12: White Lotus stronghold? No, that's a buffet restaurant!

Outside Qingyang City, upon the wilderness.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A massive roar shattered the silence of the night.

A black afterimage surged across the earth. With every step, a large pit exploded into the ground, sending mud and gravel flying several meters high.

Gu Yang was like an out-of-control heavy tank, charging in a straight line toward Yinfeng Cave in an extremely violent manner.

"Refreshing!" Feeling the howling wind in his ears, Gu Yang laughed out loud.

This extreme sense of speed and power made him somewhat addicted.

Although "Extreme Dao Burst Step" had no technique to speak of—turning relied entirely on crashing, and braking relied entirely on his face (or foot brakes)—this didn't hinder its power.

In the world of martial arts, speed is the only thing that cannot be broken. As long as I am so fast that you can't react, I can punch you into a wall hanging.

A quarter of an hour later, Gu Yang stopped before a desolate valley.

Following the guidance of the aura on that token, this was the sub-branch of the White Lotus Sect—Yinfeng Cave. But at this moment, there was only a bare stone wall before him, surrounded by overgrown weeds. Where was the cave entrance?

"An illusion Formation?" Gu Yang narrowed his eyes. He could sense a dense Yin Qi behind this stone wall.

If it were the Demon Suppression Division's female divine catcher Shen Linger, she would surely take out a compass, calculate the gates of life and death, and search for the Formation eye to break it. But Gu Yang felt that was too tiring and too slow.

He looked around, his gaze locking onto a giant Crouching Ox Stone weighing two or three thousand catties standing at the edge of the valley.

"You'll do." Gu Yang walked over and wrapped his arms around the giant stone. Dragon-Elephant Golden Bell Shield—Activate!

Muscles bulged all over his body, and veins throbbed under his dark gold skin as if a phantom of a dragon-elephant appeared behind him. "Give... me... UP!" Rumble! That giant stone buried deep underground was forcibly pulled out by him.

Gu Yang held the boulder, aimed it at the bare stone wall, and with his waist and legs as one, leaned back like a fully drawn powerful bow. "This is... my method of breaking Formations!" "Checking the water meter!!!"

Whoosh— The boulder flew from his hands with a piercing whistle, smashing into the stone wall like a meteorite.

Boom!!! A world-shaking explosion occurred. The space in front of him shattered like a mirror, revealing the true scene behind it—a dark, deep, and green-glowing massive cave entrance.

And that so-called illusion Formation was as fragile as a joke in the face of absolute mass and kinetic energy.

"Who is it?! How dare you trespass into the White Lotus Holy Land!" A frustrated roar came from deep within the cave.

Immediately after, the sound of countless ghosts crying and wolves howling echoed. An effeminate man in a white robe led a large group of cultists and rushed out. When he saw the shattered mountain gate and the crater filled with rubble, he trembled with rage. It was the White Lotus Sect Protector, Blood Young Master!

"Who I am is not important." Gu Yang stood at the cave entrance with the moonlight at his back, his tall frame casting a massive shadow.

He looked at the things swarming out of the cave: dozens of Bronze Armored Zombies, over a hundred flickering Evil Ghosts, and those cultists whose bodies contained faint Demonic Qi.

In his eyes, how was this a terrifying devil's den? This was clearly plates of walking braised pork, steamed fish, and large chicken legs!

*Gulp.* Gu Yang swallowed his saliva, his eyes shining as he revealed a fatherly smile: "I'm here to... stock up."

"Stock up? You're looking for death!" Although Blood Young Master felt that the newcomer was dangerous, this was his home turf! "Boys! Get him! Tear him to pieces and refine him into the strongest Bronze Armored Zombie!"

"Roar—" The zombies and ghosts surged forward like a tide. Various sinister Spells covered the sky: Rotten Corpse Poison Mist, Soul-Snatching Ghost Howl, Blood-Dissolving Flying Needles... "Good timing!" Gu Yang did not retreat; instead, he advanced, crushing the ground with one step and shooting into the monster crowd like a cannonball.

Facing the sky full of poison mist, he took a deep breath. [Low-level Corpse Poison detected, body resistance check in progress... Immune! Converted into a trace amount of energy!] "Tastes a bit like mustard, not bad."

Facing that ear-piercing ghost howl, he opened his mouth and let out a tiger's roar.

Great Dark Heaven Demonic Tiger Fist—Tiger Malice! Roar!!! The terrifying sound wave, mixed with extremely firm and yang blood Qi, instantly caused the dozens of Evil Ghosts floating in front to experience Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.

[Killed an Evil Ghost, obtained 8 energy points!] [Killed an Evil Ghost, obtained 8 energy points!] The System notification sounded continuously like pleasant wind chimes.

Next was melee combat. Gu Yang activated "Dragon-Elephant Golden Bell Shield," his entire person turning into a golden man, ignoring all attacks.

With one punch, the air exploded, and the high-temperature wind from his fist directly ignited three zombies. With a sweeping kick, five or six cultists were turned into a rain of blood before they could even scream.

This was a one-sided slaughter.

It was a gluttonous feast. Standing at the back, Blood Young Master watched his hard-earned foundation of many years fall like wheat under that monster's fists, and his heart bled.

"What kind of monster is this?! Viscera Refining Realm? No, even someone in the Viscera Refining Realm wouldn't have such a perverted Physical Body!"

Seeing that his subordinates were almost all dead, a hint of madness flashed in Blood Young Master's eyes. "You forced me..." He suddenly bit the tip of his tongue and spat a mouthful of essence blood onto a string of White Bone Prayer Beads in his hand. "I respectfully invite... the Bone Bodhisattva Dharma Body to descend!!"

Rumble! The ground deep within Yinfeng Cave split open.

A massive monster, five meters tall and entirely pieced together from countless white bones, crawled out.

It had three heads and six arms, each hand holding a Magical Artifact refined from white bones, emitting a suffocating and terrifying aura. This was no longer within the scope of mundane martial arts, but a Demonic Technique creation that touched the threshold of "Immortal Cultivation"!

"Good! Finally, a main course!" Seeing this gargantuan creature, Gu Yang wasn't afraid; instead, he excitedly licked his lips. The bones of this thing looked very nourishing!

"Die!" The Bone Bodhisattva's six arms waved together, and white bone dharma swords slashed down with chilling Yin Qi. This strike was enough to slice through gold and stone!

"Dragon-Elephant Golden Bell! Demonic Tiger Fist! Open!" Gu Yang no longer held back, going full power.

The blood Qi in his body erupted like a volcano, and complex demonic runes appeared on his dark gold skin.

He neither dodged nor avoided, crossing his arms to tank the strike. Clang!!! Sparks flew everywhere. Gu Yang's feet sank half a meter into the ground, but only a white mark was left on his arms.

"Is this all the strength you have? Haven't you eaten?!"

Gu Yang gave a sinister laugh and suddenly reached out, grabbing one of the Bone Bodhisattva's arms.

"Break for me!" Snap! That white bone arm, thicker than a thigh, was forcibly snapped by him! The Bone Bodhisattva let out a silent roar, its remaining arms attacking frantically.

But Gu Yang had already gone into a killing frenzy.

He was like a tyrannosaurus that had burrowed into a skeleton, using the most primitive and savage way to dismantle the bones of this Bodhisattva one by one.

"Your ribs are nice, they're mine!" "Your skull is very hard? Try my fist!" Bang! Bang! Bang!

After half a cup of tea's time.

With one final loud bang, that insufferably arrogant Bone Bodhisattva had its core shattered by Gu Yang's punch, turning into a pile of broken bones.

Blood Young Master suffered a backlash, spitting blood and collapsing to the ground, looking in despair at the demon god walking out of the ruins.

"You... don't come over... I am from the White Lotus Sect..." Splat. Gu Yang crushed his head with a stomp. "Don't talk while eating, how rude."

The world became quiet. Gu Yang stood amidst the mess, looking at the skyrocketing numbers on his panel.

energy points: 128! It broke a hundred! Furthermore, in the deepest part of the cave, he smelled a strange fragrance.

Walking inside, he saw a stalactite pool filled with a milky white liquid. [Discovered Earth Core Spiritual Milk (Century-old), contains vast life essence, can cleanse the marrow and temper the bones, strengthening the internal organs!]

Gu Yang smiled, his grin widening to his ears.

"How is this a White Lotus Sect sub-branch..." "This is clearly my blessed land!"