Unrestricted Dao Lord

At the Five Elements Sect, the Elders stared at the eight bodies before them, their expressions incomparably grim.

Eight top-tier Huajin masters, led by Lin Huan, were all dead?

It was a staggering loss, one the Five Elements Sect Elders could hardly bear.

Although their previous plans had accounted for such an extreme possibility,

seeing it actually happen still sent shockwaves through their hearts.

"Go and summon Dugu Jian."

"Yes, Elder."

The Elders were filled with fury and alarm, but now, they were out of options.

All they could do was proceed with the plan.

To ask Dugu Jian to take action.

Otherwise, they would be defeated.

If they won the struggle for the Hengshan County mineral vein, there would still be room to maneuver regarding the mistakes they had made.

But if they lost...

The punishment they would face was unimaginable.

Even for Postnatal Realm Elders like them.

This was the last thing they ever wanted to see.

And yet, it had happened.

Soon, Dugu Jian arrived.

He saw the assembled Elders and the eight corpses on the ground.

Lin Huan, Guo Bing...

He recognized them all.

They were all on the Huajin bounty list.

If you included Sikong Shuang,

then out of the ten people on the Huajin bounty list, everyone but him—the other nine—were dead.

Dugu Jian remained silent for a long time.

The atmosphere grew heavy.

"So, this was the plan you Elders came up with?"

At last, Dugu Jian spoke.

"Dugu Jian, we will naturally take responsibility for our actions. But now that Lin Huan and the others are dead, no one can stop Zhang Su. We’re going to lose, and once we lose the mineral vein conflict... you and all of us will be punished."

"You are our last hope. Ten thousand contribution points. You kill Zhang Su, win the mineral vein conflict, and even if the Sect doesn’t give you the points, we’ll pool them together for you!"

one of the Five Elements Sect Elders said in a low voice.

’Ten thousand contribution points...’

Dugu Jian’s purpose on this trip was to earn contribution points.

In truth, ten thousand contribution points wasn’t that much.

If he slowly killed off the Guiyuan Sect’s Martial Artists, he could earn far more than that.

But the Five Elements Sect Elders’ meaning was clear.

The Five Elements Sect was already at a disadvantage in the mineral vein conflict.

If things continued like this, the Five Elements Sect would lose.

And once they lost, there would be no contribution points for anyone.

It was the worst possible outcome.

Dugu Jian just wanted contribution points, but he didn’t want the Five Elements Sect to lose the conflict.

A loss would benefit no one.

Everyone’s eyes were fixed on Dugu Jian.

Although the Elders were all plotting to use Dugu Jian,

at a time like this, he was their only hope.

Only Dugu Jian could turn the tide.

After a long silence, Dugu Jian slowly spoke. "I can take action. I can go on a killing spree against the Guiyuan Sect. As for whether Zhang Su will dare to fight me, I can’t guarantee it."

Hearing Dugu Jian agree, the Elders all breathed a collective sigh of relief.

"Don’t worry, Dugu Jian. You just need to act. This time, don’t hold back. Unleash a massacre! It doesn’t matter if Zhang Su comes or not. Our only goal is to win the mineral vein conflict!"

"As long as the Guiyuan Sect doesn’t want to lose, they’ll do whatever it takes. Zhang Su will most likely show up, but he might try to ambush you with other Huajin Martial Artists..."

The Elders had a clear view of the situation.

They knew the Guiyuan Sect wouldn’t want to lose and would resort to any means necessary.

After all, they had used such methods themselves before.

"Ambush me?"

Dugu Jian said coldly, "Zhang Su isn’t afraid of being ganged up on by other Huajin Martial Artists, so why would I be? It doesn’t matter how many Huajin Martial Artists try to swarm me; it will be meaningless."

The Elders said nothing.

They knew Dugu Jian was strong.

But they didn’t know exactly *how* strong.

Dugu Jian was special.

He had always been close with Shi Buyi.

Even Dugu Jian’s Cultivation was guided by Shi Buyi.

Although the Elders were Postnatal Realm Martial Artists and Dugu Jian was only at the Huajin level,

they had no idea how powerful a Huajin master personally mentored by Shi Buyi could be.

But now, they could only choose to trust Dugu Jian.

"How much time do you need to prepare?"

an Elder asked.

"No preparation needed. I will make my move tonight! If Zhang Su doesn’t show up, then consider it... collecting some interest! For every day he doesn’t appear, I will keep killing until the Guiyuan Sect can’t take it anymore!"

At that moment, Dugu Jian’s sharp edge was fully revealed.

He had been too low-key before.

He had wanted a slow and steady stream of contribution points.

But now, that path was closed.

He could no longer afford to take things slow.

He had to win.

The Five Elements Sect had to win.

’Then it’s simple.’

’Kill!’

’Unleash a massacre!’

’Kill until the Guiyuan Sect breaks.’

In truth, Dugu Jian had always harbored a thought that bordered on madness.

’Why did the Five Elements Sect even need to send so many people to fight?’

’I alone am enough!’

’Not even the Postnatal Realm Elders knew just how terrifyingly strong he had become under Shi Buyi’s guidance.’

’It definitely surpassed everyone’s imagination!’

...

The night was deep.

The morale of the Guiyuan Sect’s many Martial Artists was soaring.

After all, everyone knew that Zhang Su had slaughtered the nine people on the Five Elements Sect’s Huajin bounty list.

Because of this, many Martial Artists from the Guiyuan Sect went out to fight tonight.

But the night remained quiet.

Neither the Inner Force Martial Artists nor the Huajin Martial Artists could find anyone from the Five Elements Sect.

TAP. TAP. TAP.

Suddenly, a Huajin Martial Artist sensed something was wrong.

’Are those footsteps behind me?’

He whipped his head around.

SQUELCH.

It was the sound of a sharp sword piercing a throat.