“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.

closed, the jiangshis were still looking toward them and he could see someone inside the

– Let’s run away!

needed to run away

course, he grabbed the arm of the individual who suddenly made

“!”

someone grabbed his arm when nothing seemed to be

without any

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

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

* * *

At dawn…

getting brighter but it didn’t feel as if the sun was rising. In fact, all they could

From within Yunnan Castle…

of the Dokgo Clan, a clan famous for their heavy blade in the Orthodox faction despite not being as famous as the

see ash-colored

everything

Dokgo Ryeong’s

was at

Pow!

“Ugh!”

Ryeong staggered

lifted her

people looking down at

Isn’t the Dokgo Clan a pretty famous

“That’s right.”

clan’s young clan leader? Why is

she’s pretty strong

she’s about

opened wide while looking at

‘Blue-’

They had blue hair.

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

saw people with these hair colors in the Central

the young Blood Demon

some things

At least her gaze

while looking

the innocent yet leery smile

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

‘…What?’

tell why their gazes

not see

her as

“Okay.”

and motioned to a subordinate

heard that, right? Take

“Yes ma’am.”

approached Dokgo

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

‘Should I run away?’

it is not that effective

suggest you don’t try to fight us or

looking man brushed back

believe you’ll have your

dripped down from

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

as well as martial artists she had interacted with inside Yunnan

were all stronger

recalled something one of the clan’s

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

also

has fallen,

That was right.

had fallen while

while his body was poisoned

are safe and little Chang manages

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

They knew as well.

ones within Yunnan Castle who were skilled enough to dodge the

gamble had paid

uncle had managed

You must be full of

after hearing the man’s pitying

showed no signs

head while looking at Dokgo

it seems only right to turn her into a True Jiangshi. She’s very good at assessing the situation. We will be able

Yoon, I told you

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

grumbling voices made it seem difficult to see them

younger sister, the beauty with

Ryeong’s lowered face as she walked, wetting the

‘It’s fine.’

were not

just need to persist

a message. The message that had come to Dokgo

I travel past. There is also something I would like to request your cooperation with as

Hae-il had been the one

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

set, he would still stop by.

young master Kim-nim

prayed that her uncle had met young master

a martial artist or a member of the Orthodox faction to

hoped that was the

that were falling but not full

fact, she was thoroughly looking around, trying to

will resist becoming a jiangshi for as

However…

‘Is that possible?’

her eyes just a

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

would they

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

raised

could see the castle walls that were even sturdier now

thinking about the endless number of jiangshis beyond that

be difficult for young master

to fight against all of them

were other obstacles beyond these jiangshis

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

and every one of them are Peak

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

Blood Demon candidates are in the

two

they also seemed to

if young master Kim-nim is

to handle

not here

Castle would have less difficulties

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

then

Lord’s beheaded head was

something that made them feel the true nature of these Blood Cult

bastards

Ryeong firmed her

could do was wait for a small

* * *

In a small farmhouse…

people

They are

The Pinnacle Demon gasped.

“Mm.”

the matriarch of the

Gulp gulp.

Dan must be frustrated as she was gulping down alcohol.

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