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Jing Wuming's eyes were also brimming with fighting spirit, his gaze sharp and intense.
Unable to defeat a Grandmaster, their group's attack on a peerless expert was also a challenge and an opportunity for experience.
Lu Guanying and Jing Wuming made no attempt to conceal their words, so the eight masters engaged in battle heard them clearly.
At the same time, it is known that this is the best way to distribute and reveal information.
Five unparalleled masters facing off against the Grandmaster White Lotus Saintess, and several other top masters battling against other unparalleled masters, are all rare challenges.
Therefore, the moment Lu Guanying and the others entered the arena, Shangguan Jin Hong and Xiaoyao Hou simultaneously abandoned their opponents and turned their attention to the power of the White Lotus Holy Mother.
Chapter 635 The Demise of the White Lotus and the Emergence of Divine Weapons
boom!
Five unparalleled masters besieged the White Lotus Saintess, fighting for a day and a night.
Although the White Lotus Divine Skill passed down by the White Lotus Sect is not openly known in the world, it is not something that is used for charlatanry.
Those tricks are nothing more than ways to attract believers.
Even though the White Lotus Saintess was over a hundred years old, she was still not at a disadvantage, which allowed everyone to witness once again the terror of a Grandmaster, which far exceeded their understanding.
However, the five peerless masters at their peak did not seek merit, but only to avoid mistakes.
Ultimately, due to the immense depletion of resources, the White Lotus Mother suffered a crushing defeat.
It wasn't that the five top experts couldn't forcefully kill the White Lotus Saintess, but rather that no one wanted to be the one who was traded one-for-one at the limit. As the overlords of the top forces in Kyushu, none of them were reckless.
The state of the White Lotus Mother is undoubtedly that of a wounded lioness in dire straits.
Therefore, everyone joined forces to besiege and slowly wore down the White Lotus Holy Mother until she died.
At over 100 years old, being besieged by several peerless masters in their thirties and forties at their peak is utterly shameless.
If word gets out in the martial arts world, these people will be utterly disgraced!
However, this battle still shook the entire martial arts world.
Three days later, news of the White Lotus Sect's destruction spread like wildfire throughout the entire Nine Provinces!
Especially with the White Lotus Sect's deployment of top experts during the empire's downfall—Zhao Gao, Demon Blade Ding Peng, Longevity Venerable Shi Long, Heavenly Sect's Carefree Marquis, and the Money Gang's Shangguan Jin Hong—along with the Nine Gates of Ghost Street, their combined strength was so immense that the White Lotus Sect was almost powerless to resist.
After all, with these forces joining forces, no sect in Kyushu could possibly stop them.
Similarly, the destruction of the White Lotus Sect also signified a signal from the empire to the rebellious forces.
What is the influence of the White Lotus Sect?
With one Grandmaster, two peerless Grandmasters as elders, ten guardians at the highest level, and thousands of elite disciples, they are definitely one of the main forces among the rebels.
I never expected it to be destroyed so easily.
Ghost Street, revealing its ferocious claws for the first time, horrified most of the imperial rebels.
Moreover, it wasn't the Zhang family that made the move; it was just the Ghost Street in Jiangnan that the Luo Net had summoned.
It should be noted that with the Zhang family's intervention, the number of experts could at least double on top of this.
After all, the Luo Wang (Net of Heaven) only had some influence in the Ghost Street of Jiangnan. Because of the Plum Blossom Guards, the Bad Guys, and the Western Depot, they had never been able to infiltrate the Third Ghost Street.
Because it was too chaotic, even when the Net entered, the four little devils were fighting, and they had no time to attend to anything else.
However, the Luo Net, relying on the power of the empire, also maintains a firm upper hand.
"General Li, according to the confessions of the White Lotus Sect disciples:"
This time, four direct disciples and more than ten key believers of the White Lotus Sect have also disappeared without a trace. They are all the seeds of the White Lotus Sect.
The reason why the White Lotus Sect has always been targeted for purging but has been able to rise again is that as long as the flame remains, the White Lotus Sect has the opportunity to continue to take root and sprout.
Within a few decades, the White Lotus Sect re-emerged!
"Are there still remnants? Wasn't the mountain sealed off back then? And no other exit was found?"
Upon hearing this, Li Xin's expression immediately turned ugly. He hadn't expected that even after going to such lengths, the White Lotus Sect still hadn't been completely destroyed.
Li Xin had also heard about the repeated destruction and resurgence of the White Lotus Sect.
If this flame is not extinguished, it will surely spring back to life with the spring breeze.
"Any news regarding Lord Zhao's network of connections?"
"no!"
Zhao Gao shook his head. If he had any news, would he tell Li Xin?
After all, there were only a dozen or so believers. Once they left, it was like fish entering the ocean. Finding their traces would be as difficult as climbing to heaven.
"In addition, Luo Wang also learned from the confession of the White Lotus Sect's protectors that before the White Lotus Sect was wiped out, a ship carrying Five Stone Powder went missing?"
"A boatload? How big is that boatload?"
"Dafu Ship!"
Hiss...
Li Xin looked at Zhao Gao in disbelief. What did it mean to have a whole ship full of Five Stone Powder? It could supply the entire Nine Provinces for a year, right?
"General, rest assured, this Five-Stone Powder is disguised as other goods, and the quantity is not large, only one-tenth."
Moreover, the use of large Fujian-style ships for transport suggests that these Five-Stone Powders were intended for sale to the western barbarians. This is likely related to the empire's crackdown; the White Lotus Sect dared not sell them within the Nine Provinces, so they sought to sell them to the western barbarians.
"They sold it to the barbarian lands of the West. The White Lotus Sect is indeed cunning. It's probably too late to get it back now."
"It's too late to get it back."
After all, they had already been gone for several days, so even if they notified Wang Li on Yizhou Island to intercept them, it would be impossible.
Unless the Zhang family intervenes? But the Zhang family probably won't get involved in this matter.
"In that case, we shall return to report to His Majesty..."
They couldn't find any trace of the remnants of the White Lotus Sect, and even if they did, their imperial soldiers wouldn't need to take action; the Luo Wang (Net of Heaven) was the most suitable.
As for the boatload of Wushisan (a type of Chinese medicine), they were powerless to do anything about it.
"By the way, Lord Zhao, how's the recruitment of those experts going?"
'General Li, do you know how much these forces earn in Ghost Street in a year? How much in dividends?'
Zhao Gao's evasive answer made Li Xin immediately sense something was wrong. Could it be that there were many?
"Could it be 100,000 gold coins?"
"General Li's guess is about right; it's roughly the average income of the Lower Nine Gates."
For some of them, an annual income of two to three hundred thousand gold coins is normal, and there's also a bonus from Ghost Street, amounting to nearly fifty thousand gold coins.
"I understand!"
Even with 100,000 gold coins, Li Xin knew that these forces would never submit to the empire.
After all, he was in charge of a large camp of tens of thousands of armored soldiers in an empire, and his annual military pay and procurement would only amount to about 100,000 gold coins.
One can imagine that these forces earn at least 100,000 gold, and even joining the empire doesn't guarantee them more income than before.
As for rights and status? They also have equal freedom!
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"The attack has been successfully launched!"
In the deep sea, Zhang Xiaoshan, who was meditating behind closed doors, suddenly had a sharp glint in his eyes.
He sensed that the black stone spear below had been successfully sharpened, and Zhang Xiaoshan was overjoyed.
"come out!"
Zhang Xiaoshan leaped to the sea surface dozens of feet away, standing proudly amidst the surging waves.
2.0 At the same time, within three zhang around him, an invisible aura isolated the force of the sea's impact, causing him to 'float' on the sea surface like a balloon.
Zhang Xiaoshan was worried that if the Black Stone Spear suddenly appeared, it would pierce the boat through, and they would have to swim back.
"Is this divine weapon really so sentient?"
Keep in mind that this was nearly 10,000 meters deep at the bottom of the sea; they thought Zhang Xiaoshan was going to go down and retrieve it.
It seemed that they were waiting for the divine weapon to be born, which greatly surprised Huang Rong and the others.
However, the sea, spanning hundreds of feet in diameter, suddenly began to boil, rising and falling violently. Even the women on the ship, caught off guard, nearly fell into the deep sea.
This scene completely stunned them.
When a divine weapon is born, extraordinary phenomena will surely follow!
This is the real anomaly.
Chapter 636 Strange Phenomena Cover the Nine Provinces
hold head high!
The faint roar of a dragon echoed in the deep sea, giant waves tens of meters high surged and churned, and even waterspouts appeared indistinctly, right beside them. Such terrifying phenomena all indicated the extraordinary nature of the divine weapon.
"The waves are getting bigger, get out of here!"
Huang Rong quickly steered the large boat to a different direction, while glaring at Zhang Xiaoshan.
Knowing that there are strange phenomena in the sky, why don't you get out of here? Is this a sign that they're going to be buried with you, or that they're going to be sacrificed?
Amidst the surging waves, the large ship turned around and retreated.
However, Zhang Xiaoshan was completely oblivious to Huang Rong's anger at this moment, because his mind was entirely focused on sensing the divine weapon.
After all, the Black Stone Spear fell to the seabed with the whale, and even if the divine weapon had a spirit, it was not a living thing.
Ultimately, it relied on Zhang Xiaoshan's super senses to operate.
Otherwise, the divine weapon might truly remain buried at the bottom of the sea forever, waiting for a destined person thousands of years later!
Fifteen minutes later, Huang Rong and the others finally steered the large Fuzhou ship to a safe area.
He turned around to look at Zhang Xiaoshan, who was faintly visible amidst the undulations. He was not worried about Zhang Xiaoshan's safety at all. After all, Zhang Xiaoshan's spatial abilities were such that even a water tornado could not harm him.
Moreover, this was Zhang Xiaoshan's own doing.
Moreover, after they escaped the safe zone, within a thousand feet, giant waves surged and undulated.
A thousand feet away, however, the wind and waves were calm, with only a few ripples passing by, which was extremely strange.
"What a powerful and unparalleled divine weapon!"
"Sister Yagyu 19, when your demonic sword was born, were there any such strange phenomena?"
"The Demon Blade has been born, its purpose is slaughter."
The strange phenomenon was merely the result of a blood sacrifice of nearly ten thousand people, leading to the birth of the demonic blade; how could it compare to a supreme divine weapon?
Looking at Zhang Xiaoshan's turbulent emotions, Liu Sheng Piaoxu realized that the signs of the Demon Blade's emergence were actually just rumors spread by Zhang Xiaoshan.
Only by using the power of the Heavenly Blade to create a false impression, activating the earth's veins, and inducing endless slaughter and blood sacrifice.
While the strange phenomena were frightening, they were mostly caused by human factors.
Even an ordinary weapon, after killing more than ten thousand people, will carry a terrifying killing intent.
Moreover, the Demon Blade itself is a peerless divine weapon forged from top-grade materials.
"Didn't my husband say there were four divine stones?"
One was forged into some kind of blood-drinking blade, another was being forged, and yet another seemed to possess some kind of corpse-fixing ability?
"Does my sister want the Ice Soul Divine Stone to forge a divine weapon?"
“Sister, you understand my thoughts perfectly. If we find it, Rong’er wants to forge a jade sword and hide it in the Canghai Jade Flute.”
"It shouldn't be difficult!"
Liu Sheng Piaoxu and Ji Yaohua looked at the Canghai Jade Flute at Huang Rong's waist.
This is a rare and precious piece of solid jade carved from the bottom of the North Sea. When used to play the "Tidal Melody of the Azure Sea," its power is comparable to the Eight Sounds of the Heavenly Demon.
Compared to other peerless divine weapons, the Canghai Jade Flute is undoubtedly more valuable.