The autumn air was crisp, and there were scarcely even any white clouds in the deep azure sky.
Shattered Stone Mountain was riddled with countless great holes.
At the entrance of one such hole, more than ten cultivators were cautiously investigating.
These cultivators wore the robes of the Duan Family.
The leader was Duan Jinchen, of the Duan Family's Jin generation. He was one of the Duan Family's three Void Refinement prospects, and one of the current top ten Spirit Transformation cultivators on the Soul-Suppression Ranking.
The number of Sixth Stage Jade Soul Race members he had slain already exceeded the count of both hands, including quite a few late Sixth Stage and peak Sixth Stage Jade Soul Race members.
"Who would have thought we'd be ambushed today?" Duan Jinchen looked at the tranquil sky and the ordinary mountain hollow, yet smiled unexpectedly.
With a wave of his hand, the dozen-odd people retreated together.
They turned into ten streaks of spiritual light and swiftly pulled back a hundred zhang.
Sure enough, in the next instant, more than ten streaks of purple light transformed into spirit serpents.
They had nearly wrapped around the group, but ultimately all missed.
More than ten purple spirit figures immediately flew out of the cave. They were all transformed from spirit bodies, somewhat translucent, with purple leaf-shaped marks between their brows. Even among the Jade Soul Race, they appeared especially distinctive.
They were the Jade Soul Race's Ziwu Rosy-Jade Lineage.
"Hmph, Duan Jinchen, you've killed so many members of our Ziwu Lineage. Since you've come today, don't even think of leaving!" Just as the human race had the Soul-Suppression Ranking, the Jade Soul Race's Saint Lord Chenyu had also established a ranking.
Its purpose was to drain as much of the human race's strength as possible