The people in the courtyard watched with anticipation. After several minutes, the shadow that resembled a swamp on the ground stirred, and with a "biu," it spat out an unconscious Yang Wudi.
"Ah?! Old Goat!"
Niu Gao and the others' expressions changed drastically when they saw Yang Wudi emerge first. In a flash, the three of them were beside Yang Wudi.
Titan reached out, forming a sword finger with his index and middle fingers, and probed Yang Wudi's neck. After confirming his pulse was steady, he relaxed.
"He's fine. I've already used my second spirit ability on him. He's just unconscious now and will be fine when he wakes up," Tang Sui's voice rang out from behind them.
"Suisui, are you okay?"
Tang San flashed to Tang Sui's side, looking at her pale face with concern.
Tang Sui shook her head, "I'm fine, Brother. It's just my first time using my spirit martial body, and I'm not very skilled with it yet."
"Spirit martial body? Wow! You guys were going at it so fiercely in the domain?"
Ma Hongjun, who arrived a moment later, gasped. Niu Gao's eyes widened, and he stared speechlessly at Tang Sui, whose face was a little pale and her breathing slightly uneven. He gave her a thumbs-up. "You actually went head-to-head with Old Goat in a spirit martial body battle when you were a spirit master level lower than him? Vice Sect Master, you're amazing!"
Unlike Niu Gao's admiration, Titan and Bai He looked at her with a mixture of concern and mild disapproval, as if to say, "You were too reckless."
Tang Sui avoided the concerned yet slightly reproachful gazes of the two elders and said softly, "Brother, the three seniors, I'll leave Senior Yang Wudi to you for now. I'm going back to my room to recuperate. Please call me when Senior Yang Wudi wakes up."
Tang San and the others naturally had no objections. Bai He, in particular, wished he could carry Tang Sui back to her room himself and have her meditate and recover immediately.
The rest was much simpler.
After Yang Wudi woke up, Titan and the other two took turns to 'deal with' him. Then, Tang Sui and Tang San finished him off with a combination attack, ending with Tang San presenting Yang Wudi with the Youxiang Qiluo Xianpin as an introductory gift – which Tang San referred to as 'candy.' The Tang Sect was successfully absorbed into the Broken Clan.
With this, all four clans were gathered.
Bai He and Yang Wudi, along with Niu Gao, with the exception of Niu Gao who didn't need to return to his clan, the former two led their clans back to their respective sects to sort things out, pack their belongings, and prepare to move to Heaven Dou City to mingle with the Strength Clan.
Niu Gao also began to instruct his clansmen to organize their existing assets, gather the clan members, and pack their belongings to move to Heaven Dou City.
Everything was proceeding in an orderly fashion.
Tang Sui looked at the busy Yu Clan and let out a sigh of relief. Before she could completely relax, her gaze sharpened.
A few seconds later, she frowned slightly and turned to Tang San. "Brother, I'm not returning to Heaven Dou City with you for now. I need to go back there later."
Since they were outside, Tang Sui spoke rather cryptically.
But Tang San knew very well that the place Tang Sui referred to as 'going back' could only be the Shrek Academy or where their parents were, besides other possibilities.
Tang San's brows furrowed. "Did something happen over there?"
He had planned to gather Rongrong and the others from Shrek Academy and head to Geng Xin City, the City of Metal, together.
"Um... Snake Uncle is about to advance, and I need to go back and protect him." Tang Sui replied in a low voice.
With Hu Mian disguised as the Slaughter King in the City of Slaughter using demonic power to maintain order, and with faith as bait, no major incidents had occurred. No one who wanted to leave the Hell Road after a hundred victories had appeared yet. Even among the disciples from other sects who came for experience, their victory counts were very low, with the highest being only twenty victories, still far from a hundred.
Hearing that Tang Sui said the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Snake was about to advance, Tang San's face showed surprise. His understanding of primeval beasts was once again refreshed. Su Dan Novel Network.
"This... can that being advance like spirit beasts?"
Tang San knew that the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Snake was a primeval beast. Later, Tang Sui told him that the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Snake was also a demon, a completely different species from spirit beasts.
Tang Sui nodded.
Tang San mused, "I see..." It wasn't surprising that Sui Sui had such extraordinary talent in cultivation.
"In that case, you should go quickly. Be careful, and don't be careless just because you're there." After all, the current Slaughter King was no longer the same as before. If her identity were exposed, she could face a backlash from the entire City of Slaughter. He warned with concern.
Tang Sui nodded slightly. "Okay. Then, I'll see you later, Brother."
Tang San nodded and watched as Tang Sui said goodbye to Titan and the others before disappearing from his sight.
After taking many turns and bends, Tang Sui reached a secluded alley. Confirming that no one was around, she directly locked onto the demonic energy crystal anchor in the core of the City of Slaughter, tore open a spatial passage, and teleported back.
When she returned to the energy core surrounded by scorching lava, the only one of the three non-human beings in the lava who was awake, Hu Mian, came forward. His narrow fox eyes gleamed with a spectral light, and Hu Mian's voice echoed in Tang Sui's mind.
"It is gathering power, but it is not using the energy of the City of Slaughter. It is only capturing scattered energy, causing a deficiency in demonic power. It is now in a bottleneck and cannot successfully form a cocoon."
"What?!" Tang Sui's pupils contracted sharply. She looked at the being submerged in the scorching lava below, its nine ruby-like tumors on its back flashing, seemingly very unstable.
"How could Snake Uncle..." she said, only to immediately realize the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Snake's intention. It was because of her...
The City of Slaughter, now acting as her alternative energy storage and the main array eye for Nightmare, including the rules that prevented spirit abilities from being used within the City of Slaughter, all required a large amount of energy to fill.
The casualties in the City of Slaughter had greatly reduced due to the rules she had modified. Although the City of Slaughter had stored energy for thousands of years, it was not full, but was constantly being consumed. Furthermore, she had broken through twice using the core energy source of the City of Slaughter, and the energy of the City of Slaughter was diminishing day by day.
Tang Sui took a deep breath and calmly asked the system, "If I use my demonic power as a filler, how much would be needed?"
System: "..." Although your spirit abilities can function as a perpetual motion machine, to help it successfully form a cocoon, you would need at least ten thousand years of cultivation. Converted to demonic power, it would require draining at least five of you. What are you thinking?"
It felt like Tang Sui was up to something crazy again.
Tang Sui lowered her gaze, looking at the giant energy core that was silently rotating, her expression inscrutable. "What if I use half of the City of Slaughter's energy core, along with my demonic power? Would that be enough?"
The system was silent for a few seconds and then gave an estimated result: "If you hollow out half the energy core and add your continuous demonic power supply, the success rate is 100%. However, according to the daily energy consumption data provided by Hu Mian, under these circumstances, the City of Slaughter can only sustain for a hundred years!"
"Is that so? A hundred years..." That was a lifetime for an ordinary person.
Tang Sui raised her eyes, black and red demonic power swirling within them.
"Then, let's take a gamble."