63: Soul Extraction and Blood Refining Array

Afterward, Zhang Daobai asked in detail about the specific situation of those twenty-three evil Cultivators,

such as what attack methods they specialized in, what weapons they used, and whether they had any special secret techniques.

After confirming the situation of all the evil Cultivators, Zhang Daobai tossed the man aside,

then began to pull out Formation Plates and set them up along the path the team of evil Cultivators would inevitably take to retreat.

"First a Golden Light Armor Formation, then a Green Vine Strangling Formation, and finally a Phantom Moon Soul-Confusing Formation!"

Zhang Daobai quickly set up the Formations using the Formation Plates and matching Magical Artifacts,

while Lin Luoxue, standing to the side, quickly scanned the surroundings, thinking about how to kill that Late Purple Mansion Stage evil Cultivator as quickly as possible.

Meanwhile, within the Xuantian Mountain Range.

Outside the small hill where the Heavenly Fire True Lords Tomb was located, the Old Ancestor of the Tang Family and ten Golden Core True Persons from other families were doing everything in their power to continuously attack the Formation barrier around the hill.

At the same time, they had to constantly dodge attacks from the four combined killing Formations below.

Just then, the members of the various families waiting in the distance for their respective ancestors and Clan Chiefs to break the Formation almost simultaneously received transmissions from their clansmen within Purple Maple Immortal City.

"What! Evil Cultivators are attacking the city!"

"Evil Cultivators!? Where did they come from!"

"Damned evil Cultivators! They actually dared to attack our Family lands while we aren't home!"

"..."

For a moment, furious curses rang out from the various spirit boats, but soon they couldn't help but feel worried.

All the high-end combat power of their families was here; how were the clansmen back home supposed to withstand the invasion of those evil Cultivators?

"Old Ancestor! Something terrible has happened!"

Tang Xiaotian was the first to react, quickly rushing out and shouting toward the Old Ancestor of the Tang Family in the distance.

This shout also quickly snapped the people from other families back to their senses, and they all followed suit, sending transmissions to their own ancestors and Clan Chiefs.

Inside the Heavenly Fire True Lords Tomb Formation, the Old Ancestor of the Tang Family's expression instantly changed upon receiving Tang Xiaotian's transmission.

Disregarding the Formation that had already been more than half worn down, he hurriedly pulled back and flew toward Purple Maple Immortal City.

The other ten Golden Core True Persons did the same; how could they care about any Formation? They all rushed toward Purple Maple Immortal City at their maximum speed.

No matter how good the Legacy and resources in the Heavenly Fire True Lords Tomb were, they were not as important as their own clansmen.

Moreover, those evil Cultivators were each incredibly cruel, showing no mercy to men, women, the elderly, or children when they killed.

No matter how good a Legacy was, what use was it if there was no one left to pass it down to?

Under the watchful eyes of the Loose Cultivators, the people from the various families turned their spirit boats around one after another and returned to Purple Maple Immortal City at full speed.

Just as these Loose Cultivators were feeling confused, some of them soon received news from Purple Maple Immortal City and cried out in shock.

Upon hearing that Purple Maple Immortal City had been invaded by evil Cultivators, many Loose Cultivators also hurriedly rushed back.

Some had Family members in Purple Maple Immortal City, some had businesses there, and some wanted to go back to fish in troubled waters.

Inside Purple Maple Immortal City,

the once prosperous immortal city was now more than half in ruins, and the entire city was permeated with the scent of blood.

At this moment, in the sky above Purple Maple Immortal City, over a hundred black-robed people were suspended in mid-air according to specific positions.

They quickly took out various Magical Artifacts and began to inject spiritual energy, while the Black-Robed Person floating in the very center took out a Formation Plate and held it high above his head.

Strands of blood-red lines shot out from the Formation Plate, connecting with the Magical Artifacts in the hands of the other black-robed people.

These blood lines, like Formation patterns, formed a blood-red magic array in mid-air.

The moment the blood-red Formation took shape, people within its range felt a surge of heat throughout their bodies, and the blood in their veins began to flow rapidly as if it were about to boil.

The blood scattered on the ground quickly separated from the soil and stone slabs, flying toward the blood-red Formation in the air.

"Soul Extraction and Blood Refining Array!"

Within the Formation's range, an elderly Cultivator, feeling the abnormality in his body, quickly guessed the origin of the Formation in the sky and shouted in terror.

The Soul Extraction and Blood Refining Array, as the name suggests, extracts Souls and refines blood; it is one of the primary Formations used by evil Cultivators to refine a city.

Once this Formation is deployed, those within its range will have their Souls extracted and blood refined, turning into dried corpses without even the chance for Reincarnation.

In the distance, the evil Cultivators who were busy looting and killing, and the Purple Maple Immortal City Cultivators who were desperately resisting, couldn't help but freeze when they saw the Soul Extraction and Blood Refining Array in the sky.

"Those guys from the Yinmo Sect really do plan to refine the city!" those evil Cultivators thought to themselves upon seeing this.

But when the Cultivators of Purple Maple Immortal City saw this, their hearts were filled with a spine-chilling terror.

The term 'city refining' was something they had only heard about from others, and at the time, it hadn't seemed that terrifying.

But now that they were seeing it with their own eyes, their hearts were filled with dread.

"These evil Cultivators actually really want to refine the city!"

Outside Purple Maple Immortal City, Zhang Daobai and Lin Luoxue's pupils shrank as they looked at the blood-red sky over the city.

"The place where we stay is also within their refinement range."

Lin Luoxue said with some lingering fear as she looked at the coverage of the Soul Extraction and Blood Refining Array.

"These evil Cultivators are truly insane. Do they dare to refine Purple Maple Immortal City without fearing a joint strike from the four Nascent Soul-level powers?"

Zhang Daobai also felt some lingering fear upon hearing this, and at the same time, he was surprised by the audacity of these evil Cultivators.

"Since they dare to do this, they must have already planned an escape route," Lin Luoxue speculated.

"It seems we probably won't be able to stay in Purple Maple Immortal City anymore. Once the city refinement is successful, Purple Maple Immortal City will definitely turn into a dead land filled with soaring resentment."

At this point, Zhang Daobai's expression became extremely grave.

If an ordinary Cultivator were tainted by resentment, it could easily affect their aura. If the resentment intensified, it might even erode the Cultivator's mind, causing them to develop a Heart Demon.

"Then what about the spiritual items we ordered?"

Lin Luoxue suddenly thought of something and asked with a nervous expression.

Hearing this, Zhang Daobai replied calmly, "The Wanbao Chamber of Commerce is a top-tier chamber of commerce that spans multiple domains. Even if these evil Cultivators were given ten times the courage, they wouldn't dare to provoke the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce."

As a top-tier chamber of commerce spanning multiple domains, the number of enshrined experts under its command was countless. Let alone Nascent Soul True Lords, they could even produce Soul Transformation or Void Refining stage powerhouses.

These evil Cultivators were just bold, not suicidal; how could they possibly provoke the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce?

"After those evil Cultivators retreat, we'll go to the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce to check on the situation," Zhang Daobai said somewhat helplessly.

Once Purple Maple Immortal City turned into a dead city filled with resentment, the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce would very likely evacuate.

After all, business can only be done where there are people. If it turned into a dead city, they wouldn't even be able to do business with ghosts.

As Zhang Daobai and Lin Luoxue chatted, the Soul Extraction and Blood Refining Array covering Purple Maple Immortal City also began to fully activate.