Fifteen kilometers to the east of Jinyintan Village.
It was already past seven in the evening.
The sun had set, and night was slowly descending.
Beside the ravine.
A woman wearing leather clothes, short hair and smokey makeup was sitting cross-legged. Beside her was a ten-meter-long, jet-black wild boar covered in layers of scales.
It had long fangs and a single pitch-black horn on its head, and was almost a story tall even when it was lying down.
A heart-palpitating aura emanated from the horned boar's body.
Weirdly, there was a faint gray Corpse Qi over the horned boar's body.
If one looked closely, they would notice a massive wound on the horned boar's abdomen. The flesh around the wound had withered, and its innards could be seen through it, which were shriveled into a clump without any signs of life.
It was a rank-eight Feral.
A Sky Demon Cult Sentinel had killed it and rewarded it to Pain Star.
That woman was Pain Star, one of the Sky Demon Cult's Thirty-Six Decans.
Aside from the horned boar, Killer Star's corpse was shrouded in a faint gray fog as well, standing behind the woman like a wooden pillar.
Nearby, there were almost a hundred Feral corpses and almost 1200 Feral corpses.
These berserk beasts were all dead. Some of the berserk beasts had terrifying penetrating wounds, and their wounds were still dripping with black blood. Just like the corpses, they were also shrouded in a faint gray fog, giving off the feeling of Apocalyptic Zombies.
Pain Star ranked among the top of the Sky Demon Cult's Thirty-Six Decans not because she was powerful, but because her combat ability was so weak that even a rank-five martial artist could kill her at close range.
Even so, her superpower was so frightening that she could summon corpses to fight for her.
Of course, there was a limit to that ability, but it was frightening nonetheless. She would definitely be a killing machine on the battlefield!
"Lady Pain Star, Jinyintan Village has been fully evacuated."
The Fiend who was emanating a searing aura said reverently, "The villagers are being escorted by grandmasters and the military, so I can't do anything. As for Jiang He … he must have evacuated with the military as well."
This was a young man with red hair.
He appeared to be in his thirties and was an A-class fire-type Awakened. His ability could match a rank-seven grandmaster, and he was one of the Sky Demon Cult's seventy-two Fiends — the Earthen Burst Star, the Heavenly General of Earthen Burst.
Pain Star slowly opened her eyes and extended her hand, where a rat appeared.
The rat was only three inches long and shrouded in faint corpse Qi. It squeaked as it crawled around Pain Star's palm, and when it was done squeaking, the corpse Qi faded and the rat turned back into a corpse.
A hint of shock flashed through Pain Star's eyes.
Soon after, she covered her mouth and giggled. "Interesting, interesting. What an iron-headed little brother. He actually dares to stay in the village alone. Does he really think that my Heavenly Saint Cult can't do anything to him?"
Right at this moment, two sounds of the air being torn apart resounded, and it was the other two Earth Wraiths flashing over.
These two Earthly Fiends were old men in their fifties or sixties.
One of them had white hair and a slightly hunched back, wielding an alloy staff. He was the Heavenly General of Earthen Majesty, one of the Sky Demon Cult's seventy-two Fiends.
The other looked similar to the Heavenly General of Earthen Majesty, although he stood tall and appeared spirited. He was the Heavenly General of Earthen Diction, one of the Sky Demon Cult's seventy-two Fiends.
Both the Heavenly General of Earthen Diction and the Heavenly General of Earthen Majesty were rank-seven pinnacle grandmasters and ranked amongst the top of the seventy-two Fiends.
"You're back? How did it go? "
Pain Star asked flatly as she looked at the two.
The Heavenly General of Earthen Diction smiled bitterly. "The Leopard Python is gone. We've checked the scene and found that the Valley of Snakes was flattened by a bomb. The military might have killed the Leopard Python."
"Oh?"
Pain Star nodded. Unconcerned, she slowly rose to her feet and said flatly, "It's just a rank-seven intermediate Leopard Python. It wouldn't affect the battle much if it wasn't here."
Beside her, the horned boar slowly rose to its feet as well.
Behind her, Killer Star's corpse abruptly opened his eyes. There was a deathly stillness in his gaze, and it was a bizarre sight.
Pain Star looked out into the distance. Night had completely fallen, but the moon was round and the stars were sparse, so the night was not very dark. Smiling faintly, she said, "According to our intelligence, there's a rank-nine elite standing guard in Xibei right now and could reinforce us at any time. To avoid any undue delays, we'll attack at once, flatten Jinyintan Village, kill Jiang He, and slaughter our way to Lingzhou City!"
The Heavenly General of Earthen Majesty's gaze twitched and he said somberly, "But if that rank-nine comes …"
"It's fine."
Pain Star smiled. "Sixth Elder had arrived at Mount Dadong three hours ago. He represents the Saint's will and is negotiating with the Graywolf King of Mount Dadong, and once we take Lingzhou City, Sixth Elder would come to stand guard over the city."
"When that happens, the Western Frontier, Yungui, and other places would come as reinforcements as well. With Lingzhou City as their base, the Holy Church would slowly devour all of Xibei."
She gave the order.
The corpses of the Ferals and zombie-like Ferals began to dash towards Jinyintan Village.
Some of the corpses had broken arms, while others had their heads tilted to one side. However, all of them ran swiftly, climbing hills and hills as fast as martial artists.
They had been normal people when they were alive, but under Pain Star's control and strengthened by her superpowers, every single one of them could match a rank-one martial artist in ability. Most importantly, they were fearless of death!
A rank-one martial artist would lose his ability to fight if you stabbed him.
But these corpses would howl and f * ck you up even if you turned them into a sieve!
… …
At the same time.
Jinyintan Village.
Jiang He stepped out of his yard after digging out his potatoes.
The entire village was silent.
Every villager had moved away.
Stretching lazily, Jiang He took out the orange bottle gourd and blew at it.
Pow!
When the smoke landed, Second Brother exclaimed, "Gramps!"
"Use your all-seeing and all-hearing abilities to see where the Sky Demon Cultists are hiding."
Second Brother nodded and leapt onto the roof. His eyes were shining as he looked around, but he could not see anything since there were too many things in the distance. Then, he landed and lay on his stomach, listening, and could not help twitching. "Gramps, a lot of people are heading this way about fifteen kilometers to the east!"
"Oh?"
Delighted, Jiang He laughed out loud. "Good timing. I was just worrying about not having a place to look for them."
Stuffing Second Brother back into the bottle gourd, Jiang He got on his car and headed to the eastern end of the village, where he began to bury the potatoes.
Even as he dug, he said, "It's a good thing we could deal with the problem tonight, or I wouldn't be able to sleep well … Still, there's the next wave even if we're done with this one …"
That was not solving the root of the problem!
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