Lu Ren followed the old man to the cluster of buildings and immediately saw many Ghost Path Cultivators shrouded in black mist emerge.
"Everyone who controls a Ghost Path Puppet, form ranks at once!"
A commanding voice rang out.
Nearly twenty Ghost Path Cultivators immediately gathered in an open area and formed a square formation.
Whoosh!
An old man enveloped in thick black mist flew out of a hall and landed before the formation.
Lu Ren recognized him at once. This was Gui Rulai, the leader of this branch and a Fourth Order Ghost Emperor. He had refined a cultivator at Four Tribulation Transcendence.
That cultivator had also developed the Power of Five Thousand Calamities.
None of them had taken control of their Ghost Path Puppets, evidently to avoid triggering the screening formation.
Gui Rulai stood straight and declared, "I've received secret intelligence. The newly recruited prodigies of the Immortal Dao Palace are coming to Calamity Cave to seek opportunities and break through to Second Transcendence Realm!"
"What? Those new prodigies are coming to Calamity Cave?"
"Doesn't that mean we'll have a chance to take control of them?"
"They're the finest prodigies selected from the Nine Heavens! If I can get one, my cultivation will rise quickly!"
Excitement spread across the Ghost Path Cultivators' faces.
Ghost Path Cultivators generally advanced by strengthening their Ghost Path Puppets. Controlling a puppet made from a prodigy was what they dreamed of most.
"Enough!"
Gui Rulai's thunderous voice drowned out everyone else.
"When we act, you must obey my orders. Those prodigies may only be at One Tribulation Transcendence, but they carry plenty of hidden trump cards and treasures. Taking them alive won't be easy. Understood?"
Gui Rulai's warning rang out.
"Understood!"
Everyone answered with a shout.
"Move out!"
Gui Rulai made to lead