The Impulse After Madness
When the combined forces of several top sects arrived at Thousand Mechanism Lake, Zhang Yang and his group were already cleaning up the battlefield at the Cloud Firmament Palace's stronghold.
The strongholds of One-Guard Monastery and Cloud Firmament Palace were originally adjacent to each other, very close.
It would probably only take about half an hour to get from Thousand Mechanism Lake to the Cloud Firmament Palace stronghold.
The two strongholds, plus the fighting and cleaning up the battlefield, will take at most two days.
After a frenzied looting spree at the Cloud Firmament Palace stronghold, over a hundred Nascent Soul plundered all the heavenly materials and earthly treasures on the entire mountain.
They didn't spare a single spirit medicine; the entire mountain was practically bald from all the harvesting.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, shouldn't our next stronghold be the Langya Sacred Land?"
A group of the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators stared at Zhang Yang with enthusiastic, excited, and even crazed eyes, their gazes filled with bloodlust.
Zhang Yang nodded slightly and said with a smile, "If you travel about 150 li from the Cloud Firmament Palace towards the exit, you'll reach Langya Sacred Land, the stronghold of the Langya Blessed Land. It's a naturally formed sinkhole, and it's sure to contain extraordinary heavenly materials and earthly treasures. Next, we'll go and destroy the stronghold of the Langya Sacred Land."
"Walk!"
"Get out of here!"
"My greatsword is itching for a fight!"
A group of masked Nascent Soul Realm burst into maniacal laughter, their movements chaotic and disorderly.
"Walk!"
Zhang Yang nodded, and instantly, more than a hundred Nascent Soul Realm flew towards the stronghold of the Langya Sacred Land.
When encountering Nascent Soul Realm from other strongholds on the road, there's no need for Zhang Yang; the Nascent Soul Realm in the team will take the initiative to recruit them.
"Come with us and seize the rare and heavenly materials and earthly treasures of Langya Sacred Land."
"With the Azure Cloud Sect leading the way, we don't need to fear the other major sects."
"We've already wiped out several major sects' strongholds, aren't you going to come and make a fortune with us?"
Seeing this scene, almost none of the Nascent Soul Realm they encountered along the way were unwilling to join.
The number of people is surging, and has now reached around 140.
This is already a crazy team!
Zhang Yang didn't try to restrain the others, because he wanted to use their frenzy to destroy the strongholds of various major sects. He gave everyone who joined a mask to cover their faces.
More than 140 Nascent Soul wearing masks rampaged across the Prodigy Battlefield, exuding a kind of madness that was truly terrifying.
This terrifying aspect was revealed in the Langya Sacred Land.
The distance of 150 li will be covered quickly.
Upon seeing the sinkhole, which spanned several miles in radius, more than 140 Nascent Soul launched a frenzied attack on the entire sinkhole before Zhang Yang could even Zhang Yang the order.
The Langya Sacred Land Langya Blessed Land, having cultivated and built itself over a thousand years in the Prodigy Battlefield, naturally possesses formidable defensive capabilities.
However, the strongest forces of the Langya Sacred Land had already gone to the Central Hall to compete for the Fortune, leaving very few people remaining in the Langya Blessed Land. Even with Law Treasure and formations, how could they withstand an enemy several times their number? And an enemy already driven mad by desperation?
More than 140 Nascent Soul descended from the sky, and after everyone unleashed their full power and frantically attacked, the defensive array of the Langya Sacred Land was instantly shattered.
If it were anywhere else, the disciples left behind at the Langya Sacred Land could have escaped.
However, Langya Blessed Land was a sinkhole, and all the disciples who remained there could not even escape. They were all killed by more than 140 Nascent Soul were frantically robbing the place.
After the thirty-odd Nascent Soul left behind at Langya Sacred Land were killed, the Law Treasure they possessed naturally fell into the hands of some of the Nascent Soul.
With the addition of dozens of Law Treasure, the overall strength of this Nascent Soul increased dramatically.
Zhang Yang and Qingxu stood at the edge of the sinkhole, looking down at the frenzied Nascent Soul inside.
"Eldest Senior Brother, have these people gone mad?" Situ Mingyue glanced at the group of crazed Nascent Soul, then turned to Zhang Yang. "We must be careful with these people!"
Qingxu nodded solemnly, "They've now obtained over thirty Law Treasure; we definitely need to be careful."
Even Hu Dali said with concern, "I'm starting to worry too..."
If his true form is exposed, wouldn't these people eat him alive?
Zhang Yang glanced at the frenzied Nascent Soul in the sinkhole, then looked back towards Thousand Mechanism Lake and Cloud Firmament Palace, and slowly said, "That's about enough!"
"Eldest Senior Brother, what's almost done?" Situ Mingyue asked hurriedly.
"The other major sects should have noticed that their strongholds have been cleared out," Zhang Yang said calmly. "So far, we have cleared out the strongholds of Return to Origin Temple, Myriad Spirits Sect, One-Guard Monastery, Cloud Firmament Palace, and Langya Sacred Land. Of the nine top major sects, only four strongholds remain: Great Snow Mountain, Sea-Heaven Pavilion, Heavenly Heart Island, and Sacred Spirit Church. We cannot let these four strongholds go either."
The strongholds of these four major sects are located on the other side of the Prodigy Battlefield, and are not close to each other.
Now that we have a large number of troops, we need to split into two groups and launch simultaneous attacks to capture those strongholds.
With over 140 Nascent Soul and the Law Treasure they had acquired, their frenzy was reignited, and they were poised to attack a stronghold.
We took a portion of the force and attacked another stronghold.
"Using a two-pronged approach, we will destroy all the strongholds of the nine major sects in the shortest possible time."
Since we can't control this group, we might as well split up.
Given their level of madness, even without him, they would still attack the strongholds of major sects. They had already gone mad from robbing several major sect strongholds in succession, and the various heavenly materials and earthly treasures collected had driven them insane; they couldn't stop themselves.
Qingxu recalled the locations of the other four major sect strongholds and said, "The closest one to us is the stronghold in the Great Snow Mountain. The furthest is the stronghold on Heavenly Heart Island, which is already at the other end of the Prodigy Battlefield. As for the other two strongholds, they are in between the two, but neither is on a straight line."
As Zhang Yang and his companions were talking, several Nascent Soul flew out of the sinkhole and quickly arrived in front of Zhang Yang.
Several Nascent Soul cultivators removed their masks, revealing themselves to be Ba Qingyan and others from the Snow Region.
Ba Qingyan said anxiously, "Fellow Daoist Zhang, the situation is not good. Some of those people have already harbored rebellious intentions. They no longer want to follow your leadership and are preparing to take other actions. I advise you to leave immediately, otherwise, you will definitely be in big trouble."
Zhang Yang smiled slightly, "Thank you for bringing the news!"
He turned around and called out to Hu Dali, "Dali, distribute those things to our men!"
Hu Dali carried a large bag and handed out pieces of "wooden planks" to Situ Mingyue, Qingxu, and Zi Yan, giving each of them a dozen or so planks. It looked rather comical that each of the dignified Nascent Soul Cultivator was carrying a stack of planks.
Zhang Yang smiled and said to Ba Qingyan, "If you're willing, you can come with us later. If not, we won't force you. But please stand back a bit to avoid any conflict that might affect you."
Ba Qingyan gave a bitter laugh and put on the mask.
At this moment, the more than one hundred Nascent Soul who had already completed their robbery flew menacingly from the sinkhole towards Zhang Yang and the others.