Chapter 14: Escape

Ding Chunqiu flew backward, retreating all the way, still unable to stop after a hundred meters.

Wang Bo, sharp-eyed, saw in an instant that it wasn't because the Three Divine Techniques of the Evil Lord of the Dark Heaven were too powerful or too strong, but because Ding Chunqiu had no intention of stopping at all.

In just a few blinks, Ding Chunqiu had retreated several hundred meters.

Then, turning over, he fled in the opposite direction from the Quanzhen Sect.

In an instant, he left everyone behind.

The Evil Lord of the Dark Heaven was stunned. He hadn't expected that Ding Chunqiu, a renowned master in the martial world, would flee without a fight, and even abandon his own disciples. How shameless!

But then he flew into a rage, roared angrily, and gave furious chase.

He swore that if he caught up with Ding Chunqiu, he wouldn't waste words; he would directly knock him over and only stop after seeing his head.

Until then, it would be a fight to the death.

With Ding Chunqiu's flight, the already timid Star Sect completely collapsed. Someone shouted, "Run for your lives!"

The next second, everyone scattered and fled in all directions.

Wang Bo certainly wouldn't let these people escape. Some were notorious bandits, others were ruthless killers. If they got away, countless innocent people would suffer.

So Wang Bo raised his hand and snapped his fingers, casting a spell.

Stupefy!

In an instant, invisible magical force swept out, spreading in all directions. Every man touched by the magic fell to the ground. Some who had just jumped up tumbled down; others using light kung fu flew halfway, closed their eyes, and fell from high altitude, crashing into trees with a thud.

Their heads were broken, but they remained unconscious.

In just a few breaths, all the vicious criminals under the Star Sect who had come to attack were knocked down and captured in one net.

Wang Bo waved his hand and summoned several demons from the Time Villa. Pointing at the unconscious crowd, he said, "Find out which ones are steeped in evil and guilty of heinous crimes."

The demons nodded and immediately set to work.

They were experts in this field; the more sinful humans, the more they liked them. In just over ten minutes, they picked out a large group of people and moved them before Wang Bo.

The demons said, "These people's souls are pitch black. They have committed all seven deadly sins: rape, murder, arson—almost every evil."

Wang Bo said, "I grant you these souls."

A few days earlier, Wang Bo's demon butler had suggested that Wang Bo provide them with some human souls, or animal souls would do.

If they had plenty of souls to consume, these demons could greatly improve and help him, their master, in more important matters in the future.

Wang Bo thought it over and found it acceptable.

However, Wang Bo did not intend to kill the innocent indiscriminately; he would only give the souls of those steeped in evil and guilty of heinous crimes to the demons.

After all, these people were just wasting food and air alive, so it was better to feed them to his subordinates.

That was why Wang Bo did what he did today.

The demons were overjoyed and thanked Wang Bo profusely. Then they personally extracted the souls from these people's bodies, rolled them into balls, and put them into their pockets.

Having been with Wang Bo for some time, they knew his preferences well, so they did not devour the souls in front of him, planning to enjoy them slowly after returning.

If they feasted right in front of Wang Bo, even if he said nothing, they believed that good fortune would not come to them in the future. So the demons held back a little.

After all, eating after returning and eating now made no big difference.

Diana frowned slightly but did not stop Wang Bo.

However, after Wang Bo sent the demons back to the Time Villa, she reminded him, "Demons are demons after all. I hope you can hold the line."

Wang Bo said calmly, "Don't worry. In the future, I won't give the demons any souls that aren't guilty of heinous crimes."

Diana sighed. For now, that was all she could do. She couldn't fall out with Wang Bo over such a small matter.

If it weren't for the deep friendship she had formed with Wang Bo, she might have turned against him immediately. After all, feeding souls to demons, no matter how you looked at it, was something a villain would do.

Even if these souls were steeped in sin and would definitely go to hell after death,

Diana found it psychologically hard to accept.

Wang Bo glanced at Diana and roughly guessed what she was thinking, but he said nothing, deciding to do such things as little as possible in front of Diana in the future.

He didn't want to fall out with Diana over something like this.

Then Wang Bo called over a few young Taoists from the Quanzhen Sect and had them tie up the remaining people with ropes and take them to the Quanzhen Sect's training ground.

Although these people weren't dead, that didn't mean they were innocent.

In fact, Wang Bo had only given the souls of the most heinous and guilty to his demon subordinates. The rest, though not the worst, all had blood on their hands.

It was just a matter of more or less.

If judged by modern law, executing this group for a few minutes might result in some wrongful deaths.

After all, some had committed crimes that didn't warrant death.

But if each was sentenced to twenty years or life imprisonment, there would be no wrongful convictions.

Anyone who dared to join the Star Sect was no good.

Maybe some were innocent before joining, but they weren't innocent afterward.

The saying 'one takes on the color of one's company' has been passed down for thousands of years for a reason. Wang Bo could tell from the plot that there were few good people in the Star Sect.

Those who could remain unsullied from the mud... honestly, people with such perseverance wouldn't join the Star Sect in the first place.

The Pure Sun Taoist heard the commotion and hurried over with his fellow disciples, but Wang Bo showed him no kindness.

Not long ago, when the Star Sect attacked the mountain, Wang Bo guarded the mountain gate, while the Pure Sun Taoist and the Quanzhen disciples cowered inside the sect, placing all their hopes on Wang Bo.

They hadn't shown any intention of supporting him.

That made Wang Bo very unhappy.

Even if they just made a show of it, at least they could have let him know they were putting in effort.

But the Pure Sun Taoist did nothing, directly leading the Quanzhen disciples to play the role of the turtle hiding its head. That was just too much, so Wang Bo didn't even crack a smile when he saw him now.

The Pure Sun Taoist seemed to realize something and came over with a fawning face, about to speak, but Wang Bo cut him off: "Alright, the Star Sect people are all here. Kill them or spare them as you see fit. We're leaving."

With that, without waiting for the Pure Sun Taoist to react, he turned and left with Diana.