The Soldiers Arrive

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Inside the Main Altar.

Several blood-red bubbles surrounded several disciples from various sects, who were unconscious inside. They appeared to be alive, having been captured here.

On the altar, there appeared to be a blood-red engraving, the markings slowly rising. Several Witcher stared intently at the engraving, their expressions very solemn.

In public, they disguised themselves as disciples of the Scheming Sect, even slightly altering their appearances. But now, they had donned the robes of the Witch God Sect, their faces returning to their original state. If others were to see them now, they would likely assume the Scheming Sect disciples were dead, and that this entire affair was a conspiracy orchestrated by the Witch God Sect.

This kind of blame-shifting is to be expected, to avoid any possibility of the Scheming Sect questioned. Tianjizi doesn't want to take on the Heavenly Mystery Child of making enemies of the world. Zheng Yunyi is here with him, essentially also a military governor.

They dared not kill Zheng Yunyi, for Heavenly Mystery Child possessed his precious disciple's divine consciousness, and they had no choice but to accept his supervision.

Zheng Yunyi was cursing loudly. "This is your plan! Some random monster, the killing is completely out of control, your demand for carnage will exceed your limits. That's bad enough, you almost killed us too! Do you even know how to do calculations?"

The leading black-robed Witcher responded somewhat awkwardly, "This is something that naturally forms over time due to the characteristics of this realm; even the Yin Soul Pearl is newly formed... It won't activate unless a living person enters..."

Zheng Yunyi looked at him with annoyance.

"The excessive killing has been stopped, though." The black-robed Witcher looked at the engravings and said in a low voice, "Someone is rescuing people everywhere and has stopped this killing... It could be Qin Yi? Only he has such abilities."

Zheng Yunyi sneered, "We should thank Qin Yi for saving them, otherwise we would have been the ones to save them. How ridiculous."

This blood sacrifice has two layers. The first layer is to fill the altar with the flesh and blood of the slaughtered, which activates the altar's energy. This has already met the requirements.

The second level requires a human sacrifice and a strict ritual to achieve the summoning; it cannot be done by simply killing people outside.

Besides them, twenty other people came in this time. Six or seven had already died; they had captured a few in the chaos, and eight or nine remained outside. The ritual required twelve branches; if they let those monsters continue their rampage, they wouldn't even have enough living people to complete the necessary number, which would be truly embarrassing.

Zheng Yunyi was also quite annoyed. He had originally suggested that Qin Yi sneak over and cause trouble, but Qin Yi's chivalrous nature, coupled with Li Qingjun by his side, made it clear that he couldn't stand by and watch others be slaughtered, and he ended up rescuing people along the way. Such a high-profile operation couldn't really be considered a covert operation, which was quite unwise.

There are traps on this altar. I wonder if Qin Yi will step on them if he barges in.

Why bother? Those people have nothing to do with you, Qin Yi, and might not even be your enemies. Just let them die. There are too many dead and not enough living; let those Witcher suffer for no reason, isn't that better...?

Zheng Yunyi pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "I'm not at ease with your level of scheming. Originally, it was said that you would be in charge of this matter, and I would only be assisting, so I didn't ask about many details. Now it seems that you'd better clarify some things to avoid any further complications."

The Witcher was taken aback. "We've already told you everything we know."

"At least you didn't tell me the root cause and extent of your rejection of the Witch God Sect. Assuming that what you're doing will prevent them from doing what they want, have you considered the possibility that they might infiltrate and sabotage us?"

"That won't happen. The reason we were able to leave the sect safely is because the Witch God Sect thought we were too weak and alone to succeed. They even mocked us, saying they would welcome us back if we succeeded." The Witcher's expression turned somewhat ferocious. "The reason we persisted wasn't to return, but just to see their expressions then."

Zheng Yunyi asked, "What is the Blood-Chilling Nether Marrow for?"

"It's a supreme treasure that helps generate the body's blood essence. They believe that if you want to summon Ancient Fierce Soul, you should choose one and use it with the treasure to create a Blood Frost Body. That would make you an unparalleled demon who can roam the world, instead of creating four evil spirits and setting up an immovable formation. Theoretically, their idea makes sense. The problem is that we only know that the Blood-Chilling Nether Marrow exists somewhere in the Blood Nether Realm, but the Blood Nether Realm has collapsed into several pieces. To find it, we would have to explore several places to look for clues. We feel that if we had that much free time, we could have summoned all four evil spirits... This is our disagreement."

Zheng Yunyi stroked his chin and thought for a moment, deciding that this disagreement wasn't really a fatal conflict. Even if they were allowed to summon a malevolent spirit first, the Witch God Sect could still seize it and use it. There was no need to forcibly stop them; a detached, observing attitude was the most reasonable course of action.

He was even less inclined to want these people to succeed in summoning them.

If the summoning fails, there's nothing to conflict between the Scheming Sect and the Witch God Sect. But if it succeeds, it might even lead to war between the two sects.

The Witch God Sect is even more arrogant than the Myriad Phenomena Asura Sect. The Myriad Phenomena Asura Sect Celestial Pivot Divine Palace, while the Witch God Sect openly establishes a place for demonic cultivators to roam, sheltering evil people from all over the world. The Righteous Path hates them to the core but can't do anything about them, which shows how powerful the sect is. No matter what his master thinks, Zheng Yunyi is unwilling to provoke such a famous and powerful demonic sect.

He tentatively asked, "So... do you know how to find clues about the Blood-Chilling Nether Marrow?"

The Witcher became wary. "What are you trying to do?"

"Such a powerful treasure, can't I be curious about it?" Zheng Yunyi said casually, "What if there happens to be one here? Why not look for it? Even if it's not used for this evil spirit, it can be used for other things."

The Witcher said, "Once the altar is raised, some clues may appear. We'll see then."

Zheng Yunyi nodded and said nothing more.

Another Witcher rushed in. "Qin Yi and the others have arrived at the outer hall."

The Witcher's face twisted into a grimace. "The outer hall is riddled with traps and mechanisms; let's see how they walk right into it! You few, go out and lie in ambush, prepare to capture them."

They secretly infiltrated quite a few people...

Zheng Yunyi smiled slightly.

These idiots really don't understand what Qin Yi is, nor do they understand what the Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace is.

Outer Sect the Main Altar, Qin Yi and the others looked up at the enormous altar area, all somewhat amazed. This altar area alone was probably larger than the Demon City or the royal palace of Southern Li. The top of the altar was towering and majestic, carved with patterns that were indistinct in the darkness, and the overall atmosphere was sinister and eerie.

This corner of the entire Blood Nether Realm is actually just the area of the entire altar. Qin Yi almost thought the outermost open space was a plain... It's not surprising that there's a royal palace in the center of the Main Altar.

Besides his younger sister and Lu Longting Tai Puzi whom he had rescued earlier, Qin Yi also rescued three other people, all of whom were outstanding individuals from their respective sects. These included Gu Xin from the Taiyi Sect and the strongest scholar from the Limitless Sect at the Soaring Cloud Sixth Layer, whose Fan Rongzhi.

Those who have survived until now are the strongest members of their respective sects; the weaker ones are either dead or captured in a sneak attack—there's no suspense. This loss is enough to cripple each sect...

Fortunately, these strongest seeds are still alive. If they had died, these sects would have been devastated.

Behind them, Gu Xin and the others said to Qin Yi with great shame, "We are truly grateful to Junior Brother Qin for saving us despite past grievances. We..."

"Alright, alright, you've been muttering to yourself the whole way..." Qin Yi looked at the outer hall gate and said quietly, "I suggest you turn back immediately and don't go in. Treasures are not as important as your lives."

"It's not about finding treasure," Fan Rongzhi said. "We may still have fellow disciples trapped here, and we must rescue them."

Tai Puzi said, "Indeed. This place is dangerous; there are likely traps inside. I have some knowledge of this, and I am willing to lead the way and explore first!"

"Alright, what kind of hero are you trying to be? Do you think my Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace doesn't exist?" Qin Yi expressionlessly pulled out a pair of Wooden Figure.

The Wooden Figure stomped through the gate, and soon after, the sound of a mechanism being dismantled could be heard from inside.

This isn't about wading through minefields, it's about defusing them...

The black-robed Witcher lying in ambush inside were dumbfounded. This was cheating!