reax;
"Human."
Li Yao looked at East Peace County on the horizon in the north, where only the sparks of fire were still flickering in the night sky. He felt more and more ill at ease.
After all, he did not intend to kill Mother White Lotus in the first place. Now that the battle had been fought in such a mess, he would not be satisfied until he figured out the key to the battle.
The communication between Li Yao and the mental devil was purely in the form of the collision of telepathic thoughts in his brain. In reality, there was only a brief pause.
In the next second, he let out a deafening roar and darted into the forest in a streak of brilliance, pretending to be chasing after Mother White Lotus.
After he landed in the dense forest, he immediately concealed his spiritual energy and retreated to East Peace County after a long detour.
At this moment, the area between East Peace County and the southern hills was a mess.
Most of the Cultivators in the classical era had never received professional military training. Although their individual combat ability was high, they could only be regarded as a bunch of super gangsters at best. There was still a huge gap between them and the real army, which had a sense of propriety when advancing and retreating.
The biggest problem was that when they were chasing after the enemy, they often went on a rampage without any formation or communication at all. The pursuers, like those who were running away, had almost lost their effective command. It was purely a competition of personal strength.
From this point of view, using the word "war" to describe the fights between Cultivators was too much of an overestimation. It should be described as a large-scale, high-level gang brawl.
Everybody was roaring without a head, slashing, and charging aimlessly without a destination. As long as they saw ghosts, skeletons, and zombies, they would attack them without holding back.
In such a chaotic situation, Li Yao intentionally hid himself and moved stealthily. Not a single person or ghost noticed his existence.
He even took off his green robe and put on a few battle robes that were riddled with holes and stains from the battlefield. Then, he covered his face with mud and blood and adjusted his joints and muscles subtly, causing subtle changes to his body shape. Finally, he swaggered to East Peace County.
At this moment, the roars of battle had gradually drifted away from East Peace County. The only things left below the city were the wounded soldiers and the dead bodies from the siege during the day. Many civilians in the city had been organized to bury the dead and help the wounded. They were walking in and out of the open city gate incessantly. The defense could not have been more lax.
Li Yao narrowed his eyes and glanced at the city wall. He did not discover many Cultivators on the towers. Even the Ocean Suppressing Array, which had been functioning at a high intensity for an entire day, had been suspended. It was probably because it had suffered too much damage during the day and was undergoing emergency repairs.
However, although the defense ability of East Peace County was low, there was indeed not a single ghost around him. Even on the white ocean under the illumination of the moon, there was not a single ghost ship to be seen....
Full of doubts, Li Yao entered East Peace County in the middle of the wounded with some tricks. uu1;
At this moment, most of the Cultivators and the elite soldiers in East Peace County had rushed out of the city to hunt the army of ghouls. The place seemed rather empty and desolate.
Only the old, the weak, the sick, the disabled, and the heavily wounded Cultivators among the disaster victims were squeezed in the streets. But because the battle was going rather well, they did not seem to be panicking. Everything was basically in order.
Li Yao watched the heavily wounded Cultivators receiving emergency treatment coldly. Many of them were carried into the headquarters of the thirty-three sects in East Peace County.
Right now, the city was seriously short of hands. The Cultivators who had been heavily wounded after a hard day of fighting were also dirty and dirty. Many of them had been possessed by evil spirits, and their faces were twisted, their veins protruding. Also, it was impossible to tell who they were after being burnt by the fire and smoke. Therefore, they could only be dealt with and carried to the sects that were more convenient for them.
With the war coming to this point, the basic unity of the Cultivators was still there after all.
This scene, however, made the doubts in Li Yao's heart grow stronger and stronger. Some kind of elusive thing was about to surface.
The Cultivators are not idiots. Before they chased after the army of ghouls, they must've scanned the surroundings of East Peace County with their telepathic thoughts. There is no way that they would let go of any ghosts.
Also, they could've sent out the scouts who were riding cranes or flying swords to keep watch in midair. Even if a large batch of ghouls intended to attack across the ocean, they would've discovered them in advance and activated the Ocean Suppressing Array.
This place is not far away from the battlefield where the main forces of the Cultivators are chasing after the army of ghouls after all. As long as they hear the noises from East Peace County, even if most of the Cultivators do not have the time to come back, the Yuanying experts such as Qi Zhongdao, Yan Liren, Ba Xiaoyu, and Master Bitter Cicada will certainly come back quickly.
Then, the ghouls will have absolutely no chance to cause any trouble.
If they are not ghouls, are they human beings?
Li Yao was greatly alarmed. His back was immediately soaked in cold sweat.
Ever since the febrile typhoon and the natural disasters, there had been rumors that the White Lotus Cult would take the opportunity to rise up. A large batch of ghouls would savage the southeast and even attack East Peace County.
Even the main purpose of their reinforcement to the southeast was to kill Mother White Lotus.
Therefore, everybody, including Li Yao, was mired in a misunderstanding. They believed that their enemies were only ghouls and that all the living people were bystanders at best, if not allies, but certainly not enemies.
But is it really so uuu2;
Li Yao had always believed that living people were the most dreadful beings. They were a hundred times more cunning than ghosts. The evil Cultivators in the Star Glory Federation had enslaved ghosts for their own interests more than a hundred years ago, which could be seen from the fact that the evil Cultivators had enslaved ghosts for their own interests.
Did the 'Black Devil Cult', established by Roaring Tiger Hall in secret, not commit all kinds of crimes under the banner of the White Lotus Cult, too?
"Living people, living people, there are so many disaster victims. Is it possible that some living people with evil intentions have mixed in?"
But it won't help.
Even if there is a squad of malicious living people, there can't be too many of them. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to sneak into East Peace County.
If there are not enough of them, it will be impossible for them to control the entire East Peace County quickly. The best they can do is to create a few small-scale mayhem.
Besides, even if they do control East Peace County, so what? Cultivators are everywhere right now. There is nowhere to run. Even if they do seize East Peace County, they will be like turtles in a jar. It will be impossible for them to persist for long under the bombardment of dozens of Yuanying. What's the point of doing so strategically?
Yes. The fall of East Peace County is indeed a world-shaking event. It is essentially a kick to the bottom of the Great Qian Dynasty, which was already on the verge of collapse in the first place. However, the price for such a move is the annihilation of millions of soldiers of ghouls and the loss of an elite squad of living people who can sneak into the Cultivation sects without alarming anyone. The price is too high.
On the other hand, if such a scheme is indeed real, it means that the planner of the scheme believes that something is hidden in East Peace County that is even more valuable than an army of ghouls and an elite squad of living people.
While thinking, Li Yao glanced at the disaster victims with his eagle-like eyes.
Suddenly, he felt that the disaster victims who were squatting in the corner were somewhat weird.
Although many disaster victims were squatting in the corner and shivering like the three of them, squatting in a fixed posture for a long time would result in poor blood circulation and numbness in the legs. Therefore, most ordinary people would slightly change their posture every few seconds.
Although the upper bodies of the three disaster victims were shivering nonstop, their lower bodies were deeply rooted to the ground like tree roots. They did not move at all after half an hour.
There was no telling if it was his imagination, but Li Yao vaguely sensed the scent of iron and blood from them.
It was the special air that only the elite soldiers who had received professional training could release.
Pondering for a moment, Li Yao strode toward the three disaster victims. uu3;
The three disaster victims instantly realized his existence, and their gazes sharpened.
Although they were not moving, Li Yao could sense that their spines were constricting, arching, and accumulating strength below the broad sack, like three slowly drawn bows.
Li Yao smiled and moved forward without stopping.
The four of them stared at each other in midair. The three 'disaster victims' were still pretending at first, but after sensing the determination and mockery in Li Yao's eyes, they knew that their identities had been seen through and that it was meaningless to disguise themselves anymore. Therefore, they simply unleashed their brutality that was almost tangible.
Right then —
BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! Earth-shaking explosions echoed in the headquarters of more than ten Cultivation sects in East Peace County at the same time. All the disaster victims on the street were shocked.
Li Yao saw that dozens of pavilions, surrounded by furious fire, were blown into the sky and smashed down like shooting stars.
The sounds of fighting, explosions, and collisions of sabers, swords, and magical equipment reached the maximum almost instantly.
The headquarters of more than ten Cultivation sects were attacked at the same time.
Perhaps it was the enemy who had snuck into the disaster victims, or perhaps it was the 'heavily wounded' Cultivators who had been sent to the headquarters of the Cultivation sects.
"'Heaven Battering King' Qi Changsheng is here. Hand over your belongings and magical equipment. Those who surrender will be spared from death. If you refuse, East Peace County will be bathed in blood."
Tough and wild roars were echoing in every corner of East Peace County that was burning furiously.
It turned out to be the Heaven Battering Army, another resistance force that was as famous as the White Lotus Cult, which had always been active in the northwest.
The two ferocious resistance forces that had stirred up the Great Qian Dynasty had joined hands?
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