A Man Like None Other (Jared Chance) novel Chapter 6674

Before long, one order spread across the Nineteenth Firmament.

A bounty order.

The terms were simple.

And bloody.

Bring in demonic cultivator heads.

Receive celestial golden elixirs.

The higher the cultivation realm of the head, the higher the grade of the elixir.

The order landed like a boulder dropped into a still lake, sending violent waves across the entire Nineteenth Firmament.

Every celestial cultivator went mad for it.

Celestial golden elixirs were among the resources they dreamed of most.

They were top-tier cultivation aids.

And now, killing one demonic cultivator could be exchanged for one celestial golden elixir.

To many people, this was fortune falling from the sky.

"Kill demonic cultivators for elixirs! Hurry, head to the Southern Wasteland Demon Marches!"

"A Golden Immortal Level Three demonic cultivator head can be traded for a Level Three elixir. I have wanted one for years."

"What are we waiting for? Form teams. Move!"

Groups of celestial cultivators rushed toward the Southern Wasteland Demon Marches like madmen.

Some human wandering cultivators joined them as well.

The celestials did not limit the exchange to their own people. Anyone could trade demonic cultivator heads for celestial golden elixirs.

For a time, the whole Nineteenth Firmament fell into a frenzy.

The border of the Southern Wasteland Demon Marches had once been only a desolate frontier.

Now it became a slaughterhouse.

Hunting teams made of celestial cultivators and human wanderers poured in like locusts, searching every corner for demonic cultivators.

When they found one, they did not ask questions.

They killed first.

Then they cut off the head, stuffed it into a Storage Pouch, and hurried excitedly toward celestial strongholds to exchange it for elixirs.

The demonic cultivators were caught completely off guard.

They knew the celestials would retaliate.

They had not expected it to come so fast.

Or so viciously.

On the first day after the bounty order was issued, hundreds of demonic cultivators on the outskirts of the Southern Wasteland Demon Marches were killed.

Their heads were taken away and turned into celestial golden elixirs.

Inside the City Lord's estate of Shadowfell City, Caiden sat in his study with a face dark enough to drip water.

The newest intelligence report lay on the desk.

The numbers on it were horrifying.

In one day, nearly two thousand demonic cultivators on the outskirts of the Southern Wasteland Demon Marches had been killed.

More than three hundred of them were above Golden Immortal Level Six.

Those were the backbone of the demonic forces.

"The bounty order..."

Caiden's voice was hoarse. "What a fine bounty order."

An elder stood beside him, face full of worry.

"City Lord, what should we do? There are too many celestial cultivators and human wanderers. We cannot defend against all of them. Their targets are no longer limited to the border. Several teams have already pushed deeper into the Southern Wasteland Demon Marches."

Caiden stayed silent for a long time.

Then he gave the order.

"Tell all demonic cultivators to pull back and gather in the cities. No one leaves alone. Strengthen every city defense and activate all protective arrays. Any hunting team that approaches a city is to be killed."

"Yes."

The elder hurried out.

Caiden stood and walked to the window.

He looked at the gray sky outside, complicated light flickering in his eyes.

This time, the celestials had decided to destroy the demonic cultivators of the Southern Wasteland Demon Marches.

Once the bounty order went out, the entire Nineteenth Firmament became their blade.

They did not even need to kill with their own hands.

Others would kill for them.

That method was far too ruthless.

"Mr. Chance..."

Caiden murmured, "Where are you now?"

...

Inferno Devil Ridge received the news as well.

Garrick Emberfall sat in the main hall, looking at the intelligence report in his hand.

His aged face showed no expression, but the fingers gripping the report had turned white.

"The bounty order... demonic cultivator heads exchanged for celestial golden elixirs..."

He lowered the report and spoke slowly.

"The celestials have gone insane."

Malric Voss stood below him, anger written across his face.

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