Chapter 112
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Chapter 112
Zhuge Long and the martial arts masters of the Nine Prominent Sects took a ship to Jingzhou, then traveled on foot to the Great Zhuge Familys home base at Mount Longzhong. They picked up the pace upon receiving word at Jingzhou that the elite members of the Changjiang Waterway Alliance and Seventy-Two Strongholds of Lulin were gathering at Mount Longzhong. They had to return to base before the elite members of the Changjiang Waterway Alliance and Seventy-Two Strongholds of Lulin could launch an attack.
Using the main road to move as fast as they could, they passed through Jingmen in just two days after getting off the ship at Jingzhou. At their current speed, they would likely reach Mount Longzhong within four days at the latest. However, on the way to Mount Longzhong, around a hundred people blocked their path.
The expressions of Zhuge Long and the other martial artists hardened upon seeing the group. Considering they were well-equipped with weapons and blocked the main road in broad daylight, they were clearly up to no good. What gave them away, however, was the horrendous demonic qi emanating from them. Zhuge Long and the others immediately concluded that they were demonic practitioners from the Nine Celestial Demon Sect.
Youre too late. Ive been dying of boredom just waiting for you people to arrive, Shi Woo-Kang, a member of the group, said as he stretched. He was known as the Demonic Wind Monarch, one of the Seven Monarchs of Myriad Tribulations.
You all seem to be from the Nine Celestial Demons Sect, Great Monk Gong Seon commented.
Thats right. Woo-Kang shrugged. Now, if none of you wants to die, hand over the Zhuge Clan member to us.
You speak as if you will let the rest of us live if we hand over Elder Zhuge.
Elder Hyeon Myung had no intention of handing Zhuge Long to them, but he knew that these demonic practitioners would not let the rest of them walk away unscathed even if they did.
I cant spare all of you, but I will let at least one person live. Does anyone want to save themselves? Woo-Kang smiled.
We will not betray our companions just to beg for our lives.
Then you leave me with no choice. Kill everyone except Zhuge Long! Woo-Kang ordered, his expression suddenly changing.
As instructed, the demonic practitioners behind him rushed toward Zhuge Long and his group. At the same time, Zhuge Long and his allies immediately drew their weapons and charged at their enemies head-on. Two of them were Absolute Realm masters, while the rest were Upper Peak Realm martial artists, so not even the Nine Celestial Demons Sects ordinary demonic practitioners could threaten them in the slightest.
Wow, I guess you all arent martial arts masters for nothing, huh? Seems like our martial arts masters should step up too. Woo-Kang gestured to the three middle-aged men standing next to him.
To his right was Seol Gong-Cheon, the Clear Moon Demonic Monarch of the Seven Monarchs of Myriad Tribulations. He was a middle-aged man that gave off a cold aura. Meanwhile, Yeo Gwang stood to his left. Known as the Gigantic Spirit Demonic Monarch of the Six Blood-Crazed Tyrants, Yeo Gwang was a giant two heads taller than the average man. Meng Sah-Do, the chubby man next to Yeo Gwang, was also one of the Six Blood Crazed Tyrants. He was called the Phantom Spirit Demonic Monarch.
We should, shouldnt we? Higher Demons, come forward! Sah-Do ordered the fifteen Upper Peak Realm demonic practitioners standing by behind them. They were followers of the four Demonic Monarchs.
Yes, sir! The fifteen Upper Peak Realm demonic practitioners followed the Phantom Spirit Demonic Monarchs order without a hint of hesitation.
I think we have to take care of the Shaolin Temple and Wudang Sect masters ourselves. Does anyone want to have a go at them? Woo-Kang asked, pointing to Great Monk Gong Seon and Elder Hyeon-Myung, who were Absolute Realm masters.
The transportation officer seemed baffled at first upon learning that they only had seven escorts for the ship, but he didnt say anything else upon learning of Mu-Gun and Hwang Reis identities. The East Lake Merchant Association was well informed about murim-related matters. Hence, they naturally knew about Mu-Gun, Hwang Rei, and, more importantly, their skills.
One Absolute Realm master was already better than a hundred regular guards, yet two would be guarding the cargo ship. Upon confirming the number of escorts and seeing no reason to demand additional guards, the transportation officer finished up the final paperwork and allowed the ship to depart. Not long after, the ship set sail for Nanjing via the Changjiang River.
No matter how fast they sailed, it would take more than ten days at the minimum to reach Nanjing from Wuchang. It normally wouldve been inevitable to encounter the Changjiang Waterway Alliances river thieves several times throughout their journey to Nanjing, but due to the huge damages the Changjiang Waterway Alliance sustained at Dongting Lake and the heavy losses they suffered when they joined hands with the Four Seas Gang, they were no longer a threat to Mu-Guns group.
The East Lake Merchant Associations ship passed through the Changjiang River without any problems and reached Nanjing eleven days after leaving Wuchang. As soon as they docked, Mu-Guns group transported the five hundred thousand silver nyangs from the East Lake Merchant Associations ship to the Eun Merchant Groups Nanjing branch. Upon confirming Mu-Guns identity, the branch head readily agreed to temporarily stash the five hundred thousand nyangs away.
Aftward, Mu-Gun commissioned the Eun Merchant Group to transport the five hundred thousand silver nyangs to Wenzhou. In response, the Nanjing branch head sent an emergency carrier pigeon to the Eun Merchant Group. Eventually, for the price of five thousand nyangs, they agreed to transport the five hundred thousand nyangs through a ship that will arrive at Nanjing in ten days. After signing a transportation agreement with the Eun Merchant Group, Mu-Gun and his group found a place to stay until the ship arrived.
While in Nanjing, Mu-Gun received shocking news. The Nine Prominent Sects martial arts masters who were on their way to help the Great Zhuge Family had been completely wiped out by the Nine Celestial Demons Sects demonic practitioners. Mu-Gun couldnt help but feel bad and deeply regretful. If he knew this would happen, he would have accompanied them instead.
However, he was still human in the end. Even if he wanted to, he couldnt be involved in all of murims affairs. Along with their deaths came news about the Changjiang Waterway Alliance and Seventy-Two Strongholds of Lulins elite members gathering at Mount Longzhong to attack the Great Zhuge Family. However, they apparently still hadnt done anything despite being there for over seven days already.
As soon as Mu-Gun got the news, he immediately concluded that the Forbidden Soul Destroyer Arraythe flawless defensive array that protected the Great Zhuge Familywas preventing the two organizations from attacking the Great Zhuge Family. In his previous life, he had tried to find a path that would lead him through it. However, even with his Thunder Gods Heavenly Eyes, he had still failed to find an entrance or a gap in it. Simply put, it was such a perfect array that a way to destroy it did not exist.
The only way to get rid of it was to erase the very space where the array was installed. However, not even Supreme Realm masters could accomplish such a feat. Mythic Realm masters perhaps could, but no one, not even the Nine Celestial Demons Sects elites, had been able to reach that unprecedented level in all of murim. Hence, it was basically impossible to destroy the Great Zhuge Familys Forbidden Soul Destroyer Array.
However, activating it consumed a huge amount of natural energy. Considering Mount Longzhong had a finite source of natural energy, the Great Zhuge Family could likely only maintain the Forbidden Soul Destroyer Array for fifteen days at most. Once it was down, it would take at least a month to activate it again. Hence, to survive, the Great Zhuge Family had to receive reinforcements within the fifteen days that the Forbidden Soul Destroyer Array was still active.
Mu-Gun thought that the sects near the Great Zhuge Family, including the Wudang Sect, the Shaolin Temple, the Mount Hua Sect, the Zongnan Sect, and their subsidiary families, would send reinforcements and force the Changjiang Waterway Alliance and Seventy-Two Strongholds of Lulin to retreat. After some time, his prediction proved correct. The Wudang Sect, the Shaolin Temple, the Mount Hua Sect, the Zongnan Sect, and their subsidiary families sent a huge force to Mount Longzhong to help the Great Zhuge Family. As a result, the Changjiang Waterway Alliance and Seventy-Two Strongholds of Lulins elite forces were left with no other choice but to retreat before the Forbidden Soul Destroyer Array went down.
In the midst of it all, three Eun Merchant Group cargo ships, escorted by two other ships, arrived at Nanjing. Aboard the escort ships were a hundred Baek Sword Sect warriors and a hundred Justice Martial Sect warriors.
After dividing and loading the five hundred silver nyangs onto the three merchant ships, their fleet set sail for Wenzhou. Mu-Gun and his group were aboard one of the escort ships that accompanied the merchant ships.
* * *
Approximately one hundred and twenty kilometers away from Qingdao, Shandong Province was an island where fishermen dared not wander around. Known as the Black Spirit Island, the island was surrounded by powerful sea currents and covered in black fog all year round, giving it a dreary atmosphere. Those conditions limited what the world knew about the Black Spirit Island, ultimately turning it into the best place for pirates to hide their headquarters in. The island could also accommodate over ten thousand people, and the waves around it grew calmer past a certain area, making it easy to come ashore.
Refusing to let go of such great advantages, the Four Seas Gang had made the Black Spirit Island their home base and, eventually, turned it into a city. They built the huge palace of Four Seas Divine Dragon Jae Cheon-Kang, the Four Seas Gangs leader, in the middle of the tall Black Spirit Mountain, which was located west of Black Spirit Island.
Currently, Jae Cheon-Kang was having a meeting inside the palace with Blood Sword Demonic Monarch Yang Hwa-Gun of the Invincible Clans Eight Great Demonic Monarchs and Dark Sky Demonic Monarch Jeon Gok of the Heavenly Killer Sects Seven Heavenly Killer Monarchs. The two middle-aged people exuded demonic qi so thick that anyone who saw them would immediately assume that they were from the Nine Celestial Demons Sect.
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Chapter 112
Zhuge Long and the martial arts masters of the Nine Prominent Sects took a ship to Jingzhou, then traveled on foot to the Great Zhuge Familys home base at Mount Longzhong. They picked up the pace upon receiving word at Jingzhou that the elite members of the Changjiang Waterway Alliance and Seventy-Two Strongholds of Lulin were gathering at Mount Longzhong. They had to return to base before the elite members of the Changjiang Waterway Alliance and Seventy-Two Strongholds of Lulin could launch an attack.
Using the main road to move as fast as they could, they passed through Jingmen in just two days after getting off the ship at Jingzhou. At their current speed, they would likely reach Mount Longzhong within four days at the latest. However, on the way to Mount Longzhong, around a hundred people blocked their path.
The expressions of Zhuge Long and the other martial artists hardened upon seeing the group. Considering they were well-equipped with weapons and blocked the main road in broad daylight, they were clearly up to no good. What gave them away, however, was the horrendous demonic qi emanating from them. Zhuge Long and the others immediately concluded that they were demonic practitioners from the Nine Celestial Demon Sect.
Youre too late. Ive been dying of boredom just waiting for you people to arrive, Shi Woo-Kang, a member of the group, said as he stretched. He was known as the Demonic Wind Monarch, one of the Seven Monarchs of Myriad Tribulations.
You all seem to be from the Nine Celestial Demons Sect, Great Monk Gong Seon commented.
Thats right. Woo-Kang shrugged. Now, if none of you wants to die, hand over the Zhuge Clan member to us.
You speak as if you will let the rest of us live if we hand over Elder Zhuge.
Elder Hyeon Myung had no intention of handing Zhuge Long to them, but he knew that these demonic practitioners would not let the rest of them walk away unscathed even if they did.
I cant spare all of you, but I will let at least one person live. Does anyone want to save themselves? Woo-Kang smiled.
We will not betray our companions just to beg for our lives.
Then you leave me with no choice. Kill everyone except Zhuge Long! Woo-Kang ordered, his expression suddenly changing.
As instructed, the demonic practitioners behind him rushed toward Zhuge Long and his group. At the same time, Zhuge Long and his allies immediately drew their weapons and charged at their enemies head-on. Two of them were Absolute Realm masters, while the rest were Upper Peak Realm martial artists, so not even the Nine Celestial Demons Sects ordinary demonic practitioners could threaten them in the slightest.
Wow, I guess you all arent martial arts masters for nothing, huh? Seems like our martial arts masters should step up too. Woo-Kang gestured to the three middle-aged men standing next to him.
To his right was Seol Gong-Cheon, the Clear Moon Demonic Monarch of the Seven Monarchs of Myriad Tribulations. He was a middle-aged man that gave off a cold aura. Meanwhile, Yeo Gwang stood to his left. Known as the Gigantic Spirit Demonic Monarch of the Six Blood-Crazed Tyrants, Yeo Gwang was a giant two heads taller than the average man. Meng Sah-Do, the chubby man next to Yeo Gwang, was also one of the Six Blood Crazed Tyrants. He was called the Phantom Spirit Demonic Monarch.
We should, shouldnt we? Higher Demons, come forward! Sah-Do ordered the fifteen Upper Peak Realm demonic practitioners standing by behind them. They were followers of the four Demonic Monarchs.
Yes, sir! The fifteen Upper Peak Realm demonic practitioners followed the Phantom Spirit Demonic Monarchs order without a hint of hesitation.
I think we have to take care of the Shaolin Temple and Wudang Sect masters ourselves. Does anyone want to have a go at them? Woo-Kang asked, pointing to Great Monk Gong Seon and Elder Hyeon-Myung, who were Absolute Realm masters.
The transportation officer seemed baffled at first upon learning that they only had seven escorts for the ship, but he didnt say anything else upon learning of Mu-Gun and Hwang Reis identities. The East Lake Merchant Association was well informed about murim-related matters. Hence, they naturally knew about Mu-Gun, Hwang Rei, and, more importantly, their skills.
One Absolute Realm master was already better than a hundred regular guards, yet two would be guarding the cargo ship. Upon confirming the number of escorts and seeing no reason to demand additional guards, the transportation officer finished up the final paperwork and allowed the ship to depart. Not long after, the ship set sail for Nanjing via the Changjiang River.
No matter how fast they sailed, it would take more than ten days at the minimum to reach Nanjing from Wuchang. It normally wouldve been inevitable to encounter the Changjiang Waterway Alliances river thieves several times throughout their journey to Nanjing, but due to the huge damages the Changjiang Waterway Alliance sustained at Dongting Lake and the heavy losses they suffered when they joined hands with the Four Seas Gang, they were no longer a threat to Mu-Guns group.
The East Lake Merchant Associations ship passed through the Changjiang River without any problems and reached Nanjing eleven days after leaving Wuchang. As soon as they docked, Mu-Guns group transported the five hundred thousand silver nyangs from the East Lake Merchant Associations ship to the Eun Merchant Groups Nanjing branch. Upon confirming Mu-Guns identity, the branch head readily agreed to temporarily stash the five hundred thousand nyangs away.
Aftward, Mu-Gun commissioned the Eun Merchant Group to transport the five hundred thousand silver nyangs to Wenzhou. In response, the Nanjing branch head sent an emergency carrier pigeon to the Eun Merchant Group. Eventually, for the price of five thousand nyangs, they agreed to transport the five hundred thousand nyangs through a ship that will arrive at Nanjing in ten days. After signing a transportation agreement with the Eun Merchant Group, Mu-Gun and his group found a place to stay until the ship arrived.
While in Nanjing, Mu-Gun received shocking news. The Nine Prominent Sects martial arts masters who were on their way to help the Great Zhuge Family had been completely wiped out by the Nine Celestial Demons Sects demonic practitioners. Mu-Gun couldnt help but feel bad and deeply regretful. If he knew this would happen, he would have accompanied them instead.
However, he was still human in the end. Even if he wanted to, he couldnt be involved in all of murims affairs. Along with their deaths came news about the Changjiang Waterway Alliance and Seventy-Two Strongholds of Lulins elite members gathering at Mount Longzhong to attack the Great Zhuge Family. However, they apparently still hadnt done anything despite being there for over seven days already.
As soon as Mu-Gun got the news, he immediately concluded that the Forbidden Soul Destroyer Arraythe flawless defensive array that protected the Great Zhuge Familywas preventing the two organizations from attacking the Great Zhuge Family. In his previous life, he had tried to find a path that would lead him through it. However, even with his Thunder Gods Heavenly Eyes, he had still failed to find an entrance or a gap in it. Simply put, it was such a perfect array that a way to destroy it did not exist.
The only way to get rid of it was to erase the very space where the array was installed. However, not even Supreme Realm masters could accomplish such a feat. Mythic Realm masters perhaps could, but no one, not even the Nine Celestial Demons Sects elites, had been able to reach that unprecedented level in all of murim. Hence, it was basically impossible to destroy the Great Zhuge Familys Forbidden Soul Destroyer Array.
However, activating it consumed a huge amount of natural energy. Considering Mount Longzhong had a finite source of natural energy, the Great Zhuge Family could likely only maintain the Forbidden Soul Destroyer Array for fifteen days at most. Once it was down, it would take at least a month to activate it again. Hence, to survive, the Great Zhuge Family had to receive reinforcements within the fifteen days that the Forbidden Soul Destroyer Array was still active.
Mu-Gun thought that the sects near the Great Zhuge Family, including the Wudang Sect, the Shaolin Temple, the Mount Hua Sect, the Zongnan Sect, and their subsidiary families, would send reinforcements and force the Changjiang Waterway Alliance and Seventy-Two Strongholds of Lulin to retreat. After some time, his prediction proved correct. The Wudang Sect, the Shaolin Temple, the Mount Hua Sect, the Zongnan Sect, and their subsidiary families sent a huge force to Mount Longzhong to help the Great Zhuge Family. As a result, the Changjiang Waterway Alliance and Seventy-Two Strongholds of Lulins elite forces were left with no other choice but to retreat before the Forbidden Soul Destroyer Array went down.
In the midst of it all, three Eun Merchant Group cargo ships, escorted by two other ships, arrived at Nanjing. Aboard the escort ships were a hundred Baek Sword Sect warriors and a hundred Justice Martial Sect warriors.
After dividing and loading the five hundred silver nyangs onto the three merchant ships, their fleet set sail for Wenzhou. Mu-Gun and his group were aboard one of the escort ships that accompanied the merchant ships.
* * *
Approximately one hundred and twenty kilometers away from Qingdao, Shandong Province was an island where fishermen dared not wander around. Known as the Black Spirit Island, the island was surrounded by powerful sea currents and covered in black fog all year round, giving it a dreary atmosphere. Those conditions limited what the world knew about the Black Spirit Island, ultimately turning it into the best place for pirates to hide their headquarters in. The island could also accommodate over ten thousand people, and the waves around it grew calmer past a certain area, making it easy to come ashore.
Refusing to let go of such great advantages, the Four Seas Gang had made the Black Spirit Island their home base and, eventually, turned it into a city. They built the huge palace of Four Seas Divine Dragon Jae Cheon-Kang, the Four Seas Gangs leader, in the middle of the tall Black Spirit Mountain, which was located west of Black Spirit Island.
Currently, Jae Cheon-Kang was having a meeting inside the palace with Blood Sword Demonic Monarch Yang Hwa-Gun of the Invincible Clans Eight Great Demonic Monarchs and Dark Sky Demonic Monarch Jeon Gok of the Heavenly Killer Sects Seven Heavenly Killer Monarchs. The two middle-aged people exuded demonic qi so thick that anyone who saw them would immediately assume that they were from the Nine Celestial Demons Sect.
Chapter 112Zhuge Long and the martial arts masters of the Nine Prominent Sects took a ship to Jingzhou, then traveled on foot to the Great Zhuge Familys home base at Mount Longzhong. They picked up the pace upon receiving word at Jingzhou that the elite members of the Changjiang Waterway Alliance and Seventy-Two Strongholds of Lulin were gathering at Mount Longzhong. They had to return to base before the elite members of the Changjiang Waterway Alliance and Seventy-Two Strongholds of Lulin could launch an attack.Using the main road to move as fast as they could, they passed through Jingmen in just two days after getting off the ship at Jingzhou. At their current speed, they would likely reach Mount Longzhong within four days at the latest. However, on the way to Mount Longzhong, around a hundred people blocked their path.The expressions of Zhuge Long and the other martial artists hardened upon seeing the group. Considering they were well-equipped with weapons and blocked the main road in broad daylight, they were clearly up to no good. What gave them away, however, was the horrendous demonic qi emanating from them. Zhuge Long and the others immediately concluded that they were demonic practitioners from the Nine Celestial Demon Sect.Youre too late. Ive been dying of boredom just waiting for you people to arrive, Shi Woo-Kang, a member of the group, said as he stretched. He was known as the Demonic Wind Monarch, one of the Seven Monarchs of Myriad Tribulations.You all seem to be from the Nine Celestial Demons Sect, Great Monk Gong Seon commented.Thats right. Woo-Kang shrugged. Now, if none of you wants to die, hand over the Zhuge Clan member to us.You speak as if you will let the rest of us live if we hand over Elder Zhuge.Elder Hyeon Myung had no intention of handing Zhuge Long to them, but he knew that these demonic practitioners would not let the rest of them walk away unscathed even if they did.I cant spare all of you, but I will let at least one person live. Does anyone want to save themselves? Woo-Kang smiled.We will not betray our companions just to beg for our lives.Then you leave me with no choice. Kill everyone except Zhuge Long! Woo-Kang ordered, his expression suddenly changing.As instructed, the demonic practitioners behind him rushed toward Zhuge Long and his group. At the same time, Zhuge Long and his allies immediately drew their weapons and charged at their enemies head-on. Two of them were Absolute Realm masters, while the rest were Upper Peak Realm martial artists, so not even the Nine Celestial Demons Sects ordinary demonic practitioners could threaten them in the slightest.Wow, I guess you all arent martial arts masters for nothing, huh? Seems like our martial arts masters should step up too. Woo-Kang gestured to the three middle-aged men standing next to him.To his right was Seol Gong-Cheon, the Clear Moon Demonic Monarch of the Seven Monarchs of Myriad Tribulations. He was a middle-aged man that gave off a cold aura. Meanwhile, Yeo Gwang stood to his left. Known as the Gigantic Spirit Demonic Monarch of the Six Blood-Crazed Tyrants, Yeo Gwang was a giant two heads taller than the average man. Meng Sah-Do, the chubby man next to Yeo Gwang, was also one of the Six Blood Crazed Tyrants. He was called the Phantom Spirit Demonic Monarch.We should, shouldnt we? Higher Demons, come forward! Sah-Do ordered the fifteen Upper Peak Realm demonic practitioners standing by behind them. They were followers of the four Demonic Monarchs.Yes, sir! The fifteen Upper Peak Realm demonic practitioners followed the Phantom Spirit Demonic Monarchs order without a hint of hesitation.I think we have to take care of the Shaolin Temple and Wudang Sect masters ourselves. Does anyone want to have a go at them? Woo-Kang asked, pointing to Great Monk Gong Seon and Elder Hyeon-Myung, who were Absolute Realm masters.The transportation officer seemed baffled at first upon learning that they only had seven escorts for the ship, but he didnt say anything else upon learning of Mu-Gun and Hwang Reis identities. The East Lake Merchant Association was well informed about murim-related matters. Hence, they naturally knew about Mu-Gun, Hwang Rei, and, more importantly, their skills.One Absolute Realm master was already better than a hundred regular guards, yet two would be guarding the cargo ship. Upon confirming the number of escorts and seeing no reason to demand additional guards, the transportation officer finished up the final paperwork and allowed the ship to depart. Not long after, the ship set sail for Nanjing via the Changjiang River.No matter how fast they sailed, it would take more than ten days at the minimum to reach Nanjing from Wuchang. It normally wouldve been inevitable to encounter the Changjiang Waterway Alliances river thieves several times throughout their journey to Nanjing, but due to the huge damages the Changjiang Waterway Alliance sustained at Dongting Lake and the heavy losses they suffered when they joined hands with the Four Seas Gang, they were no longer a threat to Mu-Guns group.The East Lake Merchant Associations ship passed through the Changjiang River without any problems and reached Nanjing eleven days after leaving Wuchang. As soon as they docked, Mu-Guns group transported the five hundred thousand silver nyangs from the East Lake Merchant Associations ship to the Eun Merchant Groups Nanjing branch. Upon confirming Mu-Guns identity, the branch head readily agreed to temporarily stash the five hundred thousand nyangs away.Aftward, Mu-Gun commissioned the Eun Merchant Group to transport the five hundred thousand silver nyangs to Wenzhou. In response, the Nanjing branch head sent an emergency carrier pigeon to the Eun Merchant Group. Eventually, for the price of five thousand nyangs, they agreed to transport the five hundred thousand nyangs through a ship that will arrive at Nanjing in ten days. After signing a transportation agreement with the Eun Merchant Group, Mu-Gun and his group found a place to stay until the ship arrived.While in Nanjing, Mu-Gun received shocking news. The Nine Prominent Sects martial arts masters who were on their way to help the Great Zhuge Family had been completely wiped out by the Nine Celestial Demons Sects demonic practitioners. Mu-Gun couldnt help but feel bad and deeply regretful. If he knew this would happen, he would have accompanied them instead.However, he was still human in the end. Even if he wanted to, he couldnt be involved in all of murims affairs. Along with their deaths came news about the Changjiang Waterway Alliance and Seventy-Two Strongholds of Lulins elite members gathering at Mount Longzhong to attack the Great Zhuge Family. However, they apparently still hadnt done anything despite being there for over seven days already.As soon as Mu-Gun got the news, he immediately concluded that the Forbidden Soul Destroyer Arraythe flawless defensive array that protected the Great Zhuge Familywas preventing the two organizations from attacking the Great Zhuge Family. In his previous life, he had tried to find a path that would lead him through it. However, even with his Thunder Gods Heavenly Eyes, he had still failed to find an entrance or a gap in it. Simply put, it was such a perfect array that a way to destroy it did not exist.The only way to get rid of it was to erase the very space where the array was installed. However, not even Supreme Realm masters could accomplish such a feat. Mythic Realm masters perhaps could, but no one, not even the Nine Celestial Demons Sects elites, had been able to reach that unprecedented level in all of murim. Hence, it was basically impossible to destroy the Great Zhuge Familys Forbidden Soul Destroyer Array.However, activating it consumed a huge amount of natural energy. Considering Mount Longzhong had a finite source of natural energy, the Great Zhuge Family could likely only maintain the Forbidden Soul Destroyer Array for fifteen days at most. Once it was down, it would take at least a month to activate it again. Hence, to survive, the Great Zhuge Family had to receive reinforcements within the fifteen days that the Forbidden Soul Destroyer Array was still active.Mu-Gun thought that the sects near the Great Zhuge Family, including the Wudang Sect, the Shaolin Temple, the Mount Hua Sect, the Zongnan Sect, and their subsidiary families, would send reinforcements and force the Changjiang Waterway Alliance and Seventy-Two Strongholds of Lulin to retreat. After some time, his prediction proved correct. The Wudang Sect, the Shaolin Temple, the Mount Hua Sect, the Zongnan Sect, and their subsidiary families sent a huge force to Mount Longzhong to help the Great Zhuge Family. As a result, the Changjiang Waterway Alliance and Seventy-Two Strongholds of Lulins elite forces were left with no other choice but to retreat before the Forbidden Soul Destroyer Array went down.In the midst of it all, three Eun Merchant Group cargo ships, escorted by two other ships, arrived at Nanjing. Aboard the escort ships were a hundred Baek Sword Sect warriors and a hundred Justice Martial Sect warriors.After dividing and loading the five hundred silver nyangs onto the three merchant ships, their fleet set sail for Wenzhou. Mu-Gun and his group were aboard one of the escort ships that accompanied the merchant ships.* * *Approximately one hundred and twenty kilometers away from Qingdao, Shandong Province was an island where fishermen dared not wander around. Known as the Black Spirit Island, the island was surrounded by powerful sea currents and covered in black fog all year round, giving it a dreary atmosphere. Those conditions limited what the world knew about the Black Spirit Island, ultimately turning it into the best place for pirates to hide their headquarters in. The island could also accommodate over ten thousand people, and the waves around it grew calmer past a certain area, making it easy to come ashore.Refusing to let go of such great advantages, the Four Seas Gang had made the Black Spirit Island their home base and, eventually, turned it into a city. They built the huge palace of Four Seas Divine Dragon Jae Cheon-Kang, the Four Seas Gangs leader, in the middle of the tall Black Spirit Mountain, which was located west of Black Spirit Island.Currently, Jae Cheon-Kang was having a meeting inside the palace with Blood Sword Demonic Monarch Yang Hwa-Gun of the Invincible Clans Eight Great Demonic Monarchs and Dark Sky Demonic Monarch Jeon Gok of the Heavenly Killer Sects Seven Heavenly Killer Monarchs. The two middle-aged people exuded demonic qi so thick that anyone who saw them would immediately assume that they were from the Nine Celestial Demons Sect.
