"wanghen blade..." Yun Nian looked at the long blade in her hand, her eyes flickering. "What a powerful killing intent. It was actually forged by a Buddhist Cultivator."

"That Senior had already fallen into the Demonic Path when he forged this blade, so it cannot be compared to ordinary items. Because it was refined by a Demonic Cultivator, the wanghen blade is also different from other weapons. For many years, it has never found a suitable master. If you cannot control it, do not force it, lest it disrupt your Mental State," Xi Mo said again.

Yun Nian nodded, then sheathed the blade and looked up at Xi Mo: "Just now you came over in such a hurry, did something happen?"

As her voice fell, Xi Mo's brows furrowed.

"Just now, I saw the Formation Master who went to Huan Yuan Valley with us. He seemed not to recognize me," Xi Mo said.

Hearing this, Yun Nian's gaze suddenly changed: "Are there other people here?"

Thinking of this, Yun Nian suddenly calmed down and began to ponder.

"And it seems he really didn't recognize me, so I'm thinking... he might have already met with misfortune," Xi Mo added.

If he was already dead and had become like those things outside, how could he remember the people he had met in his life?

"Perhaps," Yun Nian nodded.

If that were truly the case, those people probably arrived at this place not long after them, and now they are already dead. That means they might be in even greater danger now.

Inside Zixiao Sect, looking at the batches of Law Enforcement Hall Dark Pavilion Disciples flying out, the people below began to discuss amongst themselves.

With so many Dark Pavilion Disciples from the Law Enforcement Hall dispatched this time, something big must have happened in the Cultivation World!

Suddenly, a Sword Qi streaked across the sky above Zixiao Sect. A sharp-eyed Cultivator saw it and couldn't help but exclaim, "Isn't that Elder Xu Xu!"

Why did Elder Xu Xu leave the sect in such a hurry?!

City of the Dead

"Saintess, all the Disciples we stationed here are dead, not a single survivor!" A Hehuan Sect Disciple rushed over and reported to Qi Rou.

Qi Rou's brows remained tightly furrowed: "What was the cause of death?"

"They seem to have died from their heart meridians being shattered," the Disciple replied.

Qi Rou's eyes flickered, then she said: "Take me to see."

"Yes."

The Hehuan Sect Cultivator immediately led the way. Stepping out of the room, they saw coffins lining both sides of the street, and some corpses that hadn't been dealt with were simply piled up on one side of the street. Qi Rou followed the Disciple forward, and when passing an Inn, she suddenly stopped.

"Your Highness Saintess." The Cultivator asked when he saw her stop.

Qi Rou waved her hand at him, then turned and walked towards the entrance of the Inn.

The desolate Inn now had its doors wide open, and corpses were strewn haphazardly inside. Qi Rou walked straight in and approached a wine table.

Three corpses lay slumped on the wine table, face down. Judging by their Physical Bodies, they had only recently died.

Qi Rou's eyes moved. With a burst of Demonic Qi from her hand, she pulled one of the corpses to lift its head. When she saw the dead person's appearance, the expression on her face changed slightly.

Isn't this the group of Formation Masters who previously trespassed into Huan Yuan Valley?

Later, when she went to check again, Yun Nian was still with them.

Thinking of this, Qi Rou's heart suddenly sank. She immediately raised her voice: "Come, search out all the corpses in this Inn for me!"

As soon as her voice fell, more than a dozen Hehuan Sect Disciples rushed in.

After some time, Qi Rou's gaze swept over the neatly arranged corpses on the ground. Not finding Yun Nian among them, she asked: "Is this all?"

"Reporting to Saintess, these are all of them."

As the words fell, Qi Rou slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as she didn't see a corpse, it might prove that Yun Nian was still alive.

Night deepened.

The man was emaciated, the flesh on his left cheek like a withered tree, while his right cheek had no flesh, only a stark white skull. At this moment, he was looking up at Yun Nian in the light screen before him, his remaining left eye filled with intoxication.

"I've waited, I've finally waited!" The man laughed maniacally. "What a perfect Physical Body, it's you! From now on, you will be the strongest fighting force under my command, and the entire Cultivation World will become mine, hahahaha—"

Within the light screen, Yun Nian slowly opened her eyes from her Cultivation, then picked up the wanghen blade and left her room. Before long, she and Xi Mo appeared near the city gate.

"Everyone is asleep." Yun Nian recalled the scene she had just witnessed in the Inn, still feeling a chill in her heart.

The first floor of the Inn was empty; everyone had disappeared, even the Shop Assistant was nowhere to be found. But when she opened a room door, she saw someone lying on the bed, seemingly asleep, but upon closer inspection, the person's chest was not rising and falling; it was a dead person.

Then she pushed open several more doors, and the situation was the same inside. Although she didn't know why, after she came out, the street was also the same. The surroundings were empty, and when she entered a shop, there were only dead people.

Now it seemed, perhaps only the two of them were alive in the entire city.

Xi Mo listened to Yun Nian's account of the situation, then said: "How could this happen? Could it be that the Barrier has already opened?"

"Not yet." Yun Nian's gaze fixed on a certain spot outside the city gate, then she said: "Before entering here, I saw a black stone tablet there, but it disappeared after entering the city gate. If we leave the Barrier, that stone tablet should reappear."

Xi Mo's gaze followed Yun Nian's pointing direction, and indeed, there was no stone tablet there.

He walked forward with his sword, saying: "Since the Barrier's location is here, let's break it from here."

Saying that, Xi Mo poured all his Spiritual Power into his longsword. In an instant, his entire aura changed. Layers of sharp Sword Qi wrapped around the longsword, and then he thrust it forward with all his might.

However, the anticipated Barrier did not appear. Xi Mo's sword struck nothing, and after rushing forward a few steps, he immediately stopped, finding himself already standing outside the city gate.

"No Barrier?" Xi Mo frowned.

Yun Nian was also startled: "How could this be? Could it be that I guessed wrong..."

Xi Mo looked around, then raised his head and called out: "Come and see!"

Hearing this, Yun Nian walked out of the city gate and looked up in the direction Xi Mo was pointing.

"It's still Qinglu City," Yun Nian said.

Xi Mo frowned tightly: "It shouldn't be like this..."

"In this situation, besides a Barrier, there's only one last possibility..." A glimmer of light flashed in Yun Nian's eyes. "It's a Formation."