Xu Jingming watched them cry and beg for mercy.
A moment of pain is nothing. Killing them directly will only be a form of liberation. Xu Jingming remained relaxed. In the coming days, all their assets will be seized, and their relatives will be implicated. Others will draw a clear line with them. They will be in pain and despair every day as the day of the death penalty approaches… As time passes, their emotions will constantly magnify.
Falling from the pedestal without any hope to be seen—despair shall torment them. Haha, this is the taste of pain.
You people should also taste some pain.
Xu Jingming looked at them and waited for the officials to take over.
Suddenly, a projection lit up. On the projection was a young man.
"Lord Wu Ming, I'm Anjik of the Ninefish family." The red-haired youth bowed respectfully with a very humble posture.
"Anjik?" Xu Jingming sat there and glanced at him. "I've heard of you—a Lv. 10 Origin lifeform from Spacetime Island. Are you here to plead for leniency?"
The Ninefish family only had two Lv. 10 Origin lifeforms in total. Anjik Ninefish was Mr. Ninefish's grandson. He had only cultivated for about 10,000 years, but he was already a Lv. 10 Origin lifeform.
"Lord Anjik." Immediately, the 73 people became a little excited. They saw hope.
Mr. Ninefish and Anjik Ninefish had too much influence in the family.
"Lord Wu Ming, please let our Ninefish family handle the crimes committed by these people," Anjik said with a smile.
"But I've already submitted evidence of their crimes to the officials." Xu Jingming was puzzled. "I can't help you."
"It's fine. As long as Lord Wu Ming rescinds the suggestion to sentence them to death," Anjik said, "the Ninefish family will be grateful. We will also severely punish the 73 of them. We will update you with regards to their final punishment!"
Punishing the 73 people was a small matter. What Anjik was worried about… was that under Xu Jingming's request, the officials would send an investigation team to carry out a high-level investigation. When that happened, more people would probably be implicated.
When that happened, it would be very normal for more than 10,000 people to be sentenced to death and hundreds of thousands to be imprisoned. That would also be a huge scandal for the Ninefish family.
"I can guarantee that all 73 of them will be sentenced to death," Anjik said. "I only hope that you withdraw your suggestion. I hope for your assistance."
Xu Jingming smiled at him. "Anjik, are you lecturing me?"
Anjik's expression changed.
"If I wanted them dead, I could've executed them directly," Xu Jingming continued with a smile. "I got the officials to interfere because I want a thorough investigation to trace the clues. I want hundreds or thousands of them to be dug out. After all, I don't have the time to investigate slowly. I believe… the officials will definitely investigate very carefully under my suggestion."
"Lord Wu Ming." Anjik's expression turned nasty. "That's crossing the line! Which family doesn't have some dirty deeds? Our family will naturally clean up the mess. There's no need to get the officials to investigate."
"Crossing the line?" Xu Jingming glanced at him. "Who gave you the guts to say that?"
Anjik's expression changed.
"Get lost." Terrifying red flames rose in Xu Jingming's eyes.
Eyes of Abyssal Void!
After 200 years of mental tempering with the Dark Primordial Star Spear Art, Xu Jingming's mind had condensed time and time again, so the might of Eyes of Abyssal Void naturally became more terrifying.
"Ahhh!!!" Even through the projection, the might of Eyes of Abyssal Void still affected Anjik, causing black flames to rise from his body. He was in extreme pain.
"Hmph." Xu Jingming turned off the projection and couldn't be bothered with him.
The 73 people became even more terrified and desperate. Lord Anjik was seriously injured through the projection? Who can save us?
…
In the virtual world.
"Grandpa." Tortured by pain, Anjik visited his grandfather, Mr. Ninefish.
Mr. Ninefish wore a loose white robe and was reading a book.
Other than being extremely talented in the evolutionary path, Mr. Ninefish also spent a lot of effort on science. He was now a Lv. 132 great scholar; he wanted to use the scientific path to assist in his breakthrough.
Although science mostly makes conjectures about high-dimensional space and many of them are wrong, there's nothing wrong with scientific thinking. Mr. Ninefish read. As long as I advance steadily, I have a chance of grasping high-dimensional powers.
"Grandpa," Anjik called out again.
Mr. Ninefish glanced at Anjik and continued reading.
"Grandpa, don't you know what Wu Ming did?" Anjik couldn't help but say, "I respectfully asked him for help and asked him to be lenient, but he mentally attacked me. I almost lost my life."
"Death is fine. The dead can still be revived," Mr. Ninefish responded casually.
"Death is fine?" Anjik was surprised.
Mr. Ninefish read and casually said, "Don't you know that he was corrupted by high-dimensional space?"
"I'm aware," Anjik answered.
Mr. Ninefish looked up as if he were looking at a fool. "Yet, you went to him?"
"But under his request, the officials will definitely send an investigation team to investigate further. According to the evidence of the 73 people's crimes, following the clues… it will implicate many people," Anjik said. "This will be a huge scandal for the entire family."
"Back then, the family only had three planets," Mr. Ninefish recalled. "More than 60,000 years have passed, and the family's population has reached trillions. This population growth is too fast. It's a good thing for Brother Wu Ming to help our family clean up the vermin."
"Grandpa?" Anjik looked at his grandfather. What kind of personality did his grandfather have? To actually cower?
Mr. Ninefish looked at his grandson. "Our Ninefish family has been virtually invincible for so many years, and that makes you fearless?"
Anjik fell silent.
His grandfather was one of Spacetime Island's strongest, and he had a very high influence among the great scholars. With his grandfather's influence, everyone would cut Anjik some slack. Who would've thought that he would encounter Xu Jingming?
"The path I've taken is very difficult. Even if I can become a cosmic legend in 100,000 years, that's my limit," Mr. Ninefish commented. "Being a cosmic legend is my limit."
"On the contrary, becoming a cosmic legend is Wu Ming's minimum." Mr. Ninefish gazed at his grandson.
Anjik was stunned.
"There aren't many people in the cosmic human race that our family can't afford to offend. Wu Ming is one of them," Mr. Ninefish said. "Alright, you may leave."
Anjik retreated respectfully.
…
Xu Jingming watched as the 73 people were taken away by the Cosmic Human Alliance's emergency investigation team.
"Lord Wu Ming, leave these people to us." The investigation team was rather respectful.
"Okay." Xu Jingming nodded.
Watching them leave, Xu Jingming frowned slightly. Over the past 200 years, the pain from Master of the Abyssal Void has tormented me daily. I have to vent it in reality once it accumulates over time.
On the one hand, I use the Dark Primordial Star to suppress my abnormal emotions. On the other hand, I occasionally vent.
But it's been 200 years. I've used the Dark Primordial Star Spear Art to temper my mind, but as my spearmanship improves, the combat generals in the Combat Generals World appear weaker and weaker. It's no longer effective in honing my spearmanship. Xu Jingming frowned.
