275: The Mountain of Corpses expands, and the Defeatist returns.

The Barbarian Army’s main camp.

Excluding Wanyan Zhenguda, who was killed, all ten Heaven and Earth Realm higher-ups of the Barbarian Race gathered together.

The North Courtyard Great King sat in the commander’s seat, while the Elder Council members and border Garrison Generals each took a side.

The atmosphere was extremely oppressive and heavy.

After all, their action was only meant to tie down Marquis Shenwei, and they never expected a Heaven and Earth Realm expert to fall.

“Great King, why did you withdraw the troops just now? I almost killed that brat!”

Garrison General Gu Tuo’s eyes darkened, still unwilling to give up. If he had detonated his Immortal Cave, he was ninety percent sure he could have suppressed and killed Chu Jiang.

“Marquis Shenwei proposed a trade, saying that if we withdraw today, he would release the Barbarian Emperor’s Son! If I didn’t comply, he would announce to everyone that I disregarded the Barbarian Emperor’s Son’s life and was unworthy of being a subject!”

The North Courtyard Great King said indifferently.

Their current expedition was under the banner of rescuing the Barbarian Emperor’s Son. Now that Marquis Shenwei was releasing him, if they ignored it, wouldn’t it prove that they already harbored rebellious intentions?

This was an overt scheme, impossible to break.

After all.

No one had expected Marquis Shenwei to release him.

“Has the Ninth Prince returned?”

A Barbarian Race Elder asked.

The North Courtyard Great King nodded: “He has returned. Aside from a minor injury, he is fine!”

Several Barbarian Race Elders did not show joy, but rather suspicion.

“Don’t worry, everything has been checked. There are no problems, no Possession, no parasitic infestation!”

The North Courtyard Great King naturally understood what they were worried about—that Marquis Shenwei deliberately released the Ninth Prince back to the clan after tampering with him, to the detriment of the Barbarian Race.

Upon hearing this, the Elders finally smiled.

“What about Wanyan Jinguda?”

The North Courtyard Great King said in a deep voice: “Marquis Shenwei only agreed to release the Barbarian Emperor’s Son; no one else will be released!”

But he estimated that they weren’t not released, but rather already dead.

“Alas, the Wanyan Zhenguda family almost perished at the hands of one person!”

Someone sighed, lamenting fate and timing.

He wondered how enraged that old fellow, currently in seclusion, would be upon exiting.

Now, only one Heaven and Earth Realm expert remained in their lineage.

It was truly tragic to the extreme.

The North Courtyard Great King looked at Garrison General Gu Tuo:

“Moreover, he condensed the Azure Emperor Dharma Form. Even if you detonate your Immortal Cave, it would be difficult to kill him, and it would leave you severely wounded. This is something I do not wish to see!”

“He’s just a talented junior; he’s not worth sacrificing a great general under my command or their future!”

The North Courtyard Great King appeased him. With the current Heaven and Earth restrictions, no one could Breakthrough to the Rongtian Realm. No matter how Heaven-Defying their talent, they could only stop at the Heaven and Earth Realm.

Garrison General Gu Tuo was moved by this.

The Chief of Garrison Generals, Mofang, said: “The Great King has already sent a message to the clan, dispatching the Barbarian Race’s top assassin, Sofiat, to the battlefield with the clan’s important artifact, the Barbarian God Spear!”

“As long as Chu Jiang dares to show his face at the border, he can be impaled and killed!”

Although Chu Jiang would most likely be persuaded by Marquis Shenwei to return to Yun Province, there was always an off-chance. If that brat was arrogant and fearless, it would create an opportunity for them.

Regardless of whether he was there or not, they would prepare everything first.

“Excellent!”

Several Garrison Generals and Elders nodded in approval.

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In Yun Province, deep within an extremely secluded and rarely visited mountain.

It leaned against a towering cliff, so deep it was unfathomable.

The entire mountain had been hollowed out, filled with mountains of corpses. The air was thick with the stench of decay, and various repulsive maggots rooted themselves in the bodies.

There were demons, but more often, human corpses, the bodies of Qi and blood martial artists.

This was Corpse Mountain.

It was a newly emerging demonic force after the Yunzhou Demon Suppression Division’s headquarters was destroyed, and it had been developing for several months.

At this moment, within the demonic Immortal Cave of Corpse Mountain.

Dozens of corpse demons lay prostrate, silently gazing at their King. Outside, hundreds more corpse demons with lower intelligence knelt.

The Corpse King sat upon a throne of white bones forged from Human Race martial artists.

His decaying hand waved lightly, stirring up gusts of foul wind, which carried unknown liquids—rotten, putrid, strange, and filthy.

“Whoosh…”

“Hiss…”

The corpse demons below eagerly inhaled and licked, their faces showing intoxication, as if this reeking liquid were a divine nectar.

“Thank you, Great King, for bestowing the sacred liquid!”

The corpse demons bared their fangs, shouting praises like “Long live the Corpse King!” and “The Corpse King is invincible!”

One old corpse demon stepped forward and said: “Great King, our Corpse Mountain expansion plan is progressing smoothly. Tomorrow, we will be able to produce three hundred ordinary corpse demons and eight Beyond Mortal corpse demons!”

The Corpse King was extremely satisfied.

Half a year ago.

He was still in Qi Province, but then he encountered a Heaven-Grade Demon Suppression Division sweeping through the great demons of the west. He was forced to move from that fertile land to here.

He only brought a dozen old corpse demons who had followed him for a long time.

Although this place was barren, and the blood and flesh of martial artists were far inferior to those in Qi Province, at least no one paid attention to him, allowing him to slowly develop and rise again.

“Corpse King, with you here, Corpse Mountain’s development is unstoppable!”

A voice suddenly rang out beside the Corpse King; it was Earthly Fiend Star. Last month, he had just been rescued from a desperate situation by Tian Bai Star, regaining control of the Yun Province Earth Fiend Hall, and advanced to the Transcendent Realm with the help of the headquarters.

Another figure was Tian Bai Star, who had returned from Sun Moon Country.

“Corpse King, in a while, we need to capture that woman from the Yunzhou Demon Suppression Division. We ask for your assistance!”

Tian Bai Star said in a deep voice. After extensive observation, they concluded that Fu Yunxuan’s ability to defeat stronger opponents was primarily due to her extremely terrifying poison cultivation.

He suspected it was the legendary Calamity Poison Body.

Otherwise, how could a person’s strength skyrocket to this extent in just a few months? While poison cultivation could be achieved quickly, it was extremely difficult to do so with such speed.

Last time, he was careless and almost capsized in a ditch.

The poison Qi on his body had not yet dissipated.

Such a Physique would be one of the most perfect vessels for the Earth Fiend Hall’s Divine-Grade Human Demon experiment.

It could definitely create a peerless Human Demon, or at the very least, produce Divine-Grade series evolution fluid, which would also be peerless Materials.

This was a tremendous merit.

Therefore, he did not report it.

If he could capture her alone and claim all the credit, he would surely receive a massive reward.

“Of course, but this King requires five thousand Human Race individuals, and they must be Qi and blood martial artists; I don’t want ordinary people!”

The Corpse King said indifferently. For a corpse to transform into a corpse demon, the process was complex, not to mention that the success rate was only one-tenth. But if it was a living person, the success rate would soar to one-third.

In his leisure time, they could also serve as food for his old subordinates.

The chaos in Great Chu had already begun, and his Corpse Mountain naturally needed to expand its influence quickly, awaiting changes in the times, otherwise Corpse Mountain was destined to be destroyed.

Anyway, the risk of capturing people wouldn’t fall on him, so why not?

“Corpse King, you need not worry. I have already accumulated seventy percent of the five thousand Qi and blood martial artists, and I will gather the rest and send them to you soon!”

Tian Bai Star chuckled, signaling the Corpse King to rest assured.

“That’s good!”

The Corpse King nodded.

As a Corpse King, he was inherently immune to most poisons in the world.

If the Calamity Poison Body reached Major Achievement, he would turn and leave. Unfortunately, a poison Body that had just entered the Faxiang Realm was presumably still quite tender, and he didn’t take it seriously.