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Chapter 811: Chapter 817: Cleansing
"Don’t worry."
Cang shook his head and explained, "Before we left, Jiu gave me a fifth-order puppet which can be used to ensure everyone’s safety."
"Moreover, we’ve dispatched so many cultivators, battles were bound to erupt sooner or later, so why not use these devil beasts as practice beforehand? Besides, we have the fifth-order puppet as our safety net."
Upon hearing this, Li Chenghuo’s opposing attitude instantly shifted. He had been concerned about too many clan members getting injured, but now, with such a powerful weapon at hand, what was there to hesitate about?
"All hands, be on high alert!"
After discussing with the others, Cang ordered everyone to prepare for battle. With Howling Moon leading the way, they rushed towards the solitary mountain on the plain.
The clan’s members were incredibly tense upon learning that the strength of the devil beasts they were about to attack was not to be underestimated. They had arrived full of confidence, but now fear had started to creep in—who, after all, isn’t afraid of death?
"Attack!"
Moments later, the Cloud Whale Spirit Ship arrived in midair, with Cang standing at the bow and shouting the command.
The sudden arrival of the cultivators took the devil beasts in the mountains by surprise, resulting in a chaotic resistance and a swift disadvantage.
And what reassured Cang and the others was that, although this group of beasts was numerous, there were only two fourth-order Great Devils among them. If they joined forces, they could certainly defeat them.
The devil beasts gradually began to react, but regrettably, they had missed their opportunity, and Cang and the others already had the upper hand.
Roar!
Just as Cang and the others were preparing to press their advantage and wipe out the devil beasts to establish their first stronghold, a thunderous roar suddenly erupted from the mountains.
"Another Great Devil?"
Cang felt a sense of foreboding and immediately gathered the rest of the clan members, cautiously bracing for this newly emerged Great Devil.
As soon as it appeared, the faces of Li Chenghuo and the others changed dramatically.
For this was a fourth-order Great Devil nearing perfection, half a step into the fifth order. If not for the restrictions of the Secret Realm’s laws, it might have actually had a chance to break through.
Alas, it encountered the people of the Li family.
Even if the Li family had not come, it would have eventually died at the fourth order due to the constraints of the Secret Realm.
Fortunately, Cang had a fifth-order puppet in her hands; otherwise, there would have been much debate about just dealing with this Great Devil’s life and death.
"Now that the most powerful has shown up, let’s get to it!"
Cang immediately activated the puppet, ’commanding’ it to take down the Great Devil and, while at it, clear out the devil beasts hostile towards them.
Although the fifth-order puppet was incapable of using the Laws, even a mere display of its overwhelming might was enough to crush Nascent Souls.
As the puppet revealed itself, the Great Devil was disdainful and filled with rage, determined to capture all the cultivators and use them as its blood feast.
Most importantly, it desired to find out how they had managed to enter the Secret Realm. If they could enter, they could surely leave—it, too, wished to escape this prison!
What it did not expect was that it was no match for the puppet. Despite the puppet being an inanimate object, the gap between them made the Great Devil understand the chasm between them was as vast as the heavens.
It did not wish to die; it yearned to break through to the fifth order...
But Cang gave it no chance to beg for mercy, decisively beheading it with a single strike.
Having dealt with the defenseless enemy, Cang packed away the puppet. After all, activating it for even a single breath would consume a massive amount of Spiritual Energy.
Moreover, if the puppet were to kill all the other devil beasts, what would be the point of them coming in? They might as well have the puppet completely clear out the Secret Realm and take possession of it.
Ah, ah, ah!
Wails and screams of agony echoed without end, causing anyone who heard them to involuntarily shudder.
After the leader of the devil beasts on the mountain was defeated, the situation became even more chaotic. They thought only of escape, with no intention of staying behind to face death.
Yet even so, a large number of devil beasts died in the process.
Before long, the battle was over.
This fight was a resounding victory for the Li family, with an extremely low casualty rate!
The corpses of devil beasts scattered everywhere provided a wealth of Spiritual Objects, which everyone found both a blessing and a curse. While they could gain more resources, it was a troublesome task.
But no matter how troublesome, it had to be done. They couldn’t just abandon these Spiritual Objects here, wasting them for nothing, could they?
"Quick, set up a Defensive Formation on the mountain, have our clansmen take turns guarding it, and let the present clansmen recover their Mana as soon as possible, to prevent any unforeseen events."
Hearing this, everyone busied themselves again.
Before long, a Fourth Order Defensive Formation was established. Cang finally felt relieved and muttered to himself, "Now we just have to wait for Xiaoqing to arrive."
As previously discussed, they split into two groups: one would lead the clansmen out to scout and clean up the devil beasts, while the other would remain here to guard their base.
But now, with Xiaoqing’s absence, this plan could only be postponed. After all, having a Nascent Soul accompanied by a team of Golden Cores traversing the Secret Realm was a dangerous affair.
That’s why they arranged for two people to move together, so if any accident happened, they could help each other.
"How vast is this Secret Realm, really?"
In a certain territory of the Secret Realm, Xiaoqing helplessly continued to adjust directions, searching for Cang and the others.
You must know, since he entered the Secret Realm and merged the Boundary Fixing Stone into it, he had been searching everywhere for the main force of his family.
"Where? Where is it?" Xiaoqing hurried through the sky.
In order to reunite with his family as quickly as possible, Xiaoqing didn’t even bother with the various Spiritual Objects he encountered along the way, for he knew clearly that once the Secret Realm was theirs, all these Spiritual Objects would belong to the Li family!
Ding!
Suddenly, the positioning device emitted a crisp, pleasant sound, its Spirit Light illuminating, marking Cang’s location.
"I’ve finally found it!"
At the same time, in different places, Xiaoqing and Cang uttered the same sentence.
Flying at top speed to the solitary mountain, three thousand miles was covered by Xiaoqing in just half an hour!
Upon seeing Cang, his first command was, "Activate the Magic Artifact now, and let the clansmen from the outside come in."
"Why?" Cang was puzzled.
"Because there are far more devil beasts in this Secret Realm than we’d imagined!" Xiaoqing said with a grave expression.
Throughout the day, his exhaustive travels had also revealed the state of the Secret Realm: a vast expanse with rich Spiritual Energy that could nurture a multitude of Spiritual Objects, which in turn supported a large number of devil beasts.
"I understand!" The gravity of the situation that could cause such a reaction from Cang was likely not simple.
Without daring to delay, he immediately activated the Magic Artifact, and a portal slowly took shape. Xiaoqing meanwhile noted, "I’ve entered the coordinates of this place into the Magic Artifact, so in the future, coming from the outside world will bring them directly here."
"Good."
At this time, a large number of clansmen were also attracted to the outside of the Secret Realm.
They brought with them an abundance of resources and Cultivators, which were precisely what was needed for the development of the Secret Realm.
