novelapdf Chapter 350 The Enemy Approaches Blood Dragon Stronghold
Chapter 350 The Enemy Approaches Blood Dragon Stronghold
Blood Dragon Village.
As one of the top Golden Core forces in the Zhao Kingdom, the chieftain Ge Qing is already halfway to the late Golden Core stage. Due to his formidable strength, he was sent to guard Qinglin Mountain, which is second only to Tianliu City in terms of fighting against the beast tide.
To everyone's surprise, this person colluded with the demonic cultivators of the Chu Kingdom, killed the Golden Core Guardian of Qinglin Mountain, and released the great formation, allowing the demonic beasts and cultivators to easily invade.
If this hadn't happened, the entire southern defense line wouldn't be in such a passive position.
Now, the remaining eleven Golden Core cultivators and their families who colluded with the Chu Kingdom, including Huaxiang Valley, have either been destroyed or have been completely sent to the front lines to resist demonic beasts and evil cultivators.
Only Blood Dragon Stronghold remains at large.
Therefore, before this operation began, True Lord Kuilin gave the order that this person must be killed, or at least the Blood Dragon Stronghold must be destroyed.
Currently, Ge Qing is hiding in the Qinglin Mountain formation and refusing to show himself. In addition, the Chu Kingdom attaches great importance to this important pass, and including Ge Qing himself, there are a total of five Golden Core demon cultivators guarding it.
Without assistance, it would be difficult to find the one who broke through the formation.
Therefore, we can only vent our anger by taking out Blood Dragon Stronghold first.
Zhang Lingyu recaptured Lingyue Mountain very quickly, so the task fell right into his hands.
He was extremely happy to do so. He had a grudge against Blood Dragon Village back in the Jade Spirit Valley Secret Realm, and he was almost caught by Tu Xuan when he left. Today, he could settle the score with him.
"Master, we will arrive at Blood Dragon Stronghold in half an hour."
Inside the spirit ship, as her disciple called from outside the door, Zhang Lingyu, who was sitting cross-legged on a futon meditating, slowly opened her eyes and replied, "I understand. Pass down the order and have all cultivators prepare."
"Disciple understands."
Wang Menghan hurried down to relay the order, while Zhang Lingyu opened the door and paced back and forth on the ship.
"This spirit ship is quite nice."
The spirit ship beneath his feet was forged by the Xuan Guang Sect, and its quality had reached the top grade of the Foundation Establishment stage, capable of accommodating hundreds of people.
Just by looking at the dense arrays and inscriptions engraved on the ships, you can tell that their attack and defense capabilities are equally impressive.
The most important thing is speed. Despite its enormous size, its speed is no less than that of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator flying at full speed!
This is the strength of a long-established Nascent Soul sect, and it's only a part of it. I've heard that each of the six sects has several Golden Core level spirit boats and spirit ships.
Looking at these things, and then at his own, Zhang Lingyu felt quite ashamed.
The Zhang family only has a few spirit ships, most of which are of Qi Refining quality. The best one is only the [Zhaoming], which is of the lower Foundation Establishment grade. However, the worst ones that the six sects brought out were all of the middle Foundation Establishment grade.
"I should refine [Zhaoming] again when I have time, so I can better deal with any unexpected situations..."
Zhang Lingyu silently planned for the future. After a while, a valley could be vaguely seen in the distance.
The valley was shrouded in a thick, blood-red cloud, with a light, sparse rain of blood falling from it. From within the blood-red cloud, one could hear roars and screams. Combined with the rugged, bizarre rocks, it was as if a hellish painting was slowly unfolding before one's eyes.
The cultivators on the spirit ship changed their expressions upon seeing this scene and began to whisper among themselves.
"I've been here before...it wasn't like this at all. Blood Dragon Stronghold, what happened?"
"I am familiar with this scene. Back then, a Golden Core demon cultivator sacrificed a mortal city with his blood. When we, the disciples of our sect, arrived, the scene almost made us vomit. Now, this scene is exactly the same!" a cultivator from the Moonflower Palace said decisively.
"Blood sacrifice... Could it be that the Golden Core cultivators of Blood Dragon Stronghold knew we were coming to destroy their sect, so they went all out and sacrificed all their disciples? It's hardly a case of letting others benefit."
"That makes sense. They dare to collude with even the Chu Kingdom, so it's normal for them to sacrifice their own sect in blood; it'll be a good opportunity to improve their cultivation..."
Everyone chimed in with their own opinions, but no one could reach a conclusion. They all looked at the man in blue robes at the bow of the ship.
Zhang Lingyu nodded slightly, looking at the valley that was getting closer and clearer in the distance, and pointed to the piles of white bones in the valley, saying:
"You guessed correctly, this scene was indeed caused by a blood sacrifice, but the object of the sacrifice was not the Blood Dragon Stronghold cultivators. There are still many cultivators' auras in the valley, and these should all be... mortals!"
In his divine sense, the valley was filled with bones, and there were even several tall bone towers hidden in the deep valley. He roughly estimated that at least 400,000 mortals had been sacrificed here!
Blood Dragon Stronghold itself had a population of over 300,000 mortals, most of whom had already been sacrificed.
As for the rest, they must be people plundered from various places.
Zhang Lingyu's gaze was deep and his eyes almost spitting fire as he cursed inwardly, "These damned bastards!"
Demonic cultivators have always viewed mortals as pigs and sheep, raising them only to obtain a continuous supply of blood essence and food. Knowing that they would inevitably be targeted, Blood Dragon Village simply went all out and sacrificed them all.
If he wasn't mistaken, most of the blood sacrifice was used on the mountain-protecting formation to strengthen its defenses and hinder the Golden Core cultivators' attacks. During the defense, they could then seek help from outsiders.
As for the remaining portion... it should be used on someone.
During the divine sense probe, there was actually a hidden aura within Blood Dragon Stronghold, which looked like a Golden Core cultivator but not quite... It must have used a secret method, relying on blood sacrifice, to raise its cultivation level to the Golden Core realm.
As they drew near, Zhang Lingyu decisively crushed the communication jade talisman hidden in her sleeve.
Blood Dragon Stronghold is not far from Qinglin Mountain. Once Zhang Lingyu attacks, the former will definitely ask for reinforcements. If he cannot break through the formation in time, the reinforcements will arrive. He can leave if he wants, but the many cultivators under his command will not be able to leave.
So before he attacked, he ordered Zhao's Jin Dan, who was attacking Qinglin Mountain, to launch another offensive, so as to keep him tied down and prevent him from returning to help!
"Don't worry about anything else for a while, just focus on attacking the formation!" Zhang Lingyu glanced at everyone and then ordered the spirit ship to quickly approach.
Blood Dragon Stronghold also immediately noticed the attack. Under the protection of the mountain-protecting formation, streaks of light kept moving back and forth in the valley, seemingly not expecting anyone to come and attack them at this time.
After more than ten spirit ships lined up outside its great formation, a furious roar finally came from within.
"Who are you people, daring to invade the territory of my Blood Dragon Stronghold? Have you come here to seek death?!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Lingyu's expression turned somewhat strange. The voice was all too familiar; it was none other than Tu Xuan, the deputy leader of Blood Dragon Stronghold, whom she had heard at the auction and in Jade Spirit Valley years ago.
"Well, it seems like enemies are destined to meet..."
A smirk played on his lips as he strode to the outside of the mountain gate, looking down at the somewhat flustered and bewildered cultivators within the great formation. He coldly said:
"Tu Xuan, are you blind? Can't you see the insignia of the Six Clans of Zhao on the spirit ship behind me?"
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