1239 Massacring an Island (1/2)

The killing such as this one was just a common occurrence back when Tang Xiu lived for 10 millenniums in the Immortal World. It was the world where bloody brutality was just common sight between all walks of life that fought and killed each other—the manifestation of the rules of Heavenly Dao—just like big fish preys on small fish and small fish swallow shrimps. Even if you don't resort to killings, some others will come forward to kill you. Those who wanted to live and go further and those who wanted to be stronger must inevitably step on the mountain of corpses and traverse through the sea of blood to move forward.

This island had over 1,000 inhabitants and for the former Tang Xiu, this cruel battle might be less brutal than what had happened to those innocent victims. He valued life, but that didn't mean he must care about the lives of the damned people who deserved death.

Those who became pirates were exactly such a group. They must be prepared to be killed by others when they committed the atrocities themselves.

Tang Xiu looked at Karin's hesitant expression and said indifferently, ”I begin to doubt whether the Sacred Flame people are all the kind of spineless and softhearted bunch. Now I'm hesitating whether I must issue the Ninth-grade Sacred Flame mission if you keep your womanly compassion. Your attitude will make it impossible for my plan to be accomplished.”

Karin's complexion changed. She noticed her companions in the surroundings casting angry looks at her. Her expression turned cold and then said in a deep voice, ”Mr. Tang, our Sacred Flame Organization is similar to a mercenary. We have accepted the job and we will execute it perfectly. Let alone these damned people, we won't even flinch when we must slaughter innocent and poor people. I admit that what I just said was driven by a touch of kindness and compassion. I assure you that this will never happen again in the future since the purpose of our Sacred Flame Organization is all for money.”

”That's right!” Tang Xiu nodded contentedly and stated. ”What you're after is money, everything else is secondary. Be steadfast and purely focus on your own crusade for money, and kill whoever prevents you from making money. Money is everything and people would die for fortune. That's just the way to live in this world.”

A complicated look flashed in Karin's eyes and she nodded wordlessly. The Sacred Flame's 200-plus members looked enthusiastic and stared at Tang Xiu with extreme reverence.

Even the black man strode to Tang Xiu's front and excitedly said, ”I really hope you can join us, Mr. Tang. Your ideas are just in line with the highest objective of our organization. I'll explain to Vulcan myself if you're willing to join. I'll ask him to give you a position of regional administrator.”

A smile crept up on Tang Xiu's face and he asked with a faint smile, ”Do you think I'm short of money?”

The black man held his breath and suddenly looked awkward. Still, he braced himself and insisted. ”I know you're very rich, Mr. Tang. You can even pay 10 billion USD to issue a mission for us. I can say that you're the wealthiest client I've ever met. However, I think there's no one who dislikes having more. Not to mention that being able to take out 10 billion dollars doesn't mean that you're the richest man in the world. Could it be that you no longer wish to have more money, wealth, enjoy the best service in the world, and live the most lavish life?”

Money is that paramount? Seriously? Tang Xiu sneered inwardly. He then replied disdainfully, ”Money and wealth may have great roles for you, but it has no significance in my eyes. You should've investigated Chen Zhizhong's situation before you abducted him, shouldn't you? Do you think he's a rich man?”

”He does have some money, but he's not too rich,” the black man replied. ”According to our findings, the wealth of his Endless Virtue Pharmaceutical company just amounts to 5 billion dollars, give or take. It's not even enough to issue the Ninth-grade Sacred Flame mission.”

Without being salty, Tang Xiu replied, ”Chen Zhizhong is my disciple. An in-name disciple, precisely. For your information, my wealth is at least 100 times that of his, about 1 trillion or more. Do you think I can spend it all in my lifetime?”

Gasp…

The black man gasped, and the over 200 Sacred Flame's members around looked at Tang Xiu with disbelief and incredulity, as though they heard the most unbelievable thing in the world.

Trillions of dollars in wealth?

Who else could have trillions of dollars besides those terrifying super clans? This Mr. Tang should be from China, but they never heard of such a super-rich man hailing from this country, ever!

”Money is indeed a good thing to have, but to me, it's just like mud.” Tang Xiu went on, ”What I seek is strength. You're just very poor, so you still want to pursue wealth and money. But after you have such wealth that you know you won't be able to spend it all, then you will start pursuing strength and the essence of life.”

We're poor?

All the 200-plus members of the Sacred Flame wore bitter smiles. Who among them didn't have a net worth of at least several million and even in the billions? Although they were not super-rich, they were still better than most people, right?

However, they recalled how terrifying this man was and the terrible amount of wealth he had, they could only weakly groan inwardly: I'm indeed very dirt poor compared to this guy.

Quickly after, several experts of Tang Sect and Sacred Flame stayed behind on the liner, while the rest followed Tang Xiu and landed on the Sunny Island.

Facing the tens of pirates armed with firearms and trigger-happy, the experts of Sacred Flame flickered fast without Tang Xiu's order. Their swords and blades flashed, creating sword images that fluttered everywhere, with bullets flying around yet not injuring anyone at all. The tens of ferocious-looking pirates quickly beheaded, and their bodies were torn apart before quickly meeting their deaths.

”Kill these pirates as fast as you can!” Tang Xiu descended to the shore and ordered loudly, ”Remember, keep a few alive and squeeze from them where Chen Zhizhong is!”