Chapter 962 - Waging War With A Just Cause (1/2)

Under the guidance of the Heavenly Spirits Clan, Vigilante A successfully found an encampment of a squad of malevolent spirit guards.

The encampment was situated by the bend of a river.

Thick Yin Energy floated above the river. Judging by its concentration, and compared to the previous Yin Energy Realm, it was over ten times more abundant.

On the riverbank, there was a military encampment. A dense Ghostly Energy settled as spirit heads could be seen moving up and down among the military camps.

At times, some large malevolent spirits would walk out of the military encampment and jump into the river to bathe and rinse themselves.

These malevolent spirits were huge in size. Every one of them was as large as tens of meters to hundreds of meters. They could even freely shift and alternate between solid and ethereal states, which clearly demonstrated their extremely high cultivation base.

Their temperament was indeed very violent. Those malevolent spirits that were bathing and rinsing in the river were evidently powerful creatures, and there would be conflict occurring among them from time to time, where they would beat up one another while the water around them surged and plummeted in waves.

If this place were to be compared to the valley where the Heavenly Spirits Clan formerly lived, one would be a high-rise villa while the other a rural shack.

“Indeed, while the house of the rich reeks of flesh and wine, there are frozen bodies lying by the roadside (TN: A Chinese proverb criticizing the unreasonable economic disparity in a society). Clan Leader Scarlet Eye, no matter where it is, the situation is the same.”

In the System Hotel, Fang Ning was speaking to the clan leader of the Heavenly Spirits Clan, the tall-looking specter.

Scarlet Eye was his name, which was derived from his background and natural trait. He was a spirit born from the eyes of a person from the Celestial Clan.

That person from the Celestial Clan was good at Flame Magic, so he, too, inherited such a natural trait.

Among spirits and souls, this was an extremely rare natural trait. After all, spirits themselves were innately predisposed to fear flames and sunlight.

However, due to his declining Yin Energy, he did not have enough magical energy to use this natural trait to cast spells. Otherwise, he could have still defeated the ghouls while they were strong.

Clan Leader Scarlet Eye was observing this outside scene through the large screen provided by the System Hotel and strongly agreed with the words of his benefactor.

“This river should be the Malevolent Spirits River. I heard that whenever the malevolent spirit commanders manage to collect any high-quality seeds of malevolent spirits, they will soak them in this river and wait for them to slowly mature. The malevolent spirit guards will also use this river to strengthen their magical energy. This one stretch of river is enough for millions upon millions of spirits and souls to survive, but now it’s only providing for tens of thousands of malevolent spirit guards. This is a long stretch of river, and the malevolent spirit guards chose to make an encampment at the part of the river that’s concentrated with Yin Energy. Nonetheless, this is just one part. There are still many more similar places like this one.”

As he spoke, Clan Leader Scarlet Eye seemed to be recalling his previous living conditions, as his tone of voice was interlaced with envy and abhorrence.

He went on. “The Yin Energy of this Malevolent Spirits River will also decline with the entire World of Spirits and Souls, yet every once in a while, they will send troops out to hunt other spiritual creatures to be thrown into the river, so as to continue maintaining its current state. When our Heavenly Spirits Clan used to be stronger, many of us had already been hunted down and killed by the malevolent spirit guards.”

At this moment, Vigilante A’s eyes gleamed as he stared at the malevolent spirits bathing in the river.

They were different from the spirits he encountered before. Their bodies were rich with Yin Energy all over, and there was no sign of Death Aura lingering among them at all. At once, he could tell that these were beings with potent magical energy.

“So many of them?” Sir System exclaimed excitedly at Fang Ning. “The power level of every malevolent spirit guard is at least at Sea-level, and the malevolent spirit commander even has a power level that’s above Ocean-level. Based on what Scarlet Eye said, there are tens of thousands of such malevolent spirits. We did it. We’re really going to make a fortune now!”

“Calm down, calm down. Your current problem is not having recharged enough money, so you won’t be able to farm them just yet.” Fang Ning quickly pacified the excitement.

“Oh, you’re right. Although I can get stronger in battles, I won’t be able to withstand a group attack by so many malevolent spirits. Help give me some idea…” Sir System pleaded.

“Hahahaha, I never expected the God of Combats System to ever ask me how to fight a battle. I feel so honored.” Fang Ning laughed.

“Stop wasting time and hurry up,” Sir System said with dissatisfaction.

“Haste won’t get you what you want. To farm these malevolent spirits, the real problem doesn’t lie in our tactics. The key is to wage a war with a just cause. If not, we’ll be going against Chivalry Rules,” Fang Ning said warily.

“Now, that’s a real problem. I’ve never even thought of this point. They haven’t offended me, and the mysterious voice that previously ambushed us may not be someone from this group of malevolent spirits as well.” Sir System finally calmed down.

“Exactly. Even with such a great temptation in front of us, we shouldn’t violate the rules. The stability of the system is most important while we slowly level up our power. If I wasn’t around to act as the primary brain, with your self-opinionated ways, you wouldn’t even survive two episodes in a television drama,” Fang Ning took the opportunity to take a hit at Sir System.

“Yes, Mr. Rich Boss, you’re right.” Sir System earnestly admitted. “Then how should we find a just cause to wage war with them?”

“While the house of the rich reeks of flesh and wine, there are frozen bodies lying by the roadside,” Fang Ning said impassively.