Bagua City.
A luxurious mansion with a courtyard inside, a small bridge, flowing water, pavilions and terraces.
Dong Tianze used a short blade to slit the neck of a female cultivator from the Lieyang Sect, then frowned and waited for her soul to be sucked into the ghost's breath.
But the moment the female cultivator died, her soul was sucked away by the stone slabs at the foot of Bagua City and disappeared in an instant.
"All the same."
There was a hint of doubt in Dong Tianze's cold eyes. He used the clothes of the female cultivator to wipe the blood off the ghost chant.
A woman with a cold face beside him watched his actions silently without saying anything to interrupt him.
In the elegantly renovated courtyard, corpses were scattered all over the ground.
All the corpses belonged to the Lieyang Sect.
Although they hid here, they were still found by Dong Tianze, who led five monks from the Yinling Temple and killed them all.
Leng Yuan, who was standing by, watched for a while and finally couldn't help asking, "Junior Brother Dong, why are you so obsessed with hunting down the people of Lieyang Sect?"
She is over twenty years old and is just an ordinary disciple in the Yinling Temple, but she is the leader of this group.
At least it used to be.
When they met Dong Tianze in Bagua City and saw that Dong Tianze was holding the "Ghost Order" in his hand, Leng Yuan immediately handed over the position of leader.
Dong Tianze, who was cruel and had outstanding personal combat ability, quickly won the trust of the others.
Leng Yuan, who abdicated and became the second-in-command, wanted to rush to the city center as soon as possible, but Dong Tianze didn't think so. He searched for living people everywhere to hunt along the way.
Leng Yuan had a feeling that Dong Tianze seemed to be looking for someone, so he was not in a hurry to travel.
Along the way, this was the sixth group of people to die at the hands of Dong Tianze, including the one in the courtyard.
Dong Tianze was still not in a hurry, as if he wanted to hunt down all the hidden teams on both sides of the street before he would give up.
"Don't ask me about my affairs."
Dong Tianze's murderous eyes glanced at Leng Yuan's slender figure, and said in a cold voice: "Only if you follow me well, you will have a chance to survive to the end."
Being looked at like this, Leng Yuan couldn't help but shudder and didn't dare to ask any more questions.
Suddenly, Dong Tianze looked into the distance in the courtyard with some vigilance.
On the top of a very tall stone palace, a man was holding a glass bottle in his hand and a reed hanging from his mouth, and he seemed to be watching them secretly for a long time.
Dong Tianze grinned and snorted coldly, flew to the roof like an eagle, and used the "Nine-Curve Ghostly Technique" to chase after him.
"Sick guy."
Li Jie, who was frightened by him, turned around and walked away, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
He liked to watch the fun, but didn't want to get involved in the right and wrong too early, and was too lazy to get entangled with Dong Tianze.
"The five-man team on that block and the Yinling Temple led by this madman, I wonder who will be able to survive to the end after they meet." Li Jie muttered secretly.
…
On another wide street, a group of five people walked forward cautiously.
"For those who die in Bagua City, their souls will instantly disappear into the walls and stone floors. This is very strange."
As they walked forward, Luo Hongyan, who was in deep thought, suddenly said these words out of the blue.
When Jian Yaoyang and others died, she wanted to refine the "Spiritual Evil", so when Zhou Qingchen and Han Duping were drinking and chatting in front of the door, she didn't call them in.
Su Meng, who was afraid of blood, was still staying upstairs at the time. She had a perfect opportunity.
Unfortunately, before she could take any action, the souls of Jian Yaoyang and others disappeared into the ground in an instant.
Sensing something strange, she looked around and carefully released her spiritual sense, but she did not sense the existence of any ghosts or spirits.
In such a cruel battlefield, with shouts of killing everywhere, it would be abnormal if there were not a large number of souls emerging.
"We are not those guys in the Yinling Temple. We don't need to collect ghosts and spirits."
Zhou Qingchen was careless and didn't care about it at all. He praised: "Pang Jian, have you achieved some understanding of the Earth Flame Art you are practicing?"
"Um."
Pang Jian remained silent and did not pay attention to what they said. He was familiarizing himself with the power of "Earth Flame Art" along the way.
From time to time, flame power with a sulfur smell emanated from his fingertips, and everyone could clearly see that he had been practicing.
"Bagua City is always bright. Since there is no sun, moon or stars for reference, we don't know how much time has passed. But when we were sorting out those items, you were able to release the blazing flame power using the Earth Flame Art, which means you are very suitable for this spiritual art." Zhou Qingchen smiled and affirmed him.
Immediately, the young master of the Zhou family glanced at Luo Hongyan and said, "The spiritual art you chose for him is very good."
Luo Hongyan said calmly: "Stop talking nonsense."
Zhou Qingchen snorted and said no more.
"I have a feeling that this Bagua City, which has disappeared for three thousand years, must have been secretly opened many times!"
Han Duping paid attention to the buildings on both sides of the street, his small eyes as big as yellow beans flashing with thought: "It would be fine if there were no living people, but there is not a single valuable spiritual material in the stone buildings on both sides!"
He had searched before, but found nothing strange in any of the stone buildings, which disappointed him.
"Ning girl, from what you said, Bagua City has a dazzling array of treasures. If you are not lying to us, then someone has been here before and has already looted all the precious treasures."
Luo Hongyan was too lazy to explain to him and just said, "I heard about the legend of Bagua City from others, and this is my first time here."
"We didn't find anything along the way. We just arrived at the city center and then returned to Wulan Lake through the mirror tunnel. Isn't it unfair?" Han Duping sighed dejectedly.
Jian Yaoyang and the others were poor and had no valuables on them. Even if all their possessions were given to him, it would still be far from enough to provide him with the materials for bone-cutting and marrow-cleansing.
No one can get rich without unexpected fortune. If he cannot gain huge wealth in Bagua City, he can only wait for Zhou Qingchen to gain a foothold in Hongshan and slowly raise the spiritual materials for marrow cleansing for him.
A striking and broad divine light, as if in response to Han Duping's words, suddenly rushed out from the center of the city.
The street ahead was vast and empty, and that divine light seemed so dazzling!
It even pierced the sky of Bagua City and extended to an unknown place, attracting everyone's attention.
In the depths of the brilliant divine light, there seemed to be some bronze boxes, gorgeous robes, and shining weapons floating up and down.
Many magical weapons and treasures quietly appeared in the divine light, dazzling everyone. They wished they could be among them and reach out to catch them one by one.
Han Duping looked dazed: "This..."
He was stunned for a moment, then quickly bowed to Canran in the sky, begging for mercy: "God, I really don't question you, I just... just said it casually!"
Luo Hongyan's beautiful eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked at a white jade porcelain bottle emitting a bright glow, floating in the divine light.
There was a drop of light blue blood in the white jade porcelain bottle. As the porcelain bottle floated up and down, the drop of blood kept rolling in the bottle.
Inside the light blue blood, there is a faint icy lotus, as if blooming independently in the world.
"Crystal Snow Lotus!"
She saw the treasure that could help her temper her flesh and blood, and she danced excitedly in that empty sea of consciousness.
"It seems like a lot of rare treasures have appeared!"
Su Meng clenched her fists, her little face flushed with excitement, and she wished she could rush over and grab it right away.
"What an amazing treasure!"
Zhou Qingchen couldn't help but scream.
Pang Jian suddenly turned around and looked back in the direction of the north gate from which they came. He vaguely saw the light over there quickly dimming.
He pondered for a moment, and his expression gradually turned ugly.
He could imagine that the boundless darkness of the fifth realm was spreading from the north gate towards Bagua City, gradually eroding the light.
That kind of sour, foul, and evil power will inevitably flood in along with the darkness and engulf the entire Bagua City.
"Darkness is invading Bagua City!"
Pang Jian shouted in a deep voice.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone who was shocked by the pillar of light rising into the sky from the center of the city hurriedly turned their heads to look behind them, and found that the light behind them was fading little by little.
“Whoosh!”
“Swoosh!”
“Hoohoo!”
On both sides of the street in front of them, figures suddenly rushed out and rushed towards the city center.
Han Duping was horrified.
Only then did he realize that on their way forward, there were more than a dozen teams like Jian Yaoyang's!
If the column of light had not suddenly appeared in the sky, they would have faced countless dangerous ambushes along the way.
"We seem to be the last group to enter. After us, no one else seemed to appear at the North Gate." Zhou Qingchen said.
"Li Jie is the last one to enter." Pang Jian interjected calmly.
The boy who was drinking green juice and watching the show leisurely from the window of the tower immediately came to his mind. "I forgot to tell you that when we were fighting with Jian Yaoyang and his men, Li Jie was watching from a high place."
"Li Jie, Li Jie. Could it be that the disaster in Bagua City was caused by him?" Su Meng's big eyes lit up with a strange light.
"How is that possible?"
Han Duping shook his head and screamed.
"Don't delay any longer."
Pang Jian tightened the dragon-patterned spear in his hand, took the lead and walked forward, saying: "We are the last ones. When the darkness outside the city invades, if we cannot quickly reach the center of the city, we will be the first to be submerged by the darkness."
"Walk!"
No one dared to hesitate any longer.
…
At the same time.
The octagonal Bagua City has eight wide streets connecting the center of the city, and the same thing is happening on each street.
Many teams of practitioners from the third and second realms no longer hid their tracks because of the sudden beam of light rising into the sky and seeing the rare treasures emerging.
Nearly a thousand figures rushed out from the buildings on both sides of different streets and headed straight for the center of Bagua City.
"Junior Brother Dong, don't do anything reckless next! I saw some vicious people from the Second Realm!"
Leng Yuan stood on the street and saw Dong Tianze's murderous eyes. He looked at the figure that suddenly appeared in front of him and begged hurriedly: "You have to believe me, those people are people we can't afford to offend, don't kill everyone."
"Afraid of death? Then don't embark on the path of cultivation!"
Dong Tianze sneered.
Dong Tianze didn't take her reminder seriously at all. He snorted, "The highest realm is the Marrow Cleansing Realm. There's nothing to be afraid of. Either I, Dong Tianze, die in the city, or they do!"
After a pause, he looked forward with cold eyes and shouted, "Pang Jian, I really hope you come in too!"
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(End of this chapter)