# Chapter 87: Karma

Within the City Lord’s mansion, a multitude of Eternal True Gods remained on high alert, constantly vigilant against an attack from the Shadowheart Sect.

“They’ve made their move!”

“Luo He has struck! He slew a Shadowheart Sect Eternal True God!”

“Another blade strike! He annihilated a super-large mechanical treasure! Annihilated it with a single strike! This is his true power, far more terrifying than General Yong!”

The entire Hu Yang City was like a massive mechanical fortress, the City Lord’s mansion at its core, allowing them to monitor the city’s activities at all times, especially Luo Feng’s unmasked actions! Naturally, the City Lord’s mansion witnessed everything clearly.

The divine power avatars of the five great family leaders gathered together, watching the recorded scenes of the recent confrontation.

“Lord Luo He’s blade ripped such a long spatial rift! The power is terrifying. No wonder he could kill Bloodcloud!” Mo Li Xiao exclaimed in awe, his own strength far inferior to Bloodcloud.

And this blade strike surpassed Bloodcloud’s level!

“Lord Luo He could have killed Bloodcloud with a few strikes outside the city back then!” The Hu Yang City Lord exclaimed in astonishment.

“Impressive, truly impressive.” The Wu Clan leader was excitedly invigorated, “Lord Luo He has now broken ties with the Shadowheart Sect. Excellent, we’ve gained a powerful ally.”

“Luo He breaking ties with the Shadowheart Sect doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll help us,” said the Mei Wu Clan leader. “Don’t forget, he initially asked for a hiring price of one hundred million universe sand.”

“Regardless, him turning against the Shadowheart Sect is beneficial to us,” the white-haired elder said.

“City Lord, quickly contact Luo He to see if he needs assistance,” Mo Li Xiao urged.

The Hu Yang City Lord nodded and immediately contacted Luo Feng.

“Brother Luo He, your break with the Shadowheart Sect puts you in a perilous position. You can flee to the City Lord’s mansion. Once inside, with your assistance, the Shadowheart Sect cannot breach it,” the Hu Yang City Lord transmitted, “Or you can escape the city. Elite troops dispatched by the Marquis are waiting outside to receive you.”

“Unnecessary. The Shadowheart Sect cannot harm me,” Luo Feng replied.

The Hu Yang City Lord transmitted, “I know that you are formidable, but the Shadowheart Sect has a God-King level foundation. Even in decline, they are still not to be underestimated.”

“If I require assistance, I will speak up,” Luo Feng transmitted.

“Good! If you speak, the elite troops outside the city will immediately act to rescue you. At that time, you’ll owe us a debt of gratitude!” The Hu Yang City Lord transmitted.

After severing the connection, the Hu Yang City Lord turned to his four companions.

“How did it go?” His four companions were unaware of the contact.

“Luo He said he doesn’t need our help,” the Hu Yang City Lord chuckled wryly, “He even said the Shadowheart Sect cannot harm him.”

“He doesn’t even take the Shadowheart Sect seriously?” The Mei Wu Clan leader couldn’t help but say, “No wonder he didn’t care about the five great families.”

“With his power, unless a Chaos Realm expert intervenes, who can threaten him?” Mo Li Xiao shook his head.

“One-on-one, they can’t defeat him, but the Shadowheart Sect has many methods. No Eternal True God can withstand the Shadowheart Sect’s siege,” the Hu Yang City Lord said, “Lord Luo He probably only has the ability to escape.”

“Being able to escape from the Shadowheart Sect’s siege is already remarkable,” Mo Li Xiao said.

“I’ve also shared this information with the elite troops outside the city,” the Hu Yang City Lord said, “If Luo He is in dire straits, the elite troops will immediately act to rescue him. At that time, Luo He will have to repay their life-saving grace!”

The five family leaders watched the city-wide surveillance, observing the unfolding situation.

…

Sevenfire Pavilion, one of the nine refining shops established by disciples of the Heavenflame Sect, was jointly created by seven outstanding personal disciples of Shang Tianyan. It boasted the greatest strength and the most apprentices among the nine refining shops.

*Boom.* *Boom.* *Boom.*

Three Eternal True Gods leisurely entered. With a tap of a finger or a wave of a hand, the refiners, apprentices, and customers in three areas of Sevenfire Pavilion were reduced to dust, leaving only their artifacts behind.

“Hand over all your treasures! Defy us and die!” The three Eternal True Gods scanned the entire Sevenfire Pavilion. Many cultivators were furious, as their relatives and friends were among the dead.

But facing the Shadowheart Sect’s might, blindly charging forward would only be suicide.

Seeing that no cultivator dared to resist, the three Eternal True Gods contentedly turned toward another nearby merchant force. “To the next one.”

“Junior Brother Chang, you don’t need to slaughter randomly. These Void True Gods wouldn’t dare resist anyway,” a gray-robed figure patrolling outside said.

“Senior Brother Qiu, slaughtering intimidates, allowing for faster plunder. Furthermore, to comprehend the Dao of Destruction, one must often slaughter to experience the heart of destruction,” the smallest of the three Eternal True Gods said, “Destruction is the foundation of our Shadowheart Sect’s inheritance.”

“You haven’t even reached the Chaos Realm, yet you’re already thinking about the Dao of Destruction?” The gray-robed figure shook his head.

“Having a heart of destruction makes it easier to comprehend our sect’s inheritance.”

“Senior Brother Qiu, if you don’t wish to slaughter, just watch from the side.”

The three Eternal True Gods left disdainfully.

The gray-robed figure watched this scene.

“Legend says that worldbeasts born from the Dao of Destruction only know destruction, ultimately leading to their encirclement and slaughter by forces from the Origin Continent. Only the worldbeast from Tianmu Nation, who dares not slaughter indiscriminately due to being a slave, can survive,” the gray-robed figure Qiu Yi sighed inwardly, “The Shadowheart Sect acts recklessly. Last time, they unintentionally harmed a descendant of Great Sage Nineorigin, provoking him to come and kill, leading to the Shadowheart Sect’s complete decline…”

“Even now, the Shadowheart Sect still doesn’t learn from its mistakes and remains unrepentant.”

“Indeed, the ancestor who founded the Shadowheart Sect comprehended the Dao of Destruction. The five God-King level inheritances he left behind all contain the Dao of Destruction,” the gray-robed figure softly shook his head, “But the ancestor is already dead!”

“Indiscriminate destruction will only lead to self-destruction.”

“My master treated me with great kindness. Without him, I wouldn’t be where I am today. That’s why I traversed five divine kingdom territories to return, just to help the sect establish its foundation,” the gray-robed figure looked around, “However, I truly dislike the Shadowheart Sect’s environment.”

“Once the sect establishes its foundation this time, I’ll have repaid my debt and won’t need to return again,” the gray-robed figure murmured.

Suddenly—

The gray-robed figure’s pupils constricted as he saw a black-robed, stern figure appear.

As this figure appeared, an invisible blade aura naturally spread, enveloping the world!

“It’s Luo He! The虞 Country’s top-tier Eternal True God?” The gray-robed figure’s heart trembled, “Indeed, he is stronger than me.”

Qiu Yi was very confident.

But upon seeing Lord Luo He, he understood that he was no match.

After Luo Feng teleported into existence, his gaze swept across the area, causing all Shadowheart Sect disciples to tremble.

“Lord Luo He.” The refiners and apprentices of Sevenfire Pavilion were excited. As disciples of the Heavenflame Sect, almost all of them recognized Luo Feng.

“The Shadowheart Sect has been slaughtering?” Luo Feng glanced at the scattered storage artifacts and weapon treasures on the ground.

“They have indeed been slaughtering.” A refiner immediately spoke, using his divine power to display the scene of the three Eternal True Gods’ slaughter, “The three of them arrived and slaughtered without saying a word.”

Luo Feng looked at the displayed slaughter scene and nodded, “I understand.” His Life-Death Domain had already enveloped a vast area, including the three Eternal True Gods within its range.

With a single thought from Luo Feng.

*Boom.*

The three Eternal True Gods were restrained, caught off guard, and forcibly teleported into Sevenfire Pavilion.

They looked at the refiners, apprentices, and customers of Sevenfire Pavilion in astonishment, also seeing Luo Feng in black robes.

“Lord Luo He, Lord Luo He, our Shadowheart Sect respects you greatly,” the three Eternal True Gods said ingratiatingly.

Suddenly—

Within Hu Yang City, all Shadowheart Sect disciples received a message.

“All disciples, listen up! Lord Luo He shattered one of our Shadowheart Sect’s super-large mechanical treasures and has become a great enemy of our Shadowheart Sect! Upon seeing Lord Luo He, immediately flee!” The order had been transmitted.

The Shadowheart Sect’s high command reacted quickly, knowing that ordinary disciples would be courting death against Lord Luo He, so they only ordered them to flee.

“Flee, flee, flee!”

The surrounding Shadowheart Sect disciples fled in terror.

The three Eternal True Gods bound in mid-air were filled with despair: “It’s over!”

“Lord Luo He…” The three of them wanted to say more, hoping Lord Luo He would spare them.

Luo Feng looked at them, too lazy to say anything more.

*Buzz.*

The power of the Life-Death Domain flowed, life and death reversed, and the three Eternal True Gods were crushed into dust as if by a Tai Chi grinding wheel, dying on the spot.

The refiners, apprentices, and customers who witnessed this scene were elated.

“Well done.”

“They deserved to die.”

They had long been filled with hatred.

“Let’s go.” Luo Feng waved his hand, taking away all the cultivators of Sevenfire Pavilion, and with a step, teleported to the next refining shop.

After Luo Feng left, the Shadowheart Sect disciples in the distance breathed a sigh of relief, and the fleeing super-large mechanical treasure stopped.

“Is this the power of Lord Luo He?” These disciples trembled.

In the distance, the seemingly unremarkable gray-robed man, Qiu Yi, watched this scene. “Junior Brother Chang, I told you not to slaughter indiscriminately. There is karma in this world. For every cause, there is an effect.”

…

Chaos Armor District, Shadowheart Sect Headquarters.

The Shadowheart Sect Leader and eighteen elders were gathered, either in true form or divine power avatars.

“Sect Leader, that Luo He has already taken action against our Shadowheart Sect. He killed twelve Eternal True Gods in the Inkjade Refining Shop,” an elder said urgently, “Are we still going to endure this?”

“Why did he suddenly act?” The Shadowheart Sect Leader asked urgently.

“The Inkjade Refining Shop was established by Luo He’s servant ‘Inkjade Cyanrock’s’ younger brother, Inkjade Exile,” an elder said, “Our Shadowheart Sect disciple, Chan Wuqi, was responsible for collecting treasures and killed a group of cultivators in the Inkjade Refining Shop, including Inkjade Exile.”

“A servant’s brother?” The Shadowheart Sect Leader frowned, “He turned against our Shadowheart Sect for a servant’s brother?”

Many elders felt that this Lord Luo He was too insane.

“After Luo He arrived at the Inkjade Refining Shop, he first killed Chan Wuqi. The super-large mechanical treasure ‘Blackfire Beast’ merely asked a question, and Luo He destroyed it with a single strike. Eleven Eternal True Gods and countless disciples died, and he even said, ‘You dare to even question my actions? You’re courting death.’ Luo He is truly too insane,” an elder said.

The other elders were also very angry. Lord Luo He’s actions showed that he did not take them seriously at all.

The Shadowheart Sect Leader was still hesitating.

“I’ll contact Luo He,” the Shadowheart Sect Leader said.

“Contact him about what?” Elder Shadoweye said, “At this point, Sect Leader, are you still going to endure?”

“Luo He has taken action again!”

The Shadowheart Sect Leader and eighteen elders saw the scene monitored by the sect’s grand formation: Luo Feng appeared in Sevenfire Pavilion and crushed three Shadowheart Sect Eternal True Gods to death.

“He just openly killed three of our Shadowheart Sect Eternal True Gods! Sect Leader, are you still going to endure?”

“Sect Leader, if you can endure it, I can’t!”

“Sect Leader!”

One elder after another felt anger burning in their hearts, unwilling to endure any longer.

The Shadowheart Sect Leader looked at this scene. Summoning the scattered disciples back, the Shadowheart Sect, already disorganized, had barely managed to hold together in order to establish the sect’s foundation. If they still endured after Lord Luo He’s public and continuous killings, the Shadowheart Sect disciples would likely lose all motivation.

“If we don’t act, the Shadowheart Sect disciples might lose their spirit.”

“If we’re afraid of even a Lord Luo He, how can we fight the Nine Ginger Marquis’s army?”

Most of the elders were unwilling to endure any longer.

The Shadowheart Sect Leader sighed inwardly.

The matter was already beyond his control.

“Good!” The Shadowheart Sect Leader’s three eyes were filled with murderous intent, “We gave Lord Luo He ample face, but he trampled on our Shadowheart Sect’s honor. Then our Shadowheart Sect can’t be blamed.”

“Before the great battle, let’s use Lord Luo He as practice. This time, we must kill him! We cannot let him escape!”

“Yes!”

The eighteen elders responded in unison.

Even if a few elders had doubts, they didn’t think further now that the Sect Leader had issued the order. At this moment, the entire Shadowheart Sect would unite and eliminate this arrogant Lord Luo He.