Chapter 8: Hatred Filled (Part 1)

Eagle Demon and Luo Zhan shouted loudly, splitting into two groups as they charged into the fleet of hunting vehicles. Nan You, on the other hand, flew upward—he needed to oversee the entire situation. If any hunting vehicle tried to escape, it was his task to capture or kill it.
Luo Jie, Qi Nan Shan, and Guo Shieru hovered in the air, ignoring the surrounding hunting vehicles entirely, focusing only on Eagle Demon and Luo Zhan to see how they would deal with them.
A series of explosive sounds rang out as Eagle Demon, wielding his life-bound sacrificial weapon—a long sword—charged into the fleet. The blade’s light was like that of a dragon emerging from the sea; any hunting vehicle that tried to block him was shattered to pieces. None could withstand its flashing blade.
Luo Zhan sat on the altar, directing the sacrificial weapon. His approach differed from Eagle Demon’s—he continuously cast spells, and within just a dozen seconds, hundreds of hunting vehicles were shattered and fell.
Chaos ensued among the hunting vehicles, with various attacks fired at the two men. Yet their attacks posed little threat. Against altar-level professionals, even high-ranking grand masters were helpless.
In less than a minute, thousands of hunting vehicles were destroyed, with at least half of them crashing to the ground. Someone shouted in panic, and the vehicles began scattering in all directions. But Nan You was still waiting outside, shooting down the fastest ones before they could accelerate away.
Guo Shieru roared, “Capture a few prisoners! Don’t kill them all—I need information!”
The hunting vehicles scattered in all directions, never expecting the enemies to be so powerful. Guo Shieru said, “Master, Grandpa Nan Shan, it’s better if you take action. It’s too chaotic; they can’t kill them all.” With that, he also activated his altar. According to him, not a single hunting vehicle should be spared—there was no need to show mercy now.
Luo Jie immediately teleported away and appeared among the hunting vehicles. A faint flash of black flame appeared on his body, and soon the vehicles began falling one after another, like dumplings, with none of the professionals inside surviving. He was like an angel of death, annihilating the largest group of vehicles in an instant.
The scene was in complete chaos. Guo Shieru shouted, “Uncle Eagle Demon, Uncle Luo, Nan You—attack from the outside!”
Eagle Demon and Luo Zhan teleported away immediately. Nan You moved back and forth, targeting only the vehicles that fled the farthest, ignoring the rest, knowing that Eagle Demon and the others would handle them.

Actually, if it were a real massacre, as long as Luo Jie or Qi Nanshan intervened from the start, all the professionals on those hunting vehicles would be wiped out—both of them possess extremely powerful soul flames. But now the situation is chaotic; even if they wanted to use their soul flames, they had to consider Eagle Demon and Luo Zhan and the others, who also feared those flames. So they could only kill on a small scale. After shooting down three groups of hunting vehicles gathered together, they stopped and flew back. They didn’t even bother attacking individual hunting vehicles. Guo Shier and the others fought frantically, and in just a short while, over a thousand hunting vehicles were completely cleared out. Only then did they realize that not a single captive had been left. It had been so easy—they had killed all the professionals who came this time. Countless tentacles hung from Guo Shier’s altar, fluttering in the air to capture souls. The old man was excited, jumping up and down in the altar. You see, Guo Shier rarely took the initiative to kill professionals, but this time he had killed quite a few. The old man hoped to obtain more souls, using Gu Xi Bi’s tentacles to capture them quickly and efficiently. Guo Shier asked, “Who caught any captives?” Eagle Demon said, “I didn’t…” Luo Zhan said, “Ah… I forgot…” Nan You said, “I was only responsible for chasing the hunting vehicles on the periphery. Is there anything for me to do?” Luo Jie and Qi Nanshan each intervened only once or twice and never thought about capturing any captives. They looked at each other for a while, then Luo Jie said with a smile, “Shier, don’t worry. More people will come…” Guo Shier looked at everyone helplessly. He had also fought frantically and hadn’t thought about capturing anyone at all. With a wry smile, he said, “Forget it. I’ll go search below. Maybe there are still alive ones… who knows?” The altar passed several meters above the ground, and soon Guo Shier realized that due to the huge difference in strength, as the treasure altar shattered the hunting vehicles, it also killed all the professionals inside—there wasn’t a single survivor. Seeing Guo Shier’s somewhat disappointed expression, Luo Jie couldn’t help but laugh heartily. The battle just now had relieved some of his anger, making him feel better. He said, “We’ve already reached the territory of the Gu Mi family. Are you still worried about not finding their lair? Shier, don’t worry. We will definitely get revenge for this debt!”

The entire extermination operation took less than six or seven minutes. Thousands of hunting vehicles were destroyed, and thousands of professionals were killed. Given their combat power, this wasn’t considered very impressive. Guo Shierou shook his head. He knew there had been some issues with command this time, but he didn’t care. He said, “Well, should we keep waiting or go look for the city where the Gumi family is? There must be a city in the vicinity.”

A altar-level professional facing professionals below the rank of high archmage was like a strong man using a machine gun to shoot chickens and dogs. Even if a high archmage was a formidable hyena, they couldn’t compete with a man armed with a machine gun—there was simply no comparison in strength. Thus, any altar-level expert from a family was a strategic asset. The Gumi family never expected that plundering the populations of several mid- to low-level continents would draw them into conflict with such powerful altar-level experts.

Guo Shierou also didn’t want to wait any longer. He said, “Let’s go. I remember they came from this direction. We’ll follow this route!”

The six of them flew toward the distance. A few minutes later, they saw a city.

The city had no walls, but it had raised a defensive shield. Rows of hunting vehicles quickly took off into the air. They had already received alarm signals, knowing that the thousands of hunting vehicles sent out had been completely annihilated, so they immediately activated their defenses.

A group of about twenty hunting vehicles flew over.

Guo Shierou and the other five lined up side by side. None of them activated their altars; they simply observed coldly. Luo Jie said, “This city is quite large. Hehe, it must be an important city for the Gumi family. Hopefully, we’ll see a few strong professionals.”

Nan You said, “At most, there will be one or two professionals with virtual altar powers guarding it. No matter which ancient family it belongs to, no city will be given too much importance. Ancient families control many continents and even more cities. It would be too extravagant to assign an altar-level expert to each city.”

It had to be admitted that Nan You knew more about ancient families than Guo Shierou and the others. An ancient family usually controlled a dozen or twenty continents, each with countless cities. It was impossible to assign an altar-level expert to guard every city. Only particularly important cities might have one, and those were usually virtual altars. If someone had a real altar, their status within the family would be completely different—they wouldn’t be sent to guard a city.

Luo Jie said, “I hope there’s an altar-level expert here. Fighting against juniors is really boring. Shierou, you go.”

Guo Shier said, “Fine. I still haven’t vented all my anger. Let me do it this time!” His soul trembled slightly as he added, “Elder Shuai, in a moment, I’ll release the altar, and then you release the tentacles of Gu Xi Bi.”

Elder Shuai replied cheerfully, “Great! That’s exactly what I like about you. This world doesn’t need such restraint—kill if you can! We need to replenish our souls!”

Guo Shier’s Moon Blade had reached the fifth rank, all thanks to Elder Shuai. The old man constantly helped refine the blade using various precious materials, along with plenty of sacrifices and soul beads. As a result, the blade’s power grew stronger, yet Guo Shier used it less and less often.

The recent upheaval in his hometown had greatly shaken Guo Shier, and he finally lost control and snapped.

Twenty-odd hunting vehicles hovered in front of Guo Shier and the five others. Seven or eight people stepped out of the vehicles. Guo Shier glanced at the leader, who was an intermediate Grand Sage. The man shouted, “Who are you? How dare you provoke our Gu Mi family? Surrender now, and you might still keep your lives. Otherwise…”

Guo Shier asked coldly, “Otherwise what? Enslave us?”

The man roared, “If you surrender, you might still become slaves. But if you resist… you’re seeking death!”

Guo Shier said, “Perfect!” Suddenly, an altar appeared beneath his feet, followed by countless tentacles.

The man never expected his opponent to be an altar-level expert and turned pale with fear. Before he could speak, Guo Shier ordered, “Die!” Without even using his Moon Blade, he used the altar to charge at them.

The tentacles of Gu Xi Bi swayed, dragging and entangling the people in the twenty-odd vehicles. In an instant, they drained their souls, then shook violently, crushing them to pieces. All the vehicles crashed, and all the professionals were killed instantly.

Chaos ensued in the city. Once confirmed, the news spread that among the invaders was an altar-level expert. Messages were sent in all directions—all pleas for help. An altar-level expert wreaking havoc on any continent was a tragedy for a family, as they were extremely powerful, fast, and had overwhelming attack capabilities, making it extremely difficult to surround and kill them.

No family would want to go to war with an altar-level expert; even if they managed to kill them, the cost would be unbearable. So once an invasion by an altar-level expert was detected, the entire family would go all out, making it nothing short of a war. The Gu Mi family still didn’t know that there were six altar-level experts here, two of whom were extremely terrifying Soul Altar experts.

The hunting vehicles that had been circling in the air, seeing over twenty of them shot down, immediately turned and rushed into the defense circle. In less than a minute, all the hunting vehicles were inside the city, leaving only a layer of defense shield glowing with a pale blue light.

Guo Shier laughed coldly and said, “Can this kind of defense shield stop us?”

Luo Jie asked, “Shier, can we break it?”

Guo Shier had never tried to break a city’s defense shield before. He said, “How can we know without trying? I’ll do it!” He sat on the altar, activated his Moon Blade, and a golden-red light shot out. Then he cast two spells in succession. His spells now were completely different from before—he could generate tens of thousands of virtual talismans with a single spell, which would then merge into the Moon Blade.

The Moon Blade immediately expanded, turning into a giant blade two hundred meters long, hovering above the defense shield.

The professionals of the Gu Mi family in the city stared in shock, trembling with fear—the massive Moon Blade looked terrifying. As Guo Shier cast his spells, the Moon Blade transformed from virtual to real. Then Guo Shier shouted, “Go!” Instead of slashing down, the Moon Blade rose into the sky.

In the blink of an eye, it disappeared high in the air. Guo Shier kept his eyes fixed on the defense shield and cast another spell, shouting, “Slash!”

Whoosh!

A sharp, piercing howl came from above. A golden-red light flashed as the Moon Blade, spinning rapidly after descending from the sky, formed a giant blade wheel that slashed down fiercely.

This method required complete freedom from interference to unleash its full power.

Boom!

Countless people in the city fell to the ground. The defense shield emitted a blinding light, accompanied by cracking sounds—as this single strike drained half of its energy. Immediately afterward, the Moon Blade rose again.

The professionals let out terrified screams, scurrying around like headless flies in the city. They weren’t fools either; just one strike from the opponent had already weakened the defense shield. In a few more attacks, it would surely break. More distress talismans were sent out, and chaos reigned in the city.

Luo Jie smiled and said, “Not bad. Its power is quite formidable. I didn’t expect that.”

Boom! Crack! Crack! Crack…

The sound of the defense shield shattering was terrifying, but Guo Shier was not satisfied. He had thought he could break the shield in just a couple of strikes, but to his surprise, despite being on the verge of collapse, the shield withstood the second slash from the Moon Blade. This time, Guo Shier did not continue slashing; instead, he gave a light tap on the Moon Blade, which instantly transformed into countless tiny Moon Blades. Guo Shier cast a series of spells, and the tiny Moon Blades turned into a spinning tornado. Then, with over a dozen more spells cast in quick succession, the tornado-like tiny Moon Blades struck the defense shield head-on.