Chapter 924: Now It's Too Late to Say Anything!
Yes!
You read that right!
This round of offline confrontations has once again exposed a huge number of remnants from the Demon Arrival Organization!
Among them were even some well-known influencers!
In fact, their real goal was to incite conflict between the public Professionals and the official authorities of various Kingdoms.
All in order to drag things down and hinder progress.
"Damn! What the hell! My favorite influencer turned out to be a Demon Arrival spy!"
"Unbelievable. He always seemed like such a decent person..."
"This just proves you can know someone's face, but not their heart. No matter how kind someone may seem, how can you see through their inner thoughts?"
"..."
As the public watched one influencer after another be exposed as remnants of the Demon Arrival Organization, many sighed deeply.
The reason they were forced to expose their identities was because the netizens pushed them too hard.
Netizens found out where these influencers lived and simply followed and watched them without doing anything else.
In the cities, these influencers were under 24-hour surveillance by netizens.
Eventually, the influencers couldn't take it anymore and tried to flee.
Because they knew that if things continued, their identities would inevitably be exposed.
But they underestimated the situation.
They were discovered during their escape and surrounded and blocked by netizens.
With no way out, they revealed their true identities as remnants of the Demon Arrival Organization, fully demonized, and fought to the death.
The plotline was ridiculously straightforward!
It must be said that the netizens' execution was terrifying!
In no time.
Many well-known influencers were placed under strict surveillance.
Some were even invited for questioning by Kingdom legion officials.
Each of them was thoroughly examined.
And you know what…
Shockingly, half of them turned out to be remnants of the Demon Arrival Organization!
This statistic stunned not only the Kingdom legions but also the netizens!
"Good grief! Every time something happened, these influencers would jump out and accuse the officials of inaction. I used to think they were brave voices of justice, but now I see they were all damn spies!"
"Exactly! Including all those influencers who posted videos discrediting Ling Zhan—every single one of them has been caught! I knew it! Ling Zhan had no feud with them, so why were they so agitated?"
"Haha! Those Demon bastards saw that the Demon Flame Demon Lord was about to be killed by Ling Zhan—of course they panicked! The Demon race are like their parents to them!"
"Hmph! What a bunch of animals! I suggest we execute them publicly by dismemberment!"
Well…
The truth is, things really did reach the level of public dismemberment.
In this profession transfer world, the death penalty is very common.
In fact…
The death penalty is considered the 'lightest' punishment.
Why is that?
Because there's also something called 'soul punishment.'
The death penalty only kills the physical body.
But soul punishment targets the origin soul.
The origin soul is extremely fragile. The only class with relatively strong souls is the Soul Warlock.
This class can freely use class skills even in origin soul form, and the origin soul inherits the physical body's stats.
Other classes have much more fragile origin souls.
Even Ling Zhan's origin soul is quite fragile.
This is a common weakness among all Professionals.
In this context.
Punishment targeting the origin soul is especially terrifying.
The simplest example...
Toss the criminal's origin soul into the Soul Furnace for eternal burning—while constantly supplying it with nutrients and energy to prevent it from vanishing entirely.
Repeating this process essentially becomes permanent.
In other words…
The soul of a mortal will be eternally burned.
Just imagine how terrifying this punishment is.
You can't live, and you can't die. You suffer the pain of burning every day.
Compared to the death penalty, this punishment makes criminals tremble in fear.
Many criminals would rather be executed than endure soul punishment.
As for these Demon Arrival remnants…
A detailed investigation by the authorities revealed their crimes were horrifying!
Human trafficking, torturing lives, devouring flesh of all races, massacring the innocent…
The high-ranking officials of the Sacred Court originally intended to execute these Demon Arrival remnants on the spot, but after reviewing their heinous crimes, they immediately changed their decision.
They sentenced these remnants to eternal burning of the soul.
This decision was unanimously supported by all Professionals.
Demon Arrival spies were already public enemies.
And now that they had committed such insane atrocities, there was no forgiveness!
The moment the handling plan for the Demon Arrival spies was announced, it received full public support.
No one expected that Ling Zhan's victory at Lemoris Fortress would trigger so many consequences.
Including yet another sweep of Demon Arrival remnants.
The higher-ups of the Demon Arrival Organization likely now hate Ling Zhan to the bone.
Of course…
They already hated Ling Zhan to the bone even before this.
It's just that all their previous attempts to target Ling Zhan failed.
And now that Ling Zhan has grown stronger, the Demon Arrival Organization can't do anything at all.
As for the other noble families in Ether City…
Their current mood can be summed up in two words: regret!
Absolute regret!
And those Demon-Slaying Corps members who withdrew from the team are now staring at the announcements with complex expressions.
The announcements clearly state.
Ling Zhan was credited with the highest merit in the fortress assault.
What shocked everyone was…
Ling Zhan directly announced that he would evenly distribute this merit to every single member who dared to follow him in the assault on Lemoris Fortress!
This only made the regret even worse for those who left!
"If I had known, I wouldn't have let our son quit! It's all your fault! Such a foolish woman's decision!"
Some family heads were now furious, directly blaming their wives.
Back then, their wives heard that Ling Zhan's squad had a high death rate and feared their children would die, so they called their kids and made them quit the team overnight.
"Ha! Blaming me, huh? You're the one in charge of this house. Without your permission, would our child have dared to quit even if I told him to? Let's be real, you were just as involved!"
The wife fired back righteously upon hearing this.
"You…"
The family head glared wide-eyed but could only sigh in defeat.
"Sigh! Now it's too late to say anything!"