ENGAGED IN A one-sided battle, Yang Lujia continued to think about the probable intention of the Dark Executive who manipulated Sun Feng into becoming his own puppet.

“Has this been going on for a while now? Or have they just recently been doing this?” Yang Lujia asked himself as he effortlessly avoided the ongoing attacks of the other two. “I guess I’ll have to ask Sun Ling about this. After all, she should’ve known about this already.”

“Halt,” Yang Lujia said as he used the rules of time to freeze everything within the sect. Lines of time rule characters outlined the space around them, rendering everyone immobilized except for Yang Lujia himself.

“Is there a way to trap them in the meantime?” Yang Lujia asked. “But I really want to know the truth about the reason this Dark Executive was doing this.”

He was not being cheeky or anything. Other than being curious, he was also furious about what happened to the women. As much as he wanted to ignore the matter, he wouldn’t be able to. Most probably, the Dark Executive himself must have already known about his existence.

“If only I knew of his identity, I could have cursed him with the Anathema Staff. Alas, there are several Dark Executives in this realm. What if I’ll also kill innocents with the strength of my curses?” Yang Lujia pondered.

No matter, he believed that he would find out about everything soon. After all, he was certain about not staying in the Third Region forever. He would also go to the other regions. Along with his journey, he would investigate the matters of the Dark Executives.

He thought about how he would imprison the other two without letting them go berserk and kill whoever they saw. He paused in midair for a while and looked up. “The only most feasible method would be to use the space rules. However, Fortuniel, can I contain them inside your storage space? You can handle them easily, right? Although my rules of space weren’t as complicated as the time rules, it could be taxing for me to contain them for a while.”

“Yes, host. You can place them into Fortuniel’s storage space. However, it isn’t taxing for the host to use the rules of space infinitely. You have a great amount of qi reserves in your body, which explains your inability to feel tired, weary, or fatigued.”

“It’s true, though, but I’d rather place them into your storage space. After all, even if they were the ones who instigated these things, it wasn’t their fault at all. If they were not controlled, they should’ve never gone this far. Moreover, Sun Feng is Sun Ling’s father. I don’t want another human to hate me for being cruel.”

Reminded again of himself from Earth, he realized how much of a jerk he had been. Killing people just to satisfy his own gains.

Disregarding others’ feelings just for the sake of his own pleasure. If he stole something from someone and that someone cursed him or stole something back from him, he would resort to killing that person as he’d think that person would hinder his plans.

“Too stupid,” he said as he shook his head. He then looked in the direction where the women were imprisoned and chained. Seeing their terrified looks, his heart clenched as he was recalled of something that happened in his previous life on Earth.

Sending the two into Fortuniel’s storage space, Yang Lujia confined the whole sect with the rules of space, erecting a barrier to prevent everyone from going out.

When they were able to move, the world seemed to be at peace that it baffled them whether the fight was just all a dream and it never occurred. However, when the elders saw Yang Lujia who was standing midair, their pupils shrank by a large margin.

They knew that man. They immediately recognized him. It was the man who effortlessly avoided all the frenzied attacks of the two sect masters, who had the same title among the strongest of the Third Region.

RUN!

Mobilizing all their qi, without even paying attention to the barrier erected around the sect, shrilling cries rang throughout the entire sect.

BANG!

AHHH!

“Do you really think you can escape from me?” Yang Lujia snickered. He then mumbled a word that spread out the entire sect. “Come.”

Almost as though they lost control of their bodies, every one of them was pulled back to the open ground of the sect with Yang Lujia above them whose eyes were as if looking at nothing but ants.

“Among all of you, who did not defile the ladies in that underground prison? Do not get me wrong. I get angry whenever people didn’t fuck a single lady!” Yang Lujia’s face was dead serious that everyone who saw such a scene shuddered in fear. “I am also asking the same to the disciples!”

Elder Mao, who trembled in excitement, presented himself by saying and even kowtowed, “Senior, I am one of those people who defiled the ladies in the underground prison!”

‘Shameless!’ Yang Lujia snickered inwardly.

“Alright, you can move to my side now. Who else fucked those girls in the underground prison?” Yang Lujia swept his gaze to the ground.

“Me, senior!” A disciple, wearing the core disciple uniform, stepped out and proudly represented himself as a motherfucker. “I fucked at least five ladies in the underground prison! They were so fresh!”

‘Fuck! He’s not even ashamed of what he did!’ Yang Lujia was speechless as he stared at the young disciples, but his eyes were still looking nonchalant.

Merely nodding, his gaze, once again, landed on the people. Meanwhile, the others were gritting their teeth, because they just caught up with this issue. Moreover, who would have thought that this senior would want those who fucked those women?!

‘Does he also want to fuck them one by one with these shameless bastards?’ was what basically clouded their minds at the moment while looking at the high and arrogant bastards.

Sooner, several people stepped onto the side of Yang Lujia. Most of them were core disciples, sect elders, and some other disciples who got lucky because of connections.

“Senior, I also defiled a woman in the underground prison!”

“Me, senior! I even let them suck my dick until I was dried out.”

“I have not had enough of them, senior! I was actually planning to go there tonight and have my feast! Hahahaha!”

These words from these people were like hellish music to the ears of those who were innocent. Most of the latter kept silent. Some of them chose to lie just to save their lives. They took the gamble.

Shouts and proclamations continued. After a couple of minutes, there were already several people by Yang Lujia’s side. Even at such a moment, it continued.

“Are these all the people who defiled those women?” Yang Lujia asked everyone but they all kept their mouths shut, even those who were already on his side—thinking that they were already saved.

“Seeing that no one is answering, I guess this has already come to a conclusion. Now, to those who did not defile even one woman from the underground prison, bring those ladies out of their cells and fetch them here,” Yang Lujia demanded, his forefinger pointing at the ground.

All of them showed surprised looks. Nevertheless, they still followed Yang Lujia’s order as they did not want their lives to be implicated when they did not even do anything wrong in the first place.

“Yes, senior!” they chorused as they rushed their way to the underground prison, picking every girl that they saw.

One of them tried to free a girl and let her run, but he was obstructed by his friend to refrain himself from doing so. Although they did not want anything of this to happen, their lives were still the utmost priority that they must tend to.

“Girl, you have to follow me! I’ll be moving you out of this misery!” the young disciple still insisted, despite being warned by his friends. “I don’t want you to suffer like this…”

“Yeah! We should not let them suffer like this! Little sister, let’s go! I’ve been waiting for this moment. Even if I die today, I won’t falter. Besides, even if we will be able to live, my conscience wouldn’t be able to let me sleep! It might even become my heart demon! What would we become at that moment, then?”

“No… big brother…”

“If you want to die, don’t drag us down!” a member of a group shouted and dragged the other women outside.

“Little sister, I’ve been wanting to save you since then… but…” The man who spoke earlier began shedding tears as he knelt in front of her little sister. “L-Little sister… b-big brother failed to protect you…” He lowered his head, sobbing. In the end, he was able to say two words.

“I-I’m sorry…”

Then, he continued.

“I’m sorry for being weak…”

When the others heard him talk like this, they paused and looked at him, and their views changed.

‘That’s right! It’s not because they don’t have a choice! It’s because they’re weak, rendering them no choices to choose but succumb!’

However, that wasn’t the case in this day’s event. After all, this one was uncalled for. Therefore, no matter what, they have to survive in order to get revenge. They needed to become stronger if they were able to live forward today!

“What are you all waiting for?” Yang Lujia’s voice sounded into their minds that froze them still.

“Big brother… even if you all want to save us… there’s nothing you can do—that’s because we’re being controlled… If we leave with you, we’re still gonna die…”

“W-What do you mean…”

“If we leave this place, we will just be goners. So, it’s better to follow their orders and let you live forward…” She smiled brightly at him as she continued with tears glistening on the side of her eyes, “Big brother… it’s fine… Yan Yu is fine… Yan Yu only wants big brother to live the life that he wants… after all, until now, I’m still a burden to you…”

Her big brother was struck dumb. As though his body lost control, he grew limp. Standing up, trying to muster up his courage, he said to his sister, “Let’s go…”

‘Although you said that to me, little sister. In the future, I want to avenge you! I want the world to be bathed in blood with my wrath! I will strive to become the strongest even if it would be so difficult for me to achieve it!’

He clenched his fist as he dragged his sister to the outside of the underground prison, bringing her to the open grounds with the others following them.

“Oh, so you’re already all here?” Yang Lujia raised his brows. He then landed on the ground and faced these women, whose faces were pale while looking at the men behind Yang Lujia—eyeing them like beasts.

With a wave of his hand, however, the men on Yang Lujia’s side all stood frozen. This baffled the others, especially the man who just experienced the consequences of being weak. He looked at Yang Lujia in wonder.

‘This senior… why is he freezing us?!’ a sect elder complained in his heart.

“Since you’re all here, ladies, you can now choose to…” Yang Lujia trailed off and pointed at the men behind him, his face still expressionless. “You can now choose between killing them or letting them live.”