Everyone coughed up blood, with a ghostly handprint remaining on their souls, corroding them.
"Soul Corroding Poison," Chu Huaian murmured softly.
In the ruins, Yu Hong revealed his true form, his body as thin as a stick, a pair of eyes flickering with a faint green light, shrouded in black mist.
"Acupoints reverse, spirits devoured, essence seized, no matter how great your power, you cannot escape this abyss!"
He let out a loud roar, and a small black vortex manifested in his Dantian.
A terrifying suction force suddenly appeared, and everyone clearly felt their spiritual energy rapidly disappearing.
In a moment, Yu Hong transformed into a hundred-zhang tall body, demonic energy surging, and the surrounding thousand li became pitch black.
Within Ziwei Sect, Jing Yuan soared into the sky, looking north, his body instantly vanishing from its original spot.
In Limitless Sect, Mo Li stood in the void, his eyes fixed on the demonic cloud.
Whoosh, whoosh—
The sect masters of several first-grade sects—Wanhua Valley, Bi You Sect, Hehuan Sect, and Lian Shi Sect—rushed towards the imperial city of Zhao Country at the same time.
Chu Huaian stood in the void, purple lightning roaring above him, his sword spirit surrounded by the power of thunder, hovering above his head.
"Roar!"
The demonic body let out a massive roar, demonic energy soaring to the heavens, and terrifying power swept through everything around it.
"Before creation was divided, thunder struck the heavens, with a single rage, mountains crumble, and the universe is re-established."
"Chaos Thunder Strike!"
Chu Huaian's expression was solemn as his lightning spirit emerged from his Dantian and shot up ten thousand meters into the sky.
Rumble—
Thunder roared, descending like a heavenly punishment.
In the center of ten thousand thunders, a gray lightning bolt fell from the sky, a remnant of the thunderous aura from the primordial division.
The moment the Primordial God Thunder appeared, earth veins fractured, and rivers reversed.
Boom!
Ten thousand thunderous powers crashed down.
The sky transformed into two streams of energy: one with rolling thunder, the other with rampant demonic energy.
The two sides collided, proving to be evenly matched.
Whoosh—
The sword spirit, carrying the Primordial God Thunder, arrived in an instant and fiercely slashed down at the demonic body.
Thump—
A dull sound echoed, and everyone's hearts inexplicably stopped beating; an invisible force transformed into ripples, rapidly spreading and extending tens of thousands of miles away.
Bang, bang, bang—
All the mountains within a hundred-li radius exploded, the ground fractured into countless pieces, and streams of lava emerged from the abyss, shooting straight into the sky.
Rivers coiled into water columns, soaring upwards.
This world was completely engulfed, the earth rose and fell, rules collapsed, and the flow of time became chaotic.
The demonic body, amidst ten thousand thunders, was split in two by the Primordial God Thunder, finally transforming into a black mist and dissipating between heaven and earth, leaving not a single trace.
When the sky returned to light and the thunder dispersed, everyone slowly recovered from their daze.
The surviving enemies, their faces filled with despair, turned and fled without a word.
"Leave no one alive, kill them all!" Chu Huaian issued a cold command.
All the players stood up with vigor, each transforming into a judge from hell, beginning to reap lives.
"Don't run!"
Fang Yuan, ignoring his severe injuries, caught up with several Golden Core Stage cultivators. After a fierce onslaught, all the enemies were slain at his feet.
Before other players rushed over, he quickly searched the corpses, stuffing all valuable items into his embrace.
"Haha… I'm rich, I'm rich! There are actually five storage rings, haha… Oh, ouch, ouch…"
The others were just like him, especially the players with lower cultivation, who craved contribution points to the extreme.
They sold a portion of their earned contribution points to Luo Zhongtian and others in exchange for soft currency, while keeping the rest for themselves.
Coupled with the fact that the shop had opened its exchange function, anything valuable was plundered.
Wherever the players passed, it was basically bare, even the clothes on the corpses were stripped off.
No matter if it was valuable or not, everything was packed up and taken away.
Zhao Mubai and the others stared blankly at their senior brothers and sisters, unsure what to say for a moment.
Their senior brothers and sisters were good in every way, except that sometimes they acted inhuman.
"Junior Sister Mubai, why are you standing there dumbfounded? Hurry and grab things!" A player shouted to them.
"Senior Brother, no, maybe not," Zhao Mubai said, a little embarrassed to speak.
"You idiots! These things can all be exchanged for contribution points at the Mission Hall. With contribution points, you can be promoted to outer disciples and purchase more advanced cultivation techniques to practice!"
A player who couldn't stand it anymore ran over eagerly and pulled the group towards the ruins.
At first, Zhao Mubai and the others were a bit uncomfortable, but when they actually found pills and spirit stones on the corpses, their faces immediately lit up with surprise, and their actions became increasingly skilled.
Chu Huaian floated in mid-air, turning his head to look around.
Streaks of rainbow light instantly stopped not far away.
Jing Yuan and the others scanned the battlefield, their eyelids twitching slightly.
In just over a month, Hua Xia Sect's overall strength seemed to have greatly increased.
Especially Chu Huaian; before, he could only barely kill pseudo-Transformation God Realm cultivators, but now he could contend with true Transformation God Realm cultivators, even achieving cross-level kills.
This child is terrifying!
The Lian Shi Sect Leader's face showed a complex expression; he sighed inwardly and turned to leave.
The Bi You Sect Master and the Wanhua Valley Master nodded slightly to Chu Huaian, as if greeting him, and then left together.
Jing Yuan and Bai Yue flew forward, carefully examining Chu Huaian.
"After more than a month apart, you've actually broken through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage. How do you cultivate?" Bai Yue touched Chu Huaian's body, her eyes full of curiosity.
"Senior, are your injuries better?" Chu Huaian subtly took a step back and asked with concern.
"My foundation is damaged; I'm afraid it will be difficult to break through to the Transformation God Realm again in this life," Bai Yue said with a hint of melancholy and resentment in her eyes.
Chu Huaian's throat moved; he said with guilt, "Senior, there's no need to worry. This junior will definitely find a way to help you repair your foundation and return to the Transformation God Realm."
Upon hearing this, Bai Yue raised her eyes, looking at Chu Huaian with a half-smile, "Boy, you wouldn't be trying to take advantage of me, would you?"
"Coincidentally, I heard your Hua Xia Sect has a 'Inverted Phoenix Primordial Nurturing Skill.' How about you come to Hehuan Sect and guide me?"
Bai Yue's purple eyes swirled, her tongue lightly tracing her rosy lips, exuding charm.
Jing Yuan, standing beside them, imperceptibly shifted his gaze to the other side, cursing the enchantress in his heart.
Chu Huaian's mouth stiffened, and he cupped his hands, saying, "Senior, please don't joke. This junior has not cultivated this skill. However, Fang Yuan has quite a bit of research on it."
Bai Yue subconsciously looked towards Fang Yuan in the ruins; he was standing there, grinning foolishly, and when he saw Bai Yue looking over, he kept waving at her.
Bai Yue withdrew her gaze, the smile completely gone from her lips, "This disciple of yours doesn't seem very smart."
"Hmm… occasionally smart," Chu Huaian defended Fang Yuan.
"Alright, since you're fine, I'll return to the sect to recuperate first."
Bai Yue yawned, covering her mouth, then suddenly remembered something. She put on a serious expression and said in a deep voice, "You just killed someone from the Demon God Sect. Have you thought about how to deal with the Demon God Sect next?"
"When soldiers come, we block them; when water comes, we cover it with earth," Chu Huaian said indifferently.
"Don't think it's that easy. As an ancient sect, the Demon God Sect's foundation is stronger than you imagine. However, those bald donkeys from Little Western Heaven have been bothering them recently, which has given Jizhou some breathing room."
"Senior, why is the Demon God Sect so determined to attack Jizhou?" Chu Huaian asked, curious.
Jizhou was not a fertile place; compared to other major states, it was incomparable in terms of both land area and cultivation resources.
It was unreasonable for the Demon God Sect to want to occupy such a barren land.
"Will of Heaven and Earth."
Jing Yuan uttered four words, then continued, "Once cultivation reaches the Transformation God Realm and above, one not only needs to comprehend their own Dao but also needs the recognition of the Will of Heaven and Earth to perfect their Dao."
"Although Jizhou is a barren land, it contains the supreme Dao within. The Demon God Sect wants to plunder Jizhou to gain the recognition of this world and perfect their Dao."
"So that's how it is," Chu Huaian said, enlightened.
"Throughout history, all major states have coveted this area of Jizhou, but they dared not launch a war, fearing attacks from sects in other states."
"Jizhou has only managed to barely survive in this precarious situation. Now that the Demon God Sect wants to annex it, they must have made thorough preparations."
Jing Yuan gazed into the distance, his voice faint, "The war for Jizhou is not far off."
Chu Huaian and Bai Yue exchanged glances, their hearts tightening, a sense of urgency pressing down on them, making it difficult to breathe.
