Chen Ling was on the side, watching with his own eyes as Yan Xicai snatched away the Killing Intent from that Law Enforcer. His gaze lit up bit by bit like Torchlight.
'It can also be done like this?'
Chen Ling was incredibly astonished in his heart.
This was his first time seeing the skills of the Path of the Scholar God. Just relying on a single character, it could immobilize a human body, and even plunder Killing Intent... Although he didn't know if this 【Devour】 character could steal other things, just judging from the effects displayed so far, its level of abnormalcy was already no less than 【Formless】.
'I wonder what Tier this Pu Wen actually is?'
While watching the play, Chen Ling took advantage of everyone's attention being on Yan Xicai, quietly transforming into a spider and crawling out of the ravine...
After draining the Killing Intent from a Law Enforcer in one breath, Yan Xicai visibly felt his state improve. That was a sense of pleasure and confidence he had never had before. He immediately walked up to the second Law Enforcer and began to absorb again.
Ten streams of Killing Intent;
Twenty-two streams of Killing Intent;
As Law Enforcers lost their Killing Intent one after another and collapsed weakly to the ground, Yan Xicai's eyes visibly turned red. An indescribably ferocious Aura poured out from his body!
The Killing Intent gathered within his body increased more and more, but the Way of the Soldier God still showed no reaction whatsoever. A strong sense of irritability surged in his heart.
"Not enough, it's still not enough!"
Yan Xicai absorbed another sixteen streams of Killing Intent, heavily pushing the just-drained Law Enforcer to the ground, and then fiercely grabbed the shoulder of the next Law Enforcer.
"How many streams do you have left on you?"
"T... Fifteen streams." That Law Enforcer was clearly frightened by Yan Xicai and stammered.
Without a second word, Yan Xicai pressed a palm against his chest. Through the vortex in his palm, Killing Intent frantically surged into his body.
Little Jian, whose cheek was sliced open by a knife, had the least amount of Killing Intent on his body, ranking last among the crowd. Watching Yan Xicai gradually approach, his heart leaped to his throat.
"Still not enough! There's one last one left... the last one!"
After Yan Xicai swallowed the seventh Law Enforcer's Killing Intent, the Way of the Soldier God still hadn't reacted. With his head hung low, he charged in front of Little Jian with scarlet eyes.
"How many streams do you have on you?!"
"S... Seven streams."
"Just seven streams?! You only have seven streams?" Yan Xicai's hideous face was almost plastered against Little Jian's face. "Trash!!"
He delivered a kick, directly knocking Little Jian to the ground. The latter only felt a palm violently press against his chest, and a suction force transmitted from the palm!
"I can't absorb it." Pu Wen's voice suddenly sounded. "He hasn't opened his mind and agreed to the 【Devour】 character."
Yan Xicai's pupils shrank slightly. He heavily stomped a foot on Little Jian's chest and roared:
"What are you doing?! Spit out your Killing Intent for me!!"
Little Jian was kicked dizzy by Yan Xicai's repeated stomps. For a time, his brain was blank.
"Do you really not want to be a Law Enforcer anymore? Do you believe that with one word from me, I can have your whole family killed?" Yan Xicai's roar transmitted again, like a wild beast snarling beside Little Jian's ear.
The moment this sentence was uttered, Little Jian's pupils abruptly shrank.
A hint of struggle flashed across his face. Ultimately, he relaxed his body, allowing the 【Devour】 character to suck away the Killing Intent within his body.
As the Killing Intent rapidly drained away, his confidence and dignity also dissipated along with it. An unprecedented emptiness surged into his mind. Without the desire to move even a single finger, he limply collapsed to the ground.
Yan Xicai finished absorbing the last of the Killing Intent, his eyes scarlet like blood. At this moment, he was like a Butcher who had just walked out from a bloody sea of meat; a single glance could scare a baby into stopping its crying.
He spat viciously at the corpse-like Little Jian, his eyes full of violence and resentment.
Having used the 【Devour】 character so many times in one breath, Pu Wen was visibly haggard. He looked at Yan Xicai whose temperament had changed drastically before him, his brows furrowed tightly...
'He absorbed so much Killing Intent, yet it still hasn't attracted the Way of the Soldier God?'
Through this plundering method, the Killing Intent on Yan Xicai's body was undoubtedly the most in the entire Ancient Vault of the Military Path. Even looking across all past batches of Law Enforcers, there probably weren't many existences capable of accumulating nearly a hundred streams of Killing Intent in 24 hours... Yet even so, the Dao Foundation of the Martial God Path still had no reaction.
It hung high above the sea of clouds, like a proud and picky emperor of slaughter, while Yan Xicai had never entered its sight.
"Yan Xicai, are you feeling alright?" Pu Wen asked.
"Me? I feel great!" Yan Xicai's eyes were blood-red. He took a deep breath, his gaze looking toward that dark red gem above the sea of clouds. "But I've already accumulated nearly a hundred streams of Killing Intent! Why hasn't it attracted the Way of the Soldier God?!"
"Perhaps... the amount of Killing Intent is still not enough." Pu Wen paused for a moment. "Or perhaps, you truly aren't suited for the Way of the Soldier God."
"Bullshit!!"
Yan Xicai's eyes widened. "I am someone chosen by the Way of the Soldier God! How could I not be suited?? It must be that the Way of the Soldier God's requirements for me are too high! That's why it hasn't descended yet..."
His voice came to an abrupt halt.
He stared blankly at the empty ground. He was stunned for several full seconds before regaining his senses.
"Wait, where is my Bai Qi Command Tablet?!!"
Yan Xicai clearly remembered that before he began absorbing Killing Intent, he carefully placed that Token on the ground... How was it gone in the blink of an eye?
"There's someone over there!" Someone shouted, and everyone looked up.
Not far away on a Hill, a familiar figure gripping the Bai Qi Command Tablet turned back to look at Yan Xicai, a contemptuous smile hooking the corners of his mouth...
Fire-Stealer, Number 8.
The next moment, his figure vanished on the spot.
No one noticed that in the void behind him, a layer of facial skin with almost zero thickness silently drifted to the ground...
【Audience Expectation Value +5】
Yan Xicai's breathing instantly grew heavy!
"Fire-Stealer?!!!" He gritted his teeth and roared furiously. "You're courting death!!"
Having swallowed nearly a hundred streams of Killing Intent and still not gaining the attention of the Way of the Soldier God, Yan Xicai was already extremely displeased. But fortunately, he still had a Bai Qi Command Tablet. Even if he couldn't step onto the Way of the Soldier God this time, he could rely on the status of "a person chosen by the Way of the Soldier God" to return to Aurora City and reclaim everything that was his...
But now, his only chance to turn the tables against the wind had been stolen by a Fire-Stealer right before his eyes.
What difference was this from directly stealing his life?!
"Crap, when did they set their sights on us?" Pu Wen pondered thoughtfully. "Could their target be the Bai Qi Command Tablet?"
"Fuck the Fire-Stealers!!" Yan Xicai was like a powder keg that had been completely ignited, stomping in fury. "Do they really think I'm afraid of them? Chase them!"
"Calm down a bit, we are no match for them."
"We weren't before, but that might not be the case now. With so many more Law Enforcers who have stepped onto the Way of the Soldier God in this Ancient Vault, you think I can't order them around?!" Yan Xicai spoke viciously.
"Money can make even the devil push the millstone... The Fire-Stealers dared to target my Bai Qi Command Tablet. I want their lives!"