Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique

Chapter 370: Chapter 367: Bloodbath

A large village.

At this moment,

Dark clouds shrouded the sky above.

A pitch-black flagpole, wreathed in black smoke, hovered high in the air. It radiated a strange power that extended for miles, blanketing the entire village, which had once been home to tens of thousands.

The village’s Protective Array had been completely shattered.

Collapsed houses,

Ruined streets,

And bodies strewn everywhere.

Under the influence of some unknown force, the Essence Qi was being rapidly drained from these bodies, leaving behind mummy-like husks. They looked as if they had been weathered for a thousand years, ready to crumble into dust at the slightest touch.

Terrifying, resentful souls and skulls billowing with dark smoke roamed between heaven and earth.

Wails and howls

intertwined.

A scene of apocalyptic death.

However,

in the center of the village, a few scattered glimmers of Magical Power still shone.

They were the last remaining Cultivators, gathered in the village center to mount a defense.

But under the relentless storm of attacks from the endless resentful souls and black skulls,

those few scattered lights eventually began to dim.

Finally,

accompanied by the helpless curses of the resisting Cultivators before their deaths,

the last spark of light was extinguished.

The entire village fell into a dead silence.

”Heheheh! So satisfying!”

”I’ve long heard that the territories of these so-called righteous hypocrites are wealthy, and now I see it’s true!”

”Back in the Nanyue Kingdom, every blood-food estate had an owner. Not like here, where ownerless, fertile blood-food grows wild everywhere?!”

”It hasn’t even been ten days since I arrived, and the power of this Soul Refining Banner has already doubled out of nowhere!”

”Hahaha! Who knows, maybe one day, we two brothers will actually manage to refine the legendary Ten Thousand Souls Banner!”

As the last wisp of blood and Essence Qi was drawn from the large village,

the flagpole hovering high in the sky grew even darker.

And faintly,

it seemed to have undergone a further enhancement,

emitting a terrifying aura that made the very air tremble and distort!

A black-robed figure appeared beside the Soul Refining Banner like a Shadow in the dark of night.

He snatched the Soul Refining Banner,

feeling the tens of thousands of new Essence Qi and resentful souls within, along with the increasingly clear wails of hatred.

The dark figure couldn’t help but laugh out loud,

stowing away the Soul Refining Banner with delight.

”Just a few more villages like this, and this Soul Refining Banner should be ready to advance. Hmph! When I return to the Nanyue Kingdom, it’ll be my time to shine!”

”Big Brother, that may be so, but I think we still need to be careful.”

”After all, this is the territory of those so-called righteous hypocrites. With our strength, we can’t withstand a siege from enemies who are too powerful...”

A scrawny, black-robed figure with a paper-white face and a sickly, ashen complexion appeared beside the burly figure.

He glanced at the Soul Refining Banner in his big brother’s hand,

then at the ruins of the village below, which had been completely washed in blood and was now filled with withered corpses.

A hint of worry crossed his face.

No matter how you looked at it,

this was the territory of the Orthodox Sects.

Over the years,

many Demonic Cultivators had been forced by the major Heterodox Sects to infiltrate the Tian Nan Domain and cause chaos,

but few had made it back to the Nanyue Kingdom alive.

”I just went to gather some information. This place is the territory of the Dragon Cloud Sect.”

”Their Sect Leader is Master Wandering Dragon, who holds the title of one of the Seven Immortal Sect Sons of the Yuqing Immortal Sect. His strength is unfathomable. A few years ago, the Seven Extremes Old Demon from the Seven Extremes Sect was defeated by his hand. He even lost his Flesh Body and had to return to possess the body of a young man...”

Upon hearing this, the burly figure froze.

The excitement that had been on his face

now stiffened.

”This is Master Wandering Dragon’s territory? But how is that possible? Isn’t this supposed to be the most remote and barren region in the Tian Nan Domain?”

”With a reputation as great as Master Wandering Dragon’s, why would he come to a poor, backwater place like this?”

The burly man was reeling.

He wasn’t an idiot.

To have survived in a Demon Cave like the Nanyue Kingdom and made it this far, he couldn’t be that stupid.

From the very beginning,

he had planned to lie low and build his strength in the more barren areas,

with no intention of provoking any of the big shots.

That way,

he could complete his mission to disrupt the rear lines, grow stronger in the process, and not have to worry about too much danger.

After all,

as long as you didn’t provoke the major powers, why would they care if you caused a little chaos?

But what was this situation now!

’According to the style of us Demon Cultivators, doesn’t the strongest get to eat the fattest piece of meat?’

’You, one of the esteemed Seven Immortal Sect Sons of the Yuqing Immortal Sect, in the Tian Nan Domain,’

’you’re definitely the number one expert!’

’So why isn’t the Sect you established in the wealthiest area?’

’Why is it in the most barren place instead?!’

’What is going on?’

’Shouldn’t you have just attacked the power in the wealthiest region, seized their Mountain Gate, and then opened your doors wide to recruit disciples?’

’What the hell is this about occupying a wilderness area like this?!’

The burly figure couldn’t understand it at all.

But he understood one thing:

he was probably in big trouble!

The strongest in the entire Tian Nan Domain Immortal Cultivation Realm was Master Wandering Dragon. As a Divine Travel Peak Realm existence, he could crush them with a single finger.

So, the faction he established...

How terrifying would it be?

What level of pursuit would they now face?

For a moment,

the burly man was lost in thought.

Seeing his big brother lost in thought,

the scrawny figure decided not to keep him in suspense any longer.

”Don’t worry, Big Brother. Besides the bad news, there’s also good news.”

”Most of the Dragon Cloud Sect’s top combatants have followed their Sect Leader to Barbaric City to oversee the main assault there. There aren’t many Soul Emergence Realm Cultivators left at the Mountain Gate, just a few small fries.”

”From what I just gathered through interrogation, for the past three years, the one who has been active outside, suppressing our comrades who infiltrated the Tian Nan Domain to disrupt their rear, is just a junior in his twenties.”

”None of the others have ever shown themselves. Their combat strength is probably lacking, so they have to rely on a junior to keep up appearances.”

”We don’t need to be afraid.”

”Oh? What’s that junior’s Realm?”

”They say that right now... he seems to be at the Soul Emergence Third Layer Peak, about to advance to the Soul Emergence Fourth Layer.”

...

The air suddenly fell silent.

An absolute, deathly quiet settled over the world.

”Hahaha! Little Brother, you scared me to death!”

”A mere Soul Emergence Third Layer Peak, and a twenty-year-old junior at that? What can he possibly do to me, Xiong Banqing?!”

”I’ll crush as many of these arrogant little brats as they send!”

”My Soul Refining Banner is still missing a few Soul Emergence Level resentful souls. If he dares to come, he can look forward to spending an eternity inside my banner!”

”Hahaha!”

The burly figure’s arrogant, domineering laughter

reverberated between heaven and earth.