Chapter 281: To Chang Le City (Seeking Subscriptions)

"You, you, how, could you be fine?"

"This..."

Du En still wanted to dig out more intelligence, so he was about to open his mouth to answer, hoping to distract the other's attention.

But just as this voice started, he discovered that this attacker was about to self-detonate their Golden Core!

So he immediately reacted, directly pinched and tore off the opponent's head, and used magic power to sever the connection to the Golden Core, stopping this situation from happening.

"Truly exceptionally decisive, and, although the Golden Core self-detonation was prevented, it failed to prevent the soul from perishing, hmm, even the brain has completely evaporated..."

Originally, he wanted to see if this guy's mouth was tough and try to fish out some things, but now even the head he was holding was light, the inside already empty, without a single bit of stock.

This infiltrator from the Fudong Immortal Gate was truly ruthless to themselves; of course, it is also possible they were forced to be ruthless.

Then, quickly taking inventory of this person's remaining belongings, the result was that apart from the pig-face mask on the surface, there were no other extra things; even that pig-face mask magic tool had a very special refining method, making it impossible to wash away the magic power imprint and make it one's own.

"A bit of a pity, this magic tool should be the key to how they were able to infiltrate, perhaps it possesses the strange property of erasing one's own existence, but there is not too much to regret, after all, it is almost certain that it also carries extra functions like positioning."

In other words, now it can only be destroyed... no, it should...

Du En, while nimbly burying the corpse, quickly began to ponder.

Although this guy just said they were going to snipe geniuses and had prepared corresponding targeted methods, which should have been a sure thing, living up to the name of a dignified Immortal Gate, but in reality, sniping heaven-gifted talents is one thing, but sniping geniuses is completely unnecessary.

For the two great Immortal Gates, this has absolutely no practical significance!

After all, just the battlefield observation group alone has a pile of geniuses, and it is estimated that some die every year, making people numb to it; it is evident that the level of geniuses, especially those who have not yet grown into Great Cultivators and truly realized their own talent, are simply not taken seriously by the Immortal Gates.

Therefore, words like sniping geniuses can only scare people who have never seen the world.

For example, Du En from a period ago.

In the eyes of outsiders, although he is valued by his sect and is a Traveling Walker, he comes from the bottom, has only been traveling for a few years, and his experience must have shortcomings.

In other words, this person actually had another purpose.

Furthermore, from the fact that they indeed had methods targeting Du En, it is not hard to see that at the beginning of the operation, the opponent had considered his existence.

In this way, the situation appears relatively clear!

"Intelligence lag, specifically targeted; this is a guy who infiltrated when the reorganization began, and this place should be an outer sentry point for their current range of activity. Once I get close, I will be attacked and sniped, so as to eliminate me, someone whose cultivation is still low but who has a special position, has enough influence, and appears uncertain."

In other words.

Found you!

There really are meritorious deeds to be had from the infiltrators!

Moreover, judging from the performance of needing to specifically target him, the overall strength is clearly not too high; there should be room for him to operate inside and plot for merit!

That said, one cannot let one's guard down, and, now it can basically be confirmed that the matter of him coming here has already been exposed and passed on.

Du En does not think that before this attacker jumped out, there would be no reporting; even if there wasn't, when they died, the lurking forces of the Fudong Immortal Gate should have sensed something.

That is to say, acting alone now, sneaking around to plot for merit, such an approach is not allowed and not advisable, because it is very easy to flip the car and be surrounded by a pile of strong enemies.

Therefore, now is the time to exert the advantage of being on home turf...

When Du En finished burying the corpse, he had a general plan in his heart, so he kept the pig-face mask, maintained careful vigilance, and quickly began to act.

No longer moving along the edges of the various cities, but driving straight into the central city in this vicinity, a medium-sized city.

Chang Le City.

It is different from the big cities, border cities, and small cities Du En has been to before; it belongs to another category, an existence at the middle level.

The square-shaped main urban area is still not much different from a small city, and at the same time, like a big city, there are no shantytowns or production areas outside the city.

But it has not disappeared completely like in a big city; instead, surrounding the main city, there are many peripheral towns distributed like stars around the moon.

Actually, these towns can also be called production areas, but unlike the small cities that produce various raw material spiritual items, what is produced here is people!

There are so many cannon fodder on the battlefield; the Qi Refining stage is actually fine, as it can be directly force-fed to speed up, like assembly line objects, but the Foundation Establishment stage and Golden Core stage, etc., clearly won't work.

And relying on the supply of personnel squeezed out like wringing a towel from various places is clearly unable to meet the cruel requirements of the battlefield.

And so, very naturally, there are middle cities like Chang Le City, specifically to cultivate and produce batches of cannon fodder at the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core stages!

Producing Foundation Establishment stages is naturally placed in the towns outside the city.

Du En soon passed the first outer town.

It was built on an artificial volcano, with thick smoke rolling, heat waves surging, and the smell of sulfur filling the surroundings, extremely suitable for the cultivation of techniques related to fire and earth elements; thus, the bottom-level personnel practicing such methods were concentrated here, cultivating day and night without rest, only occasionally having time to catch their breath.

Cart after cart of cultivation resources, those first and second-tier pills and mixed spiritual meals produced from small cities, distributed by hub cities, and then processed locally by the middle city, were transported over, like feed entering the farm.

"No, I won't eat it, I won't cultivate anymore, ah!"

Someone could not stand this kind of life and wanted to run out of their cultivation spot, but was pressed down by the Foundation Establishment stage deacon in charge of supervision, who picked up a small material shovel, scooped up a full shovel, pried open their mouth, and force-fed them.

Force-fed forced cultivation!

That poor person's tears and snot flowed, their hands and feet flailed uncontrollably, truly like a chicken or duck being held up, with no strength or will to resist.

As the material in their belly began to release its effect, it made them start to swell up like a balloon.

As long as they didn't cultivate, they would burst, so after being thrown back, this poor person, with tears and snot still flowing, could only close their eyes and hurry to continue cultivating, to avoid truly bursting and dying.

Du En, in a fleeting glance while passing by, also saw the subtle expressions and actions of others around them.

Very dull!

Therefore, he knew that this kind of thing actually happened from time to time, but it simply couldn't stir up any waves.

Withdrawing his gaze, walking past the town, along the main road, very quickly, he saw the towering city gate of Chang Le City.

Without slowing down, still carefully hiding, when he arrived under the city, he showed his identity token, received an invisible verification, and was able to cross over and enter this middle city.

(End of chapter)