blogombal Chapter 188 Ethical Norms, All Beings are Demons
Chapter 188 Ethical Norms, All Beings are Demons
Chapter 188 Ethical Norms, All Beings are Demons
The burly figure looked down at Li Jin, the two of them less than three meters apart.
"The blood mist tells me that you are the strongest in this city."
The burly figure spoke, and a cloud of blood mist billowed from his helmet, which was adorned with distinctive horns, enveloping his entire head in fog.
"Very well, your head is worthy of being my spoils. Remember my name..."
Li Jin only felt a blur flash before his eyes. His instinct, honed over many years of sword practice, made him subconsciously unleash his sword strike.
The sword light clashed with the battle axe, and in the blink of an eye, it was sent flying to the side by the battle axe.
Through the sensations transmitted by the divine weapon, Li Jin was startled, realizing that the enemy possessed extraordinary strength.
"The man who killed you is named Du Yuanping."
The red and black figure crashed into Li Jin with a speed disproportionate to its bulky size.
Before he could even recall his divine weapon, he was struck heavily by this figure and crashed into a house.
Instead of pressing his advantage, Du Yuanping turned around and swung his axe, deflecting the incoming rainbow light to the side once again.
He stood there, looking around at the trembling soldiers who dared not make a move, and then spat out another cloud of blood mist.
"Those who surrender will not be killed!" he said through gritted teeth.
"Qianjun, we will die standing, not kneeling!"
The next moment, a figure flew out from the side and punched Du Yuanping in the chest armor, knocking him back several steps.
The rainbow light fell into the figure's hand and reappeared as a longsword.
Li Jin stood suspended in mid-air, staring straight at Du Yuanping, who was kneeling on the ground, with nothing else in his eyes.
Just now, the moment he was thrown into the house next door, he decisively swallowed that precious pill, briefly gaining power comparable to a grandmaster.
"Traitor, thief!"
With a casual wave of his hand, the longsword in his hand transformed into a rainbow of light, slashing towards Du Yuanping.
Du Yuanping suddenly stood up and, at the critical moment, swung his battle axe to deflect the rainbow light, but it still managed to slash through his chest armor, leaving a bloody mark.
Blood gushed out, and the rampant sword energy prevented the wound from healing.
"You're on drugs," he said with certainty. "Ha, overdrawing your body to gain power in the future. It's a common trick of the court. They use all sorts of methods to exploit their subordinates, and they still expect them to be grateful and endure suffering."
"You cowardly traitor, how dare you utter such arrogant words?!"
Li Jin remained expressionless, and with another wave of his hand, the rainbow light fell into his palm.
"Any means, as long as they can wipe out you traitors, are good means."
Just as he was about to unleash another sword strike, Du Yuanping smiled.
"Since you've put it that way, don't blame me if I hire someone to play for me."
Having said that, he roared, "Where is the Blood Tide Army? Drag up the mound of skulls!"
In an instant, countless tall figures emerged from the blood mist, and behind them, a huge shadow, carrying an oppressive aura, slowly moved forward.
"Is that a mound of skulls?"
Li Jin's pupils contracted. He had a premonition that this thing was extremely dangerous and that he had to interrupt their actions. Without thinking, he unleashed a sword strike.
The rainbow light pierced through the blood mist, slashing towards Du Yuanping, but at that moment, he threw down his battle axe and grabbed at the rainbow light with a hand covered in metal arm armor.
"Trying to seize my divine weapon? Delusional... How could that be?!"
The rainbow light stopped abruptly and was firmly held in Du Yuanping's hand. Even though he struggled, it was to no avail.
"Your sword is neither sharp enough nor hard enough."
Du Yuanping raised his head, resonating deeply with the Jingguan behind him. His aura grew stronger with each passing moment, and he quickly surpassed the Divine Gang Realm, reaching the Grandmaster Realm.
A large amount of blood mist, like swallows returning to their nests, entered his body, dispelling the lingering sword energy and healing his wounds.
"Don't believe me?" He looked at Li Jin provocatively, a slight smile playing on his lips. "Then I'll show you just how fragile it is."
As soon as he finished speaking, he placed his thumb on the rainbow light and pressed it gently.
The strike to the point of impact took effect; in an instant, the rainbow light shattered and dissipated inch by inch.
With his divine weapon, which was connected to his mind and soul, destroyed, Li Jin's eyes widened as the pain originating from his soul caused his vision to go black.
Temporarily taking over the role, the Blood God Child, or rather Mo Di, who was controlling Du Yuanping's body, glanced at the soldiers in front of him and said, "Final ultimatum: surrender or die."
No one responded.
All the soldiers stared at him with eyes filled with fear and hatred.
"Very good, leave none behind."
As soon as he stepped onto the ground, he shot out like a cannonball, followed by the Blood Tide Army who launched the charge together.
Although the Blood Tide soldiers were all dressed in heavy armor, they were surprisingly agile, as if the heavy armor was only used to deceive the enemy.
However, when the enemy actually strikes them, they find that the heavy armor is indeed as difficult to break as it looks.
They wielded battle axes, stirring up clouds of blood, and ruthlessly reaped the heads of their enemies.
With their other hand, they wielded warhammers, each strike capable of shattering an enemy's internal organs into a pulp.
"Honoring the god of war and slaughter!"
"A blood sacrifice to the Blood God, a skull offered to the lotus throne!"
The frenzied battle cries echoed through the sky, making the Qian soldiers almost think they were fighting against some kind of inhuman being.
Some soldiers clutched their stomachs, the excruciating pain making it impossible for them to wield their swords, as if something was recklessly gnawing at their internal organs.
They were all people who had just been hugged by the facehugger.
In just a few breaths, a soldier fell to the ground, his flesh and blood seemingly drained, his chest and abdomen opened, and a humanoid monster with a scarlet body emerged from it.
As soon as the monster was born, it followed the bloodthirsty instinct in its bloodline, automatically distinguishing friend from foe, and pounced on the other Qian soldiers.
Meanwhile, the private soldiers from powerful families and martial arts practitioners who came to provide support were terrified by this scene and dared not even move forward.
But their inaction doesn't mean the Blood Tide Army won't cause them trouble.
The blood mist acted as an informant; inside the city, a Flesh Reaper that had just entered the city adjusted its direction, its dark cannon muzzle aimed at the crowd.
A roar suddenly rang out, and a shell accurately struck the crowd, blasting a large crater and simultaneously obliterating a large number of reinforcements.
"Explosions are art!"
Inside the Reaper vehicle, the carnivorous monster was laughing maniacally.
"Did you hear that? Your men are screaming in agony."
Mo Di casually threw a punch, hitting Li Jin in the chest, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood, which was considered a return of the punch he had just received.
Li Jin struggled to hold on, feeling a deep sense of despair about the current situation.
He didn't understand why, even though they were both at the Grandmaster level, his opponent was stronger than him.
"There are also differences among grandmasters. Some people are grandmasters, but because the gap between celestial beings and grandmasters is too great and there is no further distinction between realms, they are only called grandmasters."
"Some people are called grandmasters simply because they can only reach the level of a grandmaster at most."
Modi easily caught his punch and casually tore off one of his arms.
The excruciating pain caused Li Jin's breathing to become disordered.
He could only use words to distract himself and strengthen his resolve.
"Traitor! Your open rebellion and violation of moral principles will inevitably incur the hostility of the world. Do you truly wish to become an enemy of the entire nation?!"
"To corrupt ethics and moral principles? To make enemies of the world?"
Modi laughed, his smile filled with deep sarcasm.
"What are ethical principles?" he asked.
"The father is the guide for the son, the husband is the guide for the wife, and the ruler is the guide for the subject. This is the foundation of the family and the country, the foundation of the world. The reason why the Great Qian is the Great Qian and the barbarians are the barbarians is precisely because they rely on this sacred way."
"The imperial court selects virtuous and capable people to govern a region, enabling ordinary people to live in peace and contentment. This is in accordance with ethical principles and moral norms."
Li Jin glared at him angrily and cursed, "How dare you rebel, openly defy the king, and disobey the king's rule! This is utterly rebellious and corrupts the moral order!"
He still wore a mocking expression and asked again, "What is the world?"
"Under the whole heaven, all land belongs to the emperor; the world naturally belongs to the Great Qian Dynasty, to His Majesty!"
"Is that so?"
Modi stopped smiling, turned his palm into a claw, and instantly grabbed Li Jin by the neck, lifting him high up.
"To be honest, it's all bullshit!"
"All that you've said, your ideal world, where the Three Cardinal Guides and Five Constant Virtues are the principles of Heaven, and the whole world belongs to one person."
"It disgusts me that everyone is content with poverty and endures suffering, and everyone must accept the rule of one person. Why should the poor be poor for life? Why should the so-called virtuous rule forever? The so-called holy way is to be solidified forever, which is utterly corrupt."
His grip on Li Jin's neck tightened, and the anger in his words almost materialized.
He stared directly into Li Jin's bulging eyes, gazing at the anger within them, as if trying to see through them to the high and mighty "virtuous people" behind him.
"I know that you are using the so-called 'sacrifice technique' that you obtained in exchange with the Golden Wolf Royal Court to transmit everything this guy sees and hears back to the capital through the sacrifice process."
"You should have all heard what I just said clearly. Ha, ethics and moral principles are actually a tool to control all living beings, making everyone submit to your rule life after life."
"You established the Zhenwu Division and the Western Depot to maintain this set of ethical norms, to uphold the so-called sacred way, and to suppress the desires of all living beings, even though this is human nature."
"You condemn desire as evil and heresy, hoping the status quo will remain forever. Since that's the case, why don't I transform into a demon, overturn your sacred path, shatter your current state, and show you a world where all beings are demons?"
puff.
Li Jin exploded into a cloud of blood mist, which was absorbed by the blood mist outside.
Modi lowered his hand, casually flicked it, and turned to look at the battlefield of the Blood Tide Army.
Although the Blood Tide Army only has a little over a thousand members, each one is an elite, capable of taking on ten men each.
With his blessing, it's quite normal that they easily defeated the garrison here.
"Do what you're supposed to do."
Leaving Du Yuanping with one last thought, he withdrew from this Blood God Child and returned to the Blood Sea through the sacrificial passage constructed from the skull mound.
Du Yuanping shook his head, marveling at his boss's strength and particularly convinced by what he had just said.
"Stay behind to clean up the battlefield, and..." Du Yuanping looked at the damaged houses nearby, "Make a note of the damaged houses so that we can make compensation later."