Chapter 28: Dawn Crisis

  The deadly poisonous smoke was a ruthless killing demon that would show no mercy, but at this moment it had become the most lovely savior.

  In the face of the dark, poisonous smoke, knives and guns were useless. The ferocious and venomous ghostly servants were like mice seeing a cat, completely losing their temper, transforming into pus and blood, dying on the spot.

  Xiao Chen also gained a lot of benefits at the same time, as the Yin and Yang poisonous smoke swallowed the ghostly servant's essence blood, causing Xiao Chen to rapidly grow and obtain a large number of Yin and Yang poisonous insects.

  In this cruel war, at the moment of life and death, no one had time to ask how the ghost servant suddenly died, nor did they care. The yin-yang poisonous insects were all recalled by Xiao Chen into his sleeve, becoming the driving force for his future cultivation.

  The cruel war is still going on, and Xiao Chen would occasionally release a wisp of eerie poisonous smoke. As soon as the poisonous smoke appeared, it would quickly slaughter more than a dozen ghostly servants, causing Xiao Chen's contribution points to increase wildly. The time they resisted the ghostly servants was also the longest among all teams, surpassing even Ma Tian Gang's five-man team.

  In the storage room, Ma Tiangang had recovered his strength and found that the backup team hadn't moved at all. He couldn't help but feel surprised and asked an inner door disciple beside him: "Who is guarding the passage? It's been so long!"

  "It's Tan Tan and his five-man team who are defending, they've already held out for an incense stick!" the inner sect disciple said.

  Ma Tian's eyes sparkled with a divine light as he exclaimed excitedly, "Good! Good! Good! It seems that the unknown creature is also exhausted from killing, its offensive has slowed down. There's still more than an hour before dawn breaks... when the time comes, reinforcements will arrive..."

  The fierce battle in the passage is still going on, and the length of time that Xiao Chen and others have been guarding the passage has left people amazed. Almost everyone in the storage room has recovered to their peak strength, and they are shocked by how long Xiao Chen's group has been able to guard the passage.

  Another half incense stick of time passed, the sound of fighting coming from the passage was still extremely fierce, not at all like Ma Tian Gang's guess, that the ghost servant was tired and slowed down its attack, but instead it attacked even more fiercely.

  Ma Tian's brow furrowed slightly, and he thought to himself: "These few disciples are actually so formidable, withstanding the ghostly servant for so long. It seems that they are the geniuses of the Yunjian Sword Sect, I must not let them fall, lest it cause damage to the sect."

  "Next group, replace this one!" Ma Tian Gang said immediately.

  "Yes!"

  Upon hearing this, another group of five people rushed into the passage. A moment later, Xiao Chen and his companions retreated from the passage, their true bodies no longer visible, as if they had just crawled out of a pool of blood, with no way to tell whose blood it was or whether it was their own or someone else's.

  "Good job!" Ma Tiangang didn't say any extra words and gave a thumbs up to Xiao Chen and the other four.

  Xiao Chen had been fighting for so long, even with the help of the yin-yang poisonous smoke to control the pace of the ghostly servants' attack, but he was already exhausted. The others were no better off, and they had all reached the point of exhaustion.

  However, everyone has gained a large number of contribution points. In Xiao Chen's 'team emblem', there are already 3,600 contribution points, and the number of ghost slaves killed is nearly one hundred. The others are not much less than Xiao Chen, and even Tan Tan's number of ghost slaves killed is higher than Xiao Chen's.

  It seems that they all got the credit of discovering the mysterious poisonous smoke, but none of them wanted to announce it publicly. Once announced, their contributions would be somewhat questionable. So one by one, they kept their mouths shut and never mentioned the appearance of the mysterious poisonous smoke, as if nothing had happened.

  Xiao Chen and others retreated, began to heal their wounds, and recover their true energy.

  Xiao Chen reaped a rich harvest this time. Although his body was left with several shocking scars, he obtained a large number of Yin-Yang Poisonous Insects.

  The Yin and Yang poisonous smoke had almost been used up by Xiao Chen, it can be imagined how many Yin and Yang poisonous insects he had exchanged for, and the energy contained in these Yin and Yang poisonous insects was astonishing, probably enough for Xiao Chen to break through the third or even fourth cycle!

  Not only did he gain a lot of contribution points, but also got so much energy. For Xiao Chen, no one's gains were as rich as his.

  The true energy in his body was almost exhausted, Xiao Chen immediately sat cross-legged on the ground, meditating and practicing to recover his true energy.

  'Mo Yin Jiu Chang' started to rotate, and the power from the You Ming poisonous insect was constantly being infused into Xiao Chen, making his recovery speed extremely fast. In just half a stick of incense time, Xiao Chen had already recovered to the peak of Condensing God Second Heaven.

  "There are still many Yinming poisonous insects, let's see if we can rush to the Three Realms of Condensing Spirit!" Under Xiao Chen's examination, he found that there were still many unused Yinming poisonous insects. He continued to perform "Magic Sound Nine Singing" and started rushing towards the Three Realms of Condensing Spirit.

  The energy bursting out of the Yōu Míng Dú Chóng is astonishing, six or seven times faster than absorbing and refining the heaven and earth's original energy. Xiao Chen frantically absorbs this energy, refining it into true energy stored in his dantian.

  At this moment, if Xiao Chen's dantian were compared to an ocean, then the speed at which he was absorbing true energy would be like a hundred rivers converging into the sea, with millions of streams pouring into the vast ocean, creating massive waves that filled up the entire sea.

  In the blink of an eye, a stick of incense time passed, and Xiao Chen immediately felt the true energy in his dantian roaring, boiling up like boiling water.

  "Create the third vortex, break into the triple heaven of concentration!" Xiao Chen shouted in his heart, and the two vortices in his dantian rapidly rotated, driving all the true energy to rotate, as if a huge whirlpool appeared in the angry sea. Later, these two whirlpools gradually pulled out the third whirlpool during the rapid rotation process, vortex!

  The third cyclone solidified from obscurity, rapidly growing and eventually taking shape, causing the three dantians to divide the world into three parts. The three cyclones, with the momentum of dividing the world into three parts, stood like the legs of a tripod, providing Xiao Chen with immense power.

  "Haha…… Concentrating the power of the Three Realms! What a powerful force!" Xiao Chen was extremely excited, feeling his entire body filled with immense power. With every move he made, he felt as if he could pull the heavens and earth together, as if they were within his grasp.

  Of course, this is a feeling of self-expansion brought about by the surge in power. Xiao Chen's current true strength has reached 4,000 kilograms, comparable to that of a Condensing Spirit Eighth Heaven warrior. The terror of his Stellar War Body was gradually unfolding, and he had already surpassed the Fifth Stage in battle.

  However, Xiao Chen wanted to challenge the Ling Jue Mirror Warrior, but it was still impossible because the true energy in the Ling Jue Mirror Warrior's body had transformed into true yuan, which was one level higher than true energy and had completed a qualitative transformation. Wanting to transcend the boundary and challenge him would be even more difficult.

  "It's all refined!" Xiao Chen felt it for a while, and as he gradually calmed down from his excited state, he discovered that there were still quite a few Yin Ming poisonous insects that hadn't been refined.

  These Yin-Yang poisonous insects were not enough to support Xiao Chen's entry into the Fourth Heaven, but Xiao Chen still decided to refine them all at once. After all, carrying Yin-Yang poisonous smoke was more convenient than carrying Yin-Yang poisonous insects.

  At the moment, Xiao Chen continued to practice, and the injuries on his body had also stabilized. The hemostatic charms sent by the sect played a great role, causing the wounds to recover quickly and stop bleeding.

  "Quick! Quick! Quick! Next team, move up!" In the storage room, Ma Tian Gang directed his team to block the passage.

  Nowadays, almost every group of people has fought in turn once, and some teams have even fought twice. The number of teams is also decreasing, with continuous reorganization.

  From eighty-three teams at the beginning, it has now become sixty-seven teams, and nearly a hundred disciples have died in battle, showing how cruel the fight is.

  The battle in the alley was still frantic, as if it were doomsday, and Gui Pu's terrifying howl seemed to explode right next to my ear, as if he was about to attack the warehouse.

  This is a moment of extreme test of one's willpower, facing death, who can remain calm and composed!

  Everyone looked unusually tense, at this moment, the sky outside was already dimly lit, and through the passage of light that had been transmitted, one could vaguely see the scales on his body that were covered in a cold glow.

  Ups and downs in the passage, the sound of killing, the roar of shouting, the collision of weapons... merged into one piece, accompanied by splashing hot blood, the light of knives and swords, shining together.

  The impact of the ghostly servant became even more fierce, and in less than a cup of tea's time, they needed to change teams again, with an almost unstoppable momentum.

  It seems that these fearless ghostly servants also knew that when dawn broke, the reinforcements from Yunjian Sword Sect would arrive, so they had to take over Huangshi Town in advance and behead all the disciples of Yunjian Sword Sect!

  The frequent changes in the team prove the intensity of the battle, and also explain the cruelty of the ghost slaves, with continuous deaths, and fewer and fewer disciples in the storage room.

  "Next group! Hurry up! Get on top!"

  "Next! Next! Next! The next group!"

  “……”

  The team changes are getting more and more frequent. Ma Tian Gang has led the team to charge three times, but he was also seriously injured and consumed a lot of energy. He no longer has the strength to fight again!

  "Next group, up!"

  With the drinking voice, Xiao Chen and five others stood up again, and lined up for the second time.

  "Kill!" Tan Tan's eyes burst forth with an intimidating cold light, the iron-blooded aura soared into the sky, fearless of death, holding high the law sword, the sword tip spewing out, charging and stabbing into the passage.

  Xiao Chen followed closely, and now Xiao Chen has cultivated to the realm of Condensing God Three Heavens, advancing towards Condensing God Four Heavens, comparable to Condensing God Eight Heavens. His combat strength was overwhelming, with a single sword strike, the half-meter-long sword edge directly tore apart a ghostly creature!

  Yue Ling, You Jian, and Zhou Qianlong also broke into the tunnel again, fighting bloody battles.

  "What is that?!"

  Just as Xiao Chen and the others were fighting desperately, defending the passage with their lives, Xiao Chen suddenly saw three or four purple figures flashing towards them from outside the gate under the hazy morning light.

  "That's... the purple-scaled unknown creature!" Tan Tan also saw it and suddenly exclaimed. Ma Tian Gang had said before that this purple-scaled unknown creature was extremely powerful in battle, even he would run away if he saw it.

  But at this moment, a mysterious purple-scaled creature (ghost servant) appeared, how can people not feel desperate.

  One night of fierce battle, the death toll of disciples reached as high as six or seven hundred. Those cyan ghost servants swallowed the essence and blood of the disciples, and surprisingly, several of them grew into purple ghost servants.

  Roar! Roar! Roar!

  The purple goblin's speed was extremely fast, emitting a low roar like a lion and tiger, its eyes blood red, as if fresh blood, directly rushed into the passage, tearing apart the green goblin that blocked the way, opening up a bloody path!

  "Damn it!" Xiao Chen's heart skipped a beat, and before he could release the Netherworld Poisonous Smoke, the purple ghost servant's sharp claws slapped onto his sword. The sword was extremely sharp, but to Xiao Chen's surprise, it couldn't cut off the ghost servant's claws.

  Hmph!

  Xiao Chen only felt an unstoppable, massive force of at least 10,000 jin, crashing down on his sword, causing his internal organs to churn and a mouthful of blood to spurt out uncontrollably. His entire body was sent flying backward like a sandbag.

  Tan Tan also flew out immediately after, while Zhou Pianlong was directly torn apart by a purple ghost servant, sucking all his vital energy!