"The Strongest Martial Emperor in the City"!
After several days of traveling, Yang Qi and his two companions arrived at the area where the target of the third demon-killing mission was located. This time the target was a practitioner in the early stage of the Five-Star Martial Emperor, and the one who accepted this demon-killing mission was none other than Yang Qi.
Looking at Yang Qi and the other two in front of him, Wang He slowly said, "According to the intelligence, this cultivator named Emperor Shimu is a corpse puppet!"
The strong ones in the puppet and insect beast worlds are often the top ones among the practitioners of the same level. Therefore, facing such a target, even Wang He and others did not dare to accept demon-killing missions with too high a cultivation level, and only accepted the goal of the early stage of the five-star Martial Emperor.
The path of corpse puppets is definitely a path that is extremely easy to embark on the path of evil. At the beginning, the Corpse Puppet Sect of Tianwu Continent made a solemn oath, and with the reputation accumulated over a long period of time, it was accepted and recognized by the cultivation forces in the nearby star fields. If it were an ordinary cultivation force, it would not let other cultivation forces be so defensive. The reason for this is that the Corpse Puppet Sect follows the path of corpse puppets.
Although there is no absolutely evil path, there are only practitioners who embark on the evil path, but some paths are indeed more likely to lead to the evil path, and the path of corpse puppets is one of them.
The Corpse Puppet Sect had gone through untold hardships and strictly disciplined itself and its disciples, thus gaining recognition from others. However, this practitioner named Corpse Wood Emperor had embarked on the path of evil from the very beginning, and eventually made it onto the task list of the Demon Exorcist Hall.
“Although this Corpse Wood Emperor has far surpassed the Corpse Puppet Sect in attainment in the art of corpse puppets, when it comes to reputation, they are as far apart as heaven and earth,” Yang Qi said secretly in his heart.
Even though the Corpse Puppet Sect also follows the path of corpse puppets, Yang Qi, who has had contact with the Corpse Puppet Sect, has a good impression of them. On the other hand, this Corpse Wood Emperor, just based on the information he knows, is an unforgivable demon.
Normally, if a Corpse Puppetry team collected the corpses of powerful people to refine Corpse Puppetry, even if they deliberately killed some practitioners with similar strength and embarked on the path of evil, it would be difficult for them to be listed on the task list of the Demon Exorcist Hall. However, this Corpse Wood Emperor not only killed practitioners with similar cultivation levels to refine Corpse Puppetry, but also killed those weak creatures to refine Corpse Puppet Army.
The Corpse Wood Emperor has been on the mission list of the Demon Exorcist Hall for some time. Previously, a cultivator accepted his demon exorcist mission, but was blocked by the opponent's corpse puppet army, and finally the Corpse Wood Emperor escaped. It was not until recently that the Corpse Wood Emperor appeared again, so Yang Qi and others accepted his demon exorcist mission and came to this area to look for the traces of the Corpse Wood Emperor.
"According to the intelligence from the Inspection Hall, several powerful men once broke into a Martial Emperor-level cultivation force, and all the practitioners in the sect were slaughtered. But the strange thing is that there is not even a trace of flesh and blood left of the practitioners above the Martial King level, let alone corpses. So it is suspected that the Corpse Wood Emperor has appeared again." Wang He spoke again.
Emperor Shimu has an army of corpse puppets under his command, and his own strength is not weak. It is difficult to investigate him directly, but through some intelligence, we can infer Emperor Shimu's information.
If it is revenge, they can just kill the cultivators directly. If it is to rob the cultivators, they will often rob all of them. This practice of only taking away the corpses of those above the King of Martial Arts level is exactly the style of the Corpse Wood Emperor.
"Refining corpse puppets is not an easy task, especially a large army of corpse puppets, even if the Corpse Wood Emperor is a five-star Martial Emperor. To refine an army of corpse puppets, not only a large number of corpses are needed, but also a lot of time." Yang Qi said in a deep voice.
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Upon hearing this, Wang He looked at Yang Qi in surprise. It was obvious that he did not expect that Yang Qi knew so much about corpse puppets.
In fact, the art of corpse puppets is not widely spread in the cultivation world, because the success rate of refining corpse puppets is not high. They just require fewer resources, but the corpse puppets cannot exist as long as real puppets. In addition, corpse puppets are naturally guarded against by practitioners, so not all practitioners who follow the puppet path are willing to try the corpse puppet path.
Even Wang He himself only knew this much about corpse puppets through the intelligence from the Inspection Hall. However, Yang Qi knew so much about corpse puppets, which undoubtedly exceeded Wang He's expectations.
Feeling Wang He's gaze, Yang Qi immediately explained, "When I was traveling in the endless universe before, I once came into contact with a sect that practiced corpse puppets. That sect restrained itself and only used the corpses of the sect's strong men to refine corpse puppets. Over the years, even the cultivation forces in the nearby star fields have great respect for that sect."
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the two people beside Qingsong could not help but change slightly. They also had some understanding of the Corpse Puppet Sect. A cultivation force could actually restrain itself in this way and even get the recognition of the nearby cultivation forces. This was definitely not an easy thing for the Corpse Puppet Sect, which was naturally guarded by the practitioners.
"There actually is such a sect. If I have the chance in the future, I would like to go and see it." Emperor Yanque said with a chuckle.
Hearing this, Yang Qi smiled and said, "Brother Yanque, if you are interested, we can go to that star field after the mission in the Demon Slayer Palace is completed. It happens that that star field is not too far from the Chaos Star Sea."
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Emperor Yanque's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but nodded slightly. If the demon-killing mission was completed well, it would not be impossible to take the opportunity to walk around the nearby star field.
"The intelligence from the Inspection Hall also shows the same analysis. It takes a long time to refine a large number of corpse puppets, so during this period, the Corpse Wood Emperor is likely still refining corpse puppets." Wang He paused for a moment before continuing, "So during this period, our mission is to find places with a relatively dense death aura in the nearby area."
If you simply refine a few corpse puppets, the death energy will not accumulate, but if you refine a large number of corpse puppets, just like when the Wuxie Emperor refined the creatures of that planet before, a large amount of death energy will accumulate together. Even with the help of formations, it is difficult to completely cover it up, so Yang Qi and others only need to find a place with a relatively dense death energy, and they will have a chance to find the Corpse Wood Emperor.
Upon hearing this, Yang Qi and the other two nodded, and immediately dispersed to search the nearby area. They also contacted the cultivation forces in the nearby star fields to help find places with a stronger death energy.
However, compared with searching for a place with strong deathly aura, searching for a place with strong deathly aura is more difficult. After all, as long as there is a formation, any place in the endless universe may become the place where the Corpse Wood Emperor refines corpse puppets. It is not just limited to the world of cultivation.
Therefore, if Yang Qi and others wanted to search this area, they couldn't even use time travel, otherwise they might miss the place where the Corpse Wood Emperor was refining corpse puppets. In order to speed up the search, the four of them sent out their clones, and even Yang Qi sent out dark beetles.