Infinite Slaughter System: I Kill, Therefore I Ascend!

Around 500 meters away from Li Ling, a single Foundation Establishment practitioner along with around a dozen Qi Refinement fellows were lying in wait, their eyes full of a mixture of despair and defiance.

They were well concealed at their hiding place, even utilizing a Grade 2 Concealment Array that their Ancestor had personally kept as his trophy when he was still a rogue cultivator. This array gave them camouflage against even the spirit sense of Foundation Establishment cultivators, but offered no protection against Core Formation enemies or any divinatory methods.

"Ancestor, will this really work?" A female cultivator at the peak of Qi Refinement close in position to the Foundation Establishment cultivator - who seemed to also be their ancestor - asked with trepidation.

"Don't worry Xiao Rui, the Ancestor has planned everything out. Those damned demonic sect bastards will pay for everything they have done!" Another Qi Refinement disciple who had a similar cultivation level also declared with bloodshot eyes.

The rest were also as incensed, full of deep hatred after their losses at the hands of the first probing attack, only barely able to escape with their Ancestor as the key cultivation targets of their small sect. Knowing that escape was impossible due to the regional lockdown, they decided to take as many lives as they could to cause the other side pain before they perished.

Because of this, when they saw Li Ling riding over with a careless expression, the eyes of the group immediately lit up.

"Ancestor, should we strike this person down?!" One of the weaker Qi Refinement cultivators asked with crazed excitement.

The Foundation Establishment practitioner, an older man who looked to be slightly above the middle-aged range, wore a grim expression and spoke for the first time today. "Hold on! Haven't you noticed that this demonic sect disciple is flying on his own? Either he is a very skilled and confident Qi Refinement cultivator, or he is in Foundation Establishment like myself!"

This made the eagerness of the group calm down drastically because no matter how much they were filled with hate, they did not have the qualifications to even think about touching anyone of that caliber. Only their ancestor could possibly clash with such a person, but previous conflicts had proven that they, mere bottom tier sect cultivators, were simply lacking compared to top level sect disciples.

"So what do we do?" The peak Qi Refinement young lady from before, called Xiao Rui, asked again, seeming more worried about their lives than filled with hate.

"We have to wait and watch. When he gets closer, the Ancestor can ascertain his true cultivation." The other male disciple who was also at the Peak of Qi Refinement and filled with malice said confidently, not fearing anything.

Once again, their Ancestor remained silent, his spirit sense spread out as stealthily as possible, waiting to scan Li Ling when he came in range. As the Ancestor was merely at the Foundation Establishment level 4, that was barely 40 meters of distance, which was usually not very useful for this since the typical altitude for sword flight was higher than that.

However, their group did not have to deliberate any longer because the moment they manifested hatred towards Li Ling, he discovered them using his danger sense. He was surprised to note that his powerful 1000 meter spirit sense was unable to dig them out even after his Purple Mansion directly highlighted their location to him, making Li Ling understand that distance (quantity) was not a replacement for depth (quality).

It seemed he would need to buy a specific daoist art or technique that trained the spirit sense in order to raise its quality outside of just breaking through higher realms.

Whatever the case, Li Ling was not inclined to stop and chat with these cretins as he had to rush to his dispatch location in order to start the grand harvest. As such, Li Ling did not even stop his speedy flight, simply commanding the Blood Drinking Spear to break into the group of ambushers and slaughter them faster than they could react, starting from the weakest.

By the time the Ancestor reacted, it was only him and about 4 other Qi Refinement disciples still alive, including Xiao Rui. Immediately, this Ancestor understood that it was indeed his worst fear coming to life as this demonic sect disciple was definitely at the same major realm as himself, but the way Li Ling's semi-magic artifact moved was too advanced for this so-called Ancestor's meager spirit sense to even follow.

On top of that, the fellow only had a spirit artifact on his person along with grade 1 talismans, with none at grade 2. After all, regardless of being in the second realm, this fellow was essentially like the former Li Ling, or even the current him, who was still in a process of accumulation after changing his status from a mere rogue cultivator, so he hadn't had time to upgrade his arsenal.

"NO! PLEASE WAIT!!"

It was now that this small sect ancestor found that no matter how tough he sounded before, he truly didn't want to die. He had just reached the second realm and even though he did not have much lifespan left, there was still hope for advancement if he could gather resources and make an attempt at Core Formation before he died naturally.

But now, everything came to an end as he tried to resist the Blood Drinking Spear with his magic power and various methods, but the outcome was to be pierced through the forehead, his brain completely hollowed out.

He did not even have the remaining vitality to see the fate of his disciples, as all of them minus the one called Xiao Rui were killed faster than they could even react. In the end, the Blood Drinking Spear simply flew up to Li Ling with the young lass carried on its back, her body shuddering terribly from fear and shock.

"Hm? Meh, I'd give it a five over ten." Li Ling commented rudely as he assessed the beauty of this Xiao Rui, but he kept her because he felt that this should be Pang Wen's level.

Obviously, if he met a rare 10/10, he wouldn't give her to that fat fool, but save her for himself. Anyway, his standards were much higher than the average person on Tian Ming Continent due to his heavy exposure to various visual mediums on earth, so what was a five to him might be a seven to local men.

This was even factoring in the automatic 'beautification' effect that cultivation had on both males and females!

Li Ling simply pressed a hand to the nape of her neck and sealed the entirety of her qi, but did not enslave her because she was to be someone else's slave. As for her danger value, what exactly was she supposed to do with her cultivation sealed, no body refinement achieved and at an altitude that would even kill body refiners if they fell, much less a helpless person?

Li Ling also made a gesture using his Spirit Sense Control technique and collected the bodies of the ambushers into his void ring, planning to sell them to the other Six Paths disciples who might need them for various purposes. Mortal corpses were one thing, but the remains of cultivators were far more precious.

Obviously, only the Foundation Establishment old fellow had a storage bag of medium quality that held their sect's array of precious goods, amounting to around 500 low grade spirit stones, three spirit artifacts of which one was offensive and two were defensive, an array of pills and talismans at grade 1 with only a few at grade 2, and a single box that sealed a greenish-blue pill that Li Ling recognized as the precious Foundation Building Pill.

This one was of rather low quality and only assisted the breakthrough rate for a Qi Refinement Perfection cultivator by 15% as opposed to the peak value of 30%. Still, a 15% assistance rate was the difference between life and death for many rogue cultivators, and even sect disciples with average talent.

Li Ling chuckled at the spoils and pocketed them while ignoring the shivering and crying Xiao Rui who was still grieving about the loss of her fellow disciples while also fearing the fate that Li Ling held for her. She did not even think about sexual matters, still being quite young and naive, but rather thought of the horrifying experiments that demonic sect disciples were said to perform, and cried even harder.

However, she did not have to feel alone as Li Ling encountered three more ambushes before he even reached the locale of his first target, the last one being from the sect itself in question. From these ambushes which were easily predicted and became bloody slaughters with curses, screaming and begging, Xiao Rui was able to gain four more sisters with average looks - in Li Ling's books - that should be beauties in the eyes of locals.

He had naturally requisitioned a mount from a cultivation family which he dutifully annihilated down to the last child after looting rudely and killing their Qi Refinement Perfection patriarch.

Of course, Li Ling had never actually directly performed infanticide before and did not do so this time either, opting to solve everything with a meteor. So whether there were babies or pregnant women in Qing Shan number 9 market, in Joyous number 5 market, or in this clan, he was not purposefully aware nor did he think about it.

He still had a slight barrier to such a thing, the last vestiges of his mentality from earth. However, Li Ling knew that this barrier would not last long given the kind of things he planned to achieve, especially in the short term, so he could only sigh deeply.

But his angsty internal debate that was full of self-deception did not stop his body which was honest, killing and reaping lives, only leaving out mortals because others had use for them.

So when he arrived at the location of the third ambush, which was from his first target, the Cloud Dream Sect, Li Ling was still casually riding atop the Mountain Splitting Blade while he was followed by a low level Demon Hawk that was struggling to keep up with him since it had a load of five women on its back.

It had only even made it this far precisely because these women were delicate beauties and did not weigh as much as most others did.

"Halt there, Demonic Sect scum!"

A voice rang out with righteous anger as Li Ling was suddenly surrounded by slightly more than two dozen cultivators at the peak of the first realm and about a quarter of them in the early stages of the second realm.

This was actually quite a strong lineup given the general power level of this region, which made Li Ling raise an eyebrow. One cannot underestimate the boonies, for there could always be a reclusive tycoon hiding there who did not want to see the light of day.

"Uh huh? What manner of foolishness is this now? Why give up your element of surprise to talk?" Li Ling rightly asked with a tilted head.

The one who spoke, who was a rather young-looking man with blonde hair, stepped forward bravely and flaunted his cultivation at the fifth level of Foundation Establishment.

"I don't know which path you are a part of, but this ends here! Firstly, you will release those innocent women from your evil clutches, and then you will escort each of us out of this region safely, then we will guarantee your life!"

His words were met with smiles from the others, and even the ladies who had fallen into the throes of despair felt their hearts brighten.

Meanwhile, Li Ling was finally somewhat interested.

"Now this… this is how a righteous sect person should act! Clueless, zealous, naive and destined to die!" He couldn't help but remark emotionally, thinking back to that damned Spirit Human woman who made him choke on his words.

However, his awe did not last long as he waved a hand and sent the Blood Drinking Spear forward, but this time, it actually met significant resistance as the cultivators opposite joined together.

"Quickly, begin the Formless Cloud Array! Today, we will kill this demonic sect disciple in the name of justice!" The blonde fellow shouted with a look of disdain towards Li Ling.