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Chapter 102 The Great Chu Conspiracy

Lu Xuan looked at the iron corpse rushing towards him, carrying a cloud of corpse poison, but there was no panic in his eyes. Instead, a cold smile appeared on his lips.

"You think you can show off your meager corpse poison in front of me?"

He did not back down, but stepped forward into the billowing poisonous fog.

The Primordial Pearl within his body trembled slightly.

An invisible suction force erupted from his side.

The corpse poison, strong enough to corrode metal and stone, was absorbed into Lu Xuan's body the instant it came into contact with him, like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea.

Then, after being transformed by the Primordial Pearl, it became pure spiritual energy, which was then fed back into his limbs and bones.

A hint of confusion seemed to flash across the Iron Corpse's previously empty eye sockets, clearly indicating that it couldn't understand why its strongest killing move was completely useless against this human.

"it's over."

Lu Xuan let out a low shout, and with the help of this newly generated spiritual power, the black light of the Devouring Heaven Sword in his hand surged, and he closed in on the Iron Corpse.

"Haotian Sword Technique, Decapitation!"

A jet-black sword light ripped through the night sky, striking the iron corpse's neck with perfect precision.

"Snap!"

A sound of bone cracking rang out.

The iron corpse was ultimately outmatched by the top-grade spiritual weapon, the Devouring Heaven Sword. Its hideous head flew high into the air, and black, foul-smelling blood gushed out.

The massive headless corpse swayed twice before crashing to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Su Qinghuan watched in stunned silence.

This is an Iron Corpse at the late stage of the Soul Platform Realm.

It was solved in such a short time?

Lu Xuan ignored her shock, stepped forward, and reached out to grab at the air.

The iron corpse's chest exploded, and a dark red bead radiating a strong aura of bloodlust flew out and landed in Lu Xuan's hand.

It was the corpse core formed from the essence of this iron corpse.

The moment Lu Xuan obtained the Corpse Pill, the gray stone he had bought from the market also flew out of his arms and hovered in mid-air, complementing the Corpse Pill.

"Buzz!"

There seemed to be some kind of wonderful resonance between the two.

Strands of blood-red threads emerged from the corpse pill and burrowed into the gray stone.

The mottled outer layer of the gray stone began to peel away, revealing a piece of crystal-clear blood jade.

Within that blood jade, a miniature map of the Great Yan Dynasty's borders was projected.

Lu Xuan looked at the map with a serious expression.

Along the winding border, there were seven or eight points of light flashing red.

The deserted village they are in now is just one of them, and... it is the one with the weakest light.

"This is……"

Su Qinghuan came closer and, upon seeing the map, her pretty face turned deathly pale.

"Is this a border defense deployment map? No, wait, these red dots indicate..."

Lu Xuan reached out and tapped one of the red dots, and a surge of information flooded into his mind.

A moment later, he slowly opened his eyes, a murderous intent deep within them.

"So that's how it is. What a ruthless dynasty the Great Chu is!"

"Your Highness, what's going on?"

Su Qinghuan asked eagerly.

Lu Xuan took a deep breath and pointed to the red dot on the map, saying, "This is not just a place for raising corpses, but a huge interconnected formation called the Nine Yin Corpse Refining Formation."

"The Great Chu Dynasty selected nine extremely yin locations on the border of our Great Yan, slaughtered all the villagers, and used their resentment and flesh to raise corpses, attempting to create an army of invulnerable and painless zombie soldiers!"

"Once the nine corpse-raising sites are completed and the formation is activated, this army of corpse soldiers will become the most powerful weapon to breach the borders of our Great Yan. At that time, the border will be devastated, and the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Su Qinghuan felt a chill run from the soles of her feet straight to the top of her head.

Slaughtering a village and raising corpses?

This method is utterly heinous and outrageous!

Aren't secular dynasties afraid of provoking sects to rise up and attack them by acting in this way?

Lu Xuan put away the blood jade and the corpse pill, his expression becoming very serious.

"Although I destroyed this iron corpse, this is only one part of it."

"Moreover, it doesn't seem to be the main array eye; the zombies in the other locations are even stronger."

"This matter is of great importance and cannot be resolved by the two of us alone. We must immediately return to the capital to inform the Emperor and have the Grand General mobilize troops to destroy these corpse-raising grounds!"

"Walk!"

Lu Xuan made a quick decision and pulled Su Qinghuan to leave.

This deserted village exudes an eerie atmosphere; the longer you stay, the greater the danger. Moreover, now that it has been discovered, the person who set up the formation behind it must have sensed it.

However, just as the two were about to turn around and leave.

"Slap! Slap slap!"

A burst of crisp applause suddenly came from the shadows of the dilapidated ancestral hall.

Lu Xuan and Su Qinghuan stopped in their tracks, back to back, instantly ready for battle, their eyes fixed on the direction from which the sound came.

"Who's pretending to be a ghost? Show yourself!"

Lu Xuan let out a cold shout, and the Devouring Heaven Sword in his hand emitted a buzzing sound.

"Heh, heh heh..."

A cold, hoarse laugh rang out.

"This is truly remarkable. I never imagined that the Great Yan Dynasty would have such a young talent who could not only kill my armored corpse but also see through the mysteries of the Nine Yin Corpse Refining Formation."

"However, now that you've learned secrets you shouldn't have known and ruined my plans, do you think... you can still leave?"

As soon as the words were spoken, a tall, slender figure slowly emerged from the shadows.

By the moonlight, Lu Xuan could see who it was.

The man was shrouded in a large black robe, and his face was covered by a pale mask, revealing only his sinister eyes, which were as venomous as a snake's.

His body was surrounded by a malevolent aura several times denser than that of the iron corpse.

Lu Xuan's pupils contracted slightly.

Judging from the aura emanating from this person, he is by no means an ordinary individual.

"Are you from the Great Chu?"

Lu Xuan asked tentatively, his spiritual energy already circulating to its maximum in secret.

The mysterious man did not answer directly, but simply flicked his fingers, and the surrounding air instantly became viscous, with an invisible pressure enveloping the entire deserted village.

"Dead people don't need to know that much."

Lu Xuan looked at the man in black robes, his Devouring Heaven Sword trembled, and he launched the first attack.

"You cowardly rat, since you won't talk, then we'll beat you until you do!"

Before he finished speaking, he transformed into a blur and dashed away.

The jet-black sword light aimed straight for the man in black robes' throat.

"Haotian Sword Technique, Instant Kill!"

The sword strike was as fast as lightning, reaching the opponent in the blink of an eye.

The man in black robes merely snorted coldly, without moving his feet, and suddenly swung his wide sleeves.

"A trivial skill."

A thick black aura surged from his sleeve, condensing into a giant ghost claw that forcefully gripped Lu Xuan's sword.

"clang!"

The clang of metal rang out, and sparks flew everywhere.

Lu Xuan felt a tremendous force and was thrown backward, flipping in the air before barely landing, his hands tingling.