When a person is in a high-ranking position, their words carry the law.

Chapter 96 The Great Freedom Demon Lord

"Turn right. See that apartment building on your right? Li Yundong's wife and son should be inside, if they didn't run away..."

Luo Shui's voice came through the earphones, while panicked shouts came from the residential building to the right.

"Killing!"

"Killing!"

Shouts echoed in the building. Bai Ze shook his head slightly and said, "They shouldn't be able to escape."

After the burly man escaped, he obviously didn't leave immediately. Instead, he went to the hiding place of Li Yundong's wife and children and killed them both.

Bai Ze pinpointed the location of the sound and walked directly into the open door of Unit 1 of the residential building.

Ascending the stairs to the third floor, marked with mottled traces, one could see two middle-aged women fleeing in a panic, while all the doors of the apartments in the stairwell were tightly shut.

It seems that people in this world don't really enjoy gossiping.

Bai Ze walked to the only suite on this floor that was not closed, used his longsword to push open the door, and saw a female corpse lying on the ground.

Blood gushed from her throat, staining the ground crimson.

She must have died recently, and the cause of death was that her throat was ripped open, a typical method of killing with a tiger's claw.

Bai Ze stepped over the corpse and entered the somewhat cramped living room. Under the white light, he saw that the living room had been cleared out, with an altar in the middle and a spirit tablet on it.

A young man knelt before the offering table, palms facing upwards, one hand holding a dagger, the other hand's palm slashed open.

He was already dead, his head lying crookedly on the ground, his neck probably snapped off.

"It looks like a cult ritual..."

Bai Ze explained the situation to Luo Shui through the earpiece, his gaze shifting to the offering table.

A simple shrine tablet sits on the altar, with a few large, crooked characters carved on it.

"The Great Free God?" Bai Ze murmured these words. "Is he worshipping the evil god of the Great Free Demonic Cult?"

As the first evil god to appear after the world came together, the Great Freedom Demon Lord is known to everyone, especially Bai Ze, who recently brushed up on his history.

Such great fame naturally made the Great Freedom Demon Lord a rising star in the world of evil gods; those who wanted to worship an evil god would think of him first.

However, after the Federation's third campaign against demons, the influence of the Great Freedom Cult had greatly diminished. Although there were still many branches abroad, such as the Church of Conflict and the Church of Great Joy, the Great Freedom Cult's activities were rarely seen in Eastern Xia.

The only thing Bai Ze knew was that five years ago, the vice leader of the Great Freedom Demonic Sect severely injured Mu Yaoguang. And it was Mu Yaoguang who told Bai Ze this.

Outwardly, there has been no news about the Great Freedom Demonic Sect for a long time.

"Is he performing a ritual for the Great Free Demon Lord?"

Luo Shui let out a low exclamation through the earpiece, then clicked his tongue and said, "Desperate, he chose to sacrifice himself to an evil god... Heh, he probably heard about the Great Freedom Demon Lord's reputation for generosity. But he probably doesn't know that the Great Freedom Demon Lord was severely injured by the three divine enemies of the Federation during the Third Demon Extermination Movement and hasn't responded to his believers for many years."

"Oh? What do you mean?" Bai Ze said upon hearing this. "I remember the history textbook only said that the leader of the Great Freedom Demon Sect was killed in the Third Demon Extermination Movement. I didn't expect that even the Great Freedom Demon Lord was severely injured."

"Because much of the information related to the Great Freedom Demon Lord is not suitable for public release."

Luo Shui replied through the earpiece: "The Great Freedom Demon Lord is one of the most active evil gods. Anyone who can reach a certain emotional peak may attract the attention of the Great Freedom Demon Lord. Despair, joy, greed—as long as one of these emotions is strong enough to interest the Great Freedom Demon Lord, one may obtain the Great Freedom Demon Blood." "This demon blood can directly refine a person's body, stimulate blood and qi, and transform the body, giving the recipient a 100% chance of gaining a certain physical ability and becoming an Awakened One. Therefore, in the past, many people would pray for the Great Freedom Demon Lord's attention when they encountered desperate situations."

After all, when people are in dire straits, they will not give up any hope, even if it means drinking poison to quench their thirst.

Bai Ze could easily imagine the chaos that must have ensued before the third Demon-Slaying Campaign.

While it may be quite difficult to pique the interest of the Great Freedom Demon Lord, the path to obtaining demon blood is open to everyone. Everyone has the opportunity to try to obtain demon blood and then ascend to the heavens to become an Awakener.

No wonder the Federation blocked the information and did not disclose that the Great Free Demon Lord would bestow demon blood.

Even if it is declared that the Great Freedom Demon Lord has been severely injured, it probably will not stop those who are unwilling to be ordinary from trying to obtain the demon blood one after another.

Luo Tao was initially misled into practicing the evil arts of the Sacred Heart Sect in order to become a martial artist, but the Great Freedom Demon Blood goes a step further, enabling one to become an Awakened One.

Even just in terms of physical abilities, it's enough to drive most people crazy.

Just like the young man in front of me, he must have been trying to use his despair to gain the attention of the Great Freedom Demon Lord in a desperate situation.

Unfortunately, he didn't know that the Great Free Demon Lord had stopped responding to his followers.

"So, the purpose of notifying both Yunlai Group and the Martial Arts Association was to let them witness this scene?"

As Bai Ze scanned his surroundings, he thought to himself, "If the old principal hadn't received the news beforehand, the Yunlai Group would have arrived here before the Martial Arts Association, and then they would have seen this sacrificial site."

"Li Yundong took the blame for the leak, while his wife and children were here worshipping the Great Freedom Demon Lord. When the people from Yunlai Group saw this, their first thought was probably to cover it up."

Li Yundong is carrying the blame for Yunlai Group's actions, and the fact that his wife and children became cult members will undoubtedly implicate Yunlai Group as well.

Therefore, Yunlai Group is bound to cover it up.

The Federation attaches great importance to the Great Freedom Demonic Cult; even a hundred Sacred Heart Cult members are not as important as one member of the Great Freedom Demonic Cult.

Yunlai Group cannot afford to take the blame for this.

They will prevent the martial arts association members who arrive later from conducting an investigation, even at the cost of conflict.

"This will only escalate the situation further, making things even more unfavorable for Yunlai Group," Bai Ze murmured.

Following this line of thought, it would be better if Li Yundong's wife and children were still alive.

The Yunlai Group members were faced with two living people; they didn't know whether to kill them or not.

If they kill him, it will be considered silencing him if it gets discovered; if they don't kill him, they're afraid Li Yundong's wife and children will talk nonsense.

However, because Bai Ze arrived early, the burly man chose to kill.

If this survivor falls into Bai Ze's hands, there will be many ways to use him, and he might accidentally implicate someone.

“Qi Fangwei, he’s trying to betray Yunlai Group,” Bai Ze said.

"It should be said that this is to exacerbate the hostility between Yunlai Group and Yao Guang, and to make the bastards of the Yun family stand on their side," Luo Shui said bitterly.

(End of this chapter)