Deity Summoning Sect

The white light was filled with screams and desperate cries, but to Xu Bai's ears, these sounds were quite pleasant.

Possessing the Myriad Attacks of the first level of Sainthood, even though many of these people were extraordinary experts, they still could not withstand the attack.

Moreover, Xu Bai's Myriad Attacks cause damage both internally and externally, and when combined, the damage is multiplied.

The screams continued for several minutes before gradually fading away, but the white light in front of them remained blinding.

As Xu Bai waved his hand, the white light gradually weakened and finally disappeared without a trace.

Under the white light, there was only emptiness.

Those dozens of people have vanished without a trace, completely reduced to nothingness under the attack of the white light.

Xu Bai really wanted to see if there was a progress bar, but after thinking about it, he realized that these people were uncontrollable, and there were quite a few extraordinary experts among them. He couldn't afford to make a mistake in this regard, so he decided to strike with a fatal blow.

"Of the nine masters Entering Sainthood Expert in the world, one died, three became bandits, and two became butchers."

"Ha, the world has changed, everything has changed, even the mentality of these people has completely changed." Xu Bai shook his head, his tone carrying a hint of sigh.

As the saying goes, "When the rabbit dies, the fox grieves."

Seeing the various events that occurred when resources were depleted in the past, Xu Bai couldn't help but think about the state of the world today.

Although resources are not yet depleted, if they do reach that point, we might end up following the same old path.

"Let's keep these guys alive." Xu Bai looked at the unconscious Saviors, and after a moment's thought, he decided not to take any further action.

However, he didn't plan to watch any further. He was now heading to the Doomsday Law Pavilion branch, where he would collect as much progress as he could. As for the situation here, he had already figured it out pretty well.

First, Gao Guan was hiding in this place when he was discovered by a small group of Saviors. He was then ambushed and knocked unconscious, and the baby girl was taken away.

It's estimated that the so-called Saviors didn't take them away for long before they were discovered by the group from before. Since they had already left and hadn't found Gao Guan's location, Gao Guan survived.

As for whether these Saviors could survive, Xu Bai thought it was impossible. How could a group of the Transcendent Realm cultivators possibly survive a group of extraordinary experts?

Of course, he's not going to investigate what happens next; instead, he's focusing on finding the progress bar.

After all, although this Ruins is very large, it is still subject to time constraints. Once the time is up, it will be repelled by that irresistible force.

So there's no need to investigate any secrets now; just collect as many progress bars as you can.

Xu Bai didn't linger. After identifying a direction, he flew off in that direction.

He still planned to return to that city first. Although that city had become a dead wasteland, at least he could use that city as a center to search the surrounding area and find other branches of the Doomsday Law Pavilion.

Looking at the city outline that had already appeared ahead, Xu Bai thought to himself as he flew through the air, "This time I'm not thinking about anything, I'm just looking for the progress bar."

Thinking of this, he increased his speed, and in the blink of an eye, he had already landed at the city gate.

The city still reeked of blood. When Xu Bai's divine sense swept across the entire city, he found no extra people. In other words, the fact that this place had become a dead city had not been discovered by anyone.

Xu Bai randomly chose a direction and began to fly in that direction, while simultaneously expanding his divine soul to search for any abnormalities.

And so, he flew in one direction for about half an incense stick's time, and finally discovered something was wrong. His divine sense detected that not far ahead was another dilapidated ancient city, and there were still many people in that city.

It's quite obvious that being able to find another ancient city at such a close distance means this is most likely a branch of the Doomsday Law Pavilion.

Xu Bai stopped just before getting close, maintaining a strange distance, and at the same time concentrated his divine soul to control one of them.

This man was originally a street vendor, and also a trader. After being taken into custody, his face became blank, and he left the city.

He didn't even respond when people around him greeted him.

After leaving the city, the man walked in the direction Xu Bai was heading and soon arrived in front of Xu Bai.

Xu Bai looked at the blank-faced person in front of him and smiled, "Then let's begin. Tell me everything about this city."

Since this person lives in the city, he must have some information. Xu Bai can't be so reckless as to start a fight right away, so getting some intelligence before starting is the most important thing.

The controlled person's face was as stiff as wood as they slowly revealed what they knew...

As the man recounted his story, Xu Bai gradually learned about the city's situation. When he discovered that the so-called city lord was merely an extraordinary expert with nothing of value, he had already made up his mind.

"I don't know how much time we have left. If we don't have enough time and are expelled from this Ruins, then I'll have lost out."

"So we simply used the simplest and most direct method."

Xu Bai closed his eyes, and his True Yuan Power circulated within his body. Soon, his soul gradually spread out as he directed it.

The Myriad Attacks of a Saint-level cultivator, containing the power of the soul, are something these people cannot withstand.

When Xu Bai's divine soul enveloped the entire city, everyone instantly fell into a strange, stunned state. Even the city lord, dressed in magnificent clothes, inside a luxurious building, was controlled by Xu Bai.

Xu Bai licked his lips and walked towards the city gate.

"Now it's time to make a quick buck..."

The guards at the city gate did not stop him, standing there like wooden statues. After Xu Bai Xu Bai in, large groups of people from the trade began to gather and stand in front of him.

Xu Bai spread his arms, a strange smile on his face, "Now hand over all your valuables..."

For some reason, he felt like he had become a villain, and he had a strange sense of déjà vu.

But that's not important. What's important is that there's a progress bar.

As soon as Xu Bai uttered those words, everyone present began to move...

The entire city was filled with rustling sounds.

Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, another half month had gone by.

At this moment, in a desolate wilderness, a young man dressed in a Daoist robe was carrying a huge bundle on his back, walking on it.

The young man held a map in his hand, walking along while looking at the map and checking his location.

"Hmm, this should be the last branch in this area. To find the next branch, we'll have to travel a long distance," Xu Bai thought to himself as he looked at the map.

After half a month, he had made considerable progress.

He looted all the branches in that large region, and also got his hands on everything related to progress bars. Moreover, the progress bars below the extraordinary level could be completed very quickly, so he completed them all on the spot. There were dozens of miscellaneous items in total.

As for those above the extraordinary level, there are very few, only about twenty.

He didn't grind for it because, even with his current cheat-like abilities, grinding for the Extraordinary Realm would still take a considerable amount of time. So, rather than wasting that time, he'd rather finish searching first.

Anyway, you can take the items out of the Ruins, and you can keep them to grind later.

As for why he was able to take it out, he didn't know. As long as he could take it out, he didn't care about anything else. He still didn't continue working on the book on Entering Sainthood Failure Insights, which he had worked on to the point where there was only a little progress left, because he was still accumulating skills.

He wanted to wait until he had more skills at the Extraordinary Realm before using them, otherwise he would be at a great loss.

During this time, he also managed to gather intelligence about the surrounding area, including the location of each branch and the abilities possessed by the branch lords.

According to the intelligence we have, this is currently the last branch in this region.

Each large region has many branches, but the distance between one large region and another large region can be very long.

Xu Bai planned to secure this last branch first, and then decide whether or not to cross that distance.

Having found the location, Xu Bai put away the map and continued on his way.

The backpack looked large, and although it only contained about twenty books, most of them were treasures. Many of these treasures were at the Saint level, which were actually of little use to Xu Bai, but since he had come across them, he could take them with him.

Especially the Emerald Green Hairpin he had recently acquired, a sacred treasure for the soul, which he intended to give to Chu Yu and Ye Zi.

As for the rest, they can be used to expand the treasure trove of the Barbarian Territory.

Thinking this, the outline of a city appeared ahead. Xu Bai knew this was the last branch, and he had arrived at his destination.

Using the same old method, they randomly found a strange distance, controlled a person in the city, and made that person come out.

Before long, the person who had been controlled came out and, under Xu Bai's control, slowly revealed the information about the city.

After Xu Bai finished listening, his expression was quite different from before.

"You mean, you don't even know who that distinguished guest in the city is, or why he came?" Xu Bai rubbed his chin, staring straight at the person in front of him.

The person being controlled, dressed plainly, nodded and stiffly agreed, "Yes, he appeared three days ago. Even the city lord treated him with utmost respect. We don't know who he is or why he came, but his status is definitely not low, and his strength is certainly not at the Saint level."

Xu Bai frowned, deep in thought.

According to what this person just said, just three days ago, a young man dressed in fine clothes suddenly visited.

He didn't know what he was doing. After arriving, he went straight to the city lord's residence and never showed up again.

Judging from the city lord's reaction, he seemed to treat this person with great respect.

In other words, this person must either be very powerful or have a very high status, otherwise it would be impossible for a city lord to be so respectful to him.

"Although there have been changes, if one hasn't reached the Saintly Realm, the old method still applies," Xu Bai thought.

No matter what it is, as long as it hasn't reached the Sainthood realm, you can control it directly with your divine soul.

Now that his skill has reached the first level of Sainthood, even the most powerful extraordinary experts cannot withstand this kind of skill with its rigid requirements.

Of course, there are some differences. For example, the group of people who captured the Saviors that Xu Bai encountered last time had their souls reinforced by Entering Sainthood Expert, so Xu Bai was unable to control them using his soul.

"Since there are secrets here, it's even more interesting. I'm also out of new ideas." Xu Bai gleamed with excitement as he unleashed his divine soul, enveloping the entire city.

The next moment, wherever the divine soul swept over, all those in the trade became blank-faced.

Xu Bai's soul could also sense that the richly dressed young man in the city lord's residence was also under his control.

After doing all this, Xu Bai didn't stop and headed straight for the city gate.

Soon, he entered the city gate, and under his control, the people in the trade began to bring out valuable items again.

However, this time, Xu Bai's purpose was different. He beckoned to the young man who was being controlled. "You, come here."

The young man was dressed in fine clothes, and compared to the other people in the trade around him, he looked like a nobleman.

Because he was being controlled by Xu Bai, he was unable to resist and walked over stiffly.

"Who are you?" Xu Bai asked, squinting.

Without the slightest hesitation, the noble man replied directly, "I am the young master of the Deity Summoning Sect."

"Hmm... hmm?" Xu Bai responded habitually, but quickly realized what he meant and raised his voice instantly. "Deity Summoning Sect?"

Good heavens, I never expected to encounter such an extinct lineage.

No, to be precise, they were already extinct in his world. The Ruins are from a previous world, and it's estimated that they weren't extinct back then.

I know the Deity Summoning Method, and this skill has been integrated into Myriad Miscellaneous Arts, making me fully capable of reaching the first level of sainthood.

So when Xu Bai suddenly heard about a school of thought that invokes spirits, he became interested.

Xu Bai said, "Tell me, what is your purpose in coming here?"

A Deity Summoning Sect can command such respect from the city lord here, which suggests that besides the sect being very powerful, it must have some ulterior motive.

After Xu Bai asked that question, the next moment, a conflicted expression appeared on the face of this noble man.

Xu Bai could sense that something was trying to break free of its control, but after trying for a long time, it still couldn't break free.

"What is that?"

Unfortunately, in the end, that thing still couldn't break free from his control. If it had, the soul control would have failed.

But it also reveals from this that there seems to be something terrifying inside this noble man.

The noble man lowered his head and said, "God, a special god, a god who can possess us for a long time, can provide us with a continuous source of resources. Although there will eventually be a day when they are exhausted, they can alleviate our suffering a lot."

Xu Bai frowned. "Continue."

He possesses the Deity Summoning Method at the first level of sainthood, so he is particularly knowledgeable about this field.

However, the Deity Summoning Method that he had learned never had this effect.

The so-called "inviting a god" either involves inviting one over or having one possess one's body, but both of these methods have a limited duration.

One cannot rely on a god for long.

The god that the noble man in front of me is referring to can attach himself to me for a long time and be used as a resource. Which branch is this?

"Saviors, kill them, then use innovative methods to turn them into gods." The noble man raised his head, and his first words shocked Xu Bai.

He never expected that this thing would be related to the Saviors.

However, upon closer examination, it makes sense.

Those Saviors are themselves a huge resource; otherwise, they wouldn't be targeted by the entire world.

Now, their sect of deities has developed a method that can greatly reduce resource consumption and demand.

If resources are exhausted, just find Saviors.

"Does your method require cultivating that impulse beforehand?" Xu Bai asked.

The next moment, the wealthy man nodded without hesitation, admitting that this was the case.

"Just as I thought." Xu Bai understood.

This thing has been upgraded to a point where no prerequisites are needed. The previous methods required keeping the Saviors by your side for a long time, until the urge to devour the Saviors reached its peak before you could act.

But now, there's no need for that at all.

Xu Bai's expression was somewhat complicated. "Tell me, what is the purpose of your visit here?"

The so-called Saviors may be able to save the world, but in the end, he becomes another kind of being, a situation that is hard to describe.

The noble man said, "The Sect Leader has reached an agreement with the Doomsday Law Pavilion and the Butcher's Office to search for Saviors with all their might and to use the Deity Summoning Sect's newly created method to turn them into resources."

"My purpose in coming here is to inform all branches that from now on, we must do our utmost to search for the Saviors. Now, the Doomsday Law Pavilion and the Butcher are no longer adversaries, but have become partners."

Xu Bai raised an eyebrow but didn't speak, though he was deep in thought.

Originally, the Doomsday Law Pavilion killed its own kind to seize resources, while Tu was specifically looking for Saviors. Now that the two have merged into one, the Saviors of this world is probably not going to escape.

"That's all?" Xu Bai asked.

He had a feeling that this guy in front of him wasn't just here to act as a messenger; otherwise, he wouldn't have stayed here for several days.

As expected, Xu Bai's idea was correct. When he asked the question, the noble man answered directly.

"More than..."

"If we only use this method, at most we can weaken the prerequisites for the Saviors, but it will still consume resources. If the Saviors is generated but the consumption level is not reached, or if it is not generated at all, we will still die."

"Therefore, the Sect Leader decided to invite a true god, a god who can continuously generate resources."

Is it capable of generating resources continuously?

Xu Bai asked, "What is the strength of your Sect Leader?"

The noble-looking man said, "Enter the Sainthood."

Upon hearing this, Xu Bai sneered, "Just as I thought."

If there really is a way to solve this, and the so-called leader of the Deity Summoning Sect Leader is not strong enough, he is not qualified to negotiate with the Sainthood Realm. Now it seems that he is also a Entering Sainthood Expert.

Of the nine who attained sainthood in the world, one died, leaving eight. Six of them began hunting down the Saviors, and it's unknown what became of the remaining two.

"How did you invite this so-called god?" Xu Bai asked.

As mentioned earlier, the idea is to invite a god who can provide an endless supply of resources and ensure their continuous circulation. Xu Bai thought this was a bit far-fetched, but since the other party had this idea, they must have a way to achieve it.

Therefore, there must be a method involved, and this method is related to the elegant man in front of him.

Because he was being controlled, the wealthy man did not stop at all.

His gaze remained vacant as he slowly uttered two words.

"Slay the Saint!"

After speaking, he lowered his head again and began to explain in detail.

"Saviors are a huge resource, but if we want this resource to be able to be recycled, we must first make the consumption keep up with the production. We are already certain that as long as it is cultivated properly, it can be produced continuously, but the consumption is too great."

"The ones who suffer the most are those Entering Sainthood Expert, so... we must slaughter the Saint Realm experts."

"In this area, there is a master who Entering Sainthood Expert. He is not with us and only wants to live alone, so he is our target."

"We're going to slaughter Saints. I'm here to make sure everyone pays attention to the Entering Sainthood Expert."

"Now, the other six Entering Sainthood Expert are on their way. They will use these branches to gradually change positions and quietly approach the Entering Sainthood Expert to surround him."

Having said that, the noble man had finished speaking and said everything he wanted to say.

Of course, the noble man also mentioned the specific location at the end, which was the location of the Entering Sainthood Expert.

When Xu Bai learned of this location, his gaze sharpened slightly.

The elegant man just now was referring to an ordinary mountain.

Xu Bai took out a map and looked at it carefully. The surrounding terrain of the mountain kept appearing.

He discovered that the branches were indeed gradually expanding outwards along the mountain.

In other words, if other Entering Sainthood Expert use these branches as stepping stones to gradually approach and eventually surround them, they could very well be able to encircle them.

But there's still a problem.

"Are you sure that expert who Entering Sainthood Expert couldn't sense it?"

They are all at the Saint level. Saints should be able to sense each other, and even if they are careful, they will still give themselves away.

"Invite the gods..." The noble man pointed to himself. "We use the Saviors within us as a resource... Invite the gods... Invite the saints."

Upon hearing this, Xu Bai's pupils contracted.

I see...

If we use the method of invoking gods to directly invite Entering Sainthood Expert, wouldn't that be able to catch them off guard?

At this point, Xu Bai had figured out all the movements.

He was also thinking about what to do next.

But before he could think any further, the elegant man spoke again.

The wealthy man spoke slowly, in a dull tone, "You will die."

As the elegant man spoke, Xu Bai felt a sense of danger gradually spreading in his heart.