“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.

looking toward

– Let’s run away!

needed to run away as

course, he grabbed the arm of the individual who

“!”

his arm

without

to turn the Heavenly Demon

to arrive here was the Heavenly Demon who had arrived much earlier

* * *

At dawn…

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

From within Yunnan Castle…

heavy blade in the Orthodox faction despite not being as famous as

could see

clouds made everything look so

Dokgo Ryeong’s

was at

Pow!

“Ugh!”

staggered and knelt

lifted

two people looking down

a

“That’s right.”

she’s that clan’s young clan leader? Why is she so

Orabuni, she’s pretty strong if you consider

she’s about

wide while looking at the man and woman chatting about

‘Blue-’

They had blue hair.

had sky-like blue hair while the man had darker blue hair

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

are the young

things on her

her gaze seems

while looking

at the innocent yet

her into

‘…What?’

tell why their

see her as a

her as

“Okay.”

motioned to

right?

“Yes ma’am.”

subordinates approached Dokgo

gag in her mouth and her hands were bound behind her back, making

‘Should I run away?’

even if it is not that

you don’t try to fight us or

naïve looking man brushed back his

believe you’ll have your answer

dripped down from Dokgo

see people whose bodies were dyed black before they died and others who were ripped to

these corpses were the seniors of the Dokgo Clan as well as martial artists she

were all stronger than

something one of

bastards are at least at the Profound Realm! Little Ryeong, you have to survive! At least you

also said the

Patriarch-nim has fallen,

That was right.

while fighting

died while his body was poisoned

and little Chang manages

was running wild against the Blood Cult. It

They knew as well.

Dokgo Clan’s patriarch and Dokgo Chang were the only ones within Yunnan Castle who were skilled enough to dodge the Blood Cult

had paid

uncle had managed

You must

Ryeong’s body relaxed after

showed no signs of

nodded her head while looking at Dokgo Ryeong follow the subordinate with her

Jiangshi. She’s very good at assessing the situation. We will be able to put

I told you to

I’ve suffered because of

see them as

with the cold

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

‘It’s fine.’

eyes were not full of despair

just need to persist

had come to Dokgo Ryeong had news that she had not

for a moment as I travel past. There is also something I would like to request your cooperation with as well. Would that be

had been the one to

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

a message that although no date had been set, he would still

master

her uncle had met young

artist or a member of the Orthodox

desperately hoped that was

wishing for that were falling

around, trying to find any means

will resist becoming a jiangshi for as long as

However…

‘Is that possible?’

filled her eyes

split all of the martial artists inside Yunnan Castle into jiangshis or True Jiangshis. She had no idea what these True Jiangshis were, but the people

would they

not imagine the process, she was certain that it

raised her

walls that were even sturdier now

the endless number of jiangshis beyond

difficult for young master Kim-nim

difficult to fight against all of them

other obstacles

of Yunnan Castle as well as the core members of the Blood Cult who were safely

of

who were treated as top tier experts in any other sect or clan were dime

Blood Demon candidates are in the

two

they also seemed to

Kim-nim is in the Nature

handle all of this

not here and the

their allies outside Yunnan Castle would have less difficulties fighting the

the Blood Cult’s people. Who could have expected

then killed

Lord’s beheaded head was dangling

feel the

bastards

Ryeong firmed her

was wait for a small opportunity to turn

* * *

In a small farmhouse…

people were gathered

They are such

The Pinnacle Demon gasped.

“Mm.”

Yu, the matriarch of the Tang Clan,

Gulp gulp.

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

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