A Solo Infiltration

The Liang Province region is a desolate Wilderness with no inhabitants for miles around. The reeds, taller than a person, are filled with swamps and rivers, where dangerous snakes, crocodiles, and even Long Flood Dragon lurk. Ordinary people would never approach this place unless they had something important to do.

But this is the "leap" point for the next Ancient City that Profound Law Academy predicted.

If the Ancient City really does appear in this uninhabited area within a hundred miles, it would indirectly confirm Bai Qiuran and the others' guess that the purpose of this Ancient City's constant Mobile is not to plunder people, but to set up Formation Eye.

Bai Qiuran arrived a day early and hid at the designated location, waiting for the Ancient City to arrive. Meanwhile, his accomplices waited dozens of miles away to avoid being affected by the Bell Chime's toll and hindering Bai Qiuran's progress.

Finding a dry spot in a thicket of reeds taller than a person, Bai Qiuran sat down cross-legged, quietly focusing her inner True Qi, trying to gather True Qi together to pass the time. The Sun rose in the east and set in the west, and the day quickly passed. Bai Qiuran's attempt was still unsuccessful, but a thick fog had somehow enveloped the area.

With a helpless sigh, Bai Qiuran suppressed the urge to break through and stood up, walking into the thick fog. The fog before her was as unpredictable as a dream, and an Ancient City silently appeared within it.

"Looks like we were right."

Looking up at the tightly closed City Gate Tower in front of him, Bai Qiuran raised his hand.

Unparalleled True Qi began to gather in his palm. As if sensing danger, the city gate of the Ancient City suddenly opened inward at a rapid speed, followed by a continuous series of Bell Chime.

Ding ding ding...

The Bell Chime pierced his ears, carrying with it a strange and cunning mental attack aimed at Bai Qiuran's Spiritual Sense. However, Bai Qiuran focused his Spiritual Sense, Spiritual Sense instantly formed an indestructible fortress. The waves of mental attacks from the Bell Chime struck his Spiritual Sense defense without causing the slightest ripple.

He roughly estimated the intensity of these mental attacks. If prepared in advance, a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators would be unaffected by the Bell Chime's sound. However, in the midst of a fierce battle, the Bell Chime would indeed be a very annoying disturbance. Even Body Integration Stage Cultivators would inevitably be affected by the Bell Chime during intense combat.

Bai Qiuran stepped forward, his inner True Qi still lingering, and then struck out with his palm towards the Ancient City gate.

Unparalleled True Qi transformed into a gigantic golden Palm Seal, flying towards the city gate. Darkness surged within the city gate, and a group of Dark Monsters at the Golden Core Stage, whom they had seen in the Projection, rushed out from within, surging with Dark Energy and using their bodies as shields to block the Palm Seal.

But it had no effect. The Palm Seal rolled over like a bulldozer, smashing through the darkness inside the city gate with unstoppable force, and exploded.

An invisible shockwave spread out, pressing down the reeds in all directions, causing the ground to churn like waves, and the darkness at the city gate dissipated for a moment, allowing Bai Qiuran to glimpse a corner of the darkness.

Beyond the city gate was a stone-paved Great Dao, Great Dao by two rows of dragon-headed, lion-bodied Strange Beasts. Several Runes Bai Qiuran had never seen before flickered in the Strange Beasts' eyes.

The surrounding darkness surged in like a tide, once again obscuring the scene within the city. However, Bai Qiuran had already memorized the shapes of the Runes she had seen. The next moment, a sharp whistle echoed from the darkness, and dozens of monsters with horns on their heads, riding strange black Flying Sword, rose from the dark Ancient City Bai Qiuran on their swords.

These dozens of monsters should be the Heaven-Forging Stronghold. But at this moment, under the control of some mysterious will, they are unleashing some moves that do not belong to Heaven-Forging Stronghold and have never been seen even in the Moves Cultivation World.

Sword Light danced, their Sword Qi transforming into black straight lines that constantly intersected and shifted in the air, refracting dazzling and mesmerizing attacks. Dozens of Sword Light attacked Bai Qiuran from all directions, even penetrating the soil from the ground. Bai Qiuran raised his hands, creating illusions, and blocked all the Sword Light without exception.

With a series of clanging sounds, the black Sword Light containing terrifying power were deflected by Bai Qiuran's hands. Some fell to the ground, cutting a Great Dao crack in the ground within a radius of dozens of miles, while others flew into the distance, cutting open and shattering some nearby mountains.

But Bai Qiuran, who had taken the hits, sensed something was amiss.

An attack from the Peak Spirit Severing Stage... I remember that many of these disciples were at the Nascent Soul Stage, and there were even several at the peak of the Nascent Soul Stage.

Bai Qiuran pondered to herself.

Based on information obtained from Projection footage, Golden Core Stage Cultivators, after being modified, should transform into Dark Monsters comparable to Divine Spirit Severing Stage. According to this speculation, Nascent Soul Stage disciples, after being infected, should become even stronger Body Integration Stage.

However, it now seems that this terrible infection does indeed have its limits.

So, what about the vanished Yue Qianren...?

Bai Qiuran made up her mind, her figure flashed, and in the blink of an eye, she appeared in front of one of the black monsters, reached out and grabbed its neck, then raised her hand and slapped its head.

The surging palm force was completely controlled by Bai Qiuran's terrifying manipulation ability, stripping away all the Dark Energy covering the monster without harming the individual inside. The Dark Monsters's shell, like mud blown away by Hurricane, gradually peeled away from its host, revealing the possessed individual.

After the dark outer shell was peeled away, the person revealed was indeed a disciple wearing the uniform of the Heaven-Forging Stronghold, but he remained unconscious despite Bai Qiuran not harming him.

Bai Qiuran reached out and touched his nostrils. There was no breath. She then probed his Spiritual Platform Purple Mansion with the Purple Mansion Spiritual Sense, but both were empty. She did not see the Cultivators's Nascent Soul or Nascent Soul.

"His soul has been scattered?"

Bai Qiuran threw the Heaven-Forging Stronghold Disciple she was holding onto the ground.

Dozens of monsters surrounded him again, and the Sword Light changed once more, stabbing at Bai Qiuran's vital points at even more tricky angles.

Seeing this, Bai Qiuran also slowly raised her palm.

The dissipation of the Souls of those possessed is certainly not good news for them, but it also means that Bai Qiuran can act without restraint at this moment.

An unimaginable burst of True Qi erupted, transforming into a raging torrent of True Qi. The black Sword Light that had been shot out was directly blown back by this Energy Storm, and the surrounding Dark Monsters were instantly pulverized. Amidst the storm, Bai Qiuran began his charge into the Ancient City.

Sensing a terrifying threat, the Ancient City launched a full-scale counterattack. The city Bell Chime rang urgently, and countless Dark Monsters at the Golden Core Stage, Nascent Soul Stage, and even Spirit Severing Stage surged out from the darkness. But none of this could stop Bai Qiuran's advance.

He traveled onward, and from the sky, it looked as if someone was going against the current in an endless black tide, carving out a wide road in the middle of the tide, and going deep into the darkness of the Ancient City.

After passing through the city gate, Bai Qiuran his True Qi to force away the surrounding dark energy and walked along the stone-paved Great Dao into the city. Then, he stopped at the second city gate in the Ancient City.

Above the City Gate Tower, a beam protruded, and a person was hanging upside down on the City Gate Tower, his face covered in blood.

Bai Qiuran recognized the man by his sword; it was Yue Qianren.