The saint starts out by traveling around the world with a group of elves.

Chapter 495 Execution, sudden change

The peddler could only put down the bamboo box because that was the rule of the transaction and she could not violate it. If it was just pure desire, a simple daydream would be enough to make it come true, but the swordsman named him and asked for his shoulder pole.

The box fell to the ground first, violating the trading rules. The swordsman, who found that he could move, did not hesitate and immediately chose to withdraw. The bamboo box suddenly opened, and two big mouths formed by black shadows jumped out.

The peddler didn't even have the chance to scream as he was cut into two halves, one from top and one from bottom. The two big mouths chewed greedily, flesh and blood splattered everywhere, and the scene was extremely bloody!

The swordsman just watched quietly. Soon, the peddler was eaten clean. The shadow shrank back into the bamboo box, leaving only a pool of blood on the ground.

When the noise subsided, the swordsman did not curiously go forward to find out what was going on, but instead tightened his grip on the bamboo stick in his hand.

After about half an hour, the two tattered bamboo boxes were burned clean by the fire. In the flames, there were even bursts of painful wails that were not like human sounds.

The swordsman ignored it. After the bamboo box was completely burned to ashes, he did not continue on his way to Qingzhou City. Instead, he took a detour and came to a pile of weeds.

There were dozens of skeletons that had not yet completely decayed in the weeds, including those of adults and children. The swordsman collected the skeletons, then took the time to dig a hole and buried them.

After finishing, the swordsman took out a letter from his arms and lit it with a tinder.

Unfortunately, this entrusted letter was delivered before it even reached Qingzhou City.

The swordsman ignored the blurry figure in the woods ahead, who was waving at him in gratitude. As the firelight faded, the figure also gradually faded and then disappeared.

It's time to continue on our journey.

Two days later, the work of distinguishing the living from the dead in Qingzhou City had been basically completed. Although Liu Ruyan felt tired after working sleeplessly and being on edge for so long, fortunately the situation did not develop in the worst direction.

But Wu Xinrou didn't think so. Instead, she became extremely alert. She was already thinking about whether she should take direct action to wipe out all the dead bodies in the city!

Although these dead people look no different from the living, they are still dead. The demons will not be so kind. There must be some conspiracy behind this.

"Commander Liu, how long will it take to separate the remaining living from the dead?"

Wu Xinrou asked the question with a serious look on her face. Liu Ruyan thought for a moment and quickly gave an answer.

"Two more days."

This is a relatively long number, but there is no way around it. Most of the remaining dead are being protected by the living and are still running around.

For some people, once their lost daughter, wife or other loved ones are found again, they are absolutely unwilling to let go again.

"Let's notify the whole city one last time. We'll start this afternoon!"

When Wu Xinrou said this, Liu Ruyan frowned immediately. She naturally guessed what Wu Xinrou was thinking, so she was thinking about it now. Seeing this, An Xue wanted to say something, but was stopped by Mu Feng, who shook his head slightly at her.

"Okay, let's do it this afternoon!"

Liu Ruyan agreed. In fact, they had discussed more than once how to deal with the dead bodies in the city, and finally came to the conclusion that they must act decisively and execute them all!

Doing so would have a huge impact on Liu Ruyan's prestige in the city and might even cause a mutiny. After all, the reason Liu Ruyan gave for separating the living and the dead in the city was for further observation.

These dead people who returned home in the middle of the night were all relatives of the living people in the city. If Liu Ruyan had said from the beginning that all the dead people in the city would be executed, then Qingzhou City would probably have been in chaos long ago.

So, this is actually a scam.

Having made the decision, everyone quickly took action. It was almost afternoon, and it was time to take action.

With a total of nearly 300,000 dead bodies, they naturally cannot be dealt with all at once. They can only be done in batches, and the speed must be fast and the process must be secret!

Liu Ruyan activated an illusion array, and this place will soon become a slaughterhouse, although the people being slaughtered will not be living people.

Each batch was planned to deal with 3,000 dead bodies. The execution process was led by Wu Xinrou, assisted by Liu Ruyan. At this time, Wu Xinrou had already activated [Active Colonization Suit·Star Destroying] and waited silently in the illusion array.

"Big sister, can you take me to find my mother?"

An Xue was responsible for assisting, but due to the negligence of the demon-suppressor, a little girl of seven or eight years old ran out, found An Xue, carefully pulled the corner of her clothes, and looked at her with hopeful eyes.

"My lord, I am so sorry, please come with me!"

An Xue opened her mouth to answer, but a demon-suppressing person ran over, apologized, and quickly coaxed and tricked the little girl away half-forcefully.

An Xue swallowed the words back. Reason told her that these people were dead and should not exist in the first place. Executing them was to be responsible for the living people in the city.

Besides, hasn’t there been evidence proving this before?

Mu Feng paid attention to his junior sister and saw An Xue's entanglement and struggle, but he did not step forward to comfort her. For a sword cultivator, the growth of his state of mind can only rely on himself.

"Sir, what do you want us to do?"

"Yes, sir, I am really not a demon. When can you let me go home? My mother is still waiting for me!"

"Uncle, Qiao'er misses her mother. Can you take Qiao'er home?"

"..."

All the demon-suppressing people who were responsible for guiding the work, including Zhao Xi and Zhao Tiedan, felt mixed emotions, but orders were orders, and besides, this was their duty.

The illusion array was activated, and a pure white alien shape appeared in the air. Its ferocious appearance instantly caused panic among the crowd, and there were even cries of children.

But in the sky, the pure white alien only paused for a moment, and then launched an attack.

The people who had died died again, and some of their mutilated corpses began to struggle and wriggle in a pool of blood, trying to fight back. Seeing this scene, Zhao Xi and others who were responsible for sealing off the scene felt better.

A demon is a demon. No matter how much it looks like a human, it is still a demon!

Liu Ruyan watched the scene in front of her, with no expression of sadness or joy on her face. She just hoped that there would be no further changes in the matter.

But this is impossible, the demons do not have the habit of sitting back and waiting to die.

"Something happened in the city, come quickly!"

Hearing Mu Feng's voice in the communication talisman, Liu Ruyan's heart sank immediately. She glanced at Wu Xinrou in the sky, and then quickly left the illusion array.

Wu Xinrou received a reminder from Liu Ruyan's eyes, but she did not stop what she was doing. The second batch of dead people who came to be executed had already gathered outside the illusion array.

Her mission is far from over.