Chapter 40: Oh? What's This?

Fang Che unleashed the first of the Heaven Loathe Saber Techniques, Loatheful Blind Heavens, and with just a single swing of his saber, over twenty heads were separated from their bodies.

These were the people closest to Fang Che, and they had been completely rooted to the spot by his baleful qi, rendering them completely unable to react.

One of the heads belonged to Qiao Yishu, and that sinister grin was still etched on his face, having not yet had a chance to register his demise.

Even though they were largely unaffected by Fang Che's baleful qi, Zuo Guanglie and the others were also rooted to the spot, gawking in astonishment.

Holy shit! He just cut their tops off like they're carrots!

Fang Che continued the massacre without pause, cutting down multiple demonic church members with each swing of his saber, showing no mercy even to the women among them.

The demonic church members furthest away from him instantly wet themselves as they turned to flee.

"Don't let any of them get away!" Fang Che roared, and Zuo Guanglie and the others immediately snapped back to their senses, letting loose volleys of hidden weapons to intercept the fleeing demonic church members.

At this point, Fang Che had already claimed roughly seventy kills, and none of the demonic church members stood any chance of withstanding his wrath.

Meanwhile, Zuo Guanglie had just clashed against a Lord, causing him to stumble back a few steps.

Right as the young man turned to flee, Fang Che's saber came hurtling through the air, decapitating on the spot.

Several demonic church members were already about to vault over the walls to make their escape, but their bodies were sliced into two at the waist by Fang Che's flying saber, sending them tumbling to the ground amid bloodhurdling howls.

All of a sudden, the window was broken. The man recovering from his injuries inside was the final survivor, and he tried to flee through the window, but Fang Che caught up to him with ease, slamming the hilt of his saber into the man's back to shatter his spine and cripple him.

He then dragged the man back into the courtyard by the ankle before tossing him into the pit of bodies and smashing his head to pieces with a single palm strike, remaining silent the entire time.

In the end, he heaved a faint sigh and extended a deep bow to the pit of bodies.

"Rest in peace, everyone. You have been avenged."

In the blink of an eye, the battle was over. The ten administrators had only killed two low-ranking demonic church members, while the rest had all been slain by Fang Che.

The entire backyard was drenched in blood, which was slowly flowing into the massive pit.

The overwhelming stench of blood in the air had the ten administrators struggling to hold in their breakfast, and they were all staring at Fang Che as if they were looking at a god.

Even after killing so many people, not a single drop of blood had stained his clothes!

Fang Che returned saber to his scabbard, then stumbled slightly on his feet from overexertion.

Fang Che was worried that Zuo Guanglie and the others would fall prey to the fleeing demonic church members, so he had unleashed three Heaven Loathe Saber Techniques in succession in order to wipe them all out as quickly as possible.

As a first-rank Lord, unleashing just a single one of those saber techniques had been enough to completely deplete his spirit power reserves, and as a second-rank Lord, three was his limit.

Zuo Guanglie immediately rushed to his side to support him, but Fang Che brushed him off as he urged, "Search their bodies for items of identification and take them back to the merits department! Surely I don't need to teach you that!"

"Let's get to work, everyone!" Zuo Guanglie rallied. "Administrator Fang has done all the hard work, it's only right that we take care of the rest!"

Everyone immediately began working, and a bunch of weapons and treasures quickly began to pile up.

Some of them also began ransacking the rooms and searching for secret chambers and compartments.

Shortly thereafter.

"They've all been confirmed to be from the Divine Heavenly Church or the main church. In particular, the ones from the main church are absolutely loaded! How did you know they were all demonic church members, Administrator Fang?"

Fang Che had already recovered somewhat at this point, and he explained, "They didn't manage to kill everyone in the escort agency."

"I see," Zuo Guanglie said with an enlightened expression. "You've collected another massive haul this time, Administrator Fang! All of these people have to add up to over two thousand merit points!"

Everyone was very envious of him.

"The merit points aren't just for me, everyone gets a share," Fang Che said.

An embarrassed look appeared on Zuo Guanglie's face upon hearing this.

"All of us want merit points, but we can't just shamelessly take them! You had the lead, and you killed everyone here, so we're really not entitled to anything. We were just fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time because we insisted on coming with you."

"It's fine. All of you played a role, so you deserve a reward. I'll take 70% of the merit points, and you can all split the rest. Don't argue with me! I hate bickering over stuff like this!"

"Alright," Zuo Guanglie relented. "Please allow me to thank you on everyone's behalf."

"As for those spoils..."

"You keep everything, Brother Fang!" Zuo Guanglie insisted, immediately cutting Fang Che off. "We've already taken merit points that rightfully belong to you, we wouldn't be able to live with ourselves if we take anything else!"

"In that case, I'll pick out some stuff that I need, and you can take the rest back to share with our colleagues or give to those in need."

"Sounds good!"

Fang Che strode over to the pile of spoils, and after digging through them briefly, he declared. "I'll take this saber. It can replace my current one."

The saber in question was forged from a superior material to even wind steel swords, and it would serve as a huge upgrade to the generic saber had been assigned by the Hall of Protectionists.

After that, he took some silver vouchers, then suddenly exclaimed in surprise and elation, "Holy shit! I didn't think I'd find this here! This is a piece of divine power essence! And there are spirit crystals here as well! I'll take the divine power essence, you guys can take the spirit crystals back with you."

Of course, there was no divine power essence among the spoils. Instead, he had simply pulled out a piece that he had won as a reward from the Parasite Ascension Project.

"What's that?"

Zuo Guanglie and the others were completely unfamiliar with divine power essence.

"This is something that can restore a warrior's lost essential power! A senior of mine just so happens to be suffering from such an ailment, and this should be enough for him to recover!"

"Congratulations, Administrator Fang! These people from the main church really are loaded!"

"I'll leave the rest to you, Brother Zuo. You can take everything back to the Hall of Protectionists, and if there's anything that catches your eye, feel free to take them. There are some decent weapons here that I'm sure you can all benefit from."

"We'll gladly take some weapons, but we'll pass on everything else," Zuo Guanglie replied with a smile. "Many of these things are too precious, and we could attract a lot of trouble to ourselves by taking them. It's always better to be safe than sorry when it comes to these things."

"I agree," Fang Che said, aware that Zuo Guanglie was implicitly warning him not to flaunt hsi divine power essence.

With that, Fang Che parted ways with everyone and departed on his own, leaving behind the eradicated Divine Heavenly Church branch helm.

In the wake of Fang Che's departure, Zuo Guanglie ordered, "Let's get all this stuff back to the Hall of Protectionists. Don't go stealing any of it!"

"We're not that shameless, Boss!"

"Administrator Fang really helped us out big time! A branch helm with so many Lords and Generals would've posed a massive threat had it been left unchecked!" Zuo Guanglie said with a hint of lingering fear in his eyes.

The branch helm was under the cover of a legitimate business, so there was no way they would've been able to uncover it had they not been tipped off by Fang Che, and it would've remained like a cancerous tumor, posing a potent threat to the Protectionists and the entire prefecture at large.

"If this branch helm was left undiscovered, its members would've most likely picked all of us off one by one over time, so essentially, Administrator Fang had saved our lives! We have to find an opportunity to treat him to a drink sometime."

Everyone was in full agreement with the idea.

"Alright, let's get to work!"