On the peak of the mountain, the originally chaotic battlefield seemed to have become quiet at this moment, especially those from Mang Yin Mountain. They were all dumbfounded as they looked at Yang Gui, whose aura had dissipated, falling from the sky. Their boss was killed just like that?
That was a Spirit Stage powerhouse. How could he die so easily?!
"People from Mang Yin Mountain, if you dare to resist, don't blame my Nine Dragon City for massacring you today!"
Lei Shan's figure landed on a large tree. His tiger-like eyes swept across the panicking people from Mang Yin Mountain. His voice was filled with a dense killing intent.
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"Kill!"
The morale of the people from Nine Dragon City greatly increased. With a roar, they immediately charged towards the people from Mang Yin Mountain. The latter was instantly defeated and could no longer form an effective defense.
Mu Chen looked at the defeated people from Mang Yin Mountain and let out a sigh of relief. He circulated the Great Pagoda Art to absorb the Spiritual Aura to recover. Lei Shan's previous attack was too decisive. Facing Yang Gui's moment of weakness, Lei Shan did not hesitate to kill him and completely killed him.
"Bang!"
In the sky, where Zhou Ye and Liu Zong were fighting, a violent Spiritual Energy erupted. Zhou Ye quickly retreated a dozen steps, while Liu Zong only retreated two steps. However, his expression was extremely ugly because he saw Yang Gui's cold corpse falling down.
"Trash!"
Liu Zong was slightly shocked. He immediately cursed while gritting his teeth. Yang Gui's death was basically the end of their good situation.
"Haha, Liu Zong, it seems like you won't be able to do as you wish today!"
Zhou Ye also sneered at this moment. With Yang Gui's death, the morale on their side greatly increased. Moreover, the key point was that Lei Shan could free up his hands and join hands with him to deal with Liu Zong.
Facing two Spirit Stage Initial Phase powerhouses, even if Liu Zong was a Spirit Stage Middle Phase powerhouse, it would be difficult for him to gain an advantage.
Liu Zong's expression fluctuated. He stared at the utterly defeated Mang Yin Mountain troops and gritted his teeth hatefully. Then, he stared at Zhou Ye and appeared beside Liu Ming, who was heavily injured and charred by Mu Chen.
He grabbed Liu Ming and rushed out of Mang Yin Mountain without hesitation.
"Retreat!"
When the people from the Liu Territory saw Liu Zong retreating, they immediately roared out. Immediately after, they hastily broke away from the battlefield and rapidly left.
And without the help of the Liu Territory's men.
The morale of the troops from Mang Yin Mountain completely collapsed. Very quickly, they were forced into their fortress-like stronghold and began to kneel and surrender.
Mu Chen stood on the tall walls of the stronghold as he watched the Mang Yin Mountain's men flee in all directions. It seems that the Mang Yin Mountain will be removed from the Northern Spiritual Realm's underworld in the future.
"Haha, Mu Chen.
Amazing, to be able to set up such a powerful spirit formation at such a young age. "Lei Shan laughed as he landed next to Mu Chen and patted Mu Chen's shoulder.
The force caused the latter to let out a bitter laugh. He felt as if all the bones in his body were about to fall apart.
Lei Shan was obviously in a good mood. Yang Gui was his archenemy and had been suppressed by him all these years.
He never thought that he would be able to wash away his shame today. Of course, this was all thanks to the help of Mu Chen's Spiritual Array.
Otherwise, even if he could defeat Yang Gui, he wouldn't be able to take his life so easily.
Zhou Ye also landed and looked at Mu Chen with a gratified smile. It seems that it was a wise decision to bring Mu Chen along.
"Leader Lei, I'll leave the rest of the people from Mang Yin Mountain to you." Zhou Ye looked at the surrendered Mang Yin Mountain's men and smiled towards Lei Shan.
"Okay."
Lei Shan nodded. Underworld forces like them needed manpower the most. The Mu Territory might not be interested in these people, but they were.
"Mang Yin Mountain is the strongest underworld force within the Northern Spiritual Realm. They should have quite a lot of treasures. We, Nine Dragon City, have taken in their men. As for the treasures, you can take them."
Lei Shan smiled. He was not being excessive. The destruction of Mang Yin Mountain had solved a huge problem for him. He could also use this opportunity to form a relationship with the Mu Territory. He was willing to do so.
Zhou Ye smiled and did not refuse. However, he did not accept everything either. He only said: "Let's split it in half. Nine Dragon City has also suffered quite a bit from today's matter. We will still have opportunities to cooperate in the future."
"Thank you, Brother Zhou."
Lei Shan did not argue as he cupped his hands and smiled. Now that he had offended the Liu Territory, he naturally had to form a good relationship with the Mu Territory in order to prevent them from taking revenge.
Both parties had come to an agreement. Lei Shan waved his hand and called for someone to bring a person over. This person was exceptionally skinny, but his eyes were rather cunning. However, his cunning at this moment was somewhat miserable because his body was covered in blood.
"This is the second leader of Mang Yin Mountain, Lin Hou. He can be considered a top figure."
Lei Shan smiled towards Lin Hou and said: "Bring us to the storage room. If you are useful to us, we will naturally keep your life. Otherwise, I don't mind killing you on the spot."
Lin Hou looked at Lei Shan's face that was filled with killing intent. He trembled for a bit and quickly smiled: "Leader Lei, don't worry. I know Mang Yin Mountain like the back of my hand. I know where the treasures are stored."
"Then why aren't you leading the way!" Lei Shan shouted.
"Yes, yes. Please follow me." Lin Hou quickly nodded his head and awkwardly led the way.
"This kind of fence-sitter is not suitable to stay in Nine Dragon Village." Zhou Ye looked at Lin Hou's figure and said with a faint smile.
"Brother Zhou, don't worry. I naturally know this."
Lei Shan smiled. He was not a fool. How could he keep a person who could easily betray his former master by his side?
Zhou Ye did not say anything else after hearing this. He quickly followed with Mu Chen.
The stronghold of Mang Yin Mountain was rather large and there were many houses within. Lin Hou led the group through many twists and turns before finally entering the largest courtyard in the depths of the stronghold.
Lin Hou stopped in the study room of the courtyard and felt around the wall. Suddenly, the wall slowly split open. Lin Hou smiled at Lei Shan and the others and said: "Everyone, this is the place where Yang Gui kept his treasures. I only found it by chance."
"You go in first." Lei Shan said indifferently. It was obvious that he did not trust this guy.
Lin Hou smiled awkwardly and walked in. Lei Shan, Zhou Ye, and Mu Chen saw that everything was fine and then followed.
Behind the wall was a secret room. However, it was brightly lit. The secret room was not big, but it was filled with the aura of treasures.
A large amount of Spirit Coins was piled up like a small mountain. It looked like there were at least millions of Spirit Coins. On the other side, there were many jade scrolls. It was obvious that these were Spiritual Arts and other items that Yang Gui kept.
Mu Chen's interest was also piqued. He walked in and picked up a few Spiritual Arts to take a look. Then, he curled his lips. These Spiritual Arts were not considered to be too deep.
The highest was only a Spiritual Tier Spiritual Art.
Mu Chen casually looked at them and lost interest in them. Then, he walked inside. There were a few exquisite jade boxes. He took one and gently opened it.
Suddenly, a Blood Ginseng that was as thick as a palm appeared in his eyes. A dense and pure Spiritual Energy was emitted from it along with a fragrance.
"Nine Beard Blood Ginseng?"
Mu Chen stared at the Blood Ginseng and his eyes instantly lit up. This was a worldly treasure that was even rarer than the Jaded Essence Fruit. It was greatly beneficial to one's cultivation. However, the Spiritual Energy within it was too violent.
Instead, it would hurt the body.
However, Mu Chen was not afraid of this. He cultivated the Great Pagoda Art. This Spiritual Art was exceptionally overbearing. It was not difficult for him to refine the violent Spiritual Energy within the Blood Ginseng.
If he could completely refine this matured Nine Beard Blood Ginseng.
He would probably be able to reach the Spiritual Rotation Stage Late Phase in a short period of time.
"Uncle Zhou, this item belongs to me." Mu Chen shook the jade box in his hand towards Zhou Ye as he smiled.
"You also contributed greatly this time. You can choose." Zhou Ye smiled.
Mu Chen heard this.
He impolitely put it into his Mustard Seed Bracelet. However, he was not too greedy.
Although these treasures were not bad, if he relied on them to increase his strength, it would be a disaster in the long run.
Therefore, he did not covet the other heavenly treasures that looked pretty good. He let Zhou Ye and Lei Shan take them. He then wandered around the secret room and looked around.
The secret chamber was not spacious. Mu Chen quickly walked to the end. However, he still did not see anything special. He could only curl his lips. This Yang Gui's collection was not that great.
Mu Chen shook his head and was about to turn around and leave.
Crack.
However, just as he turned around, his feet stepped on something. Something rolled out from under his feet. He looked down and saw a black scroll rolling not far away from his feet.
The scroll was covered in dust. Clearly, it wasn't well preserved. Mu Chen frowned and was about to walk over. However, for some unknown reason, his heart stopped. After a brief hesitation, he made a suction force with his palm and sucked the black scroll into his hand.
Mu Chen looked at the scroll from top to bottom. However, he was unable to see anything special about it. Then, he slowly opened it up without much thought.
When the scroll opened, a faint black light appeared. It was some irregular black lines. These lines flickered with a faint black light and were scattered on the scroll.
Mu Chen frowned as he looked at these scattered lines. His eyes were filled with doubt. These lines seemed to be array diagrams. However, they were disorderly and there was no trace of an array at all.
"What is this?"
Mu Chen pursed his lips. The patterns on the scroll were like random sketches by an ignorant child. They were useless.
Mu Chen stared at the black scroll for a long time. He faintly felt that something was amiss. After musing for a long time, he suddenly slowly closed his eyes. The sounds of the outside world were gradually blocked by him. Under the silence, he directly entered the Heart Array State.
At the instant when Mu Chen had entered the Heart Array State, although he had his eyes tightly shut, he seemed to be able to see the black scroll in his hand erupt with a dense black light. In the next instant, he could see that the originally disorderly lines of light on the scroll had unexpectedly started to slowly connect together in a mysterious trajectory.
As the lines of light outlined, black light surged. When Mu Chen focused his attention on it, he could see an extremely complicated and cryptic Spiritual Array Diagram appearing on the scroll. Vaguely, the Spiritual Array Diagram appeared to be a mysterious black lotus, with an indescribable ominous aura sweeping out from it.
Humph.
Mu Chen's body violently trembled. His eyes abruptly opened as a muffled sound emerged from his throat. A trace of blood appeared at the corner of his mouth. However, he did not care about this. His eyes were filled with shock as he stared at the black scroll in his hand.
This thing was indeed a high grade array diagram!
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