Excessive ferocity due to caution

Ten minutes later.

The pursuit under the dim moonlight began, and a solemn atmosphere slowly seeped into people's hearts like water.

In the village chief's secluded wilderness, one corpse after another lay scattered in the cold moonlight.

But what was more prevalent was the foul-smelling black bodily fluids covering the ground.

The horrific scene silenced everyone else.

The surroundings were deathly silent.

More than 600 villagers all swore an oath—

They came to the village chief's door to pressure him because of their loyalty to the mountain god, not for personal reasons.

Eight or nine out of ten died.

More than forty people survived.

The rest were all executed because of the backlash from their oaths.

A few minutes ago, the hellish scene filled the villagers of Zili Village on the other side of the ditch with a deep-seated fear!

In their eyes, Zhao Yi, standing on the stone platform with a beaming smile, looked like a judge from hell!

This is the first time since the mountain god devoured the unclean limbs that an outsider has wreaked havoc in the village!

Let's rely on the power of the mountain god!

At this moment, no villager regarded Zhao Yi as an intruder from Zili Village.

This man, whose face was full of sunshine, made them feel a fear they hadn't felt in a long time!

Meanwhile, Liao Yun and his family inside the room were in a state of profound and indescribable shock!

Despite his seemingly frail appearance, Zhao Yi accomplished what countless powerful invaders had wanted to do but could not!

"Village chief, I've obtained the authorization."

Zhao Yi jumped off the rock, came to the doorway, and said with a smile to Liao Yun, who was still in a daze.

"You and your daughter and granddaughter will be free to enter and leave Zili Village from now on."

Liao Yun awoke from the shock.

Zhao Yi handed the wooden plaque to Liao Yun and said:

"By the way, have you found that guy named Zhou Junqiang?"

Liao Yun put away the wooden sign, looked at the sticky corpse fluid on the ground, and replied with lingering fear:

"Found him, he's locked up in the dungeon."

"I'll take you there now."

His attitude is completely different from before.

Respect tinged with a hint of fear.

Liao Yun led Zhao Yi to the village's dungeon, which was covered by damp, smelly dry straw. But when they opened a metal gate on the ground, the dark and damp entrance was revealed.

Below, flames flickered incessantly, accompanied by heart-wrenching screams.

The two entered the dungeon.

The space below is larger than you can imagine.

There were about a hundred cells in total, filled with instruments of torture.

Some cells still contain piles of bones, indicating that more than one person died there before!

After walking about two hundred meters along the cold black stone slab, inside an iron prison ahead, Zhou Junqiang was covered in blood, his body pierced in many places by iron hooks, his bright red flesh turned inside out.

His clothes were tattered, suggesting he had been through a major battle while being captured.

He has some skills.

Unfortunately, they didn't win.

He saw Zhao Yi, his weak eyes carrying a hint of mockery.

It seemed as if Zhou Junqiang was saying, "Oh, you're here too?"

However, he realized something was wrong in just a few breaths.

Although Zhao Yi also entered the dungeon, he was not a prisoner!

The old man leading the way beside him looked at Zhao Yi with utmost respect, as if he were facing his own superior!

Why is this happening?

Just as Zhou Junqiang was wondering, Liao Yun said to Zhao Yi:

"I'll wait outside. You can talk to him yourself."

After saying that, he left the dungeon directly.

This scene left Zhou Junqiang completely dumbfounded.

What does this mean?

After Liao Yun left, Zhao Yi leaned against the edge of the iron cage and yawned.

"Did Xiang Babang send you to kill me?"

Zhou Junqiang laughed:

"What are you talking about?"

"I don't understand."

Zhao Yi pulled out a scalpel, pointed it at Zhou Junqiang's groin, and gestured, eager to try.

Upon seeing his appearance, the latter immediately felt a chill run down his groin and spine!

He quickly corrected him:

"I understand... I understand!"

"Xiang Babang did indeed issue a wanted notice in the guild. The reward for cutting off your head or ripping out your heart is 50,000 points!"

"But I came to Zili Village this time for a mission, not to kill you!"

Zhao Yi seemed not to have heard him. He stood there thinking seriously for a while, then suddenly raised his head, his eyes shining with excitement!

"Good brother!"

"I've thought of a way to get rich!"

Seeing his appearance, Zhou Junqiang shuddered inexplicably.

"Wha...what kind of way to make money?"

Zhao described his brilliant plan to Zhou Junqiang:

"I'll go back to the guild headquarters, you rip out my heart, cut off my head, and take them to Xiang Babang to exchange for points... We'll split it 30/70, how about that?"

Looking at the enthusiastic Zhao Yi in front of him, Zhou Junqiang felt a strange chill run down his spine.

"no."

"Xiang Babang isn't stupid. He'll check your name in the guild's roster. If you die, your name will disappear from the guild's register."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yi's smile vanished.

"That's a real shame..."

"Mr. Zhou, you have lost your own value."

Seeing Zhao Yi take out the body shredder, Zhou Junqiang immediately sensed something was wrong!

"Wait... Zhao Yi, what are you doing?"

"Are you crazy?"

"We're all players, you won't help me, you're going to kill me?"

Zhao Yi said regretfully:

"If it were you, would you let me go?"

Zhou Junqiang nodded hurriedly and said:

"meeting!"

"Of course I will!"

"So...you'd better let me go right now, and we'll escape together!"

Zhao Yi smiled upon hearing this.

"When you lie, you don't blink. Don't your eyes get dry?"

Zhou Junqiang panicked:

"I'm telling the truth!"

Zhao Yi gracefully took out the K-49 and blew on it.

The cage door was opened.

The body shredder was slowly pushed into the iron cage.

"Dear Mr. Zhou Junqiang, I apologize for taking half a minute of your time. I am here with the utmost sincerity to introduce this special product to you—"

"Its full name is Destroyer Corpse Shredder, created by a sunny and cheerful scientist. It's a multi-functional washing machine that will wipe out all of a player's... resurrection items in one go."

As Zhao Yi recounted the story, the resentment and ruthlessness deep in Zhou Junqiang's eyes were completely masked by fear.

Clear all resurrection items at once?

Nima!

Because he was afraid of dying, Zhou Junqiang had gone to great lengths to acquire three substitute death items from other players, just to prevent any accidents from happening in the future!

Each substitute item is worth no less than 100,000 points!

If everything were wiped out at once... he would truly be so unrecognizable that even his own mother wouldn't recognize him!

"If you dare use this to kill me, I, Zhou Junqiang, will never let you get away with it!"

"Even if you flee to the ends of the earth, I will make you..."

Zhou Junqiang's eyes reddened.

He shook his body wildly, the chains clanging loudly.

He hadn't finished uttering those harsh words.

Because Zhao Yi doesn't have the habit of listening to others finish saying harsh words.

Amidst piercing screams, Zhou Junqiang was shredded by the body-shredding machine.

Just before his consciousness faded, Zhou Junqiang heard the system's announcement:

[You were killed by a rule-based weapon, and all your resurrection items will be permanently lost...]

...

P.S.: One more chapter. Tomorrow's chapter will definitely be the end of the story and a new chapter will begin. I have a headache today, so I revised the previous text and need to take a break.

Goodnight, brothers!

Thank you for reading!