Chapter 2226 I Am Also a Human

On the table, the screaming little girl collapsed when she saw the sharp blade approach. She sobbed, “I...miss my mother...”

The cry of the child echoed like the most despairing sound in the world.

The thin man remained indifferent. He exerted force with his wrist and the silver blade slashed down.

Bang!

The wall suddenly shattered.

The silver blade that the thin man had drawn seemed to be seized by an invisible force. With a swift twist, it severed the thin man’s right hand at the wrist.

Pu!

Blood spurted out like a waterfall.

The thin man howled in agony, his eyes frantically searching the shattered wall.

The short, chubby man holding the porcelain bowl and the charming woman in black gauze were struck dumb. They never anticipated such a turn of events at this critical moment.

Lin Xun emerged from the shattered wall, his dark eyes terrifyingly ice-cold.

On the ground, the trembling young girls raised their heads in bewilderment, like startled lambs.

Lin Xun walked straight over to the wooden table.

The tied up little girl’s face was deathly pale and tears were streaming down her face. She sobbed and screamed endlessly, “I miss my mother. I don’t want to die...”

Even with Lin Xun’s current state of mind, a lump formed in his throat, and deep within his heart, an uncontrollable surge of rage began to rise.

Killing someone is no big deal!

But these two men and the woman regard young human lives as slaves, prey, and food!

Their bloodthirsty and heartless means are worse than those of beasts!

The atmosphere in the room grew heavy. Although Lin Xun had long since suppressed his aura, his presence still felt suffocating to the two men and the woman, leaving them all shocked and furious.

The charming woman swept a glance over Lin Xun and said in a seductive tone, “Fellow Daoist from the Cloud Spirit Clan, what do you want? Do you also want a share?”

Lin Xun ignored her and untied the little girl. He picked her up and gently put her on the ground. Then, he rubbed her head and comforted softly, “No need to be scared. Uncle is here.”

His voice held a power that reached deep into her heart, calming the little girl instantly. The despair, fear, and terror in her soul were completely dispelled, like darkness vanishing at the touch of sunlight.

The little girl said timidly, “Uncle, do you want to buy me as a slave? I can grow flowers and wash clothes for you. When I grow up, I will definitely be a good slave.”

The innocent voice, filled with hope, struck Lin Xun’s heart like searing iron.

What kind of relentless trampling and oppression had the human race endured in the True Dragon World, to the point where these children had come to accept the mindset of being slaves from such a young age?

The charming woman’s expression changed when she saw Lin Xun rescue the little girl. She knew something was wrong and she questioned him coldly, “Our Bloodthirsty Bat Clan purchased these human slaves at a high price. Fellow Daoist, are you planning to snatch them from us?”

“Snatch them?”

Lin Xun’s eyes grew icier by the second. Without warning, he reached out and grabbed the charming woman by the neck. “What gives you the right to say I am going to snatch them from you?”

Crack!

The charming woman’s snow-white neck emitted a series of cracking sounds as her face turned purple. She shrieked in desperation, “This is a ship of the Bi’an Imperial Clan! My scream will alert all the experts aboard!”

Swoosh!

The thin man darted out of the room at an astonishing speed, realizing the dire situation and rushing to get reinforcements.

However, the moment he moved, he was slammed to the ground with a heavy thud. It felt as if an invisible mountain was pressing down on him, crushing his body. Blood oozed from his seven orifices, and his face contorted in agony.

The short, chubby man was about to take action when the sight before him froze him in his tracks. His face turned ashen as he stammered, “Fellow Daoist, they’re just lowly slaves of the human race. If you want them, I’ll give them to you willingly.”

From the beginning to end, they couldn’t fathom why the man exuding the aura of the Cloud Spirit Clan was so furious or why he had launched a sudden attack on them!

This wasn’t mere stupidity, rather, it stemmed from a deeply ingrained belief that humans were born to be slaves and for them to slaughter at will.

Lin Xun felt an indescribable surge of hatred and anger welling up in his chest, suffocating and impossible to release.

Bang!

The short, chubby man was also forced to his knees. His face twisted in agony, his features contorted, and his muscles bulged as though on the verge of rupturing.

He hissed, “What on earth do you want to do?”

Lin Xun stared at him silently for a moment, took a deep breath, and stated calmly, “I am also a human, do you understand now?”

That single sentence made the two men and the woman widen their eyes in disbelief. Their shock quickly turned into fury. When had a lowly human ever dared to attack them?

Were they not afraid of being slaughtered?

Seeing the shock and anger in their eyes, Lin Xun couldn’t help but smile, but that smile was indescribably ice-cold.

He looked at the bewildered girls, their panicked, helpless expressions, trembling bodies, and the scars all over their bodies...

In this True Dragon World, do humans deserve to be slaves forever?

The charming woman, her face livid as Lin Xun’s grip tightened around her neck, hissed through clenched teeth, “Let us go, and we’ll act like nothing happened. Otherwise, even if we die, you won’t live to leave this ship!”

Crack!

Her neck snapped, her primordial spirit disintegrated into dust, and her body ignited, burning away inch by inch until it was reduced to swirling ashes in the air.

The thin man and the short, chubby man were terror-stricken as if they had fallen into an ice cave. Never in their lives had they encountered such a bold and fearless human!

Lin Xun flicked his sleeve, and the other two Bloodthirsty Bat Clan experts also turned into ashes.

The scene jolted the human girls as though they had awakened from a nightmare, and a faint glimmer of hope emerged in their despair-filled eyes.

The eight to nine-year-old girl who was rescued by Lin Xun couldn’t help but ask, “Uncle, are you...really a human?”

𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

“Yes.” Lin Xun nodded.

The little girl asked in confusion, “But why aren’t you a slave? And how did you become so strong? My mother said that if we humans don’t obey and become slaves, we’ll be killed. If we fight back, our homes will be taken away, and our families will be destroyed.”

She couldn’t understand how anyone in the world would dare to disobey and kill those high and mighty beings.

Lin Xun looked at the other girls and realized that, despite being rescued, there was no joy or relief on their faces.

Instead, some had blank expressions, as if they didn’t understand why Lin Xun would kill the clansmen of the Bloodthirsty Bat Clan.

It was not because they had become numb to the suffering, but because ‘slavery’ had been so deeply ingrained in their hearts that they couldn’t fathom a life beyond it.

This was undoubtedly terrifying and chilling!

In the Ancient Nebula Road, such a reality was simply unimaginable.

“This Uncle will take you away from all this, okay?” Lin Xun took a deep breath and said softly.

No one objected and everyone complied quietly. Perhaps, deep down, they believed that while they might be rescued this time, they were unable to escape their fate of becoming slaves, goods, or food...

Lin Xun forcibly suppressed the discomfort in his heart and sent the little girls into the Dao Endless Pagoda. He then sent a message to Big Yellow, asking him to take good care of them.

When they learned about the girls’ experiences, Xi and Big Yellow couldn’t control their anger. Even Xia Zhi, who typically remained detached from worldly affairs, showed a rare glint of murderous intent.

Lin Xun sat alone in the room.

Creak!

Before long, the door creaked open and a gaunt middle-aged man entered. Upon seeing Lin Xun, his expression froze.

“They’re all dead, but...it’s still not enough.”

Lin Xun’s gaze swept over, his eyes deep and cold like an abyss about to devour one’s soul. The gaunt middle-aged man immediately felt a surge of terror.

A moment later, the gaunt middle-aged man turned into ashes and disappeared, but Lin Xun had already got what he wanted to know from the man’s memories.

He pushed open the door and stepped out. The corridor outside was narrow and stretched for dozens of feet, with rooms lining both sides.

Lin Xun walked along the corridor with his hands behind his back. He passed by many creatures on the way, but none of them detected his presence.

Second realm Emperor Stage, formless like the dao!

By the time Lin Xun returned to his room, a total of fifteen Bloodthirsty Bat Clan experts in the nineteen rooms on the lowest deck of the ship had completely disappeared from the world.

Lin Xun once again rescued a group of humans, including innocent children, strong young men, and women in the prime of their youth...

There were hundreds of them.

Some of them were bought by the Bloodthirsty Bat Clan from various territories within the True Dragon World, while others were forcibly taken from different places. All of them were carefully chosen, all young humans, with no elderly, disabled, or sick individuals among them.

If Lin Xun hadn’t intervened, then they would have been sent to Jade Rainbow Island, where there was a market dedicated to the sale of slaves. They would have become commodities for creatures of various clans to select from!

“This True Dragon World is truly disgusting!"

Even after Lin Xun returned to his room, the memories of the earlier scenes still filled him with anger and a sense of deep frustration. Naturally, his thoughts turned to the culprit behind it all—Dragon Emperor Mingluo!

In the world, it was the survival of the fittest. On the path of cultivation, bloodshed and conflicts were commonplace. Lin Xun would not have been so enraged if it had been the usual slaughter and battle.

What he could not tolerate was that the human race was treated as lowly slaves and was being trampled, humiliated, and slaughtered at will.

It was all because they were humans.

Back then, on the Nine Domains Battlefield, cultivators from the Ancient Wasteland Domain were regarded as ‘two-legged sheep,’ but that was not a conflict between races and instead a clash between factions.

But now, in the True Dragon World, the human race was trampled by thousands of other races, tyrannically and arrogantly. They were treated like livestock—captured, oppressed, and exploited at will!

As a human, how could Lin Xun possibly tolerate this?

He knew very well that with his current strength, it would be extremely difficult to turn everything around.

Despite that, as long as he encountered it, he would not ignore it!

“According to that guy’s memory, there is another expert from the Bloodthirsty Bat Clan...” Lin Xun frowned.

This ship was enormous, resembling a small city, divided into three distinct decks. The middle deck was especially lively, with shops, restaurants, a gambling hall, and even daoist temples... Everything one could think of.

Lin Xun suspected that the one who escaped was most likely on the middle deck of the ship.

Meanwhile—

On the second floor of the ship, in a tavern, a man with a weasel-like face, who had been drinking, suddenly trembled all over, his face paling and his expression dramatically changed

The life soul domino of his son that he had always carried with him had suddenly shattered!

He sprang up and frantically went down the stairs.

However, he suddenly froze midway, his expression darkening.

After a long pause, he gritted his teeth, turned around and made his way toward the top deck of the ship.