Chapter Ninety-Two: Leave No One Alive

The dark, chilling aura around Zhang Cunzong grew thicker and thicker. Even Wang Changsheng, who had spent many days in the Corpse Refining Sect, felt a trace of discomfort when he sensed it.

"Again!"

Bang!

Zhang Cunzong slapped the coffin with his palm. At once, a burst of mystical light erupted from it. Pushing the coffin before him, he drove it straight toward the Ninth Elder, crushing forward with overwhelming force.

The Ninth Elder did not retreat. His own aura spread outward, and a long spear appeared in his hand. He too shot straight toward Zhang Cunzong.

Boom!

The spear slammed into the coffin, and a tremendous report instantly erupted. The force surged outward like a wave, and many of the houses nearby collapsed under its might.

"Open the formation, quickly, open the formation!"

Around them, many houses hastily activated their formations, and one after another they were enveloped by protective barriers.

Even the tavern where Wang Changsheng and the others stood was covered by a formation at this moment. Only once inside the formation did they feel the impact diminish considerably.

Looking again at the street, it was already deserted. In the cultivation world, fights were common; everyone was long used to it. The moment the two began exchanging blows, the people still on the street had already withdrawn far away.

What was more, these were experts at the Core Formation stage. One careless step, and if one were caught in the aftermath, there would be only one end.

The battle between Zhang Cunzong and the Ninth Elder had also fallen into a stalemate. The main reason was that the Ninth Elder's magic treasure was a long spear. Though its power was immense, Zhang Cunzong's coffin was large as well; with only the slightest shift of his body, he could shelter himself behind it.

Just as Chen Shangyi had said, the Ninth Elder's strength surpassed Zhang Cunzong's, yet he could not take him down.

"Open for me!"

As the two remained locked together, Zhang Cunzong suddenly let out a thunderous roar. Then he slapped the coffin once more, and the sealed lid was abruptly flung open.

Inside the coffin appeared a figure, gripping a bone sword, which stabbed directly toward the Ninth Elder's chest.

The Ninth Elder had not expected Zhang Cunzong to have such a move. By the time he tried to evade, it was already too late. He could only use the rebound force from the spear to shift his body aside.

Sssht!

The bone sword pierced the Ninth Elder's ribs. The tremendous force sent him flying backward at once.

"What a pity." Seeing this, even Chen Shangyi revealed a regretful expression.

Wang Changsheng also nodded.

He could not clearly see the other battles, limited as he was by his cultivation, and could not make sense of them. But this strike he saw plainly and distinctly. Zhang Cunzong's sudden move had caught the Ninth Elder completely off guard.

"If not for running into a cultivator of the Wei family, it might have worked," Wang Changsheng said with regret.

That strike had left the Ninth Elder with nowhere to evade; Zhang Cunzong had landed a hit. Unfortunately, the armor manifested by the Battle God secret art blocked it directly. Had it not been for that peculiarity, the blow might well have gravely injured the Ninth Elder on the spot.

Pfft!

Even so, the force still sent his qi and blood surging violently. Only after spitting out a mouthful of blood did the Ninth Elder finally feel somewhat better.

"Ninth Elder!"

A group of people flew over from afar. Seeing the Ninth Elder sent flying, they appeared instantly in the air, positioning themselves between him and Zhang Cunzong, preventing Zhang Cunzong from continuing his attack.

There were more than ten of them. Aside from Wei Ning, who looked somewhat familiar, all the rest were strangers.

It was clear that members of the Wei family had arrived.

"The Corpse Refining Sect is indeed extraordinary. At only the second level of Core Formation, you were able to defeat the Ninth Elder. You do have some ability." One of the leading figures looked at Zhang Cunzong and said in a low voice.

Zhang Cunzong's expression turned grave. From this man's body, he sensed a dense threat, and the coffin had already been moved in front of him for defense.

"Let's go."

At this point, Wang Changsheng looked at Chen Shangyi and said, "We'll go up!"

Chen Shangyi also brought out a coffin at once, carrying Wang Changsheng as they moved into the air.

The appearance of this group caused another wave of astonished cries among the cultivators below. Most of the Corpse Refining Sect disciples had released their own magic treasures. In a group of more than ten, all but Wang Changsheng were accompanied by a coffin, and the sight was especially eerie.

Wang Changsheng, together with Chen Shangyi and the others, arrived in midair, and the two sides immediately confronted one another.

"Are you the Corpse Refining Sect's Wang deacon?" the Wei family leader asked in a low voice.

"Wang Changsheng."

Wang Changsheng cupped his fists in salute.

"I have long heard of you." The Wei family leader returned the gesture and said solemnly, "Wei family Second Elder."

Wang Changsheng nodded.

Clearly, after the Corpse Refining Sect had reemerged and publicly announced Wang Changsheng's identity, the Wei family had also received word of it.

"Friends of the Corpse Refining Sect, you have only just come into the world and already descended upon our Southern Territory, even coming to Jinning City to make trouble for the Wei family. May I ask what you mean by this?" The Second Elder's face was dark as he spoke. "Do you think our Wei family is easy to bully?"

"Not easy to bully indeed." Wang Changsheng said with a smile. "As for where this matter began, there is no point discussing it now. Better to settle it with our hands."

With that, Wang Changsheng nodded to Chen Shangyi and leaped onto another Corpse Refining Sect disciple's coffin.

Chen Shangyi hesitated not at all, charging straight toward the Wei family's Second Elder.

Seeing Chen Shangyi make his move, the Corpse Refining Sect group, apart from the disciples left behind to protect Wang Changsheng, all controlled their coffins and hurled themselves at the Wei family cultivators.

From what Wang Changsheng had learned from Chen Shangyi, this Second Elder was only at the sixth level of Core Formation, and Chen Shangyi alone could hold him off.

Since that was the case, what was there to fear?

Just strike!

If they were going to make a scene, then they might as well make it big. It would be a perfect chance to establish the Corpse Refining Sect's reputation and let the cultivators of the Divine Sky Realm know that the Corpse Refining Sect had returned in full force.

As for whether the Wei family had even stronger experts who might intervene, Wang Changsheng was gambling on whether the sect master’s avatar had followed them.

Even if the sect master’s avatar was not present, Wang Changsheng felt the Wei family would not dare to kill them. After all, compared with the Corpse Refining Sect, the Wei family was far from being an equal.

Of course, if they could probe whether the sect master’s avatar was truly here, so much the better. They still had to go to the Barbaric Wilderness Temple next, and Wang Changsheng himself did not know whether this so-called avatar of the sect master was merely a deception.

Once the two sides clashed, the scene exploded at once.

All the Corpse Refining Sect disciples were at the Core Formation stage. By contrast, the Wei family had only four Core Formation experts, including the already injured Ninth Elder. Aside from Chen Shangyi holding back the Second Elder alone and not gaining the upper hand, every other battlefield was essentially the Corpse Refining Sect disciples pounding the Wei family cultivators into retreat.

Bang!

A loud explosion rang out. Wang Changsheng turned toward the source and immediately saw a Wei family cultivator at the peak of the Soul Transformation stage struck fiercely by a Corpse Refining Sect disciple's coffin. He was sent flying, crashing into the ground and sinking deep beneath it.

When the dust settled, there was no movement at all.

Even if the Wei family disciple was not dead, he was likely not far from death.

"I'm afraid this is the sort of blow that gets driven into the ground so hard you can't even dig it out," Wang Changsheng said in a deep voice.

Before half an incense stick of time had passed, only the Second Elder and Ninth Elder, along with the remaining two Core Formation experts, were still locked in battle. All the other Wei family disciples who had taken action were already lying on the ground. Each had left a deep crater behind, and the sight was especially miserable.

This was still because the Wei family disciples had the advantage in numbers; otherwise, it would not have taken even half an incense stick of time.

What remained was ten people besieging four. The situation was completely one-sided, and the Wei family cultivators were steadily being driven back.

The Second Elder, on the other hand, was holding off four by himself. Though he had not gained the upper hand, he would not be defeated in the short term.

"The Wei family is too miserable..."

"It's not that the Wei family is miserable; it's that the Corpse Refining Sect is too strong, absurdly so. They're all Core Formation cultivators. How are you supposed to fight that?"

"That's because the Wei family hasn't sent out their true experts. Otherwise, not a single one of these Corpse Refining Sect people would leave alive!"

...

Many of the watching cultivators sighed when they saw this scene.

The Wei family was usually an invincible existence in Jinning City, and no power dared provoke them.

It would not be an exaggeration to say the Wei family could do as they pleased in Jinning City.

The Wei family disciples had long been guilty of many acts of bullying and arrogance in the city.

The other cultivators of Jinning City had long been unhappy with the Wei family; they simply lacked the strength to do anything about it.

But now that they saw the Wei family cultivators being utterly crushed, some even felt sympathy for them. After all, they were all cultivators of Jinning City; surely they could not cheer for the Corpse Refining Sect, could they?

"In the cultivation world, strength still decides everything."

Many cultivators sighed and said, "The Wei family has grown accustomed to bullying others. This time they have kicked an iron board. The Corpse Refining Sect's strength is also outrageously formidable."

Wang Changsheng could not hear the crowd's discussion. Seeing that the Wei family disciples had little resistance left, a faint smile appeared on his face.

"Still no experts have appeared at this point... I'm afraid... things are not so simple..." Wang Changsheng murmured inwardly.

Such a huge disturbance had already alarmed all of Jinning City. The Wei family could not possibly have only this much strength; did they not also have Nascent Soul experts?

Why had they not made a move?

Were they truly going to watch the Wei family disciples being slaughtered?

Absolutely impossible.

The only explanation was that the Wei family's Nascent Soul experts were temporarily unable to act.

As for the other Core Formation experts, perhaps the Wei family simply had only a limited number of them.

Of course, relying on Chen Shangyi and the others to crush every cultivator beneath the Nascent Soul stage of the Wei family was certainly unrealistic. Even if Nascent Soul experts did not appear, the Wei family would surely still be able to take down Wang Changsheng and the others; otherwise, the Wei family could not possibly be called a second-rate power.

"In that case..." The smile on Wang Changsheng's face grew deeper.

"Shangyi, kill them all. Leave no one alive!" Wang Changsheng roared loudly.

At the same time, he murmured inwardly, "Let's see whether you can still sit still..."