“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 toward them and he could

– Let’s run away!

run away

of

“!”

someone grabbed his arm when nothing

without any

turn the Heavenly Demon invisible as

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

* * *

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

From within Yunnan Castle…

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

see ash-colored

everything look

Dokgo Ryeong’s

at that

Pow!

“Ugh!”

staggered

then lifted her

were two people looking down at

the Dokgo Clan a pretty famous clan in

“That’s right.”

clan leader? Why is she

Orabuni, she’s pretty strong if you

about our

opened wide while looking at

‘Blue-’

They had blue hair.

blue hair while the man had darker

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

young Blood Demon

some things on her

At least her gaze seems

while looking at Dokgo

Ryeong flinched at the innocent yet leery smile on the man’s

into a jiangshi. Let’s turn

‘…What?’

why their gazes felt

not see

saw her as

“Okay.”

woman nonchalantly responded and motioned

that, right? Take her

“Yes ma’am.”

subordinates approached

a gag in her mouth and her hands were bound behind her back, making it impossible for

‘Should I run away?’

maybe, even if it is not that effective

don’t try to fight

naïve looking man brushed back his

your answer if you look

dripped down from Dokgo

whose bodies were dyed black before they died and others who were

corpses were the seniors of the Dokgo Clan as

were all stronger

of

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

also said the

has fallen,

That was right.

had fallen while fighting against

had died while his body was poisoned

little Chang manages to get reinforcements! Then

wild against the Blood Cult. It was only possible because the other martial artists

They knew as well.

Chang were the only ones within Yunnan Castle who were skilled enough to dodge the Blood Cult

had

uncle had managed to

You must be full

body relaxed after

then showed no

Dokgo Ryeong follow the subordinate with

only right to turn her into a True Jiangshi. She’s very good at assessing the situation.

told you to trust my

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

it seem difficult to see them as the

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

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

‘It’s fine.’

her eyes were not full of despair and

need to persist no matter

Dokgo Clan had recently received a message. The message that had come to Dokgo Ryeong had news that she had not

I travel past. There is also

been the one to send that

and had been hearing the

sent a message that although 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

martial artist or a member of the Orthodox

desperately hoped that was

tears wishing for that were falling but not

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

resist becoming a jiangshi for 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 the people who were designated to become jiangshis

would they do

could not imagine the process, she was

raised her

were even sturdier now that the Blood Cult fortified

thinking about the endless number of jiangshis beyond

be difficult for young master Kim-nim to purify all

be difficult to fight against all of them

were other obstacles beyond

the core members of the Blood Cult who were safely inside the

of them

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

Demon candidates are in

two such people

to have some

young master Kim-nim is in the Nature

able to handle all of this on his

here and the

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

Blood Cult’s people. Who could have expected him

Blood Cult then

beheaded head was dangling in

feel the

let these bastards rule the

firmed

she could do was wait for a small

* * *

In a small farmhouse…

couple people

are such

The Pinnacle Demon gasped.

“Mm.”

matriarch of the Tang Clan,

Gulp gulp.

daughter… Sima Dan must be frustrated as she was gulping

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