THE GOD EATER

Chapter 1397: Culling The Herd.

"Maybe you’re right," Black Chain said, admitting defeat.

"But I will say this. No matter how strong or useful they are, I will still grow stronger if we do things my way, and that’s good enough for me. Plus, I still think some people in the herd should be culled," he said, glaring at Immobile Mountain and Carefree Immortal.

These two were the weakest Dao Lords among them, possessing just two pathways. Their pathways were also one Major Dao and one Minor Dao.

One controlled the Defense Pathway and Boxer Pathway. The other possessed the Speed Pathway and Archer Pathway.

Because of the poor quality of their pathways, they were both weaker than Sword Way, who also had two pathways. Sword Way possessed the Killing Pathway and the Sword Pathway, a Grand Dao and a Minor Dao, respectively.

As Black Chain glared at them, he said, "They are older than Sword Way, yet they are weaker than him. If you ask me, they should be killed as soon as possible to make sure they don’t infect us with their mediocrity."

"Hey! What nonsense are you saying?" Immobile Mountain asked in an angry voice.

Carefree Immortal also frowned and said, "I can always leave if I’m not welcome here."

But Black Chain was unfazed by their outbursts. In fact, he became more energetic and pointed at them, saying, "See what I was saying?"

"They were clearly offended by what I said. But they didn’t say one word to prove me wrong."

"One even threatened to leave. Not one said they were the weakest. If they already admit that they are the weakest, I see no problem with killing them."

Hearing this, the other Dao Lords began to stir. They grew suspicious and wary all at once. They also glared at Black Chain.

Sword Way, who was weak, asked with a frown, "What is going on here?"

"We came together to fight the Gemini race. If we’re going to sacrifice some of us for power, I want no part to play in it."

Before the matter could escalate, Wandering Thief immediately said, "Don’t listen to him. He is saying nonsense. We’re not killing anyone."

Then he turned to Black Chain and said, "So what if they’re weak? Why do you want to kill them? Do you really want to fuse your seventh godhead with a Major Dao or a Minor Dao?"

"You know that there is still the Grand Dao and Cosmic Dao, right? And how much potential do you have anyway? I want to know to see how much of it you can waste on a Major Dao or worse," he said sarcastically.

Now that Black Chain had exposed the matter, it had become personal and imperative that he shut down the idea here and now. So he had to win this argument.

He had to win it to appease the other Dao Lords and allay their suspicions. But he also had to do it to convince Black Chain that his proposal was stupid.

He still remembered Time Traveler lamenting that he advised Black Chain to do things differently in other timelines, but the Dao Lord of the Four Directions Sect refused to listen.

That timeline had ended in a massive loss, forcing Time Traveler to reverse time to salvage it. He didn’t want that to happen again, so he wanted to eliminate the possibility as soon as possible.

Fortunately, Black Chain didn’t fight back. The Dao Lord of the Four Directions Sect said, "That’s true. I have no use for more Minor Daos or Major Daos."

Then he turned to Green Fire and said, "But I would definitely appreciate a Cosmic Dao. Especially one that goes well with my Cosmic Dao."

"Enough!" Wandering Thief said, shouting in anger.

"That’s enough of that. There will be no more talking of killing each other."

When Black Chain scoffed and fell silent, he relaxed somewhat.

He forced a smile as he said to Immobile Mountain and Carefree Immortal, "Please, don’t listen to him. You’re all very important to our alliance."

"For one, you’re both stronger than Gemini youngling here in the lower realm and in the upper realm. Secondly, your cultivation is higher than Ragnarok’s, and you could be stronger than him with the right opportunity to establish your Domains."

Hearing this, Heavenly Eye said, "I guess that’s my cue."

Everyone’s attention turned to her as she said, "I have a lot more secrets than the three pathways I just exposed. In the spirit of exposing our secrets and using them to strengthen our alliance, I have decided to expose them."

"That’s a first. When did you learn to be so reasonable and cooperative?" Martial Will asked skeptically. "Or is this part of a scheme of yours?"

In response, Heavenly Eye snorted and said, "You’re talking as if I want to."

"I don’t want to do this at all. It kills me just thinking about it. Unfortunately, I have to because Ragnarok might already know about it."

"Rather than let him use it against us, I decided it was smarter to expose it and use it to strengthen ourselves. Now that the day we strike Ragnarok is getting closer, it has become more important that we strengthen ourselves."

"So this was a decision born of pragmatism, and I don’t appreciate you insinuating that this is some scheme," she said, frowning in displeasure.

"If you say so," Martial Will said, clearly not believing her.

Heavenly Eye immediately flared up when she heard this. She raised her voice as she said, "Do you think you’re great all of a sudden because you have five pathways? I also have five pathways, and I assure you that if I were scheming, you wouldn’t know it."

Before Martial Will could reply, Wandering Thief interjected, "Let’s not turn a good thing into an opportunity to argue."

Both Heavenly Eye and Martial Will glared at each other as if they wanted to fight. Then they snorted before letting the matter drop.

"What is the good thing you were about to tell us about?" Tepid Scholar asked.

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