Chapter 543: No Corpse Left, Mastermind Behind the Scenes

Starting from the Alchemy Grandmaster, Main Text Chapter 553: No Corpse Left, Mastermind Behind the Scenes. To what extent can a wisp of a cultivator's remnant soul interfere with reality?

Those in Qi Refining are ignorant and stupid; even if they linger in the world, they only disturb people's dreams.

True Foundation Establishment cultivators may be able to preserve the instinct of seeking the Dao in a state of unclear spiritual wisdom, accumulating yin energy, and turning into ghost generals.

Only those who have condensed the Golden Core can have the existence of spiritual sense, and even if it is only a wisp of remnant soul, they have the opportunity to return to the Great Dao and walk the path of ghost cultivation.

However, even so, the so-called Ghost King transformed by a Golden Core cultivator also needs a long time to return to the right path without a unique environment.

In contrast, Nascent Soul cultivators, known as "True Persons", are greatly different.

Even if their five qi in the chest and three flowers on the top are scattered by others, and their Nascent Soul is defeated, the remaining wisp of remnant soul still has the essence of a Nascent Soul.

With the help of this wisp of remnant soul, Nascent Soul cultivators can interfere with reality and perform various powerful means.

Although it is not as good as when they were alive, compared to ordinary Golden Core cultivators, they still have an overwhelming advantage.

At this moment!

With Han Zhan's help, Luo Chen's Water Mirror Technique stabilized instantly.

Even if the demon energy on the battlefield was soaring to the sky and the spiritual power was chaotic, the Water Mirror Technique still reflected the scene within a radius of seven hundred miles on Xuanyan Island.

The picture is very small and difficult to see with the naked eye.

However, this technique was performed by Luo Chen himself, with spiritual sense embedded in it, carefully selecting some battlefields he was concerned about.

Soon, the duels between Tier 3 demon kings began to be magnified.

"The Ring-Necked Turtle clan is truly deep in foundation; after several years of fighting, there are still no less than thirty Tier 3 existences in the base camp."

Luo Chen looked surprised, with a bit of shock in his heart.

As expected of a turtle clan known for longevity, after many years of accumulation, it still has a terrifying foundation.

Such strength, even if placed in the human cultivation world, is absolutely the top Golden Core sect force.

It can even be said that some Nascent Soul forces that have just entered the sect level, after excluding the newly promoted Nascent Soul True Persons, may not necessarily be comparable to the Ring-Necked Turtle clan.

For example, the Luoyun Sect.

At its peak, the number of Golden Core cultivators was only ten or so.

Being able to produce a Nascent Soul True Person like Han Zhan is the accumulation of countless generations of succession.

I don't know what the situation of the Luoyun Sect is now with "Han Zhan's fall"?

Shaking his head, Luo Chen threw away these thoughts and focused his gaze on those pictures.

His prey is among them!

Under his attention, he soon had a rough judgment on the strength of both sides.

Overall, the demon crab side occupies an absolute advantage!

Even if the Ring-Necked Turtle clan has a deep foundation, the number of high-level powerhouses of the five royal demon crab clans presents an overwhelming advantage.

At this moment on the battlefield, the five great patriarchs have not yet taken action, and the remaining clan powerhouses alone are suppressing the Tier 3 demon kings of the Ring-Necked Turtle.

And most of them are fighting more with less!

Not only that, in the picture, the number of late-stage Tier 3 Great Demon Kings among the five royal demon crab clans also surprised Luo Chen a bit.

The Overlord Crab clan has four Great Demon Kings, and the Red Rock Crab and Demon Spider Crab clans have three Great Demon Kings each.

The Nine-Clawed Poison King Crab and Qingdi Crab clans are much weaker, with only two each. If you deduct the patriarchs who are not moving, the ones who can move freely are one each.

But even so, the number of Great Demon Kings in the Xuanyan Sea area still surprised Luo Chen.

If one clan is replaced by a Golden Core sect force, the distribution of power is really a bit crushing to human cultivators.

Taking the Yuding domain as an example, there are nine Golden Cores in the Ice Fortress, and there is only one Great Cultivator, Cang

The Luoyun Sect only has Master Cheng Yan, while Ailao Mountain and the Hundred Flowers Palace simply have none.

The Green Pill Valley, which has the largest number of Core Formation cultivators, actually only has the Grand Elder Green Pill Zi and the Master of Dragon Head Peak, where the Battle Hall is located, as Great Cultivators in the late Core Formation stage.

"No wonder there used to be a demonic holy land like the Yuanmo Sect that believed in the law of the jungle where the weak are prey to the strong; this North Sea cultivation world is still called the Demon Sea, where demons and monsters coexist."

"Looking at it now, a mere demon clan in the Xuanyan sea area is already this full of hidden talents."

"Spread across the vast North Sea and countless sea areas, who knows how many peerless great demons are hidden. How could cultivators possibly conquer all territories? Especially now that the Yuanmo Sect has been destroyed, once the demon clans have time to spare, I fear the flames of war will rise again in this cultivation world."

While sighing with emotion, Luo Chen was also earnestly searching for a suitable prey.

Because the demon crab side was suppressing the Ring-Necked Turtles, although the overall situation was turbulent and chaotic, it appeared roughly orderly amidst the chaos.

In that case, it was actually not suitable for Luo Chen to make a move.

However, Luo Chen did not give up.

"Facing life and death, no one is willing to sit and wait for death; at the very least, they will try to perish together."

Over these years, Luo Chen has participated in many great battles.

He knows very well how crazy enemies can become when on the verge of a desperate situation.

Especially since this is a "war of races"!

Time passed slowly, and in just the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, three-stage demon kings of the Ring-Necked Turtle clan began to fall.

But Luo Chen still remained motionless.

He was waiting for a signal!

Suddenly!

Luo Chen's spiritual sense landed on a mirror surface, the image began to enlarge continuously, and the demonic energy fluctuations within became increasingly surging, even showing signs of self-destruction.

In the image.

Under the siege of three great demon kings, a Ring-Necked Turtle as large as a palace suddenly had its eyes turn blood-red.

The massive demonic energy was entirely swallowed into its body.

Its huge body began to expand continuously.

The next moment.

Boom!

Blood light spread out like waves, and the violent explosion shook Xuanyan Island.

The three great demon kings who participated in the siege retreated repeatedly amidst screams.

Seeing such a scene, anyone would know what had happened.

A three-stage demon king, not hesitating to self-destruct, just to drag the enemy down to hell together.

Inside the swamp, Luo Chen, while sighing at the determination of this demon king, used his magic power to stabilize the trembling of the Water Mirror Technique.

The signal had come!

"Senior Han, next, I will have to trouble you to watch this water mirror and simultaneously notify me to act via spiritual sense transmission."

Luo Chen wiped his hand across the mirror surface, keeping the terrain of the nearby battlefield firmly in mind.

From the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, a three-inch human figure drifted out, revealing the illusory appearance of an old man.

It was precisely Han Zhan!

What Luo Chen was going to do next was to personally roam the battlefield and hunt demon kings. At the same time, he would have Han Zhan monitor this battlefield and notify him of the corresponding situation anytime, anywhere.

Only with such coordination from inside and outside would it be convenient for him to carry out this act of pulling chestnuts from the fire!

Han Zhan looked at Luo Chen helplessly, "Go, I will notify you if anything happens."

Luo Chen smiled slightly, drilled into that second-stage demon crab puppet, and driving this puppet, quietly escaped from the swamp.

With the signal given, the imitators followed one after another.

In order to protect their homeland and their survival, the high-level powerhouses of the Ring-Necked Turtles, who had nowhere left to retreat, no longer held anything back.

When a three-stage early-stage Ring-Necked Turtle demon king was severely injured under the siege of two powerful enemies and had no chance of turning the tide, he chose to perish together with the enemy.

"Let's go to hell together!"

Following a roar, the demon core within his body contracted and expanded, and the demonic power accumulated over a lifetime exploded!

The massive power of the self-destruction instantly swept across a hundred-mile radius.

The low-level demon beasts of all sizes covered within, whether they were the five royal demon crabs or their own Ring-Necked Turtles, had no possibility of survival.

And the two great Green Emperor Crab demon kings at the center of the battle, even though they had retreated as crazily as possible, were still swept into the impact of the massive demonic energy from the self-destruction.

There was no waste of words.

The two great demon kings simultaneously used their methods; one flipped its shell to use as a shield, and the other spat out bubbles to shroud itself within.

Endless air waves rolled and surged.

Blood mist and smoke filled the air simultaneously, making this battlefield as tragic as a living hell.

In the hazy mist, a three-stage Green Emperor Crab rolled endlessly on the ground.

The bubbles shattered, formed again, and shattered once more.

She spat out bubbles continuously, maintaining her external defense.

Seeing that she had survived the biggest wave of the self-destruction impact, she couldn't help but feel relieved in her heart.

"These guys, I don't know why they are so determined; wouldn't it be better to surrender and become slaves and vassals?"

"Years ago, weren't our demon crab clans also vassals of the Ring-Necked Turtle clan?"

"It's good that they're dead; I don't know how things are going with Fifth Brother, I just hope he can keep his life."

Just as these thoughts surged in her heart, the bubbles before her shattered once again.

Without thinking, the demonic power in her body surged, and she opened her mouth to spit, intending to spit out another defensive bubble.

But an accident occurred!

A hand, with five fingers curled like claws, reached into the bubble that had not yet formed.

With a fierce claw, it grabbed into her soft abdomen.

When it was withdrawn, a blue, glistening Core Formation was clearly in sight.

The incident happened suddenly, and this demon had not yet reacted.

But she definitely would not mistake that demon core.

That was the essence of her hundreds of years of bitter cultivation!

Within her line of sight, a human figure appeared, and she was just about to open her mouth to call for help. But facing that person's eyes directly, she only felt her mind go into a trance.

A bright moon hung upside down in the sea, and flowers bloomed and withered in her heart.

By the time she came to her senses, her head and body were already separated, and her demon core was locked.

Having succeeded in one move, Luo Chen blinked, waved his large sleeve, and the corpse of this huge demon crab instantly disappeared.

And he himself drilled into the ground, entered the sturdy Hunyuan Cauldron, and activated the concealment array fully to mask his aura.

The Hunyuan Cauldron is a high-grade magic treasure, but its material is incomparably hard.

According to Tian Yezi and Han Zhan, it is an existence that can be treated as a semi-true artifact once quenching is completed.

Although this treasure has no defensive power, relying on its material alone, it is sufficient to serve as a defensive magic treasure.

With this, Luo Chen can withstand the self-destruction of a demon king!

Outside, the aftermath of the self-destruction gradually dissipated.

A figure soared into the sky, its aura extremely withered.

Flying into mid-air, it shouted loudly, yet there was no response.

It circled again and again, scanning the sky and the ground continuously, but found nothing.

In the end, it left this battlefield powerlessly.

For the sake of the clan's development, some sacrifices are unavoidable, it's just that when such a thing falls upon one's own little sister, it is still somewhat hard to accept.

Inside the Hunyuan Cauldron.

Luo Chen sensed the situation outside, and after that severely injured demon king left, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He didn't expect these two Green Emperor Crab demon kings to be quite capable, able to survive simultaneously under the self-destruction of an enemy of the same rank.

Luo Chen had anticipated that the other one could survive.

After all, that guy didn't look weak.

But the one he hunted himself was actually able to do it too.

Recalling the bubbles the opponent spat out at the time, this kind of defensive demon technique was indeed somewhat unique.

It's just a pity that because of his sneak attack, it ultimately fell.

With the Cloud-Exploring Divine Claw and the illusionary Mirror Flower Water Moon erupting simultaneously, let alone a three-stage early-stage demon king in a precarious situation under self-destruction, even a perfectly intact three-stage late-stage great demon king, Luo Chen could fight.

Its fall was within reason.

"The first one!"

Luo Chen muttered in his mouth.

Suddenly, his expression shifted, and a sound transmission entered his mind.

"Fifty miles to the southeast?"

"Very close!"

Because of the power of the self-destruction, the soil rolled in the huge crater that had been blasted out.

A demon crab drilled out from underground.

It identified the direction left and right, then stretched out its eight legs and ran quickly.

If it were at ordinary times, such an action would inevitably attract attention.

But on this battlefield today, such speed was actually not very eye-catching.

Soon, this demon crab arrived at a new battlefield.

After avoiding several battle groups, Luo Chen huddled behind a giant rock and looked up at the sky.

There, four demon kings were fighting fiercely.

In a three-on-one situation, the balance of victory had already begun to tilt continuously.

"In the sky?"

"This time, it's a bit tricky."

The sun rose and the moon fell, the stars changed.

The great decisive battle on Xuanyan Island, following the layer-by-layer advance of the demon crab side, formed an unstoppable momentum.

Winning this battle was already just around the corner.

However, for the advance to be so smooth, the five royal demon crabs paid a huge price!

On the sea, five-colored clams floated within.

The five great clan leaders looked forward with anticipation.

Demon crabs went in and out, reporting the situation on the battlefield.

"Clan Leader, the Ring-Necked Turtles have gone crazy."

"Facing the call to surrender, they swear not to obey. They have even begun large-scale self-destruction behavior, causing us huge casualties."

"Although we haven't counted carefully, the number of casualties..."

Listening to the reports from the people below, the expressions of the five great clan leaders were somewhat heavy.

Jin Hun, who was at the head, maintained as much calm as possible under his heavy expression.

"It doesn't matter, these are all within expectations; if the situation were reversed, I fear we would be much the same. Continue to advance, we must strike into the center of the island. Qihuan and Hailuo haven't made a move yet."

Qihuan and Hailuo are the two top powerhouses of the Ring-Necked Turtle clan.

They have cultivated for an extremely long time and possess powerful strength, even surpassing any one of the five of them individually.

This is also the reason why they, the five great clan leaders as the top combat power, have been slow to go onto the island.

After the people below heard this order, they hurriedly agreed.

However, before leaving, he hesitated for a moment before saying: "Reporting to the Clan Leader, Lord Jin Jia has discovered something wrong."

"What's wrong?" Jin Hun was puzzled.

"The casualties of our three-stage clansmen have somewhat exceeded expectations. Not only that, after they die in battle, their corpses cannot be found. This strange situation has happened more than once."

Facing this question, Jin Hun's eyes turned, and a look of suspicion and uncertainty appeared on his face.

Can't find the corpses again?

His gaze fell upon the other four great clan leaders.

"How about on your side?"

"It's the same!"

The other four demons gave their reply.

If it were one or two, it would be fine, but in this past year, nearly ten three-stage demon crab kings have had no bones left.

In such a strange situation, how could they, these leaders, not be concerned?

Zhu Xiang of the Demon Spider Crab clan suddenly spoke: "Yesterday there was intelligence that a human cultivator appeared on Xuanyan Island. According to identification, it was precisely Gu Shaoshang who left before."

"He's back?"

"Returning after leaving, what is his intention?"

"I fear he has been back for a long time." Zhu Xiang said slowly: "It's not just our side where corpses have disappeared. On the Ring-Necked Turtle side, many corpses of powerful warriors who died in battle have also disappeared."

Put this way, the inconsistent points before and after seem to have been connected.

That Gu Shaoshang returned after leaving and quietly collected the corpses of the Ring-Necked Turtles; this is very likely.

And him taking the opportunity to collect some corpses of three-stage demon crabs, this behavior is also very normal in the eyes of human cultivators.

However, when it comes to the five royal demon crabs encountering such things, they cannot accept it.

Chi Yan was furious, "Humans are indeed despicable and cunning!"

"Is he still on the island?" Jiu Zhua also said angrily, "If he is still here, I don't mind going to find him personally!"

Zhu Xiang shook his head and shared the intelligence that Gu Shaoshang had already left Xuanyan Island.

"It's good that he's gone, otherwise if I caught him..."

"No!"

Suddenly, Jin Hun reacted.

"Since he has already left, why would such a thing as corpses disappearing still happen on the Xuanyan Island battlefield?"

The few demons looked at each other.

A guess surfaced in their hearts.

Could it be that there is another mastermind behind the scenes?

And just as they were speculating, suddenly, Zhu Xiang's expression changed slightly.

Almost one after another, the other four demons also had their expressions change.

"Hailuo has finally made a move!"