Chapter 137: Perpetrator (1/2)

Chapter 137: Perpetrator

As they followed the traces of battle, it didn’t take long before they stumbled across another corpse.

The two corpses showed a lot of similarities; both received multiple sword wounds, their throats had exploded, their jade tablets were cut off, and their deaths were tragic.

“They don’t look like revenge killings,” Su Chen muttered to himself.

“Perhaps there’s two people he had a grudge against,” Wang Doushan said as he gulped.

“He is quite lucky, to have encountered them so close to each other.” Su Chen continued to follow the traces.

Very quickly, they encountered another corpse who was killed in similar fashion.

The victim had been wounded in all the same spots.

Wang Doushan could no longer resist. “Motherfucker, is this guy crazy? He just kills people on sight!”

Su Chen’s expression was also ugly. “Does the Hidden Dragon Institute not regulate these kinds of occurrences?”

“Hm, that’s hard to say. You also know that accidents will always occur when people fight……”

“But this isn’t an accident!”

“The question is, who is making the interpretation? There are some people who simply cannot control their Origin Skills, and every time they are unleashed someone must die.” Wang Doushan replied, giggling.

Upon seeing the fatty’s smile, Su Chen’s heart jolted. “You don’t seem all that surprised.”

Wang Doushan laughed darkly. “I’ve just seen it too often.”

“Seen it too often?” Su Chen’s pupils shrank.

“Oh, the old saying is the best. One may carry sharp weapons, but killing intent comes from the heart. If someone has the power over another person’s life, there will always be those who want to display and use that ability. There are also some people who simply enjoy killing, who enjoy the sensation of having someone’s life in their hands.”

“I understand that. What I’m saying is, why doesn’t the Hidden Dragon Institute control these things?”

“Because it’s hard for them to control it!” Wang Doushan replied. “You also saw what caused the internal explosion.”

“Bloodline Origin Skill.”

Wang Doushan nodded his head. “It’s not just any Origin Skill either. Those with mixed bloodlines couldn’t easily achieve this degree of power, implying that this bastard is definitely part of a Bloodline Nobility Clan.”

“So they can just call these deaths an ‘accident’, and there won’t be any major repercussions?” Su Chen asked angrily.

“Of course they won’t go completely unpunished. They will be disciplined. However, they definitely will not die.”

“Just a little bit of discipline?” Su Chen was in utter disbelief.

Wang Doushan laughed loudly. “Why else would they be called Nobility Clans? Is the only that differs them from the masses their name?”

Su Chen paused.

Yes, why else would they be called a Nobility Clan?

Society had different levels of social status; on top were Nobility Clans, then came Household Clans, and finally there were the commoners.

Back when Lan Zhi committed a sin, Su Chen ordered Iron Cliff to beat her to death. Did her death come about merely because she had committed a sin?

No, not at all!

It was because Su Chen was at a status where he possessed authority. He could punish her with death without receiving much backlash.

It didn’t matter as much who was in the right, and who was in the wrong. It was nothing but a convenient excuse, a motivation even, something that couldn’t be relied on. There were only two things you could rely on: social status and ranking!

Of course, Su Chen could believe that every person he killed was because the other party had some aspect deserving of death. Or perhaps, he was just acting in self-defense.

But not every single person was constrained by ethics.

There were always those who could put down all burdens in their hearts, as well as any ethical limitations, and act as they pleased.

Without a doubt, the scene in front of their eyes stemmed from this. Someone was using the exam as a pretext to kill people! According to Wang Doushan, it wasn’t even all that strange for this to happen.

No wonder Zhao Yu had said that the contestants would be faced with dangers during the exam. Perhaps they had anticipated this from the very beginning.