(First update!)
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Qinhuo Wilderness was a very ordinary wilderness under the Northern Darkstar Territory.
Around a huge ancient forest, there was a dense campsite. The sergeants of the two Official Army Commanders and the experts from the various sects of the Qinhuo Wilderness were all gathered in this campsite. Knowing that Jian Wushuang would come in person, the two commanders of the Official Army and the experts selected by the sects had already been waiting for him.
Not long after, three figures galloped from the distant void and appeared in the campsite.
"Territorial Lord."
"Greetings, Territorial Lord!"
The two commanders and the other experts from the various sects immediately bowed and saluted.
"Mo Shan, how's the situation now?" Jian Wushuang looked at one of the sturdy middle-aged men who looked like a small hill.
He was the Territorial Lord of the Northern Darkstar Territory and usually had contact with the ten Official Army commanders. He also knew all ten of them.
"Territorial Lord, the demon is now in the ancient forest in front of us and has been there for a long time," said the middle-aged man, Mo Shan.
Jian Wushuang raised his head and looked at the ancient forest in front of him. The ancient forest was so vast that one could not see the end of it with the naked eye. Jian Wushuang immediately frowned. "How can you be sure that he's still in the forest? You should know that there are exits everywhere in the forest. The Official Army and experts from various sects are gathered in this campsite. Logically speaking, he can leave at any time. "
"He can leave at any time if he wants and we can't stop him. However, that's not the case," said Mo Shan. "Territorial Lord, please come with me."
Mo Shan led the way in front while Jian Wushuang naturally followed.
Soon, they came to a huge pothole near the campsite. Standing in the pothole, Jian Wushuang's face darkened when he saw the intact corpses in the pothole without any scars on the surface.
Cang Heng and Xiao Tiexin who were next to him also looked upset.
There was no other way as there were too many corpses in the pit!
There were nearly 200 corpses and judging from the residual divine power in those 200 corpses, the weakest were Peak Divine Demons while the stronger ones were Primary-level Ultimate Gods. There were even two High-Level Ultimate Gods among them. Those corpses were obviously Official Army soldiers!
"So many Official Army soldiers have died?" Cang Heng's voice was low as he looked at Mo Shan. "You didn't mention this when you sent me a message earlier."
"I only knew that our two Official Army commanders had lost a lot of soldiers, but I didn't know the exact number so I didn't report it. However, the situation here is indeed very urgent," said Mo Shan.
"These corpses are all intact. There is not a trace of injury on the surface. Before they died, their faces were very hideous and they were in great pain. Obviously, they were tortured before they died. This torture, if I'm not mistaken, was a Soul Attack!" Jian Wushuang said in a deep voice.
"Yes, it's a soul attack." Mo Shan nodded. "It's not only our Official Army soldiers who died but also the cities that were previously slaughtered by the demon, including many experts from Qinhuo Wilderness who died in the demon's hands. They didn't have any scars on their bodies, but they looked like they were in pain. They were all killed by a soul attack. That demon should be an expert who's very good at soul attacks and his soul attack is very terrifying!"
"It's certain that he's hiding in the primordial forest in front of us. The reason he didn't choose to flee is because … Our two provincial armies can't do anything to him at all. Instead, he's treating us as his prey. The current situation isn't that our provincial armies have their eyes on him, but he's the one who has his eyes on our provincial armies."
Mo Shan's body trembled slightly when he said that, but it was mostly out of helplessness.
"He's treating the Official Army as his prey?" Cang Heng's eyes turned cold.
"It seems like that's the case." Jian Wushuang carefully stared at the Official Army corpses in the pit and said in a deep voice, "That expert who's good at soul attacks, let's call him the demon for the time being. He previously slaughtered the cities and then fought with the experts from Qinhuo Wilderness. Now, he's targeting the Official Army. During this process, according to the information you previously reported, his strength is constantly growing and the speed of his growth is very shocking."
"Coupled with the painful expressions on these people's faces when they died, I'm guessing that they weren't directly killed by a soul attack. Instead, their souls might have been forcefully stripped or devoured."
"Soul stripped? Devoured? "The surrounding people's faces changed drastically when they heard that.
"If I'm not mistaken, the demon should be very powerful. It's not as simple as it is now. However, perhaps due to some unforeseen circumstances, such as being severely injured in a battle or having used a secret skill that cost him a lot, his strength has been greatly reduced and he's in an extremely weak state. He can only rely on stripping and devouring the Soul Power of these cultivators to recover his strength."
"As he devours more and more Soul Energy, his strength gradually recovers. Naturally, he'll become stronger and stronger. As his strength recovers, it'll be very difficult for him to recover by slaughtering the cities and devouring the Soul Energy of the weaker cultivators. As a result, he can only set his sights on the experts with stronger Soul Energy."
"Therefore, he gave up on the ordinary cultivators in the cities and began to deal with the experts from the various sects. When the Official Army arrived, he targeted them again," Jian Wushuang said.
"Is that so?"
Everyone present came to a sudden realization.
"Mo Shan, you've fought him before. What's his strength like?" Jian Wushuang asked.
"When we fought him head-on, his combat strength had already reached the level of a Primary-level Earth Ultimate God with extraordinary techniques. Both of us formed a military formation and fought him at the same time but only managed to slightly suppress him," said Mo Shan.
"As for his soul attack, it's hard for us to determine. After all, his soul attack is meaningless to both of our military formations. Therefore, he never used his soul attack on us head-on. The soldiers who were lucky enough to be hit by his soul attack are all dead."
"If I'm not mistaken, you fought him before these soldiers died, right?" Jian Wushuang pointed at the many soldiers' corpses in the pit.
"Yes." Mo Shan nodded. "When we fought him head-on, he was suppressed by us and escaped into the forest. The forest is too big and it's too difficult to find him hiding there alone. We had no choice but to spread out to search for his location, but in the end …"
"In the end, we were defeated one by one and lost a large number of soldiers?" Jian Wushuang looked over.
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