Commander of the Martial Prohibition Hall, Lu Tianheng

Jiang Liu then flew onto the back of the Frostwing Dragon and headed in the direction indicated by the manager of the Ascension Tower. He wanted to see what was going on with this force.

And this area Yu Qi. Could it be that Corpse Valley intends to use this place as a base?

With questions in his mind, Jiang Liu piloted the Frostwing Dragon and flew directly towards the mountain range ahead.

Before long, a separate mountain range appeared in front of the Jiang Liu. This separate mountain range separated from the Ten Thousand Mountains, forming a winding path in between, which was the only way to connect Qian Province and Qi Province.

Black Mountain Stronghold was located on this mountain range, and Jiang Liu flew directly towards the high point of the mountain range following the instructions of the steward of Ascension Tower.

Before he even got close, Jiang Liu could see a row of huge stone houses built on the mountaintop, indicating that quite a few people had settled there.

As soon as Jiang Liu approached the mountain range, five figures immediately flew out and sped towards Jiang Liu.

Jiang Liu sensed the power and found two Grandmaster and three Minor Grandmaster. Good heavens, he hadn't expected such a small place to hide so many experts.

Before even getting close, Jiang Liu recognized the two Grandmaster as Koinu Jun'ichirō and members of Corpse Valley. They were easily identifiable: one was incredibly short, and the other emanated Death Qi.

I never expected that this Koinu Jun'ichirō would collude with Corpse Valley. It seems that the East Wo Country has quite a few ambitions in the Great Qian Dynasty!

Junichiro Koizumi spotted the Frostwing Dragon from afar. He immediately knew that Jiang Liu had come looking for him, as he had previously inquired about Jiang Liu's background and knew that Jiang Liu possessed a beast-taming dragon mount.

He immediately accelerated towards Jiang Liu. Before he even arrived, the aura of Grandmaster was already pressing down on Jiang Liu, and he shouted, "You little thief, I've finally found you. Prepare to die!"

The Corpse Valley Grandmaster beside Koinu Jun'ichirō also launched an attack, and a faint white light followed Koinu Jun'ichirō as he attacked Jiang Liu.

The Frostwing Dragon unleashed a breath attack, sending a blast of icy winds towards Koinu Jun'ichirō. The Three-Eyed Flying Tiger followed with a roar, launching a mental attack at Koinu Jun'ichirō as well.

Jiang Liu leaped forward, his figure flashing at Koinu Jun'ichirō, his Grandmaster aura enveloping Koinu Jun'ichirō.

"Boom!" A deafening explosion resounded in mid-air! A black cloud of air, resembling a nuclear explosion, rose up.

Many of the stone houses on the mountaintop collapsed instantly. A huge cloud of sand and stones flew around the mountaintop, and the trees around it were bent over and out of shape, as if they had been swept by a tornado.

"Moo!" The Frostwing Dragon cried out in pain as its massive body plummeted toward the ground. It turned out that it had blocked the attacks of the two opponents.

The Three-Eyed Flying Tiger was behind the Frostwing Dragon, making it impossible for attacks to reach it.

Jiang Liu had already completely avoided the opponent's attack.

Fortunately, just as the Frostwing Dragon was about to hit the ground, it flapped its wings and managed to steady itself, though it looked rather miserable, covered in blood.

As for Koinu Jun'ichirō and Corpse Valley Grandmaster, they were also in trouble, as they were hit squarely by the breath of the Frostwing Dragon and the attack of the Three-Eyed Flying Tiger.

His clothes were scattered and disheveled, and he was still covered in ice shards spewed by the Frostwing Dragon.

What's worse is that both of them were oppressed by Jiang Liu's aura, and what's even more terrifying is that Jiang Liu's Divine Sense attack has a devouring property.

Instantly, both of them felt a splitting headache. They had already been caught off guard by the mental attack from the Three-Eyed Flying Tiger, and now they were colliding with Jiang Liu's Divine Sense.

Instantly, both of them felt their mental energy rapidly decreasing. They endured their headaches and withdrew their Divine Sense, no longer daring to launch Divine Sense attacks.

The three Minor Grandmaster behind them fared even worse, letting out a scream as they plummeted to the ground, not even realizing what had happened until they hit the ground.

Then came a loud "thump!" The three people didn't get up for a long time, but they were still breathing, so they probably hadn't died from the fall.

Jiang Liu wasn't faring too well. Although most of his attacks were blocked by the Frostwing Dragon, it was still a combined attack from Grandmaster.

Jiang Liu quickly steadied himself, calmed his mind, and gathered his vital energy. The previous attacks were merely probing strikes; the real battle was yet to come.

In Qian Province, deep within the Ten Thousand Mountains, there is an enormous rock that seems to breathe, absorbing the pale red Essence Particles mixed in with the primordial energy.

On this large rock, a figure dressed in black sat in meditation, absorbing the pale red Essence Particles within the boulder.

"Phew!" I didn't expect that my progress in the past two years would be faster than in the previous ten years. If I continue to cultivate like this, I believe I will soon reach the Saint Realm.

Since he discovered the peculiarity of this boulder more than ten years ago, he has always waited for a period of time for it to accumulate enough blood essence before coming here to cultivate for a while.

In truth, it was a strange encounter for him to come across this boulder, and it was even more of a coincidence that he was able to discover its peculiarities.

That time, he was hunting and cultivating in these deep mountains when he encountered the Exotic Beast Emperor. A fierce battle broke out between the two, and he eventually killed the Exotic Beast Emperor.

After he killed the Exotic Beast Emperor, he was covered in wounds and collapsed on this boulder.

To his surprise, after he killed the Exotic Beast Emperor, the boulder began absorbing the Exotic Beast Emperor's blood, and he happened to be sitting on the boulder, meditating and recovering.

He immediately noticed something unusual while meditating to recover, because he found that he recovered much faster than usual. He then conducted several experiments.

He then realized that the problem lay with this boulder. This boulder slowly absorbed the blood Essence Particles floating in the air, and it seemed that no matter how far away the blood particles were, they would all converge towards this boulder.

Finally, after being filtered through the boulder, the energy is fed back, which can better assist people in cultivation, and is much faster than cultivating on one's own.

This discovery overjoyed him, and he slaughtered all the Exotic Beast around the area during that time. However, he didn't know whether it was because he absorbed too many of his own kind or for some other reason.

The giant stone containing the blood of the Exotic Beast stopped absorbing the blood. Later, he had a sudden inspiration and killed a martial artist and threw him there. The result was the same as when he killed the Exotic Beast Emperor.

This gave him hope, so he started planning how to kill more martial artists in the entire Great Qian Dynasty, because he had already tested it and found that the higher the strength of the martial artists who died, the better the effect would be.

Moreover, after a martial artist dies, the blood and Essence Particles that permeate the air will slowly drift towards this place, no matter how far away they are.

After finishing his cultivation, the Man in Black sat there pondering the events that had occurred in various states over the past two years.

Everything was going according to his plan, yet the three sects were being manipulated by him like fools. Lu Tianheng felt a surge of pride when he thought about this.

Once I reach the Saint Realm, then... hehehe! Lu Tianheng couldn't help but chuckle sinisterly at the thought of it.

The laughter was chilling. No one expected that the current chaos in the Great Qian Dynasty was caused by the Commander of the Martial Prohibition Hall for his own selfish reasons.

All factions now believe that this was initiated by the three sects, and no one knows that there is a mastermind behind it all.

In fact, many clues prove that since this commander took office, his attitude towards cracking down on Jianghu forces has changed a lot.

However, everyone just assumed that the Martial Prohibition Hall was simply lacking in strength, and they never imagined that he wanted even more martial artists to die in the entire Great Qian Dynasty.