Chapter 24: Selling "Ghost Soldier Armaments" in Bulk — Charging Into the Land of Demons

"It sold that fast?"

Li Yue opened his eyes, surprised.

He had only just closed them, intending to study the Divine Art "Heavenly Thunder Art," yet the Ghost Soldier Armament had already been sold.

Feeling the twenty units of Divine Power that had appeared within him, a wide, satisfied smile spread across his face.

One in, one out.

Ten units of Divine Power in pure profit!

This feeling was absolutely incredible.

Now he finally understood where those profiteers got their thrill from.

Wait — no.

He was no profiteer.

He was doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, dedicating himself so that the Blue Star gods under his command could grow stronger.

"Keep going!"

"I must keep contributing!"

Excitement surged in his heart, and he immediately began casting the Ghost Soldier Armament Art once more.

Although fully condensing a single Ghost Soldier Armament required four hours, there were twenty-four hours in a day.

He could condense six Ghost Soldier Armaments in a single day.

Sell them all, and that was a clean profit of sixty units of Divine Power.

Sixty units of Divine Power per day — that was eighteen hundred units in a month!

Of course —

He also understood that the number of Blue Star gods truly willing to spend twenty units of Divine Power on a single Ghost Soldier Armament probably wouldn't be very large...

But every bit of Divine Power earned was still worth earning.

"Before transmigrating, I was a workhorse — ten hours of labor a day."

"Who would have thought that after transmigrating and becoming a god, I'd have to work twenty-four hours a day?"

"Isn't that even more of a workhorse than before?"

The thought flashed through his mind, and his expression turned a little strange.

But being a workhorse before transmigration meant buying houses and cars for his boss.

Being a workhorse now meant working for himself!

How could the two even be compared!

* * *

About thirty li from Four Seas Village.

There lay a stretch of rolling, deep mountains.

Villages of all sizes were nestled within the ancient forests, living lives almost completely cut off from the outside world.

Not because they chose to be isolated.

But because every single village was the private property of a demon.

This entire region was known by the people of Cangmu Town as the "Land of Demons" — a forbidden zone that all avoided.

"Temple Priest, our goal is to rescue the villagers from this Land of Demons?"

Zhang Ronggui stared at Li Youming in disbelief.

There were countless demons here!

This was a place the people of Cangmu Town considered a forbidden zone!

"The demons in this area are mostly small fry — far weaker than the wolf demons of Thousand Wolf Mountain."

"And this particular village is ruled by a fox demon whose aura barely reaches the second grade."

"I can kill it."

Li Youming gazed at the village ahead and spoke calmly.

Slay the demons, and bring back the villagers who had been treated as livestock.

Villagers who had suffered so greatly under demonic rule would surely be far more devout in their faith toward a god!

This was a plan he had deliberated over for many days before deciding upon.

To fulfill the Divine Decree passed down by Lord Zhangyue, and to fulfill it brilliantly, he needed to address both the quantity and quality of Believers.

These villagers had lived far more miserable lives than those in his previous villages.

The wolf demons of Thousand Wolf Mountain descended every three years to eat nine people, then left the four villages time to recover.

But the demons here —

If they were in a bad mood, they would simply eat someone.

If a demon friend came to visit, they'd grab a few people to entertain their guest.

Not enough people left in their own village?

No problem.

Just go out and capture more from the outside.

"But I've heard there's a great demon somewhere in this Land of Demons..."

Zhang Ronggui was still hesitant.

This was far too dangerous!

After all, these were demons!

Terrifyingly powerful demons!

"So what if there's a great demon?"

"Behind us stands Lord Zhangyue, whose divine might knows no bounds."

"Before Lord Zhangyue, if that great demon dares to show itself, it will be slain!"

Li Youming declared with fervent conviction.

Zhang Ronggui immediately nodded.

That's right.

Standing behind them was an Ordained Earth God!

Li Xiuwu and Li Xiuling both nodded vigorously as well.

In the eyes of these two Jia-Grade Believers, Lord Zhangyue was simply invincible under heaven!

"Move out."

Li Youming led the way, with Zhang Ronggui, Li Xiuwu, and Li Xiuling — three peak first-grade Warriors — following behind.

Behind them were twenty mid first-grade Warriors.

"Who are you?"

At the entrance to Fox Village.

Two burly men with green-glowing eyes stood guard. Unafraid at the sight of Li Youming's large group, they barked a challenge.

After all, they were servants of the fox demon lord.

What human would have the guts to dare threaten them?

In their eyes, all other humans were nothing but food.

After all, when the fox demon lord was in a good mood, he would sometimes reward them with a bit of meat to eat.

"Collaborators with evil. Kill them."

Li Youming said flatly.

The month of waiting had not been idle for him.

He had already visited the Land of Demons several times, thoroughly scouting out the situation in the area.

These lackeys of the demons had each eaten humans without remorse, committing every manner of evil — all of them deserved to die.

Swish —

Two Warriors stepped forward, and with a swift raise and fall of their blades, the two burly men — their faces frozen in disbelief — were cut down.

Though they were lackeys of a demon, they had never become Warriors themselves.

* * *

Soon, the group entered Fox Village.

A dozen or so stocky men with cruel faces and green-glowing eyes immediately converged on them, sneering:

"Where did these two-legged sheep come from, walking right into the fox demon lord's jaws as a snack?"

"Break their legs and lock them up in the pen!"

The lead man waved a large hand.

He was a Warrior himself, with two more Warriors under his command.

In his mind, dealing with a dozen or so people was child's play.

"None of you deserve to be called human."

"Kill them all."

Looking at the crowd of green-glowing eyes, Li Youming's voice was cold and indifferent.

Eating one's own kind turned a person's eyes green!

The more they ate, the greener the eyes!

Swish, swish, swish —!

Blade light flashed like lightning, and one green-eyed man after another was cut down with ease. Even the two lower first-grade Warriors among them, and the mid first-grade Warrior at their head, were slain in the blink of an eye.

Inside the crude wooden shacks and thatched huts all around, many disheveled villagers hid and peeked out from behind their doors.

Watching those green-eyed men fall dead.

Many of them wept tears of long-suppressed hatred and relief.

They hated the demons.

And they hated these beasts who had willingly served the demons, gorging themselves on the flesh of their own kind!

"You should leave quickly."

"You've killed the fox demon's servants — it will come soon."

"By then, even if you want to leave, you won't be able to."

A trembling old man pushed open the door of his thatched hut and spoke with genuine concern.

"Yes, brave warriors, please go now."

"Don't end up like us — livestock kept by the fox demon."

Another elderly man stepped out and added his plea.

Looking at the two old men, then at the other villagers still peering cautiously from within their homes, Li Youming spoke with solemn gravity:

"Fellow villagers! I am Li Youming, Temple Priest personally consecrated by Lord Zhangyue, the Ordained Earth God of Four Seas Village!"

"I have come here today to slay the fox demon on your behalf!"

The moment those words were spoken, every Fox Village villager who heard them erupted in stunned disbelief.

Slay the fox demon?

That terrifyingly powerful fox demon — how could any human possibly match it?!

Not a single Fox Village villager believed him.

As for the Ordained Earth God Li Youming had mentioned, they simply assumed he was boasting to make himself sound important.

"Please, just go."

"The fox demon will be here any moment."

The two old men urged anxiously.

"The fox demon is already here."

Li Youming looked ahead.

A violent gust of wind had risen in that direction, and striding through it came a fox demon standing over three meters tall, its entire body blood-red and wreathed in terrifying demonic energy.

Every villager instantly scrambled in terror beneath their beds, trembling uncontrollably.

The two old men collapsed to the ground, their faces drained of all color.

The fox demon had come!

After everything that had happened today, it seemed another three to five people would be dragged away and devoured!