Chapter 476 Rescue 4

The three checkpoints guarded by the disciples have been cleared. Although the battle in the north is fierce, with Nirvana in charge, there is no need for Zhong Wufu to rush over to provide assistance.

After Wan Li and the other Spirit Transformation experts paid all their mission rewards, they bid farewell to Zhong Wu and his wife.

Before leaving, Zhong Cai inquired about which other forces in the Hundred Forest Domain were in the most dire situation. It was said that Bai Yue Sect was the most critical level eight force, but the more dangerous ones were definitely the smaller forces with lower levels.

Wan Li thought for a moment and replied, "Although our Crimson Wolf Sect was attacked from all sides and unable to support other forces, other forces did come to ask for help... About seven or eight days ago, a disciple from the Free and Unfettered Sect came by. He heard that all the cities around the Free and Unfettered Sect were engulfed in war, and the highest-level forces there were only the Free and Unfettered Sect and the Pure Moon Sect. Therefore, the two sects formed an alliance to resist together. However, the evil forces came with great force and have already surrounded them. Only he managed to escape through other means to ask for help."

At this point, Wan Li sighed.

"But when he saw the situation of my Crimson Wolf Sect, he knew that we were powerless to help, so he had no choice but to leave in disappointment."

"We don't know the current situation of that alliance, or whether any other comrades have gone to its aid. The Xiaoyao Sect is about hundreds of thousands of miles away from here. If you two have some free time, you might as well go and take a look."

Zhong Cai nodded, thanked him, and left with Wu Shaogan.

The members of the Crimson Wolf Sect also rushed to the main battlefield.

Zhong Wufu released a blue feather and soared into the air.

Although the two were already preparing to head towards the direction of the Free and Unfettered Sect, they did not intend to hide in the flying boat. Instead, they would follow the route and kill any evil people they encountered along the way.

·

High in the sky.

Qingyu flew swiftly across the plain and gradually came into view a town.

The scene was one of devastation.

Moreover, it's already a ghost town.

It was obvious that everyone was dead, had been dead for a long time, and had all turned into provisions, leaving not even a piece of flesh or blood behind.

That's how evil paths work. Once they decide to invade a certain place, all living people become resources, and the souls or primordial spirits after the physical body is destroyed also become resources.

Zhong Cai closed her eyes.

He had already witnessed the shamelessness of the heretical sects, but that time he still managed to save the town from being "proven to the Dao" with his alchemy skills. This time, however, he didn't even have time to make a move before he directly witnessed the consequences of failing to resist the heretical sects.

Qingyu was very fast; she had already crossed the town in the blink of an eye.

This suggests that the town itself is quite small, and the cultivators it can train are likely not very strong. Judging from the ruins of the destroyed buildings, the highest level of combat here was only around the fifth level...

It's likely that the entire town didn't last long before it became completely deserted.

They might not even have time to send out any requests for help.

Zhong Cai sighed.

The law of the jungle is all too common in this world, but the reason why evil paths are not recognized is precisely because their behavior has no bottom line, making it unacceptable to normal people.

When powerful individuals fight, they might accidentally injure or even destroy a town. However, a normal powerful individual would not intentionally antagonize a town with whom they have no grudge. Most of the time, they would take some defensive measures before fighting to avoid affecting the towns they pass by.

This is completely different from deliberately slaughtering an entire town for resources.

Wu Shaogan pulled Zhong Cai into his arms and patted him on the back to help him catch his breath.

Zhong Cai silently smashed her head against Wu Shaogan's chest.

Compared to the cultivators of the native world who were already accustomed to the unorthodox methods, he, who possessed memories of his past life, was even less able to accept them.

Wu Shaogan naturally knew Zhong Cai's temperament. After ruffling Zhong Cai's hair, he patted Qingyu's head and said, "Hurry up."

With a long cry, Qingyu flew tens of thousands of miles away in the blink of an eye.

It was a wide avenue that connected to other nearby towns.

After Qingyu flapped its wings a few times, the couple arrived at a new county town.

The county town was much larger than the town, but it was also a ghost town.

Judging from the battle traces in the city, it was also attacked and cleared out by evil cultivators.

The devastation was just as dire as that of the previous town.

Wu Shaogan: "..."

Seeing that his Ah Cai's mood was getting heavier and heavier, he could only pat Qing Yu again to let it continue forward.

The next place they encountered was a town on the side, which had also been plundered by evil cultivators and turned into a ghost town.

And so, four or five more towns in succession became ghost towns.

Without exception.

Zhong Cai's face turned somewhat dark.

Wu Shaogan gently stroked Zhong Cai's fingers to ease his emotions.

Zhong Cai took a deep breath, and then he said, "Kill them all."

Wu Shaogan agreed, "Okay."

·

Just as Zhong Cai remained solemn and silent, Wu Shaogan suddenly noticed that a thick, blood-red fog was rising in front of a small mountain range on the right, clearly not from any righteous cultivators.

He quickly released his spiritual energy, spreading it in that direction—

Before long, he vaguely saw that many cultivators were fighting over there.

Wu Shaogan tugged at Zhong Cai's arm.

Zhong Cai followed Wu Shaogan's gaze and vaguely saw a bit of it as well.

Wu Shaogan said, "Why don't you go over and lend a hand?"

Zhong Cai naturally had no objections and immediately said, "Let's go over there quickly!"

Qingyu understood the meaning of its two masters, spread its wings, and used even greater speed to rush to the right!

In the blink of an eye, the two men and Peng arrived.

It wasn't until they reached this vicinity that the two could see clearly that the people fighting each other were about a dozen cultivators of considerable strength who had formed an array; they were righteous cultivators.

The group opposite them, emanating black smoke and blood mist, consisted of several evil cultivators.

Those who follow the righteous path are at a disadvantage.

Because on the righteous path, there is one Palace Constructor and more than thirty fusions, while on the evil path, there is one Spirit Transformation and four Palace Constructors.

If it weren't for the power of the formation that fused the power of all the righteous cultivators together, achieving a result comparable to the Spirit Transformation stage, they wouldn't have been able to barely resist the evil path.

Unfortunately, manipulating this formation requires flawless execution, and each cultivator's profound energy is greatly depleted. This stalemate cannot be maintained for long; once it is broken, these righteous cultivators will become resources for the evil path.

But the righteous did not give up.

They squeezed out all their profound energy in order to hold out longer and hope that reinforcements might arrive.

Now, they have indeed waited for it.

·

Wu Shaogan had already promised Zhong Caihui that he would kill all the evil people he encountered, so he decisively drew his bow and shot an arrow.

The evil sects led by Hua Ling were an abyss from which there was almost no way to survive for the righteous sects, but in Wu Shaogan's hands, it was just a matter of drawing a bowstring.

Wu Shaogan used a lot of profound energy. After charging out, the sharpest one pierced through the head of the evil cultivator!

The other arrows easily killed all the evil cultivators who built the palace.

Several evil cultivators instantly lost their lives, while the leader of the righteous cultivators, Zhu Gong, reacted instinctively, taking out the Soul-Capturing Bottle and collecting the evil cultivators' primordial souls.

If they stay here too long, who knows what underhanded methods might be used to make them recover quickly!

Those will all cost a lot of money!

After finishing up, the cultivator who had built the palace took the initiative to come over and thank the Zhong and Wu couple, saying, "Zhou Xiang, a disciple of Qishan Sect, thanks you both for saving my life! May I ask how you are addressed?"

After rescuing the person, Zhong Cai felt much better and showed a gentle smile, saying, "I am Zhong Cai, and this is my Daoist partner, Wu Shaogan. We came here on a mission."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xiang, a cultivator who built palaces, was startled.

He had been building palaces for many years, and although his abilities had always been mediocre, when he saw the Level 6 Sky Ranking, he saw Wu Shaogan climbing the ranks at a visible speed, and then leaping up to become a Spirit at lightning speed...

Zhou Xiang hadn't paid attention to his savior's face before, but now that he looked closely, he realized that it was indeed the former number one on the sixth-level Dou Wang list!

It's said that it's now ranked very high on the Level 7 Sky Ranking...

Zhou Xiang's attitude immediately became more respectful.

He glanced at the handsome young man beside Wu Shaogan and thought that he was indeed exactly the same as the legendary Daoist partner of King Wu Dou, King Zhong Dan.

Zhong Cai asked them a few questions about why they were there.

Zhou Xiang didn't hide anything: "We are members of the Exorcising Evil Alliance. We came out this time to hunt for our fellow practitioners in the alliance. Unexpectedly, these evil cultivators seemed to have a treasure that could determine our location, and they quickly blocked our way. We had no choice but to fight them to the death. If the two of you hadn't arrived in time, we would have been in grave danger this time."

Zhong Cai received the news but did not ask any further questions. He simply said, "Your crisis has been resolved, so we will take our leave now."

Zhou Xiang was taken aback, and immediately realized that these two were planning to "patrol" while slaughtering the evil forces.

He didn't try to stop them, and just watched them leave.

The other thirty or forty cultivators all came to express their gratitude and saw them off.

·

As Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan traveled, they encountered more such incidents, but none of them caused much of a commotion.

Each time, Wu Shaogan easily killed several evil cultivators and saved the righteous cultivators.

Most of these cultivators belong to righteous alliances, and they often venture out to collect resources for their alliances.

During their "casual" slaughter, the two didn't exchange many pleasantries with the righteous cultivators. After each rescue, they would exchange a few words or ask a few questions before parting ways again...

Before long, the two came across a city.

The defenses were very tight, but the city itself was already badly damaged, and the light from the array formations on it was gradually dimming.

The heretical path was teeming with people, all crowding beneath the city walls.

The righteous cultivators on the city wall are doing their utmost to annihilate the ever-flowing evil forces.

Wu Shaogan looked at Zhong Cai and asked softly, "Cai, what do you think?"

Zhong Cai glanced at it briefly and shook her head, saying, "We can ignore this part."

Wu Shaogan nodded, manipulated Qingyu, and turned to walk forward again.

·

There were clearly several peak-stage Spirit Transformation beings on this city, and none of their opponents in the siege were at the Nirvana stage.

In this way, the righteous path can at least maintain a standoff with the evil path, and there should not be too much damage.

The Zhong-Wu couple should travel to other places as soon as possible to help those who are in greater need.

It also saves some time.

·

Before they knew it, the couple had killed no fewer than a thousand evil people, and their reputation had spread far and wide.

Two butchers who specialize in eliminating evil!

Those who spread the story of the two men were naturally the people they had saved.

These people certainly wouldn't call him a "butcher," but as more and more people were rescued and described the scene of the couple solving the problem, gradually someone came up with this ridiculous title.

The couple didn't think too much about it and just continued on their way.

After some time, the two saw another city.

However, it still became a ghost town.

Zhong Cai squinted as she surveyed the empty city.

He discovered that the signs of battle were limited to the city walls of the county town, and the interior had not been extensively damaged... Perhaps the cultivators here had already moved their positions not long after the invasion of the evil cultivators.

Zhong Cai let out a breath and guessed, "Perhaps, it was some alliance that took them away."

Wu Shaogan nodded, finding it very reasonable.

The two then encountered several other towns and counties that were also deserted, with few signs of battle.

Zhong Cai pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps we are about to reach that alliance."

Wu Shaogan agreed.

Sure enough, after traveling tens of thousands of miles further, a huge earthen city appeared on the vast plain.

This earthen city was clearly built using special techniques, and it was spread out in a way that could accommodate many cultivators.

Like the other garrisoned cities we'd seen before, the city walls were engraved with countless formations—many of which were defensive, but also capable of launching powerful attacks.

But what was built inside the city were just low earthen houses, each with a large space that could accommodate dozens of people at the same time.

The cultivators here focused their efforts on building the formidable city walls, making them extremely high and thick.

Many armored cultivators stood in formation on the city wall, each holding a talisman-like object, which they would occasionally press in the air—presumably to assist in operating the array plate.

·

Currently, no evil cultivators have launched an attack.

Qingyu's arrival, however, caught the attention of these armored cultivators, who all followed the sound and inquired about him.

Zhong Cai said with a smile, "We are from the Lingxian Sect and the War God Hall. Are there any disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect here?"

A male cultivator who appeared to be in his forties stepped out of the city gate and bowed to the two men, saying, "I am a disciple of the Free and Unfettered Sect, and now serve as an elder of the Alliance. May I ask how you are addressed?"

Zhong Cai gave a brief introduction to himself and Lao Wu as usual, and then, at their invitation, they arrived in Tu City.

Elder Du Ping, a middle-aged male cultivator, led the way, guiding people to the Alliance Leader.

Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan were treated as honored guests.

Not long after, the alliance leader arrived.

The fact that someone arrived so quickly after a widespread appeal for help made the leader of the alliance very happy, and also gave the disciples who heard the news a renewed sense of motivation.

The leader of the alliance was, of course, very polite.

The alliance prepared a welcome banquet.

Zhong Cai declined, instead requesting to gather more information.

The alliance had no intention of hiding it, after all, it was a matter within their own territory. If they kept it a secret and the people rushing to their aid missed any information, it would be detrimental to them.

·

It turns out that this place was indeed an alliance formed by the Xiaoyao Sect and the Jingyue Sect, bringing together many small and medium-sized forces.

In addition to the disciples of their respective factions, there are also cultivators from the surrounding towns under their protection. Anyone who can make it in time will join the alliance. The alliance itself has also worked hard to find such a place to stay for a long time, so that the cultivators are more resistant to external forces.

—As for the disciple who went to the Crimson Wolf Sect for help earlier, he did not die, but returned with serious injuries.

Because of that disciple, the alliance knew that they would have to support themselves alone in the future, so they suffered greatly for many days.

During this period, the heretical cultivators attacked the city several times, but they barely managed to hold on each time. Moreover, the enemy's attacks became more and more intense with each successive assault, while their side could only barely hold on and was unable to mount an effective counterattack...

In particular, maintaining food and lodging for the local population is extremely difficult.

Fortunately, we managed to get through it together.

The alliance has managed to survive the repeated sieges by the evil forces, and the effort they have put in is unimaginable.

·

Zhong Cai listened, and sighed inwardly.

Immediately, he took out a mustard seed bag and pushed it towards the leader of the alliance.

"I obtained this by chance, so I'll give it to the Alliance."

Throughout the conversation, Zhong Cai secretly observed the alliance leader and subtly watched the cultivators in the city. He was surprised to find that many cultivators' injuries had not fully healed, but everyone's demeanor was still full of hope and energy, showing that they all had a strong sense of belonging to the alliance...

So he gave all the ginseng-blooded deer he had previously robbed from the evil cultivators to this alliance.

Anyway, that was Zhong Cai's initial idea, to let the Blood Deer fall into the hands of disciples of small and medium-sized forces who needed this item.

·

The leader of the alliance took the mustard seed bag, looked inside, and was immediately taken aback.

"This—is far too precious!"

Zhong Cai said nonchalantly, "We just happened to run into each other. It won't take much trouble. Alliance Leader, just take it and make use of it."

Upon hearing this, the leader of the alliance realized Zhong Cai's sincerity and was immediately filled with gratitude.

After thinking about it, he decided to take out some Xuan Stones to exchange for it.

Zhong Cai still refused him.

“I told you, it was a donation.”

The alliance leader's eyes reddened as he thought of the disciples in the alliance who had not yet recovered. He quickly handed the items to the other alliance elders who were guarding the side, and asked them to take blood and distribute it.

He himself continued to entertain Mr. Zhong Wu, explaining to him everything he knew about the Hundred Forest Domain.

Zhong Cai listened very attentively.

However, when the leader of the alliance wanted to give something else to Zhong and Wu, he was refused again.

·

They talked for about half an hour, during which Zhong Cai drank two rounds of tea.

Suddenly, a cultivator rushed in, bowed to the group, and quickly said, "The heretical sects have attacked the city!"

The alliance leader frowned slightly, but did not show any particular urgency. He simply said calmly, "As is customary, we will gather all the alliance disciples to defend the city walls."

Behind them are countless ordinary people and ordinary cultivators.

Those people may not be able to enter that meat grinder-like battlefield, but they also do a good job in logistics, and many of them are relatives and friends of the Alliance disciples, and are also the spiritual pillars of the Alliance disciples.

The disciples of the alliance cannot back down an inch when facing evil forces.

In recent days, the evil sects have been frequently harassing us, and countless people among them have died...

However, the leader of the alliance was used to such evil attacks, so he remained calm when his disciples came anxiously.

The cultivator who brought the news looked up, his face showing anxiety.

The alliance leader was shocked when he saw the cultivator's face clearly—it was a powerful cultivator who had previously led the defense of the city. The fact that he was in such a hurry to deliver the message meant that the situation outside was probably not as simple as it used to be!

Sure enough, the cultivator said in a deep voice, "Among the cultivators who have come to invade this time, there are three Nirvana Realm cultivators."

The leader's pupils suddenly contracted.

Three Nirvanas!

There isn't a single Nirvana in their alliance!

What exactly is this—

But soon, the leader of the alliance suddenly realized something.

It's likely that the earlier harassment from those evil sects was merely a test. The reason why the alliance here has remained relatively safe and successfully resisted each time might also be due to the deliberate actions of those evil sects.

As the Alliance receives and sends more and more living people to its rear for protection, the "resources" accumulated here for the evil path increase.

Of course, if they are high-level evil cultivators in the Nirvana Realm, even a few slightly higher-level righteous cultivators cannot provide them with much energy. But now this alliance has gathered at least several cities and more than a dozen counties and towns with strong people!

With more powerful individuals, the overall energy of the city has indeed increased, but the resulting population growth is also terrifying!

If this alliance is broken...

So, wouldn't the alliance have voluntarily gathered all the members for the evil path?

The unorthodox methods can get a big prize all at once!

·

In a moment of reflection, Zhong Cai naturally understood.

Then, he gave a cold laugh.

May the heretical path lead to nirvana, so that they may never return!

Wu Shaogan held Zhong Cai's hand, knowing that his beloved Cai was in a bad mood again.

So he secretly sent him a telepathic message.

Even if the situation becomes more serious, it's alright; we have plenty of manpower.

Zhong Cai nodded, her expression softening.

The moment the couple locked eyes, the alliance leader stood up and hurriedly said, "I must go defend the city now. The situation is extremely urgent, so..."

Zhong Cai said directly, "Let's go, let's go together."

The alliance leader had nothing more to say and strode out.

Zhong and Wu followed closely behind.

Before long, the group arrived at the city wall.

They saw that the flat ground outside the city walls was densely packed with heretical sects.

This number is probably over 100,000!

Moreover, the lowest level among them is the Suspended Illumination Realm!

Gathering so many powerful evil cultivators is no easy feat for the evil path.

It is clear that they had indeed prepared in advance, in order to seize the entire alliance at the right moment!

The three Nirvana beings at the head of the group floated in mid-air with eerie smiles on their faces.

They didn't say much; they each used their own methods to bombard the city wall.

With each attack, many array patterns dimmed, and at least several array plates shattered.

That attack was too powerful!

If the city wall hadn't been inlaid with countless array plates and all the arrays hadn't been connected together, it probably wouldn't have been able to withstand even a single attack from an eighth-level enemy.

Now, it won't last much longer.

No wonder the cultivator who brought the news was anxious.

The city wall is about to fall!

This is what Zhong Cai saw as soon as she came out.

Seeing that the next attack would destroy the city wall, he immediately released a dark shadow to block it!