When they entered Golden Light City, as the token and other items of Xiaowu had fallen into the hands of the Evil Ghost Corps, they spent a lot of effort to enter the city.
The moment they entered Golden Light City, Xiaowu slightly bit her lips as a trace of complex look flashed across her eyes.
It had been almost ten years since the last time she'd left to carry out a mission. The people she'd traveled with had long since become ghosts, and she herself had almost fallen prey to it. It was truly the most dangerous experience she'd had in her entire life of cultivation. Now that she'd returned to the city once more, she couldn't help but feel as if a lifetime had passed.
"Senior Sister Apprentice Xiaowu, I need to report to the elder about what happened in Vulture Slope. Can you bear it?" Liu Ming asked as he threw a glance at Xiaowu.
"Okay, no problem." After taking a deep breath, Xiaowu replied with a smile.
Liu Ming nodded as he waved his hand. Closely after that, a cloud of black qi wrapped the two people and flew towards the Central Tower of the city.
In the lobby of the Central Tower.
"Nice to meet you, elders!" Liu Ming bowed towards Haoyue Boy and Elder Gu in front of him, followed by Xiaowu.
"You don't have to be so polite. I've just received the report that you've made a meritorious deed again, Liu. And Xiaowu, you've suffered a lot during this period." Haoyue Boy said with a smile.
Liu Ming replied with a smile without saying anything.
"Thanks for your concern, elder." Xiaowu replied gratefully.
She had already heard from Liu Ming that the Broken Army Basket that Hao Yue Tongzi lent him privately played a great role in successfully sneaking into the Spirit Vulture Slope this time.
"Liu, why did you only rescue Junior Niece Xiaowu? Have all the other disciples been killed?" Elder Gu asked with a flicker in his eyes.
"I'm about to report this to you. The Ghost Army's stronghold of Vulture Slope looks similar to ordinary ones. However, after sneaking into it, I saw …" Liu Ming told Haoyue Boy and Elder Gu about what he saw in the hinterland of Vulture Slope and what Xiaowu had said.
"I didn't expect that disciples of various sects would be turned into zombie-like ghosts …" Elder Gu and Haoyue Boy exchanged a glance with each other with astonishment in their eyes.
From the analysis of the information they received, they had already guessed that Vulture Slope should be a magic array experimental base of the Evil Ghost Army, but they didn't expect the situation to be so sensational.
"I have fought with those zombies who have lost their minds. According to Senior Sister Xiaowu, most of them were just Crystallization Period cultivators before. After turning into zombies, their bodies are invulnerable, and their strength has greatly improved. They are not much worse than ordinary Jin Dan Stage cultivators." Liu Ming continued.
"When I was imprisoned, I heard the ghost guard say that they call those zombie-like cultivators Demon Ghosts." Xiaowu also interjected and explained.
"Demon Ghosts?" Haoyue Boy was startled when he heard this. He glanced at Elder Gu, who shook his head. Obviously, he had never heard of this name.
"How many cultivators are imprisoned there?" Elder Gu asked in a deep voice.
"I roughly looked, there should be about a hundred people." Liu Ming recalled the situation in Vulture Slope and said.
"When I was captured a few years ago, there weren't that many. In recent years, the number has gradually increased." Xiaowu added after thinking about it.
When Haoyue Boy and Elder Gu heard this, their faces became a little more serious.
"Liu has been working hard these days. Go back and rest first. Also, Nephew Xiaowu, I see that your aura is unstable. Rest in the city for a while." Haoyue Boy thought for a while and instructed.
"Yes, disciple will take his leave." Liu Ming bowed and quickly walked out of the tower with Xiaowu.
Seeing Liu Ming and Xiaowu's figures walk out, Haoyue Boy and Elder Gu's faces became completely gloomy.
"I didn't expect a small Vulture Slope to hide so many secrets. If I knew this, I would have sent a few squads to act together with Liu Ming. Maybe we could have saved some disciples who haven't been turned into ghosts." Haoyue Boy said with some annoyance.
"Even if we send more people over now, I'm afraid that the guards there have been strengthened. The opportunity is fleeting." Elder Gu sighed.
"I wonder if there are similar situations in other ghost army strongholds." Haoyue Boy thought for a while and said.
"That shouldn't be the case. The number of people mentioned by Liu Ming is roughly the same as the number of elite disciples of our four armies that have gone missing in recent years. Furthermore, the abnormally dense Yin Qi whirlpool that they discovered, according to my estimation, should be a large-scale Yin Gathering Formation. The Evil Spirit Legion shouldn't have the ability to build a second one." Elder Gu's eyes flashed with a trace of thought as he spoke slowly.
"No matter what, let's report this to Uncle Yao first." Haoyue Boy said.
Elder Gu naturally nodded in agreement.
After leaving the tower, Liu Ming and Xiaowu quickly returned to the residential area in the city.
"Senior Sister, how do you feel now?" Liu Ming asked with concern in mid-air.
"I'm fine now. Although I suffered a lot this time, fortunately it was more daunting than dangerous. Moreover, after staying in that kind of environment for a long time, the magic power in my body has become much purer. I can faintly feel that I've found the opportunity to break through the bottleneck." Xiaowu said with a long sigh.
"Could it be … Hehe, then I'll have to congratulate Senior Sister." Liu Ming was startled when he heard that, but he immediately said with a smile.
After chatting for a while, the two of them went their separate ways.
Liu Ming quickly returned to the cave residence of Team Seven and closed the door to cultivate.
In the secret room of the cave residence, there was silence.
On a futon in the middle, Liu Ming sat cross-legged. His whole body was wrapped in black mist, forming a round ball that was as black as ink.
From time to time, strands of black silk gathered toward the ball from all directions, causing the ball to expand and become thicker.
After a long time, a soft sound broke the silence in the room.
The entire black ball then collapsed and turned into billowing black gas. In the black gas, five mist dragons and five mist tigers circled around Liu Ming, making bursts of dragon roars and tiger roars.
In the next moment, all the mist dragons and mist tigers once again turned into wisps of black gas and disappeared into the top of his head.
He opened his eyes, and a hint of joy flashed in his eyes. Although his cultivation did not improve, the flow of his magic power was much smoother than when he first entered the Evil Spirit Realm. He could also clearly feel that the magic power in his Spiritual Sea had become purer.
"It seems that the peace of the Evil Spirit Realm is coming to an end." Suddenly, after Liu Ming touched his chin, he revealed a thoughtful expression.
He had also roughly read the information Jade Slips retrieved from the Giant Mountain Fortress. It was the distribution map of the Evil Spirit Army's various strongholds, as well as the military strength of each stronghold.
He could roughly guess what the Sect wanted this information for.
He could keenly feel the pressure of an approaching storm. Before that, he had to increase his strength as much as possible.
…
Just as Liu Ming had guessed, in the following time, the armies of Jin Guangjun and the other three major sects began to frequently receive various orders from the upper echelons. Elite squads were sent out from time to time to attack some of the Evil Spirit Army's strongholds.
The strongholds that the four major legions found were relatively weak. Each stronghold had at most one or two Jin Dan -level evil spirit commanders. Faced with the targeted attacks of the four major legions' elite squads, they suffered heavy casualties. In a short period of time, dozens of strongholds were successively captured.
However, the Evil Spirit Army also responded quickly. Not only did they not retreat and defend, they began to mobilize their forces on a large scale. Taking advantage of the four major legions' main forces being sent out, they began to recklessly attack the four major legions' various strongholds day and night.
This unexpected situation shocked the upper echelons of the four major legions. They fell into an extremely passive situation. After some discussion, they had to temporarily give up the intention of attacking the strongholds of the Evil Spirit Army, and focus on defense.
Fortunately, it seemed that the Evil Spirit Army did not intend to go too deep into the Human Clan's sphere of influence. They immediately abandoned the strongholds that they had captured. This made the upper echelons of the four major sects slightly relieved.
Even so, the situation in Golden Light City gradually became tense. Naturally, Team Seven began to frequently receive various tasks and constantly ran around the Evil Spirit Path.
The positions that were originally vacant due to the disappearance of the bow-carrying burly man and the hunchbacked old man were naturally replaced by others.
…
In a rocky area tens of thousands of miles away from Golden Light City, a green stone tower that was more than 300 meters high stood there. On the top of the tower, a slowly rotating black ball was suspended, flickering with a faint black light.
This was an important intelligence transfer base of the Evil Spirit Army.
At this moment, a chaotic battle was in full swing around the stone tower.
Hundreds of Evil Spirit Army soldiers had already surrounded the stone tower in the middle.
The legion was headed by two Real Pellet State malevolent ghost commanders, and eight Crystallization Period malevolent ghost captains each led a phalanx to guard eight directions. Most of the phalanxes were low-level ghost soldiers of the Condensation Period and Spirit Apostle Period.
And Liu Ming's Team Seven and the other two squads, a total of more than 20 people, were surrounding from all directions at this moment. They cast various kinds of spiritual weapons that were flashing with spiritual light, turning into colorful rays of light that blasted at the Evil Spirit Army in the middle.
For a time, the sound of killing and wailing came one after another. Wherever the rays passed, the dim sky was illuminated.
It seemed that in terms of combat power, the Human Clan had 3 Jin Dan cultivators, nearly 20 Crystallization Period later stage and Pseudo Pellet Stage cultivators, but the defensive power of the tight phalanx of the Evil Spirit Army was also extraordinary. It had blocked several waves of strong attacks from Liu Ming and others.
In the southwest direction of the green stone tower, Liu Ming suddenly jumped into the air. He made a sword gesture, and the lavender Bitter Wheel Sword in front of him shook. A huge purple sword light of more than 100 meters suddenly appeared, and it slashed forward fiercely.
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