Chapter 33: White Lotus Sect's Welcoming Ceremony

Watching the youth catch up behind him, Mu Yi smiled; this should also count as his first little brother, right.

"What is your name?" Mu Yi asked while gazing at the distant movements.

The snowflakes constantly drifting in the sky severely obstruct vision; distant objects are only visible as vague silhouettes, and details cannot be seen at all.

"Li Tian!" Li Tian, standing behind Mu Yi, replied somewhat uneasily.

Although Mu Yi cleanly wiped out a small squad of Qing soldiers, he personally witnessed the leader of the Rebellion Army who possessed transcendent power being suppressed by the Qing soldiers.

The might of an army formed into battle formations is truly terrifying.

"Do you know from which direction the enemies are coming?"

Mu Yi gathered specific intelligence; he likewise dreaded the Qing soldiers' battle formation capability—a five‑man squad could already affect him, let alone fifty, five hundred, or five thousand.

In a world involving divine authority, there are likely many superhuman beings.

"The Qing Court launched the attack from the north, the White Lotus Sect from the south!" Li Tian answered immediately upon hearing this, having already understood Mu Yi's meaning.

"The east is the White Lotus Sect, the west is the Qing Dynasty, right?" Mu Yi roughly judged the current situation.

The Qing Court and the White Lotus Sect joined forces to eliminate external factors, just as the Great Han and the Xiongnu were locked in a death struggle, secretly eliminating the Greater Yuezhi beforehand to prevent accidents.

However, both sides only go this far; it is impossible for them to truly join hands.

Just like now, the Qing Court occupies the northwest, the White Lotus Sect occupies the southeast, and both are capturing and wiping out the scattered Rebellion Army in their own ways.

Compared to the Qing Court's great army, the White Lotus Sect's people are obviously weaker; even if they allegedly command monsters formed from the warm snow, it's the same.

For Mu Yi, numbers have never been a problem.

"Follow me!"

After assessing the situation, Mu Yi led Li Tian in a mad dash; already several Qing soldier squads were converging on this side.

Watching Mu Yi and the others flee southward, several Qing soldier squads hesitated for a moment and chose not to continue pursuit.

Almost exactly as Mu Yi thought, the cooperation between the Court and the White Lotus Sect is merely superficial; both sides would love to see the other dead, or rather, once the Rebellion Army collapses, they have already begun scheming how to kill each other.

Although I don't know what's happening with the White Lotus Sect this time, the Court's great army's mobilization target is none other than the White Lotus Sect itself.

Dense bluish‑gray corpses appeared in Mu Yi's sight, surrounding several dozen humans in the middle; the situation looks perilous.

"Lin Jie!" Li Tian, seeing the figure in battle, exclaimed in surprise.

"Do you know them?"

Mu Yi turned his head and asked; it seems we've found the right place, most people share his judgment, preferring to face the White Lotus Sect rather than the Court's great army.

"The captain of the Rebellion Army's Seventh Squad, a genius who inherited the Boundless Venerable's legacy! Even among dozens of squad leaders, he is among the very best."

Li Tian spoke with a complex expression; back then we both received the inheritance, but he failed while the other succeeded, and the gap in our power has only widened.

"Ten Thousand Swords!" The boy called Lin Jie leapt into the air, his long sword turning into several sword lights that shot out, piercing several bluish‑gray corpses.

"He's got two brushes!"

Mu Yi's expression turned solemn; this boy already has the ability to challenge that earlier weasel spirit, yet dozens of Rebellion Army troops of similar strength were easily crushed, right?

From a glimpse, the power of the Court's great army and the White Lotus Sect is probably even more terrifying than he imagined.

"Stay here and protect yourself; I'm going to save people!" Mu Yi took a deep breath, then charged straight into the corpse tide.

On the way, Mu Yi removed his gas mask, downed the bottled invigorating blood soup in one gulp; having lost considerable inner qi fighting the Qing soldiers, he had to risk inhaling the snow‑flower spores to replenish his inner qi.

"Zongwang Prompt: You are under spore attack, undergoing physique testing, you passed the physique test, you are immune to this damage!"

"Zongwang Prompt: You have gained the 'Qi‑nourishing and blood‑enriching' status."

Compared to the Qing soldiers who have means to resist, these corpses fundamentally lack the power to resist lightning.

Lightning scattered, the corpses blocking the path were instantly turned to charcoal by the surging lightning.

Mu Yi plowed through the sea of corpses like a road roller.

A strong, deformed corpse broke through the lightning's shroud, lunging at Mu Yi with its charred body.

Under the shroud of Killing Intent Perception, Mu Yi clearly sensed its attack trajectory.

"Bang!"

The strong, mutated corpse was split by Mu Yi's blade at the breastbone.

The shattered flesh, along with part of the body, flew straight out.

Moreover, Mu Yi dared not pause even for a moment beneath his feet, rushing forward swiftly!

However, a line of strong white‑robed people blocked his path like a wall.

"Am I being targeted?" Mu Yi raised his eyebrows; it seemed the White Lotus Sect's people had already noticed him.

Or rather, the White Lotus Sect's people could not ignore his presence; that dazzling lightning almost instantly became the battlefield's focus as soon as he appeared.

"Wusheng Laomu, Vacuum Homeland!"

White‑robed believers standing in a row raised their hands and muttered; immediately afterward, another row of believers swelled, instantly turning from ordinary people into muscular hunks capable of running horses on their fists.

Seeing these muscular hunks with whitened pupils and bodies as tall as two people joined together, Mu Yi knew this was the White Lotus Sect's welcoming ceremony for his arrival.

Mu Yi naturally moved his arms, his heart undisturbed.

A grand welcoming ceremony.

But trying to block his advance is far from enough!

Facing the charge of the muscular hunks, Mu Yi drew a deep breath.

Inner qi is a derivative of qi and blood, a natural power generated from the body's essence, energy, and spirit; it lurks within, gradually accumulating, making the body strong.

In battle and exploration, Mu Yi gradually mastered this power.

Drawing a deep breath, aided by the movement of the organs' inner marrow, he lets this latent power burst forth, carried by the blood throughout the body, instantly multiplying his strength severalfold.

This is the essence of using inner qi that Mu Yi learned from the Sharp Slash.

It is also a combat technique he devised himself, maximizing the use of everything he possesses.

"Thud!" A viscous, blood‑like bloody aura flared from Mu Yi's chest, accompanied by a heavy heartbeat.

He faced the muscular men charging forward and took a step forward.

Boom!!!

A heavier heartbeat throbbed; he could even hear the sound of blood surging through his vessels, as his Qi and blood and Inner Qi tightly fused under the force of his will.

Raise the Qi!

After his Inner Qi mobilized his whole body, Mu Yi poured it all into the formation blade in his hand, his spirit highly focused; the dazzling thunder light on the formation blade began to burst forth with blinding radiance, faintly forming an invisible blade.

Slash!