Chapter 244: Chapter 144: Overwhelming Annihilation

In an instant, several overwhelmingly powerful auras erupted from all around Master Huangshi.

The moment three Tier Three Junior Level puppets appeared, they immediately charged toward the group of demon cultivators, ready to kill.

When the Tier Three Middle Level Celestial Thunder Puppet manifested, it brought with it threads of lightning, dancing like dragons and serpents, causing all the Yin Corpses around the demon cultivators to shiver with fear.

Though a Tier Three Advanced Level puppet that hadn’t successfully integrated a special demon pill only exerted the pressure of the Late Stage of Core Formation, it still made all the demon cultivators retreat frequently.

Meanwhile, Kua Kua took advantage of the chaos to burrow underground and lie in wait.

And in Master Huangshi’s hand, several Tier Three Celestial Thunder Talismans had already appeared…

Such a formation rendered the late-stage Core Formation Corpse General, who had just been cackling eerily, speechless.

It also rekindled hope among the group of imprisoned cultivators.

“Boom~” Without any more verbal sparring, the battle erupted in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, the bodies of demon cultivators flew everywhere,

Celestial Thunder poured down from the heavens above,

All the Yin Corpses standing outside that got touched by the thunder burst into wisps of black smoke, finally collapsing to the ground charred and lifeless.

“Roar~ I will kill you!” Shouted the Corpse General, the highest combat power among the demon cultivators, now merged with the Silver Corpse, besides its original Late Stage Core Formation magical power cultivation, it also had the physical strength of the Silver Corpse, the Celestial Thunder Puppet attracting thunder did spread it somewhat, limiting its damage against it.

It immediately rushed toward Master Huangshi.

Li Jizhou manipulated Master Huangshi to rapidly retreat, after all, it was just a puppet, unable to withstand even one attack with all its strength.

“Whoosh~” Just as the Silver Corpse was about to catch up with Master Huangshi, a long tongue shot up from underground.

Wrapping itself around the body of the Silver Corpse instantly, fiercely pulling it downwards.

The Yin Corpse paused, angrily slashing at Kua Kua’s tongue.

“Bang!” A dark figure struck, leaving a scattering spark at the neck of the Silver Corpse.

It was the Swift Puppet; unfortunately, the Silver Corpse’s body was extraordinarily sturdy, and though the Swift Puppet was swift, its attack power was insufficient, failing to achieve success.

However, before the Silver Corpse could break free from Kua Kua’s tongue, a thunderclap erupted.

“Rumble!”

Twice as powerful as the thunder struck by the Celestial Thunder Puppet.

Master Huangshi wielding a Tier Three Celestial Thunder Talisman triggered it.

“Boom~” The next moment, the Celestial Thunder descended upon the Silver Corpse, unable to dodge, instantly entangled by three electric serpents.

“Sizzle sizzle sizzle~” Black smoke from within the Silver Corpse crackled like water in an oil pan.

This Celestial Thunder Talisman, capable of significant damage even to a Great Success Golden Corpse, extinguished the Silver Corpse in the blink of an eye.

Three breaths later, the Silver Corpse was burnt black, a wisp of black smoke floated from its mouth, heavily collapsing, dead beyond repair.

Glancing around, the six demon cultivators above Core Formation were swiftly beheaded by the Swift Puppets, and they too transferred into their respective Silver Corpses,

However, their Silver Corpses were far inferior to the Corpse General; even the thunder attracted by the Celestial Thunder Puppet caused them to perish instantly.

As for the other demon cultivators below the Fake Pill, who hadn’t yet integrated with the Yin Corpses or displayed any supernatural power, found their original bodies obliterated after the puppets attacked, causing their Yin Corpses to stand motionless, accepting the Celestial Thunder Baptism.

Moments later, the ground was littered with dead demon cultivators!

And as the Corpse General, responsible for sealing the Dantian of many cultivators, was completely dead, the Dantian of many cultivators was unsealed, some rushed forward to finish off the demon corpses, while others swiftly fled backwards.

Until, in the end, they all arrived in front of Master Huangshi, bowing deeply.

“We are deeply grateful to you for saving our lives, senior, and are willing to serve under you!”

Master Huangshi, surrounded by six puppets for protection, looked at the cultivators.

After a moment, he waved his hand: “Flee to safety!”

Nothing more, they were all too weak, merely Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators; bringing them along would only be a burden, perhaps even turn them into food for Yin Corpses.

Because now in the Southern Domain, there aren’t many demon cultivators in the main veins of each cultivation country; here in the Chu Kingdom, there were over a hundred demon cultivators, thinking further south, the other countries likely have even fewer.

The most probable scenario is leaving one late-stage Core Formation Corpse General to guard each Corpse Nurturing Land.

Without the precious wartime artifact like Celestial Thunder Talisman, an ordinary late-stage Core Formation wouldn’t be of any concern.

“Wait for me outside, the few of you!” After some thought, Li Jizhou instructed the few cultivators from the Five Elders Association Sea Domain to stay.

He needed to understand the current state of the Five Elders Association Sea Domain.

Jiang Li was a seed he had casually sown before, over forty years, with her natural Water Spirit Body and talent of the Ren Water Spirit Body, unless unforeseen, she was bound to form a Core.

It might be worth checking the essence of jade nectar condensed within her body.

That could be an opportunity aiding in her Nascent Soul formation.

After dismissing the other cultivators, Master Huangshi floated in mid-air, his gaze piercingly looking toward the Spirit Vein Land, beneath which lay the Golden Corpse that had been nourished for an untold number of years.

Fifty-six years ago, when Li Jizhou first accidentally discovered the Golden Corpse beneath the Southern Domain’s Spirit Vein, back then, he was merely a minor cultivator at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment and did not grasp the Golden Corpse’s origin, even being cautious in his exploration, not daring to act rashly.

And now, though at the Early Stage of Golden Core, Li Jizhou was still like a small shrimp in the cultivation world of the Yan Kingdom, yet dared not approach it in person; however, using his skill in Talisman and puppetry had gained him the power to annihilate the Golden Corpse.

“Boom~” Instantly, a Celestial Thunder Talisman was activated.

Lightning swirled in the sky for a moment and with a gesture from Master Huangshi, surged downward, plunging nearly a hundred feet deep into the Burial Land.

The Golden Corpse, which had sat quietly all along, had a little consciousness left by its former burier, now panicked by the stimulus from Celestial Thunder, its natural enemy.

Yet, still lacking attainment, how could it match a Tier Three Advanced Level Celestial Thunder Talisman?

When one hit it, the years’ nurtured corpse body unleashed waves of Yin Sha.

With yet another hit, the Unyielding Golden Corpse was instantly charred black, dead beyond return!

After thoroughly handling the Spirit Vein corpse nurturing affair in the Chu Kingdom cultivation world, Li Jizhou slightly shook his head; within only forty years, what was once a Tier Three Junior Level Spirit Vein Land had fallen to Tier Two Middle Level.

Had the Golden Corpse achieved Great Success, it would have likely dropped another tier, damaging the main vein, much less the subordinate veins, which would be devastated, and perhaps in scant centuries, the Chu Kingdom would become a Spirit-famine land, suitable only for ordinary people to live.

Finishing off the Golden Corpse, Master Huangshi floated out elegantly.

Besides the Five Elders Association Sea Domain cultivators, there lingered a dozen others awaiting.

“Greetings, senior! Once more, thank you for saving our lives!”

Seeing Master Huangshi emerge, the dozen cultivators immediately bestowed yet another grand salute.

“Rise, I came to exterminate demons and defend the path, saving you was merely incidental, no need for excessive courtesy, you can leave.” Master Huangshi gently waved his hand.

“Senior, we implore you to accept us as disciples, we too desire to fortify ourselves, and contribute to the eradication of demons and defense of the path!” The dozen cultivators all deeply bowed to the ground.

Among them, Lin Caiwei was their leading figure.

Sixty years had passed, and now Lin Caiwei was at the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment, considered a master in such a small cultivation country as the Chu Kingdom, evidently stuck at this stage for quite some time.

With such talent, forming a Fake Pill should have been natural, and even a True Core could have been anticipated.

However, it seemed she was perhaps blocked at the barrier of the Crystal Condensing Pill.

That is the inevitability of residing in a resource-scarce land.

Of course, this also intertwined with her own choices.

Had she persevered through the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment, returning to the Qi Kingdom or venturing to the Yan Kingdom, she likely would have long formed a Core.

Master Huangshi gently shook his head, with a grand wave scooped up the few Five Elders Association Sea Domain cultivators, then swiftly fled away.

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