Chapter 147 Eighth Rank

After entering this underground space filled with gray mist, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing and his party could not help becoming somewhat vigilant.

Moreover, this mist carried a hint of toxicity, but since Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing and the others were all Martial Artists, it would not cause much impact on everyone in the short term.

However, to resist the erosion of this mist, true essence still had to be consumed.

Therefore, as time passed, for those whose strength was not too high, once their true essence was exhausted, this gray poisonous mist would be fatal to them.

However, the consumption of true essence by this gray poisonous mist was not too large, so it could still be tolerated in the short term.

At this moment, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing spoke to Chu Lin:

"Chu Lin, with the obstruction of this gray mist, can you still observe the traces of those Baihuo Cult rebels?"

Hearing this, the phantom of the pohuan mirror appeared in Chu Lin's eyes once again, and then a strange radiance projected out from within the pohuan mirror.

After the radiance shot into the gray mist in front of him, under the illumination of the strange radiance, this gray mist rapidly dissipated like snow under the blazing sun.

Seeing that the pohuan mirror could disperse this gray mist, Chu Lin directly spoke to Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing beside him:

"Reporting to Milord, this gray mist does not have much impact on the pohuan mirror, and using it to track those Baihuo Cult members should not be a big problem."

After listening to Chu Lin's words, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing nodded gently, and then spoke:

"This place is somewhat bizarre, everyone be careful!"

After the words fell, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing signaled Chu Lin to continue investigating the traces of the Baihuo Cult, and then everyone once again followed Chu Lin's guidance and headed towards the depths of the gray mist.

After Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing and his party penetrated deep into the gray poisonous mist, the people of the Shangguan Family came through this passage leading underground and arrived in this underground space.

Looking at this underground space filled with gray poisonous mist, Shangguan Ming's expression could not help becoming somewhat ugly.

Shangguan Ming's expression was ugly, not because this gray mist was poisonous, but because this gray mist blocked their line of sight.

All the way trailing Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing and his party, they arrived in this underground space located beneath the Wuling Mountains.

They were not very clear about the destination of this trip.

Now that they had arrived in this underground space full of gray mist, wanting to find the traces of Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing and the others' movements was no longer so simple.

The gray mist blocked line of sight extremely severely, and in this dense gray mist, Shangguan Ming could only grope his way forward by himself.

Although Shangguan Ming's heart was not too clear about what dangers he would face ahead, and even could not clearly distinguish the direction.

But if he just retreated in such a crestfallen manner, Shangguan Ming's heart was somewhat unwilling.

He had already come, and he had even offended the Town Demon Guard; if he couldn't get any benefits at all, Shangguan Ming truly could not accept it in his heart.

As a result, Shangguan Ming gritted his teeth, directly picked a random direction, and headed towards the depths of the gray mist.

Meanwhile, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing and his party had encountered trouble in the gray mist.

However, it was not the Baihuo Cult members who intercepted them, but a group of zombies wearing uniform official soldier attire blocking the way.

Sun Xuan, standing among the crowd of Town Demon Guards, immediately began to observe carefully upon seeing these zombies.

Because the true spirit artifact xuanyin sword mastered by Sun Xuan had the ability to turn ordinary corpses into zombies.

However, the zombies transformed through the xuanyin sword did not have great strength, and the threat to ranked Martial Artists was extremely low.

But this group of zombies was different; these zombies looked as if they were arranged in a military formation.

Moreover, each one wore armor, and the leading zombie was even riding a horse that had been turned into a zombie, and the Aura exuding from its body was at least equivalent to the Realm of an Eighth Rank Martial Artist.

However, the armor worn on these zombies was not the standard-issue equipment of the Great Wei Dynasty.

Rather, it looked more like the standard-issue armor worn by soldiers of the previous dynasty.

At this moment, Sun Xuan could not help guessing the cause of these zombies in his heart: whether they were turned into zombies due to the special environment of this place and a coincidence.

Or, like the xuanyin sword in Sun Xuan's hand, they were turned into zombies due to the influence of a true spirit artifact.

Looking at this underground space filled with gray mist, it seemed that this faction of Baihuo Cult members was truly plotting something.

At this very moment, only to hear the zombie leader riding on the zombie horse emit a hoarse roar from its mouth.

Then, the spear in its hand waved forward, and these hundreds of zombies immediately roared and frantically rushed towards Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing and his party.

Seeing this, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing let out a cold snort, then lightly stamped his feet, and rushed straight towards this zombie leader.

Meanwhile, the other Town Demon Guards also engaged in combat with those ordinary zombies.

At this moment, Sun Xuan was also besieged by five or six zombies.

The strength of these ordinary zombies was not much different from a Ninth Rank Martial Artist.

But because of their low intelligence and lack of Martial Skills, they were like thick-skinned beasts, making them much easier to deal with than Ninth Rank Martial Artists.

Moreover, the strength of the Town Demon Guards who followed Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing was not low, so these zombie soldiers could not pose much threat to everyone.

For Sun Xuan, these zombie soldiers rushing towards him were simply handing themselves over for nothing.

Only to see a flash of silver light on Sun Xuan's hands, and utilizing Ghost Shadow Step under his feet, his figure instantly rushed towards these zombie soldiers like a ghost.

Stepping on Ghost Shadow Step and wielding Magic Silver Hand on his hands, Sun Xuan's silver-shimmering palms continuously slapped onto the chests of one zombie after another.

Massive force surged out, and the zombie soldiers struck by Sun Xuan's Magic Silver Hand were immediately beaten to pieces, turning into true corpses.

Yet these zombie soldiers couldn't even touch the corner of Sun Xuan's clothes.

As for the leader riding the zombie horse, under Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing's hands, it didn't even last a single round before being split in half along with the horse.

This was also the first time Sun Xuan saw Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing make a move; he had to admit that Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing's strength was truly extremely powerful, and at least the current Sun Xuan was completely no match for Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing.

After killing the zombie leader with a single move, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing did not make any more moves, instead leaving it to his subordinate Town Demon Guards to clear out these ordinary zombies.

Not long after, all these zombies were completely wiped out by the group of Town Demon Guards.

As for Sun Xuan, he picked up a large amount of attribute light spheres.

Various Martial Skills were absorbed by Sun Xuan, and each of the Physique attributes and Soul attribute light spheres dropped by these zombie soldiers were all absorbed by Sun Xuan.

Under the condition of a massive enhancement in Physique and Soul power, the speed at which the combination of the two transformed true essence was also getting faster and faster.

At this moment, Sun Xuan's martial cultivation was already somewhat uncontrollably charging towards the Eighth Rank Realm.

After clearing out these zombie soldiers, Sun Xuan's figure stood quietly in place for a while, and then a violent Aura suddenly erupted from Sun Xuan's body.

A resounding bang that only Sun Xuan could hear spread out, and the Bottleneck between the Ninth Rank Martial Artist and the Eighth Rank Martial Artist was instantly shattered by the continuously surging true essence within Sun Xuan's body.

At this moment, Sun Xuan's martial cultivation also very smoothly advanced from Ninth Rank Perfection to the Eighth Rank Realm.

Only to see a formidable Aura rise from within Sun Xuan's body, and then violently impact toward the surroundings.

Sun Xuan's robes all over his body fluttered loudly under the impact of this Aura, and even the gray poisonous mist around Sun Xuan's body was diluted quite a bit by this Aura.

In the distance, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing, who had stood quietly in place after killing the zombie leader with a single move, was also alarmed at this moment by the Aura of Sun Xuan breaking through to the Eighth Rank Realm.

At this moment, only seeing his figure move slightly, he arrived not far in front of Sun Xuan.

Seeing him slightly look over Sun Xuan, with a trace of satisfaction on his face, he spoke to Sun Xuan:

"Breaking through the martial Realm right in the middle of battle, not bad.

Since your martial cultivation has already broken through to the Eighth Rank Realm, then after exterminating these Baihuo Cult rebels and returning to Qinghe County, you can be promoted to the Deputy Commander of the Qinghe County Demon Suppression Guard.

After I step down from the position of Town Demon Envoy, you will also have the Opportunity to contend for the position of Town Demon Envoy."

With an additional Eighth Rank Martial Artist in the team once again, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing's mood was quite good.

After listening to Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing's words, Sun Xuan immediately cupped his fists and spoke to Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing:

"That the subordinate was able to break through to the Eighth Rank Martial Artist Realm was because of that fierce move when Lord Lü killed the zombie leader just now.

It allowed the subordinate to suddenly enter into an Epiphany, and then under a coincidence, break through to the Eighth Rank Martial Artist Realm.

Lord Lü's kindness to the subordinate is engraved in the subordinate's heart; in the future, if Lord Lü has any instructions, the subordinate will certainly go through fire and water without hesitation."

Only to see Sun Xuan casually making up lies, flattering Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing profusely.

Everyone loves to hear pleasant words; after Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing heard Sun Xuan's words, a look of gratification indeed appeared on his face.

His gaze looking at Sun Xuan also immediately became much softer.

Previously, Sun Xuan did not carry much weight in Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing's heart.

In his eyes, he was merely an ordinary Town Demon Guard who had newly joined.

There wasn't even much sense of familiarity.

However, after Sun Xuan broke through to the Eighth Rank Realm and flattered him profusely, Sun Xuan's status in Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing's heart instantly increased.

At this moment, the more Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing looked at Sun Xuan, the more pleasing to the eye he found him, and Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing also knew that Sun Xuan not only had his martial cultivation break through to the Eighth Rank Realm at this moment.

Moreover, he also held a true spirit artifact in his hand, and his strength among Eighth Rank Martial Artists was definitely not to be underestimated.

Furthermore, he attributed his Breakthrough to the Eighth Rank Martial Artist Realm to borrowing the light of that single move of his that killed the zombie leader; as a result, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing felt that his relationship with Sun Xuan instantly became much closer.

Sun Xuan's status in Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing's heart even rose to a level similar to Chu Lin's.

It could be said that Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing had truly decided in his heart at this moment to select the successor to the next Town Demon Envoy from the two of them, Sun Xuan and Chu Lin.

As for the other several Deputy Commanders whose martial cultivation had reached the Eighth Rank Realm, they were not very favored by Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing.

And Sun Xuan at this moment also became the second strongest expert among the Town Demon Guards here.

Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing's strength was the strongest; this went without saying.

While Chu Lin's strength was also not weak—not only had his martial cultivation reached the Eighth Rank Realm, but he had even mastered a Transcendent skill and a true spirit artifact.

But at this moment, Chu Lin, to a freak like Sun Xuan, was truly not his match.

Aside from Chu Lin, among the Town Demon Guards here, there were no Martial Artists above the Eighth Rank.

Therefore, Sun Xuan at this moment was truly a bonafide second-strongest expert among the crowd of Town Demon Guards.

After resolving these zombie soldiers, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing, Sun Xuan, and everyone once again advanced towards the depths of the gray poisonous mist.

It was still Chu Lin leading the way through the true spirit artifact pohuan mirror, and everyone followed all the way.

During this period, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing and his party encountered zombie soldiers blocking the way a few more times.

These zombie soldiers numbered a dozen or so at the least, and hundreds at the most.

Even among them, the largest wave of zombie soldiers had a leader whose strength had reached the Late Stage of the Eighth Rank Realm.

However, for an expert like Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing who was only a hair's breadth away from a Sixth Rank Martial Artist, there was not much difference between an Early Stage Eighth Rank zombie and a Late Stage Eighth Rank zombie.

They were still decapitated by Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing with a single blade strike, dying completely in Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing's hands.

Just like that, as Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing and the others went deeper, the surrounding gray mist gradually grew thinner.

After a short while, a city built underground slowly appeared before everyone's eyes at this moment.

After seeing this city built underground, even Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing could not help being stunned in shock for a moment.

Just what kind of magnificent scale was this, to be able to build such a city deep underground in the Wuling Mountains.

However, in front of this underground city at this moment, it was exceptionally lively.

Only to see teams of zombies continuously pouring out from the city, and then desperately engaging in fierce slaughter with two groups of people.

Sun Xuan looked closely at these two groups of people and found that one of the groups was precisely that bunch of Baihuo Cult rebels who had crossed paths with him and Chu Lin previously.

As for the other group of people, Sun Xuan was not very familiar with them.

However, Sun Xuan learned by asking Chu Lin beside him that the group of people currently slaughtering a large number of zombie soldiers unexpectedly belonged to the Qingdan Sect.

And it was even Sect Master Li Changtian of the Qingdan Sect who led the team in person.

This matter was truly getting interesting.

The three major factions of Qinghe County—the Qingdan Sect, the Town Demon Guard, and the Shangguan Family trailing behind eating dust—had actually all run to this place.

Moreover, there was also a Baihuo Cult branch with not weak strength that had traveled a thousand miles to run to this damned place.

Exactly what kind of treasure was in this place that could allow so many factions to gather here simultaneously?

This bizarre situation made Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing also think of something.

However, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing's thought at this moment was to first wipe out the Baihuo Cult rebels before talking.

Anyway, no matter what treasures there were, they were right here and couldn't run away.

After they completely wiped out this bunch of Baihuo Cult rebels, it wouldn't be too late to explore this place.

Although people from both the Qingdan Sect and the Shangguan Family had come, these two factions really didn't catch Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing's eye much.

Thinking this, seeing Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing give an order, he led everyone to charge and kill towards the Baihuo Cult people.