The next day, after finishing breakfast, Su Chen bought a horse in the city, then immediately left the city and headed east.
Su Chen had never learned to ride a horse before, but with his current physical fitness and reflexes, he quickly gained full control, as if he had been born on horseback.
Not long after leaving the city, Su Chen saw the road ahead blocked by a large fallen tree.
A smile couldn’t help but appear on the corners of Su Chen’s mouth, and he reined in his horse to a stop.
From the forests on both sides, five or six thugs wielding swords and blades sprang out.
These people didn’t use any jargon like “I opened this road, I planted this tree,” nor did they say any plain talk like “hand over your money,” but instead surrounded him directly with fierce glares.
“As expected, they came.”
Su Chen had discovered someone was targeting him yesterday.
That made sense; he was just a child, had spent quite a bit of money yesterday, and didn’t have any adults with him, so naturally, he would attract the attention of those with ulterior motives.
Su Chen even recognized that among these people was a shop assistant from a store yesterday.
Su Chen had thought they would make a move last night; they were quite patient, waiting an extra night.
“Get off the horse…”
“Why are you talking so much?
Do it.”
As soon as one person spoke, he was scolded by the leader.
Then, the leader swung his blade at Su Chen.
“Heh.”
Just as this person’s blade was halfway through the swing, a bloody hole had already appeared in his throat.
Regarding these bandits who blocked the road to rob and kill for money, Su Chen did not hesitate in the slightest; he raised his hand and struck with his spear.
“Ah.”
The others hadn’t expected at all that they would flip over while just robbing a child.
In just one encounter, their boss was already dead.
“He is only one person…
Uh.”
Su Chen felt absolutely no discomfort from killing for the first time; on the contrary, he had a feeling of exhilaration, and with a backhand strike, he impaled another person.
He felt the Life Destruction Spear in his hand faintly heating up, and the spear body seemed to be faintly emitting a red light.
It was not that kind of dazzling red light, but a deep, restrained red light that carried the scent of blood.
The remaining few were terrified out of their wits; how could they still dare to treat Su Chen as an ordinary child?
They fled as fast as they could.
But how could they run faster than a horse?
Su Chen spurred his horse to catch up, and in a few moments, the rest of them all perished.
“The Douluo Continent is really not peaceful; there are too many bad people.”
It was only the second day since leaving the village, and Su Chen already had several lives on his hands.
Perhaps it was because Su Chen was too young and looked too harmless; if he were a burly man, these guys who bullied the weak would likely not have dared to make a move.
“The Hundred Battles Spear Art is a spear technique forged from countless battles; hard training is important, but combat is also essential.”
The death of a few people who weren’t even a Spirit Master was completely beneath the notice of the God of Destruction.
These people combined were not as strong as the Sea Soul Beast Su Chen had killed.
The God of Destruction replanned a route for Su Chen.
Besides the ownerless money he had already marked, he also marked several places where bandits and mountain robbers were entrenched.
Among some of the bandit hideouts, there were even a Spirit Master present.
Of course, a Spirit Master who had fallen to the point of becoming a bandit could not be a high-Rank Spirit Master; they were just around Rank 10+, having just stepped over the threshold of being a Spirit Master.
Although Su Chen had not yet obtained his first spirit ring, relying on the Hundred Battles Spear Art was enough to deal with them.
After receiving the updated route from the God of Destruction, Su Chen swung the Life Destruction Spear and chopped the large tree on the road in half.
Then, with a flick of the spear tip, he tossed the half of the tree on the road to the side.
Su Chen likewise tossed the bodies of those bandits into the forest by the side of the road, so as not to scare pedestrians.
He was now wealthy, but he still looted the bodies slightly.
After all, in some counter-kill scenarios, one could find good things.
But these people were truly penniless; let alone any treasures, they couldn’t even scrape together a single gold coin.
“Giddyap.”
Su Chen urged his horse and galloped away.
Divine Realm, Castle of Destruction.
The Seven Original Sin Gods had not yet left.
However, they were not constantly asking the God of Destruction for advice; after receiving guidance, they felt they had gained something, and they would also exchange ideas and debate with each other.
The Castle of Destruction, which in the past was basically visited by no one except the God of Destruction, suddenly became lively.
This unprecedented spectacle also attracted the attention of some other Divinities, and the God of Ruin was one of them.
“My Lord, these seven guys can listen to your teachings; you cannot favor one over the other and forget your subordinate.”
The God of Ruin was also a deity from the God of Destruction’s faction, and could be considered his old guard.
Seeing the God of Ruin, the God of Destruction felt somewhat complicated.
In the future, the God of Ruin would pass his God Position to a person named Zhou Weiqing.
When Zhou Weiqing first arrived at the Divine Realm, the God of Destruction had taken good care of him.
Yet it was precisely this new God of Ruin, Zhou Weiqing, who, at the critical moment of his struggle with Tang San, gave him a shameful backstab.
Zhou Weiqing even had the nerve to say something about Tang San having done him a favor first, and that he had no choice but to make that decision.
If Zhou Weiqing hadn’t stood on his side from the beginning, but instead had openly been his enemy, the God of Destruction wouldn’t have been so angry.
Sure enough, anyone who was cut from the same cloth as Tang San was a shameless person.
The God of Destruction made up his mind; he would never let the God of Ruin pass his God Position to Zhou Weiqing again; he would just let him die of old age in the Lower Realm.
“My Lord, why are you looking at me like that?
It’s a bit creepy.”
The God of Ruin was not a timid person, but facing the gaze of the God of Destruction, he always felt a chill down his back.
“Since you’ve come, then stay.
Whether you can gain anything depends on your own luck.”
“Good, thank you, my Lord.”
The God of Ruin immediately breathed a sigh of relief and beamed with joy.
Sure enough, the Lord still treated him as one of his own.
“Dali, do you have any thoughts of passing down your God Position?”
The God of Ruin was also called the God of Strength; the God of Destruction’s use of this form of address made him feel that this was the Lord’s closeness to him.
“This subordinate has indeed had such thoughts, but I haven’t decided yet, and a suitable successor is not that easy to encounter; I’ll just let it be.”
After speaking, the God of Ruin looked at the God of Destruction’s expression and added:
“If the Lord has any requirements, whether it is for me to pass down the God Position early or to continue serving the Lord, I am willing.”
“Very well, you will continue to stay in the Divine Realm; even if you are to pass down the God Position, you must inform me first.”
“Yes, I will obey your command.”
The God of Ruin grinned, baring his teeth, and even raised an eyebrow at the God of Wrath.
“See that?
The Lord still values me the most and can’t bear to see me leave the Divine Realm; you guys are still unreliable.”
The God of Wrath rolled his eyes.
If it were before, regarding the God of Ruin’s provocation, even if he wouldn’t make a move, he would definitely have felt anger.
But after the guidance of the God of Destruction, his control over his angry emotions had significantly improved.
With one more God of Ruin, the liveliness in the Castle of Destruction added a few more points.
And the liveliness within the Castle of Destruction, through the mouths of other deities, was finally passed on to the Goddess of Life’s Forest of Life.
Upon hearing this news, the Goddess of Life felt both happy and somewhat depressed.
She was happy because the God of Destruction had indeed, as he said, gained a deeper understanding of the Way of Destruction, and his personality had improved greatly, no longer as cold as before.
She was depressed, of course, because the God of Destruction was chatting happily with the Seven Original Sin Gods in the Castle of Destruction, while when he came to find her earlier, he had come in a hurry and left in a hurry.
Could it be that she, his wife, was not as important as those subordinates?