“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.

instant that the opening closed, the jiangshis were still looking

– Let’s run away!

to run

the arm of the

“!”

that someone grabbed his arm

followed without any

going to turn the Heavenly Demon invisible

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

* * *

At dawn…

but it didn’t feel as if the sun was rising. In fact, all they could see was a somber sight that became more visible

From within Yunnan Castle…

heavy blade in the Orthodox faction despite not being as famous

see ash-colored

made everything look so

filled Dokgo Ryeong’s

was at that

Pow!

“Ugh!”

Ryeong staggered

lifted

two people looking down at

Clan a

“That’s right.”

young clan leader? Why is she so

she’s pretty strong if

about our

while looking at the man and woman chatting about

‘Blue-’

They had blue hair.

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

saw people with these hair colors in

are the young

had heard some things on her

her

man smiled while looking

innocent

to turn her into

‘…What?’

tell why their gazes felt

did not see

saw her as an

“Okay.”

woman nonchalantly responded and motioned to a subordinate with

that, right? Take

“Yes ma’am.”

approached Dokgo

Ryeong looked at them with an angry gaze. However, there was a gag in her mouth and her hands were bound behind

‘Should I run away?’

maybe, even if it is

don’t try to

brushed back his luscious

your answer if

down from Dokgo Ryeong’s

see people whose bodies were dyed black before they

seniors of the Dokgo Clan as well as martial artists she had interacted

were all stronger

of the clan’s seniors had

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

also said the

that the Patriarch-nim has fallen,

That was right.

father had fallen while fighting against

had died while his body was poisoned by a

Chang manages to get reinforcements! Then there is

Dokgo Chang, had escaped while her father, the Patriarch, was running wild against the Blood Cult.

They knew as well.

the Dokgo Clan’s patriarch and Dokgo Chang were the only ones

gamble had paid

uncle had

tsk. You must be

body relaxed after hearing the man’s

then showed no

at Dokgo Ryeong follow the subordinate with her

seems only right to turn her into a True Jiangshi. She’s very good

told you

you know how much I’ve suffered because of you

seem difficult to see them as the Blood Cult’s young Blood Demon

naïve-looking young man and his younger sister, the beauty with the cold gaze,

lowered

‘It’s fine.’

were not full of despair

need to persist no matter

had come to Dokgo Ryeong

is also

master Kim Hae-il had been the one to send

returned to Yunnan and had been hearing the stories of young master Kim’s increasing fame and had not put

been set, he would still stop by. He personally sent a message to inform them

master Kim-nim helps

uncle had

that he could at least meet a martial artist or a member of the

hoped that was the

wishing for that were falling but

fact, she was thoroughly looking around, trying to find any means to

resist becoming a jiangshi for

However…

‘Is that possible?’

filled her eyes just a

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

would they

could not imagine the process, she was certain that it would

Ryeong raised

could see the castle walls that were even sturdier now that the Blood

thinking about the endless number of jiangshis beyond that

difficult for young master Kim-nim to

fight against all of them

there were other obstacles beyond these jiangshis as

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

one of them

tier experts in any other sect or clan were

young Blood Demon candidates are in

were two such

they also seemed to have some

if young master Kim-nim is in the

to handle all of this on his

the jiangshis were not here and the castle wall had

that case, their allies outside Yunnan Castle would have less difficulties fighting

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

Blood Cult then killed that

head was dangling in front

was something that made them feel the

bastards

Ryeong firmed

now, all she could do was wait for a small opportunity

* * *

In a small farmhouse…

people were

are such crazy

The Pinnacle Demon gasped.

“Mm.”

Yu, the matriarch of

Gulp gulp.

Pyeong’s daughter… Sima Dan must

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255