144: Meeting an old friend outside Linglong City

After staying in the belly of the Formation-Breaking Demon for several days, his physical condition had recovered a lot.

At the same time, Fang Huai was surprised to find that the large and Small Corpse Meteor Worms had undergone changes after his Foundation Establishment.

Their color was jet-black and shiny, their sense of resonance with him was stronger, and their desire to feed was more intense.

The poisonous herbs in his Storage Pouch were eaten clean by the little fellow within a few days, so Fang Huai had no choice but to release the Small Corpse Meteor Worm to forage on its own.

The Spiritual Light Barrier, which could block the poisonous fiendish energy of the Formation-Breaking Demon's gastric juices, seemed like nothing to the Small Corpse Meteor Worm; it couldn't stop the worm from moving in and out every day to feast on the Formation-Breaking Demon's flesh.

However, its food intake was practically negligible compared to the giant body of the Formation-Breaking Demon.

Even if the Formation-Breaking Demon could sense it, it would only think it had one more tiny parasite in its body.

One day, while the Formation-Breaking Demon was in a deep sleep, Fang Huai suddenly sensed a living creature crawling in through its mouth.

This creature crawled straight into the abdominal cavity, getting closer and closer to Fang Huai.

"What kind of Yao Beast is this, able to ignore the digestive juices of the Formation-Breaking Demon?"

Fang Huai released his Divine Sense to investigate carefully, only to find that the Yao Beast was only at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer, and its vitality was rapidly declining.

[Bone-Eroding Demonic Scorpion]

[Qi Refining Fourth Layer]

[Physical Body Collapse (White)] [Divine Sense Controlled (Black)]

[Physical Body Collapse: The Physical Body is collapsing due to the digestive juices of the Formation-Breaking Demon.]

[Divine Sense Controlled: The Divine Sense is controlled by a parasite and cannot act independently.]

"What kind of parasite is so overbearing?"

Fang Huai frowned and stared as the Bone-Eroding Demonic Scorpion gradually swam toward him.

As the demonic scorpion got closer, its Physical Body was completely corroded by the digestive juices, leaving only a few hard-to-digest remnants of flesh and shell.

Despite this, its pace toward Fang Huai did not slow down.

Fang Huai's eyes suddenly widened; wasn't that the Small Corpse Meteor Worm clinging to the remnants?

This fellow could originally only affect Divine Sense, but now it can control it too?

He immediately drove the Small Corpse Meteor Worm into the head of the Formation-Breaking Demon, but from the information transmitted by the worm, although the demon had low intelligence, its Divine Sense was too vast to be controlled in a short time.

"Hard to control doesn't mean impossible to control!"

Fang Huai was delighted; if he could control the Formation-Breaking Demon, it would give him another powerful divine method for ambushing enemy Formations in the future!

Having the Small Corpse Meteor Worm in its head didn't have much of an impact on the Formation-Breaking Demon; with its intelligence, it couldn't figure out what was happening at all.

Except for a brief one-hour rest every day, it traveled incessantly.

The Formation-Breaking Demon seemed programmed to constantly search for human towns to conquer, only leaping out of the ground to swallow surface Yao Beasts when it was starving.

"A pure killing machine, suppressing even the desire to eat to an extremely low level before conquering a town. Why do such demons even exist?"

Linglong City.

This Mortal town originally belonged to the Corpse Fiend Sect, but after the Sect's destruction, it was taken over by the Profound Sword Sect.

To maintain stability, the Profound Sword Sect dispatched Gu Yu, a Qi Refining Perfection Cultivator, to guard the city.

At the same time, two Junior Brothers at the Qi Refining Middle Stage were assigned to assist him, and several Corpse Fiend Sect Cultivators with Slave Seals were given to him as guards.

A few days ago, a Foundation Establishment Stage Formation-Breaking Demon attacked the city. Gu Yu had exhausted almost all the resources of the city's protective Magic Array and used the Qi-Uniting Formation to drain the spiritual power of the Corpse Fiend Sect Cultivators to barely defend it.

Now, standing on the city tower and looking at the giant worm-like head emerging from the ground in the distance, he fell into deep fear.

If the Mortals in the city died, so be it; they weren't the Profound Sword Sect's original Mortals, so his superiors wouldn't blame him too much.

But the blood jade tree in the center of the city must not be destroyed!

As a dignified Qi Refining Perfection Cultivator, he was stationed here not to protect a Mortal town formerly under a demonic Sect's rule, but to look after the blood jade tree.

This was personally planted by an Immortal Master of the Tianji Sect; if it were destroyed, he would certainly be severely punished.

"Senior Brother Gu, it's another Foundation Establishment Stage Formation-Breaking Demon. We definitely can't hold out!"

"Senior Brother Gu, why don't we just flee? Punishment is better than losing our lives."

The two Junior Brothers looked anxious and kept urging Gu Yu.

"Shut up! If we abandon the city and flee, you two will only be punished, but as the City Lord, I might have my flesh carved off to feed the worms!"

Gu Yu said through gritted teeth, his face grim.

Looking at the approaching Formation-Breaking Demon, cold sweat trickled down his forehead. Below him, countless Mortals in the city looked up at him expectantly, constantly crying out for help: "Immortal Master Gu, the Profound Sword Sect promised us that as long as we stayed in Linglong City, they would protect us!"

"Immortal Master, you are an Orthodox Sect. An Orthodox Sect wouldn't abandon the Mortals under its jurisdiction!"

"Immortal Master, didn't you say you asked for reinforcements a few days ago? When will they arrive?"

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Gu Yu cursed inwardly. You Mortals of Linglong City don't deserve the Profound Sword Sect's protection. Who knows how many Corpse Fiend Sect Cultivators came from your families?

He had indeed requested reinforcements, but the Sect responded that demons were currently rampant in the State of Chen, so he should hold the city and wait for help.

In other words, the Profound Sword Sect couldn't even protect its own cities, so how could it care about this former demonic Sect territory!

A ruthless look flashed in his eyes as he said to the Junior Brothers beside him, "It's time for those demonic Sect Cultivators to be of use!"

Outside Linglong City, the Corpse Fiend Sect Cultivators were bound by Immortal-Binding Ropes and tied to wooden posts.

"You hypocrites of the Profound Sword Sect! Your Elders promised us that as long as we surrendered, you would ensure our safety!"

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"Damn it, we were tricked! We were tricked! What kind of Orthodox Sect? It's all bullshit!"

"It would have been better to die in battle back then; at least we would have left a good reputation!"

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The Corpse Fiend Sect Cultivators cursed angrily, their eyes filled with despair.

If Fang Huai could see them now, he would surely be surprised to see familiar faces among these Cultivators.

The Small Corpse Meteor Worm transmitted information that the Formation-Breaking Demon's Divine Sense was highly excited.

"Has it finally found a Mortal city it can breach, or has it found food to its liking?"

Soon, Fang Huai's doubts were cleared as the Formation-Breaking Demon's giant mouth opened, and a storm-like suction swept the Cultivators into its abdominal cavity.

But what puzzled Fang Huai was that the moment these Cultivators entered the abdominal cavity, they were wrapped in a membrane, losing consciousness and being stored in the belly.

"It doesn't kill them, just makes them lose consciousness... The Formation-Breaking Demon hasn't eaten for days, so why is it storing food?"

His gaze swept over the wrapped Cultivators, and after sensing a familiar aura, Fang Huai waved his hand.

Guiding one of the Cultivators into the Spiritual Light Barrier, Fang Huai tore open the membrane covering him.

It was Meng Yi!

This Senior Brother, who had guided him, was also the Cultivator Fang Huai admired most in the Corpse Fiend Sect.

Meng Yi's face was haggard, his Foundation shattered, his vitality withered, his spiritual power depleted, and his cultivation had dropped to the Qi Refining Middle Stage.

"Met an old friend?" Li Zhu asked, seeing the strange expression on Fang Huai's face.

"Yes."

"This person seems very important to you."

"Yes."

Fang Huai's fists clenched tightly. How could he not be extremely enraged to see the Senior Brother who had looked after him so well reduced to this state?