Apocalypse: My Tattoos are Ten Yama Kings-Chapter 242 - 236: The Authorities Make a Move, All Pretense Shattered
The reason why Lin Yuan is so eager to break through to Tier Four.
His goal is to annihilate the Deceitful King Faction, this menace.
Now that he has successfully reached Tier Four, the Deceitful King Faction holds no reason to exist.
Moreover, staying in this Mysterious World is not safe.
The power of Tier Four can dominate in the Real World.
But in the Mysterious World, there are others with higher realms.
If they discover that someone has infiltrated the Mysterious World, especially someone who has reached Tier Four, Lin Yuan may not be able to leave here safely.
To avoid prolonged danger, it’s naturally wise to leave here first.
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During the days Lin Yuan was in the Mysterious World, the Real World was also in turmoil.
Due to internal unrest within the Deceitful King Faction, Ghost Leader chose to use external conflicts to resolve internal issues.
Ghost Leader sent people with special methods to attract Evil Spirits to attack almost all the ongoing Giant City constructions, slowing down their progress.
Except for Emperor Dragon City and Demon Dragon City, other Giant Cities suffered more or less from the Deceitful King Faction’s assaults.
However, the actions of the Deceitful King Faction indeed angered Dragon Country’s officials.
Emperor Dragon City’s formal documents have been issued to all human shelters.
The Deceitful King Faction is formally regarded as rebellious. In the documents, officials condemned the Deceitful King Faction for betraying humanity and Dragon Country in extremely harsh terms.
And they listed numerous criminal evidence.
Meanwhile, the entire Dragon Country began issuing bounties for members of the Deceitful King Faction’s nine family clans and other small financial powers.
If someone captures or kills core members of the Deceitful King Faction, they might even exchange for residency rights in Giant Cities.
This move caused chaos across Lin’an City.
Local Life Pattern Masters in Lin’an City even began assassination plans for members of the Deceitful King Faction, hoping to exchange the head of a core member for residency rights in a Giant City.
Life Pattern Masters from nearby cities also quietly infiltrated Lin’an City, seemingly ready to start their hunting plans too.
For a moment, those financial family clans of the Deceitful King Faction became like rats crossing the street, everyone wished to strike them.
When going out, they must exercise caution to avoid being targeted by others.
Everything is in chaos; the entire headquarters of the Deceitful King Faction is in disarray.
It seems that apart from those core members of the Deceitful King Faction who couldn’t clean their name.
Even some peripheral members of the Deceitful King Faction are not trustworthy anymore.
Because no one dared confirm whether these people, who were allies a moment ago.
In the next moment, they might chop off your head to exchange for permanent residency rights in Giant Cities.
Members of the Deceitful King Faction attacked Giant Cities, slowing down construction progress.
Officials then directly returned the favor.
Also used the bounty method to deal with the Deceitful King Faction, offering terms no one could refuse.
Residency rights in Giant Cities.
Isn’t the whole point of the Deceitful King Faction’s efforts for Giant Cities?
This move directly broke the Deceitful King Faction’s tactic.
Of course, this also means the officials have officially declared war on the Deceitful King Faction.
The officials and the Deceitful King Faction have formally gone to war, although, considering various aspects, both sides are currently only using tactics to engage indirectly.
It hasn’t yet reached the stage of close combat, a life-or-death situation.
At the headquarters of the Deceitful King Faction.
In the meeting room.
The nine financial family clans of the Deceitful King Faction and other smaller financial clan forces.
At this moment, they are gathered in the meeting room of the Deceitful King Faction.
Usually, for Deceitful King Faction meetings, only the nine families come, and after they have discussed the results.
Then directly communicate, and the smaller financial clans just execute the decisions.
But today is different.
Today, this is the most comprehensive gathering since the founding of the Deceitful King Faction.
All member families of the Deceitful King Faction, big and small, everyone is already present.
It can be seen that the moment to decide the fate of the Deceitful King Faction has arrived.
Everyone present had a heavy expression, and a weighty atmosphere pervades the entire meeting room.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the situation is dire now!"
"Our Deceitful King Faction is on the edge of a cliff; this is the greatest crisis we’ve faced since its establishment."
"If we don’t handle it well, perhaps the Deceitful King Faction will cease to exist!" Ghost Leader said gravely in the opening.
As soon as the words fell, a small financial clan head sitting in the back row stood up, his arm wrapped in bandages.
"If this continues, who knows about the officials, but we’ll all be dead!"
"Do you see my arm?"
"When I came today, my driver directly attacked me. This attack aimed for my heart; if I hadn’t blocked it with my arm, my life would be gone!" he said furiously, showing his arm.
Those who serve as drivers for people like them are trusted confidants of confidants.
Now, even these confidants have betrayed them, demonstrating the severe situation currently faced by the Deceitful King Faction,
"We can’t even get out the door now!"
"Once outside, we might get for a sudden attack at any moment!"
"Whenever I step outside now, I’m scared!" said another person.
These grievances, once one person spoke them.
For a moment, it was like a flood bursting through a dam, impossible to contain.
The people present, each with their own words, turned the whole conference room into a marketplace.
At first, it was just some small family members complaining.
At this moment, however, the Patriarch Huang stood up and said in a deep voice, "I told you long ago that such aggressive measures shouldn’t be used."
"Now look at us, we’ve completely fallen out with the authorities, haven’t we faced repercussions?"
"Now, we’ve all become rebels, everyone wants to kill us, can this have any bit of benefit for us?"
The Huang Family is one of the nine great families of the Deceitful King Faction, and having their Patriarch speak out carries much more weight than those small families’ complaints.
With the Patriarch Huang speaking out, the statements of these small family heads became much more confident.
Now when they speak, it’s not just simple complaints, but a condemnation of the Ghost Leader.
"Exactly!"
"We’ve gone too far in our actions, no wonder the authorities want to eradicate us completely!"
"Back then, we should have been more moderate!"
"Leave a way out on everything, so we can meet again in the future."
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The heads of these small families spoke one after another, seemingly speaking from emotion, but in fact, they were blaming the Ghost Leader. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
Patriarch Liu sat there silently.
Actually, anyone with a discerning eye could see that today’s events couldn’t be a coincidence.
The current scene looked more like a palace coup!
Due to the aggressive actions of this radical faction led by the Ghost Leader, and the complete fallout with the authorities, the power of the Deceitful King Faction has been hit.
In this situation, some neutral factions are probably already leaning towards the conciliatory Huang Family.
Is it possible that the Huang Family wants to take this opportunity to force a coup?
The Liu Family belongs to another faction; they are neither radical nor conciliatory.
The Liu Family did not participate in the Huang Family’s affairs.
Patriarch Liu has always been seen as the next Ghost Leader; whether in tactics or personal ability, he is no less than the current Ghost Leader.
Patriarch Liu quietly watched everything before him; if this was the Huang Family’s coup plan, he could only say that the Huang Family was too naive.
If the Ghost Leader could be dealt with in this way, then he wouldn’t deserve to be the Ghost Leader.
Looking at the noisy crowd, the Ghost Leader glanced at Feng Wuji behind him.
Feng Wuji was the Ghost Leader’s most loyal henchman, and there was a deep understanding between him and the Ghost Leader.
The Ghost Leader merely gave a glance, and Feng Wuji understood his intention.
"Crackle!"
"Boom!"
The next moment, there was a sudden crackle of "crackle" sounds in the conference room, with electricity flickering chaotically, and the lights in the room flashing on and off.
Immediately after, the chandelier hanging from the ceiling suddenly fell, landing right on the head of the family who had been shouting the loudest.
"Ah!"
A cry of pain rang out, then came the scent of blood, and then a waft of roasted meat spread throughout the conference room.
Soon after, the lights in the conference room came back on.
This time, however, the spotlight surrounding the conference room brightened instead.
The central chandelier in the conference room had fallen, landing perfectly on the family head who was shouting the loudest.
The shards of the chandelier pierced his body, causing blood to flow freely, with electric burns covering his entire body.
Not only had the person died, but he had also been electrocuted and cooked thoroughly.
The scene was truly ghastly.
Seeing the dead body, everyone present was startled.
Even Patriarch Huang couldn’t help but tremble in his heart.
Was this an accident?
Absolutely not!
Clearly, this was a warning to scare the rest!
Though they didn’t know how the person was precisely struck down by the falling lamp, they all understood that this was definitely no coincidence.
The Ghost Leader’s glance towards Feng Wuji was clearly an order to kill a chicken to warn the monkeys.
Feng Wuji had the ability to manipulate electrical currents, and killing a person in this manner was exceedingly simple for him.
The Ghost Leader’s ruthlessness was beyond imagination.
Those wishing to force a coup today were now witness to the Ghost Leader killing someone right in front of everyone.
"Drag the corpse away, clean up the blood, don’t let it delay the meeting!" the Ghost Leader instructed the guards who rushed in.
The guards dared not defy the Ghost Leader’s orders and, after moving the body away and doing a simple cleanup of the bloodstains, they left.
The meeting continued, with the office still permeated with the heavy scent of blood and roasted meat.
This scent served as a reminder to these people to think carefully before speaking.
With this act of warning playing out, the conference room lapsed back into silence.
Even with dozens of people in the room, no one dared to speak up again.
The Huang Family Patriarch, who had taken the lead for the coup, didn’t dare to say anything more, and the heads of the small families, who would dare to step forward now?
Patriarch Liu, watching all of this unfold, shook his head slightly, feeling a sense of disdain for Patriarch Huang in his heart.
He thought, "Such a disorganized group, so indecisive, how could they ever stand against the Ghost Leader?"
