An hour earlier, Li Qingyuan arrived at Blackwater City and silently infiltrated the Horse Family. He used the Phantom God Eye Technique to bewilder a Qi Condensation Tenth Layer cultivator and obtain Ma Hun's location.
The Horse Family's Great Elder, Ma Hun, had long guarded the eastern gate of the Market, overseeing a First-grade High-rank Spirit Vein and maintaining order within the Market.
Li Qingyuan quietly struck. With his Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivation launching a sneak attack against Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivators, his moves were naturally clean and decisive—fatal in a single blow. He thoroughly slaughtered all three Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Horse Family.
Ma Hun's Storage Bag contained over eight thousand Spirit Stones.
The remaining cultivation resources were worth around Five Thousand Spirit Stones: one Second-grade Yin Sha Bead, a Second-grade Low-grade Magic Tool, over a dozen sheets of Second-grade Low-rank Talisman Paper, and two Foundation Establishment Early Stage corpse puppets.
He had not even had time to summon his corpse puppets into battle before Li Qingyuan killed him.
Li Qingyuan was in no hurry to leave. He lurked secretly within Blackwater City, watching how events unfolded.
Three Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivators betrayed the Horse Family and attacked the Defensive Formation, but Ma Ruo led the Horse Clan's Qi Condensation Tenth Layer and Late Qi Condensation Cultivators in holding them back.
After the Second-grade High-rank Defensive Formation was infused with a vast quantity of Spirit Stones, stopping three Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivators was hardly difficult.
However, by the second and third days, nearby second-rate Foundation Establishment Families arrived one after another. Some coveted the Horse Family's assets, while others had suffered oppression at the Horse Family's hands.
Even first-rate Foundation Establishment forces hostile to the Horse Family took action. A Foundation Establishment Late Stage