Chapter 1262: She Chose You, Not Me
"The Path of Refinement exists in the Immortal Realm as well, and its situation is, well, much like that in the Barbarian Wilderness Realm. After all, you can imagine that this kind of self-serving Cultivation method would definitely be frowned upon by many. But just like maggots, they always survive and can never be completely eradicated."
Aarav Austin answered straightforwardly: "Maggie Fitzgerald has subdued many powerful subordinates, among them is a practitioner of the Refinement Path, whom Maggie Fitzgerald trusts greatly."
"He requires a great number of Myriad Spirit Blood Pearls for his Cultivation, so Maggie Fitzgerald sent him to the Barbarian Wilderness Realm to aid her against the boss and also to Refine humans and collect Blood Beads."
"However, he recently encountered some issues with his Cultivation and is temporarily unable to descend to the Lower Realm, so Maggie Fitzgerald handed the task over to me. But he was reluctant to part with those Blood Beads, hence he sent a subordinate to descend with me."
"The three of us then went to the Demon Race Imperial Palace, found the Demon Emperor, and gave him two options. Either start a war directly with the Human Race, pressuring you and the boss to show up with a massive army, or if he refuses to fight, we kill him and replace him with someone willing to wage war and lead the Demon Race."
"The Demon Emperor immediately agreed to go to war with the Human Race. The guy who practices the Path of Refinement proposed that wherever our army passed, all the residents of the cities would be Refined into Blood Pills."
"The Demon Emperor disagreed, saying that if the Human Race were gone and there were no more slaves, then even if they united the continent, it would lose at least half its meaning."
"I could tell that guy was also unhappy, so I interjected and helped the Demon Emperor out. The guy begrudgingly took a step back and said if the cities surrender without resistance, they’ll be spared, but any that resist will have their defenses breached by the massive army, the entire city sealed, and all Cultivators and citizens will be thoroughly Refined."
Carson Flores listened in silence, then followed up: "Where did those from Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect come from?"