Chapter 490: Chapter 279: Tribulation Seed Realm Second Stage: Soul Emergence

Su Que employed the "Circulation of the Six Void Skill," his body moved like lightning across the sky, flying back to Jiannan Prefecture City.

He planned to first reach the cave where his treasures were hidden and transfer everything inside the cave into his storage pouch.

As he flew over the mountain where his stash was located, he saw soldiers densely packed below.

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The Crown Prince of Liang Kingdom, along with the Nineteen Prince and Thirty Prince, was commanding their martial artists to use martial arts to attack the mountain.

Two days ago, they listened to what Kong Wo and Master Xuanxin said and began to search for the mysterious martial artist Su Que across the Southern Domain, not sparing even the villages and high mountains.

They originally had over 300,000 troops, and after taking in part of the Heaven-Breaking Army, their total force now numbered over 500,000.

Among the over 500,000 soldiers, there were also martial artists who had entered the Qi Blood Realm, focusing their search on Jiannan Prefecture City within the Southern Domain.

Under such a significant military force, a team of soldiers entered the cave where Su Que’s treasures were hidden to search.

The first soldiers to enter the cave had only practiced martial arts and had not yet entered the Qi Blood Realm. They stepped on a beast trap set by Su Que in the cave, causing their right foot to bleed profusely.

After other soldiers carried this injured soldier away, they used weapons to probe the path forward, triggering the mechanism on the beast trap.

Once they confirmed all the beast traps had closed, they advanced further into the cave.

However, besides the beast traps, Su Que had also set up Myriad Poison True Qi in the cave.

This portion of Myriad Poison True Qi, infused with Su Que’s intention, lingered deep within the cave, forming a thick poison barrier that protected his possessions therein.

The two soldiers who were probing the path did not know what the deep purple mist was. It looked sinister, so they extended their weapons to pierce the Myriad Poison True Qi. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

When they withdrew their weapons, they found the tips had turned black, clearly corroded by this strange True Qi.

Upon seeing this, the two soldiers were greatly shocked and hurriedly reported to their centurion.

The centurion, upon hearing this, also went to take a look and instructed a soldier to use a spear to probe into the deep purple mist.

When the spear was withdrawn, the centurion saw the tip had turned black, confirming his two soldiers were not lying.

This centurion, only competent in the Qi Blood Realm, was incapable of handling such potent mist.

He thought the deep purple mist was so sinister that the cave must contain extraordinary treasures, so he sent soldiers to report the matter to the centurion.

Upon hearing the report, the centurion also came to check. Though he saw the soldiers’ spear corroded by the deep purple mist, he figured the soldiers’ weapons were just ordinary.

Therefore, he drew out his treasure sword, crafted from refined iron, and briefly probed the deep purple mist with its tip.

When he examined the tip of his sword with his eyes, he saw its color had changed.

As a martial arts expert in the Meridian Opening Realm, the centurion realized this mist’s sinister nature after seeing it could corrode his treasure sword in such a short time.

He knew that attempting to break through forcefully, or even inhaling a little, might lead to immediate death.

He quickly retreated and dispatched a soldier to report the situation to his general.

When the general arrived, he also tested with a weapon and, understanding the gravity of the situation, directly reported it to his subordinate, the Nineteen Prince.

The Nineteen Prince arrived and immediately used a treasure sword forged from exotic metals to test the deep purple Myriad Poison True Qi.

Even though the exotic weapon managed to resist the corrosion somewhat, it was still inevitably affected, albeit to a lesser extent than regular weapons.

The Nineteen Prince, being a martial artist of the Gang Condensing Realm with advanced martial arts cultivation and broad knowledge, recognized the unusual nature of the poison gas at once.

He dispatched soldiers to summon his brothers.

Thus, a crown prince and two princes, along with martial arts experts and elite soldiers under their command, gathered at this spot.

They suspected there might be valuable treasures or some secrets beyond the deep purple mist.

Yet, they were reluctant to expend their own forces, with none willing to send their men in to explore.

After a period of stalemate, they began to discuss sending soldiers from all three factions to explore, hoping to forcefully open a path with the soldiers’ flesh and blood.

Each side immediately dispatched soldiers, instructing them to take antitoxic pills, don thick clothing and armor, cover their faces, and venture inside.

However, the soldiers who entered quickly screamed and, before long, seemed to dissolve in the deep purple mist.

The Crown Prince and princes, unwilling to accept defeat, thought that with their large number of soldiers, they could continue to push into the cave.

They believed that if enough soldiers were amassed, they might be able to exhaust the deep purple mist entirely.

But hundreds of soldiers who entered the cave were all corroded by the deep purple mist.

The deep purple mist showed no sign of thinning.

Some soldiers, witnessing the gruesome deaths and fearing for their lives, hesitated to enter and were immediately beheaded.

In an instant, dozens of heads rolled on the ground even before the soldiers entered to explore the poison.

Other soldiers, afraid of losing their heads, dared not refuse and hesitantly ventured in to investigate.

As expected, without exception, all lost their lives in the deep purple mist.

The Crown Prince also instructed the martial artists under his command to infuse True Qi into the cave, attempting to drive out the deep purple mist.

Yet, no matter how the martial artists infused True Qi into the cave, the deep purple mist merely roiled without being expelled from the cave.

The Thirty Prince then suggested creating another exit from the cave to infuse True Qi again, hoping to drive out the deep purple mist that way.