Who Brought Him into the Cultivation World?

Besides Ou Mingdong, Han Yu even saw Su Wanjun, the Guardian of Shuzhou City.

The other group of Guardians were almost all unfamiliar faces, their clothing varied, yet they did not wear the orthodox attire of Imperial Court Guardians.

At this point, Zhao Yi had also returned to Che Dapao’s side, bowing with clasped fists.

”Sir, fortunate to not have failed the mission!”

Che Dapao nodded slightly, a smile spreading across his brows and eyes.

This was a move by Quan Xiaotong, uniting the Nine Great Sects to secretly lay an ambush, with Zhao Yi responsible for communications.

”How is this possible?”

Qi Bai’s face was deathly pale as he watched the overwhelming wave of cultivators, leaving him in a daze.

Having been entrenched in Dongling Prefecture for many years, he dared not claim omniscience, but any disturbance would not escape his notice. Yet now the enemy had secretly placed ambush troops here without his knowledge.

How did they achieve this?

”Perhaps you have powerful resources, but ultimately, you are not born warriors; you can’t even plant a nail properly.”

Che Dapao sneered, waving his hand, and soon dozens of cultivators in armor threw down dozens of human heads beneath the city.

Qi Bai looked closely and recognized them as all his subordinates monitoring Dongling Prefecture.

They had all been uprooted, yet he knew nothing.

”So what? Things have come to this point; there’s nothing you can do to undo it.”

”Disciples of the Holy Sect, hear my command, slaughter the spirits and take their blood!”

Qi Bai laughed maniacally and then raised his arm high, leading hundreds of figures in the sky to swoop down like a tiger into a flock of sheep, beginning their massacre.

Countless flagpoles suddenly emitted a blood-red light, from which fierce ghosts emerged doleming towards the surrounding cultivators, launching into a frenzied attack.

The Corpse King army roared as they charged forward, shaking the earth with their advance.

Such a terrifying scene was beyond the experience of these small sect cultivators, causing them to drop their weapons in fright.

The sect leaders and elders fared no better, even if not as panicked.

Against the onslaught of hundreds of Divine Gaze Realm cultivators, thirty or so were quickly overwhelmed by the masses.

The cries of agony and roars of fury intermingled outside the city walls, and in mere moments, a river of blood flowed below.

This was no longer a battlefield for junior cultivators; thus, those in realms below Divine Gaze met their doom first.

Various supposedly profound mysterious techniques and divine weapons could not harm the Corpse Kings; on the contrary, they stirred their savagery.

With spilled blood, even more fierce ghosts emerged from the flags.

A ghost shadow would pass over a pool of blood, and as the ghost departed, the blood vanished, leaving the flags to glow again visibly.

”Kill!”

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Qi Bai shouted the imperial decree, and five corpses, comparable to the Realm of Transcendence, leapt into action, charging in all directions.

One headed for Che Dapao, one towards Han Yu, and the other three rushed at the eight elders.

”Zhao Yi, Lu Ding, Wang Wu, Sun Bing, the four of you, go intercept those Divine Gaze Realm cultziors.”

Che Dapao’s eyes flashed with a cold light, and he disappeared, the four behind him not daring to hesitate, receiving the command and leaping into the air.

The divine corpse charging towards them suddenly paused, Che Dapao appearing silently before it, a wicked-looking large blade in his hand releasing a celestial rainbow that sent the corpse soaring skyward.

Che Dapao glanced coldly at the figure, shooting up like a meteor towards the corpse.

Another immense and sharp blade shadow was slashed out, its momentum overpowering, causing the void it passed through to distort.

Then a black mist spewed from the corpse’s mouth, enveloping it rapidly, and in the next moment, the corpse vanished without a trace.

”Divine Techniques!”

Che Dapao immediately reacted, focusing intently, retreating right as the corpse’s punch struck thin air.

After one miss, the corpse attempted to retreat into the black mist again.

”You won’t escape.”

Che Dapao shouted coldly, as the spiritual power in his hands condensed and extended like chains, quickly ensnaring the corpse.

On the other side, facing the impending corpse, Han Yu punched fiercely, colliding with it.

Amidst a booming explosion, the aftermath crumbled a significant portion of the city wall, the corpse retreating several steps and attempting to raise its hand again, only to find its sinews and bones entirely snapped.

”Your physical strength increased again, how is this possible?”

Qi Bai was shocked, unable to believe how much stronger his opponent’s physical endurance had become in just a few days.

Even the Holy Sect could not refine Corpse Kings as quickly as he progressed.

It was utterly absurd.

Han Yu sneered, casting a glance at Qi Bai, then suddenly opened his mouth, spewing a white flame towards the Celestial Gang Corpse charging again.

The flames seemed intelligent, quickly spreading upon contact with the corpse, igniting it in a massive blaze in no time.

”Be careful, that energy blast is coming again.”

Just as Han Yu planned to explode the corpse, the Artifact Spirit urgently warned inside his Sea of Consciousness.

Amidst the flames, the talisman on the Celestial Gang Corpse’s forehead indeed fell, and the body swelled unnaturally.

Not only this one, but the other four corpses also simultaneously dropped their talismans.

”Run!”

The eight old ghosts had just captured one of the corpses and were about to tackle the remaining two when a sense of dread rose in the Great Elder’s heart.

With a loud shout, the elders scattered in panic.

”All die!”

Qi Bai yelled maniacally, disappearing at once.

The massive explosion was like a purgatory on earth; the ground trembled violently.

The first to bear the brunt was Dongling City, where all the buildings collapsed under the waves.

After the city walls cracked, they crumbled completely.

In mere moments, an entire city vanished like this.

Han Yu did not pause for a second, merging into the ground and continuing to stealthily navigate.

The explosion was not terrifying; what was terrifying was the gloomy energy that formed afterwards.

Sure enough, five whirlpools rapidly formed in the smoke and began devouring everything with immense suction.

Some nearby cultivators couldn’t escape in time and were quickly sucked into one of the black holes.

Even the disciples of the Nine Sects were caught off guard and had a part of them absorbed.

”What on earth is this ghostly thing? Why does it have such a terrifying power?”

The Great Elder looked back at the apocalyptic scene with lingering fear, his face filled with astonishment.

”This is fundamentally not a power that the Realm of Transcendence can possess.”

The other elders also had ashen faces.

Che Dapao fell from the sky embarrassed, his face showing signs of fear, almost getting directly hit by the exploding corpses.

”Damn it, this is a forbidden power.”

When that force passed by him, he felt an extremely sinister energy, full of destruction and despair.

Even though it didn’t hit directly, just by getting close, he almost lost his mind.

On the ground, the cultivators were reeling, and after the massive army of corpse kings steadied themselves, they began to harvest wantonly.

A disciple of the Mo Family had just stood up when he was knocked down again by several corpse kings.

Just as he was about to lose his life, a burst of fire suddenly spewed from the ground, turning the corpse kings to ashes with white flames.

The Mo Family disciple looked back in fear, only to see Han Yu emerging from the ground.

”Be careful.”

After hurriedly tossing these words, Han Yu didn’t mind him and quickly flew upward.

If not quick enough, Ou Mingdong would be done for...

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”What a massive structure.”

In the dark room, Quan Xiaotong sighed deeply.

Beside him, there were already a dozen notebooks, containing not only his own organization of the Corpse Refining Lineage but also his assumptions about it.

Gao Feng stayed by his side, watching him write furiously.

At this moment, Quan Xiaotong pointed to a section of the notebook and spoke.

”Corpse King was discovered in Shuzhou Prefecture, Earth Spirit Corpse was discovered in Zhanzhou Prefecture, and another type capable of immense destructive power was found over in White Emperor City.”

If they were conducting experiments in corpse refinement, that’s quite terrifying because the progress is so fast, it’s frighteningly fast.

If they are categorically refining, that’s even more terrifying than the first hypothesis, as it indicates they possess various refining techniques, making their hidden cards unimaginably formidable.

”I lean towards the second.”

Gao Feng seemed to think the same, his face ashen.

”If it’s the second…”

Quan Xiaotong sighed and continued writing on the notebook.

Based on the three types of corpse forms, top-level pharmacists, top-level corpse refining cultivators, and two top-level divine power users are involved.

Because when it first appeared, the Earth Spirit Corpse had the Nightmare Parade of Hundred Demons divine technique, and the second appearance wielded the Five Ghost Transport divine technique.

Besides the above, there are at least two organizations corresponding to coordinate with the Impermanence Mansion.

One like the Light-shaking Tower’s Hundred Herbs Bureau specializing in pharmacists, another specializing in corpse refining.

”Do you think the structure of the Fifth Tower is what’s left over from their play.”

Quan Xiaotong showed a rare bitter smile.

Gao Feng’s expression shuddered, remaining silent for some time.

If Quan Xiaotong’s hypothesis were true, then the structure of the Corpse Refining Lineage is truly immense.

And Quan Xiaotong missed one detail, the one responsible for infiltrating the Imperial Court. Could there also be a place similar to the Inspectorate for handling intelligence?

If their heritage truly spans at least a millennium, then... it might be more terrifying than Quan Xiaotong’s guess.

”Regarding this matter, what does the Master on that side think?”

Gao Feng suddenly spoke up, and there’s only one person in the world who they would refer to as the Master.

Such a massive underground force, the impact of attempting to move against it is utterly incalculable.

Quan Xiaotong handed over a painting and spoke slowly, ”This is a painting sent by the Master.”

Curiously, Gao Feng unfolded the painting and was immediately stunned.

The scroll depicted a middle-aged general leading thirty lieutenants in a frantic escape, while behind them the city had turned into a sea of fire. Though they appeared desperate, the figures in the painting were all spirited and lively.

The painting skills were quite poor; aside from the expressions of the characters, the rest was not well depicted.

Yet it’s the world’s most renowned painting because it was painted by the founder of the dynasty, depicting the story of the founder’s uprising with thirty lieutenants.

”I understand now.”

Gao Feng nodded his head, no wonder Quan Xiaotong dared to be so aggressive.

”Dongling City is just the first round of engagement, we should prepare to suffer losses.”

Quan Xiaotong suddenly sighed; although the plotting is quite deep, for dealing with such a vast power, it’s ultimately not enough preparation time.

If given ample time to set the stage, it might not be impossible to achieve something.

”Elder Gao, would you mind running some errands?”

After pondering, Quan Xiaotong suddenly spoke up.

”Don’t say ’bother,’ now you’re the Tower Master, just say the word if you need anything, as long as my old bones can still move.”

Gao Feng spoke earnestly, then stood up, waiting for Quan Xiaotong’s orders.

”Mobilize the Guardian Bureau, Inspectorate, Spirit Realm Tower—a three-unit cultivator team—to reinforce Dongling City!”

Quan Xiaotong slowly stood, a cold and stern voice.

”Now? Is there time?”

Gao Feng was stunned, fearing they might not even make it in time.

”Just issue the order!”

Quan Xiaotong laughed coldly.

”You mean to...”

Gao Feng seemed to understand the other’s intention.

”Pull out some nails first!”