99: Report

In the end, Elder Long and Jin Guangyao were killed by Zhang Daobai and Lin Luoxue.

However, considering the Blood Soul Seal, Zhang Daobai left the final blow to a wild boar.

Afterward, to reward the wild boar for its contribution, Zhang Daobai dropped it off on an island within the Small World for a vacation.

As for the bodies of Elder Long and Jin Guangyao, they were buried in the spiritual fields to keep the previous Robber Cultivators company.

After dealing with those two pieces of trash, Zhang Daobai and Lin Luoxue left the Small World.

Returning to the air above the mountain fissure, as soon as Zhang Daobai emerged, he sensed abnormal spatial fluctuations within the fissure.

"Shadow, go in and take a look."

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Daobai decided to let Shadow go in first to check the situation.

Beside him, Shadow licked its paws, and its figure flashed, instantly disappearing.

While waiting for Shadow to return, Zhang Daobai couldn't help but feel a bit nervous; after all, abnormal spatial fluctuations could be an alternate space opened by the sky mirror, or it could be a spatial fissure, and so on.

Before long, Shadow returned to its original position, though its eyes held less laziness and more gravity.

"The evil Cultivators you mentioned are indeed in there, and the numbers match up," Shadow said softly.

"Take me in to see."

Zhang Daobai was delighted to hear this, but he still decided he needed to confirm it with his own eyes.

Soon, Shadow enveloped Zhang Daobai and then delved into the Void Realm.

In a short while, a space the size of a football field appeared before Zhang Daobai's eyes.

Over a hundred people were sitting in this space, all wearing black robes, looking like they were up to no good.

Following the portraits provided by the Demon Slaying Alliance, Zhang Daobai carefully identified the people in the space and found that they all matched.

"Hmm?"

At the same time, an old man sitting in the alternate space suddenly felt someone spying on him, so he opened his eyes and looked around.

But after looking left and right, he didn't find anything unusual.

"As expected of a Soul Transformation Stage expert, their perception is sharp."

In the Void Realm, Zhang Daobai couldn't help but exclaim at the sight.

After confirming it was indeed this group of evil Cultivators, Zhang Daobai ordered Shadow to take him back to the outside world.

When he saw Lin Luoxue's questioning gaze, Zhang Daobai nodded.

"What do we do now?"

Lin Luoxue suppressed the excitement in her heart and asked for Zhang Daobai's opinion.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Daobai said in a deep voice, "Let's directly notify the Rogue Cultivator Alliance's garrison personnel."

To facilitate receiving timely information about this team of evil Cultivators, the Rogue Cultivator Alliance had specifically stationed people in nearby cities within the range where the evil Cultivators appeared.

Soon, Zhang Daobai arrived at Luoxing City, which was closest to Luoyun City.

The Rogue Cultivator Alliance's garrison location was very easy to find because they had erected a huge Star Flag on the roof, symbolizing Thousand Star Lake.

Upon arriving at the Rogue Cultivator Alliance's garrison, Zhang Daobai found a staff member and directly stated his purpose.

Soon, led by this staff member, Zhang Daobai met a white-haired young man.

He was called a young man because he looked very young, but in reality, from his mature and slightly weathered eyes, one could see that his actual age was not small.

Zhang Daobai estimated his age to be at least over a hundred years old.

While Zhang Daobai was sizing up Mo Lan, Mo Lan was also sizing him up.

Seeing that Zhang Daobai had already cultivated to the Middle Stage of the Purple Mansion Stage at such a young age, a flash of surprise appeared in Mo Lan's eyes.

At Zhang Daobai's age, people who had cultivated to this Realm were not non-existent,

but most of those people were top-tier prodigies within top-tier forces, piled up with countless rare resources.

But as a Loose Cultivator, being able to Cultivate to the Middle Stage of the Purple Mansion Stage at this age,

in Mo Lan's view, Zhang Daobai could indeed be considered a true Genius.

"You say you have news about those evil Cultivators?"

After Mo Lan snapped back to his senses, his eyes fixed on Zhang Daobai as he asked in a deep voice.

Facing the subconscious pressure emanating from Mo Lan, Zhang Daobai wasn't nervous at all.

"Yes, I have already found the hiding place of that group of evil Cultivators," Zhang Daobai nodded and said succinctly.

"What!?"

Mo Lan was shocked and stood up abruptly, looking at Zhang Daobai with eyes full of disbelief,

trying to confirm from his gaze whether he was lying.

But seeing Zhang Daobai's very calm expression, he already believed most of it in his heart.

"Sorry, I lost my composure."

After Mo Lan regained his senses, he quickly calmed his mood and sat back down.

"Can you tell me the details?"

After sitting down again, Mo Lan couldn't wait to ask.

Zhang Daobai nodded without refusal and then spoke the explanation he had prepared on the way.

In order not to expose Shadow and the void realm suppressing pagoda, Zhang Daobai used the excuse of having a special Physique with spatial attributes that could sense spatial fluctuations,

attributing the credit for discovering the alternate space where the evil Cultivators were hiding to himself.

In any case, if anyone were to investigate, they could easily find that he had exchanged for the Shocking Void Fist.

From the Cultivation Technique, the possibility of associating Zhang Daobai with a special Physique of the spatial attribute was not low.

The alternate space that the Demon Slaying Alliance had searched for so long without finding was discovered by a Purple Mansion Stage junior.

After other forces learned this news, they would surely investigate him privately.

So rather than letting other forces come to investigate, Zhang Daobai might as well take the initiative to expose it himself.

"A special Physique with spatial attributes?"

After listening to Zhang Daobai's narration, Mo Lan sized him up again with a surprised look.

Special Physiques were very rare, and those with spatial attributes were even rarer.

If it weren't for the fact that his own strength wasn't considered too high, Mo Lan wouldn't have been able to resist wanting to take Zhang Daobai as his disciple.

To confirm the accuracy of the news, Mo Lan followed Zhang Daobai to the mountain fissure where the alternate space was located.

Then Mo Lan took out a disc and injected spiritual power into it.

This disc was a special Spiritual Artifact that could detect nearby spatial fluctuations.

However, because it was extremely difficult to manufacture and its detection range was not large, it hadn't been used by the Demon Slaying Alliance to search for these evil Cultivators.

After injecting spiritual power, a silver light soon lit up on the disc.

Seeing this scene, Mo Lan's eyes were filled with excitement, and he hurriedly tried several more times.

"We've finally found these beasts!"

Mo Lan put away the disc and stared straight at the mountain fissure below, muttering excitedly to himself.

"Let's leave here first!"

Soon Mo Lan's face calmed down, and he led Zhang Daobai away from there quickly.

On the way back to Luoxing City, Mo Lan couldn't wait to take out a transmission talisman and began reporting this matter.

After all, the space opened by the sky mirror could only be maintained for three days. If they didn't hurry over to surround these evil Cultivators, they would move to another place again.

After returning to Luoxing City, Mo Lan's attitude toward Zhang Daobai improved significantly. His originally very cold face suddenly became full of smiles.

"Elder Mo, I wonder how I should claim my contribution points?"

Although Zhang Daobai was somewhat puzzled by Mo Lan's change in attitude, he didn't think much of it,

because compared to this, he was more concerned about the issue of those one million contribution points.

Mo Lan pondered for a moment upon hearing this and then said, "I'm afraid that's not possible for the time being, because we are not yet certain if those evil Cultivators are truly inside that space."

"Once we confirm that those evil Cultivators are indeed there, I guarantee that I will issue the contribution points to you truthfully at the first opportunity."

This wasn't Mo Lan intentionally trying to delay, but rather speaking the truth.

Although he had indeed confirmed there was an alternate space there, he wasn't certain that those evil Cultivators were inside that alternate space.

So Mo Lan could not yet approve Zhang Daobai's receipt of those one million contribution points.

Hearing Mo Lan's explanation, Zhang Daobai thought about it and understood his concerns.

After all, this was one million contribution points; even a Golden Core Perfection Cultivator would find it hard to resist being moved.

"Don't worry, this won't take long. People from the Demon Slaying Alliance are currently on their way at full speed. It won't be long before we can confirm it, at most two days."

Mo Lan was worried that Zhang Daobai would feel dissatisfied, so he hurriedly explained further.

Zhang Daobai nodded slightly upon hearing this and said in a calm tone, "Elder Mo, I understand your concerns. It's only two days; I can still afford to wait."

Seeing that Zhang Daobai understood his meaning, Mo Lan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although Mo Lan's strength far exceeded Zhang Daobai's, he understood in his heart that Zhang Daobai's potential far exceeded his own.

In time, Zhang Daobai would eventually catch up to him, or even far surpass him.

So rather than making an enemy, it was better to befriend a Genius.

The news that the evil Cultivator team had been found was not circulated, to avoid someone leaking the information.

And the Demon Slaying Alliance's team also arrived very quickly, reaching Luoxing City in just half a day.

The Demon Slaying Alliance sent a total of two Soul Transformation Stage experts, thirty Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators, and over a hundred Golden Core Stage Cultivators this time.

The reason why the Demon Slaying Alliance sent so many people was to completely eradicate this hidden danger.

Otherwise, with this evil Cultivator team staying in the rear, which force would be able to withstand their attacks?

After the Demon Slaying Alliance's team arrived, they didn't linger in the city but hurriedly headed to the hiding place of those evil Cultivators under Mo Lan's lead.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Daobai thought for a moment and decided to follow them from a distance.

As for why?

Zhang Daobai didn't want to play the role of the mantis stalking the cicada, but rather wanted to see what kind of scene a battle between Soul Transformation Stage experts would be.

The mountain where that group of evil Cultivators was hiding was very remote, and basically few people came here.

When the people from the Demon Slaying Alliance arrived here, they first confirmed the accuracy of the information.

After confirming that there were indeed alternate space fluctuations, the people from the Demon Slaying Alliance began to set up Formations, preparing to catch all these evil Cultivators in one net.

Meanwhile, Zhang Daobai sat on his spirit boat far away, suspended in mid-air at least dozens of kilometers away from that mountain.

To see more clearly, Zhang Daobai even took out a long-buried telescope.

"This thing of yours is truly peculiar; it's made entirely of mundane materials, yet it possesses such a miraculous function."

After trying the telescope, Lin Luoxue said with great surprise as she looked at the telescope in her hand.

"It's just that I don't have the time, otherwise I could even craft a telescope that would allow you to see the stars in the sky clearly."

Zhang Daobai put down the telescope in his hand and pointed at the sky, speaking with confidence.

Upon hearing this, Lin Luoxue subconsciously looked up at the sky, her heart feeling a bit lost.

"Stars? Do you mean meteorites?" Lin Luoxue asked back after thinking for a moment.

In the cultivation world, the vast majority of Cultivators treated meteorites as the stars in the sky, believing that the starry sky looked just like those meteorites.

"Meteorites are just fragments of stars. Every star in the sky is incredibly massive; some are even larger than the entire Heavenly Azure Realm."

"The reason they look so small to us is that those stars are very far away—so far that even at our flying speed, it would take decades or even centuries to reach them."

Zhang Daobai softly shared this scientific knowledge with Lin Luoxue.

"Larger than the entire Heavenly Azure Realm!"

A flash of shock crossed Lin Luoxue's eyes. She had never imagined that those stars, which looked no bigger than grains of sand, could actually be larger than the Heavenly Azure Realm.

The entire Heavenly Azure Realm was divided into five major domains: the Tianxuan Domain, the Heaven Demon Domain, the Heaven Devil Domain, the Heaven Emperor Domain, and the Sacred Domain.

Many people likely spend their entire lives without ever leaving a single domain.

"Then, is it possible that on those stars, there are also Cultivators like us?"

Lin Luoxue thought for a moment before following up with a curious question.

Hearing this question, Zhang Daobai couldn't help but be taken aback. This was just like someone in his previous life asking if there were aliens in the Universe.

To be honest, Zhang Daobai didn't know if there were cultivation civilizations on other planets either.

However, since there was an Immortal Realm above the Heavenly Azure Realm, it suggested that it was quite likely.

Zhang Daobai had even suspected that he hadn't undergone Transmigration, but had rather been reincarnated with his memories.

Perhaps at the other end of the starry sky, the Blue Planet from his previous life existed as well.

Zhang Daobai also looked at the sky with some confusion, and a strange sense of loneliness welled up in his heart.

In his previous life, he had been just an ordinary person—ordinary family background, ordinary abilities, ordinary education... the only thing he had going for him was his fairly handsome face.

But on Blue Planet, he had his family, friends, various forms of entertainment, and an environment where he didn't have to worry about his safety.

In truth, from beginning to end, Zhang Daobai had never considered himself a native of the cultivation world; in his heart, he always believed he was an outsider from Blue Planet.

A lonely stranger in a foreign land, missing his kin doubly on every festive day.

Although the cultivation world didn't have the festivals of his previous life, whenever the moon was full, Zhang Daobai would feel inexplicably melancholy.

Perhaps noticing Zhang Daobai's mood, Lin Luoxue did not continue her questioning.

A few hours later, the people from the Demon Slaying Alliance used that great mountain as a center to lay down several super Formations, enveloping the entire mountain.

Beyond that, during this time, many more people arrived in succession, surrounding the ten-mile radius so tightly that not even a drop of water could leak through.

This time, the Demon Slaying Alliance had truly set an inescapable net, vowing to wipe out those evil Cultivators in one fell swoop.

According to Zhang Daobai's previous observations, that temporary space could last at most one more day.

Now that more than half a day had passed, those evil Cultivators would be coming out in a few more hours.

To avoid being discovered by others, Zhang Daobai had long since used the Spirit Concealing Mist to shroud the entire spirit boat.

"That person has such a powerful Sword Intent!"

Lin Luoxue looked at a plain-looking middle-aged man in green robes in the distance and couldn't help but speak up.

Zhang Daobai turned his head to look upon hearing this and quickly recognized the man's identity.

"He seems to be Mo Xuanxiao, an Honorary Elder of the Rogue Cultivator Alliance. He once heavily injured a Nascent Soul Stage Perfection evil Cultivator while at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage."

"I heard his Sword Intent is called the Thousand Mountains Sword Intent. It's said that he gained enlightenment atop a thousand mountain peaks, taking over a hundred years to comprehend it."

"When his sword strikes, it's like overlapping Shadows of heavy mountains; the pressure from the sword Shadows alone can crush a person into pulp."

Since coming to Thousand Star Lake, Zhang Daobai had inquired a lot about the Rogue Cultivator Alliance and some famous rogue Cultivators, including Mo Xuanxiao.

"His Sword Intent is stronger than mine."

Battle Intent flickered in Lin Luoxue's eyes as she watched Mo Xuanxiao's back.

"Hmm?"

In the distance, Mo Xuanxiao, who was currently regulating his breath in preparation for battle, suddenly sensed something and subconsciously looked back.

But other than the white clouds in the sky, he didn't find anyone else's presence.

Perhaps because he felt no malice, Mo Xuanxiao didn't search any further after a quick scan.

After another few hours, Zhang Daobai estimated the time was about right, so he walked out of the cabin and came onto the deck to prepare to watch the battle.

Lin Luoxue's gaze remained fixed on Mo Xuanxiao in the distance, hoping to learn some experience from him in the upcoming fight.

Deep within the mountain crevice, a spatial fissure quietly emerged in the void.

Immediately after, an evil Cultivator crawled out of the spatial fissure and flew toward the ground.

The members of the Demon Slaying Alliance above the mountain felt the evil Cultivator's aura and were instantly energized, drawing their weapons one after another.

Seeing that the evil Cultivator was about to fly up, a beautiful woman in a water-blue palace dress took out a water-blue mirror and aimed it at the mountain crevice below.

Soon, the evil Cultivator in the crevice flew out. He was the scout for the evil Cultivator team, specifically sent out to determine if the outside was safe.

The moment he flew out, he was enveloped by a water-blue light screen.

This water-blue light screen looked dreamlike and illusory, like ripples on the surface of water.

Then, a bizarre scene occurred. After the evil Cultivator came out, he looked around cautiously to confirm if the surroundings were safe.

But strangely, hundreds of people were currently suspended in the air above the surrounding mountains, all staring straight at him.

Yet the evil Cultivator seemed to see nothing at all. After looking around, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the evil Cultivator didn't completely let down his guard. Instead, he flew into mid-air and searched the surrounding mountain forests very carefully.

Laughably, after he flew into the air, he would occasionally brush past people from the Demon Slaying Alliance, but from start to finish, he never discovered the presence of anyone else.

Seeing this, many members of the Demon Slaying Alliance began to laugh silently.

They watched the evil Cultivator quietly as if they were watching a clown perform acrobatics.

In the distant sky, Zhang Daobai also noticed this bizarre and hilarious scene.

If he hadn't been able to see the water-blue light screen emitted by that mirror, he might have thought the evil Cultivator was actually an undercover agent for the Demon Slaying Alliance.

After a careful search and determining that the surroundings were very 'safe' and no one else was there,

The evil Cultivator flew back into the crevice with a relaxed face to report the situation.

In mid-air, seeing the evil Cultivator fly back to report, everyone burst into laughter.

"Elder Shui's Water Moon Illusion Mirror truly lives up to its reputation! Look at how it fooled that little beast like he was a monkey!"

"Haha!"

The people around laughed again upon hearing this.

For a moment, the atmosphere that had been somewhat heavy just now suddenly became much more relaxed.

On the other side, after the scouting evil Cultivator returned to the alternate dimension, he shared the news that it was safe.

The other evil Cultivators didn't have many doubts after hearing this. After all, they hadn't been discovered so many times before, so it was expected that there would be no danger this time.

After confirming it was safe, the evil Cultivators inside the space prepared to leave.

This alternate dimension could only last for three days. If they didn't leave in time, they would likely be sucked into the spatial turbulence.

"They're coming out!"

Soon, the members of the Demon Slaying Alliance above the mountain sensed a large number of evil Cultivator auras appearing in the crevice below.

Everyone began rubbing their hands in anticipation, and the Formation Masters in the distance were also ready to activate the Formations at any moment.

Soon, a group of black-robed evil Cultivators flew out of the crevice together.

But the moment they flew out and saw the sky full of Demon Slaying Alliance members, they were all stunned in place.

"Great Demon-Subduing Palm!"

"Heaven-Rending Void Slash!"

"Slaughtering Spear Technique First Form—Severed Soul!"

"Thousand Mountains Overlapping Shadow Sword!"

"..."

Taking advantage of the evil Cultivators' momentary daze, the Demon Slaying Alliance members launched their attacks with zero-frame startup, each using their signature skills to slaughter the group of evil Cultivators below.

"soul refining netherfire pagoda, Defend!"

Just then, a nine-story black pagoda burning with black netherfire instantly enlarged, shrouding all the evil Cultivators.

In an instant, the sky full of attacks all fell upon that giant black pagoda.

Even though this soul refining netherfire pagoda was a top grade Spiritual Artifact, it couldn't withstand so many attacks.

With a series of deafening booms, the nine-story black pagoda was instantly snapped at the waist, with seven of its nine stories destroyed!

"Pfft!"

With the Spiritual Artifact severely damaged, the Soul Transformation Stage evil Cultivator who owned it didn't fare well either, immediately spitting out a mouthful of blood as his Soul vibrated.

"Damn traitor!"

At that moment, a Nascent Soul Stage Evil Cultivator suddenly roared in anger and turned his head to look at the evil Cultivator who had just gone out to scout.

Hearing this, the other evil Cultivators also looked at that evil Cultivator with eyes full of murderous intent.

"I..."

Seeing this, the evil Cultivator trembled all over, wanting to explain, but in the next second, his body exploded with a bang, turning into a cloud of blood mist.

Seeing the traitor dead, the group of evil Cultivators who had been in despair just now regained some of their morale.

Quickly, after the soul refining netherfire pagoda was broken, that Soul Transformation Stage evil Cultivator put away the damaged pagoda body.

He then turned into a black Shadow and flew rapidly in one direction.

That's right! Facing so many Demon Slaying Alliance experts, that Soul Transformation Stage evil Cultivator had no chance of winning and decisively chose to flee.