With the continuous disappearance of the workers, the Black Jail Sect's disciples felt that something was wrong.
They had searched for the few times the workers had disappeared, but they could not find any traces of the escaped workers.
At that time, they thought that the escaped workers had been eaten by the wild beasts of the Di Ling Mountain Range, so they did not think much of it.
But now that such a situation had occurred, it was a little abnormal.
Although there would be workers in the Black Jail Village who could not stand this kind of life and chose to escape, the frequency of this happening was very low. Most of the workers were already numb to the current life, and with their bloody demonstrations, there were only a few who had the thought of escaping.
But the frequency of this happening was too high, especially recently, it had happened continuously. This made the Black Jail Sect's disciples feel that something was wrong.
The eldest disciple Xiao Lang's gaze swept across the group of workers, as if he wanted to see something.
And Black Tiger was hidden in the group of workers, and looked up at him in a daze, not revealing any flaws.
After asking the workers again, he still could not get an answer. Xiao Lang could only dismiss the workers, and then send the disciples out to search again.
When he decided to rebel, Black Tiger made a plan for his daily schedule.
Now that he had started cultivating, his physique was getting better and better, so his work was a lot easier than usual. After quickly finishing the day's workload, he would find a place to hide and cultivate while he went out to fetch water, then return to the sect again.
Afterwards, he would look for workers at night to assassinate, refine and devour them, and then go online to collect soul coins in the last few hours.
Everything was carried out in an orderly manner. Black Tiger's Spirit Root grew strong, and in just half a month, it had reached the level of Excellent Spirit Root (Rank 3).
When the sky darkened, Black Tiger went out to search for his prey again.
This time, he targeted the room of a female worker. After sneaking into the room, he used the same method to kill the worker.
But just as he was about to refine it, the wooden door was suddenly pushed open.
"So it was you secretly causing trouble!" The one who entered was a steward disciple holding a whip.
(Black Jail Sect's disciple ranks from lowest to highest: Steward Disciple, Inner Disciple, Direct Disciple, True Disciple, Great Disciple, Elder, Sect Leader)
Black Tiger's heart constricted abruptly when he saw this, and he hurriedly wanted to flee. However, this managing disciple had already blocked his path since long ago, and Black Tiger was already unable to flee.
In these three years, Hei Hu had a deep fear towards the disciples of the sect. Although he was already a cultivator, this fear was still imprinted in his heart and could not be erased.
"How do you want to die? By the way, where are the other odd-job workers that you've killed hidden? "The odd-job supervisor grinned as he approached the black tiger step by step.
Black Tiger did not answer. He kept retreating.
Seeing that Hei Hu didn't dare to respond to him, the supervising disciple stretched out his hand and lashed the black leather whip fiercely on Hei Hu's body, causing him to shiver.
"I'll ask you again. Where did you hide the other servants you killed?"
In fact, this supervising disciple was not surprised that Black Tiger had killed the other odd-job workers.
The reason was very simple. In this kind of environment, it was easy for the odd-job workers to have psychological problems. There had been cases of crazy odd-job workers attacking other odd-job workers, but the only thing that puzzled him was that the corpses of the dead odd-job workers had disappeared.
Looking at Black Tiger who was curled up in the corner, the supervising disciple's heart surged with hostility. In his eyes, odd-job workers were just animals that were kept in captivity. Disobeying him would only lead to death.
Black Tiger who was curled up in the corner looked very pitiful. However, as a Black Jail Sect disciple, he never sympathized with the weak, because he was a superior cultivator. He should be at the top of the food chain.
Just as the black leather whip was about to hit him again, Black Tiger's eyes suddenly flashed with an ominous light. His body suddenly pounced forward, catching the supervising disciple off guard. His throat was heavily punched.
"Wu … Cough cough …" The disciple hurriedly covered his neck. He felt that breathing had become difficult.
Since he had made a move, Black Tiger's heart was ruthless. He closed in and punched the supervising disciple's right arm. He quickly snatched the black leather whip from his hand and then tied it around the supervising disciple's neck. He began to tighten it.
No odd-job worker had ever dared to make a move against them. This time, Black Tiger's attack really caught the supervising disciple off guard.
At this time, the black leather whip around his neck gradually tightened. The barbs even pierced into his blood vessels bit by bit. The supervising disciple was shocked and began to struggle with all his might. Both of his hands continuously hit Black Tiger's body, creating lines of blood red handprints.
However, Black Tiger did not dare to let go. He clenched his teeth and persevered. Because if the supervising disciple did not die, then he would undoubtedly die.
As the supervising disciple continued to struggle, Black Tiger's eyes gradually became bloodshot. He could not help but spit out a mouthful of fresh blood.
Although he was already a cultivator, there was still a big gap between him and the supervising disciple in terms of strength. While struggling, Black Tiger's internal organs were shaken. If he did not have the determination to die, he would have collapsed a long time ago.
As he clenched his teeth and persevered, the supervising disciple's struggle became more and more powerless. Finally, he stopped moving.
However, Black Tiger still did not let go. He tightened his grip on the black leather whip. After a full five minutes, he suddenly let go. Then, he lay on the ground and began to pant.
After a while, Black Tiger, who had recovered some of his strength, looked at the supervising disciple with a ferocious look on his face.
Since he had already killed the supervising disciple, he naturally would not let it go to waste. The quality of these cultivators' spirit roots must be extremely high, which would be of great help to him.
In this era where spirit energy was declining, those who could cultivate were undoubtedly geniuses with high-quality spirit roots.
However, this refinement lasted for about five hours. Black Tiger then refined the supervising disciple into a blood pill and swallowed it. After that, he spent another two hours refining another odd-job worker. Only then did Black Tiger return to his wooden house.
After logging into the game, Black Tiger opened the attribute panel as usual.
[Black Tiger (Player)]
Level: Level 45
Spirit Root (Special): Superior Spirit Root (6/100)
(Mastered the Great Technique of Seizing Foundation. Able to seize other people's spirit roots to nourish one's own.)
Cultivation Progress: Great Technique of Seizing Foundation Level 1 5.9%
Since refining had wasted a lot of time, Black Tiger knew that he would definitely be beaten up the next day. However, after seeing his upgraded spirit root, Black Tiger felt that everything was worth it.
This was because he knew that he was one step closer to getting rid of the Black Hell Sect's control.
…
Recently, Lu Wu discovered a strange thing.
The cause was an abnormal feedback from the artifact. In a small area, there was an abnormal phenomenon of players dying every day, and it had been going on for more than half a month.
In fact, it was normal for players to die. After all, the number of players in Battle Online was huge. It was very normal for players to die due to various reasons in real life.
The souls of the dead players would also be pulled into the space by the artifact.
For these dead players, Lu Wu would not directly put them back into the game.
After all, players were more or less related to each other. Many of them were even friends in real life. If they died in real life but continued playing in Battle Online, it would definitely cause a huge commotion.
Lu Wu came up with four solutions to deal with these dead players.
Basically, ordinary players would be converted into NPCs. Their past memories would be erased, and they would continue playing the game with different identities.
By doing this, other players would not be able to find out the problem. It was very safe.
However, what they did not know was that the NPC that they were talking to might be their dead friends in real life.
However, Lu Wu would not do this for the more talented players.
Lu Wu would store the souls of these players in the artifact space. He was prepared to continue appearing in the game as a player when the time was right.
This was because these players were very valuable. They could also create benefits for Lu Wu that ordinary players could not compare to. It was suitable for them to continue existing as players.
Of course, these players' memories would also be altered. Although they knew that they were players and knew everything in real life, under the supervision of the artifact, they could not reveal the secrets in the game and existed as another player.
This type of players was not connected to the real world. They only existed in the game. However, there were not many of them, less than a hundred of them.
There was also a very special type of players with super talents.
Lu Wu would neither turn this group of players into NPCs nor players. Instead, he exiled their souls to the most mysterious part of the Underworld Sea, the Wandering Ocean. He would let them wander in that area and explore the secrets of the sea.
The Wandering Ocean was different from the other sea areas of the Underworld Sea. It was where the God of the Underworld Sea resided. It was the central sacred land of the entire Underworld Sea. It was also the final resting place for the souls of most of the dead creatures in real life.
It was close to the Six Paths of Reincarnation and was also a place for souls to be reincarnated.
Lu Wu needed this group of super talented players for a very simple task. He needed them to find other talented souls for his own use. (For more information, please refer to the Special Chapter at the end of Chapter 195)
As for the players who were registered by Lu Wu and affectionately called "cheaters" by other players, Lu Wu would basically guarantee that they would not die in real life. He would also use the artifact as a safety marker to ensure their safety.
This was because they would be the most important force in the Calamity Army that Lu Wu wanted to build in the future. Naturally, Lu Wu would not let anything happen to them.
However, Lu Wu was still concerned about the deaths of the players. He asked Bei Li to set up a death monitor in the artifact. The artifact would monitor the deaths 24 hours a day and divide the deaths into three categories: normal, accidental, and abnormal accidental deaths.
Therefore, the continuous abnormal accidental deaths in a small area naturally attracted Lu Wu's attention.
According to the feedback from the artifact, there were only about three thousand players in that small area. However, there were players dying in abnormal accidents every day. This seemed a little unusual.
To find out the reason, Lu Wu directly used the artifact to check the soul information of all the players in that area.
He then found out that more than a hundred of the three thousand players were cultivators. Although the strength of most of the cultivators could only be considered as the threshold of a cultivator, Lu Wu was still surprised.
After all, it was already very difficult to have a gathering point for cultivators in this Degenerate Era.
While checking the soul information of these players, Lu Wu also found something that surprised him.
This was because one of the players was the one that he had been paying close attention to recently. He had already started to cultivate the Great Skill of Seizing the Foundation created by the Evil Devil God. He was a potential player named Black Tiger who had the potential to be recorded in Lu Wu's personal notebook.
During the in-depth investigation, Lu Wu also found the base of the Devil Cult, the Black Hell Sect, which had an outrageous way of doing things. He also found out about the evil deeds that Black Tiger had done in order to survive.
Lu Wu, who had a good outlook on life, was ready to use three consecutive rights. However, he was stopped by Bei Li at this time.
The reason was simple. It was because Bei Li found something interesting and this matter was closely related to Lu Wu. As long as they waited for the matter to ferment, they might have unexpected gains.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
