Chapter 604: Annihilate All
Chapter 604 -261: Annihilate All
From Huang Wanting to Wen Ruoyuan, the speed at which Fang Shuwen killed was simply horrifying.
The order from the previous masters was to stop Fang Shuwen. Now, not only had they failed, but each of them had died faster than the last. So what were they supposed to do now?
Someone’s gaze fell upon Luo Shuqing.
They immediately shouted:
“Get Luo Shuqing!!”
They were all young, and the young are often daring in both thought and action.
Even their Sect Elders and Sect Leaders had to rack their brains over this matter, yet these youths just rolled up their sleeves and charged forward.
Luo Shuqing tilted her head, unimpressed.
As long as it wasn’t the Sect Leaders of the Eight Forbidden Lands themselves, she couldn’t be bothered with any number of their disciples.
Meanwhile, Zuo Xuan, Zuo Hong, and Zhou Zhengze weren’t worried about Luo Shuqing’s safety either.
Even though Zhou Zhengze didn’t know that Luo Shuqing was hiding her true cultivation, he still wasn’t concerned.
‘With Fang Shuwen around, this isn’t something I need to worry about…’
His main concern was how to make sure every single one of these people was left behind.
After all, Fang Shuwen had given them clear orders: they didn’t need to protect Luo Shuqing’s safety. Once the fighting started, their only job was to ensure that not a single person escaped.
He watched for a moment, and seizing the opportunity while everyone’s eyes were locked on Luo Shuqing, he jumped directly into the water with a SPLASH.
Having spent a long time with him, Zuo Xuan and Zuo Hong understood his unspoken intention. They exchanged a glance and followed him into the water.
For a moment, Luo Shuqing was so exasperated she didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
‘Zuo Xuan and Zuo Hong are only thinking about Fang Shuwen’s orders now, completely forgetting about me, their young miss.’
Xia Weiyuan and Li Cheng, however, exchanged a glance, unsure of what to do.
The matter they were now embroiled in was far from a simple murder case.
This was a major event involving the entire East Sea, something far beyond their ability to interfere in.
But what should they do if the people from the Eight Forbidden Lands decided to attack them?
If they didn’t help protect Luo Shuqing, and Fang Shuwen came back to settle accounts with them, wouldn’t they be dead?
The two looked at each other, then turned back, only to be struck dumb with astonishment.
‘What about those three people behind Luo Shuqing, the ones who looked like guards?’
‘Where did they run off to?’
In the midst of their confusion, a tremendous force suddenly swept over them. The two were moved against their will, and when they looked again, they found themselves right next to Luo Shuqing.
Standing before them was Fang Shuwen.
“This… you…”
Xia Weiyuan tried to say something, but Fang Shuwen had already pressed his palms together, and a massive Dharma Aspect materialized in the air.
Clad in raging flames, it had a ferocious face, four arms, and three eyes. A flaming Buddha Wheel radiated boundless power behind it.
As Fang Shuwen brought his hands together and then pushed them apart, the four arms of the Dharma Aspect spread out simultaneously.
Boundless Palm Power and a sky full of raging flames instantly swept out in all directions.
The faster the people from the Four Forbidden Lands charged forward, the more swiftly they died.
Bodies rained down like dumplings, some thudding onto the decks of the ships, others splashing into the water.
Zhou Zhengze and the other two, who had split up, were nearly hit by the falling corpses.
Fang Shuwen glanced back at Luo Shuqing and the other two.
“Wait here.”
Luo Shuqing nodded nonchalantly. When she looked up again, Fang Shuwen was already gone.
Xia Weiyuan and Li Cheng, however, looked at each other in dismay. ‘So… did “wait here” include us too? Are we in too deep now?’
“You two, lend a hand.”
Luo Shuqing said suddenly.
Xia Weiyuan and Li Cheng froze. Li Cheng asked apprehensively:
“Do… do what?”
“Help me put out these fires.”
Luo Shuqing said with a frown, her face full of annoyance,
“That guy has no restraint when he fights. He’s set the whole ship on fire.
“We can’t just let it burn down.
“We still haven’t finished investigating the situation with the bodies on this ship.”
“This… Don’t you mean… he wasn’t the one who killed them?”
Li Cheng couldn’t help but glance at Fang Shuwen, but what he saw made him whip his head back around immediately.
In that single glance, he had seen Fang Shuwen on a large ship, slaughtering people. With every pass of his fists and palms, the Forbidden Land Disciples were either torn to pieces or blasted into dust.
The sheer ruthlessness of his methods made his scalp tingle with fear.
“Your senior sister already said it. If he had killed them, he would have admitted it.”
Luo Shuqing said.
“The people from Nightfall Valley, the Lingbo Sect, the Profound Ice Hall, and Hengyang Island—yes, he did kill them.
“But not the ones from Wuyan Island.
“When we arrived, everyone on this ship was already dead.
“And someone deliberately made it look like he was the one who killed them…”
Xia Weiyuan was slightly taken aback.
“Could it be that person from before?”
The same thought occurred to Luo Shuqing, but she shook her head.
“It’s hard to say right now… What did you two find when you were investigating on that other ship?”
Xia Weiyuan shook her head.
“We only found a little something.
“Not everyone who died on that ship was killed by their own martial arts.”
“Oh?”
Luo Shuqing said as she put out the flames,
“If that’s the case, it means the killer didn’t use a specific martial art to mimic their opponents’ techniques. The killer genuinely knows their martial arts.
“And as for the few who weren’t killed by their own signature skills, I suppose the killer simply didn’t know the martial arts they practiced.
“Is there someone in the East Sea who is a master of a hundred different arts?”
“Well…”
Xia Weiyuan shook her head, her expression turning grim.
“If you must know, my Celestial Prison Island could be considered one such place.
“But even we on Celestial Prison Island haven’t collected so many different martial arts.”
“Don’t tell me your Celestial Prison Island also has a Langhuan Blessed Land?”
Fang Shuwen’s voice suddenly came from behind them.
Startled by the sudden voice, Xia Weiyuan jumped.
She spun around to see Fang Shuwen, his sleeves stained with blood, watching her thoughtfully.
Xia Weiyuan quickly shook her head.
“My Celestial Prison Island has no Langhuan Blessed Land…”
After she spoke, she remembered to look toward the large ships. As she expected, there was no longer any movement on them.
Bodies were scattered everywhere, covering the decks.
There was no sign of life left.
“You… you really killed them all?”
Xia Weiyuan’s voice trembled slightly.