Wraiths Appear in the Ruins, a Brutal Massacre!

"Hmph!"

"That's exactly what I was about to say to you!"

"Everyone from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, follow me and seize these Dou Zun Ruins!"

And so, the disciples of every sect followed the people from the three major factions inside.

After walking for a short while, they caught the strong scent of blood.

Along the way, Shi Hao and the others remained tense and on edge!

Their instincts told them that something utterly terrifying lurked within!

With that in mind, Xiao Yan and the others watched the path ahead with utmost vigilance.

Suddenly, a voice rang out, as though it could tear through the skies.

"Junior Brother, hurry over! There really is an inheritance from a Dou Zun expert up ahead."

"Junior Brothers, get over here quickly! There are too many resources ahead for us to carry. Come help us!"

"Junior Sisters, why are you only getting here now? Come to Senior Sister. There are plenty of cultivation techniques, Dou Techniques, and pills up ahead."

At that moment, a large group of people suddenly came from ahead, calling out to their own junior brothers and sisters.

"That's my Senior Brother! Great, we're coming, Senior Brother!"

"My Senior Brother is there too!"

"Senior Brother, don't panic! We're coming to help!"

Some disciples from the various sects saw their own senior brothers and sisters and immediately ran over.

The moment they heard their senior brothers mention pills and cultivation techniques, they became wildly excited.

"Little girl, those are all Heavenly Demon Puppets. They have been possessed by the wraiths within these ruins and turned into false dead men with independent consciousness. The weakest among them are all at the Dou Ling level!"

"Not good. These ruins are not merely an inheritance site. They seem to be suppressing and imprisoning something. Little girl, quickly tell your two junior brothers to retreat!"

Liu Ruyan used her divine sense to observe that every person ahead was covered in resentful energy.

As a peerless expert of the Half-Emperor Realm from ten thousand years ago, she had naturally dealt with puppets like these false dead men before. There was no mistaking that aura.

Their purpose was simple: to devour enough living flesh and blood to achieve a different kind of resurrection!

Medusa was shocked. She hurriedly pulled her two junior brothers back.

At the same time, she shouted, "Don't go over there! They're puppet false dead men formed by wraiths!"

However, it was already too late.

"Senior Brother, what are you doing?!"

"Senior Sister, no!"

Those who had run over saw their senior brothers and sisters smile coldly before beginning to slaughter them.

Miserable screams echoed throughout the ruins.

"False dead men!"

"Senior Sister, you mean...?"

Shi Hao and Xiao Yan were utterly shocked. How could there be false dead men inside this secret realm?!

When the people behind them saw the bloody scene, they all fled backward.

"Don't ask questions, run!"

Shi Hao and the others fled with the crowd. Since they had prepared early, they were near the front.

Just as they were about to reach the exit, a large number of wraith false dead men suddenly emerged ahead and blocked their way.

"Heh heh heh!"

"My blood food..."

"Where do you think you're running to?"

The leading false dead man laughed sinisterly. At his command, the false dead men began slaughtering indiscriminately.

The false dead men from behind had also caught up.

An ambush ahead, pursuers behind—there was no way out!

"Fight them!"

Seeing that escape was impossible, the disciples of the various sects desperately circulated the Dou Qi within their bodies and fought the false dead men before them.

"Ah! Save me!"

"Don't kill me!"

The screams shook the heavens!

As the battle continued, they discovered that these false dead men were not only immensely powerful, but completely fearless of death!

Most terrifying of all, fallen disciples would be possessed by the false dead men, rise again, and slaughter everyone else.

The situation was completely one-sided.

"Senior Brother, it seems we won't escape this calamity today. Fine then—today, we martial brothers will kill to our heart's content!"

"Hahaha!"

"With a body of Dou Zun Bone, how could I retreat?!"

"Then let's see who kills more false dead men!"

Shi Hao laughed as he blasted the false dead man before him apart with a punch.

"Who's afraid of who? Let's do it!"

"One, two, three!"

As he spoke, Xiao Yan instantly killed three false dead men.

Although he was slightly weaker than the other two, with the Heavenly Flames in his hand, he still created a one-sided situation for a time.

"Hah! Reincarnation Art, circulate for me!!"

"Supreme Reincarnation Fist!!!!"

Shi Hao seemed possessed by a war god. With every punch he threw, swathes of false dead men died.

Seeing how fierce the three of them were, everyone moved closer to them.

The massacre continued. At the sight of blood, the false dead men became even more frenzied!

"Damn it, my third-grade spirit sword has been chipped dull from all this chopping!"

"What's that compared to mine? I've swung my fourth-grade hoe until it's smoking!"

"Your hoe is only smoking?"

"I've already worn out two fourth-grade tyrant sabers!"

The disciples of the various sects inside the ruins had slaughtered until their eyes were red. Blade up, blade down, blade up, blade down—they did not even blink.

However, there were simply too many false dead men, as if they were endless. Meanwhile, their own numbers kept dwindling. At least half of the disciples had already died.

Moreover, these false dead men were extremely difficult to kill. Unless they were dealt a fatal blow, they would quickly recover.

"Green Lotus Core Flame, appear!"

"Explosive Step!"

"Green Lotus Nine Palaces, explode!!"

Xiao Yan held the Green Lotus Core Flame and slaughtered the false dead men madly. Yet as the Dou Qi in his body was depleted, his strength gradually began to fail.

"This won't do, Senior Brother!"

"There are too many false dead men! At this rate, we'll be finished sooner or later!"

He was a man determined to become the Flame Emperor. Was he really going to fall in such a filthy place?

"Protect Senior Sister. I'll be right over!"

Shi Hao, who had been slaughtering with his head down, heard his junior brother and turned to shout.

After blasting more than ten false dead men to death with one punch, he rushed toward Xiao Yan.

Elsewhere, among the three major factions.

Wang Teng sped through the air on wings of Dou Qi. With a slash of his sword, more than ten false dead men before him were swept away. Then, an endless stream of false dead men surged toward him.

"Shi Yuan, Mu Qing'er!"

"At a time like this, hurry up and use your life-saving trump cards!"

"Otherwise, we'll all die here today!"

He was not suited for prolonged battles!

He excelled at blitzkrieg tactics, at quickly ending battles.

The heavens gave birth to Wang Teng; without him, eternity would be a long night!

After shouting, Wang Teng took out a spatial fragment from his storage ring.

This spatial fragment contained a single strike from his master, Old Demon Dimu. When the spatial fragment flew into the air and released its power—

Accompanied by a tremendous roar, more than a thousand false dead men were crushed to death on the spot!

Seeing this—

Mu Qing'er of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and Shi Yuan of the Lion Underworld Sect also brought out their own life-saving trump cards.

They understood that if this continued, they would eventually be worn to death. Their sect disciples had already begun suffering casualties. They could wait no longer!

Mu Qing'er removed a jade token from her neck.

Shi Yuan took out a scroll.

Like Wang Teng's, these were life-saving trump cards given by their masters, each containing the power of a single strike from a Dou Zong expert.

As powerful Dou Qi crashed down—

Thousands of false dead men were completely wiped out amid strange cries.

The remaining small group was also killed through the combined efforts of the disciples.

Only then did everyone stop, letting out sighs of relief that they had actually survived.

In that brutal massacre, the various sects had lost more than half their people.

"Whew, I'm exhausted. Those damned false dead men have finally been cleared out!"

"Yeah, it's all thanks to the people from the three major factions going all out."

Many people collapsed to the ground on the spot, utterly exhausted in body and mind!

Shi Hao and the other two also let out long breaths.

It was their first time personally taking part in such a brutal battle. They were both exhilarated and deeply shaken!

The ruins were littered with corpses, with blood flowing like a river!

Everyone suggested burying the bodies of the disciples where they lay, and all agreed.

More or less, there were disciples from their own sects among the dead. Otherwise, in this secret realm that devoured people whole, they could not be bothered to care.

"Hahaha, Senior Brother, that battle was truly satisfying!"

Xiao Yan came over and patted Shi Hao on the shoulder. The two youths who shared the same ideals had fulfilled them together today, slaying false dead men to defend the righteous path!

"Truly satisfying!"

"But I'm not competing with you. You brat recklessly used the Heavenly Flames for a big move and killed so many false dead men with your trump card."

Shi Hao still remembered what Xiao Yan had said earlier.

He wanted to compete over who killed more false dead men.

How could they compare? Once this brat activated his trump card, he had killed at least a thousand. But trump cards were also part of one's strength.

"Hahaha, I was just saying it for fun."

"After all, targets that come to you on their own are rare. It was the perfect chance to practice my new skill, wasn't it?"

But just as they were about to leave, another change occurred!

The blood-red remnants of clouds in the sky were entirely swallowed by darkness, and the entire secret realm dimmed.