Chapter 71: Enforcers Gather

"Stop faking death! Get up, all of you!"

Yan Xicai kicked the extremely weak enforcers up one by one.

Just as they were about to leave, a pair of hands suddenly hugged Yan Xicai's thigh. He looked back and saw it was Xiao Jian, covered in blood.

"Young Master Yan, I'm sorry, I really didn't mean it just now... You won't really strip me of my enforcer status, will you?"

"Enforcer?" Yan Xicai sneered and kicked Xiao Jian's hands away.

"I said from the beginning, whoever accumulated the least killing intent would be stripped of their rank... Do you think you deserve to continue being an enforcer?"

"You run slow! You can't kill anyone!! You're just like your trash father! Both of you have the lowly fate of being dogs for others your whole lives!"

Yan Xicai didn't even bother to look at him and turned to walk toward the hill.

The other enforcers stumbled to their feet, looked at Xiao Jian with sympathy, and then followed Yan Xicai away...

They were all enforcers in Aurora City promoted by Yan Xicai. Without Yan Xicai, they wouldn't be where they were today. And as long as they helped Yan Xicai step onto the Soldier God Path in the ancient treasury, even if they couldn't become Enforcer Officers themselves, Yan Xicai could use his power to give them a bright future.

And Xiao Jian had clearly been kicked out of the game by Yan Xicai.

Xiao Jian's blood-stained palms clenched involuntarily. He looked at Yan Xicai's departing back, despair flashing in his eyes... He had been lame since he was a child. If it weren't for his father working like a beast for the Yan family for so many years, he wouldn't have been able to become an enforcer at all. But now, coming to the ancient treasury, not only was his face ruined, but he was also stripped of his enforcer status... Even if he went back, he could only be a cripple.

"Yan Xicai..." He murmured the name, the despair in his eyes gradually turning into deep resentment.

He lowered his head slightly, and the hideous, terrifying scarred face in the pool of blood looked like a demon.

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"Young Master Yan, that Xiao Jian is following us again."

An enforcer saw the stumbling figure behind them and said to Yan Xicai.

"Don't worry about him." Yan Xicai scanned his surroundings. In the wilderness in the distance, eight or nine enforcers happened to be gathered together, walking toward here.

"Go, call them over."

Yan Xicai pointed, and someone walked up, said a few words to those people, and they hurried over.

"I am the team leader of the District 1 enforcers, Wang Tao." The leading enforcer reached out respectfully. "I wonder what Young Master Yan's orders are?"

Yan Xicai had no intention of shaking his hand at all and said coldly: "Among the enforcers in your District 1, has anyone stepped onto the Soldier God Path?"

"Yes, there is one."

Among the District 1 enforcers, one person raised their hand.

"Do you want to enter Aurora City?" Yan Xicai got straight to the point.

"Aurora City?" That enforcer who had stepped onto the Soldier God Path was stunned, then immediately overjoyed. "I do, I do! What are Young Master Yan's orders?"

"Fire-Tampers are the common enemy of the nine great domains of humanity. Today, if you come with me to wipe them out, I guarantee you will enter Aurora City and become an Aurora City Enforcer Officer." Yan Xicai waved his hand, throwing out a temptation that was hard for any enforcer in the seven major districts to refuse.

The other enforcers in District 1 who hadn't obtained divine paths had their eyes wide open.

You have to know, Aurora City was a dream-like existence for everyone in the seven major districts. Ninety-nine percent of the residents of the seven major districts would never see what Aurora City looked like until they died, and could only hear descriptions passed down by word of mouth. And an Aurora City Enforcer Officer was worlds apart from an Enforcer Officer of the seven major districts.

That enforcer was a bit conflicted when he heard he had to kill Fire-Tampers... After all, he wasn't very confident in his own strength, but when he thought about the opportunity to enter Aurora City, he gritted his teeth:

"Okay, I'll go with you!"

"Others who haven't stepped onto the divine path can come along too. Although you can't enter Aurora City, I will offer you sufficiently generous resources..."

Under Yan Xicai's inducement, all the enforcers present chose to follow Yan Xicai. After all, they didn't have a divine path and didn't need to face the Fire-Tampers head-on. Just paddling on the periphery to get this windfall and gain the favor of the Star Chamber of Commerce was undoubtedly very cost-effective.

Having quickly gathered a group of people, Yan Xicai continued to ask:

"Have you seen other enforcers?"

"I saw the enforcers from District 4, they just passed by over there."

"Let's go!"

"Groups of seven or more enforcers don't matter, but for those with fewer than seven, remember to verify their identities." Pu Wen reminded him at the right time.

At this moment, more than half the time had passed since everyone entered the Ancient Soldier Path Treasury. Those who could obtain the Soldier God Path had basically already obtained it, and the others were enforcers with no talent. Under Yan Xicai's recruitment, almost everyone chose to join the crusade team.

Of course, there were enforcers who didn't want to take risks, but when they saw more and more people gathering behind Yan Xicai, they hesitated for a moment and chose to join... Humans are naturally creatures prone to conformity. When everyone is doing the same thing and they don't, they become an outlier in everyone's eyes.

In case Yan Xicai and the others succeeded in wiping out the Fire-Tampers and listed the names after going out, those who didn't join wouldn't have an easy path ahead.

A few hours later, Yan Xicai had already pulled together an "army" of more than fifty people, five of whom had stepped onto the Soldier God Path and had become first-tier.

With so many people as thugs, Yan Xicai's back straightened immediately. He turned to ask Pu Wen:

"How much time is left before the ancient treasury opens?"

"Less than three hours."

"That should be enough." Yan Xicai gritted his teeth. "Send people out to search for me. Even if you have to turn the entire trial site upside down, you must find those Fire-Tampers!"

As several enforcers went to search, Pu Wen's eyes flickered with light, and he said to everyone:

"The other party's object-stealing ability is very tricky. Don't attack blindly later, listen to me, we..."

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"Achoo!"

No. 8 suddenly sneezed.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing... just suddenly felt a chill on the back of my neck."

No. 8 turned to look at the fifty-man ravine littered with corpses, his brows furrowing involuntarily. "That shouldn't be... We've all accumulated so much killing intent, and still haven't attracted the attention of the Soldier God Path?"

"Could it be because we have the Thief God Path?"

"No, triggering attention has nothing to do with whether you have a divine path. Only after the divine path approaches us can it feel the aura of our Thief God Path... Not triggering attention might just be because we're too weak." A Fire-Tamper explained.

"...Then what should we do? The time for the ancient treasury is almost up, right?"

No. 8 was about to say something when his brows suddenly furrowed. He turned to look at a cliff to the side and found an enforcer looking here, then turning and running away.

"We've been discovered?" A Fire-Tamper was shocked.

"So what if we're discovered? They're too busy running away when they see us..."

"That's true."

"Wait." No. 8 narrowed his eyes.

"Things don't seem right..."