdom. Why haven't they finished yet? Humph! Wang Kun always says that I'm an indecent person, but I think that he is the true pervert. Intent realm of resentment? Loving brutally slaughtering mortals? What kind of bullshit is that? My way is much simpler. Just give them a quick one… Hehe, as for these women… Of course I have to have fun with them first before finishing them off!"

Luo Sen patted the gunny sack which was filled with women on his shoulder and licked his lips lustfully. Well, having fun with ten thousand women a day is really a wonderful thing!

*Bang*

All of a sudden, a deafening noise echoed in the distance behind him.

Luo Sen turned back and looked curiously. However, just as he turned over, what he saw made him so frightened as if his insides had been emptied out.

A million li* (500m per li) away from him, there was a colossal purple black giant with the height of almost three thousand zhang* (3.33 m per zhang). He was holding an island with one of his hands like he was holding the sky while trudging against the sea waves, moving directly towards the Ying State Immortal Island.

Even a single trace of that giant's qi was already enough to make Luo Sen feel an immense sense of danger.

Every single step that giant made could travel almost ninety thousand li* (500m per li) of the sea!

When Luo Sen's gaze was studying the giant with his eyes, the giant's cold, fearsome eyes suddenly focused on him, making him feel like he had been targeted by lightning strikes.

"You won't be able to run away! Ice Crush!"

The giant swung his empty right fist and the sea domain within the area of one hundred thousand li* (500m per li) was frozen in an instant!

At the next moment, the frozen heaven and earth broke and shattered. Then, a massive sudden force rushed towards him, striking right at Luo Sen's back. He shrieked in agony and fell off from his flying sword. That incident had nearly scared him to death.

Who is this giant!?

How could it have such a fast moving speed and powerful strength!

Shivering in fear, he quickly climbed back up to his flying sword and flew away as if his life depended on it, trying to enter Ying State Immortal Island before the giant could catch up with him. As he was running away, he was also begging for mercy! The giant gave him the feeling that he was invincible!

"F-Fellow Daoist, I have no grudges with you. Why do you want to kill me!? Give me a reason!"

"Who are you? Do you think you are competent enough to ask a reason from me, Zhou Ming?!"

Ning Fan, who had transformed into a giant, looked up to the sky and laughed coldly. His eyes revealed a hint of ferocity.

He wanted to flatten the entire Ying State Immortal Island with the Gusu Island on his shoulder!

<strong>Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel</strong>

<strong>Note: </strong>

1. Zhan Shan (Chinese: 赵善 pinyin : zhào shàn)

Zhao is a surname while Shan means kind.