Chapter 356 - Slaying Demon with Morality (1/2)
“In spring I sowed a wicked demon, in fall I reaped a boss…”
The System muttered to itself and captured a hiding thief in the basement of a deserted apartment.
It was a thug in his twenties who was used to poaching and hiding while others were distracted by the incoming disaster, so he was never found.
The local law enforcement had been exhausted trying to keep the peace, leaving the thief to do as he wished for a long time. It was not until today that the System found him.
With Zhi Nan becoming a regular nuisance in kill-stealing, the System could not catch the big fish, so it could only settle with small fries.
The System had always been flitting in and out as the Eastern Pharos, shining its light all around the world and suppressing the evil creatures, but now it could only find small fries…
Vigilante A hung the thief up with his vitality and flew to the airspace of a certain law enforcement building in this city. Several guards were patrolling around.
The front of the building was busy as people walked in and out.
Vigilante A had just wanted to throw the thief in when Zhi Nan appeared in front of his eyes again.
His unimpressive face carried the mysterious smile as usual.
The System immediately said furiously, “Billionaire Host, this dude is becoming more and more of a prick, he would even interfere with a thief that I want to catch. You have to think of a way for me to fight him, we can’t let him step all over us.”
Fang Ning was also having a headache dealing with him, he comforted the System, saying, “Let’s listen to what he wants. I don’t think he would interfere with us for fun.”
Vigilante A let go of the unconscious thief and stared at Zhi Nan expressionlessly.
A cold glint flashed as he shot daggers out of his eyes at Zhi Nan.
“Heh, Almsgiver Fang, it’s been a while, how do you do?” Zhi Nan greeted as if he did not notice the stare.
Vigilante A was silent, communicating only with his looks.
“Heh, my visit here today was to take another person from you.” Zhi Nan did not mind and continued.
The System almost exploded. It told Fang Ning, “Dammit, he is really trying to steal from me again… Thieves are recyclable resources and our main subject in daily experience farming, I can’t hold it in anymore!”
Fang Ning frowned as well. ‘Sir System is right, how many thefts and burglaries happen every day?
‘It’s clear as day when people whined about losing their phones, motorbikes, or wallets.
‘Different from other criminals, thievery is hard to completely eradicate.
‘The number of thieves Sir System catch depends on its efficiency and had nothing to do with the number of thieves, that’s because thieves were made much quicker than Sir System’s efficiency.
‘There are 3,600 seconds in an hour. Even if Sir System could nab a thief every ten seconds, it could only catch 8,640 thieves in a day. Assuming every thief could contribute fifty experience points, the System could earn not more than 500 thousand experience points per day, and a little more than ten million experience points per month.
‘Of course, this is nothing compared to major villains. After all, each major villain could give several hundred million experience points each.
‘However, it’s a regular income that never stops. With time, it could grow to solve the System’s basic expenditures. Without them, it would mean the experience points would be difficult to accumulate.’
After the series of thought processes, Fang Ning said, keeping in mind a guess he made about Zhi Nan, “If that’s the case, even though the System Map did not show him as threatening toward us, you still should be able to warn him with Morality. In my estimation, Morality should be effective toward him…”
The System said satisfactorily, “I knew you have an idea. Hold on.”
System Notification: [The System activated Legendary Atmospheric Morality Technique.]
[The System consumed 100 Morality Bars and all of the Aggro Bars to activate the legendary esoteric skill Morality of the Realm. Effect: Controlling Morality, one can inspire awe from all evil. Range: All areas in which Favorability rank reached ‘Worship’.]
Fang Ning noticed the system notifications as Vigilante A’s body shook. Dragon-shaped white auras coiled around him as sounds of dragon roar appeared.
The dragon-shaped aura shot toward the sky and scattered to all directions.
At that moment, the earth seemed to tremor as time seemingly stopped. White aura shot into the sky from each of human settlements.
Starting from Qi City and Ji City, it was as if the whole of China had begun to boil. Everyone’s heart jumped like something had left their bodies.
Above Vigilante A were the dragon-shaped auras. As if being commandeered, the sky was covered by white aura that not even sunbeams were able to penetrate.
Vigilante A stood nobly like a god as it stared at the man-in-black-robe.
For the first time, Zhi Nan was not smiling, staring back at Vigilante A with a serious face.
He nodded after a while, expressing his approval by clicking his tongue. “You truly are my First Paradise Lord. Even with such puny strength, you were able to make the Morality of the realm heed your calls. Even in the Upper Realm, this is a rare sight.”
“How dare you!” Vigilante A glared as his body shook again. Pillars of white aura shot down from the sky toward Zhi Nan.
Their target was not Zhi Nan, however, but the ground three feet in front of him.
Countless arrows of white aura charged faster than the wind.
However, Zhi Nan looked like he was not affected even a little. His body was still, behaving as if what happened was a breeze of cold air.
“Almsgiver Fang, you’ve succumbed to the poison of hatred again, this shouldn’t be.” Zhi Nan sighed in disapproval.
“What a d*ck, he’s such a tricky enemy,” said the System angrily, “wasting so much of my Morality Bars! Billionaire Host, your plan failed…”
Fang Ning said thoughtfully, “Wait for it.”
A little while later, the smiling Zhi Nan’s face darkened. The black robe that covered his body began to show flickers of white light.
His plain-looking face shifted uncontrollably.