“King!”

“The King is in Yulan City!”

All the lurking low-level Hunyuan lifeforms within Yulan City became fanatical.

Low-level Hunyuan lifeforms are very scattered. Even if a leader gives an order, only a small number of core members will listen. However, the vast number of middle and lower-level members don’t pay much attention. They might not even meet the leader for many years and might die at the hands of cultivators at any time! Naturally, they are even more willful and scattered. Willfulness, recklessness, and scatterbrainedness are traditions of low-level Hunyuan lifeforms.

The Mind-Bewitching Worms, the Soul-Devouring Snakes, and the Void Wanderers are the three major races of lurkers.

Once a ‘King’ is born among these three lurking races, they will possess incredible appeal, even causing the Kings of other races to obey their orders. Because only the King of the lurking races can easily enter the city, greatly reducing the difficulty of the highest-level core members within Xisha City to break through the city.

In the history of the Nine Rivers Holy Realm, the reason for breaking a city nine times out of ten is due to the emergence of a King of the three lurking races.

Once a King of the lurking races is discovered, the cultivators of the Nine Rivers Holy Realm will immediately request support, and the Dark Holy Realm will send some extremely terrifying cultivators to hunt down the King. Therefore, the birth of a King of the lurking races is always kept absolutely secret.

A King only has one chance to break a city in their lifetime.

Once they fail, they cannot survive the pursuit of cross-border experts in the Dark Holy Realm.

“This is my only chance, my only chance to regain freedom.” The red-robed cultivator stood up, his eyes cold.

The entire Nine Rivers Holy Realm is a large prison. Only after enduring hardship to become a Transcendent-level being did he get one chance to ‘regain freedom.’

As long as the city is breached, he only needs to slaughter a portion of the hundreds of millions of cultivators to accumulate enough merit.

“Action.” The red-robed cultivator ordered.

At this moment, all the leaders lurking throughout Yulan City took action, while the other members remained dormant.

“Whoosh.”

The red-robed cultivator also left his cave. In the faint mist, he flew towards the cave of Palace Lord Weiyang.

At the same time, 32 other leaders flew towards Palace Lord Weiyang’s cave. Under the King’s call, a total of 32 Mind-Bewitching Worms and Soul-Devouring Snakes, and leaders of numerous branches who had reached the strength of a God Emperor Completion stage, came here from across the Nine Rivers Holy Realm.

Firstly, some branches scattered across the 35 city regions of the Nine Rivers Holy Realm had not yet produced God Emperor Completion stage beings.

The strongest beings within those branches were only some God Emperor late-stage members, so the leader-level beings of the Mind-Bewitching Worms and Soul-Devouring Snakes were already rare in the Nine Rivers Holy Realm. Secondly, some leaders did not participate in the battle. Only about half of the elite members of the two races participated.

“Rumble.”

The four city gates of Yulan City rumbled closed.

With the city gates closed, all cultivators were temporarily prohibited from entering or leaving! “All cultivators, immediately return to your respective caves, or you may temporarily stay in nearby shops,” Palace Lord Yuanxiang’s gentle voice echoed throughout the city.

“After a short while, all cultivators will be prohibited from going out. Anyone fleeing will be regarded as a lurking low-level Hunyuan lifeform.”

“This inspection will be completed within one day, and all cultivators must cooperate.” As the voice spread, the cultivators scattered everywhere moved quickly. Those who were close headed towards their caves, while those who were far away temporarily stayed in some shops.

As time passed, many cultivators moved rapidly within Yulan City, and the number of cultivators outside the buildings became increasingly scarce.

“Hmm?”

The red-robed cultivator was now very close to Palace Lord Weiyang’s cave, but the other 32 leaders were at varying distances, moving at different speeds, and many had not yet arrived. “Arrange for the first branch to attack the entire city, trying to attract the attention of cultivators.”

The red-robed cultivator immediately gave the order.

“Yes,” the leader of the first branch responded.

They immediately acted according to the plan.

“Quick.” Suddenly, in many areas of Yulan City, cultivators left their caves. These more than two hundred cultivators acted simultaneously, all of them Mind-Bewitching Worm avatars or Soul-Devouring Snake avatars.

These suicidal actions were all arranged for avatars in the plan.

However, the strength of these avatars was very strong. Some of them were even avatars of core members. Those cultivators below the God Emperor stage fell one by one under the attacks of the Mind-Bewitching Worms and Soul-Devouring Snakes, being killed rapidly. “Hahaha, it’s been so long since I’ve wantonly slaughtered cultivators like this.”

“I killed more than a dozen in the blink of an eye.”

“With the merit of this slaughter, my bloodline will surely evolve to be even stronger.”

These more than two hundred lurkers wantonly slaughtered. Now that there was no need to maintain secrecy, the more frantic, the better. “Just about to conduct a full investigation, and the lurkers can’t help but act?”

“Annihilate them.”

The elders who controlled the various defensive formations of Yulan City were merciless and immediately mobilized the formations to attack these wantonly slaughtering lurkers.

Rumble! Lightning struck wildly.

In the blink of an eye, within the entire city, all the lurkers who were frantically attacking were struck by lightning, with no way to dodge.

Most of these lurkers were directly reduced to ashes. Only three lurkers managed to withstand the lightning strikes.

“These three lurkers are either God Emperor late-stage true bodies or leader-level avatars.” The elder who controlled the Thunder Array sent a message to the other elders.

If low-level Hunyuan lifeforms at the God Emperor late-stage were in their true bodies, their vitality would be too tenacious. A single elder’s formation attack from a distance would not be able to destroy them.

“It should just be the leader’s avatar.”

“These lurkers are very cunning. They generally don’t dare to enter the city in their true bodies, sending only avatars.” Boom, boom, boom.

In an instant, the three lurkers who withstood the lightning were subjected to multiple formation attacks.

Either flames burned on their bodies.

Or an invisible and odorless wind blew.

Or a cold air descended and froze them. With multiple formations, each formation driven by the elders, these three lurkers eventually died.

At this moment, not far from Palace Lord Weiyang’s cave, the red-robed cultivator had already met with 7 leaders.

“Send the second branch to attack the entire city, continuing to delay time.”

The red-robed cultivator gave the order again.

“Yes.” Along with the order.

Another 192 lurkers rushed out of their caves. At this moment, there were very few cultivators still outside. These lurkers attacked any cultivators they could see, even rushing into some shops and attacking some attendants inside.

“More lurkers?”

“What’s going on? How did so many more appear?” The elders who were in charge of the formations were surprised. They had expected the previous batch of more than two hundred cultivators.

But the second batch of another 192 lurkers was a bit strange.

“Annihilate them first.”

“Annihilate!”

The elders used the formations to attack remotely. The 192 lurkers attacked frantically. As far as they were concerned, even if their avatars were gone, as long as they killed enough, they could still earn enough slaughter merit.

In just three breaths, all 192 lurkers died. Of course, they also attacked and killed hundreds of innocent cultivators around them.

“Something’s not right.”

Palace Lord Yuanxiang also noticed the problem. Two consecutive waves of frantic attacks made Palace Lord Yuanxiang feel something was wrong. “All cultivators who have not returned to their caves, immediately enter the nearest shop. After ten breaths, a full-scale investigation will begin.”

Palace Lord Yuanxiang’s voice rang out.

“Hurry, hurry, hurry.”

“Ten breaths is too short.” The most numerous in Yulan City were those below the God Emperor stage. Under the suppression of the Nine Rivers Holy Realm’s rules, their speed was not fast. At this moment, they could not care about so much and could only rush to the nearest shop.

The red-robed cultivator was outside Palace Lord Weiyang’s cave, and 12 leaders had gathered with him.

“Only ten breaths? This action is too rushed.”

The red-robed cultivator frowned slightly. According to the original plan, he and at least 20 leader true bodies would act simultaneously, using absolute superiority to kill Palace Lord Weiyang.

Then they would defeat them one by one, combining internal and external forces to easily break the city.

But now?

Only 30% of the external gathered force was present. The mobilization of forces within the city was also hindered under Yulan City’s full alert.

“Although it’s a bit rushed, we can’t worry about it.” The red-robed cultivator glanced at the other 12 leaders not far away. The leaders also noticed him.

“Enter the cave.”

The red-robed cultivator ordered through telepathy.

The 13 of them acted simultaneously.

“Boom.” A terrifying wave instantly broke through Palace Lord Weiyang’s cave’s formation gate.

Palace Lord Weiyang was inside the cave, expressionless, sitting cross-legged. At this moment, he was controlling the formation that covered the entire city, working with the other elders to deal with the lurkers.

“Hmm?”

Palace Lord Weiyang instantly stood up and looked into the distance. Twelve terrifying waves descended, each wave making Palace Lord Weiyang’s heart tremble.

“12 leaders, and all of them are true bodies.”

Palace Lord Weiyang couldn’t believe it.

The Mind-Bewitching Worms and Soul-Devouring Snakes were very difficult to deal with because they directly targeted the soul. If Palace Lord Weiyang was outside in a one-on-one battle, he would be confident in defeating a leader, but he wouldn’t be confident against three.

“Now that we’re in the city, I have the help of the entire city’s formation. Even if 12 leader true bodies attack at the same time, I still have a chance to survive.” Palace Lord Weiyang was very uneasy in his heart. “But they usually send avatars into the city. Why are they all taking the risk of coming in their true bodies this time?”

Something’s not right. Palace Lord Weiyang also felt that something was wrong and immediately asked Palace Lord Yuanxiang, Palace Lord Gaitao, and the other elders for help.

“Palace Lord Weiyang, prepare to die.”

As the 12 terrifying waves approached, one wave only fully exploded when it was close to Palace Lord Weiyang.

A red-robed cultivator, as if illusory, directly appeared in Palace Lord Weiyang’s mind. This red-robed cultivator twisted and transformed into a giant worm, devouring Palace Lord Weiyang’s mental power in one bite.

“Transcendent-level?”

Palace Lord Weiyang was shocked and furious. He had never heard of a Transcendent-level being born among the Mind-Bewitching Worms and Soul-Devouring Snakes of the Nine Rivers Holy Realm.

Because once a Transcendent-level being of the lurking races was discovered, they would immediately ask the Dark Holy Realm for help. “Kill!”

“We have no way out.”

“This is our only chance for freedom.”

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!!!!! The 12 leader true bodies were all crazy, all of them drilling into Palace Lord Weiyang’s body, working with the King to surround and kill Palace Lord Weiyang.

(End of this chapter)