"The Strongest Martial Emperor in the City"!
In an inconspicuous restaurant, a man in a green shirt was sitting by the window tasting fine wine. This man was none other than Yang Qi, who was looking for the trace of the Corpse Wood Emperor.
Now, more than a month has passed since Yang Qi and other three went to search for the Corpse Wood Emperor separately, but during this period of time, Yang Qi and others have not found any trace of the Corpse Wood Emperor.
Looking at the practitioners coming and going outside the window, Yang Qi sighed in his heart, "There is still no news from Brother Wang and the others. I don't know where the Corpse Wood Emperor is hiding."
During this month, Yang Qi did find some suspicious locations, but after investigation, he did not find any trace of the Corpse Wood Emperor in these locations. However, in these suspicious places, Yang Qi found several evil demons who were killed by him.
"There is no news from the local cultivation forces for the time being." A hint of helplessness flashed across Yang Qi's face. While the four of them were searching, they also contacted the local cultivation forces. Unfortunately, there was no news from the local cultivation forces either.
Thinking of this, Yang Qi's expression froze, and he muttered to himself, "According to intelligence, the Corpse Puppet Army of Emperor Shimu suffered heavy losses. Now that he has reappeared, I'm afraid it will not be as simple as just collecting a batch of corpses to refine corpse puppets. If we can't find him as soon as possible, more practitioners will be hunted by him and refined into corpse puppets."
The corpse puppet army of Emperor Shimu was composed of tens of thousands of corpse puppets, including some at the level of Martial Emperor, and even more at the level of Martial King and Martial Emperor. Although Emperor Shimu was also a lone ranger, relying on the corpse puppet army under his command, he alone was comparable to the cultivation power at the level of Martial Emperor.
Yang Qi really wanted to find the Corpse Wood Emperor and eliminate this demon who hunted weak practitioners as soon as possible. Unfortunately, he was unable to track him. Even if the scope was narrowed to the area in front of him, it was still not easy to find the Corpse Wood Emperor.
"It would be great if Senior Tianji was here." The figure of Elder Tianji flashed through Yang Qi's mind. As a practitioner who is good at destiny, even if it is a practitioner he has never seen before, Elder Tianji can use destiny to find the other party's trace, which is definitely much more effective than their aimless search.
It’s a pity that Old Man Tianji had gained a lot from that special relic. After the celebration banquet for Emperor Wu Shi’s achievement of Emperor, he began to practice in seclusion. Even if he wanted to ask Old Man Tianji for help, it would be impossible.
Shaking his head and after a short rest, Yang Qi set out again to search for the trace of the Corpse Wood Emperor.
Time passed, and in a blink of an eye, more than a month had passed. However, during this period of time, Yang Qi and the other four still did not find any trace of the Corpse Wood Emperor.
That day, Yang Qi was searching for a place where dead energy was gathered in the void, and suddenly felt a strange movement from the message token, and his face changed slightly. The four of them had an agreement to pass on messages, and unless they encountered some special situation, they would not contact each other in advance.
"Has anyone found the trace of Emperor Shimu?" Yang Qi's eyes lit up and he immediately checked the message talisman. The one who sent him the message was Emperor Qingsong.
"This is… "
Looking at the contents of the message talisman, Yang Qi's face changed. Emperor Qingsong did not find any trace of Emperor Shimu, but he discovered that a Martial Emperor-level cultivation force was destroyed, and the practitioners above the Martial King level seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, without leaving any trace.
"The Corpse Wood Emperor!"
A gleam of brilliance flashed in Yang Qi's eyes. Collecting the corpses of powerful warriors above the Martial King level to refine corpse puppets is exactly the style of Emperor Corpse Wood.
The next moment, Yang Qi frowned and asked in surprise, "The Corpse Wood Emperor turned the cultivator he had hunted into a corpse puppet so quickly?"
The cultivation force that Emperor Shimu had destroyed before had the strongest force at the high-level Martial Emperor level. There were quite a few Martial King and Martial Emperor cultivators in the sect. According to their previous estimates, Emperor Shimu should still be refining corpse puppets during this period. They didn't expect that the other party would take action again so soon.
“As expected of a cultivator who specializes in corpse puppets, the speed at which he refines corpse puppets is a bit too fast.” Yang Qi sighed, and then continued, “It seems that Emperor Shimu’s attainments in corpse puppets have probably advanced a step further in recent years.”
Refining puppets is not an easy task in itself, let alone forming an army of corpse puppets like the Corpse Wood Emperor. The speed at which the Corpse Wood Emperor refined corpse puppets was so fast that it was really beyond Yang Qi's expectations.
According to the message from Emperor Qingsong, he is looking for the trace of Emperor Shimu near the destroyed cultivation force, hoping to find some clues, which will make it easier to track Emperor Shimu.
Time passed, and half a day later, Emperor Qingsong sent another message to Yang Qi, saying that he had discovered the traces of the corpse puppets under Emperor Shimu, and asked Yang Qi and the other two to rush over to meet them immediately.
"Very good!"
After receiving the message from Emperor Qingsong, Yang Qi's face lit up with joy. If it was Emperor Shimu himself, it would not be so easy for Emperor Qingsong to track him, but Emperor Shimu would usually send his corpse puppets to do it, making it much easier to track him.
Since Emperor Qingsong said that he had tracked down the corpse puppets under Emperor Shimu's command, then finding Emperor Shimu should not be a difficult task.
Yang Qi immediately ordered the shadow clone and the dark beetle to meet up with his original body, while his original body traveled through time and space, heading towards the direction of Emperor Qingsong. However, after several months of investigation, it would take about two hours to get from Yang Qi to Emperor Qingsong.
After Yang Qi met up with the shadow clone and the dark beetle and traveled for another half an hour, he received another message from Emperor Qingsong, saying that he had found a place where Emperor Shimu might be staying and was now monitoring the periphery.
"Finally found it." Yang Qi's eyes flashed with brilliance. After spending several months, they finally found the Corpse Wood Emperor.
However, Emperor Shimu was different from Emperor Wuxie before. He had a large army of corpse puppets under his command. It was almost impossible for Emperor Qingsong to entangle him. The cultivator who fought against Emperor Shimu was not inferior to Emperor Qingsong in terms of cultivation level, but Emperor Shimu easily escaped.
So when he discovered the trace of Emperor Corpse Wood this time, Emperor Qingsong immediately sent a message to Yang Qi and the other two, asking them to be prepared and wait for Yang Qi and the others to arrive before they could work together to deal with Emperor Corpse Wood.
Because it was Yang Qi who took on the demon-killing mission this time, the most important thing was that Yang Qi arrived in time. However, based on the locations reported by Wang He and others, Yang Qi was estimated to be the third one to arrive. Wang He was relatively closer and would arrive first.
In order to rush to meet up with Emperor Qingsong as soon as possible, Yang Qi immediately hurried on his way, getting closer and closer to the meeting place. At this moment, he received another message from Emperor Qingsong.