Chapter 1922 - 1147: Dark Clouds Surging, Shrouding the Sky

Chapter 1922: Chapter 1147: Dark Clouds Surging, Shrouding the Sky

Seeing that Evil Wushuang was trying to flee, Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu hurried to intercept him, but unfortunately their methods were still a bit lacking. Evil Wushuang took out a small black boat and vanished into the boundless Void in the blink of an eye.

That small boat was clearly a Spiritual Artifact that shuttled through the Void. Its speed was extremely fast, and it left no trace behind. It should be an artifact specially used for escape or pursuit.

With Evil Wushuang escaping, Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu could only return helplessly.

"Honored One, we are incompetent, we failed to keep that fellow behind!" Kou Ta said, somewhat embarrassed.

Earlier he had promised he would definitely keep the opponent there, yet the other party ran, and they simply couldn’t stop him.

Yang Zhenshan smiled gently and said, "Enough, I already said, just do your best; there’s no need to insist on capturing him. It’s even better that he runs—only then can he draw in more enemies."

"Next, those Yin Soldier Blood Puppets outside will be left to you."

The reason he had Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu take action was to feign weakness before the enemy.

Two Golden Core Cultivators who had just entered the Golden Core Realm were not enough to make the Unpredictable Ghost Sect mobilize on a grand scale. When Evil Wushuang went back to seek reinforcements, at most Golden Core Cultivators from the Soul Refining Hall would be brought over.

For the next step, they would be able to annihilate the Soul Refining Hall in one stroke, severing one arm of the Unpredictable Ghost Sect.

And since Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu had already made a move, it was only natural that the task of clearing away the Yin Soldier Blood Puppets outside the forward base would also fall to them.

Blazing flames billowed to the heavens, instantly burning away the overwhelming black mist. A hundred arms swung, smashing countless Yin Soldier Blood Puppets into minced flesh in a heartbeat.

In just a few breaths, a massive breach appeared in the dense mass of Yin Soldier Blood Puppets.

At the same time, the Flying Boat army once again took the initiative to strike, coordinating with Hong Fuxiu as she scattered endless flames.

The scarlet flames nearly turned the mountains and forests within a hundred miles into a scorched abyss, and also burned a million Yin Soldier Blood Puppets into ash.

...

Northern Wanhua Mountain Range.

The gigantic Bone Flying Boat was moored beside the Blood Pool. In the skull-shaped cabin at the prow, Evil Wushuang was reporting to Li Shanghun about the Yin Soldier army ahead being obstructed.

"The other side seemed to have suddenly popped out of nowhere; we previously had no information whatsoever related to them." Evil Wushuang said.

Li Shanghun’s heavy eyelids drooped. "You said they had two Golden Core Cultivators?"

"That’s right, two of them, and they’ve only just formed their cores. I can confirm their Core Formation was no more than thirty years ago!"

"And you actually couldn’t handle even two juniors who just formed their cores?" Li Shanghun lifted his gray-white eyes and looked at him indifferently.

Evil Wushuang shuddered all over. "Hall Master, please forgive me. It is I who am incompetent! Though their cultivation isn’t high, their Divine Dao Intents restrain me. One of them looks to be an Artifact Refiner, able to manifest ten thousand arms, completely ignoring my Devouring Path. The other wields Nanming Lihuo, which most restrains my blood-qi Devouring Path!"

He was quite aggrieved. In terms of cultivation, he could firmly suppress Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu by a minor realm, but once the fighting started, the two of them working together could still press him down.

On his way back he grew more and more irritated the more he thought about it, more and more stifled.

Li Shanghun’s dark face was as calm as an ancient well, his tone flat as he said, "Aside from the two Golden Core Cultivators, what other forces do they have? Demon beasts or Immortal Cultivators?"

Seeing that he did not continue to berate him, Evil Wushuang instantly let out a sigh of relief and replied, "They’ve built a city in the canyon. Inside the city there are Cultivators as well as Martial Artists, but no demon beasts!"

"However, they have many Flying Boats. There are hundreds of large and medium Flying Boats. Oh, and they’ve set up many puppets on the city walls, all Second-Order Puppets, numbering in the thousands!"

Li Shanghun was pensive. "Puppets, Flying Boats? What are their Flying Boats like?"

"The large Flying Boats should be some sort of Fire Attribute Flying Boat. There’s a Vermilion Bird Statue at the prow that can unleash flame attacks!"

"A Vermilion Bird Statue!" A sharp gleam flashed through Li Shanghun’s eyes. "The Yun Xiao Yang Family!"

"The Yun Xiao Yang Family?" Evil Wushuang thought for a moment, then said, "You mean that Yang Family from the Sky Cloud Sword Sect? But that’s not right—I heard the Yang Family patriarch, Yang Zhenshan, is a Wood Attribute Cultivator, adept in the Path of Life and Death!"

Yang Zhenshan might not be renowned with a fearsome reputation, but he was by no means an unknown nobody.

In particular, he had had many dealings with the Unpredictable Ghost Sect; the sect naturally knew of his existence.

Previously, Chang Buzai had even sent the Soul Hooking Hall to investigate the Yang family, but at that time Heavenly Constitution Road suddenly wiped out the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, allowing Yang Zhenshan to sidestep a piece of trouble.

"The Flying Boats of the Yun Xiao Yang Family are all fitted with Vermilion Bird Statues. You also said those two Golden Core Cultivators are only newly entered into the Golden Core Realm. Hmph, and they still dare oppose our sect. This Yang Zhenshan is truly arrogant to the extreme!" Li Shanghun said coldly.

Right now was the critical juncture at which they were about to seize the entire Wanhua Mountain Range. They were on the verge of success, when suddenly a Yun Xiao Yang Family appeared out of nowhere. One could well imagine the anger in Li Shanghun’s heart.

"Hall Master, I’ve heard of this Yang Zhenshan as well. He has some strength. We may need you to personally make a move." Evil Wushuang said softly.

He said this not because he felt Yang Zhenshan could be compared with Li Shanghun, but because he felt it would be better if Li Shanghun personally acted.

If someone else were to take action, wouldn’t that make him look utterly incompetent? Only if Li Shanghun personally stepped in would it show that the problem wasn’t his lack of strength, but that the enemy was too strong.

Li Shanghun slightly nodded. "Then we’ll deal with Yang Zhenshan first."

After that, Li Shanghun began mobilizing the Yin Soldier army and gathering the Golden Core Strongmen of the Soul Refining Hall.