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nThe burly man could sense Shun Long's killing intention.

nHis voice was resolute as he sounded like there was nothing that would stop him from killing this man.

nShun Long looked at the man right in the eyes as he said

n''Prepare yourself''

nHe himself also took a deep breath as he tried to calm his breathing that had turned somewhat erratic. Despite everything else, Shun Long still hadn't killed a man in his life. He has killed magic beasts, but beasts only act on instinct, not intelligence. They either kill you or you kill them.

nBut killing a man was different.

nThere were 2 types of killers. People who killed wantonly and people who killed with a goal and reason in their minds. In the end, no cultivator could escape from the cycle of killing. To advance in life, you must step on someone else.

n''Wait! Do you know who I am?

nI am Wong Huo from the 'Iron-hardened sect'!''

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nThe burly man could sense Shun Long's disturbance in his frame of mind as he quickly tried to take advantage of it.

nIf Yong Ru could hear this man's name, he would definitely be startled! It was too bad that he was under the suppression of the 'Monarch's Domain' and couldn't even sense that time had stopped around him.

nShun Long just shook his head as he tightly clenched his right hand. As the 'Monarch's Eternal body' provided abudant energy, Shun Long sent a punch at Wong Huo, straight at the temple.

n''NOOOOO! YOU CAN'T KILL ME!''

nWong Huo screamed terrified as he saw the approaching punch but couldn't escape fast enough due to the restrictions of the 'Monarch's Domain'.

nAs the punch connected with his temple, Wong Huo's head exploded like a watermelon as his body was then sent spinning through the air.

nBlood filled Shun Long's right hand and robes, as brain matter splattered all over the ground.

nShun Long watched this scene and his hand started to tremble. The scene of Wong Huo screaming before he died reverberated in his ears for a good while.

nShun Long took a few deep breaths, as if trying to digest the whole scene and calm his rapid heartbeats when little Black's voice was heard in his head

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n''Master, don't think too much into it. Killing is part of the natural cycle. It's the same whether it involves animals, magic beasts or humans.

nAnimals kill each other to survive, whether it is for food or because they feel threatened.

nMagic beasts kill everything that they encounter to consume their flesh and become stronger. They don't differentiate between humans, animals or even other magic beasts.

nHumans are the same as well.

nThey kill animals and magic beasts for food, while they kill other humans for countless reasons, whether that involves a personal feud, treasures, and many other reasons.

nThis is the life of cultivators, stepping through countless corpses as they walk forward.''

nShun Long found himself slightly lost in little Black's words. After all the mental impact of when you kill a person the first time doesn't go away that easily.

nHowever, the more he thought about it, the more he found that little Black's words made sense. Although his soul originally belonged to this world before it was split into 3 parts, it was only now, after killing Wong Huo, that Shun Long had started to truly accept this world. The mental barriers in his heart had now started to slowly unshackle themselves.

nShun Long then stopped the 'Monarch's Domain', and a scream that sounded like a pig being butchered was heard.

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nXiao Wan and Yong Ru who were heading towards each other, suddenly turned their heads to look at the source of the scream, only to see Xiao Li sprawled on the ground unable to move.

n''NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!''

nXiao Wan rushed to Xiao Li's side as he supported him while Xiao Li was still screaming in pain.

n''Brother what happened to you?'' Xiao Wan asked anxiously, but Xiao Li didn't reply. He couldn't reply. The pain from having your dantian shattered was both a mental and a physical torture, beyond what most humans could endure.

nAt the same time, another scream was heard, this time from behind Yong Ru.

nYong Ru turned around and saw his junior sister, Qiao Lian staring at something with frozen eyes. Yong Ru and his other 2 junior sisters also followed her line of vision, only to see a headless corpse dressed in the 'Iron-hardened sect's' robes lying on the ground.

nShocked, Yong Ru's eyes looked around searching for Shun Long, only to see him sitting on a patch of grass with his eyes closed, as blood dyed his robes and his right hand.

nThis headless corpse obviously belonged to the leader of the enemy's group, Wong Huo.

nYong Ru didn't ask anything and instead turned his head to look at the 3 girls behind him. As if in tacit understanding, the girls followed Yong Ru as they encircled Xiao Wan who was still trying to calm the screaming Xiao Li.

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nEarlier, the 3 girls at the early stage of rank 2 would be completely useless in such a fight, but now, surrounding just the early rank 3 earth grade Xiao Wan and the crippled Xiao Li, they could definitely turn the tables on them.

nXiao Wan looked around warily as he saw the 4 of them surrounding him and his brother, and he asked in an angry voice that tried to conceal his fear

n''What do you want? What did you do to my brother?? If you don-if you don't answer.. I-I will kill you all!''

nYong Ru and the 3 girls who had now surrounded this pair of brothers, all looked at Xiao Wan disdainfully as Yong Ru was the one who spoke

n''Even I can see from here that your brother's dantian has shattered, don't tell me that you haven't noticed it yet.''

nXiao Wan's face paled as he shouted

n''BO-BOSS! SAVE MEE!''

nAs he screamed, Xiao Wan turned his head around to plead for help from Wong Huo, but when he saw the headless corpse behind him, his head almost blanked out.

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