Xu Jingming looked at Yu Xin and nodded. âAlthough Iâm a Demon Vanquisher, I can understand you and agree that some Demon Vanquishers deserve death.â
After killing them, those Demon Vanquishers only needed to establish new accounts. This price was to jolt those Demon Vanquishers awake!
âYou agree with me?â The black-robed youth looked at Xu Jingming. âOr are you just using sophistry to fool me? I know that in order to refine a demonâs obsession, you Demon Vanquishers are capable of saying anything.â
âSophistry canât shake the obsession of a Heaven Demon,â Xu Jingming replied.
The black-robed youth sneered at him. âItâs good that you know.â
His obsession was terrifyingly firm. He wanted to see what means this Demon Vanquisher had.
âThose Demon Vanquishers who deliberately implicated countless ordinary people deserve death,â Xu Jingming said. âBut you should also know that the entire Demon Vanquisher community maintains order and the stability of the world. Without Demon Vanquishers⊠countless demons will completely overrun the world.â
âItâs not any better now,â the black-robed youth stated coldly.
âThere are no Demon Vanquishers in the rural villages outside the city. I believe you know how miserable those villages are,â Xu Jingming said. âIf there were no Demon Vanquishers, all the cities in the world would be like the villages outside the city. The demons would be unrestrained!â
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The black-robed youth said calmly, âThose evil demons deserve death, but even more so for the Demon Vanquishers who deliberately created these demons.â
âDemon Vanquishers and demons are everywhere in the world. I know the problem cannot be solved at the root,â the black-robed youth said. âWhat we need is deterrence! To deter more Demon Vanquishers from doing so.â
âThey will be intimidated if more of them are killed,â the black-robed youth uttered.
âYou once captured your enemy and tortured him for three days.â Xu Jingming asked, âLet me ask you, was he afraid? Did he show regret?â
The black-robed youth was stunned.
âWas he completely unafraid? Did he even mock you?â Xu Jingming questioned.
âWhy?â the black-robed youth asked. âWhy arenât you Demon Vanquishers afraid? Iâve killed so many Demon Vanquishers and even tortured them. Why arenât you afraid?â
Xu Jingming fell silent.
Of course, they werenât!
To ensure that life in the virtual world didnât affect oneâs real life, they could go offline at any time at critical moments. Therefore, there was the autoplay function.
If their body was to completely disappear and go offline, it required no native to see them. However, autoplay could be done at any time. Even if there were many people beside them, they could launch autoplay at any time.
With autoplay, your torture was all borne by the AI. The Demon Vanquishers didnât suffer at all. Xu Jingming sighed to himself. Moreover, they were prepared to establish a new account when they were captured and tortured. How can they be afraid? They will even verbally attack these Heaven Demons.
The black-robed youth sighed and said, âAll you Demon Vanquishers have strong minds. Even though you committed genocide, you show no repentance. No wonder the leader said⊠Only by creating a new world and a new system can people lead good lives.â
âCreate a new world?â Xu Jingming was surprised. Does the Heaven Demon leader have such ideas?
âA country ruled by Heaven Demons,â the black-robed youth explained coldly. âThe leader will set the rules, and the Heaven Demons have to abide by them.â
âAll Heaven Demons have obsessions; can they follow the rules?â Xu Jingming was curious.
âAs long as you kill a Heaven Demon and devour its obsession, through the collision of the obsessions⊠you will learn its true obsession. A Heaven Demon on the same path can let go of its obsession and be revived,â the black-robed youth said. âA Demon Vanquisher can lie, but a Heaven Demonâs obsession canât.â
âIn our country, the Heaven Demons at the top will follow the leaderâs rules,â the black-robed youth continued. âThatâs paradise.â
The black-robed youthâs eyes were filled with anticipation.
He had suffered since he was a child and had worked hard his entire life. He had been careful his entire life, and he was ruthless and cowardly when necessary, but his life was still ruined. He wanted a place where ordinary people could live happilyâthat was the paradise of his dreams.
Xu Jingming looked at him.
Paradise?
The goal of this Demon Vanquishing World was to let top cosmic lifeforms refine demons with their minds. Another goal was to force ordinary citizens to practice martial arts. The harsh environment forced them to work hard and improve.
Only when the environment was harsh enough could more demons be born.
Only when the environment was harsh enough could one go crazy and improve. Only then could one have a chance of gaining basic mastery of martial arts in a few decades.
By not working hard in the virtual world and being eager to live an easy life, when could one turn from a planetary lifeform to a cosmic lifeform?
The suffering in the Demon Vanquishing World was a form of wealth in reality. For example, the black-robed youth, Yu Xin, had a tough life, but he had already gained basic mastery of martial arts! Moreover, he had become a Heaven Demon! Once he woke up in reality, this would be incomparably huge wealth. He could easily rise to prominence.
Xu Jingming knew this, but he couldnât say it! He couldnât reveal this to the natives.
âA country ruled by Heaven Demons?â Xu Jingming shook his head. âHow laughable. Demon Vanquishers have put in so much effort to find Heaven Demons, but you want to gather together? That will only invite the storming of a large number of high-realm Demon Vanquishers!â
âIf the Heaven Demons join forces and fight the Demon Vanquishers, itâs hard to say who will win,â the black-robed youth retorted.
âEvery country across the worldâs nine countries has many high-realm Demon Vanquishers searching for Heaven Demons,â Xu Jingming said. âHigh-realm Demon Vanquishers have an absolute advantage. As long as you dare to gather publicly, you will be wiped out.â