241 Chapter 241 (1/2)

This was a slash that was the crystallization of his past efforts. He put his entire being into it and had vanquished his foe almost instantly.

He floated there without saying anything as he knew that Zhan Jie was no more. The sword strike reached deep and could even sever someone's soul. There was no escape for this man, his soul had been cut and was slowly dissipating.

Zhang Dong looked at the man whose life was slowly fading away. He had a complicated look on his face while stretching his hand forward.

He made a grasping motion and the spatial ring of the man that he had slain flew towards his hand. This wasn't all as the leftover swords, broken or intact started to fly towards him. They all quickly vanished into the ring that they came from after its new owner ordered it.

The blades might not have been the best quality but there were a lot of them. He could use them to bolster his sects army or use the metals for resources.

He looked at the people below. The fight was over and his faction was victorious. He could see widespread destruction. The flying ships that battled with the Argonaut 1 were all destroyed. Turn to timber they were smoking down on the ground below or in the process of falling.

Compared to the ships the rest of the cultivators looked better. The large cannons of his Gungnir class ship weren't that great against small fast-moving targets.

The Argonaut was the first of its kind but more were in the works. He chose to go with the Norse mythology and named the type after one of the god's fabled weapons, a spear. For all intensive purposes it was now tested and tried, the opposing sect had no way of piercing this large treasure's force field.

The scared people from the Limitless Sword Society trembled. Their sect master was slain in a one on one battle, something that he prided himself in. From the three sects that surrounded Zhang Dong's lands, he was seen as the strongest combatant. Now his two identical parts were slowly falling down to the ground below.

”Listen to me people of the Limitless Sword Society! Your leader is dead, will you surrender peacefully or will you resist?”

The only people left here were at most at core formation level. The two elders that lost their soul-beasts to the particle beam were long gone. Matt didn't have the time or resources to go chase after the duo.

He needed to get back to New Spirit Spring City to his wife and kids. Then there was the problem with his favorite squid faced monster he needed to take care of.

”You have two choices!”

His booming voice filled the area while the cultivators on swords shivered in fright. They were unable to move as the nascent soul aura from both Zhang Dong and the Argonaut was radiating in all directions.

”Submit and accept a soul binding contract. You will swear to never harm my sect ever again and you will also abandon your current one. You may keep your lives this way and live them out…”

Zhang Dong's aura rose up, even more, the cultivators below were pushed down, unable to raise their heads.

”Or you will die here… never to go back to your loved ones… I will grant you a swift death, this is the only thing I can promise you!”

He still wasn't comfortable with needless slaughter. There was no incentive from the system to get points either, the spatial rings would be taken anyway. If they were adamant in their beliefs and sect ties, then he would have to go along with his second option.

He was hoping to not stain his hands with more blood. If he wanted to change this world into something less dangerous then he would have to lead the change. He would need to show that mercy was also an option.

However, he still couldn't trust these people so the soul binding contracts would be needed. Luckily as a nascent soul expert, he could bind these people quickly if they just lowered their defenses.

”W-we can live?”

”You aren't going to kill us?”

The people from the Limitless Sword Society were baffled by the option they were getting. Normally the losing side would be eradicated without any questions being asked. It was normal to get rid of every single enemy cultivator from an opposing sect.

People in this world liked to be sure that nothing would come back to bite them. There were times when survivors from a defeated sect survived and after many years came back for revenge. Even one person that raised himself to the nascent soul level could cause a massive blow to any sect.

So it was seen as wise to snip the problem at the root and not let anyone develop. Even turning enemies into slaves was a strange offer. They still had their cultivation and could coax their offspring to take revenge later in their life. This was also why everyone here was surprised by the offer that looked too good to be true.

”How do we know that you aren't a lying senior?”

One of the people asked while Zhang Dong slowly descended towards the Argonaut.

”Do I have a reason to lie? You are at my mercy, you can try fleeing but you all know that there is no escape! Your elders left you as disposable pawns, now decide, will it be death or life!”