There were living corpses in the Ancient Ruined City, and they had been unsealed and released!

If this news were to spread to the outside world, it would undoubtedly cause a massive uproar.

Although the two living corpses currently appeared to be only at the Foundation Establishment Realm, anyone could tell that the seals within their bodies were not yet broken.

They were figures from an unknown number of millennia ago. Their terrifying nature was absolutely unimaginable.

At this moment, the members of the Seven Great Families and the Three Major Sects considered the deeper implications.

Once the trial in the Exquisite Treasure Tower was over, they would have to return to the outside world and immediately report this matter to their Sects.

A sinister light flashed in the mysterious man’s eyes. He spoke in a hoarse voice, "I never thought a mere boy like you would know so much. But knowing too many secrets isn’t good for you. It will only hasten your death!"

Jiang Jichen chuckled lightly. "I don’t know if I’ll die quickly or not. All I know is that you’re standing with Lin Qing, which makes you my enemy. And since you killed my people... well, it’s like I said before. Let’s settle this with life and death!"

"The Celestial Corpse Ancestor is about to return, and yet you dare to oppose our Celestial Corpse Sect! Kid, you..."

However, Jiang Jichen didn’t let the mysterious man finish, already striking at him with an impatient swing of his sword.

This time, Jiang Jichen was getting serious.

Yin Yang Two Principles, Heaven and Earth!

Two streaks of Sword Light, one black and one white, shot out. One slashed toward the beautiful living-corpse mistress, while the other went straight for Lin Qing.

For his next Sword Technique, Jiang Jichen aimed his strike solely at the mysterious man holding the Blood Cloth.

One Sword Life and Death Technique—Life Sword!

This sword was different from his previous attacks, which were filled with decisive killing intent, meant to take a life in a single strike.

This sword, in contrast, was brimming with life force, like Withered Wood Springs to Life, or flesh growing upon white bones.

This was the Life Sword. It cut down death energy and delivered life force, which made it the perfect counter to powerful living corpses.

Evidently, the mysterious man also sensed the incredibly dense life-force aura within Jiang Jichen’s attack, and his expression changed drastically.

His blood-red clothes shimmered, transforming into layer upon layer of blood-shadows that swept toward Jiang Jichen.

A White Bone Sword appeared in his hand, and he swung it at Jiang Jichen.

BOOM!

The Sword Light and blood-shadows collided. The world trembled as death energy and life force intertwined, flooding the space where Jiang Jichen and the other three stood.

From a distance, the crowd couldn’t see clearly what was happening inside.

They could only hear the CLANG CLANG CLANG of weapons clashing. Then, they witnessed an Anomaly: a tide of corpse water spreading across that patch of sky.

Jiang Jichen was completely submerged, his fate unknown.

The sight of the sky-filling corpse water made everyone’s hearts palpitate. None of them dared to get close.

They feared that if even a single drop touched them, the corpse poison within would damage both their life force and their Dao Practice.

The women of the Red Beauty Adventurer Squad, like Tang Ni and Xia Qing, as well as Hua Xiaoling, were all secretly worried for Jiang Jichen. Only Yee Youmeng remained perfectly calm.

In truth, from Yee Youmeng’s perspective, Jiang Jichen was absolutely invincible here while wielding the Holy Sword. Therefore, she had no reason to worry.

She was actually a little more worried about Luoo Long now!

Luoo Long had entered a mysterious area within the Ancient Ruined City and had yet to return.

In the distance, the power of the battle was astonishing. At this moment, someone suddenly spoke up. "While Jiang Jichen is busy fighting the living corpses, let’s hurry into the Exquisite Treasure Tower."

"Right! If we wait for him to free himself, we might not get another chance!"

These words were shouted by the group of people standing at the very back.

They knew that if Jiang Jichen returned alive, they would have no chance at all.

However, just as their words fell, a clear, hearty laugh rang out. "Haha... I’ll be taking this Blood Cloth. You can have your severed hand back, though!"

As the voice echoed, a silhouette of a Wandering Dragon burst through the deluge of corpse water. It opened its mouth and, with a single inhalation, swallowed the entire tide.

A True Dragon can stir the winds and clouds, and it can also bring peace to the world!

In that instant, the corpse water and death energy vanished, returning clarity to the world.

Jiang Jichen stood proudly in the center, a sword in one hand and a piece of Blood Cloth in the other.

Across from him, the mysterious man, the beautiful mistress, and Lin Qing had all retreated beyond the plaza’s edge.

As living corpses, they were unaffected by the sealing Restrictions and could move freely within the Ancient Ruined City. But... they could not enter the Exquisite Treasure Tower.

Everyone could see that the mysterious man was missing the hand that had been holding the Blood Cloth. It had clearly been severed by Jiang Jichen.

Otherwise, the Blood Cloth wouldn’t have ended up in Jiang Jichen’s possession.

In the distance, the mysterious man and Lin Qing stared at Jiang Jichen with immense hatred. The mysterious man snarled venomously, "Jiang Jichen, I’ll remember this debt for my severed arm! Once I break my seals, you’ll be the first one I hunt down. I’ll steal your bloodline and refine you into my Corpse Puppet, making you wish for death!"

Lin Qing added resentfully, "Jiang Jichen, don’t get complacent! Before long, killing you will be as easy as crushing an ant!"

Jiang Jichen didn’t know where Lin Qing got such confidence. He just said coolly, "What’s the point of talking about the future? If you’ve got the guts, step back into the plaza and let’s settle this with life and death."

After speaking, Jiang Jichen couldn’t be bothered with them anymore. Although he very much wanted to kill Lin Qing and the mysterious man, the Ancient Ruined City beyond the plaza was filled with sealing Restrictions. If he were to step out there, he would be heavily suppressed, leaving him with less than thirty percent of his combat power. He would be no match for them in their unsuppressed state.

So, he wasted no more words or time. Instead, he turned to the women of the Red Beauty Adventurer Squad and said, "You all clean up the battlefield. Wait for me to sweep aside some of this trash blocking the way, and then we can enter the Treasure Tower!"

With that, Jiang Jichen walked alone, Holy Sword in hand, toward the Cultivators who had just been shouting about rushing into the Treasure Tower during his battle.

"I need twenty spots to enter the tower. It would be best if you gave them up voluntarily. Don’t make me act!"

"You saw what happened. When I get my hands dirty, even I’m scared of myself. That’s why I really don’t like to fight or kill. I’m a very reasonable person! But you... really shouldn’t force me to settle things with life and death again!"

Jiang Jichen carried his Wandering Dragon Holy Sword, casually cleaning his fingernails with its tip as he "persuaded" them in a gentle, pleasant tone.

The group of people at the back nearly pissed themselves in fear when they saw the Wandering Dragon Holy Sword in Jiang Jichen’s hand.

’Big brother, you call this being reasonable?’

’Reasonable my ass! You’re obviously threatening us, okay?’

’If we show the slightest disobedience, we’ll probably be cut down just like those people before, and then... our Storage Bags will be taken as their spoils of war!’

The members of the Seven Great Families and the Three Major Sects watched Jiang Jichen use his Holy Sword as a nail file while threatening the crowd, and dark lines seemed to form on their foreheads.

Moreover, he was brazenly ordering his subordinates to pick up the Storage Bags from the people he’d killed on the ground. This was just... too shameless!

And those were the Storage Bags of several hundred Foundation Establishment Cultivators! Anyone would turn green with envy seeing that.

Now, all of it had fallen into Jiang Jichen’s hands.

The disciples of the Noble Families and Sects were already gritting their teeth, their eyes red with envy as they muttered, "This is so infuriating!"

"It’s fine," someone said indifferently. "Let him hold onto them for now. Once we’re inside the Exquisite Treasure Tower, we’ll make him spit them all back out!"

someone said indifferently.