243: Chapter 243 The Demon Clan's True Plan

Musa's body fell straight from the high sky, landing right on the roof of a house.

A dozen seconds later.

Chen Moxuan used his Special Ability to slip directly into the ground, leaving the competition venue silently and arriving at this location.

He gestured with his left hand, and wisps of white silk threads surged out from Musa's body.

As long as the physical body is not destroyed, even if there are no signs of life, the Soul will still linger in the body for a short time.

The stronger a person's Soul, the longer it will stay.

Under the effect of the [Fist of Judgment], Musa's Soul was sucked into the white light in Chen Moxuan's palm.

Chen Moxuan paused slightly.

He saw the white light in his hand suddenly twist and expand, instantly transforming into a white, translucent humanoid figure.

The illusory face was identical to the charred body on the ground.

"Th-this is...?"

"Didn't I die?"

Musa's Soul form looked confused, clearly unaware of what had happened.

He soon noticed Chen Moxuan standing in front of him.

Yet he found that, although this enemy had been fighting him tooth and nail not long ago, he now could not summon the slightest desire to resist in his heart.

The awe he felt for Chen Moxuan even exceeded that of the Devil King in his memories.

"I ask, you answer. No nonsense."

Chen Moxuan said briefly.

"Yes."

"Do you have any other accomplices in this city?"

"Yes, one of my subordinates is possessing a spectator in the competition venue's audience seats.

There was also a Silver Moon Blood Clan member who exposed their identity earlier; I have lost contact with them and don't know if they are alive or dead."

"Was that female Blood Clan member who exposed herself earlier your accomplice?"

"Yes."

Chen Moxuan raised an eyebrow and continued, asking:

"What are you planning to do in Dongchang City?"

"Collect the essence blood of the Human Race's martial arts prodigies to feed the Zerg Queen..."

The [Fist of Judgment] can harvest the Souls of the dead and dominate them.

This was also why Andre had kept clamoring to take Chen Moxuan's Soul back then.

The dominated Soul will wholeheartedly obey the dominator and will tell everything they know when asked.

Through a round of questioning, Chen Moxuan quickly learned the purpose of Musa and the other alien races.

They had brought an unhatched Zerg Queen egg, hidden deep underground in Yun City.

A Zerg Queen born from being fed the essence blood of young Human Race Martial Artists can ignore the influence of the An Tian Grand Array and exert its full strength on Human Race territory.

And a fully-formed Zerg Queen has strength comparable to a Human Race Martial Saint.

Not to mention that the Zerg Queen can also produce a large Zerg army.

As long as the fully-formed Zerg Queen is successfully born, the entire Jiangnan Province will be overturned by the Zerg in an instant.

They would then be able to successfully seize Jiangnan Province, destroy the An Tian Grand Array here, and transform this place into their base.

Musa and the others were lurking in Dongchang City specifically to secretly collect the essence blood of young Human Race Martial Artists.

"Originally, the work of collecting essence blood in this city was mainly to be completed by that Silver Moon Blood Clan member; I was only responsible for transmission."

"The Silver Moon Blood Clan can change their Physique and disguise themselves as other races; they are the group best suited for lurking.

My King took in the remnants of these Silver Moon Blood Clan members during a time of crisis and gave them a place to live; now is the time for them to repay that."

"But I didn't expect... that Blood Clan member to be so stupid as to expose their own identity!"

Even though he had become a Soul form, a trace of anger could still be seen on Musa's face.

According to the plan, they were only secretly collecting a portion of essence blood during this period; the real big move was to wait until the Martial Arts Exam a month later.

At that time, Lin Muhan, disguised as a Human Race martial arts student, would carry out a massacre in the Secret Realm of the Martial Arts Exam.

Such a large amount of Human Race essence blood would not only enable the Zerg Queen to fully hatch, but perhaps also produce some unexpected mutations.

It was just because of Lin Muhan's exposure that Musa's plan was completely disrupted.

Forced by the situation, he had to go all-in, intending to take advantage of this competition to slaughter all the Martial Artists at the venue and thereby collect a large amount of essence blood.

"With so many cities in Jiangnan Province, why did you choose Dongchang City?"

Chen Moxuan could understand Musa's move of placing the Zerg Queen in Yun City.

After all, Yun City is the provincial capital of Jiangnan Province, with the strongest defensive forces, gathering more than a dozen Tiangang Realm Martial Artists, and perhaps one or two Martial Arts Grandmasters stationed in secret.

Using a newly born, most vibrant Zerg Queen to assault Jiangnan Province's strongest defensive force—once it is dismantled, the entire Jiangnan Province would have no viable forces left to contend with it.

At that time, the Zerg Queen would only need to continuously breed a Zerg army, and they could completely occupy Jiangnan Province.

But regarding Musa and the others choosing to lurk in Dongchang City to secretly collect essence blood, Chen Moxuan really couldn't think of any reason why this place had to be chosen.

In reality, there was indeed no necessary reason.

Musa's Soul form was stunned by this question and replied after a long while:

"We had to pick a city."

The Soul form dominated by the [Fist of Judgment] would not lie. Chen Moxuan did not doubt this answer and paused before saying:

"I see... then your luck is indeed not very good."

If he hadn't met Chen Moxuan, Musa's plan would have likely succeeded.

But the next second, a doubt suddenly arose in Chen Moxuan's heart.

Choosing Dongchang City was an accidental result of the selection.

But the Great Xia Kingdom has the Eight Great Provinces; why choose Jiangnan Province?

The overall strength of Jiangnan Province's Martial Artists is only at the upper-middle level among the Eight Great Provinces, and its geographical location is in the center surrounded by multiple provinces.

Even if Jiangnan Province were unfortunately to fall, it wouldn't take long for armies of Martial Artists from all sides to come in waves like a tide and launch a fierce counterattack.

It is simply not a good choice for a base.

There are clearly several other provinces with larger populations, weaker defenses, and remote locations.

There must be a reason why Musa and the other alien races excluded other options and chose Jiangnan Province.

Chen Moxuan rubbed his brow and changed his line of questioning:

"Why did you choose Jiangnan Province? Tell me your entire plan in detail."

The [Fist of Judgment]'s domination ability also has a flaw—

The Soul form it dominates executes orders extremely rigidly and does not know how to be flexible at all.

Because of what Chen Moxuan said before, Musa's answers were all based on his questions.

If not asked, he would not answer anything.

Under Chen Moxuan's questioning this time, Musa's response was significantly more detailed than before:

"Thousands of years ago, my King once waged an earth-shattering battle against the Human Race's first Martial Dao Supreme on one of our race's territories.

It was also in that battle that my King's half-body was severed by that Supreme."

"The battle at that time shattered that space, and a large area of territory was swept into a spatial rift, disappearing without a trace."

"Since then, my King, on the verge of death, fell into a deep slumber and did not awaken until twenty years ago.

Through the subtle connection with his half-body, my King discovered that the territory swept into the spatial rift had actually evolved into an ownerless Secret Realm over these thousands of years."

"This ownerless Secret Realm, pushed by the Otherworld Torrent over these years, has long since shifted in position.

After some calculations, my King finally determined that the coordinates of this ownerless Secret Realm are located in the Great Xia Kingdom's Jiangnan Province."

"Occupying Jiangnan Province is merely the first step of our plan.

Our true purpose is to completely monopolize that ownerless Secret Realm during this period, avoiding any interference from Human Race Martial Artists.

Afterward, we will open the Secret Realm, find my King's half-body within it, and allow my King's power to fully recover."