Chapter 522 - 234: Widespread Notoriety

Chapter 522: Chapter 234: Widespread Notoriety

The black-robed leader had been disappointed after defeating the old Taoist earlier because he believed the Taoist’s Martial Arts were no match for Sikong Cheng and the six other masters.

That was why he’d called it a wasted trip.

He just hadn’t expected that the one who’d acted during the day was indeed the old Taoist, while Fang Shuwen had merely been watching from the sidelines.

After dealing with the experts on the ship, their plan was to call everyone out on deck. Then, whether by checking their faces or using other methods, they would single out all the suspicious women.

Just as the black-robed leader had said, if they were lucky, they wouldn’t miss the person they were looking for. If they were unlucky, it would be another wasted trip.

The method wasn’t exactly clever, but under the current circumstances, it was quite effective.

And once they found Luo Shuqing, everyone else on the ship would undoubtedly be killed.

After getting a clear answer about the men the black-robed leader had planted on the ship, Fang Shuwen asked another question:

"Where are you from?"

The black-robed leader chuckled.

"You’ll find out soon enough. They will definitely come for you."

"And when they do... you will certainly die." 𝑓𝑟ℯℴ𝓂

"After all, no matter how powerful your Martial Arts are, you are still just one person."

"You’re only flesh and blood. Even if your Inner Strength is unfathomable, it will eventually run out."

"Out here on this vast sea, human lives are the one thing we have in abundance."

"Tell me, how many can you kill all by yourself?"

Fang Shuwen thought for a moment before replying,

"You’re right. Last time, I killed over three thousand people by myself..."

The black-robed leader: "..."

Luo Shuqing: "..."

Zuo Xuan and Zuo Hong: "..."

A single sentence left everyone, aside from Zhou Zhengze, completely dumbfounded.

Fang Shuwen glanced at them.

"It’s true."

"I... I know."

Luo Shuqing said in a low voice,

"Zhiyin told me... you... you’ve killed more people than I’ve ever even seen."

The black-robed leader’s eyes flew wide open.

He had just taken Fang Shuwen’s words as a joke.

Who in this world could slaughter over three thousand people single-handedly?

Even the Four Saints of the East Sea, or the Sect Leaders of the Eight Forbidden Lands... that would be impossible for them, wouldn’t it?

Fang Shuwen was so young. How could he possibly possess such an ability?

’He must just be trying to scare me.’

But after hearing Luo Shuqing’s words, the black-robed leader suddenly had an absurd thought. ’Could it... could it actually be true?’

It made sense for Fang Shuwen to lie to him; they were enemies, after all.

But surely Fang Shuwen wouldn’t lie to Luo Shuqing and the others, too?

At this thought, he asked with a sudden lack of confidence:

"Just who are you?"

"The name is Fang. Fang Shuwen."

Fang Shuwen said casually, just as he was about to continue his questioning.

Just then, the black-robed leader blurted out:

"A fiend descends, no man of books... Blood dyes the vast sky... The Demon Evil God!?"

Fang Shuwen froze.

"That little rhyme has made it all the way out here?"

’It was one thing for Sikong Cheng to know my moniker. As the Island Master of Nameless Island, he naturally had dealings with many people from the Eastern Domain, so that was perfectly reasonable.’

’But for this man to know it too... Could it be that my reputation has already spread throughout the entire East Sea?’

Hearing Fang Shuwen’s words, the black-robed leader was now almost certain. This was the Human World Demon God.

His expression went slack, and he was speechless for a long time.

Fang Shuwen’s guess wasn’t far from the truth. Even if the name of the Demon Evil God hadn’t reached every single corner of the East Sea, it was still infamous.

In the past, the Eastern Domain and the East Sea had maintained peace, with very little information flowing between them.

But after the incident with the Seven-String Ancient Chapter, their conflicts began to escalate.

At the same time, information also began to flow more freely between the two regions.

This was also why Fang Shuwen’s title as the Demon Evil God became so widely known in the East Sea.

The origin of this, however, was somewhat comical. People from the Eastern Domain had come to the East Sea looking for the Dragon Emperor Hall, but very few people in the East Sea even knew what the Dragon Emperor Hall was.

The people from the Eastern Domain thought the East Sea was sheltering them, while those from the East Sea felt the Eastern Domain was overstepping its bounds.

Many conflicts erupted this way.

Under these circumstances, when the Eastern Domain won a fight, there was naturally nothing more to say.

But if they lost, they couldn’t help but leave behind a few threatening parting words before fleeing in disarray.

Initially, these parting shots were mostly along the lines of, "Just wait until we ask the Seven Great Sects of the Eastern Domain to step in! Your doom is near!"

Later, after news of Fang Shuwen’s journey through the Northern Domain spread, the go-to threat from the Eastern Domain side became the Demon Evil God.

They’d say things like, "Just wait until we call upon the Demon Evil God! He’ll turn this ocean into a sea of your blood!" or "When the Demon Evil God arrives, we’ll see how you meet your end!"... and other similar threats.

Subtly, the three words "Demon Evil God" had come to carry more weight than even the Seven Eastern Sects.

He had become a new, rising myth in the Eastern Domain.

As the people of the East Sea heard this name more and more, they grew curious about this Demon Evil God. Some made quiet inquiries and were immediately shocked by what they learned.

According to the rumors in the Jianghu, since his debut, this man had almost never fought a one-on-one duel.

His opponents numbered in the hundreds, sometimes thousands, and every battle ended with rivers of blood.

This was the origin of the so-called "blood dyes the vast sky."

His rampage through the Northern Domain, where he single-handedly tore through an entire region’s Jianghu, was particularly jaw-dropping.

The East Sea was also a rather chaotic place, with open conflicts and secret struggles constantly raging between various factions.

Jianghu people have always revered martial strength.

Fang Shuwen’s feat of tearing through an entire Jianghu was truly and utterly shocking. Many young people even saw him as a role model, holing up at home to train diligently in Martial Arts, hoping that one day they too could tear through a Jianghu of their own.