Epoch: A Berserker's Rise

Chapter 248: King of Slaughter

When they came, the five demonic elders of the Legend Rank thought they had found Adam, but it was actually him who placed himself in their path.

As someone who mastered a Sovereign Space Essence, catching Adam by surprise was nearly impossible. Not only did it allow him to flee instantly, it more importantly allowed him to hide between the deep layers of space, avoiding even domains.

This was also why he wasn't afraid of going on a rampage as he did, since very few people would be able to catch him, and from what he knew, none of the demons had mastered a Space Essence. After all, much like Starlight, it only came in the form of Sovereign Concepts and Essences.

Then, for another week Adam harassed demons on a daily basis, who were so traumatized they finally went into hiding. At the same time, waves of shock spread through the world as they learned of the demise of five Legends.

Although Adam had easily killed them, it wasn't to be overlooked as something normal or insignificant. For any forces, five Legends was a lot already. Even the Racial Powers had less of ten Legends each, for a total of exactly 67.

So even for the humanoid faction, the strongest faction, the loss of five Legends would be tragic, not to speak of the even weaker demonic faction. Those five Legends each belonged to a different organization, and were part of the 'Demonic 28', which were the leaders of demonic cultivators, the 28 Legends leading them.

Because of Adam, they were now the Demonic 23. With such a loss, they didn't dare to send anymore Legends as they feared they would loose even more of them, and so they resorted to hiding.

After another week of slaughter, Adam finally left the Demonic Region, after having killed many demonic cultivators.

Actually, those two weeks were only to show what he was capable of doing, drenching countless cities into blood, but doing just that wouldn't be enough for them hand over the Godslayer's Hearts, as they hadn't been attacked yet.

So, Adam now had to switch targets. For the third week of the month, Adam focused on the monsters, wiping out a few Monster clans alongside three Legendary Monsters. Once again, what he did struck fear in many people's hearts.

At the same time, Adam had also managed to collect an additional four hearts, two from the demonic cultivators and another two from monsters, allowing him to unlock the next stage of the Heart, and it's new ability.

The new ability was called Devour, and it allowed him to grow stronger by absorbing the power of those he killed. This came at a nice surprise to Adam as this would allow him to grow even faster. So he tried it on the monsters, and he wasn't disappointed.

Although the growth was slow since those he killed were much weaker than him, it still allowed Adam's body to become stronger with every clan he destroyed. Moreover, the Legends also earned him much more strength, strengthening his body by several notches and level up a few times.

Finally, for the last week of the month, Adam dealt with the last faction that resisted him apart from the Racial Powers, and that was the Sovereign Kingdoms.

Not to be mistaken with the Class Rank, here the Sovereign Kingdoms represented the main forces of the Coalition.

Adam first came to know of them when he created his guild with Sarah, the Marshall of Azure Sky, who had asked him whether he wanted his guild to be under Coldlands or the Coalition.

The later was the gathering of independent guilds who slowly grew, and five of them even created Legends, becoming the famed Sovereign Kingdoms. In the eye of the public, there were only five Legends, but that number was actually half the real one, as they had ten Legends, even more than a single Racial Power.

And they also stood among the strongest of those who resisted Adam, and who wanted to send their armies to Azure Sky to finish him.

Adam decided to finish with them because their Legends were the easiest to find since they were the kings of their respective kingdoms, and they couldn't just flee from their kingdoms. As such, killing them would be simple.

A week later, the month of Slaughter ended, and the world mourned. Hundreds of Demonic Clans, Tens of Monster clans and Independent Kingdoms, as well as three Sovereign Kingdoms were wiped out of the face of Epoch.

Those attacked by Adam had tried to kill him, to send peak Legends after him, but none were able to kill him. Instead, Adam killed 12 Legends during this month, as well as more than a billion lifeforms. A. Billion.

Adam had now become a true legend of Epoch, not because of his strength, but of his fame. He now was the mythical King of Slaughter, the Great Sinner.

But the most shocking day was the last day of the month, the 31st. When Adam returned to Providence, he was ambushed by tens of Legends from every Faction, including the Racial Powers, who were the only ones hit.

The result? Adam successfully fled into Providence, and nine other Legends were killed, bringing the total tally to 21. At first, although their loss was terrible, they thought they had at least managed to heavily injure Adam, but they were dumbfounded when Adam emerged the next day, in perfect shape.

They then abandoned and bowed their heads. For the first time in thousands of years, they admitted defeat.

Adam was quickly brought up as one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful, person in the whole world because of that month, by the common masses. Many felt fear toward him, but also the usual reverence for the strong.

Actually, Adam was far from invincible, there were at least five or six Legends who could defeat him in the different factions, and even some who could kill him. However, doing so would cost all of them way too much as Adam would still damage them heavily, allowing for others to take advantage of them.

And during his month, Adam had taken great care of not assaulting the direct interest of the clans who had the power to kill him.

As such, since they didn't have a real deep enmity with Adam, they didn't want to risk their entire clan just to kill him. They had no choice but to comply with Adam.

In the end, intelligence brought selfishness, and unlike what Henry thought, the truly strong wouldn't sacrifice their entire live's work just for some reputation.

So what if they were humiliated on this matter? So what if Adam became famous? Would it hurt them in any way? Whatever happened, their foundation remained, and they all had lifespans of thousands of years.

In a thousand years, or two, even three thousand years, people would have forgotten all about this if they wished to erase it from history. So, they agreed with Adam's demands.