“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 them and

– Let’s run away!

to run

he grabbed the arm of the

“!”

arm when nothing

without any

I’m going to turn

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

* * *

At dawn…

surroundings were slowly getting brighter but it didn’t feel as if the sun was rising. In fact, all they could see was a somber sight that became

From within Yunnan Castle…

the young clan leader of the Dokgo Clan, a clan famous for their heavy blade in the Orthodox faction despite not being as famous as the Namgung Clan, raised her

see ash-colored

made everything look

filled Dokgo Ryeong’s

was at that

Pow!

“Ugh!”

staggered and

then lifted her

were two people looking

the Dokgo Clan a pretty famous

“That’s right.”

that clan’s young clan leader? Why is she

Orabuni, she’s pretty strong if you consider her

she’s about our

eyes opened wide while looking at the man and woman chatting about

‘Blue-’

They had blue hair.

blue hair while the man had darker

first time she saw people with these hair colors

the young Blood

had heard some things on

her

smiled while looking

the innocent yet leery smile on

would be a pity to turn her into a jiangshi. Let’s turn her into

‘…What?’

why

did not see her as

her

“Okay.”

and motioned to a subordinate with her

heard that, right?

“Yes ma’am.”

approached

gaze. However, there was a gag in her mouth and her hands

‘Should I run away?’

if it is not

suggest you don’t try to fight us

looking man brushed

have your answer

dripped down from Dokgo

were dyed black before

of these corpses were the seniors of the Dokgo Clan as well as

were all

one of the clan’s seniors had

Demon bastards are at least at the Profound Realm! Little Ryeong, you have

had also said the

that the Patriarch-nim has fallen, you

That was right.

father had fallen while fighting against the

had died while his body was

are safe and little Chang manages to get reinforcements! Then there is a

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

They knew as well.

ones within Yunnan Castle who were skilled enough to dodge

gamble had

had managed

must be full of

body relaxed after hearing the

then showed no

woman nodded her head while looking at Dokgo Ryeong

Jiangshi. She’s very good at

told you

suffered because of you already? How

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

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

down as Dokgo Ryeong’s lowered

‘It’s fine.’

were not full of despair and

just need to persist

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

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

Hae-il had been the one

the stories of young master Kim’s increasing fame and had not put much thought

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

master

uncle had

artist or a member of the

desperately hoped that was the

tears wishing for that were falling but not full

thoroughly looking around, trying to find

now, I will resist becoming a jiangshi for

However…

‘Is that possible?’

eyes just a

True Jiangshis. She had no idea what these True Jiangshis were, but the people who were designated to become jiangshis were supposedly being

would they do

she was

Ryeong raised

even sturdier now that

of jiangshis beyond

young master Kim-nim to purify all

also be difficult to fight against all of them as

obstacles beyond these jiangshis

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

of them are Peak

top tier experts in any other sect

young Blood Demon candidates

were two such

seemed to

Kim-nim is

to handle all

here and

Yunnan Castle would have less

Blood Cult’s people. Who could have expected him to open the castle gates wide to welcome the Blood

Blood Cult then

Castle Lord’s beheaded head was

the

bastards rule the Central

Ryeong firmed

do was wait for a small opportunity to turn this situation

* * *

In a small farmhouse…

people

are such

The Pinnacle Demon gasped.

“Mm.”

matriarch of the

Gulp gulp.

daughter… Sima Dan must be frustrated as she was gulping down alcohol. Nobody

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