The sky was covered with dark clouds as sand flew in the desert air.
The smoke of the beacon fire formed a long red snake that stretched hundreds of miles on the horizon as if dividing heaven and earth.
The movement of the sun and moon could not be seen, so there was no way of knowing how much time had passed.
However, just like wood in a bonfire, it would eventually burn out.
<em ss="chakra-text css-0">Whoosh---</em>
Under a gust of cold wind, the dragon g symbolizing the <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Justice Division</em> erected on the tower of the Eastern Great Wall fell off from the gpole into a pool of blood and was stained red.
Zhou Muhe, who was wearing a golden robe, stood in front of the city gate holding a sword full of cracks, surrounded by the broken limbs and bodies of his subordinates.
His eyes were as firm as they had been a few days ago; however, his hand holding the sword was slightly shaking.
In order to buy time for the remnants of the <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Justice Division</em> and the scattered cultivators in <strong>Brilliance City</strong> to escape, Zhou Muhe took the lead of his one hundred and twenty-six subordinates, relying on the protection formations and countless magic weapons to defend the Great Wall.
He alone had killed nearly three hundred demonic cultivators.
The cracks on his sword de made of meteorite iron were proof of this.
And now...
Zhou Muhe looked around and saw that there was no living thing on the dpidated street. He smelled the rust-like scent of blood and dust in the air and realized that he was the only one left.
<em ss="chakra-text css-0">Boom--!!</em>
The ten-thousand-pound iron gate under the tower suddenly trembled, and cracks appeared on the three crossbars used to block the door.
<em ss="chakra-text css-0">Boom--!!</em>
The ground shook, and the bricks and tiles on the Great Wall flew off in all directions, stirring up hundreds of feet of dust when they hit the ground.
<em ss="chakra-text css-0">Boom--!!</em>
After the third bang, Zhou Muhe held his breath and clenched the sword in his hand tightly. At the same time, the two iron doors that weighed ten thousand pounds copsed, and countless <em ss="chakra-text css-0"><strong>Ghost Spirit</strong></em> Sect cultivators wearing iron ghostly masks poured in.
Zhou Muhe''s eyes focused. He immediately dodged and dashed forward, swinging his sword.
For those scumbags who were only at the <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Foundation Building</em> stage, the spirit sword of a <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Nascent Soul</em> sword cultivator like him was nothing but a meat grinder.
Every time he swung his sword, several <em ss="chakra-text css-0"><strong>Ghost Spirit</strong></em> Sect disciples would be turned into pieces of flesh, flying and scattering over the heads of their fellow disciples.
But when he swung the sword for the third time...
<em ss="chakra-text css-0">Crack---</em>
The sword made of meteorite iron instantly broke into pieces and disintegrated.
Zhou Muhe raised his head and saw a middle-aged man in ck robes standing in front of him.
The moment he saw his face, he felt a twinge of pain in his abdomen. He could not help but kneel and slump to the ground.
"Humph, a mid-stage <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Nascent Soul</em> Sword cultivator with just over a hundred men, guarded the wall for four days. Do you want me to praise you?"
Zhou Muhe held his bleeding abdomen and gritted his teeth as he raised his head. Seeing that the person in front of him was also a mid-stage <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Nascent Soul</em> cultivator, he smiled. "Heh, thank you for telling me. Because of the dark clouds covering the sun and moon, I didn''t know that four days had passed."
"Thank me?"
<em ss="chakra-text css-0">ng---</em>
The remaining sword hilt in Zhou Muhe''s right hand fell to the ground. He looked relieved and answered with a smile, "This old manpleted the order of the <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Justice Division</em> Commander and dyed you, evil demons, for more than three days. The <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Justice Division</em> disciples left, and all the other cultivators in the city also fled. This <strong>Brilliance City</strong> is my gift to you... Don''t worry, I didn''t leave anything behind. All there''s left for you is a barren city and the ruins on the ground..."
Gritting his teeth, the middle-aged man red and raised his hand.
In an instant, a purple spiritual energy enveloped Zhou Muhe, and his skin rotted at a speed visible to the naked eye, revealing his white bones. However, Zhou Muhe still wore a smile until his <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Nascent Soul</em> shattered and he fell to the ground and died.
"Hah!"
With a sneer, the middle-aged demonic cultivator kicked Zhou Muhe''s bones to pieces.
At this time, there was a sudden sound of drums behind him.
A luxurious sedan chair, carried by dozens of skeletons in ck brocade, passed through the city gate. Seven Ghost Tomb, wearing a ghost mask, leaned on the armrest, supporting his face, as his body swayed up and down with the movements of the sedan chair.
Seeing him, the middle-aged demonic cultivator immediately knelt down.
"Father..."
Seeing his son in front of him, Seven Ghost Tomb turned his eyes and looked at him with a small hint of disappointment in his eyes.
This middle-aged demonic cultivator, Gui Qinghe, known as "Blue Water Ghost", was the biological son of Seven Ghost Tomb. Before the attack on the city, Seven Ghost Tomb asked him to break through the Eastern Great Wall within three days. But unexpectedly, Zhou Muhe fought back stubbornly with only a hundred people or so, relying on formations and magic weapons, and repelled his three waves of attack.
In the end, it was Seven Ghost Tomb who personally stepped in and broke through the Great Wall''s protection array. Only then was he able to open the city gate and let the <em ss="chakra-text css-0"><strong>Ghost Spirit</strong></em> Sect disciples enter the city.
Now facing his father''s expression, Gui Qinghe trembled.
However, the <em ss="chakra-text css-0"><strong>Ghost Spirit</strong></em> Sect''s Great Elder hurried forward, cupped his hands, and spoke up for him.
"Patriarch, Young Master Gui only had a few <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Nascent Soul</em> cultivators and more than a thousand disciples in the <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Foundation Building</em> and <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Core Formation</em> stages. We can''t me him for not being able to take the city in three days."
Seven Ghost Tomb did not speak but turned his gaze to the Great Elder.
"..."
The <em ss="chakra-text css-0"><strong>Ghost Spirit</strong></em> Sect''s Great Elder nodded and added, "ording to the scouts sent to the <strong>Central Region</strong>, the <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Justice Division</em> split into four groups and headed in four different directions, as we''ve heard before. Their intention is probably to escape one group at a time. Why don''t we send Young Master Gui with some people to chase after the group heading to the <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Seven Dragon Valley</em>?"
Seven Ghost Tomb pondered for a while before nodding in approval. He then raised his finger to signal the ghost soldiers to move forward.
Seeing that his father didn''t say anything, Gui Qinghe let out a faint sigh of relief and cupped his hands toward the Great Elder.
"Thank you, Great Elder."
The Great Elder stroked his long beard and patted him on the shoulder, smiling. "Young Master, don''t be so polite. You are not to me for this. The Patriarch probably didn''t expect you to conquer the city within three days, hehe..."
"Well, can you tell me, who are the <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Justice Division</em> members heading to the <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Seven Dragon Valley</em>..."
"ording to reports from our inside men, the team heading to <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Seven Dragon Valley</em> is entirelyposed of <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Foundation Building</em> cultivators, about three thousand people. The leader seems to be a young man in the early stage of <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Core Formation</em>, apanied by the Young Miss of the <em ss="chakra-text css-0"><strong>ck Star</strong></em> Sect and the Eldest Lady of <em ss="chakra-text css-0"><strong>Moon Shadow Sword</strong></em> Sect. The Young Miss of the <em ss="chakra-text css-0"><strong>ck Star</strong></em> Sect is in the early stage of <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Core Formation</em>, and that Eldest Lady Yun is only in thete stage of <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Foundation Building</em>."
"In this case... I can take with me fifty <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Core Formation</em> stage disciples."
In his experience, one <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Core Formation</em> stage demonic cultivator was equivalent to ten ordinary <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Foundation Building</em> immortal cultivators.
However, if fifty <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Core Formation</em> demonic cultivators were to arrange a formation under someone''s leadership, it would be impossible for tens of thousands of <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Foundation Building</em> immortal cultivators to defeat them.
Not to mention, Gui Qinghe was still a mid-stage <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Nascent Soul</em> cultivator.
The Great Elder felt that it was somewhat like killing a chicken with a bull''s knife. However, the <em ss="chakra-text css-0"><strong>Ghost Spirit</strong></em> Sect had sufficientbat strength, so he did not say anything. He nodded and replied, "Well, go ahead..."
Gui Qinghe cupped his hands in response. "I ept the order!"
However, at this moment, a female voice interrupted them.
"Great Elder Kong... can I go with Young Master Gui?"
After the voice spoke, the Great Elder and Gui Qinghe looked in the direction of the sound in surprise. When they saw that it was Gu Mingxin, they both frowned.
Great Elder Kong Xiangmo narrowed his eyes as he asked, "Miss Gu, you should have already received the order to go with Elder Fu after the <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Core Formation</em> disciples of the <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Justice Division</em>..."
Gu Mingxin had just passed by and heard Kong Xiangmo say that the leader was an early-stage <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Core Formation</em> youth. She immediately thought of Ye Anping, so she mustered up the courage to make the proposal.
After a moment of silence, she hurriedly said, "Elder..."
However, Kong Xiangmo interrupted her again and directly rejected her. "No!"
The spiritual energy of a <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Deification</em> stage cultivator leaked out from him and as Gu Mingxin was hit by it, she felt that her whole body couldn''t move, and her hands clenched with a crackle.
At this time, Fu Yuanhua hurried forward and interrupted, "Miss Gu, don''t be rude."
Seeing that Fu Yuanhua had arrived, Kong Xiangmo withdrew his spiritual energy and cupped his hands. "Elder Fu, please take care of your people."
"Will do."
Fu Yuanhua red fiercely at Gu Mingxin and grabbed her shoulder ready to leave, but Gu Mingxin swallowed, cupped her hands, and shouted,
"Then, Young Master Gui, please bring at least one more <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Deification</em> stage cultivator or a few <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Nascent Soul</em> Elders with you!"
At this, Gui Qinghe, who had been silent all this while, showed an uncontroble anger on his face. He asked, "Young Miss Gu, are you looking down on me?"
Gu Mingxin raised her head slightly and looked directly into his eyes. "Young Master Gui spent three days attacking the Great Wall guarded by a hundred people. If I were to lead the men, this Great Wall could have been broken within a day.If you only take fifty <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Core Formation</em> disciples, you will only..."
Kong Xiangmo, standing nearby, red angrily and interrupted again, "How dare you!!"
Gu Mingxin did not lower her head this time. Instead, she gritted her teeth and met his gaze. She used her spiritual energy to block Kong Xiangmo''s spiritual might forcefully and only took a step back, then stood still.
Fu Yuanhua felt that something was wrong, and she quickly stepped forward to block the two of them. She cupped her hands and tried to apologize for Gu Mingxin to Kong Xiangmo. "Great Elder Kong, I will discipline herter..."
"..."
As she spoke, Fu Yuanhua red at Gu Mingxin and forcibly pulled her shoulder before turning into a stream of light and flying toward the city.
After seeing the two people leave, Kong Xiangmo narrowed his eyes slightly, then took a deep breath to calm down and looked at Gui Qinghe who was frowning beside him. "Young Master Gui, don''t worry about what that girl said just now. Fifty <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Core Formation</em> cultivators are enough. If you bring some Elders with you and return with sess, the Patriarch will not think that you have aplished anything. Got it? Fifty <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Core Formation</em> cultivators are enough."
"..."
"As for the group of nearly twenty thousand people from the <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Justice Division</em>, they are mostly <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Qi Refining</em> stage cultivators and rogue cultivators. After you eliminate those immortal cultivators at the <em ss="chakra-text css-0">Foundation Building</em> stage, you can detour to that side to deal with them. The Patriarch wants no immortal cultivator to leave the <strong>Central Region</strong>..."
"I understand." Gui Qinghe nodded.