Chapter 1521: Funeral Procession

When Jiang Wang journeyed to Bu Shu City, he passed through Cheng State, then circled to Mo State, traversed vast wilderness, reached Luo State, and finally proceeded from Luo State to Bu Shu City... Thus circling a great distance outside the sphere of Zhuang State's influence.Now, his departure is much simpler. He intends to directly enter Yong State, and from there, transfer to Yun State.In this chaotic, ungoverned territory, Bu Shu City is the sole city, and the only place with order. Beyond it lies expansive wilderness.In such wilderness, various individuals also reside, some dwelling in places akin to fortified villages. They exist in dependence on Bu Shu City, yet for sundry reasons, are unable to live within its walls.If those who perpetually linger near Bu Shu City's gates are its lowest stratum, then those who wander in the wilderness beyond Bu Shu City are the lowest of the low.Save for a cruel core, they possess naught else. Hence, their degree of cruelty may surpass one's imagination.Of course, Jiang Wang of today need not fear the threats of such folk.While still in Zhuang State, this lawless land situated in the cracks between three states was likely the most perilous place within his cognitive scope. Now, having cultivated to this point, only places like the Border Desolation, the Abyss of Yu, and the Realms of Illusion can truly be called treacherous grounds.Cultivation is like ascending a height, each level offers a different vista.After bidding farewell to Zhu Weimei and Huang Jinmo, Jiang Wang slowly made his way, contemplating the method of stellar paths left by Xiao Shu—unable to fly directly through the air, unable to move recklessly horizontally, and having to maintain as low a profile as possible... He could not hasten his pace even if he wished.In this realm where wild grasses ran rampant, thorns grew densely, and serpentine sloughs lay like withered branches.One who has never been here would find it difficult to imagine that this is the heart of the Western Region, and astonishingly, enfolded by several states.It is so desolate.Without Bu Shu City, this place might have been entirely isolated from the human world, or perhaps it would have been long since pioneered and partitioned by the neighboring states.This chaotic place supports Bu Shu City, and Bu Shu City grants this place its own potent vitality.It is difficult to say who is more dependent on the other.Mounds of graves dot the landscape, small paths meander, and occasionally, the lonely cry of an old crow echoes.Such eerie places are wont to breed malevolent spirits,But no matter how resentful or wicked the soul or ghost, they must all make way for Jiang Wang; there is no reason for Jiang Wang to yield to them.He walked alone; though he made no specific movements, his potent vitality itself dispelled the shadows.A martial practitioner of the Divine Manifestation realm, like Zhongli Yan, who has cultivated his blood and qi to divine nature, whose life force surges like the sea, need only refrain from suppressing his aura, and wherever he goes, ghosts shall collapse.The crow's cry was vexing; Jiang Wang frowned, and a thread of killing intent involuntarily arose, wishing to cleave it with a sword, but immediately a sense of alarm arose!Why would he harbor killing intent towards a mere crow?The imperishable scarlet gold light instantly illuminated the Five Palaces Sea; Jiang Wang's hand already rested on the hilt of his sword.Concurrently, a rustling sound echoed. Within his field of vision, abandoned graves cracked open one after another. Pale, withered skeletal hands emerged from the earth!Crack!The White Bone Path? The Lifeless Sect? Zhang Linchuan? Or someone else?Only now did Jiang Wang realize that his perception of danger had been suppressed by some force for too long!He, who was usually courageous and decisive, did not strike out immediately. Instead, he stood rooted to the ground, his feet like roots, the jade light flowing over his ears, having activated the Immortal Aspect of Sound Perception, causing myriad sounds to converge.The sound of skeletons rubbing, the sound of bones breaking through earth, the cry of crows, the sound of wind rustling wild grasses...The surrounding environment was reconstructed in Jiang Wang's perception in the form of sound.Hearing perceived one world, sight observed another.Thereafter, he saw that preceding the skeletons' emergence from the graves were the drifting, wandering wraiths.One, two, three...As far as the eye could see, there were thousands.Like gathered swallows, like flowing clouds.They swayed unsteadily, emerging from the masterless graves, and then, as if receiving some instruction simultaneously in an instant, they moved unified and swiftly like streaks of black light.Half the wraiths darted through the air at extreme speed, like black threads, outlining a bizarre pattern. A horrifying and gloomy atmosphere descended with them.The other half of the wraiths, at terrifying speed, trailed faint remnants as they surged towards Jiang Wang!Between heaven and earth, a subtle change was occurring.Jiang Wang watched all this calmly, a cloak, a hemp robe, a certain demeanor. He stood alone in the wilderness, unmoving. But a circle of scorching fire radiated outwards from him at extreme speed.Heat waves like tides.Flames like blossoms.Where the fire extended, those wraith streams could not even pause for an instant, instantly being incinerated.The rapidly expanding fire, after incinerating the approaching wraiths, scattered on the spot, fluttering and transforming into soaring flame sparrows.Chirp, chirp, chirp...Scattering into thousands, they pecked at the remaining half of the wraiths in the air.This effortless command of the Fire Element Daoist technique was the result of Jiang Wang's cultivation at the Duke of Huai's manor during the preceding period.The current situation is remarkably clear: the half of the wraiths that attacked directly were clearly creating time for the other half of the wraiths to act.The hidden enemy, lurking in the shadows for who knows how long, must have many subsequent moves awaiting revelation.Jiang Wang paid them no heed, directly pushing forward with blazing flames, intent on burning both here and there.As long as all the wraiths were consumed by fire, any potential follow-up by the enemy would naturally be annihilated along with them.This is the manner of a grand army, using the orthodox to defeat the unorthodox.Crack, crack, crack!As if sensing some danger, the skeletons that had emerged from the graves quickened their movements; some had already emerged their upper bodies, some raised their skull heads high, some snatched a skeletal hand from another skeleton and attached it to themselves...And above all the skeletons, a pale light spot leaped forth.The light spots echoed one another from a distance.Because of these ghastly white light spots, the skeletons scattered in different graves seemed to share a chilling connection.They were like nodes, or like stars in the world of the departed.And the wraiths rapidly moving in the high heavens, outlining some trajectory, were thus covered in ghastly white light... They were therefore not afraid of flames.This series of attacks, linked one after another, progressing layer by layer...The enemy lurking in the shadows must have made extensive preparations.This sudden confrontation is underpinned by immeasurable determination and calculation.Jiang Wang must respect this effort on his opponent's part.He remained rooted, but a scarlet light flowed through his eyes.His ability to control fire far surpassed the past.His spontaneous transformation of the fire line into flame sparrows is not so simple!Today's flame sparrows are not yesterday's flame sparrows.In the eyes of each flame sparrow, there is a deep scarlet point, a seed of the Samadhi True Fire imprinted within.They are condensed from the Fire Essence between heaven and earth, yet they are also imbued with the power of divine fire; Jiang Wang's Samadhi True Fire can even descend through these flame sparrows at any moment, allowing for effortless application and endless transformations. This greatly enhances the flexibility of divine flame in combat.And what is manifested at this moment is...The temperature of the flames of all the flame sparrows flying rapidly in the air abruptly soared by more than several times, effortlessly piercing the ghastly white light and alighting upon the wraiths!In but a blink of an eye, all the wraiths flying through the air were incinerated.At this point, the skeletons had not even fully crawled out of their graves.Jiang Wang's reaction was swift, his countermeasures precise, and his Daoist techniques profound.But as the flame sparrows dissipated, the surrounding temperature abruptly dropped, and a chilling sensation clung like a bone-deep ailment.Jiang Wang raised his eyes in surprise, seeing in the shadows of the firmament that bizarre array patterns had been drawn...The true effect of those wraiths lay in those faint remnants!A warning bell rang in Jiang Wang's heart.He realized that the opponent hidden in the shadows understood him very, very well!This understanding was not limited to knowledge of his combat power.It was a thorough insight into his fighting style and reaction habits.Was it Yi Shengfeng?The two had known each other since childhood, and indeed understood each other well.Moreover, according to intelligence from the Duke of Huai's manor, after the Mountain Sea Realm, Yi Shengfeng specifically sought out Tai Yin. One can assume he also sought out others with whom Jiang Wang had fought.If it was him... such a degree of understanding and targeting of himself is indeed not surprising.While his thoughts raced, Jiang Wang's eyes completely transformed into crimson.The Dry Yang Crimson Pupils had already activated, and boundless flames surged forth around him.Between heaven and earth, crimson became prevalent.Flame sparrows flew, flame blossoms bloomed, flame meteors fell... A vibrant world of fire thus burned in this desolate wilderness.Brilliant and resplendent, boisterous and clear.He, centered upon himself, instantly released the Fire Realm technique, still maintaining a balance between offense and defense. Without knowing the enemy's true strength, he first elevated the difficulty of the enemy attacking him, creating more room for his own reactions.At this moment, the wicked array patterns between heaven and earth had been formed, the eerie and malevolent array had settled, and began to exert its influence.Fire essence in this place was expelled and dispersed.Everything that was compliant with Jiang Wang began to make things difficult for him.However, Jiang Wang's Fire Realm is presided over by the Samadhi True Fire and supported by the Blazing Bone Lotus; losing the replenishment of the heaven and earth's elemental energy did not have a significant impact for the time being.But it would be difficult to achieve the same effortless soaring of flames within his sight as usual.The targeting is too strong...What is the true nature of this array?And where exactly is the enemy lurking in the shadows?Jiang Wang's divine eyes were like lightning, scanning the surroundings.His Dry Yang Crimson Pupils were still conspicuous under the cover of his cloak, but this itself was also a disguise for himself—making the opponent believe he was relying on these eyes to find clues.The Dry Yang Crimson Pupils, cultivated only in the Mountain Sea Realm, should not have been extensively known by the opponent.The ability of the Dry Yang Crimson Pupils is not in minute observation, so his primary means of capturing the opponent's location was still focused on the Immortal Aspect of Sound Perception.In this state of intense vigilance, his ears suddenly twitched, capturing a distinct sound—in almost all the graves, there were sounds of skeletons crawling, but this place was extraordinarily different, the bones exceptionally strong and powerful.It was too subtle, but in the world of sound, it was as loud as a thunderclap.And Jiang Wang had already moved!The wicked array transmitted waves of suppressive force, the air felt thick like water... but it could not suppress Jiang Wang's movements at all.He was still, and when he moved, only a streak of cold light was visible.He landed with effortless grace, leaving behind the burning Fire Realm, still contending with the array's power. But his body was like a long rainbow, colliding with his sword, arcing across the sky towards a colossal grave—This was an exceptionally large grave, perhaps due to the laziness of the person who buried the bodies, burying many at once.The mingled stench of corpses and ghosts produced a suffocatingly putrid smell.The grave itself had not yet been fully unearthed; five or six skeletal hands were struggling to pierce through the earth, breathing in the outside air... their finger bones stiffly bent.Jiang Wang arrived like lightning, his fingers moving lightly, already gripping his long sword in reverse, handling it like a dagger with ease, striking down vertically with an utterly decisive thrust!As the person descended, so did the sword.Person and sword were one, even his hair was sharp.The roaring sword qi directly shredded this grave, grinding all the skeletal hands and frames within to dust!The soil was cleaved open.The corpses controlled by some force were cleaved open.The foul and highly poisonous stench was also cleaved open.A black iron mace emerged from the grave mound,An extremely savage, extremely malevolent, extremely insane aura of malevolence entwined around this iron mace, even engulfing the sharp sword qi.The iron mace was held in a rough, large hand.A burly man with a full beard and bloodshot eyes lay on his back in this unnamed grave in the wilderness, separated by flying earth, shattered bones, chaotic sword qi, and malevolence... and met the gaze of Jiang Wang, who wore a cloak.He stared at the crimson eyes hidden beneath Jiang Wang's cloak.Within them was boundless, maddened killing intent.This mace is called "Funeral Procession"...This man is named Du Yehu!Since his debut, Jiang Wang had never ceased fighting, experiencing countless battles, and had never hesitated in combat.Never!But at this moment, seeing this face, seeing this person.He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment!He had speculated on who the opponent lurking in the shadows might be this time, he had calculated countless possibilities, but even if he possessed the wisdom of Chong Xuan Sheng, even if he possessed the intelligence of Zhao Rucheng, he would absolutely never have imagined that he would encounter such a person in such circumstances.The hand gripping the sword instinctively moved to the side, the sword qi arced around Du Yehu, roaring as it penetrated the earth.But Du Yehu's Funeral Procession mace did not hesitate at all, continuing its fierce trajectory, and had already smashed down upon his head!The mace had not yet arrived.Jiang Wang's cloak instantly shattered!The disguise of the effortless immortal robe's hemp garment had faded, restoring its usual appearance of a green robe.His protective Dao Yuan instantly crumbled.The light of the Five Divine Abilities surged around him; Jiang Wang tilted backward purely out of survival instinct—But the maddened malevolence had already struck his body, sending him flying backward with his head thrown back.Spitting blood in midair!

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