HELP! These Girls Wants To Kill Me-Chapter 255

The struggle inside the cauldron didn’t stop for a long time. Even though the woman was tied up, she was still banging her head and feet against the walls of the cauldron, hoping to break it open, but no matter how much she struggled, she couldn’t break free.

Just to make sure that she had no chance of getting out, Yang Ze even jumped up and sat directly on top of the lid.

With the strength of the Vein Expansion realm, even if he didn’t use his internal energy to cover his body, normal flames couldn’t hurt him, much less kill him.

But this wasn’t the case for the woman in the cauldron. She was at the middle stage of the Body Forging realm. Though she had already refined her skin and was now refining her muscles, she was far from the realm of being immune to heat or cold. The only thing her cultivation realm did was delay the inevitable.

But to the woman, it was even worse. At that moment, she even wished she were a mortal so she could die easily. But with the strength of the mid-stage Body Refining, she was slowly getting cooked, feeling every bit of pain and agony that one couldn’t even imagine.

Yang Ze simply closed his eyes as he sat above the cauldron cross-legged with his eyes closed. It was as if whatever was happening beneath him had no relation to him whatsoever.

The sounds of her struggling in the cauldron went on for almost half an hour before everything went silent.

Yang Ze didn’t immediately jump but waited for another half an hour.

It was only then that he jumped off the cauldron and waved his hand, manifesting a large block of iron that completely enveloped the cauldron within.

If one were to look at it from the outside, one would only see a large block of iron. There was no more sound, no more smoke, no more heat and most importantly, no more vile smell coming from that damned thing.

"....." Yang Ze just took one last look at the room before walking out of there, and with every step that he took, his face blurred before he changed into a different appearance. Compared to the last time, his appearance was somewhat modest and normal.

Previously, he wanted to join the royal family as soon as possible to get his hands on the so-called treasure, but now... after what he saw, he no longer wanted to rush to join them. He had a feeling that this ’Essence Harvest Hall’ wasn’t the only one doing such vile things.

"Where to go for now?" Yang Ze thought for a long time. Should he wander around for a bit more to join the royal family, or should he directly head in?

With his strength at the peak of Vein Expansion coupled with his heaven-defying talents, it was a piece of cake for him to brazenly walk anywhere he wanted to.

"Then why am I wasting my time here?" Yang Ze decided to take a look around first. He was going to see every nook and cranny of this inner city before making any decision.

The moment he made up his mind, Yang Ze’s figure blurred before disappearing completely.

Using the illusion to blend his body into the surroundings, no one below the Core Condensation realm could feel his presence unless they bumped into him.

Yang Ze took a look at the house where a few children were still alive with their skin peeled off before heading away.

’Not now...’ This was the only thing he could mutter under his breath.

When he first saw them alive, asking for death, he couldn’t bring himself to put an end to their misery, no matter how much he wanted to.

During the events of the Dead Zone, facing the old man, he realised that he couldn’t just adhere to his morality forever, no matter how desperately he wanted to.

Earlier, he hesitated to kill, especially because in his mind, he considered himself to be a person from the modern Earth... someone with a sense of morality... someone who knew the value of life.

If he killed every single person he didn’t like, he would then turn into the very thing he hated.

Before... he always thought that regardless of the situation, he wouldn’t kill.

But after what he saw in the Cave... especially the lifeless bodies of the children and the mindless flesh puppets that the villagers had been turned into... he realised just how naive he had been.

His morality... his pride... his righteousness... everything shattered when he saw the hellish scene in front of him.

Especially when he saw those little girls dying. At that moment, Yang Ze felt like someone was twisting a knife in his heart.

He himself wanted to tear that old bastard into pieces, but because of Heaven’s oath... he couldn’t.

After that harrowing event, he often thought about what he did and wondered if he was the same as that old man or not.

His inner struggle continued throughout his training till now.

But when he saw the scenes inside the house... the rotten bodies of the children boiling in a pot as well as them hanging in the basement completely skinned, while purposefully being kept alive... he lost it.

At that moment, the last shred of morality in his mind collapsed, and what was left in its place was rage and disgust for this world. And in his burst of anger, he did what he would have otherwise never done in a hundred years...

Cooked someone alive.

Initially, Yang Ze thought it would give him a sense of peace, but instead, what he got in return was even more anger. It took all his strength to suppress the idea of killing the rest of the women before he walked away from there.

Shaking his head, Yang Ze cleared his mind from all those distracting thoughts... no longer thinking about whether he did the right thing or not.

Instead, he thought for a moment before bending his knees and jumping up, his figure silently floating in the air as he finally took a good look at this so-called Inner City.

Before, he wasn’t able to see it clearly and was having a hard time imagining the structure of this imperial city, but now that he was in the air, he could finally make sense of it.

From such a height, he could not only see the inner city but also the outer city, as well as the giant city walls.

"Interesting... how interesting."

Taking a good look at the scene in front of him, he couldn’t help but draw in a cold breath.

Just as the woman said before, the entire imperial city was divided into the outer and inner circles, but what she didn’t tell him was the fact that the inner city, instead of being two or three mountains connected together via wooden bridges, was more like six mountains at a fixed distance from each other. And in the centre of this circle was a large palace on a flat, empty ground.

Nestled between the mountains, it looked unnoticeable at first, but the exquisite design, as well as the size of the palace, was more than enough to tell him what it was.

"Imperial palace." A word instinctively escaped Yang Ze’s lips as he looked at the building.

The palace was at the very bottom of the six mountains. If not for the grand scale and design, Yang Ze would have considered it to be a part of the outer city.

"Should I go there to take a look?" The moment this thought came to his mind, Yang Ze felt a sudden sense of palpitation that only increased with every passing moment.

He had a feeling that if he were to rush there, his fate would be miserable.

In that instant, Yang Ze’s back was drenched in cold sweat as he landed on the ground, barely holding his breath and his heart that felt like it could jump out any moment.

"What the hell was that?" Yang Ze couldn’t help but narrow his eyes in disbelief. Till now, he believed that he was the strongest person in the entire Imperial city. After all, he had heard it countless times about how the sects hold a monopoly on the Core Condesation and above techniques.

"Could it be an old ancestor of the imperial family?" The moment this thought came to his mind, Yang Ze shook his head. If it were a Core Condesnation expert, they would have definitely found him.

"Guess heading there directly is out of the question now." The previous sense of dread was still clear in his mind as Yang Ze looked around before deciding to explore the six mountains first.

Taking a deep breath, he suppressed the unease in his heart as he slowly began to explore the inner city.

What he didn’t expect was that the moment he landed and headed to explore the surrounding mountains, a pair of eyes opened inside one of the most luxurious rooms in the palace that seemed to be glancing in his direction, as if seeing him directly through such a distance and obstacles.

"Interesting..." It was a hazy voice filled with some curiosity as the pair of eyes slowly closed once again, as if they were mere illusions.

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Yang Ze, who was completely unaware of the fact that someone had already noticed his presence, was busy exploring the inner circle.

Though he didn’t dare to go anywhere near the Imperial palace, nothing stopped him from exploring the six mountains.

It took him an entire day to explore the mountains, and by the time it was night, he had a rough idea about the layout of the inner city.

"So the six mountains are basically six divisions!" Muttering to himself, he couldn’t help but arrange his findings.

Every mountain houses the members of a particular division. And even though there were no restrictions on the members of the divisions, most of them didn’t bother to visit another mountain. Even the few who visited other mountains usually seemed to be in a hurry.

As for the members of the six divisions... Other than the members of the Harvest Hall, almost all of them seemed pretty normal. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Even the handful of tourists roaming around didn’t attract any gazes from them. Unlike the Harvest hall, whose members’ eyes were greedily stuck on every newcomer.

"Now then..." Even though he wasn’t able to explore it fully, he had taken a rough look around. As for whether every single member of this inner city was as crazy as that woman... he had yet to find out.

"Which hall should I join?" Even though he was wary of what might be in the royal palace, it didn’t stop him from planning ahead.

At first, Yang Ze thought about running away, but then stopped.

Just how long was he going to keep running away? Could it be that every time he came across a difficult situation, his first course of action would be to run away?

Both he and Lin Meilin knew about this shortcoming of his, and perhaps one of the reasons why she sent him here. Perhaps she was well aware of everything happening in the imperial city and wanted to see how he was going to handle it.

She had tried to teach him during the training session and by sending him here, was still trying to teach him that he needed to figure out a different way... instead of constantly running away.

"Before that..." Yang Ze’s fists clenched as he took a deep breath, trying to calm the turmoil in his heart.

Even though an entire day had passed and he had been trying his best not to think about it, the images of the skinned children hanging in the basement kept popping into his head.

Initially, he wanted to ignore and mind his own business.

He had already killed a woman, and taking further action was only going to make things difficult for him. But no matter how hard he tried to reason with himself, he just couldn’t...

"Just one last time." Yang Ze uttered in a soft voice as he headed towards the house that he had been trying his best to avoid...