Chapter 237: Blood-Excited Spirit-Waning Corpse-Refining Demon Array (Please Subscribe)

The night color quietly changes; blood stains the moon.

Amidst the shaking of the earth and the swaying of the mountains, the spirit-nourishing land known as the Chiwu Mountain Range officially enters the prelude to chaotic collapse.

"The earth dragon is turning over!"

"Earthquake, earthquake, run... ah!"

"Ah! My leg! Save me! Save..."

At this moment, in the shanty town outside Chiwu City, countless bottom-dwellers had just drifted into dreams with bodies full of exhaustion when they were startled awake by this sudden turn of events. Seeing their crude shelters begin to collapse, they scrambled to run out in a panic.

The riot erupted suddenly!

Some had just run out when a crack in the ground spread toward them; caught completely off guard, they fell straight in, with only the lingering echoes of their screams reverberating.

Others, because they ran too slowly, were heavily crushed by the collapsing houses.

This, in truth, should not have been a major problem. Although they were bitter and tired from the day and had been mercilessly whipped by those overseers, leaving their bodies covered in wounds, they were, at any rate, dignified mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators. Under normal circumstances, they would not be crushed to death by the collapse of a mere shanty.

If it were normal circumstances, that is.

"Strength? Why do I have no strength?"

"Strange! Something is wrong..."

"Hah??!"

Amidst the panic and loss of composure, strange changes began to appear on people's bodies.

Especially those who looked up and saw the moon; upon seeing that smear of ominous blood-red rendering the sky, they shuddered instantly, and their internal mana took a sharp, sudden turn.

Pain like ant bites surged violently from within their bodies. Stimulated by this corresponding sensation, their blood and Qi—which had been at an extreme of both agitation and lethargy—were rapidly transforming into sinister corpse Qi!

Blood-Excited Spirit-Waning Corpse-Refining Demon Array!

Deployed around the entire Chiwu City and encompassing the whole area, this great demonic array was exposed amidst the shaking of the earth and mountains!

It had already quietly devoured many people; those who fell into the ground fissures, those who were crushed to death by collapsing houses—all were eaten by it, becoming fuel for its further operation.

But it was not enough! It had to keep burning!

Therefore, the bottom-dwellers still alive in the shanty town who were undergoing corpse transformation had all been firmly marked, becoming its targets for devouring!

When the shaking of the earth and mountains ceased, this demon array would consume them all. By then, as it gradually operated at its peak, it would cross the inner and outer city walls—which were currently completely undefended against it—and transform all the cultivators inside the city into zombies!

When Huijun returned here, dragging a body with injuries that had been slightly tended to, this was the scene he saw.

He immediately realized things were dire and hurriedly took action to stop it.

But just at this moment, those bottom-dwellers in the midst of semi-corpse transformation were being artificially manipulated, turning around and rushing toward him one after another. As they rushed, some fell into ground fissures, and in the still-unsettled shaking of the earth and mountains, they were silently eaten by this demonic array.

"No, don't!"

"Don't kill me! Don't kill me! I don't want to die!"

"Dad, Mom, ahhh!"

These bottom-dwellers in semi-corpse transformation, shouting various things, rushed forward against their will, their faces covered in tears and snot, wailing in agony, hoping only that Huijun would show mercy.

To this, he remained expressionless, silently exerting his remaining power, squeezing out the mana he had recovered, and unleashed a killing move that pierced directly through the crowd, bringing up a spray of blood rain.

Upon landing, he stepped on the shaking, collapsing ground. Because of his injuries, his body swayed and he almost failed to stand steady, but he still continued to charge straight ahead, heading toward the pulse point of the array that was now exposed.

There was not a hint of hesitation.

At the same time, another group of people also discovered the situation was dire and hurriedly took action.

It was the contingent from Yunyi City!

They had been inside and outside the city gates, performing the surveillance duties assigned by their superiors, grumbling to each other and feeling that doing such things here was purely a futile effort, just a waste of time.

But at this moment, they became an additional fresh force.

Although they generally only possessed second-rate strength, they were still far superior to ordinary people, and coming from a major city like Yunyi City, their vision and insight were extraordinary.

"What a fine demon array!"

"We cannot let it fully form and operate, otherwise even we won't be able to escape!"

"Killing people is too slow; destroy its array points directly!"

"It just so happens that this array is deployed quite crudely, and the array body is not hidden!"

"Enough with the nonsense, just go for it!"

This group appeared somewhat chaotic, their voices venting the dissatisfaction of these past few days as they suddenly scattered and acted, lunging straight to seize those array pulse points.

Along the way, they naturally encountered the bottom-dwellers who were undergoing corpse transformation and gathering to obstruct them.

But they did not care at all; they would often launch specialized killing strikes, causing people to fall like wheat, collapsing in swathes. In the end, even the corpse blood was crushed away by spells, preventing it from becoming fuel for the array.

Huijun, having just destroyed an array point, leaped out from the cracked earth and stone and couldn't help but frown slightly upon seeing that scene in the distance.

He had previously assessed the situation and acted rationally, actually minimizing casualties as much as possible.

But that group from Yunyi City was completely uninhibited and did not care at all. In fact, had the incident not been so sudden and the shaking of the earth and mountains still ongoing—making it difficult to quickly wipe out the scattered bottom-dwellers—they would have chosen to exterminate everyone to try and curb the progress of the demon array.

However, with these people taking action, it did indeed greatly slow down and weaken the power of this demon array.

"Haha, I can move!"

"Strength, I have strength again!"

"Run! Run! Run as far away as possible!"

The surviving bottom-dwellers were terrified. This double layer of natural disaster and man-made calamity made them think only of fleeing and leaving once they regained the ability to move; they dared not linger any longer.

This won't do...

Huijun thought to himself.

With the way these people were fleeing, either they would run and muddle-headedly stumble into the arrangements of the mastermind, only to be refined and killed again, or they would flee too far, even escaping the Chiwu Mountain Range and stepping into the mortal realm.

That would be a capital crime!

Unlike the intentional indulgence of escapees in Nanmo, these cities within the territory of the Immortal Sects always had only the cruelest treatment and the most severe suppression for those who fled!

And for these pitiful bottom-dwellers, even a trumped-up charge, whether big or small, would only turn into a death sentence, used to make an example of them!

Grey Falcon could not help but look toward the city, and through the city defenses that were completely paralyzed and non-existent, he could clearly capture the movements of the fierce battle on Commandant Zhen's side.

Even if he rushed over now, he would be unable to serve as a qualified combatant and would only become a burden.

And there might still be other arrangements by the mastermind on this side...

He quickly assessed the situation, weighed the current circumstances, and then decisively took action.

With an expressionless face, he struck out to intimidate.

"Ah! He still wants to kill us!"

"Why! We are already miserable enough! Why must you still treat us like this!"

"Damn it! How hateful!"

The panicked crowd was in chaos, frightened by various attacks that were all show and no substance, scattering like rats and being herded like sheep toward the same location.

(End of chapter)