But the flesh and blood that landed on the ground began to writhe, weaving together like countless snakes of gore. They rapidly slithered further into Ten Directions City, spreading out in every direction.

Just then, in an unnoticed corner, a dark figure flashed past.

Yang An used the Pain Amplification from the agony in his brain to maximize his Illusion Technique’s effect. He completely concealed his aura and, in the blink of an eye, crossed over the wall and into Ten Directions City.

The attacking Demon Fiends were innumerable, as were the defending Cultivators.

But for that very reason, the Cultivators’ attacks were a chaotic, disorganized mess. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

If that many severed heads could slip through the gaps into Ten Directions City, it was no wonder Yang An could also spot such openings. He seized the opportunity to slip in while the Cultivators were too preoccupied to notice him.

After quickly descending the wall, Yang An soon found himself inside Ten Directions City.

But being here didn’t mean he was safe.

The Demon Fiends were in the midst of their assault, and the Cultivators had already engaged them in battle. The entirety of Ten Directions City was visibly descending into chaos.

Cultivators were not an army. They fought as individuals, each relying on their own skills, with no coordinated formations to speak of. Although their defenses and attacks were dense, the area they covered was limited.

He could sense that the city’s more powerful Cultivators were also heading toward the wall, obviously intending to repel the first wave of the Demon Fiend assault.

Yang An noticed the strange things happening to the heads after they entered Ten Directions City. The Cultivators inside had noticed as well and were beginning to eliminate them.

Once these heads landed, they immediately dissolved into masses of flesh and blood that spread in all directions, seeping into the homes of mortals.

The next moment, the mortals hiding inside were transformed, powerless to resist. They then burst out of their homes, completely controlled and turned into Demon Fiends in the blink of an eye.

’Are these Demon Fiends trying to create chaos in the city first?’

Yang An realized what they were doing. He hadn’t expected the Demon Fiends’ assault to be so purposeful. It flew in the face of the common belief among Cultivators that Demon Fiends were simply crazed, mindless beasts.

On the contrary, to orchestrate such a terrifying demonic calamity and gather so many Demon Fiends, there had to be a powerful entity in control—one that was far from foolish.

The Demon Fiends’ tactic proved highly effective. While the mortals corrupted by the flesh had little combat strength, this weakness was more than offset by their ever-increasing numbers.

The flesh and blood acted like a virus, with the infected appearing one after another, and it indeed threw the city into chaos.

Cultivators were quick to appear, mercilessly striking down these corrupted mortals as if they were cutting through melons.

Although the Cultivators dispatched the corrupted mortals quickly, more heads were falling into Ten Directions City, and the rate at which mortals were being transformed was even faster.

Turmoil had already erupted within the city, and it wouldn’t be quelled anytime soon.

Yang An began to worry about his next move.

’The priority now is to find the State Lord of Zichuan State and get the Golden Thread Sect Seal.’

’If I can get it right now, I’ll leave this place without a second thought. Even if the sky itself falls, it will have nothing to do with me.’

’But this battle is raging right now. Even if I find the State Lord of Zichuan, I might not be able to get the Golden Thread Sect Seal.’

’Besides, I’m technically on the Cultivators’ side. It wouldn’t do to be noticed just standing by and doing nothing.’

Watching the growing number of corrupted mortals appearing all around, Yang An had an idea. ’I’ll blend in with the Cultivators for now,’ he decided, ’and play it by ear.’

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

Two beams of Golden Radiance shot out from Yang An’s sides, annihilating the corrupted mortals lunging at him.

But Yang An was just putting on an act. ’It would be beneath me to go on a killing spree here against a group of mere corrupted mortals.’

These corrupted mortals were completely mad. As for whether there was a way to save them, perhaps there was.

But in the eyes of a Cultivator, expending great effort to save a group of mortals was less effective than simply killing them. It was also a faster way to quell the chaos.

There was nothing Yang An could do about their plight. However, whenever he saw the corrupting flesh moving toward mortals who were not yet transformed, he did his best to intercept and destroy it, sparing more people from a senseless calamity.

Large numbers of Cultivators streamed past Yang An from all sides. The atmosphere within Ten Directions City grew incredibly tense.

Outside Ten Directions City, he could also sense innumerable Demon Fiends closing in. The enemy was at the gates.

The sheer, condensed aura from so many Demon Fiends gathered in one place was suffocating. He had no idea how the people of Ten Directions City could possibly face them.

Yang An was roaming through the city, clearing away the corrupting flesh and saving quite a few mortals along the way.

It was then that a figure not far away abruptly stopped and turned to look at him.

It was a hunchbacked man with a somewhat withered frame and a full head of white hair. His clothes were tattered, but a faint, pleasant fragrance emanated from his body.

The moment Yang An noticed his gaze, he instinctively looked back. He immediately tried to probe the man’s Cultivation Level, but found it inscrutable.

’Could he be a Zombie God?’

Suspicion bloomed in Yang An’s mind. He instinctively began to edge backward, feigning nonchalance, but the hunchbacked man suddenly spoke.