257: All-out advance

Su Ling searched carefully but still couldn't find the suspected Necromancer.

Helplessly, he could only return to the station.

However, he took the time to contact Sean from Minghui Star and found a detection magic array specifically for undead creatures from him.

Once released, it could detect undead aura within a certain range.

After studying it for a while, Su Ling slightly modified this simple array.

Otherwise, his own corpse puppets would also be targets of detection, and it wouldn't be good if it kept sounding alarms.

Then, he tirelessly set up the magic arrays within a hundred-mile radius of the station.

As for the other squads, he couldn't care less.

This Necromancer was hiding their head and tail; their strength shouldn't be too great.

If he made too much of a fuss, it would only make the other captains laugh at him.

After finishing all this, Su Ling returned to the corpse-raising ground again, mobilizing the gathered Yin Qi and Death Qi to nourish the Mountain-Splitting Tiger corpse puppet.

Previously when refining corpse puppets, he had never used the body of the Mountain-Splitting Tiger.

Taking advantage of this time, combined with his accumulated experience, he began the refinement.

For this purpose, he specifically went to the Command Post and exchanged for a fifth-rank Late Stage earth-attribute tiger-type yin Soul to fuse into it.

Now, this Mountain-Splitting Tiger corpse puppet already possessed the strength of the fifth-rank Middle Stage.

At most, after another two or three years of nourishment, it could display the power of the fifth-rank Late Stage.

By then, the corpse puppet's exclusive Netherworld Indestructible Body would also be able to show some effects.

It would be perfect for charging into battle... In a flash, five years had passed.

The Command Post's war order was issued again: in three days, a full-scale advance.

Led by several True Immortals, they would attack the Wither and Flourish Domain from five different directions.

At the same time, the two True Monarchs, Yao Guang True Lord and Blasting Flame, would also fully suppress the Peak Vine Demon.

Su Ling didn't understand why they had waited so many years, but he could roughly guess that the Vine Demon was not easy to deal with, and the two Peak True Immortals must have found some method before launching the final battle.

The moment the war order arrived, he sent out the summons.

One by one, the Seven Sects Cultivators left their temporary Immortal Caves and assembled at the station's square.

About three thousand War Slaves remained, and they had also gathered here early.

After years of campaigning, these War Slaves had suffered the most casualties.

But those who could survive until now were basically elites.

Having devoured much flesh and remnant souls, the strength of the War Slaves had all improved.

That fifth-rank Early Stage giant Bone Demon had now stepped into the fifth-rank Middle Stage.

Compared to human Cultivators, the promotion of such undead creatures seemed somewhat simpler.

Of course, even if the Bone Demon reached the fifth-rank Middle Stage, with its strength, it was still no match for a Soul Transformation Early Stage Cultivator.

But against creatures with simple methods like Demonic Beasts, demon plants, and orcs, it could play a huge role.

Lu Tao had returned to the Command Post for secluded cultivation and hadn't come out; Murong Yue was still acting as his Protector.

The two would certainly have no time to participate in this battle, and Su Ling wouldn't disturb Lu Tao either.

Su Ling looked around; Song Moting and the others were all gathered. He then waved his hand, "Depart!"

A crowd of War Slaves let out muffled low growls and, led by the Bone Demon, strode toward the designated direction.

The Seven Sects Cultivators followed behind, flying at low altitude.

Also setting out at the same time were dozens of nearby squads.

At the very top were five Integration Stage Cultivators, silently watching the development of the situation.

The flames of war ignited in the last pure land of the Green Wild Mountain Range Plane.

At the core in the north, the two Peak True Immortals pushed their Hao Yang Cultivation Techniques to the limit and struck out boldly.

The Vine Demon's massive vines pierced straight into the sky, like giant pillars of heaven, madly lashing at the two True Immortals.

Light, flame, and the Wither and Flourish Law intertwined, the power fluctuations shaking the mountains.

From time to time, thick vines broke and fell from the sky, smashing out canyons in the mountain range.

Large swathes of mountains were leveled or melted.

Even from ten thousand miles away, Su Ling and the others could still feel the majestic pressure coming from the distance.

Facing this top-tier power, a trace of yearning appeared in everyone's eyes.

Looking again at the Demonic Beasts and demon plants appearing ahead, they all let out roars: "Kill!"

Spells and Magic Treasures flew everywhere as a new round of battle began once more.

"Roar!"

The Mountain-Splitting Tiger corpse puppet, nourished for many years, let out a roar and pounced out.

Earth spikes, intertwined with earth magic power and Netherworld Death Qi, shot out from underground, knocking the demon plants into the air.

Dozens of low-rank Demonic Beasts couldn't dodge in time and were instantly skewered through the heart.

Led by the Mountain-Splitting Tiger, more than ten fifth-rank corpse puppets rushed out together, unleashing various magic abilities to charge into the beast tide.

Behind them, three thousand War Slaves were also fearless of death, their crimson eyes full of desire for flesh and blood.

With such momentum, the beast tides and demon plants they had encountered before would have been scattered long ago.

But those who could gather near the Wither and Flourish Domain were of top-tier strength and numbers.

For a time, the mountain range within a radius of several miles was filled with the roar of battle.

Su Ling stood in mid-air, his gaze cold, as he casually threw the ten thousand souls banner toward the center of the battlefield.

In an instant, the banner expanded rapidly, and tens of thousands of fourth-rank and above remnant souls surged out, letting out shrill shrieks.

After years of war, the low-rank remnant souls in the banner had long been fed to the Soul-Devouring Spider Mother; those remaining now were all elites among elites.

"Buzz!"

As the main Soul, the Soul-Devouring Spider Mother crawled out from the ten thousand souls banner, its size swelling to several zhang, and it opened its mouth to let out a Soul-Shaking Shriek.

Wherever the sound waves reached, the Souls of a large number of low-rank Demonic Beasts were directly shattered, and they died with blood flowing from their seven orifices.

Immediately after, dense Soul-Binding Silks fell like fine rain onto the battlefield, instantly imprisoning the bodies and Souls of dozens of fourth-rank Demonic Beasts.

Seeing this, the Seven Sects Cultivators immediately seized the opportunity, blasting their strongest Spells and Magic Treasures at the immobilized Demonic Beasts.

The reason this squad's survival rate and combat power far exceeded other teams was largely due to the powerful corpse puppets Su Ling refined and the Soul-Devouring Spider Mother's nearly invincible crowd control ability.

Years of fighting side-by-side had made everyone long familiar with this set of tactics, and they coordinated with seamless rapport.

Looking down from high above, the advance speed of Su Ling's squad was noticeably much faster than other Cultivator squads.

Had Su Ling not deliberately controlled the pace to avoid being surrounded by the beast tide after penetrating too deep, they might have already reached the edge of the Wither and Flourish Domain by now.

Tucking the ten thousand souls banner into his sleeve, Su Ling operated the Netherworld Soul Devouring Art and Soul Capturing Art, a deep purple giant hand covering a hundred-zhang radius.

With one grab, he pulled out the Souls of more than ten third and fourth-rank Demonic Beasts and a fourth-rank flower demon.

The deep purple hand crushed them fiercely, and many Souls were ground to pieces, turning into wisps of pure Soul Power that merged into his body.

This caused his already powerful Divine Soul to grow slightly once more.

From the Soul Prison Cage Plane to the Savage Beast Plane, and now to the Green Wild Mountain Range Plane.

Su Ling's Divine Soul strength had already increased by more than forty percent.

If not for the hidden danger of the Lightning Tribulation and his feeling that his own preparations were still somewhat insufficient, he could have charged into the Soul Transformation stage on the spot.

Even so, Su Ling decided to undergo a long period of secluded cultivation after this battle.

At least, he would Cultivate the Azure Heaven Sacred Thunder Immortal Body to the Minor Achievement stage.

He would only emerge from seclusion once he had enough resistance against the strikes of the Lightning Tribulation.

It wasn't that he didn't want to Cultivate it to a higher level; it was truly because this Immortal Body could only be tempered at the True Immortal Realm.

He had only absorbed a large amount of Lightning Tribulation power during his previous tribulation, laying a Foundation in advance.

Minor Achievement was already the limit.