Cultivation: I Have Studied Abroad in the Modern World-Chapter 445 - 245: I Fight Divinity Transformation? Great Revenge Achieved!_2

Chapter 445: Chapter 245: I Fight Divinity Transformation? Great Revenge Achieved!_2

The boat was still there, but it just lay motionless in the water, neglected and exposed to the wind and sun, with no one to tend to it.

The only sign of activity was the fluttering banners beside the stores on the shore, futilely trying to attract customers in vain.

"Where are all the people?"

Fang Yuan looked at the scene in confusion, asking perplexedly.

She wasn’t the only one puzzled; Zhang and others ahead were also wondering.

Beside her, Master Pang whispered softly, "Master Cheng Kong once mentioned that the Blood Slaughter Flag requires the essence of living beings..."

"..."

Zhang remained silent, but her eyes darkened further as she gazed at the deserted ferry crossing.

The search party entered Chen County to find it, expectedly, bereft of people.

"Arrange for the disciples to search the area..."

Bringing so many people naturally had its uses—as they had to inspect everywhere meticulously. The objects of their search were not limited to people but also any sign of anomaly.

The methods of the Demon Sect were unpredictable. Master Cheng Kong and others had made very detailed arrangements. Even with the Divine Sense of Nascent Soul cultivators scanning the area, Zheng Fa was instructed to have people physically check every inch to ensure nothing was overlooked.

Zhang knew this matter was of great significance. Upon entering the town, she took out a map and dispersed the Golden Core and lower-ranked disciples throughout the place.

Lin Bufan, along with twenty-three other Qi Cultivation disciples, conducted a search in a small village outside the town. He had requested Zheng Fa for assistance, so Zhang recalled a Foundation Establishment disciple, pairing him with the other twenty-three to form an Immortal Formation.

Now they were a team.

A member of the team held the Comprehensive Records with eyes closed, seemingly communicating with others on the forum.

"We, Foundation Establishment disciples, are closer to the city, so should we discover anything, Master Zhang and the others could come to our aid quickly," the person spoke after a moment.

Lin Bufan silently nodded in agreement, feeling slightly reassured.

"Those Golden Core brothers have already gone into the nearby valleys, while another group of Foundation Establishment disciples is far from us."

"Did they find anything?"

"Same as us."

Lin Bufan’s mouth tightly pursed as he sensed the other disciples glancing at him—as he was originally from the Great Freedom Demon Sect, it was natural for them to have doubts and wish to inquire of him.

"I’m afraid they’re all dead."

Lin Bufan spoke.

The reply didn’t surprise anyone, but it was sufficient to render them silent.

After searching the entire small village fruitlessly, the group headed towards the valley nearby, beneath which lay another village.

Midway to their destination, the disciple holding the Comprehensive Records suddenly exclaimed, "Those Golden Core brothers have found something!"

Everyone hastily looked towards him.

"In the valley, there are disciples of the Great Freedom Demon Sect..."

The group exchanged glances, formed their ranks, and proceeded towards the direction of the valley.

"What’s this fragrance?"

As soon as they reached the entrance of the valley, a scent of cleanliness blew in the wind towards them.

"Don’t breathe it in!"

Lin Bufan suddenly shouted, and before anyone could ponder why, they quickly tossed out their Clearing Talismans. Moments later, someone expressed their relief, "Thank goodness for your quick reaction, Bufan. Otherwise, we would have been in trouble by now."

The aroma had penetrated their bodies, inducing a sensation as if their blood was boiling.

Clean energy talismans swept away the fragrance, allowing everyone’s internal state to gradually settle down, but there was still something bubbling and gurgling:

"Gurgle gurgle, gurgle gurgle."

Following the sounds, Lin Bufan and the others didn’t walk far before they understood the source of the fragrance and noise.

The valley was naturally low-lying, but it had been dug into a massive pot with indefinite boundaries.

A cauldron... filled with blood!

Red and black blood.

The blood boiled in the cauldron, tumbling, with bubbles emerging densely, bursting and releasing waves of fragrance.

Despite being unable to smell the aroma now, the sight of this blood cauldron made everyone feel nauseous.

"What’s that?"

A disciple pointed at the pool and shouted.

"People..."

They finally realized where the people of Chen County had gone.

The flesh of these people had long been cooked away, leaving only bones reflecting a ghastly white light in the blood pool.

Men and women, old and young, densely packed, ceaselessly surging.

Lin Bufan looked down to see the skeleton of a child, no taller than his own lower leg, repetitively banging against the reddish-stained mud, as if asking him in a bewildered voice why.

"There are footprints..."

He suddenly said.

Everyone looked down and saw a series of footprints leading from afar to the edge of the pool and then disappearing.

They could all imagine the origin of these footprints—

Cultivators wouldn’t leave such deep, heavy imprints.

Only mortals would.

These mortals, lined up, driven unknowingly, like cattle and sheep to the slaughter, cried and struggled as they were alive and aware, boiled until their flesh cracked open, until only skeletons remained and even those began to dissolve.

Although they weren’t mortals, fear surged in their hearts at this moment, along with a sorrow for the likeness of their kind—how different were Foundation Establishment disciples from ordinary people in the eyes of the mighty?

"Someone is fighting!"

In the northwest corner of the valley, lightning and blood-color illuminated the sky.

"It’s the Circulation Divine Thunder Immortal Formation! Those Golden Core brothers!"

They all recognized the source of the lightning; the opposing force was clearly disciples of the Great Freedom Demon Sect, and judging by their power, they were likely Golden Core-stage disciples.

"Those Golden Core brothers have an Immortal Formation; as long as there are no Nascent Soul cultivators, they are not in danger!"

The disciple holding the Comprehensive Records shouted, and he said in a low voice, "Let us guard this valley entrance..."

Before he could finish his sentence, several black tunnelling lights flew from the northwest direction, all of them Golden Core cultivators.

It seems they too discovered the extraordinary situation of the Jiushan Sect’s Golden Core disciples and chose to flee directly!

As the several figures grew closer, Lin Bufan lifted his gaze and his eyes nearly burst with ire—for among them was a man. It was Lin Yangtian, someone he had longed for day and night and would never mistake.

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