Chapter 837
It's you, Zhang Lingshan! The root of all evil, deserving to be punished.
"Gentlemen, how have you been?"
A loud laugh rang out from inside the airship.
then.
Suddenly, a large number of array flags shot out from the flying boat and fell in all directions.
The flags were so numerous, they were densely packed together.
The distance it traveled was so far that it was meant to cover the entire city of Anning?
What are the people inside going to do?
Luo Wenyuan, Zuo Sining, Ding Yangshuo, Lu Zhaohe, and the others were all shocked and knew that the visitors were up to no good. They hadn't come to discuss any Golden Immortal quotas; they had come to cause trouble.
Even if you are a powerful Immortal Lord, it is by no means a simple matter to take over one of our cities!
Thinking about this...
Without further hesitation, Luo Wenyuan immediately took out his array seal and activated the entire Anning City array.
This is my territory, after all. You, an outsider, dare to challenge me?
Can you beat them?
but.
Luo Wenyuan was suddenly dumbfounded.
There was no longer any array mark inside the ring. Not only was there no array mark, but everything was gone; it was completely empty.
It's as if this isn't my own ring, but an empty ring that I picked up from somewhere I don't know.
"Why is my ring empty?"
"Everything is gone."
"what happened?"
"Me too!"
Before Luo Wenyuan could react, he heard the people around him cry out in alarm that, just like him, their rings had been emptied.
A layer of white sweat instantly broke out on Luo Wenyuan's back, and his face turned deathly pale.
terror.
Extreme terror!
He felt he had never experienced such terror in his life.
In the past, when faced with danger, at least one could take out a magical artifact from the ring to fight back, thus securing a sliver of hope for survival.
But this time...
Before he could even see what the danger was, the ring was emptied, and all his magical treasures were gone.
They had hoped to turn the tide against the Immortal Lord with the array seals, but now that the array seals are gone, how can they turn the tide?
in contrast.
Instead, the enemy scattered a large number of battle flags, completely covering their Anning City.
How can we fight like this?
Our territory has become someone else's territory, and our methods have become someone else's methods.
My own life may become someone else's life.
"Chief of the Ice Element, we have no grudge against each other, why are you doing this? I am the City Lord of Anning City, personally appointed by the imperial court. Aren't you afraid of angering the court by doing this? Today you came here in a flying boat, attracting many people. Are you going to kill them all? Even if you wanted to kill them all, could you kill them all?"
Luo Wenyuan immediately shouted.
Zuo Sining said, "My Anning Army is the imperial army. We and your Jinxian Pavilion have never interfered with each other. We each occupy our own territory and have no dealings with each other. Why do you come here to act so violently?"
He was tall and had sharp eyes. Although the ring had been taken, as a great general, he seemed to have no fear.
Ding Yangshuo said in a trembling voice, "Lord Leng Yan, we met in the capital. You even visited our Ding family back then. We are all friends. Please, Lord Leng Yan, let me off the hook. I will correct my mistakes immediately."
"Hahaha."
Laughter continued to echo from inside the airship.
then.
A tall, robust figure in a red robe slowly stepped out of the flying boat, smiling broadly as he looked around and said, "Everyone, how have you been? It's me. It's only been a few years, don't you recognize me?"
"you?"
Zuo Sining and Luo Wenyuan were both taken aback.
They didn't really recognize this person.
Because the two of them were high and mighty, they never handled things personally, and Zhang Lingshan's status was too low. Even if he became the master of the Pure Lotus Pavilion, he would still run away and not be worth the two of them getting to know.
He's just a minor immortal; let him escape if he wants to. Does he think he can cause any trouble?
As everyone knows, the biggest hurdle for a Xuanxian (mysterious immortal) to break through to the Golden Immortal realm is obtaining the Golden Immortal status.
You have no powerful backers, you're just an unregistered person, where are you going to get a Golden Immortal status?
Moreover.
Lu Zhaohe personally went to search for him. Even if he wasn't found, it doesn't mean the kid escaped. On the contrary, he's probably dead, dead without a trace, which is why they can't find him.
Therefore.
City Lord Luo Wenyuan and General Zuo Sining had long forgotten about such insignificant people; they didn't even deserve to occupy a place in their memories.
They are so busy with their daily affairs, how could they possibly have the time or inclination to care about such insignificant people?
However, just because they don't know each other doesn't mean that others don't know each other.
"Zhang Lingshan!!"
The first to scream was Ding Hong.
As the woman who packed Zhang Lingshan into a box and brought him back to the Ding family, no one knew Zhang Lingshan better than her.
She knew exactly how many hairs Zhang Lingshan had on his body.
When she threw Zhang Lingshan into the Cold Jade Crystal Pool for a bath, she not only looked him over thoroughly, but also planted a Soul-Devouring Worm larva between his eyebrows.
now.
The moment Ding Hong saw that the person in front of her was Zhang Lingshan, she hurriedly began to communicate with her Soul-Devouring Insect larvae.
But no matter how she tried to communicate, she couldn't sense anything.
"Hahaha."
Zhang Lingshan laughed loudly: "Ding Hong, you're still busy. Keep going, don't panic. Panic won't solve anything."
Ding Hong's face turned deathly pale. Although she was unwilling to admit it, she guessed that her Soul-Devouring Worm larvae were dead. She didn't know how the other party had managed to kill them, but the other party's methods were beyond her imagination. She had no choice but to admit defeat.
"So it was you."
Ding Yangshuo, the old patriarch of the Ding family, narrowed his eyes suddenly and finally remembered that this kid was the one who refined the high-grade Pure Lotus Pill in their Ding family back then.
Have you become so arrogant after all these years?
"I understand!"
Suddenly someone shouted, attracting everyone's attention.
The man was Lin Bai from the City Lord's Mansion, the same one who had guarded Zhang Lingshan at the Pure Lotus Pavilion with Ding Dasheng and Wei Cuicui.
Then he shouted, "Back then, Ding Dasheng's flying magical bronze chariot was stolen from his ring without anyone noticing. Today, everyone's items in their rings have all been lost, just like that. He is Zhang Lingshan, there's no faking it. I've never seen anyone else with this kind of skill!"
This sounds like a bunch of nonsense.
Ding Hongdu confirmed that the man was indeed Zhang Lingshan. Moreover, this guy was so swaggering and didn't bother to hide his appearance or physique that anyone who knew him would recognize him as Zhang Lingshan.
In the past, if Lin Bai had said such nonsense, people would probably have scolded him.
But at this moment.
Not only did no one curse him, but the air itself fell silent.
The key point everyone heard wasn't the name Zhang Lingshan, but that this person had just emptied everyone's rings.
This method was something that neither Lin Bai nor anyone else had ever seen before.
Even though Zhang Lingshan escaped in his bronze chariot, people only speculated that he was capable of stealing.
But Zhang Lingshan was able to steal Ding Dasheng's bronze chariot and horses because Ding Dasheng was with him day and night and lived very close to him, giving him plenty of opportunities to steal them.
According to many people's speculation, it was Pang Mancang's sudden appearance that frightened Ding Dasheng, causing him to lose his composure. This allowed Zhang Lingshan to take advantage of the situation, forcibly breaking through Ding Dasheng's storage ring in an instant and stealing the bronze chariot and horses at top speed.
In other words, Zhang Lingshan's strength lies only in his divine sense. He can bully Ding Dasheng, but he is not a threat to Golden Immortal experts like them.
Only now do they realize that Zhang Lingshan stole the bronze chariot and horses not by forcibly breaking the ring's restrictions, but by silently infiltrating the ring and then using the laws of space to move all their belongings.
How can such methods be explained by the mere fact that immortals possess powerful divine sense?
Most importantly, the other party didn't just empty the house of one person, but of everyone. Just how terrifying must a person's divine consciousness be to accomplish this?
Is this guy really just a nobody who ascended from the mortal realm?
In just a few years, he has grown to the point where everyone is terrified.
If I had known, I shouldn't have coveted the superior-grade Pure Lotus Pill he refined; I should have killed him outright.
"Ding Hong, this is all your doing!"
One of them suddenly cursed angrily.
Ding Hong's face turned ashen. She didn't argue, because she was also filled with regret. If she hadn't used the Cold Jade Crystal to revive Zhang Lingshan, she wouldn't be facing such a situation today.
"So you are the head of our Pure Lotus Pavilion."
Luo Wenyuan suddenly laughed loudly, "Aren't we family? From now on, we will buy the Pavilion Master's Pure Lotus Pills at twice the market price, and we will make sure the Pavilion Master is satisfied."
"Hahaha."
Zhang Lingshan laughed as well: "As the city lord, you don't govern the city properly, treating all the ascended people as waste materials, wasting so many geniuses. You are the root of all evil and deserve to be executed!"
talking.
With a wave of his right hand, Zhang Lingshan conjured a large red gate that appeared out of thin air behind Luo Wenyuan.
Woo woo woo.
A series of wailing sounds suddenly rang out, and countless ghostly figures emerged from the red door, enveloping Luo Wenyuan and dragging him into the doorway.
"Do not!!"
Luo Wenyuan felt a chill run through his body and cried out urgently, "I am the city lord of Anning City appointed by the imperial court! You can't kill me! This is treason! Waaah..."
In the blink of an eye, his voice was drowned out by the ghosts, and his body was torn apart and transformed into the purest energy, which nourished the Yama Ghost Realm, making the great red gate even more vibrant.
Everyone was horrified!
What a cunning tactic!
Before Zhang Lingshan could even make a move, he conjured up a gate of ten thousand ghosts out of thin air and tore the city lord Luo Wenyuan to shreds.
It should be noted that the city lord, Luo Wenyuan, is a top-tier Golden Immortal, the pinnacle of the Golden Immortal realm.
In fact, Luo Wenyuan had already reached the pinnacle of the Golden Immortal realm.
He simply hadn't been able to break through to the Immortal Lord level because he hadn't received a spot as an Immortal Lord and no one from the imperial court had come to take over the position of City Lord.
Yet, even such a powerful character couldn't withstand a single wave of Zhang Lingshan's hand.
What kind of magic does this ascended kid possess? His methods are too bizarre.
Is this even human?
Even the most powerful ghost cultivator in the entire Daqing Dynasty probably couldn't do this.
in contrast.
If those ghost cultivators saw Zhang Lingshan, they would be sucked into the Great Red Gate in the blink of an eye and become nourishment for Zhang Lingshan's ghost realm.
They're not even in the same league; they can't be compared at all.
Zuo Sining's heart trembled violently.
If anyone is to blame for treating those who have ascended to immortality as resources, it is Zuo Sining. City Lord Luo Wenyuan's influence is far beyond their reach.
Zhang Lingshan killed the wrong person.
"Spare me!"
Upon seeing their lord die instantly, the people of the City Lord's Mansion hurriedly knelt down and cried out, "The Ascension Pool is under the control of the Anning Army. Our City Lord's Mansion has no say in it at all. The culprits are all the Anning Army. Your Lordship should kill General Zuo Sining of the Anning Army. We are all innocent."
Zuo Sining's face turned deathly pale. Knowing that he couldn't escape by pretending to be stupid, he said frankly, "How to deal with the Ascension Pool is all an order issued by the imperial court. As a soldier, I am just following orders."
"That sounds nice."
Zhang Lingshan nodded: "Since you enjoy obeying orders so much, then enter my Yama Ghost Realm and obey orders alongside my ghost servants."
boom!
Another gate to hell opened wide, and an overwhelming horde of ghostly servants instantly tore Zuo Sining to pieces, leaving not even a complete remnant of her appearance.
Inside the flying boat.
When Leng Yan and Chu Heng saw this scene, they knew how lucky they were.
Because for the two of them, they only went through the gates of hell once; their souls and bodies remained intact.
In contrast, Luo Wenyuan and Zuo Sining were reduced to fragments, both in spirit and body.
These two people no longer exist in this world. Even if they did, they would only exist as fragments within the spirits of countless ghost servants.
This is true annihilation, a complete destruction of body and soul.
This shows how kind Zhang Lingshan was to the two of them; he was practically a great philanthropist.
But Leng Yan and Chu Heng did not feel relieved. On the contrary, they were terrified. They looked at each other and trembled.
Zhang Lingshan didn't kill them because they were temporarily useful.
One uses facial recognition to enter the city, while the other works as a laborer on a boat.
But now that Zhang Lingshan is going to wipe out the entire Anning City, will the two of them still be of any use?
Since they're useless, will they end up like Luo Wenyuan and Zuo Sining, torn to shreds and becoming mindless ghost slaves?
Leng Yan and Chu Heng couldn't help but tremble, their fear no less than that of the people outside.
"Spare me!"
"We were all forced into this situation, and we are willing to pledge our loyalty to the death."
"I don't know you at all, I've never seen you before, I'm innocent, it has nothing to do with me, sob sob sob."
Fearful cries came from all directions.
Zhang Lingshan didn't even bother to listen. With a wave of his right hand, he opened the gates of hell, sending all the scum of Anning City inside to repent and start anew.
Simultaneously.
Zhang Lingshan said calmly, "Lu Zhaohe, it's an old friend, why have you been hiding and not showing yourself? You really disappoint me. I came here for you."
"Master."
Inside the alchemy pavilion, Tang Feiling looked at her master, who was pacing anxiously, and couldn't help but call out.
This was the first time she had ever seen her master like this.
He was just like a child, completely losing his composure.
If there were a crack in the ground beneath the Alchemy Pavilion, Lu Zhaohe would probably have crawled in long ago to hide and avoid being discovered.
It would be even better if there were a tunnel.
but.
The entire Alchemy Pavilion, including the entire Anning City, was locked down by Zhang Lingshan's array. Even if there were tunnels, she couldn't escape now. She was completely helpless, and her ring was empty. She couldn't use any methods, so how could she not be anxious and running around in circles?
So many people died outside, even those who were unrelated to the victims, they were all torn to shreds.
As Zhang Lingshan's greatest enemy, Lu Zhaohe's fate will only be more tragic.
"Good disciple. I have another secret technique, and only you can help me with it."
Lu Zhaohe suddenly glared at Tang Feiling.
Tang Feiling's expression changed drastically. He felt that his master's eyes had suddenly become extremely terrifying, and he couldn't help but take a step back.
Although I don't know what secret method my master has, it's definitely not something good.
Tang Feiling turned to flee, but Lu Zhaohe grabbed her: "Good disciple, I've raised you for so many years, it's time for you to make some contribution."
"do not want!"
Tang Feiling let out a wail.
Just then.
An overwhelming chorus of wails swept over her, and Tang Feiling had no chance to struggle before being escorted into the red gate of hell by thousands of ghost servants.
"Do not!!"
Lu Zhaohe screamed in agony, only to find herself lifted into the air, not sent to the gates of hell.
On the contrary, she was honored to come before Zhang Lingshan.
"Old hag, here's your Ash Bone Poison Fire back."
Before Lu Zhaohe could speak, Zhang Lingshan waved his right hand and a burst of flame landed on her.
Ah! (End of Chapter)