Empire IV

At this moment, bursts of explosive light erupted continuously from within the horde of evil spirits. The numerous area-of-effect self-destructions also injured several experts from the Human Character Division who had rushed into the fray.

But soon the purple stains on their wounds were neutralized by a large amount of blood, turning into black smoke and quickly fading away.

Both are forms of Spiritization; as long as the quality difference isn't too great, the minority will inevitably lose to the majority.

It happened very quickly, in just five minutes.

The last Evil Spirit Horse exploded with a bang as two Silver Thread flashed by.

The man Extreme Realm the Human Character Division who first appeared slowly sheathed his sword.

He darted forward a hundred meters and arrived at the top of the hill.

Standing here, you can see a ruined city in front of you.

The dilapidated city walls had long been battered and broken by evil spirits, riddled with holes.

Large swathes of houses inside the city walls had long since turned to charcoal, ravaged by the Heavenly Light and burned, leaving only semi-melted black stones.

The man took out a map and looked at it.

"This should be it. The gathering place of those Spirit Host who dare to retaliate with malice— Hundred Sulfur."

At this moment, scattered exploration teams were hiding in the ruins, having taken cover from the horde of evil spirits.

They crept out of their hiding place, intending to go out and search for new resources before Heavenly Light, while the evil spirits had left.

Hundred Sulfur is a regular supply point for many tour groups from the surrounding area, and many tour groups even settle there permanently.

These groups and Perpetual Palace had a simple relationship of mutual exploitation and did not obey Perpetual Palace.

To be precise, none of the troupes and Spirit Host are subordinate to the Perpetual Palace.

They simply purchased the blueprints from the Perpetual Palace to build their own Heart Burning Furnace, and only occasionally maintained it.

There is no other additional relationship.

Sometimes, people even develop hatred and dissatisfaction towards the Perpetual Palace because of its excessively high prices and demands.

This is also why La didn't care about Zhang Rongfang's purge of these Spirit Host groups.

The only ones who truly obeyed her were the Stone Statue Troop.

At this moment, the Spirit Host came out to scout Hundred Sulfur all keenly noticed the unfamiliar figures standing a hundred meters away.

"Those armor patterns... they're the markings of that arrogant guy who called himself the Da Ling Empire!"

One of the members of Hundred Sulfur stared intently at the indistinct figures.

"Quickly inform all the commanders in the inner city!!"

He quickly summoned his subordinate and ordered him to rush back and report the news.

It is said that Hundred Sulfur of tour groups have settled here.

In reality, there were at most thirty or so groups of spirit mediums here. These Spirit Host gathered together, attracting other wandering Spirit Host, thus forming this small but powerful stronghold of Gods and Buddhas.

Before they could worry about the group approaching, a series of deafening stomping sounds slowly approached from the other side.

At the same time, thick, dense black smoke also appeared.

Black smoke billowed out, drifting with the wind, and even formed a small, temporary black cloud in the sky.

"How can there be so many evil spirits?!" The members of Hundred Sulfur were shocked and quickly scrambled back to their hiding place.

But they soon discovered that these armies of evil spirits were not heading towards them, but rather towards the newly appeared figures who called themselves the Da Ling Empire.

Swishing sound.

At this moment, a group of experts from the Four Divisions, clad in gray-black armor, appeared one after another above the hill.

Everyone stared at the large swarm of evil spirits that had appeared in the distance.

There were at least a thousand evil spirits, among which were even huge, black, humanoid figures.

They are over ten meters tall, and their entire bodies seem to be composed of black smoke, without any physical form.

Each step they take generates tremendous shockwaves.

Even if you accidentally step into a lava pit, you can continue to move forward without caring.

The high temperature of the magma was useless against them.

"So many!?" The pale-faced man from the Human Character Division's expression changed slightly.

"What are those giant black smoke figures that are over ten meters tall?" He had never seen such an exaggerated monster before.

The others around him had never seen him before either, and they all looked at each other blankly, unsure how to respond.

"That's Evil Spirit Elephant."

An Azure Elder, deep male voice answered his question.

The man was startled and quickly stepped back a few paces, looking in the direction of the sound.

Suddenly, a figure draped in a wide black cloak appeared there.

The figure was not tall, but seemed quite broad. The entire person was shrouded in a cloak, obscuring their face.

Judging from his voice, he seemed to be quite old.

On the back of the cloak is a large "Spirit Character" pattern, twisted into the shape of a lotus flower, giving it a strange and divine impression.

That's the symbol of the highest-ranking Spirit Limit Division among the Four Divisions! "But we've never encountered so many evil spirits gathered together before," a master from the Earth Character Division frowned.

"We've cleansed so many evil spirits, perhaps someone with ulterior motives has noticed," the cloaked old man replied.

"I'm in charge here, gentlemen. It seems someone doesn't want us to take action," he turned around and whispered a few words to someone behind him.

The person behind nodded slightly, turned around, and suddenly disappeared from the spot.

Roar!!

At this moment, from the distant horde of evil spirits, towering black-smoke figures were gazing in this direction, roaring angrily.

At the very core, a blurry purple humanoid figure was peering through the black smoke toward the direction of the Great Ling.

The purple humanoid's eyes glowed with a deep purple light, seemingly able to penetrate everything. They met the eyes of the black-cloaked figure above the hill.

"Let this battle be my first step into location shooting."

The old man reached out and lifted the black cloak, revealing a strong, tall, and twisted body beneath.

Upon seeing this body, everyone around involuntarily took a step back.

The old man's upper body had two bodies!

One is male and the other is female.

The woman was voluptuous, wore a black veil, and had soft, beautiful eyes.

The man had gray hair, and a hint of sadness lingered in his eyes.

The two bodies share one body from the waist down.

This bizarre shape sent chills down everyone's spine, and no one dared to look at it for long.

This person was none other than Di Jiang, who had just completed his Blood Descendant transformation.

"I'm sorry to have subjected you to such strange looks, Jun Er."

Di Jiang gently stroked Jun Er's face.

"It's okay, as long as I'm with you, I don't care about anything else." Jun Er leaned gently on his shoulder.

The two snuggled together, looking like a real couple deeply in love.

At this moment, figures in black armor appeared one after another from behind Di Jiang and gathered around.

That was when many of the Blood Descendant experts belonging to the Great Ling arrived.

Strangely, the Evil Spirit Car that had never shown any signs of consciousness suddenly stopped moving when they were still two hundred meters away from the Great Ling Army.

It seems that some force is binding them.

Chirp! At the Great Ling Cube, a Blood Bird circled and flapped its wings above, looking down.

"The Blood Immortal Old Ancestor possesses boundless magical power!"

"Blood Immortal Old Ancestor, your magical power is boundless!!"

The Blood Bird, seemingly a parrot, actually opened its beak and uttered a somewhat indistinct call. Clearly, the bird trainer was trying to flatter them, but lacked formal education, resulting in this blunder.

However, that's enough to make a difference.

***The breach in the Great Ling Sky Curtain.

Zhang Rongfang, his sleeves fluttering, stood silently beneath the black Sky Curtain, gazing into the distance from a newly built watchtower.

Behind him stood a vast Barracks with Great Ling buildings in the Daling style, already constructed and rising from the ground.

Watchtowers stand around the large building complex, each towering over twenty meters high.

The ground was covered with a carpet of blood and flesh, and above his head was Black Spirit Thread Sky Curtain that he had created using his Life Morphing ability.

Essentially, this entire area is considered part of his body.

The Blood Blanket has reached an area of over 1,300 meters, forming a large circle with a diameter of over 1,300 meters.

At this moment, as Blood Bird's flattering voice rang out, a faint bloodline silently lit up in Zhang Rongfang's mind.

That's the Blood Echo ability taking effect.

'In order to maximize the power of the Nether Spring, I unexpectedly expanded the range of influence of all my other abilities, which was a pleasant surprise.'

Zhang Rongfang understood.

Now he understood that wherever his flesh and blood were, even the smallest blood cell, the Nether Spring's power would take effect.

This ability doesn't seem like much at first glance, but once you actually use it, you'll find it's really amazing.

Its effects are extremely exaggerated and completely contrary to the law of conservation of energy.

To this day, Zhang Rongfang still doesn't know where the energy from Nether Spring that promotes recovery comes from.

This is a process of repairing both the body and soul! At this moment, the sound of the Blood Bird echoed with Blood Echo, and Zhang Rongfang immediately saw the location of the Blood Bird in his mind.

Then, with a thought, his innate ability was activated instantly.

Suddenly, the Blood Bird that was circling above the Evil Spirit Army in the distance paused slightly.

On its chest, the feathers parted automatically, revealing the red skin underneath.

The skin and flesh wriggled and split, and in the blink of an eye, a red human eye grew out.

A blood-red light flashed in the man's eyes as he stared intently at the Evil Spirit Army below.

These are Zhang Rongfang's own eyeballs. Utilizing the Ultimate Organism's ability to share information through division and regeneration, he directly grew his own eyeballs on the Blood Bird's body. Then, he used the eyeballs to transmit images back to his main body through the Ultimate Organism's abilities.

This is to achieve the purpose of remote image transmission.

At this moment, one can see the two armies gradually gathering and increasing below.

Zhang Rongfang stood on the watchtower, watching the Evil Spirit Army, which had grown to nearly ten thousand men.

The blurry purple humanoid figure caught his attention.

Is that a demon?

Taki and the Evil King once mentioned that there are demonized individuals among the evil spirits. These are powerful evil spirits with sentience, and are second only to the Evil King in rank.

Perhaps that purple humanoid figure is the so-called demon.

Meanwhile, more and more Blood Descendant experts gathered on the Great Ling side.

Although outnumbered, each of them was an absolute elite. Their numbers reached over a thousand.

The situation is at a stalemate, and war is imminent.

'Taki, are you trying to stop me?'

Zhang Rongfang narrowed his eyes. It seemed that after this battle, he might need to go to the Instant Tower again. He figured that Taki would accept the plan he and Ra had devised.

Many times, he really wanted to test just how strong the so-called strongest physical body really was.

Ra is already very strong, then there's the Evil King, and above that is Taki. 'If only we could collect a little of their flesh and blood.'

A faint sense of anticipation rose in Zhang Rongfang's heart.

He had long coveted Taki's strongest physical body...