Everyone’s expression was grave. Yesterday was one attack, and today was two, so would it become three tomorrow, and the day after four? Increasing continuously at this rate, the great city-guarding formation’s defensive limit would be reached.
As expected of the Fourth Killing Formation!
Ling Han also looked cautious. If he didn’t have the Black Tower, he would just tear apart the Instant Teleportation Talisman and run since he couldn’t save others anyway. However, he now had the ability to save the everyone in the city, and if he chose to only protect himself, an insurmountable threshold would be left in his heart.
Saving people was as easy as lifting a hand for him, but this would expose the secret that he possessed the Black Tower. At that time, how many people would target him?
‘Wait, my true self has already been targeted by countless people anyway, so what if I expose that I possess a spatial Spirit Tool that can accommodate living things?’ Ling Han thought the other way around.
A spatial Spirit Tool that could accommodate living things and the Black Tower, these were two different matters. As for the people stored in the Black Tower, he would make them lose their senses, not letting them know where they went during this time.
‘Alright, if it comes to the moment of disaster, I’ll appear with my original face, storing everyone into the Black Tower, then leave with the Instant Teleportation Talisman.’
Ling Han made up his mind. With his thoughts clear, his mood instantly turned cheerful.
On the third day, the thing everyone worried about happened.
The Fourth Killing Formation formed three weapons at a time, firing at Million Treasures City. Now, the shield formed by the great city-guarding formation exploded in only three hits.
The atmosphere within the city was stifling, and public order began to go out of control. At night, several vicious incidents happened. There were robberies, murders, and rape on women. Under the armegeddon-like inhibition, the beastly nature in many people’s hearts was unleashed.
If they were to die, why not do whatever they pleased before dying?
The city became more and more chaotic as more people joined in for such wild pleasures. At first, it was only normal people, and afterwards, some lowly martial artists also joined the line of criminals, making the calamity even scarier.
At this rate, the Fourth Killing Formation didn’t need to break through the city. Million Treasures City would bring about its own destruction.
The city’s powerful forces joined hands to enforce the law, killing many evildoers. The chaotic situation finally returned under control. Fortunately, on the fifth day, the Fourth Killing Formation didn’t form five weapons, stopping at four at a time.
Everyone felt slightly at ease.
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Even though there were only four weapons attacking simultaenously, this was still very terrifying. The shield formed by the great city-guarding formation could only block two attacks before shattering. The consumption of Origin Crystals became an astronomical figure.
Even if the Spirit Treasures Pavilion and the Alchemist Society were very wealthy, they could only endure a month of such expenditure.
One month later, what would they do?
The tenth day came.
“Someone’s here!”
“At the east side of the city!”
The news spread, and everyone came to the east side of the city like a swarm of bees. They ascended onto the city walls and saw ten young males and females standing outisde the city. Behind them was a crooked old man, whose eyebrows were all white.
“Who are you people?”
“Why trap us in here?”
“What exactly do you guys plan on doing?”
Everyone shouted one after another. The eleven people didn’t seem to have come here mistakenly no matter how it looked.
Yin Xue Yang also came to the city’s edge, and as he looked at the old man at the bottom, his expression turned stern.
He couldn’t see through him.
This person was definitely in the Heaven Tier, and his cultivation wasn’t below his.
The eleven people in the distance were indifferent; they had no intention of replying, appearing quite arrogant.
“May I ask how we might have committed an offense, making you guys open such a killing formation to trap us?” Yin Xue Yang asked.
This was a Heaven Tier elite!
The old man finally said, “In Million Treasures City, there’s something that my sect must obtain, but we don’t know where it is. Finding it will inevitably alert people, so might as well besiege this place and kill everyone. Then, there wouldn’t be anyone in the way.”
It was actually for such a reason? Because they feared others might get in their way, they had set up a killing formation to completely slaughter a city. Could they be more deranged and perverse?
After everyone heard, they instnatly hurled all kinds of abuse.
However, some people thought that to make such a force unsparing in unleashing the Fourth Killing Formation to besiege an important place like Million Treasures City, the thing they sought had to be quite precious, no?
For this force to do so, it was equivalent to making all the vast lands its enemy!
It wasn’t like the eight Pavilion Masters of the Spirit Treasures Pavilion and the Two Heaven Grade alchemists of the Alchemist Society would never return—would they let the matter go after they found out? Only in terms of size, the combination of Spirit Treasures Pavilion and Alchemist Society was probably the most powerful existence in the vast lands, right?
To gravely offend such forces just like that, it was enough to prove just how precious that thing was.
“Oh, what is it? Why don’t you guys let us find it, and remove the Fourth Killing Formation in return?” Yin Xue Yang said, smiling. Although he was a great expert, the blood of a merchant flowed within him, so it was naturally a habit to bargain.
“Hehe, no need to bother. We still hope to acquire it by ourselves. Moreover, our sect likes this place quite a lot, and plan on turning this place into our sect’s main base,” the white-browed old man said.
“Oh, may I ask what this lord is called, and what your dear sect is called?” Yin Xue Yang asked.
The white-browed old man revealed a frightening smile, and said, “This old man is surnamed Bai 1 , with a one character name, Yuan 2 . As for our sect… hehehe, you guys should’ve heard of it to some extent.”
“Oh, then why not say it and let everyone admire a little?” Yin Xue Yang shot back.
“No need to say, see for yourselves!” Bai Yuan laughed grimly, and waved his right hand. Hong, long, long, a strange voice sounded as seven caskets suddenly slid out from the black mist as if they had legs, sliding all the way to his legs before stopping.
“The Thousand Corpse Sect!” Instantly, many people cried out at once.
” Gagaga 3 , this sect will use Million Treasures City to tell the entire world that the Thousand Corpse Sect… is back again!” Bai Yuan laughed loudly.
Hearing his arrogant laughter, the people at the top of the city walls said nothing, feeling only an extremely oppressive atmosphere.
The Thousand Corpse Sect came back so brazenly, and was going to destroy Million Treasures City, while they were the ones who were going to be used for ceremonial sacrifice.
Ling Han shook his head inwardly. If the Thousand Corpse Sect chose Million Treasures City as the location for their gates of revival, then the Fourth Killing Formation would never be withdrawn; it would be Thousand Corpse Sect’s great mountain-guarding formation!
The ten killing formations all had one thing in common. The killing formations formed by heaven and earth didn’t need Origin Crystals to maintain—the formation but needed to be set up. The power of heaven and earth would naturally pour in, forming a terrifying murderous calamity.
Used as a sect-guarding formation, it would truly be the world
’s finest.
“Don’t say that I didn’t give you guys a chance to live.” Bai Yuan laughed eerily. “These ten people are the sect master’s ten direct disciples. Now, they’re here to choose followers, and those picked by the ten masters can live on.”
The ten young males and females were all lofty. What was surprising was that they clearly didn’t have any fluctuations of Corpse Qi on their bodies—unlike Bai Yuan, whose figure was crooked and bound by Corpse Qi.
A youngster in a green gown said, “Amongst those in the same age level, whoever can block ten of my moves will qualify to be my follower.”
“Haha, Seventh Junior Brother actually said to have them block ten moves. Could you have slacked off recently, falling behind in progression?” a youngster in purple clothing said, smiling. “Whoever can block five of my moves can become my follower.”
He obviously thought himself stronger in that there weren’t many who could block five of his moves.
These youngsters were certainly strong. All of them were in the Flower Blossom Tier; a few were even in the high stage of the Fower Blossom Tier, no weaker than Xuanyuan Zi Guang.
“Hmph, rats scampering across the street dare to be so arrogant. Let me test you guys out!” Jia Zhang already jumped down the city gates, and said loftily, “I’m not here to be your follower. Just that you guys are unpleasant to the eye, so I’m finding one to slaughter. Who wants to die?”
“Alright!” On top of the city, many people instantly cheered.
The Thousand Corpse Sect trapped them with a killing formation, not only conspiring to take their lives, but also humiliating them. This obiously made many people’s blood boil with indignation, simply wanting a grand battle. However, some people had other ideas because the current circumstances clearly favored the Thousand Corpse Sect—a fine bird chose a good tree to nestle in.
“Just a second layer of the Flower Blossom Tier, who’ll go?” The ten disciples of the Thousand Corpse Sect looked at each other, and finally looked at the youngster that’d just turned twenty. “Seventeenth Junior Brother, your tier is the lowest, so this one’ll be up to you.”
That youngster seemed somewhat shy, and walked out among everyone’s jostles, facing against Jia Zhang.
“Die!” Jia Zhang immediately attacked, reaching out with his right hand and turning it into a golden dragon claw that pressed towards the youngster. Hong , the dragon claw grew with the wind and turned into a terrifying three-meter-long being. Vein-like patterns shone and drew in heaven and earths’ Spiritual Qi. The claw enlarged once again, reaching nine hundred meters.
Hong , the dragon claw pressed down as if a real dragon was truly drawn out to suppress the world.
“You have some strength.” That youngster nodded, and reached out to counterattack.
As he reached out, the Thousand Corpse Sect’s special characteristic was immediately displayed as a black-colored evil Qi swirled and turned into a frightening skeleton, opening its mouth to bite at the dragon claw.
Hong!
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The two battled fiercely. From the circumstances, it was very hard to tell who was better right away.
On top of the city walls, everyone was excited.
The Thousand Corpse Sect boasted greatly, but in the end, they were nothing more than this. Although Jia Zhang was one of the five dragons, he definitely couldn’t enter top hundred amongst the younger generation in the middle state.
Only Xuanyuan Zi Guang, Yao Hui Yue, and so on could represent the limits of the prodigies of the younger generation.
Nevertheless, the Thousand Corpse Sect was a great ancient sect, yet the disciples they fostered were nothing more than this. It seemed that it had been too long, so their sect had waned. If it weren’t for the Fourth Killing Formation, they definitely wouldn’t stand a single blow.
Ling Han, however, shook his head, and said, “Jia Zhang has lost.”
His voice wasn’t low. It was heard by many people on the side, and they couldn’t help but be furious.
“Hey, which side are you on, why would you hope for Jia Zhang’s defeat?”
“Could he be the Thousand Corpse Sect’s spy?”
“I think he’s suspicious!”
These people all stared at Ling Han, their gazes unfriendly.
Zhu Xuan Er was smart, immediately understanding what Ling Han meant. She said, “He’s the Thousand Corpse Sect’s disciple, and Thousand Corpse Sect’s true battle prowess… lies in Corpse Soldiers!”
Hearing Zhu Xuan Er’s explanation, everyone instantly came to the same realization.
Right. Why was the Thousand Corpse Sect notorious and spurned by the people of the world, and even destroyed several millennia ago? It was precisely because they refined Corpse Soldiers!
Where did Corpse Soldiers come from? They came from the martial artists they killed, and the elite warriors’ corpses stolen from cemeteries.
Without Corpse Soldiers, the Thousand Corpse Sect would be a second-tier sect, but with them, it could be compared to powerful forces like the Heaven’s Sword Sect and the Cloud Phoenix Sect, and even go further beyond.
Now, that youngster rivaled Jia Zhang with his personal battle prowess, so when he unleashed his Corpse Soldiers, what would the outcome of the battle be?
Ling Han said Jia Zhang already lost, and definitely didn’t say it without thinking. He wasn’t on the Thousand Corpse Sect’s side, but simply told the truth based on the facts.
However, Jia Zhang, who was the one involved, didn’t realize at all. He still battled with the youngster fiercely, and as the two were well-matched in strength, he was also fully enjoying himself. Being oppressed in the city for ten days made him extremely out of sorts, and he just happened to need a great battle to vent some anger.
“Seventeenth Junior Brother, why aren’t you done yet!?”
“Too slow!”
“That’s right, what month and year will this fight go on until?”
The nine youngsters of the Thousand Corpse Sect all began to shout.
That youngster revealed a fierce and savage smile, and said, “Since the Senior Brothers and Sisters are impatient, this little brother will end this battle as soon as possible!” He let out a battle cry, and as ear-piercing sounds came from afar, four caskets slid over.
The Thousand Corpse Sect’s people fostered corpses, and the stronger they were, the more Corpse Soldiers they could foster. He was in the Flower Blossom Tier, and could at most foster six Corpse Soldiers, but this demanded too much. Four was already his limit. Meanwhile, normal Flower Blossom Tier disciples could only foster two.
One needed to separate a part of the divine sense to control the Corpse Soldiers, and the more divine sense was separated, the more it affected the body. Therefore, unless one had extraordinary talent, it was better to pursue the quality of corpse soldiers, and only then the quantity.
“Go!” that youngster shouted lightly, and four Corpse Soldiers immediately leapt out their caskets. Each one was rotten with only the skeleton left, but their bones were refined into the color of shiny silver, as if it were made out of metal.
Third tier Silver-Armored Corpse, equivalent to the Flower Blossom Tier.
That youngster stared at Jia Zhang, and said, “You’re too weak. You’re not qualified to be a follower of I, Si Tu Yao.”
“Bullsh!t!” Jia Zhang was furious. Although he didn’t want to be his opponent’s follower at all, he couldn’t bear the opponent’s disdain. He let out a battle cry, and a mirror appeared in his hand.
“Heptagold Mirror!” he shouted loudly and moved the mirror. Instantly, a flash of golden light surged out, shining towards Si Tu Yao.
Si Tu Yao faced it indifferently, not even bothering to parry or evade. A Corpse Soldier stepped forward to block the flash of golden light. With a zi , a hole instantly opened up on the Corpse Soldier’s ribs, with gas flowing out.
‘Impressive.’ The Corpse
Soldier’s physique couldn’t be compared to same tier rare metals, but it was still quite formidable; however, it was penetrated with one attack, serving to show how terrifying this Spirit Tool was.
Si Tu Yao didn’t care at all. He pointed at Jia Zhang, and said, “Kill him!” Instantly, the four Corpse Soldiers were like fierce wolves and tigers, pouncing towards Jia Zhang.
The Thousand Corpse Sect was dreaded and hated by many large forces in the ancient times, which certainly stood to reason. It was not only because their actions were vile, but also because they were powerful! With regards to just personal battle prowess, Si Tu Yao and Jia Zhang were equal, but once Corpse Soldiers were out, their battle prowess wasn’t on the same level at all anymore.
The four Corpse Soldiers were in the ninth layer of the Flower Blossom Tier, refined hundreds of times—their physique was tough, and they did not fear death nor pain. They were literally human-shaped weapons, and which Flower Blossom Tier cultivator wouldn’t get scared seeing them?
Jia Zhang already unleashed that Heptagold Mirror, and his battle prowess skyrocketed a whole lot, but against the four Corpse Soldiers, he was really backed up, completely unable to cope.
“Weak, truly too weak!” The ten disciples of Thousand Corpse Sect all shook their heads, appearing as if he were beneath contempt.
On the top of the city wall, everyone was silent.
Jia Zhang wasn’t really weak. He was at the second layer of the Flower Blossom Tier, but his personal battle prowess reached seven stars, and after unleashing the Heptagold Mirror, his battle prowess skyrocketed to ten stars. It couldn’t be helped that his opponents were too strong and too many. Four Corpse Soldiers were all at the ninth layer of the Flower Blossom Tier in terms of battle prowess, neither fearing death nor pain, with tough defense… Nothing could be done.
He was very soon in imminent danger, and would definitely be killed within ten moves.
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