After the giant black snake phantom in the sky disintegrated silently.
The huge 'blood cocoons' scattered on the ground below seemed to have lost all life in an instant.
I saw it shriveled up quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Eventually it disintegrated into countless bloody lights and shadows, completely dissipating into the void.
Only the wreckage of the 'Big Belly Spirit Boat', which had been severely damaged when it hit the ground, was still standing quietly in place.
In the direction of the spirit boat formation in Qingliang City, Gao Yuan saw the huge, bright white bird above his head. After hovering briefly in the sky, it fell straight to the ground below.
His heart moved, and his eyes followed him subconsciously.
"hiss--!"
"This...what the hell is going on?!"
Looking at the 'Big Belly Spirit Boat' that came into view on the ground below, Gao Yuan's pupils shrank and he subconsciously took a breath of cold air.
I saw the latter sticking straight into the muddy ground below with its head down and its tail up.
The bow of the ship has been severely damaged due to the impact just now.
On the ground near it, many hull fragments of different shapes were scattered radially.
Of course, these are not the point.
What really shocked Gao Yuan was: all over the body of this 'Big Belly Spirit Boat', there were deep holes that were densely arranged everywhere, each with a diameter of about a foot.
It felt like it was being forcibly penetrated by countless sharp objects.
Although he didn't know the specific cause of these holes, the feeling of being densely packed all over his body made Gao Yuan feel his scalp numb.
What's more important is that on the deck of this 'Big Belly Spirit Boat', some very strange 'human' shaped objects can be vaguely seen.
The latter's overall shape is very similar to that of humans, but its body is like a half-melted candle.
In a very strange posture, it 'paralyzed' on the deck of the huge spirit boat.
"this……"
"Could it be that these 'humanoid objects' are the remains of the Kaiyuan Realm monks who were on this 'Big Belly Spirit Boat'?"
"These people on the deck were thrown directly out of the cabin because of the huge impact produced when the spirit boat hit the ground?"
"Let me go, these people are good, how could they become like this?"
"When the 'Big Belly Spirit Boat' was wrapped in the 'blood cocoon' just now, what strange changes happened inside it?"
Looking at the surface of this ‘Big Belly Spirit Boat’, we can see the dense holes all over the hull.
As well as those hideous humanoid remains lying on the deck like melted candles.
Gao Yuan couldn't help but have a look of horror on his face, and at the same time he couldn't help but mutter a few words to himself.
During this period, the giant white bird had already arrived on the deck of the 'Big Belly Spirit Boat' after landing.
Gao Yuan felt a little more at peace in his heart, and he immediately stretched out his spiritual consciousness and spread it towards the interior of the big-bellied spirit boat.
After a brief pause, the scene inside the latter's cabin clearly emerged in his mind through his spiritual consciousness.
I saw cabins of different sizes inside this ‘Big Belly Spirit Boat’.
The thousands of Kaiyuan Realm monks who had previously boarded this spirit boat, no matter what they were doing before the spirit boat crashed, had completely lost their breath of life at this time.
And the physical remains they left behind, without exception, all turned into that weird state like melted candles.
"Is it a blood sacrifice ritual with unknown functions that uses the flesh and blood essence of a large number of living creatures as materials?"
"This extremely bloody and brutal method is really in line with the behavior of the members of 'Ember'!"
I remembered the extremely weird ‘self-destruction battle’ that only happened at the level of the soul realm.
Combined with the information about ‘Ember’ that I had accumulated while performing various hunting missions for the Exile Alliance.
Gao Yuan made some associations in his mind and quickly grasped the general reason for the strange scene before him.
At the same time, he mobilized his consciousness and quickly scanned the four crashed 'Big Belly Spirit Boats' belonging to Qingliang City one by one.
"Among the four 'Big Belly Spirit Boats', except for the four 'Ke Qing Elders' who reacted at the last moment and evacuated in time."
"The remaining thousands of Kaiyuan Realm monks staying in the cabin, without exception, all died tragically here, and not even a normal physical body was preserved!"
"Qingliang City is like this. I'm afraid the situation in other major cities won't be that optimistic."
"It seems that my previous estimate of casualties of over 100,000 was still too conservative!"
As his thoughts turned around, Gao Yuan muttered a few words to himself with some emotion.
Just when he felt a little depressed in his heart, he suddenly felt a huge spiritual consciousness spreading from the direction of the formation's flagship.
At the same time, the clear voice of the city guard ‘Yu Linglong’ suddenly poured into Gao Yuan’s mind:
"Elders under the command of Qingliang City, please gather in the atrium of the No. 1 ship immediately."
The No. 1 ship mentioned in the other party's message is the flagship of the entire Qingliang City Spirit Boat Formation.
At the same time, the latter is also one of the two 'Big Belly Spirit Boats' personally guarded by the city guard 'Yu Linglong'.
After receiving the message from the spiritual consciousness of his own city guard, Gao Yuan immediately looked away from the broken "Big Belly Spirit Boat" below.
At the same time, he quickly handed over the task of controlling the spirit boat under him to the deacons of the 'Utensil Hall' who had gradually recovered.
Then, without further delay, he activated the escape light and flew towards the 'No. 1 Ship' in the center of the formation.
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Inside the No. 1 ship of the Qingliang City Spirit Boat Formation.
After Gao Yuan and others gathered here, the city guard "Yu Linglong" didn't talk too much.
After calming everyone down in a concise and concise manner, he simply explained a few things to pay attention to.
Then she issued an order for Gao Yuan and others to return to organize manpower.
Collect the remains of the Kaiyuan Realm monks who died tragically due to the crash of the four 'Big Belly Spirit Boats' into special storage bags.
In preparation for the follow-up plan to clear out the 'Embers', after the formation returns to Qingliang City, the city lord's palace will handle the burial matters.
After Gao Yuan and others received the order, they worked hard for about a stick of incense before collecting all the remains of the four 'big-bellied spirit boats'.
During this period, similar matters were basically being carried out in the direction of the spirit boat formations in other major cities.
Finally, about an hour had passed since the previous battle with the 'Original Law Body' ended.
The 'United Fleet' gathered together again after a brief discussion with the garrison guards of each city.
Along the 'Jieqing Corridor' that we just walked more than half way, we continued towards the South Territory.
It's just that the size of the spirit boat formations from each city that formed the 'New United Fleet' at this time has shrunk by nearly half compared to when they first set off.
As for the missing half, the 'Big Belly Spirit Boats' that were completely destroyed due to the previous 'Blood Cocoon' packages were directly abandoned on the spot.
For a moment, the "Big Belly Spirit Boats" in formations in various cities under the command of the "United Fleet" were all emitting bursts of intense energy halos.
After the latter soared to several times the previous height, they each kept an orderly formation and moved away, quickly disappearing at the end of the southern sky.
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Since the number of the 'Big Belly Spirit Boats' in the formation was reduced by four, there are still a total of six 'Big Belly Spirit Boats' left in the Qingliang City Spirit Boat Formation at this time.
Excluding the two 'Big Belly Spirit Boats' that were personally guarded by the city guard 'Yu Linglong', there were only four spirit boats that required eight elders to guard them.
According to the arrangement of 'Yu Linglong', the four men from Qi Tianyuan who were previously in charge of the four crashed spirit boats.
After being broken up into four parts, they, together with Gao Yuan and the other four, worked together to guard the surviving 'Big Belly Spirit Boats' during the remaining journey.
The person assigned to cooperate with Gao Yuan to guard the spirit boat was his old acquaintance Song Wenli.
Although the two of them had already known each other very well after several encounters in the previous episode.
But the war that had just ended had caused a great shock to them all.
Even though he had recovered at this time, the emotional depression was real.
Therefore, after the 'United Fleet' set off again, although Song Wenli and Gao Yuan were in the bridge control room of Lingzhou, neither of them was in the mood to chat or fight.
I saw them each unfolding their own spiritual consciousness and spreading towards the area outside the spirit boat.
This is so that if there is another surprise attack in the future, they will be able to react as soon as possible.
However, in the following hours, nothing unexpected happened.
Under the somewhat suppressed vigilance of Gao Yuan and others, the 'United Fleet' passed straight through the 'Corridor of Heartlessness' and entered the Southern Territory.
Then he walked all the way through the border area of the Southern Territory, passing by the 'Baiqu City' and 'Nanming City' that had been completely reduced to scorched earth under the blood sacrifice of 'Ember'.
We are getting closer to Zeyuan City, one of the destinations of this trip.
As one of the nineteen main cities in the Southern Territory that are still in existence today, the ‘Nanming City’ is located near the middle of the entire Southern Territory.
Its overall size is similar to Qingliang City in the Northern Territory, but its surrounding natural environment is very different from the latter.
In its peripheral areas, the natural water system is very developed, with a large number of lakes of different sizes, wetlands, etc. scattered throughout.
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Before dark, the 'United Fleet' finally arrived at the outskirts of 'Nan Ming City'.
After some air communication to verify their identities, the fleet's nearly three hundred "Big Belly Spirit Boats" were finally able to pass through the aqua-blue protective barrier over "Nan Ming City".
Finally, in the outer city area where a large number of buildings were demolished to leave enough space for take-off and landing, the level was lowered bit by bit.
After the combined fleet arrived, it goes without saying that there were various welcome arrangements put up by the city lord’s palace in ‘Nanming City’.
After a lively opportunity, Gao Yuan, together with several other elders, followed the town guard ‘Yu Linglong’ and went to his temporary residence for a short stay.
Then he was led by a deacon from Nanming City to the temporary residence he was assigned.
This is a three-entry courtyard located in the inner city area of Nanming City, less than five miles away from the city lord's palace.
Although the architectural style of the latter is quite different from that of the Northern Territory.
The scale of its building is far less huge than Gao Yuan's elder's residence in Qingliang City.
However, the details in all aspects are quite elegant and particular.
In addition, the servants, maids, and other people available for use are fully equipped.
Such a living environment is naturally extremely comfortable for Gao Yuan, who has had many years of cave dwelling experience.
After arriving at the temporary residence, he went straight to the garden hall in the backyard of the temporary residence.
After serving the tea, he slowly retreated to the side and dismissed all the maids.
Gao Yuan sat back on the armchair in the corner of the flower hall, recalling the last thing mentioned by the city guard 'Yu Linglong' just now.
As soon as he thought of this, a touch of excitement appeared on his face——
After the 'United Fleet' arrived in the Southern Territory, the town guards from the other three regions gathered directly with more than a dozen town guards from the Southern Territory to hold a special meeting.
The two sides first held preliminary discussions on the subsequent encirclement and suppression plan against 'Ember'.
Subsequently, under the proposal of the city guards in the Southern Region, a new merit exchange system will be jointly established in the near future by combining the power of the major cities in the four regions.
The various items and resources in the latter's exchange treasury will be jointly provided by the city lords' mansions of the major cities in the four regions.
According to what the senior ‘Yu Linglong’ said, it was based on the standards that were initially negotiated by the defense guards of each city during the meeting just now.
This exchange system will be launched in the future, and the items available for exchange will cover many extremely rare cultivation resources.
Including but not limited to some extremely rare high-level elixirs, secret treasures and secret technique inheritance unearthed from ancient ruins, top-notch martial arts books, etc.
A considerable part of them are treasures that can play a huge role in the process of Hunyuan Realm monks breaking through to the Soul Realm.
As for the source of merit in redeeming these treasures, it is quite simple.
The most direct one is to hunt down all levels of members under ‘Ember’.
Secondly, in the subsequent series of sieges against 'Ember' in the four regions, a series of tasks will inevitably be released.
For completing these tasks, even if there is no kill record, you can still obtain meritorious service.
"Tsk!"
"This exchange system is really rare good news for me!"
"Although there is no specific exchange name yet, since the latter is supported by the city lords' mansions of the major cities in the four regions, the corresponding status will definitely not be lower!"
"If I can accumulate merit and exchange it for some pills that will help me break through the realm, I will be able to be more confident when I advance to the realm of soul!"
Taking a sip of tea from the side, Gao Yuan thought happily in his mind.