I'm the boss because I have a harem of anime characters.

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This aligns with Qin Shan's memories. According to his monster friends from his previous life, Xinyingzhou was constantly shaking, and their hometown house couldn't possibly be built on such land.

Hehehe, if people in ancient times had built houses according to the standards of the mainland, an earthquake could wipe out most of the population of an entire city. It would be a miracle if even a tiny fraction of them survived.

The locals looked relatively normal, though some looked pale and sickly. Considering the world's productivity level, this was all normal. Have you ever seen a feudal dynasty that guaranteed its people enough to eat and wear? Even during the prosperous Tang Dynasty, farmers starved to death every year. The saying "The rise and fall of dynasties brings suffering to the people" is a true reflection of reality.

Overall, the local environment was relatively peaceful, but the occasional non-human creature walking by on the streets constantly reminded Qin Shan and his companions that it wasn't just humans living here, but rather that humans were under the rule of these demons and monsters.

Absolutely. Given humanity's xenophobic nature, if it weren't for the powerful non-human species that humans couldn't resist ruling over them, they would have already expelled other races through various racial wars. Just look at the Homo sapiens expeditions; they were a bloodbath, deeply engraving the memory of the terrifying upright ape into the genes of every surviving species.

"Look, take a look! The newest ironware, the finest kitchen knives!"

The blacksmith shop owner who was shouting was a burly man with dark red skin, two large horns on his head, and a height of at least two meters. He looked very solid and used his appearance to prove that he was not human.

The Oni race is a relatively common race among the great demons of Ying Kingdom. They are characterized by large horns on their heads, ranging from one to six. These horns have no special significance and are not power amplifiers; they are simply physical features. However, Oni horns nurtured by demonic power can be used to forge high-quality extraordinary weapons, as Oni horns are a trade item with humans. Each year is a step up in the hierarchy, and the largest Oni horn Qin Shan saw in his previous life was a 500-year-old Oni King horn.

It wasn't just monsters who went to the blacksmith's shop to buy things; humans did too, and they chatted happily. It seems that this coexistence of humans and monsters in the area has indeed been going on for a long time. According to local historical records, the two groups have coexisted for at least a thousand years.

As for whether they were united a thousand years ago or not, that's unclear. In any case, both humans and demons are quite accepting of the current situation. It's just unknown what position each race holds in this fusion system.

In his previous life, Qin Shan had never been here, nor had he studied Japan in depth; he only knew a vague outline. But this life was different. He had to study it properly, since the demons and monsters of Japan had quite a few good things.

Just then, a commotion broke out in the street, accompanied by shouts of "Get out! Get out!", as a speeding carriage rapidly approached the location.

Qin Shan turned around and saw a carriage approaching in the distance, the badges on it proving the owner's distinguished status.

Tianlong, no wonder.

The Heavenly Dragon Clan, one of the great demons of Ying Kingdom, is a member of the royal family of Ying Kingdom. They are usually high and mighty, and their strength should not be underestimated. While some people are still working hard to cultivate, these Heavenly Dragon Clan demons are born at the fourth level and reach the sixth level when they grow up. Even if they do not cultivate seriously, they have a high chance of crossing the threshold of the seventh level, a high-level superhuman, in this lifetime.

Let alone the difference between humans, the difference between demons is also huge.

But this ethnic group is quite annoying. They are arrogant, rude, vengeful, and petty. You can find all the flaws that an extraordinary person would have in them, highlighting the idea that "I live to make others suffer."

If it weren't for the fact that their race's strength far surpassed that of other demon races, meaning their starting line was the finish line for most humans and demons, they would have been wiped out long ago.

However, to be fair, those who are arrogant but lack strength would basically not have survived to this day.

It's unclear whether their strength made them disliked, or whether their dislike stemmed from their strength.

But these are minor issues, because the Heavenly Dragon Demon was Qin Shan's favorite hunting target in his previous life. As long as you pin him down, apart from the people who steal monsters from you, no other creatures will come to help them. After all, these guys are universally disliked.

Speaking of which, I recently broke through to the seventh rank myself, so I can give it a try.

Whether it was a benefit from a cheat code in this life or the accumulation of too much knowledge in the previous life, Qin Shan's breakthrough to the seventh rank was even easier than in his previous life. He didn't notice any bottlenecks at all. The night before last, he was still very affectionate with his wife and sister-in-law, and the next morning he had already completed the breakthrough to the seventh rank.

We can't exactly call this a hastily made breakthrough, that would be too hasty.

Because Qin Shan had no intention of avoiding them, their group perfectly blocked the carriage's path, while the others had already run far away. Their group was quite conspicuous on the main road.

The coachman was also seeing this for the first time. There were actually guys who didn't even move away from the Heavenly Dragon Clan's carriage? Did they think they were incredibly lucky? Or were they direct descendants of some other powerful demon clan?

His doubts were quickly answered. When the distance between the two sides was reduced to within ten meters, Qin Shan raised his hand and unleashed a spatial slash.

This was one of his favorite spatial attack skills in his previous life. Now that he had broken through to the seventh rank, he wanted to get a feel for it.

And so, in the eyes of onlookers, the reckless luxury carriage suddenly split in two, and the driver and passengers were all splattered with blood.

In an instant, the entire street fell into a deathly silence.

Chapter 148: The Fall of the Heavenly Dragon

Life is fragile, but the life of the Heavenly Dragon Demon is also so fragile, which is really hard to bear.

He just died like that?

Otherwise, it's normal for someone with less than a sixth-tier strength to be instantly killed when facing a seventh-tier opponent; the true gap between the two sides is there for all to see.

However, considering the status of the Tianlong Clan in Ying Kingdom, Qin Shan's actions were second only to killing the emperor in the street.

Is it Sima Zhao?

"Was that the Heavenly Dragon Demon that just died?"

"It seems to be that guy, Tianlong Youde."

"Good riddance! What a pity, those others are probably going to die too."

Some of the bolder ones stepped forward to warn Qin Shan and the others, "You should leave quickly, you can't stay here."

Judging from the whispers of others and their attitudes toward Qin Shan and the others, it was clear that the Tianlong Clan was hated to the same degree as Qin Shan had been in his previous life. It turned out that the disgusting nature of these bastards was inherited from one another.

"Thank you for reminding us. Please don't worry. Our purpose in coming here today is to rid the people of this scourge."

It was just polite talk, but Qin Shan was truly unafraid of the Heavenly Dragon Clan. This race, and indeed the entire demon race, had never had a powerful figure who reached the eighth rank in history. In Qin Shan's previous life, although the demon race also had high-ranking extraordinary individuals, they were only at the seventh rank, and there were no more above that. This is why, for a long time afterward, the mainland was able to continue being friends with the island nation.

The safest model for cooperation is one where there are no threats and everyone gets what they need.

There was absolutely no need to wipe them out. Apart from its strategic geographical value, Japan was basically worthless in other aspects. The Japanese themselves disliked their homeland, which was plagued by constant unrest. The demon race couldn't defeat them, and they had no interest in attacking the mainland. At that time, all the countries were fragmented into various abnormal regions, and they had virtually no overseas military presence. Before eliminating the immediate threat, no country could expand outwards.

Given Qin Shan's current entourage, even if a ninth-tier demon were to emerge, what difference would it make? This is a bunch of eighth- or ninth-tier beings ganging up on him; he'd probably die even more miserably. If he can't win, so be it; he can just open a portal and run away.

When it comes to escaping, spatial abilities are definitely better than Liu Bei's (the founder of the Han Dynasty) style.

Just then, relatively orderly footsteps came from afar, and a group of fully armed Japanese samurai were clearing the way.

From the time the incident occurred to the time the army came out to arrest the people, it took a total of twenty minutes. Considering that this was the capital of a feudal dynasty, this efficiency could only be considered mediocre. However, the weapons and equipment of these people were indeed quite luxurious. They were all fully armored, and there were twenty superhumans in the hundred-man team. In most cases, they could show a strong deterrent effect.

After these samurai appeared, the crowd of onlookers vanished without a trace. Although it is human nature to watch a spectacle, the price might be your own life. So it's best not to join in the excitement. You can always peek through the cracks in the doors and windows on both sides of the street.

After inspecting the crime scene, the leading officer's expression turned grim.

I'm bound to take the blame, even if this has nothing to do with me and is a completely undeserved disaster. But since the bloodline of the Heavenly Dragon Clan died in my territory, I have to take responsibility. If you have any complaints, just look at the fists of the Heavenly Dragon Demon before you express them.

Therefore, the criminals must be arrested and severely punished in order to have any chance of being released. As for rewards, I have not thought about them.

Given the vengeful, arrogant, and petty nature of the Celestial Dragon Clan, the officer had already decided to quickly move to another place after this matter was over, lest one day a high-ranking Celestial Dragon Clan figure suddenly remember him and kill him in a fit of anger.

Absolutely no one will speak up for someone as insignificant as me.

These days, low-ranking military officers without power or influence have a miserable life.

As for whether the officer secretly rejoiced at the death of a bastard from the Celestial Dragon Clan, perhaps he was, but compared to his own bleak future, he was now even more furious with the troublemaker.

You can't let this thing die in my territory!

"Um?"

Just as the officer was about to order the arrests, he noticed the appearance of Lexington and the others.

Wow, these beautiful girls are really great! If I offer them up, will I still have a chance?

Thinking of this, the officer, who had previously felt that his future was bleak, suddenly felt that he could do it again.

The dragon race takes the issue of dragons' inherent lust to an astonishing degree. Regardless of whether it is male or female, as long as it catches their eye, they will not spare even animals, making them more sexually active than the British.

However, in general, they still prefer pretty girls the most, and these girls, including the two young girls, will all become stepping stones for them.

Of course, this person also considered the possibility that these people were important figures, since it is rare for ordinary families to have a perfect match between a talented man and a beautiful woman.

But what does it matter? Anyway, it won't be me who goes to communicate with the Heavenly Dragon Demon. Even if I don't get promoted, I can still get a large sum of money and go far away. It's still better than my current life.

Arrest them all!

As soon as the officer finished speaking, all the warriors around him turned into headless corpses.

Everything happened so fast that the officer's expression remained that of issuing orders until the headless corpses fell one by one, at which point he reacted with horror.

He realized he had probably kicked UMP45 in the chest.

As a low-ranking officer who often suffered injustices, this man reacted quickly, immediately tumbling off his horse and crying, "My lord, spare me! My lord, spare me! I'm just a low-ranking officer following orders, please have mercy!"

Then he died.

As a fair person, Qin Shan would never let you go just because you begged for mercy, since they were there to cause trouble.

Yingguo, or rather the world represented by Yingguo, is an extraordinary world as a whole. Demons and monsters are the extraordinary beings in this world, including the extraordinary people in the human camp. They can provide a lot of extraordinary products. Qin Shan had dealt with these people a lot in his previous life and knew the value of which extraordinary items were there. Therefore, he decided to let Yingguo experience cross-world free trade in advance.

According to records, the status of the Celestial Dragons in Japan was similar to that of the Emperor during World War II. They held real power and had the strength to suppress all sides. The order in Japan was basically established by the pressure of the Celestial Dragons.

This means that if the Celestial Dragon Clan suffers heavy casualties, the country forcibly integrated by force will disintegrate in a very short time, and there will be countless places to attack.

Putting aside everything else, just by engaging in trade cooperation with the locals, one can obtain a considerable amount of extraordinary materials.

Most importantly, Qin Shan is now able to freely enter and exit this world. Just like World Four, World Five can also become a new trading zone, continuously providing various extraordinary materials and achieving sustainable development by exploiting every resource available.

I'm tempted! Let's do it!

As for legitimacy, wasn't the one racing in the street the Heavenly Dragon Demon? He deserved to be killed; there was no fault in it, both morally and logically. And what happened afterward was all caused by the Heavenly Dragon Clan coming to provoke them. The younger ones were looking for trouble, and the older ones were courting death. Qin Shan was forced to wipe out the entire opposing family. So what? You can blame me for acting in self-defense?

If anyone's to blame, it's the powerful demons of the Heavenly Dragon Sect for provoking an existence they couldn't afford to offend; their fate was entirely their own doing.

"Hehe." Qin Shan couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Has the Admiral thought of something interesting?" Xiao Luo asked.

"I was just thinking about a lot of old-school online novels, where a member of a family would provoke the protagonist, get killed by him, and then his father, grandfather, and ancestors would come to take revenge, only to be killed one by one by the protagonist. This would not only propel the protagonist to the peak of power but also prove his strength by wiping out his entire clan, setting off one exciting moment after another. This Heavenly Dragon Clan shouldn't be that stupid, right?"

As they spoke, thunder rumbled in the distance, followed by a scene of dark clouds looming over the city.

With seventh-tier strength and a high-level transcendent being, the opponent really did charge over like a villain delivering a family tree in an online novel.

"How dare you offend the majesty of the Celestial Dragon Clan! Your deaths will be more gruesome than you can imagine!"

Qin Shan was truly astonished. In this day and age, there are still villains who are so pure and innocent; they would be a rare species even in a novel.

But the fact is, such absurd things do happen in reality, and they are relatively common. When violence can suppress everything in a place, the ruler will naturally use the simplest path. After all, thinking is a painful thing. Why go through so many twists and turns when a problem can be solved with one stroke?

It sounds very reasonable, but things in the world can't all be cut in one stroke. It's the same principle as some things you can do but can't say, and some things you can say but can't do. Costs you can't see now will become deadly knives in the future.

Qin Shan suddenly understood why the demons and monsters entrenched in Japan had no reaction when he killed the Heavenly Dragon Demon in his previous life, and even secretly praised him and took the initiative to befriend him.

When everyone expects you to die, then you truly deserve to die.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the entire city of Yingdu is trembling with fear as the Heavenly Dragon Demon is currently manipulating events. Behind the scenes, more than one pair of eyes are watching this place, and the owners of those eyes are also anticipating something to happen.

For example, the patriarch of the Celestial Dragon Clan was killed here.

"Admiral, that guy is so annoying, I'll go take care of him."

Qin Shan smiled and nodded at Xiao Zhai, who had volunteered.

"Great!"

Xiao Zhai happily summoned her ship equipment. With the sound of metal unfolding and reassembling, a huge metal dragon slowly took shape, and its ferocious main cannon slowly pointed at the dragon shadow in the sky. This was the first time Xiao Zhai had unfolded her ship equipment according to actual combat standards, apart from the performance.

It was only then that Qin Shan suddenly realized that he hadn't even given his ship girls their all yet.

There was no other way; the enemies of the past didn't even have a single high-level superhuman, and going all out would easily annihilate them.

The small house, which was integrated with the ship's equipment, appeared in front of the Heavenly Dragon Demon in the blink of an eye. Before the other party could react, the black dragon's metal tail lashed out fiercely. With a loud bang, a cloud of dust rose outside Sakura City.

The thing was blasted away a full five kilometers. The kind-hearted Xiaozhai didn't choose to shoot it down directly, but instead aimed at a less populated area outside the city. Otherwise, if that thing, which was over a kilometer long, had crashed down, it would have affected at least a thousand people.

The dragon patriarch, slammed to the ground, didn't react for a long time until the pain in his body told him that this was a tough opponent.

He's injured! This proud celestial dragon is injured!

Anger mixed with shame and indignation turned into raging flames; the dragon's breath could burn a city in an instant.

However, after the flames hit their target, they were separated by an invisible force. By the time the dragon's breath ended, Xiaozhai's ship equipment was completely unscathed. The difference in strength between the two sides was so great that it was beyond description.

That's normal. The gap between high-level superhumans is even more outrageous. The gap between the seventh, eighth, and ninth levels, and even the legendary tenth level that can destroy stars, is a qualitative change. Just like you can't expect to destroy a nuclear bomb with an ordinary bullet.

"You're too weak, just disappear."

Xiao Zhai manipulated his ship's equipment to adjust the main gun, and with a loud bang, a basin appeared east of Sakura City.

The patriarch of the Heavenly Dragon Clan, who had dominated the Japanese kingdom for a thousand years, was thus lost in the long river of history, a scene witnessed by many people and demons in Sakura City.

The best among them have realized that the world in Japan is about to change.

Section 149: They're all acquaintances

"Admiral, Admiral, I won!"

"I saw it, Xiao Zhai is really amazing."

Qin Shan smiled and picked up Xiao Zhai, nuzzling her against him. Xiao Luo, standing nearby, cast an envious glance at him.

I really want the admiral to cuddle me, hug me, and lift me up high.

"Admiral, shouldn't we go collect the spoils of war next?"

Mrs. Lie's reminder was very timely. After all, the Heavenly Dragon Demon was one of the most powerful demons in Japan, and its wealth must be considerable. According to the tradition of the great demons in Japan, the victor unconditionally takes everything from the loser.