“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 he could

– Let’s run away!

needed to run away as

arm of the individual who suddenly

“!”

someone grabbed his arm when nothing seemed to

followed without

Human, I’m going to turn the Heavenly Demon invisible

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

* * *

At dawn…

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 more visible with the

From within Yunnan Castle…

clan leader of the Dokgo Clan, a clan famous for their heavy blade in the

see ash-colored

everything look

Dokgo

at

Pow!

“Ugh!”

Ryeong staggered

lifted

people looking

the Dokgo Clan a

“That’s right.”

clan leader? Why is she so

pretty strong

she’s about

eyes opened wide while looking at the man and woman chatting

‘Blue-’

They had blue hair.

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

saw people with these hair colors

the young

some things on

least her

smiled while looking at Dokgo

Dokgo Ryeong flinched at the innocent

to turn her into

‘…What?’

Ryeong could tell why their gazes

not see her as

her as

“Okay.”

woman nonchalantly responded and motioned to a subordinate

that, right?

“Yes ma’am.”

approached Dokgo

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

don’t try to fight us or

looking man brushed back

have your answer if you look

from Dokgo Ryeong’s

black before they died and others

Clan as well

were all stronger than

of the clan’s seniors had

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

also

Patriarch-nim has fallen, you have

That was right.

had fallen while fighting against the Blood

body was poisoned by a

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

father, the Patriarch, was running wild against the Blood Cult. It was only possible because the other martial artists inside Yunnan

They knew as well.

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

had paid

had

must be full

body relaxed after hearing the man’s pitying

showed no

head while looking at Dokgo Ryeong follow the subordinate with

very good at assessing

you

how much I’ve suffered because of you already? How can you ask

difficult to see

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

dripped down as Dokgo Ryeong’s lowered face

‘It’s fine.’

were not full

need to

that had come to Dokgo Ryeong

past. There is also something I would like to request

Kim Hae-il had been the one to

hearing the stories of young master Kim’s increasing

that although no date had been set, he would still

master Kim-nim

uncle had met

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

hoped that was

that were falling but not full of

she was thoroughly looking around, trying to find

a jiangshi for as long as

However…

‘Is that possible?’

her eyes

inside Yunnan Castle into jiangshis or True Jiangshis. She had no idea what these True Jiangshis were, but

would they do

the process, she was certain that it would

raised

could see the castle walls that were even

jiangshis beyond that wall made her feel

for young master Kim-nim to purify all of

difficult to fight against

other obstacles

castle walls of Yunnan Castle as well as the core members

and every one of them are Peak Realm

experts in any other sect or clan were dime a dozen in the Blood

candidates are in

two

to

young master Kim-nim is in the

he be able to handle all

jiangshis were not here and

Castle would have less

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

Cult then killed that Castle

Lord’s beheaded head was dangling in front

feel the true nature of these Blood

can’t let these bastards rule

firmed her

all she could do was wait for a small opportunity to turn

* * *

In a small farmhouse…

people were gathered

are such

The Pinnacle Demon gasped.

“Mm.”

the matriarch of the Tang Clan,

Gulp gulp.

must be frustrated as she was

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