Global Game: I, the Necromancer, am the scourge

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Including the many noble families that fled from Pan Shi City, Zi Liyuan never intended to let them go.

Since they were originally noble families of the Pan Shi City region, their escape with the resources from Pan Shi City's territory was definitely going to be pursued.

So, Zi Liyuan, along with Mo Yi and Liu Yiqing, rode on Dilys. The three of them and the dragon traveled lightly and quietly pursued to kill.

They rested during the day and moved at night, avoiding searches, tracking, and killing.

Several cities on the border suffered a disaster bathed in blood.

They quietly infiltrated the city and waited until nightfall. Then the Blood River Demon Soul Formation activated, sealing off the city and the surrounding space.

Millions of demon souls surged from the Emperor Banner. Thanks to the presence of the artifact spirit, controlling the demon souls became exceedingly simple.

Especially for controlling fifth-tier demon souls, they could already form military formations, which directly elevated Mo Yi's combat power a level.

Combined with Liu Yiqing taking down those sixth-tier legendaries, Zi Liyuan locked onto the powerful ones trying to escape.

The three worked together seamlessly, leaving no city able to escape their ambush.

Killing, setting fires, disposing of bodies, and spirit extraction, it was an all-in-one service performed with extreme skill.

The stationed troops within a city, the City Lord's Mansion's trusted aides, the city lord, the commanding officers, the noble clans, and aristocratic gentry were all their targets for extermination.

As for the subjects and alien races, they were at the top of the city massacre list, all gathered together to summon Xiao Guang. They were transported by spaceship to Tianxiang City to be settled by Fan Yuer.

The Tianxiang City region suffered a massive population loss, with some killed by orcs, some sold by the Sea Clan, and some plundered by Zi Liyuan.

It could arguably be considered nearly devoid of inhabitants.

This time, seizing cities within the territory controlled by the old witch fully maximized the Three Light Policy.

After the massacre, the entire city was dismantled clean, leaving only a massive pit. Apart from some foundations, nothing else remained.

Looting resources, seizing populations, emptying cities...

Without many subordinates to control more territory, they could only play this way to enrich their own foundational strength.

The Pan Shi City territory, west of Heavenly Phoenix City territory, was quite orderly in the old witch's main territory.

Besides purging a group of ministers and the families behind them, the cities were quite stable, with no rebellious lords emerging.

Certainly, those slain ministers were mostly families close to the old witch's Heavenly Phoenix City.

Meanwhile, Zi Liyuan and their activities were confined to areas near the territory's borders.

With operations conducted at night, enacting the Three Light Policy, not leaving a single living being behind.

Thus, for three consecutive days, no news leaked out.

However, as Zi Liyuan and their team moved closer to Heavenly Phoenix City and plundered three cities, the news eventually slipped out.

A small caravan transporting goods to a town near the border arrived only to find a massive pit.

The town had vanished, and its people along with it. If it weren't for some city foundations in the pit, the caravan would have thought they had taken the wrong path.

But seeing a town turned into a massive pit left them utterly shocked.

Consequently, the news inevitably spread, causing an uproar in the nearby cities, especially among those noble families that had fled from Pan Shi City territory.

They had originally thought running to the old witch's home base territory would make that damn Death Lord hesitate to continue pursuing them.

Unexpectedly, their opponent was unscrupulous, conducting a massacre even in the old witch's home base, not sparing even the cities.

Truly a ravenous wolf!

Thus, cities near the border experienced massive migrations once again.

Those noble families in the know immediately packed up their belongings and fled towards the vicinity of the old witch's Heavenly Phoenix City.

If they didn't escape now, when would they?

Were they to wait for their opponent to slip in quietly and then utterly exterminate them?

The Death Lord's massacre had terrified them severely, but even more appalling was that even in death, their spirit would be extracted and continue to be tormented by him!

Especially as his subordinates would refine their spirits into demon souls, subjected to eternal enslavement.

So, they had to escape!

Even if such large-scale migration required paying a great price and even bribing those above them, it was worth it.

There was no choice. Money, materials, and resources were important, but life was more important!

If the entire family were to perish, the resources left behind would simply fall into the hands of others.

Centuries worth of hard-earned accumulation for the enemy to exploit, and their spirits enslaved forever.

Is there anything more tragic than this?

The mere news of the Death Lord's ambush on the city scared away a large group of noble families.

Without these noble families, the power within those cities directly diminished by forty percent.

As for the stationed armies and the City Lord's Mansion's trusted aides, their strength remained just so.

Therefore, those willing to surrender would lay down their weapons, kneel to beg for life, and then wait for integration.

Compared to Tianxiang City and Pan Shi City, where a majority of the troops were replaced for fake reports and embezzlement, in the old witch's home territory, though they existed, at most, they accounted for only one-third.

Clearly, this was within the permissible range allowed by the old witch, considered a tacit consent by turning a blind eye.

Naturally, during Zi Liyuan's integration, they would eliminate these, either reducing them to subjects to labor for him or dealing with them directly.

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