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Broken Sword City was a very heavy military town, and had hoarded nearly a hundred thousand Iron-Blood soldiers of the Divine Radiant Empire, but facing a Corpse Monster with ordinary weapons invulnerable to it, there was nothing he could do. In just one day, he had lost more than three thousand battle-hardened soldiers, and more than ten thousand of his local inhabitants had died.

What was even more terrifying was that the Corpse Monster had a terrifying virus on its body, once it was injured by the Corpse Monster, it would immediately become a Corpse Monster.

Therefore, the military chief of the Broken Sword City requested Liu Zhi, one of the nine princes of the Divine Radiant Empire, to evacuate all the citizens and horses from the city and surround the city to prevent the spread of corpse tide. In addition, the Divine Radiant Empire issued a call for help to the major sects.

The sword sect was the first to bear the brunt of the attack. Because the State of Shu belonged to the sword faction and the sword faction did not want to give the other sects an opportunity to infiltrate, under the situation where the other sects sent out a hundred disciples, the sword faction almost went all out.

Broken Sword City had also become a place of contention for the various sects.

The one hundred thousand soldiers that had been hoarded within a thousand mile radius of the Broken Sword City had another important function, and that was to prevent the sects from killing each other, creating an even more chaotic situation.

In case such a situation occurred, a hundred thousand soldiers would also take action against those in the cultivation world.

A hundred thousand heavily battled soldiers, even if it were an Emperor Realm cultivator, would have to give way.

The relationship between the Divine Radiant Empire and the major sects in the world of cultivation was very close to begin with. As the emperor, how could he allow any power to threaten his own imperial authority?

Sooner or later, there would be a war between the Divine Radiant Empire and the cultivation world.

"..."

When the sword boat that the Sword Faction disciples were riding landed outside of the Broken Sword City, all of the disciples scattered in groups of twos and threes.

After entering the city, there would be street fighting, competing with the methods of cultivators and Corpse Monsters to be tough. If a large scale attack was effective, would the millions of soldiers and horses of the Divine Radiant Empire be enough?

Chen Yao and Jiang Sheng, along with He Yuan and Wang Tian, entered the Broken Sword City in a group.

Broken Sword City's reputation was definitely resounding.

It was the largest city outside of the capital city of Shu. It could support almost a hundred thousand heavy armoured soldiers and horses, with a population of one million. The Broken Sword City had millions of acres of masks, and other than the main roads, there were also countless small intersecting alleys. At this moment, most of the originally glorious buildings had already become ruins.

The streets were filled with broken limbs and blood was congealing everywhere. The stench was disgusting.

With one look, one could tell that this place had experienced a terrifying catastrophe.

The surrounding trees were all filled with cawing crows, and some of the vultures were even unrestrainedly eating the dead bodies on the ground.

Every step Chen Yao and the others took was akin to stepping on a corpse. In this city, more than a hundred thousand people had died.

"Jiang Sheng, are you very familiar with this city?"

As soon as he entered the city, Jiang Sheng became everyone's guide, shocking Chen Yao.

Jiang Sheng's brows furrowed as he replied, "Reporting to the Peak Master, I am a citizen of Broken Sword City. I have lived in this city for countless years, so I am naturally very familiar with the road."

Hearing this, Chen Yao was stunned. Looking at Jiang Sheng's tightly furrowed brows and his anxious expression, Chen Yao had already guessed what was going on and asked Jiang Sheng with concern.

"Don't call me 'Peak Master'. It's a bit awkward. I am one of you. Unless it's in a large public place, you can call me 'Senior' in other places. Are you worried about your family?"

Jiang Sheng was greatly moved by Chen Yao's attitude.

Furthermore, due to the anxiety he felt towards his family members, tears could not help but flash in his eyes as he said, "Senior Brother Chen Yao, I still have an old mother and a young sister lying ill on the bed in the slums of the Bluestone Lane in Broken Sword City.

There must be a lot of civilians left in the city to wait for their deaths. People like my mother and sister, those lowly commoners in the city wouldn't care about their lives, so I'm very worried about them right now. I want to go to Bluestone Lane to take a look. "

Chen Yao loved being filial.

Therefore, he nodded and said, "Sure, I'll go with you."

According to the information released by the sword faction, the north side of the city is the place with the most severe corpse tide. Moreover, from the south side of the city to the north side is a distance of sixty to seventy Li, and there are countless powerful Corpse Monsters among them. The sword faction has already made it clear that only disciples of the Genuine Force or higher can go to the north side of the city to hunt Corpse Monsters.

"I'm determined to die. Even if I die, I die together with my mother and sister. Don't risk your life with me."

Chen Yao said in a very decisive manner.

"I see you as a brother, Jiang Sheng. Your mother is my godmother. Your sister is my sister. Stop talking, I'll go with you."

Then, Chen Yao turned to He Yuan, who was beside him, Wang Tian said, "I will accompany Jiang Sheng to look for his relatives, the two of you will stay in the south side of the city, remember that you two are not allowed to separate, I didn't bring you out to see how many Corpse Monsters you will kill, it's just to give you two more insights, so don't be greedy for the Corpse Monster Core, unless you two have a 100% certainty of victory, you two can't act. Otherwise, you have to hide yourselves well and keep your lives."

"Senior brother, we want to go as well."

Chen Yao was surprised for a moment, "I am not discussing with you, this is my order to you as the Peak Master of the Servants' Peak. From here to the north of the city, there must be a lot of powerful Corpse Monsters, to put it bluntly, I can't bring you guys out with me, I can't let you go, it's not good for both of us. Most importantly, I offended the Liu Family, so you think that with the Liu Family's natural character, they will let me go when given such a rare opportunity."

"So, staying in the south of the city is the best choice. Remember what I said. You are not allowed to make a move unless you have absolute confidence in winning."

With that, Chen Yao pulled Jiang Sheng into his arms and headed towards the north of the city.

Watching the departing backs of Chen Yao and Jiang Sheng, both of them clenched their fists tightly and muttered to themselves, "He must become stronger. He must be able to help senior brother Chen Yao and not become a burden to him."

"Hey, you smelly servant, help us out a bit."

After Chen Yao left, over a dozen people suddenly appeared on the scene.

They were all inner disciples of the sword faction, and the one leading them was a disciple called Liu Yuan.

From the very beginning, these people had their sights set on Chen Yao's group of four.

Especially after they saw Chen Yao, the most powerful among them, leave only He Yuan, Wang Tian, who had the weakest cultivation among them.

Although they were both sword faction disciples, when they saw that the inner court disciples would arrive, the two of them still had an ominous premonition. They wanted to leave, but were completely surrounded by Liu Yuan's group.

"What do you want?"

He Yuan asked coldly.

Liu Yuan raised his eyebrows and disdainfully said, "Two mere service disciples wanting to kill Corpse Monsters is a joke, but since they have come, they should contribute to the sword faction's plan to get rid of the Corpse Monsters. I think highly of you."

"Swish."

Suddenly, Liu Yuan drew his sword and a sword light flashed across the field. He Yuan and Wang Shan's feet were both cut off.

"Ahhh!"

Both of them let out heart-wrenching shrieks as they fell to the ground.

"Senior brother Liu Yuan, isn't this a little inappropriate?" "After all, we are all disciples of the same sect." A disciple said unwillingly.

Without waiting for Liu Yuan to speak, a tall and good-looking woman said coldly, "A man who has achieved great things does not care about small matters, a man's personality is not even comparable to mine, our cultivations are only at the Spirit realm, and fighting against Corpse Monsters to obtain their cores is simply a fantasy. Corpse Monsters love blood, as long as we use these two people as bait, there will be scattered Corpse Monsters coming over, so as long as we hide nearby, we can wait for them."

When they heard the words of this Liu Jing, their hearts were all moved.

In the face of benefits, what was the point of losing two service disciples?

Seeing that everyone was moved, Liu Yuan continued to say, "I promise you, as long as you cooperate with me and my brother, when the time comes, we will have a share of the Corpse Monster Core.

When everyone looked at He Yuan, Wang Tian's originally sympathetic expression instantly turned cold.

Everyone began to hide.