Outside the Thousand Islands Marsh grand array constructed by the two old men.

Since the battle occurred within the [Black Prison of Death's Body], the residual shockwaves did not escape.

Therefore, there was no situation of alerting the enemy and scaring off a group of people.

Everyone was still waiting as usual.

But compared to their previous mentality of going in to pick up scraps.

These people now harbored more thoughts of killing to seize treasures.

They originally thought they would have to wait quite a while longer. After all, there was a Spirit Refinement realm existence inside the Thousand Islands Marsh. That young lad who went in earlier might very well run into that Spirit Refinement great expert, end up dying miserably within the marsh, and leave them with nothing but an empty basket.

So these people didn't hold overly high hopes in their hearts.

Until.

Lu Ding flew out.

His figure appeared within their line of sight.

Countless gazes turned toward him, burning with intensity.

Lu Ding met their gazes and, without the slightest pause, flew out of the array wall.

The people outside the array instantly took to the air, wanting to surround and trap Lu Ding in the middle.

Voices rang out one after another: "Little kid, come here!"

"Hey, brat, hand over the treasures on you, and I might spare your life!!!"

"Today......."

Boom!!!

Before someone could even finish speaking, Lu Ding raised his hand and unleashed a [Way of the Jinche], directly cleaving that person in two.

"So much nonsense, then you all can die first!!"

The sudden instant kill, a Fifth Restriction Qi Refiner dying instantly right before their eyes—such a scene was quite shocking for these people.

After all, the highest cultivation among those present was only God Ascension.

The severity of the situation quietly escalated in their perception.

Before these people could even weigh the pros and cons.

The Red Coffin behind Lu Ding swung wide open.

His palms pushed forward flatly, [Qi of the Ticket Wind] wrapping around the petals as they flew out like a sandstorm sweeping across heaven and earth, engulfing everything before them.

The color the petals reflected under the sunlight was beautiful, dazzling, but the posture and aura of the petals forming a sea of flowers storm, tumbling and dancing in the air, were utterly terrifying.

Accompanied by the sound of the wind, they swept forth.

Blowing across rivers, lakes, and seas. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Direct area-of-effect attack.

A gentle breeze brushed over the mountain ridge, causing landslides and earth splitting, trees toppling and forests destroyed. The sharp black petals, shimmering with luster, annihilated everything before them.

Boom, boom, boom.......

Like a tidal wave crashing over, indiscriminate assault.

By the time these people had the thought to flee in their minds, it was already too late.

All sorts of techniques were activated to block, various artifacts shone with divine radiance.

The result was, useless, ineffective!!

Shattered directly.

Like crushing tofu.

Let's be frank, Lu Ding himself is a fierce individual who fights above his level.

Now he has also reached the corresponding Blood Lotus One Petal realm of God Ascension First Layer. The highest among those present is merely God Ascension. Lu Ding doesn't even care which layer of God Ascension they are at. As long as they are God Ascension, fighting above his level, peerless among equals, Lu Ding can counter them perfectly.

No fancy tricks.

Area attacks directly blanket everything!!!

Being able to block one move would already make you a hero.

Like Li Yuanba facing off against Pei Yuanqing—if you can block one move without dying, I'll spare your life.

Consider it selective recruitment.

But those who trash-talked earlier are not eligible.

Just this one move.

From outside the array wall, it swept horizontally for hundreds of thousands of meters.

Everything was destroyed in an instant, lofty mountains and towering ridges turned into plains. In one sentence, flattened.

Countless Qi Refiners of the Great Jing realm died miserably.

Couldn't even let out a scream.

Forget about whole corpses, couldn't even find a few lumps of flesh.

In the end, believe it or not, one man and one woman actually survived.

Although they survived, their conditions were rather pitiful, both half-kneeling on the ground, faces pale, bodies stained with blood.

Lu Ding flew over.

Looking down at these two from above, casting a condescending gaze.

"Not bad, able to withstand a casual move from me. Then I'll spare your two lives. Follow me."

The two, who didn't know each other and had only heard of each other's names, exchanged a glance.

The man was still somewhat hesitant.

The woman directly rose and followed in flight.

It wasn't that the woman was smarter than the man.

But because, the man and Lu Ding were of the same gender. In the words of nature, competition arises between members of the same sex.

Whereas between opposite sexes, regardless of male or female, the weaker party inevitably exhibits a subconscious admiration for strength.

The man quickly followed behind.

Neither dared to speak, both intimidated by the might of Lu Ding's earlier move and his merciless killing.

Leading them to the array wall.

Lu Ding crossed his arms, one kick!!

Boom!!!

The array wall constructed by the two old men, Dong and Su, collapsed with a crash, shattered, opening a huge hole.

This scene once again stunned the two.

"How strong is he exactly?"

"This is an array that can block Spirit Refinement cultivators, and he kicked it apart with one foot. And by the looks of it, he didn't even use much force."

"If he had displayed such terrifying power earlier, who would dare to have designs on you?"

Taking another look at Lu Ding's back and his youthful-looking profile.

The two privately speculated about Lu Ding's age.

Until Lu Ding moved his eyeballs, his gaze shifting without moving his head, casting a look their way. The two instantly lowered their heads, not daring to meet his eyes.

Like a blazing sun, dazzling!

Flying above the central lake island of the Thousand Islands Marsh.

Lu Ding raised his hand, using [Qi of the Ticket Wind] to wrap around it, flipping over the central island like flipping trash, tossing it deep into the lake, simple and easy, splashing up thousand-meter-high waves, revealing the cavern hidden beneath containing the marsh water essence.

Seeing the small half-pool of marsh water essence, the two instinctively had shining eyes.

But then they abruptly retracted their gaze. This was not something they could covet.

There's an ominous star right beside them.

Lu Ding spoke: "Find some containers and pack up all this stuff."

The two were somewhat dumbfounded.

After all that effort, just for this???

Wait...

Can't you pack it yourself?

Stealing a glance at Lu Ding standing imposingly in mid-air.

Alright, he's already 'packed' with presence.

Under someone else's roof, one must bow their head. The two silently went forward and began filling containers with the marsh water essence.

Until it was all packed, bottles laid out all over the ground.

The female cultivator presented them and said: "Sir, it's all packed. Would you like to check?"

Lu Ding frowned, disgust rising in his eyes: "No."

"Bring the stuff and follow me."

He didn't even want to touch it.

Fearing Lu Ding might kill them to silence them later, the female cultivator proactively picked up the containers and said: "Sir, this marsh water essence is top-grade, estimated to have accumulated for nearly ten thousand years, but it contains some impurities. Though I am not particularly talented, I know a bit about alchemy and can help you extract and refine it."

"No need for refining. It's not for my use anyway. Impurities or not, it's not a big issue. It's just a bit of human sediment."

The female cultivator didn't quite understand.

She knew about human sediment...

Not a pleasant thing, though the name sounds quite scholarly.

But what is this 'human sediment'?