Supreme Emperor of Mist

"Retreat if you don't want to die." Peng Yan, Xu Xin Cheng, and Wei Hu Xuan ordered their soldiers to retreat with a simple warning. From their response, it seems this wasn't their first time encountering such an incident.

As for Sun Wu Jian's troops, they're confused. But through the intuition of a cultivator, everyone managed to keep their distance from getting involved in the bloody mist.

"Let's stop the battle for a while. I can't wait to see what kind of thing would come out from that mist," said Wei Hu Xuan. There was a hidden clue or two from the way he speaks.

Very soon, three silhouettes came out from the bloody mist. At this time, only Qin Lan's troop of about two hundred and forty soldiers are getting ready to engage.

"Young master, what is coming out from there?" Lu Qing Yun asked.

"Soldiers. But neither ours nor theirs. Once you're getting caught in the fog, you'll be bombarded by negative thoughts collected by the person that used his blood and spiritual energy to form the Blood Altar."

"The negative thoughts will constantly destroy your sanity and eventually corrupt your Spiritual Qi, turning you into one of the Lesser Mo. This fiendish path once terrorized both humanity and Yao Beast's world during the primordial period," said Qin Lan.

"Te - Terrorized both Humanity and Yao Beast in the Primordial Era? How powerful are they?" Lu Qing Yun's palm is sweating uncontrollably after listening to what Qin Lan just said.

"How powerful? Very powerful. They'll be a complete bloodsucking demon when cultivating. People that had their blood sucked will become nothing but a living corpse terrorizing villages and towns. They would keep spreading like a disease if it wasn't controlled." Qin Lan added.

"Then... What are we going to do if they're really turning into demons like what you said, young master?" Lu Qing Yun asked.

"Don't be afraid. How can a disciple of the Kuangshan Lu Sect lose her calmness from hearing about them?" Qin Lan smiled. His hand went to give her a pinch on her cheek.

"Remember. As long your cultivation foundation is firm, diseases and plague from this wickedness can't do anything to you. And don't forget, you had the most effective technique against them." Qin Lan chuckled as he let go of her cheeks.

"Most effective technique?" Lu Qing Yun tilted her head slightly as she reflects on Qin Lan's words.

"Kuangshan Spiritual Palm, Kuangshan Lu Sect's Healer's Art, Heaven Firmament Art, Persistence Tempering Art. All of them are the bane of the demonic paths." Qin Lan said.

Stepping forward to the three silhouettes that coming out from the bloody mist, Qin Lan's sword revealed a golden brilliance. In an instant, he cuts the three silhouettes into halves as they cried in anguish and disintegrated into ashes.

"Heed my call. The pill that you've just swallow is known as the Heart Firmament Pill. As long your conscience is strong regarding your action, proceed without regret and slaughter those abominations coming out from the bloody mist."

"Get your formation ready! We're going to stop the demons from plaguing the Yunshan Province!" Qin Lan said.

"Yes, sir!" the soldiers listening to Qin Lan's order replied as they firmly positioned themselves surrounding the bloody mist perimeters.

"Good! Come out, Talisman of Exorcism! Dispel the influence of demonism before me!" Qin Lan fired a talisman after another and started to get rid of the bloody mist.

His action quickly caught the elders and the disciples from the Evil Infant Sect's attention and viewed him differently.

'He must be eliminated. Or else, there will be no place for our Evil Infant Sect in the future!' the elder on the black crow thought.

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"Golden Bell's Resonance!" Lu Yi's Copper Xuan Sword cuts downward as he presses his opponent down on a knee. His attack was getting stronger the more he fights.

"impossible! How can he gather such an immense strength than before? He should be tired by now!" one of the twins complained while he struggles to defend against Lu Yi's deadly blow.

He was partially regretful right now. Never once it crosses his mind that Lu Yi would be such a hard nut for him to crack.

But as they say, there was no medicine to cure regret.

"Urgh!" As he was forcing his Spiritual Energy out to its limit, Lu Yi suddenly gave him a kick on his chest. Coughing a mouthful of blood as he rolled further away from Lu Yi, this opponent of Lu Yi swallowed a few medicinal pills.

"I don't believe this! No matter what, I am still a peak-leveled Flesh Refining expert!" turning his spear for a complete circle, this half of twins swings his spear with all his might towards the incoming Lu Yi.

**Bang!**

The two weapons clashed. As the weaker one between them, Lu Yi was thrown back more than ten steps before he managed to get his feet back firmly on the ground. His hand is still shaking from the exchange that almost breaks all the bones on his hands.

But behind the shaking hands hides the smiling face of Lu Yi.

"Now what?" Lu Yi taunts his opponent with a smile on his face. Moving forward one step at a time, he took this opportunity to keep absorbing all the Spiritual Energy present around him to replenish what he had used earlier.

"I won't lose to you! With my pride as a peak Flesh Refining expert, I will not lose to a cultivator two minor levels below me!" 

"Temple of Blood!" the expert came forth once more with the spear in his hand. His Spiritual Energy was pushed to its limit as he makes this the final and decisive blow of his to defeat Lu Yi.

"Good attack! Bring it on!" Lu Yi once again chuckled. The Copper Xuan Sword in his hand also bathes in brilliance golden light as it receives Lu Yi's Spiritual Energy.

"I'll use you to try my new combination technique! Golden Lord's World Dividing Slash!" raising both of his hands above his head as he yelled, Lu Yi bring the sword down fiercely as his blow cuts apart everything in front of him.

"No!!!" the attack splits his opponent into two halves as Lu Yi's sword lands on the ground. Destruction is what remains right in front of him as he ended the battle with a smile on his face.