Chapter 152: Efficient Action

The sun rose in the east, its light scorching, yet it could not disperse the sinister atmosphere permeating the mountain forest at all.

Gao Feng, the Inner City Superintendent of Nanmo City, flew over through the air at this moment, followed by dozens of subordinates in a tight formation, riding their artifacts in flight.

"Huh?"

Before even exiting the eight-hundred-mile mountain forest within the boundary, Gao Feng sensed the presence of the sinister, so he immediately changed direction and landed at a spot where traces of a battle remained.

The place where Du En killed Xiang Tao.

However, only a lingering, persistent aura of the sinister remained here, as if something had been active and loitering here not long ago, causing various conditions in this place to undergo strange changes.

That resentment-spawn seemed to have become even more sinister...

"First, thirty percent of my magic power was drained by the residual marks of the resentment-spawn, and the corpse-turned-sinister in this outpost camp is also exceptionally troublesome; it has been a long time since I fought such a fierce battle."

"Yes!"

Thinking this with unease, he suppressed it in the blink of an eye, yet a trace still leaked out, and he could not help but speak to the subordinates behind him: "It seems Xiang Tao died here. I had warned him long ago not to hold back his cultivation realm; he should have broken through whenever he could. Now look, he thought he could survive by hiding in the outpost camp, but in the end, he still died miserably amidst the chaos of the evil cultivators."

"Yes!"

Sensing the approach of living human breath, it also took action.

The sinister nature rose and fell, and from time to time, fragments were thrown out, twisting and deforming in the air, eventually turning into strange blood-purple human bodies; they did not return to the old site of the camp, but instead lunged at the elite formation here.

They were immediately met with a heavy blow!

Spells were cast, artifacts were unleashed, and even formations drew upon spiritual energy, as if invisibly erecting ramparts and walls, pinning these bizarre human bodies in the middle, unable to move, and forced to endure concentrated fire.

"Of course, considering the situation in Yunyi City, I cannot go too far, lest I be unable to wrap things up safely later."

Facing a small outpost patrol guard like Du En, as the Inner City Superintendent, whose status and power were vaguely even above that of Tang Yiping, Gao Feng naturally held every advantage.

In any case, there were plenty of legitimate and compliant reasons!

Gao Feng had just changed into a new set of dharma robes, because the previous set had been completely shattered.

"But, as long as I do not ask, do not record, and do not submit it, even if the truth is indeed so, what can be done about it?"

Once outside the boundary, it was the primitive, wretched, and dangerous Southern Frontier, filled with miasma and poison, and teeming with demonic beasts.

Bursts of loud explosions erupted, mixed with strange hissing sounds.

However, Gao Feng had no time to reflect on this; after his subordinates arrived, he directly ordered them: "Go to the outpost station Du was responsible for and investigate. You must be thorough and detailed; it would be best if you could bring back the fragments of the sentinel jade."

No subordinate replied, because this was not an order, but merely idle talk that would usually be seen as a pointless act.

If one cannot start with the person himself, then start from other aspects.

Boom!

Amidst the explosive sounds, the wreckage of the camp buildings rose into the air, flying across the sky like cannonballs.

The body under those clothes was also like shattered ceramic glued back together, covered in dense cracks, clearly having suffered great trauma.

"Resentment-spawn..."

Gao Feng's expression was grave; he stopped in the air a hundred feet away and pointed a finger, his magic power pouring out. Suddenly, there was a sharp, grating sound, causing the dozens of Foundation Establishment elites behind him to almost lose their stability, their hearts immediately filled with shock.

And given Xiang Tao's temperament, one could not say it was impossible; one could only say it was entirely consistent.

Gao Feng dared to bring a small group of elites himself because he naturally had full confidence; otherwise, he would certainly have brought all one thousand eight hundred elites from the inner city to form a formation and face the enemy.

The elites took the order without looking back, leaving Gao Feng there to silently regulate his breath and stabilize his injuries.

The elite formation immediately shifted, spreading out slightly into a three-dimensional rhombus, their energy linked, their momentum surging and increasing, capable of rivaling a third-rate early Golden Core cultivator.

The corpses of those killed in the camp that were not dealt with in time were contaminated by the evil cultivator corpses among them, and after a day of fermentation, they had long since bred something sinister.

They rotated in an orderly fashion, front, back, up, down, left, and right, allowing the entire group to always maintain a consistent state, with no gaps that could be captured or exploited.

Thus, after killing and shattering thirty-eight sub-body evil entities, the fierce battle at the camp also reached its conclusion.

After this act was finished, he hurriedly went to trigger and reveal the main hub of the sentinel jade in the camp to check the records, which were slightly incomplete here.

Therefore, it was naturally necessary to consider everything thoroughly, carefully clinging to the rules, while not truly offending the other party's face...

Thus, he wiped away the traces that Du En had not had time to remove at the time.

However, although he successfully killed the strange evil entities breeding here, the situation was truly somewhat beyond his expectations.

But when facing Yunyi City, he seemed to have swapped positions with Du En, suddenly shifting to a weak position.

For example, the point that Xiang Tao ostracized and left Du En behind, only summoning the others.

After Gao Feng finished speaking, his mood also completely stabilized; his expression did not change, he said nothing more, and silently continued to lead the people forward.

This time there was no delay, and they soon reached outside the boundary.

Bang bang bang!

Hiss-hiss~

Fortunately, this grating sound did not last long, and finally, accompanied by a 'pop', the sinister aura in this place quietly dissipated.

Gao Feng was even more straightforward and overbearing; he rushed out without looking back, smashing through the building wreckage along the way, and like a falling meteorite, he crashed directly into the camp.

To tell the truth, it was thanks to Du En's report that he knew everyone at the outpost camp had died inside, and he had sufficient precautions and preparations beforehand; otherwise, if he had carelessly rushed in, he feared that in his lack of preparation, he would have truly damaged his foundation and harmed his cultivation.

Gao Feng, a Golden Core mid-stage cultivator under a hundred years old, could be called a top-tier talent, yet at this moment, his magic power had been drained by thirty percent in such a short time, his face could not help but turn pale, and the wariness in his eyes grew deeper, vaguely tinged with fear.

As long as Gao Feng questioned him, Du En would inevitably say that he was loathed by Xiang Tao, and that was why he was abandoned outside this time to share the burden of the firepower, and so on.

Gao Feng was very experienced, and he gave instructions as such.

"Defend! Keep a close eye on the sub-bodies!"

From the emerging images, it could be seen that the situation did not quite match what Du En said, or rather, there were some discrepancies in the details, a situation where as long as he dared to ask in court, Du En could reasonably supplement and argue his case.

At this moment, there was an even more chilling sinister nature, like pitch-black wolf smoke, rising and floating at the not-too-distant ruins of the outpost camp, making Gao Feng and his men immediately alert.

Gao Feng pondered silently and conveniently cut off the communication sent by Tang Yiping.

Only then did the Outer City Superintendent realize that Gao Feng, this old rival, had actually seized the opportunity to intervene!

If Gao Feng were allowed to set the tone of the matter before the City Lord, then his culpability would be inescapable!

Therefore, Tang Yiping had to temporarily set aside the mess in the city, hurriedly give instructions to his hardworking subordinates, and rush toward the outside of the city.

(End of chapter)