“Raon. I’ll need to look in the formation as well.”

Cale got up and opened the door.

He could see the red dirt of the vast plains that had been trampled on.

Of course, this too was only faintly visible thanks to the moonlight.

“Right this way, Hae-il-nim.”

“Human, follow me!”

Cale followed Choi Han and Raon to where they saw the numerous jiangshis.

* * *

It was not very far away.

It was at the outskirts farthest from the castle wall and looked like a regular plain.

‘I can clearly tell now that I am up close.’

The castle wall in the distance and everything he was looking at were all lies.

It could not be helped.

They had used invisibility magic and speed magic to stealthily move here.

He could see around him despite it being the middle of the night.

‘They were trampled on.’

The vast plain responsible for the food of the citizens of Yunnan was destroyed.

However, what he was looking at right now showed no signs of being trampled on.

It was clearly a lie.

– Human, over here!

Raon’s front paw was no longer invisible and Cale walked toward where Raon was pointing.

However, he only saw the same thing.

– Wait a little bit!

Black mana that assimilated with the night started moving.

It then seeped into the air.

– I studied formations a lot! I am great and mighty and know formations very well now!

Sssssssssss—

There was a sudden gust of wind as if a blocked hole was opened.

‘Hmm?’

It was a stiff and sticky breeze.

The type that would make someone feel suffocated.

Cale could see a hole the size of a palm starting to appear. He knew what he had to do.

He looked through the opening.

Very carefully.

– Oh, this.

The Fire of Destruction. The cheapskate gasped.

Cale clenched his eyes shut.

He could understand why Raon and Choi Jung Soo had returned with such shocked faces that he had not seen in a while.

– This is crazy.

He could not see much through that palm-sized opening.

Even that opening was just a crack, giving a faint view of the inside.

However, what Cale saw was beyond what he had expected.

‘Ha.’

Underneath the moonlight…

Although he knew that nobody was walking around despite torches being lit around the walls…

There were so many corpses standing there that it was impossible to feel the light of those torches.

Yes, these were corpses.

They were different from the jiangshis he saw in Xiaolen.

Although he was certain that they had used dead mana to create these jiangshis, their appearances showed no signs of darkness.

In fact, a gentle blue light was sparkling on them from the moonlight.

The Blue Bloods household.

These jiangshis looked as if they would bleed blue to match that name.

The Blood Cult.

Just hearing that term would make Cale think of the color red, but starting today, he would only think about blue blood whenever he thought of the Blood Cult.

The jiangshis didn’t even blink as they looked forward.

They looked like statues.

However, they looked completely human.

Living corpses.

That expression was quite an accurate assessment of them.

– Cale, each of them look like they would be difficult to handle.

As the Cheapskate mentioned, all of the jiangshis were properly equipped.

The Blood Cult seemed to have not saved the significant profits they had earned through the Pure Silver Merchant guild and instead invested for their future.

The results of that investment was this endless number of jiangshis all being fully equipped.

– There seem to be more than ten thousand of them.

Cale bit down on his lips after hearing the Cheapskate’s comment.

The jiangshis were standing extremely tightly next to each other.

The formation with a radius of one kilometer that surrounded Yunnan Castle…

It was not an even circle with exactly one kilometer in all directions. Some areas were shorter than that while the place Cale was looking at was about 1.3 kilometers long.

At that moment…

Rustle.

They felt someone’s presence behind them.

“!”

Cale saw the eyes of all of the jiangshis on the other side of the gap turning toward them, toward the direction of the sound.

As the gazes instantly headed toward them…

– Human, I’m closing it!

Raon’s judgment was accurate.

Cale immediately moved back.

The opening was closed.

still looking toward them and he

– Let’s run away!

to run away as

grabbed the arm of the individual who suddenly

“!”

surprised that someone grabbed his arm when nothing seemed to

followed without

going to turn the Heavenly Demon invisible as

arrive here was the Heavenly Demon who had arrived much earlier than they

* * *

At dawn…

surroundings were slowly getting brighter but it didn’t feel as if the sun was rising. In fact,

From within Yunnan Castle…

Clan, a clan famous for their heavy blade in the Orthodox faction despite not

see

made everything look so

Dokgo Ryeong’s

was at

Pow!

“Ugh!”

Ryeong staggered and

lifted

two people

a pretty

“That’s right.”

that clan’s young clan leader? Why is she

Orabuni, she’s pretty strong

about

wide while looking at the

‘Blue-’

They had blue hair.

blue hair while the man had darker blue

the first time she saw people with these hair colors in the Central

the young

had heard some things

her gaze

smiled while

Ryeong flinched at the innocent yet leery

her into a jiangshi. Let’s

‘…What?’

tell why

see her

her

“Okay.”

motioned to a subordinate with her

right?

“Yes ma’am.”

approached

them with an angry gaze. However, there was a gag in her mouth and her hands were bound behind her back, making it impossible for her to express her

‘Should I run away?’

if it is not that

you don’t try to fight us or

naïve looking man brushed

your answer if you look

from Dokgo

people whose bodies were dyed black before they

these corpses were the seniors of the Dokgo Clan as

were all stronger

recalled something one of the

Those young Blood Demon bastards are at least at the Profound Realm!

also said the

has fallen, you

That was right.

while fighting against the Blood

his body

manages to get

was running wild against the Blood Cult. It was only possible because the other martial artists inside Yunnan Castle had

They knew as well.

were the only ones within Yunnan Castle who were skilled enough to

gamble had

uncle had managed to

must be

Ryeong’s body relaxed after

then showed no signs

her head while looking at Dokgo Ryeong follow the

Jiangshi. She’s very good at assessing the situation. We

told you

much I’ve suffered because of you already? How

see

beauty with the cold gaze, looked as if they were just having a friendly

down as Dokgo Ryeong’s lowered face as she walked, wetting the

‘It’s fine.’

were not full of despair and

need to persist no

recently received a message. The message that had come to Dokgo Ryeong had news that she had

a moment as I travel past. There is also something I would

had been the one to send that

splitting from his group, The Dokgo Clan had returned to Yunnan and had been hearing the stories of young master Kim’s increasing fame and had not put much thought

no date had been set, he would still stop by. He personally sent a message to

young master Kim-nim helps

prayed that her uncle had met young

at least meet a martial artist or a member of the Orthodox

Ryeong desperately hoped that was the

that were falling

thoroughly looking around, trying to

I will resist becoming a jiangshi

However…

‘Is that possible?’

her eyes

had no idea what these True Jiangshis were, but the people who were designated

would they

she could not imagine the process, she

Ryeong raised her

see the castle walls that were even sturdier now that the

jiangshis beyond that

young master

fight against all of

were other obstacles beyond these

the castle walls of Yunnan Castle as well as the core members of the Blood

of them are Peak

as top tier experts in any

Blood Demon candidates are

were two such

also seemed to have

Kim-nim is in the

handle all

the jiangshis were not here and the castle wall had

outside Yunnan Castle would

the Castle Lord of Yunnan Castle was one of the Blood Cult’s people. Who could have expected him to open the castle

Cult then

head was dangling

made them feel the true nature of

these bastards rule the Central

Ryeong firmed

now, all she could do was wait

* * *

In a small farmhouse…

people

are such

The Pinnacle Demon gasped.

“Mm.”

Yu, the matriarch of

Gulp gulp.

the Divergent Coalition leader, Sima Pyeong’s daughter… Sima Dan must be frustrated as

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