The red-robed elder above the grand hall looked at Mo Bai again: “Mo Bai, take good care of your fellow townsman.”
“As you command.” Mo Bai saluted in response.
“Alright, go now.” The red-robed elder waved his hand.
The three saluted the elder once more, then withdrew from the grand hall.
When the three came out of the grand hall, a team under Shu Zhen’s command was already standing outside the grand hall, about a hundred people or so, all elite members of the Nether Fire Army.
To be honest, Lin Yun was truly very puzzled. Shu Zhen, as the commander of the Nether Fire Army, was taking such a team of Nether Fire Army elites to carry out a task, so why had he called him along?
Just then, Elder Li walked over from a distance.
“Elder Li.” After seeing Elder Li, Lin Yun immediately cupped his hands towards Elder Li.
After all, Elder Li had helped Lin Yun before.
“Elder.” Shu Zhen and Mo Bai also immediately saluted Elder Li.
Elder Li looked at Lin Yun: “Lin Yun, this time you go to carry out the task, you must complete it perfectly. Your talent is very good. After the task is completed, the Heavenly Fire Divine Palace will continue to increase its nurturing of you.”
Since Elder Li said this, it was evident that he already knew what task Lin Yun was going to carry out.
“Yes.” Lin Yun responded.
“Alright, go now.” Elder Li waved his hand.
“Elder Li, then we will take our leave first.” Shu Zhen said with a smile on his face.
“Set off.” Elder Li waved his hand.
“Move out!” Shu Zhen waved his hand and gave the order.
Shu Zhen led his hundred or so elites, plus Lin Yun and Mo Bai, straight out of the Heavenly Fire Divine Palace.
Lin Yun did not know what task they were carrying out this time either and could only follow behind Shu Zhen.
But from the scale of the number of people mobilised this time, the task should not be particularly difficult, right?
On the road.
“Brother Mo Bai, do you know the specific content of this task?” Lin Yun looked at Mo Bai beside him.
“I do not know either. The notice I received was to assist you and Shu Zhen in completing this task.” Mo Bai said.
Shu Zhen sneered: “Lin Yun, what is there to inquire about? Once we get there, you will naturally know.”
Lin Yun could clearly feel that Shu Zhen’s tone carried ill intent.
After half a day of travel, the team arrived outside a small city.
This city was not a large city like Tao’an City; its scale was not big, estimated to have only ten to twenty billion people.
In the Ancestral Land, this could only be considered a relatively small city.
“We have arrived at the task location. Lin Yun, it is your turn to act.” Shu Zhen looked at Lin Yun with a smile on his face.
“Is it to act against some family or force in the city?” Lin Yun inquired.
Lin Yun was quite puzzled. After all, for such a small city, logically speaking, there should not be any particularly strong families or forces inside. Was it necessary to send people of their calibre? Even sending some Heavenly Fire Lieutenants would suffice, right?
“No, it is to exterminate this entire city!” Shu Zhen said with a smile.
“What? Exterminate the city?” Lin Yun was suddenly shocked.
“Shu Zhen, you are not speaking nonsense, are you? This city is not the stronghold of some family or force; it gathers many small families, small forces, and a large number of ordinary citizens. What is the purpose of exterminating the city?” Lin Yun questioned.
If this were the lair of some family or force, it could still be explained as whether there was some grudge between the two sides, leading to a destructive strike against a single force.
But this was an ordinary city.
The difference between exterminating a certain force and exterminating a city was enormous.
The nature was completely different!
“There is no purpose.” Shu Zhen’s face still bore a smile.
“Since there is no purpose, why exterminate the city?” Lin Yun said through gritted teeth.
“Lin Yun, to tell you the truth, this is the Heavenly Fire Divine Palace’s test of trust in you. If you can complete this task, it means that in the future, you can fully pledge loyalty to the Heavenly Fire Divine Palace, proving that no matter what the Heavenly Fire Divine Palace asks you to do, you can accomplish it.” Shu Zhen said.
After hearing this, Lin Yun’s expression grew even more unsightly.
Just to test him, they had to exterminate the lives of ten to twenty billion ordinary citizens? They had to slaughter an entire city?
What a joke!
Although Lin Yun had exterminated forces before, such as the ancient family on the cultivation continent in the past, that was because there was an irreconcilable enmity between him and the ancient family. The ancient family had tried to kill Lin Yun multiple times, not to mention assembling all their elites several times to attack the Heavenly Sword Sect, intending to exterminate the entire Heavenly Sword Sect, which resulted in many deaths in the Heavenly Sword Sect.
Lin Yun had given the ancient family too many chances; originally, it was already settled, yet the ancient family still launched killings against the Heavenly Sword Sect.
Moreover, the ancient family allied with several other forces and carried out bloody slaughters across the entire Star Martial Empire, exterminating any forces that did not join the ancient family alliance, bearing too much blood debt, which pushed the hatred between the two sides to the extreme.
But the current situation was vastly different.
The people in this city before his eyes had no grudge against Lin Yun, nor against the Heavenly Fire Divine Palace. The vast majority were just ordinary citizens.
To strike against ordinary citizens was even more unacceptable to Lin Yun than ordering him to strike against a certain force.
“Lin Yun, to tell you the truth, this proposal was put forward by me and was successfully adopted by several elders.” Shu Zhen said with a smile.
“Shu Zhen, you!” Lin Yun suddenly turned his head to look at him, black eyes already surging with blazing anger.
