“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.

jiangshis were still looking toward them and he could

– Let’s run away!

needed to run away as Raon

he grabbed the arm of the individual who

“!”

surprised that someone grabbed his arm

without any

turn the

the Heavenly Demon who had arrived much earlier than they

* * *

At dawn…

feel as if the sun was rising. In fact, all they

From within Yunnan Castle…

Dokgo Clan, a clan famous for their heavy blade

see ash-colored

everything

Dokgo Ryeong’s

at

Pow!

“Ugh!”

staggered and knelt

then lifted her

were two people

Isn’t the Dokgo Clan a pretty famous clan

“That’s right.”

young clan leader? Why is

pretty strong if you

she’s about

while looking at the man and woman chatting about

‘Blue-’

They had blue hair.

the man had darker

people with these hair colors in the

the young Blood

some things on her

At least her

while

Ryeong flinched at the innocent

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

‘…What?’

why their gazes felt

see

her as an

“Okay.”

motioned to

heard that, right? Take

“Yes ma’am.”

approached

angry gaze. However, there was a gag in her mouth and her hands were bound behind her back, making it impossible

‘Should I run away?’

it is not that effective

don’t try to fight us or

brushed back his luscious

your answer if you

down from Dokgo Ryeong’s

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

of these corpses were the seniors of the Dokgo Clan as

were all stronger

one of

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

also said

has fallen, you have to

That was right.

while fighting

body

and little Chang manages to get reinforcements! Then there

Blood Cult. It was only possible because the other martial artists inside Yunnan Castle had

They knew as well.

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

gamble had

uncle had managed to

You must be

relaxed after

then showed no signs of

head while looking at Dokgo Ryeong follow the subordinate with her

very good at assessing the situation. We will be able to put her to

you to trust

of you already? How

to see

beauty with the cold gaze, looked

down as Dokgo Ryeong’s lowered face

‘It’s fine.’

her eyes were not full of despair and

to persist no matter

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

travel past. There is also something I

Kim Hae-il had been the one to send that

from his group, The Dokgo Clan had returned to Yunnan and had been hearing the stories

that although no date had been set, he would still stop by. He personally sent a message to inform them

young master

prayed that her uncle had met young master

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

hoped that was

wishing for that were falling but

thoroughly looking around, trying

now, I will resist becoming a jiangshi for as long

However…

‘Is that possible?’

eyes just a

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

would they do

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

raised her

were even sturdier now that the Blood Cult

about the endless number of jiangshis

master Kim-nim to purify all of those

to fight

other obstacles beyond

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

every one of them

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

the young Blood Demon candidates are

two such

seemed to

master Kim-nim is in

he be able to handle all of

jiangshis were not here and

that case, their allies outside Yunnan Castle would have

the Castle Lord of Yunnan Castle was one of the Blood Cult’s people. Who could have expected him to open the castle gates wide

Cult then

beheaded head was dangling in front of his

made them feel the

let these bastards rule the

Ryeong firmed

all she could do was wait for a small opportunity to

* * *

In a small farmhouse…

couple people were gathered

They are such

The Pinnacle Demon gasped.

“Mm.”

of the Tang Clan,

Gulp gulp.

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

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