This time I chose Paladin.

Chapter 72 Because He Is Kind
No one knew what had happened. In the eyes of the people around him, Chen Hu knocked himself down with a flash of light in his eyes.

But everyone knew that Chen Hu wouldn't just sit there and commit suicide, especially in such a tragic way. Therefore, a silent, unknown terror spread, making the young man in the middle appear even more terrifying and mysterious.

In all directions, all the Baohu people were slowly retreating. The smart ones had already started to go into the woods, while the stupid ones turned around and ran back to the camp or rushed into the crowd of students to take hostages.

The combat professions among the students surrounded the other professions in the middle. Li Duo led several combat profession students and stood in front of a group of scholars with a roar. Her long red hair was burning and flying, and fiery patterns spread to her limbs!
She raised her hands to the sky and shouted, "[Sky Light Convergence]!"

Layers of flames like flaming clouds emerged from the air, reflecting each other, covering everyone with her as the center and burning all targets that approached.

She stomped her foot again, and a surge of energy poured into the ground, leaving a scorched, radioactive trail on the surface: "[Earth Fire Transformation]!"

The fire flowed like a vein, spreading underground, rapidly warming the cold air and even gradually increasing its heat until it began to burn. But a moment later, the underground fire erupted, sending earth and rocks flying. The nearest thugs were caught off guard and blasted into the sky, turning them into ash!

Li Duo pointed at one of them.

"[Chidan]!"

A fireball more than half a person's height gathered and flashed by.

Amidst a huge roar, the compressed fireball collided with the human body and exploded, burning the target to ashes and igniting the surrounding mountains and forests!
Yang Wuji stared at the girl standing in front of him in amazement.

—You said you were a better fighter than me, is that really how good you are?!

I thought you could just throw a fireball!
"What are you standing there for? Run! These are all the tricks I have now!"

Everyone was at about the same level, so high skill damage naturally came at the cost of a higher number of passive skills and longer cooldown times. Li Duo turned and grabbed Yang Wuji's hand, dragging him along as they ran wildly with their teachers and classmates. Spellcasters and scholars had similar physiques, so running together wasn't much different. Yang Wuji followed her blankly, not daring to look at her face, only following the whirlwind of her long hair.

Around them, some people who couldn't keep up with the team were being carried and run, some melee professions grabbed others and carried them on their shoulders, and some even screamed, "It won't be fresh if they die! The chef's daily task requires me to make fresh dishes!" And a man was running wildly with six fish and a chicken on his back. The chicken kept nigging at his head. A group of people next to him laughed while running away nervously, and the laughter was complex but relaxed.

Nie Weiyang at the entrance of the cave looked back at those figures.

I have to say, he didn't quite understand what these kids were laughing at... and when they ran, they only cared about their heads and not their butts, and some people followed them and were not killed in time.

Forget it, they are just kids. I can't think of them like a trained warrior.

Nie Weiyang threw the iron shield in his hand with his backhand. The round shield was shining with a sharp light. A few ricochets knocked down several thugs who were chasing him. Then he made a move with one hand, and the iron shield flew back with a cold light and was caught by him.

He swung his arm like a whip and struck sideways with his shield. "Bang!!!" He slapped the faces of the two warriors who were rushing towards him, knocking them back. Then he slashed diagonally with his right sword!
"Crack!"

The divine power eroded the darkness with a sizzling sound. Nie Weiyang shook off the two corpses and strode forward, pouncing like a tiger or leopard at the person who had just entered the Baohu camp!

Now is... the time to kill!
……

Ten minutes later, the teachers and students of Lianhe No. 1 High School, who were hiding in the mountains and waiting anxiously, finally saw someone coming out of the cave again.

Nie Weiyang walked out of the cave, a gentle breeze ruffling his hair, making its strange black and white color flutter in the sunlight. A trace of blood stained his silver light armor, gleaming along with the metal as he waved.

Someone among the students immediately ran over, and the man in silver armor and black clothes came out with two handsome boys and pointed back into the cave.

"Go and give some brave girls some clothes or extra gear if they have any," Nie Weiyang said helplessly, his eyes fixed on the outside of the cave. "Men, stay away."

As he spoke, he walked a little further away, waved to the male teacher, and handed the two teenagers over to him. The others didn't understand why he was so bold as to ask girls to go in, but when Li Duo led a few female students into the cave, the corpses and even body parts scattered throughout the cave, as well as the lingering bloody stench, made them terrified.

"This looks really hard to clean up..." a girl murmured. Her face was pale and she was about to vomit, but she still forced herself to look away.

Li Duo jumped over a sharp crack that ran across the cave. The white light rising from the crack was reassuring.

She turned around and glanced at Nie Weiyang's back.

—Is this guy... angry? Or is this just his fighting style?
Come to think of it, it's only been a few months, and someone has already managed to take on dozens of people without any injuries. And this person specifically asked for them from some villains and killed them all. This kind of thing is really...

...Really, I'm so lucky!

Li Duo dry heaved - this smell was really not very pleasant.

She tried to slow her breathing, holding her breath as she entered the camp, took out some cloth equipment from her backpack, and some clothes woven from rattan by students who were tailors, and walked towards the women shivering in the corner.

"Don't, don't be afraid..." She slowly approached them with a warm breath on her body, "It's okay, someone is here to save you." she said.

Li Duo put a piece of clothing around a girl, but heard the other party let out a sharp cry, threw herself into her arms, and burst into tears.

She felt something was wrong with the voice and carefully parted the hair of the girl in her arms, only to discover that it was a face that was so childish that it was much younger than her own - you know, she was only in her second year of high school!

Li Duo took a deep breath, then gagged silently again from the stench. This time, she felt no aversion to the body parts. She was too lazy to even think about whether Lu Ran was in there, and even wanted to spit on them before leaving—what good could Lu Ran possibly have done by joining the Violent Tiger gang!
……

Outside the cave, in addition to expressing gratitude continuously, several scholars who could not resist their curiosity surrounded Nie Weiyang, trying to observe his expression while asking various questions.

"Excuse me, have you been..."

"Langcheng."

"How do you manage to be so strong?"

"Long-term training."

"Have you seen that world boss?"

"World Boss?" Nie Weiyang paused. "Administrator No. 2? I've met him."

"Wow!" The students around him exclaimed in shock.

"Um, may I ask, is your ancestry giant panda?" Yang Wuji looked at Nie Weiyang's black and white hair and asked cautiously, "Are you wearing sunglasses because... I have big dark circles under my eyes?"

"..." Even Nie Weiyang was stunned for a moment.

Wow, he became a national treasure just by going out?

"No." Nie Weiyang was a little helpless. "Any other questions? I have to leave soon."

"No... Oh, there is one." Yang Wuji seemed to suddenly remember something, and switched his words smoothly. As the surrounding scholars frantically glanced at him, an awkward and embarrassed expression appeared on his face. "Why are you helping us? In today's world, it's common sense for the strong to seize resources from the weak and ignore them when they suffer... I'm really grateful to you, but I also want to know your thoughts."

Several other scholars almost closed their eyes.

Yang Wuji felt a little ashamed, but that was how he was in his bones - on the premise that he was certain that Nie Weiyang would most likely not harm him and others, he really wanted to know why such a strong man would help them.

Never mind the national regulations. It's the end of the world now, and many people can kill others openly or secretly without getting away with it. Someone like Nie Weiyang is so powerful that he can ignore the number of enemies to a certain extent. If he wants, he can turn others into his blood bags at any time and absorb resources to increase his own strength.

Moreover, Yang Wuji was very sure that in places he didn't know, there must be countless people who were more powerful than those around them and were doing this.

So, Nie Weiyang... why is this happening?

Is it because he is kind?
Are there really strong people who still have integrity and kindness in the end times?

"I'm already so strong, why do I still need to snatch resources from ordinary people?" Nie Weiyang smiled and patted Yang Wuji's shoulder. "The new world is full of resources. If you can't fight for them, you won't have them. If you can fight for them, you will have them. Although most people can't fight for them, the old resources seem extremely precious..."

"...But as a powerful individual, you should be able to snatch power from monsters and bosses. If you can only increase your power by oppressing the weak and demanding that they continue to offer sacrifices to individuals like you... what kind of waste would you be?"

He spun Yang Wuji around and pushed him towards the teacher who was holding the little girl not far away. The teacher was arranging several students to bring the people rescued from the cave.

"Go to Langcheng and live a good life. Don't think about those trivial things, little brat." Nie Weiyang said, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

Nie Weiyang left quickly.

He didn't lie, he really had something to do and had to leave first.

Well, first of all, I have to continue looking for a car.

two is……

Nie Weiyang took a look at the backpack interface, where there was a piece of black stone engraved with runes.

【[Evidence of Returning to the Sect·Senior Cultists]-
The Skywalker is watching you. -
Use to mark the nearest returning sect stronghold on the map.

・You can use this to participate in the demon summoning ceremony.】

The Returning Sect, do they have this kind of technical capabilities so early?
Nie Weiyang felt a vague sense of being watched. Even though he knew it was inappropriate, he still smiled an almost harmless smile as he walked into the forest.

——An old friend again.

　I'm going to get a new motorcycle soon. The explosive racing is coming back soon!

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　　"I Hate Myself for Loving You"-Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
　　The beat of this song is really exciting. This song was used in Ready Player One.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)