’Could it be the Celestial God organization...’

Gu Zheng recalled the Teleportation Array Chen Wuji had discovered in the underground space ten li outside South City after he had killed Luo Cheng.

"That’s right, Gu, you guessed it."

Qing Yixiao nodded and exhaled. "These Corpse Puppets got into the city through a Teleportation Array. I have no idea what method the Yong Family used, but the teleportation didn’t cause any disturbance..."

"No, I think there was a disturbance, but someone covered it up," Gu Zheng said thoughtfully. "Colluding with the Celestial God organization... in other words, Luo Cheng isn’t the only spy from Yue Country!"

’On second thought, whether Luo Cheng truly defected to the Celestial God organization still needs to be confirmed.’

’But the Yue Country royal family’s collusion with the Celestial God organization is an undeniable fact.’

"Right. If you hadn’t mentioned it, Gu, I’d have almost forgotten."

Qing Yixiao’s mind raced. "There’s a spy from Yue Country inside the city, coordinating from within! And this person’s status and position must be quite high!"

"The Celestial God organization is a public enemy that everyone wants to see destroyed. But the Yong Family of Yue Country is one of the few Noble Families that hasn’t acted against them. This is because the Yong Family isn’t exactly righteous themselves; most Noble Families despise their practice of refining Corpse Puppets. By the standards of good and evil in the Martial World, the Yong Family of Yue Country is a Demon Sect!"

"So, it’s no surprise that the Yong Family is colluding with the Celestial God organization," Gu Zheng added. He cupped his fist and said, "Qing, you and your sister should leave the city first. I’m going to look around a bit more and see if I can find a few friends."

"Alright, Gu, be careful!"

Qing Yixiao clasped his fist. "My third brother and second sister are also in the city. It was too chaotic earlier, and we got separated. Yong Xingzhou and the three Celestial Corpses were lured outside the city by the Zhong Family’s King’s Body expert. Right now, the main threat causing chaos in the city are the forty Earth Corpses!"

One Earth Corpse was comparable to a peak Heroic Body.

Forty of them meant forty peak Heroic Bodies.

This was an immense force.

Of course, this comparison to a peak Heroic Body only referred to the toughness of their physical forms, which were incredibly difficult to damage.

They were also tireless, fearless, and painless. Even blowing up their heads and hearts was useless.

Corpse Puppets of this level were difficult to deal with even in the wilderness, let alone inside a city.

This move by the Yong Family of Yue Country had truly dealt a painful blow to the Zhong Family.

Who knew how long they had been planning for this day.

To say nothing of the rest, the three Celestial Corpses and forty Earth Corpses were definitely the accumulation of several hundred years.

The Zhong Family had suffered disastrous losses at Zhong Tianlin’s wedding.

But the greater victims were the common people of the city!

After the Celestial Change, the people of the Royal Capital City were the happiest and safest.

In other places, Demon Fiends ran rampant, eating and killing people.

The people of the Royal Capital City had never even seen what a Demon Fiend looked like.

Well, now the Yong Family of Yue Country had unleashed tens of thousands of Corpse Puppets. These puppets were fearless, painless, and undying. They were extremely difficult to kill, yet they rampaged everywhere, slaughtering people as easily as chickens.

...

"Demon Fiends! Demon Fiends!"

"Run, run... SPLAT—"

"Why, why, wh—"

"Help, save me... SHINK!"

"..."

Screams, moans, cries, and roars...

The city was filled with shouts, the streets littered with corpses.

Mutilated bodies and bloodstained ground, illuminated by the blazing fires, created a scene that was both horrifying and stunning, a visual assault of the highest degree.

For the common people, this was the end of the Royal Capital.

SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH!

"SQUELCH! SQUELCH! SQUELCH!"

Gu Zheng sped across the rooftops as the three hundred and sixty blades around his body all shot out, slicing and dicing one Corpse Puppet after another.

He casually unleashed Golden Thousand Blades, reaping Spirit Corpses and Profound Corpses, chopping them into pieces.

Spirit Capturing!

[Demon Points +1]

[Demon Points +5]

[Demon Points +1]

...

The Chaotic Heaven Shield was a high-grade Spiritual Soldier, and the blades it broke into were just as astonishingly lethal, incomparably sharp.

Under the slicing blades, there was no difference between Spirit Corpses and Profound Corpses.

All were quickly shredded, leaving behind piles of arms, legs, and heads.

Then, Spirit Capturing, Spirit Capturing!

WHOOSH—

SWOOSH!

SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH!

As he darted across the rooftops, his blades danced through the air, slaying every Corpse Puppet in his path.

He was heading toward East City.

Nangong Yaoyue, Xiao Xianya, and their group were in East City; they had told him their location beforehand.

Gu Zheng couldn’t worry about anyone else.

But he couldn’t just abandon Nangong Yaoyue, Xiao Xianya, and their group.

He killed his way forward, reaping Demon Points as he went.

Before he even reached East City, he encountered his first Earth Corpse.

And the one fighting the Earth Corpse was also an acquaintance.

It was Huang Dajin, another one of the Seven Demon Slayers.

BOOM!

With a tremendous crash, Huang Dajin’s burly frame was struck by immense force, sending him flying backward. He smashed through three walls before crashing to the ground, buried in the rubble.

SWOOSH!

The equally burly Earth Corpse charged forward, lunging straight for Huang Dajin.

SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH!

A cold light flashed as the blades danced, slicing through the air and rapidly enveloping the Earth Corpse.

"CLANG CLANG CLANG!"

SCREEECH!

Sparks flew as dozens of blades swirled around the Earth Corpse, but they failed to sever its arms and legs on the first pass.

From time to time, strange sounds could be heard, like the tearing of thick cloth.

Gu Zheng imbued his attack with Divine Wondrous and unleashed Golden Thousand Blades with his full might.

SHLICK SHLICK—

"THWACK! THWACK! THWACK!"

With a series of sounds, a head, two arms, and two legs were successfully severed. The remaining torso fell to the ground, twitching and bouncing rapidly.

"Cough, cough..."

From the rubble, Huang Dajin crawled out, coughing. He slowly got to his feet, his gaze sweeping over the chunks of the Corpse Puppet on the ground before landing on Gu Zheng.

"Gu...?"

His face pale, Huang Dajin endured the pain racking his body, clasped his fist in a salute, and said gratefully, "Th-thank you, Gu!"

Spirit Capturing!

[Demon Points +20]

The energy an Earth Corpse provided was four times greater.

Gu Zheng noted the increase, then raised a hand and asked, "Huang, do you know the whereabouts of Xiao Xianya, Zuo, and the others? Are they still in East City?"