This assassin is upright

Chapter 388: Diverting Trouble to the West
"It's just you."

Yu Zhun looked at the fifteen people in front of him with satisfaction, his gaze starting from the first member whose primal power could traverse the void, and continuing to the last one, the former leader of the Tao Demon Clan, Pelle.

"Kill the rest."

As Yu Zhun's voice fell, the remaining thirty-odd people instantly lost their voices and turned into purplish-black round beads.

Seeing this scene, the lucky survivors immediately fell silent, fully understanding the cold-bloodedness and ruthlessness of the person in front of them. At the same time, they couldn't help but feel a sense of relief and pride.

Their abilities were valuable, which is why they survived!
“Next, we’ll continue to work on team cohesion.” Yu Zhun observed the changes in everyone’s expressions and slowly began to speak. “The original fifteen members of the Killing God Clan will be paired up in fives with the fifteen new members, forming three groups in total.”

"Different groups learn from each other and improve the teamwork among members."

"After the formation has been adjusted to be stable, we will then combine them into one."

"My requirement is that not a single member will falter." Yu Zhun's gaze swept over each member of the Killing God Clan. "After this training period, our next target will be a Demon Clan of fifty or more, or even stronger ones!"

"Tell me, are you confident you can swallow them?"

"have!!!"

The crowd roared in unison, their eyes blazing with fighting spirit.

Yu Zhun nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Pelle, "You will be in charge of merging the territories of the Tao Demon Clan and the Evil Demon Clan into the territory of the Killing God Clan."

“Yes, sir.” Pelle nodded slightly, then his expression became more serious. “But in this way, the territory owned by the God of Slaughter will far exceed the size that the thirty-man demon corps should have.”

“I’m worried that it will attract the covetous eyes of other demons.”

"The more demons there are, the more difficult it will be to get them to work together. According to the way you have planned this, it will take us at least five days to fully unleash the fighting power that the demons should have."

"If other demons attack us within these five days..."

“This is indeed a problem.” Helmod frowned. “Our previous actions were not insignificant.”

The life-or-death struggle of the three true demons could not possibly go unnoticed by other demons, and it would probably not be long before demons came to investigate.

Previously, the Killing Gods Clan only had 15 members, so there wasn't much difficulty in getting them to work together. They quickly completed the integration process, but even so, they barely managed to keep up with the time when the Demon Clan and the Evil Demon Clan came looking for trouble.

Now that they have thirty people, it will take longer for them to gel, and the other demons will certainly not sit idly by.

Therefore, the time that follows will be the most dangerous.

Yu Zhun pondered for a moment, then looked at Pelle. "I think this is a problem that urgently needs to be solved for any demon."

"So, how did you do it before?"

“Offer certain benefits,” Pelle said without hesitation. “For example, when annexing the demons, leave some people behind and give them to the more powerful demons in the vicinity as protection money.”

“Or hand over a portion of the territory.” At this point, Palai’s expression became more complicated. “However, territory is a very important resource in the ninth level of the Netherworld.”

"Once you own territory and become a member of the demonic community, the demonic energy between territories will be isolated from each other, becoming the private property of the demonic community."

"The larger the territory, the denser the demonic energy, and the faster the members can improve their strength."

"The territory of the only Thousand Demons in the Silent Demon City, the Blood Slaughter Demon Clan, is said to have demonic energy that is almost tangible."

"Every day I stay there, my strength will increase significantly."

“I understand.” Yu Zhun nodded slightly. “The territory cannot be handed over, and as for the people, we have already killed them all.”

Upon hearing this, Pelle gave a wry smile.

“Lord Yu Zhun, I do have a plan.” From the crowd, Pagoda pondered for a moment, then slowly spoke, “If I remember correctly, there are two powerful demons around us.”

"One of them is the Mad Demon Clan, which has more than fifty members, and the other is the Fiend Demon Clan, which has more than sixty members."

"What we need most right now is time."

"If we could find a way to stall these two demons and get them to focus their attention on each other or something else..."

"Perhaps we can get through these five days safely."

"After all, in their eyes, we are just a small group of thirty demons. If they didn't know our background, they might not take us seriously."

Upon hearing this, Yu Zhun looked thoughtful.

Distract yourself...

That's a feasible idea.

However, how to transfer it requires further investigation.

"Your suggestion is very good."

Upon hearing Yu Zhun's praise, Pago's eyes lit up with excitement, and his gaze toward Pelle became more defiant.

He could sense that this guy named Pelle was a formidable rival.

He needs to be trusted by Lord Yu Zhun even more than the other party!
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Inside the territory of the Demon Clan, a group of demons chatted and laughed, thoroughly enjoying themselves. Sitting at the head of the table was none other than Juke, the leader of the Demon Clan.

Looking down at the fifty or sixty powerful demons below, Joker's eyes were filled with satisfaction. Each of these people was someone he had conquered with absolute strength, and they were utterly loyal to him.

And this is the source of his confidence on the ninth level of the Netherworld.

"Ladies and gentlemen." As Joker spoke in a loud voice, the room fell silent, and all eyes turned to him.

"The new war of the demons is about to begin."

As Joker finished speaking, the eyes below visibly filled with burning fighting spirit.

The war of the demons!

That's the fastest way for the demons to rise to power. Once they rise, they'll have better territory and more resources!
"We, the Shamans, now have sixty-two members," Joker said slowly. "This number offers no advantage in the Shaman War."

"Looking back at previous Demon Wars, the minimum requirement to go all the way to the end is a hundred Demons."

"It will be extremely difficult for the Ten Demons to reach the end."

“So…” Joker paused slightly, looking at everyone, “we need to advance to the Hundred Demons as soon as possible.”

Upon hearing this, the crowd immediately stirred up quite a bit.

The Ten Demons and the Hundred Demons are not even in the same league. Although the Demon Clan already has sixty-two members, it will be extremely difficult to acquire the final thirty-eight.

Because the other demons will be watching them!

Those powerful demons who have already become members of the Hundred Demons will not be willing to sit idly by and watch a new Hundred Demons be born. Demons of the same level as them will also be wary of their rise and strength, and fear being purged later.

However, since Joker brought it up, he must already have a solution.

"Lord Joker, what should we do?" one of the demons stood up and asked in a deep voice.

"As you all know, we have been confronting the Mad Clan for many years. Although they are outnumbered, they are insane enough and their abilities are quite troublesome."

"We tried to tackle this tough challenge many times before, but we never succeeded."

“So I think we should try a different approach.” Joker paused slightly. “There are two smaller demons nearby.”

"One is the Tao Demon Clan, and the other is the Evil Demon Clan."

"Swallowing these two demons will be enough to advance to the Hundred Demons level."

"More importantly, they are weak enough."

"They have no room to resist us and can complete their advancement before the other demons can react."

"The only thing to worry about is the adjustment period between us." "When a new Hundred Demons appears, the other veteran Hundred Demons will definitely take action during the adjustment period and destroy this Hundred Demons."

At this point, a thoughtful look flashed in Joker's eyes, "So I plan to talk to these two leaders of the demons."

“I plan to swallow these two demons in a more peaceful way, and during the integration period, I will pretend that I have not swallowed them, so as to deceive the other demons until the integration period is over.”

Upon hearing this, the crowd below immediately began to discuss it.

If Joker's plan can be successfully implemented, it will be excellent. By the time the other members of the Hundred Demons react, they will have already passed the adjustment period and have the complete fighting force of the Hundred Demons.

At that time, the other demons would not dare to make a move easily.

Thinking of this, one of the demons couldn't help but shout, "Lord Joker is wise and mighty!"

The others echoed his sentiments, which made Joker reveal a smug smile.

"Hahaha!" he laughed loudly, waving his hand. "I have already arranged for Parry to secretly contact these two demons."

"Judging by the time, he should be back soon."

Just then, a figure quickly approached.

Joker raised an eyebrow, his smile widening. "Parry, we were just talking about you. You've come at the perfect time."

"Let me tell everyone the results of your investigation."

“M-My lord.” Parry’s expression was extremely solemn. Upon hearing this, his expression changed slightly, and he hesitated for a moment before slowly speaking.

"Gone."

"What?" Joker was taken aback, his smile fading.

"The Demon Clan and the Evil Clan... are all gone."

"Was it the Madmen?!" Joker's expression changed drastically, and he immediately thought of his old rival.

Although the Mad Demons are fewer in number than them, if they completely devour these two Demons, they will be able to advance to the Hundred Demons level!
“No, no.” Seeing that his leader had misunderstood, Parry quickly shook his head. “It’s a new demonic group called the Godslayers.”

"Not only the Tao Demon Clan and the Evil Demon Clan, but I also found out during my investigation that two other demon clans, each with more than a dozen members, were also devoured by the other side."

“The Godslayers…” Joker’s expression softened slightly, but then darkened again. “Being able to swallow the Wave Demons and the Fiends, the Godslayers are probably even larger than us now.”

Unbeknownst to us, such a powerful opponent has appeared.

“There’s no need to worry about that.” Parry’s expression turned somewhat strange. “The Godslayers are much smaller than us.”

“How is that possible?” Joker couldn’t help but ask. “The two lesser demons, plus the Tide Demons and the Evil Demons, already outnumber us, not even counting the number of the God of Slaughter’s own members.”

Even if they suffer some losses, they won't be much worse off than us.

"My lord, it's true." Parry quickly shook his head. "According to the information I've gathered, the God of Slaughter only has..."

"Thirty people."

"...Only thirty people?" Joker's eye twitched slightly. "Could it be that these guys didn't absorb any of the defeated demons?"

“It seems so.” Parry nodded. “I went to the site, and there are many traces of the fallen demons.”

"The defeated demons...it seems they were slaughtered by them."

In Parry's eyes, the Killing Gods must have had a size of thirty people before they were able to defeat the Tōma Clan and the Evil Clan in succession.

In addition, given the numerous demon deaths on the battlefield, he almost naturally assumed that both demon factions were dead.

And this was also Joker's idea.

"Bang!" Joker slammed his hand down on the corner of the chair, shattering it, his eyes flashing with anger. "They have some nerve!"

Tao Mo Clan and Xie Mo Clan are his targets, the key to Sha Mo Clan's advancement into Bai Mo Clan.

At this moment, however, they were defeated first.

If it's just a matter of defeating them, there's still a chance.

But these two demons were completely slaughtered.

This situation is tantamount to stealing the fat meat that the demons could have easily obtained, then throwing it on the ground and stomping on it a few times.

It's absolutely abominable!

"What a bunch of killers..." A chilling killing intent surged in Joker's heart, and he wished he could lead his men to annihilate them immediately.

But then, he slowly suppressed his murderous intent.

Because there aren't enough people in the God-Slaying Clan.

Thirty people is an extremely delicate number.

If the Demon Clan were to devour all the members of the God of Slaughter, their numbers would exceed ninety.

This number of demons would be immediately seen as a threat and destroyed by the hundred demons, making it impossible to gather the final number.

This would actually be much more dangerous than simply gathering all the demons.

Joker tapped his fingers lightly on the shattered seat a few times, then his gaze fell on Parry. "Secretly find the weakest member of the demon horde and have them join the Godslayers."

"We'll make our move after we've killed more than forty members of the God of Slaughter."

Sheep should be fattened up before slaughtering.

“Yes!” Parry nodded emphatically and turned to leave.
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"You want to join our Godslayer Clan?"

Looking at the ten demons smiling obsequiously before him, Yu Zhun raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of something deeper flashing in his eyes.

He hadn't figured out how to deal with those two demons yet, but they had already set their sights on them.

If I'm not mistaken, the ones pulling the strings behind the scenes are the Demon Clan.

The enemy has more than sixty people. If we can swallow one of the forty or so demons, we can advance to the Hundred Demons level.

But at this point, the Fiend Clan should already be on the radar of many demons, while the Killing God Clan has just risen to prominence and has not yet come into the sights of some major demons.

Therefore, the Demon Clan planned to increase the number of their Slaughter Gods Clan, and then harvest them in one fell swoop once the Slaughter Gods Clan had been "fattened up".
Thinking of this, Yu Zhun shook his head helplessly.

The idea is good, but it treats people like idiots.

“I’m sorry, but we, the God of Slaughter, don’t need any new members for the time being.” Yu Zhun crossed his arms and looked calmly at the newcomers. “You have one minute to leave the God of Slaughter’s territory.”

"Otherwise, you'll stay here forever."

"Are you... sure?" The leader's expression changed, and the fawning look on his face gradually disappeared. "You're a smart man; you should know who's behind us."

"If you persist in your own way, all that awaits you is..."

"Thirty seconds left," Yu Zhun said calmly.

"Hmph!" The leader snorted coldly, and led the other nine demons away without hesitation.

"Is this all the skill you've got? You think you can join the Godslayer Clan?"

Yu Zhun shook his head slightly and looked at Pagoda beside him.

"Prepare to divert the disaster westward."

(End of this chapter)