241: What? All refined?!

“No need. As long as we act evil enough, someone will find a reasonable explanation for us.”

Wei Changfeng nodded silently, choosing not to act for now. If the person hidden in the dark truly meant them harm, then he would let them all be buried here.

At this moment, the Cultivators of the Demonic Path hidden in the dark were puzzled when they saw that Chu Mo and the others had not made a move.

“How come I can’t discern their cultivation levels?” someone asked.

“I can’t see through them either. I can only vaguely sense that the Killing Intent on each of them is much stronger than mine. I have a hunch that if I were to fight any one of them, I would be dismembered with just one encounter,” someone said with a solemn expression.

The others remained silent, all looking at a withered old man in their team.

Evidently, the old man was the leader of this team and also the one with the most profound cultivation.

“The weakest in this team are all Golden Core Cultivators. I can’t discern the cultivation of the strongest leader, but he just glanced in our direction, clearly having discovered our hiding spot,” the old man’s voice was hoarse, like metal scraping, making one’s ears extremely uncomfortable.

These Demonic Path Cultivators, however, did not complain. Instead, they cautiously asked, “Elder Li, you are one of only two Golden Core Cultivators in our branch. Now you’re telling us that the weakest in this team are all Golden Core Cultivators? Isn’t this a joke?”

“That’s right! What are a group of Golden Core Cultivators doing running to our place? Just seven or eight of them could slaughter our entire Luoshui Town. Why would nearly a thousand people come?” The others also chimed in, disbelieving that all these people were at the Golden Core Stage. They must have used some kind of illusion.

Elder Li did not speak, merely sweeping his grey-black eyes over them.

Instantly, everyone became as silent as cicadas in winter.

“Do you think I’m joking with you?”

“No… I wouldn’t dare.”

Everyone lowered their heads, not daring to show any more disrespect. This unassuming old man before them was a ruthless killer. To refine a Ten Thousand Souls Banner, he had successively slaughtered several towns.

They certainly didn't want to end up in his Ten Thousand Souls Banner due to some low-level mistakes.

Elder Li no longer paid them any mind, merely watching this strange team with black umbrellas. The team’s direction was towards the town center, and their branch’s stronghold was also in the town center.

“Could it be… there’s a major operation recently, and people from above are coming to assign tasks? No, I must go and see. I also want to sit in the position of branch master.”

Elder Li licked his somewhat darkened lips and instantly vanished from his spot.

The others exchanged glances, then one by one, they leaped towards the town center.

Chu Mo and his group arrived at the town center and stood still, neither advancing nor asking for directions.

“What should we do next?” Wei Changfeng was unaware of the upcoming plan because there was no plan on the way; he had simply said, “Adapt as we go.”

“It’s simple. See the umbrellas in our hands? Throw them all into the sky, channel your spiritual Qi, and refine the town!”

“Ah?!”

Not only was Wei Changfeng stunned, but the other Disciples were also completely bewildered.

The black umbrellas in their hands were indeed Demonic Path Magic Treasures, but to refine the town right at the start, was that reasonable?

Were they supposed to infiltrate the Seven Kill Hall?

How did it turn into annihilating the Seven Kill Hall stronghold? This was information that other Sects’ undercover agents had obtained with a bloody price, with great difficulty.

Now, were they just going to forcefully cut it off like this?

“Boss, are we really going to refine this small town?” Chen Lu asked from the side.

“Otherwise? The Soul-Seizing Umbrella I painstakingly refined isn’t just for show. It’s a Magic Treasure, a Demonic Path Magic Treasure. If a Demonic Path Magic Treasure’s Soul-Seizing Umbrella doesn’t seize Souls, then what is it? Are you really planning to just use it as a Demonic Path disguise?”

Everyone: “…”

Coincidentally, they were indeed planning to do just that.

One sword, one Demonic Path Cultivator, they could do that, but one umbrella, one Demonic Soul, it didn’t seem impossible either.

After a series of training, they no longer resisted Demonic Path methods.

After all, in that ghostly place, all sorts of insidious tricks were used on their own fellow Disciples. Now, dealing with Demonic Path Cultivators, they had no psychological burden.

Seeing that none of these Disciples messed up, Chu Mo was very pleased.

If someone truly didn’t want to act, he would have to drag that person out.

Whip them tens of thousands of times, and drive their Souls into the umbrella.

Rise!

As black umbrellas rose into the sky, the entire town was enveloped in dense black Qi. The Shehun Umbrellas (Soul-Seizing Umbrellas) interconnected with each other.

In just a few seconds, a large Soul-Seizing array had formed.

Inside the town, the Demonic Path Cultivators of the Seven Kill Hall were dumbfounded.

No way.

It had always been them refining others, so why were they being refined today?

Elder Li, who was heading to the town center, was also incredibly shocked. He originally thought these were people sent from above, but he didn’t expect them to be forces from another Demonic Path Sect.

“Buzz—!!!”

Circles of strange runes appeared in the sky, and countless Souls were drawn into the black Shehun Umbrellas (Soul-Seizing Umbrellas). With each Soul that entered, the inscriptions on the black umbrellas brightened a bit.

In just one breath, the Souls of Demonic Path Cultivators below the Foundation Establishment Stage were all seized within it.

By the third breath, only two Golden Core Stage Demonic Path Cultivators remained in the entire town.

“Senior, spare my life! Senior, spare my life! I am willing to be your servant, even if you plant a Soul Imprint, I will accept it, I only ask Senior to let me go!”

“This is a branch of the Seven Kill Hall. Since you are people of my Demonic Path, then you should know that our Seven Killings Sacred Sovereign of the Seven Kill Hall once said: All people of the Demonic Path are forbidden from harming each other. You are now violating this command. It seems you have completely disregarded our Seven Killings Sacred Sovereign of the Seven Kill Hall. Do you wish to be besieged by our Seven Kill Hall?!”

Two voices sounded simultaneously.

These were naturally the only two remaining Golden Core Cultivators in Luoshui Town.

The one speaking with extreme defiance was the branch master of Luoshui Town, whose cultivation had reached the Middle Stage of the Golden Core Stage.

The one constantly shouting ‘Senior, spare my dog life’ was Li Shan, who had once refined a Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and was also called Elder Li by the others in Luoshui Town. His cultivation was merely at the Early Stage of the Golden Core Stage.

Two people.

Two sentences.

Two different attitudes.

Two different outcomes.

One had his Soul extracted.

One was spared.

“Come here!” Chu Mo took the lead in retracting his Soul-Seizing Umbrella, then turned and gestured for Li Shan to come over.

“Senior, spare me!”

Li Shan came over, but in a sliding motion, still holding a large banner and a storage ring in his hands.

“Senior, this is all my worldly possessions, it’s all here. Please examine it, Senior!

Additionally, I am willing to have Senior plant a Soul Imprint on me, allowing Senior to command me as you wish.”

After presenting the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and the storage ring to Chu Mo, Li Shan then opened his mind, allowing the other party to plant a Soul Imprint on his Soul that could easily control his life and death.

This…

After accepting the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and the storage ring, and then pointing a finger at Li Shan’s forehead to plant a Soul Imprint, Chu Mo still felt a sense of unreality, a hint of cold light in his eyes.

People of the Demonic Path truly live up to their name; they can endure what ordinary people cannot. Their cunning is too deep; they cannot be kept for long. Otherwise, they will surely cause great trouble in the future.

At this moment, Li Shan, who had surrendered everything, including his own life, had no idea that he had already been sentenced to death.

He just kept kowtowing and swore a solemn oath: “From now on, I, Li Shan, am willing to serve my Lord, working like a horse and an ox. If my Lord tells me to go east, I will never go west…”

Li Shan was still expressing his loyalty, unaware that Chu Mo’s gaze towards him was growing colder and colder.

Smooth-talking, a necessary quality for the rise of a small-time Demonic Path figure, he should be killed!

Actually, it was no wonder Chu Mo was like this. From the moment he left the Xuanxiao Sect and entered Luoshui Town, his righteous path life had come to an end.

To survive in the Demonic Path, the first thing to do was to root out all traitors around you.

Thinking of this, Chu Mo’s gaze turned to Chen Lu, who was still studying the Soul-Seizing Umbrella.

Chen Lu saw Chu Mo looking at him and returned a sunny smile: “Boss, can I modify this umbrella myself? I have many ideas in my mind and want to combine theory with practice.”