He was suspended in the air, with the ground a hundred meters below.
Inside the cavern, stone houses rose sporadically from the ground, spread out in various places.
At this moment, silhouettes with a faint glow from a furnace in their chests gathered at the top of a stone platform at the entrance, looking up here, warily eyeing Emperor Jiang.
At the forefront was a strong man with a cross-shaped blood mark on his forehead.
"It seems there’s no avoiding this, no matter what. Captains, while they’re still drained from battling the Evil Spirits, attack!!"
He raised a silver metallic hammer in hand, roaring.
"Everyone together! Attack!!"
The glows of Heart-Burning Furnaces brightened quickly.
Accompanied by this, figures leaped into the air, lunging at Emperor Jiang.
"What was it the Dao Master said?" Emperor Jiang looked at the excited crowd below, suddenly forgetting what he had planned to do.
"It’s to clear the obstacles." Jun’Er’s voice rang in his ear.
"Obstacles... must be these in front...."
"I suppose so...."
Emperor Jiang raised his curved blade, his eyes blazing with blood flames, and his twelve wings slowly flapped.
"Exquisite Floating Light."
Sshh sshh sshh sshh!!
In an instant, countless white blade lights shot out from his body like ribbons, densely rushing toward everyone below.
The blade lights were like meteors, moving at an astonishing speed, crossing the hundred-meter distance in a flash.
All the Spirit People had just activated their furnaces, but before they could react, their bodies froze, and the furnaces in their chests quickly extinguished.
They plummeted like birds with broken wings, barely taking off before swiftly falling again.
Only a few of the strongest barely avoided fatal blows but were severely injured and fell along.
Emperor Jiang remained suspended mid-air, with the white blade lights from his body seemingly endless, turning into meteors, chasing down like raindrops.
This was purely the sharp blade energy cut at ultra-high speed.
It was akin to an air cleave wave.
Countless blade energies brought innumerable dense white lines, crashing into the ground’s buildings.
One by one, the houses collapsed, and the people inside fled in terror, but before they had run a few steps, they were shredded into pieces by the blade energy.
Life seemed incredibly fragile at this moment. Snuffed out with a blow.
A few minutes later, Emperor Jiang slowly sheathed his blade and stopped.
Below him, the bustling gathering spot of Baisu had turned into a complete ruin.
Both people and buildings were shapeless.
"It’s over..." Emperor Jiang looked somewhat bewildered at everything below. "Were they too weak... or was I too strong...?"
The power of the Ancestral Essence Blood had been fully tapped by him, and based on this, he fused his previous martial arts realm, achieving the strength he possessed today.
If Ancestral Zhang Rongfang was versatile, then he was the extreme in one aspect.
Speed was the direction he pursued to the utmost.
At this moment, the Grandmasters who followed arrived late and saw the smoky, ruined cavern ground below, looking at each other.
"Wasn’t it just said that we could accept those willing to surrender?" a Grandmaster hesitated.
"It’s over, there’s no one here attempting to defect." Emperor Jiang turned, honestly replied.
"Weaklings aren’t qualified to defect either."
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Zhang Rongfang knew from the outset that, even within the sky’s curtain, top-tier Celestial Lighters combined with Extreme Realm Grandmasters weren’t inferior to gods with divine power.
Such powerful individuals, once the Bloodline folks went out, would certainly perform far beyond gods and Buddhas.
But Emperor Jiang wasn’t a Celestial Lighter, yet he could perform like this, which truly amazed him.
The first gathering spot, Baisu, was completely cleared. The devastated interaction zone was left empty, just in time to become the first base for the Great Spirit Empire.
After dealing with Baisu, the Spirit Army subsequently cleared three nearby Spirit People gathering spots.
These two were not interaction zones, as interaction zones were extremely likely to be polluted and unsuitable for Spirit People to live in.
Instead, ordinary underground caverns were more convenient.
Zhang Rongfang spent ten days responsible for communication ties with La and also sent teams to all remaining interaction zones and gathering spots.
After Chana Tower gathered its Evil Spirit Army, the scattered Evil Spirit Vehicle wasn’t a match for the Bloodline Martial Artists. It was quickly cleaned up.
Messengers went to deliver letters according to the addresses provided by La.
The letters arranged for all leaders of the gathering spots to congregate in one place called Moonstone Mountain for a meeting.
Whether to come or not was entirely voluntary.
Apart from the Human Alliance, whose location was too cautiously hidden and contact wasn’t made, letters were delivered to all gathering spots and Spirit People’s interaction zones.
Inside the Eternal Tower.
La and Zhang Rongfang stood side by side in front of the passage base.
"I’ve completed the method for connection, using Taoyuan, leveraging the principles of tiers one, two, and three and the Sea of Oblivion.
I found a very suitable node to link all interaction zones that can enter Taoyuan." La explained, holding a blueprint.
"I’ve resolved those closer among the dozen Spirit People gathering spots; the further ones will take more time," Zhang Rongfang replied.
"No hurry, Long will also need some time to find the Flawless Secret Lock." La shook his head.
"Then, for the establishment of the city, can we start?" Zhang Rongfang asked.
"First, build the sky’s curtain, but how will you deal with the constant sunlight beams if the area is too big?" La asked in confusion.
"Cloud cover can block at least half of the sunlight’s power. If we can have the sky constantly filled with clouds and thicken the sky’s curtain, it’s no big problem," Zhang Rongfang said seriously.
"These aren’t actually the problem. The issue is Chana Tower."
"Why? Didn’t you already say it was settled?" La was a bit puzzled.
"Yes, it was said to be settled. But Long deliberately allowed his subordinates to launch an attack on my Blood Immortal Dao, causing heavy losses and countless casualties among my subordinates.
I tried to intervene but was blocked by Long appearing in person..." Zhang Rongfang said in a low voice.
He revealed a trace of somberness.
"You’re right; he’s indeed very strong... astonishingly strong! I suspect he’s involved in techniques that pertain to space. Leveraging the body to pry at space is truly terrifying."
"You... fought him??" La’s expression also became grave.
"Yes, just a small probe. I retreated..." Zhang Rongfang showed a repressed look.
"What it’s thinking, no one knows. But in the end, Chana Tower withdrew, gathered all Evil Spirits, so it can be considered cooperative. Everything is developing positively," La comforted.
"To enhance my understanding of space, La, can you give me some of your blood? I want to experience the feeling and details within this."
"To guard against any scheming from Long, we should enhance our strength as much as possible.
I can also offer Bloodline conversion here, granting you immense healing capabilities and speed defense!"
His eyes were filled with sincerity; all of this was genuinely his thoughts, without a trace of deceit.
Looking at his gaze, La was slightly moved.