mtlumby2d Chapter 531 Waaaaah, Guild Master, those bandits are here again!
Chapter 531 Waaaaah, Guild Master, those bandits are here again!
"Don't worry, Chairman."
A deacon grinned maliciously, "We've already made arrangements. Unexpected things will happen during the competition. Even if they make it to the venue alive, someone will still slip up on the stage..."
In order to deal with the Star Palace, the Wanbao Pavilion went to great lengths, sparing no expense, to win over other sects to fight against the Star Palace together.
"Haha, good, good, good!"
"The day of the sect competition will be the day the Star Palace is destroyed!"
Everyone burst into laughter, their faces beaming with pride.
However, at this moment,
"Buzz!"
A blood-red jade slip in Ling Tian's arms vibrated violently, emitting a piercing sound.
The hall fell silent instantly.
All eyes were on the jade slip.
This is the highest-level emergency communication jade slip of Wanbaoge, which is only used when a branch faces annihilation.
The last time it sounded was when the Northern Division was raided.
Ling Tian's face darkened, and he crushed the jade slip.
A beam of light pierced the air, revealing the horrified face of the Liuzhou City branch leader: "President! Those bandits are here! They robbed the Liuzhou City branch, and all the treasures have been looted!"
"puff!"
Ling Tian spat out a mouthful of blood, staining the jade table in front of him red.
"President!"
Everyone was shocked.
Elder Ling Qing trembled as he picked up the jade slip fragment, carefully examining it with his divine sense. His face turned ashen: "Liuzhou City has been robbed. All its stock has been taken, not a single spirit stone has been left..."
"puff!"
Ling Tian coughed up another mouthful of blood, his face turning ashen. "It's them, it must still be them, the Star Palace!"
"Impossible! The Central Region is more than a million miles away from the Star Palace. How could they have arrived so quickly..."
Some people shouted in disbelief.
"Enough talk! Everyone, follow me! Even if we have to search the entire Central Region, we'll find these thieves and tear them to pieces!"
Ling Tian roared, and a terrifying late-stage Nascent Soul aura erupted instantly.
"kill!"
The crowd responded and soared into the sky, speeding towards Liuzhou City.
But they were ultimately too late.
When they arrived in Liuzhou City, Shen Rugo and her group of five had already seized the second city and were heading towards the third.
In the days that followed, the Central Region was completely shaken.
On the third day, the fourth city was plundered.
On the fourth day, the fifth and sixth cities were successively plundered.
On the fifth day, the seventh city was not spared either...
For every city captured, Wanbaoge suffers losses of hundreds or even trillions of top-grade spirit stones.
With each city captured, Ling Tian's expression grew increasingly grim.
By the time the seventh city was plundered, Wanbaoge's total losses had reached astronomical figures, almost equivalent to the sum of the losses in the Western and Northern Regions.
But the thieves remain at large.
"Useless! A bunch of useless trash!"
Seven cities! Seven whole cities were plundered! And you couldn't even catch a glimpse of the thieves!
Ling Tian would curse loudly whenever he arrived at a city that had been plundered.
Everyone fell silent, no one daring to speak.
"Guild Master, those thieves are too fast. They always grab what they want and leave immediately, never lingering. Moreover, they seem to possess some kind of hidden treasure, which even a Nascent Soul cultivator's divine sense cannot detect..."
Ling Qing said cautiously in a low voice.
"Then send out all the Nascent Soul cultivators! Seal off all the major cities in the Central Region! I refuse to believe they can fly or burrow underground!"
As soon as the order was given, the few remaining Nascent Soul cultivators of Wanbaoge came out in full force, each taking charge of their respective branches.
However, just as everyone was on high alert, the group of thieves suddenly disappeared without a trace.
For two whole days, there was no movement whatsoever.
"Did they run away?"
Some people couldn't help but speculate.
"Impossible! Those guys are insatiable; they'll definitely come back!"
The crowd was buzzing with discussion, but Ling Tian's brows were furrowed, and he felt increasingly uneasy.
He had a feeling that the thieves would not give up so easily.
Yujing City, one of the ten major cities in the Central Region!
The Wanbaoge Yujing City branch is extremely magnificent, covering an area of a thousand acres. It has twenty Nascent Soul cultivators stationed there, and a Nascent Soul expert lurking in the shadows.
The branch president was an elderly man at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, who was standing on the rooftop, overlooking the entire Jade Capital City.
"It's been eight days, and those thieves haven't made a move. Could they have really escaped?"
He muttered to himself.
A steward beside him smiled and reassured him, "That's for sure! With you and the Second Elder, both Nascent Soul experts, guarding our Jade Capital City, along with the Heavenly Net Killing Formation composed of twenty Nascent Soul cultivators and three hundred Golden Core cultivators, if those thieves dare to come, we'll make sure they don't leave alive!"
The president nodded slightly, but his unease remained undiminished.
Just then, a deafening explosion suddenly rang out from somewhere in the city.
"what happened?"
The president's expression changed drastically.
"Report!"
A Golden Core cultivator rushed over in a panic, shouting, "A riot has broken out in the eastern market of the city! Two groups of cultivators are fighting, and the impact is widespread!"
The president frowned: "Is such a trivial matter worth reporting? Let the city guards handle it."
"Yes……"
The Golden Core cultivator withdrew in response. But the guild leader suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.
Tune the tiger away from the mountain?
He turned abruptly and shouted sharply, "Quickly! Strengthen the security of the treasure vault! All Nascent Soul cultivators, assemble at the treasure vault immediately!"
But it was too late.
In the backyard of Wanbaoge, in front of the treasure vault gate.
Shen Rugo, Xiao Changkong, Ye Xinghe, Lu Haoran, and Qinghe Daoren stood side by side.
Before them stood a terrifying killing formation of three hundred Golden Core cultivators.
"Junior sister, you've gone a bit too far this time."
Lu Haoran licked his lips, his eyes filled with excitement.
Shen Rugo smiled slightly: "It's precisely because it's exciting that it's interesting."
On her shoulder, Zhao Cai fluttered its wings and chirped excitedly, "Your Highness, let me do it this time! I haven't stretched my muscles in ages!"
Shen Rugo nodded, "Go."
Zhao Cai let out a clear scream and soared into the sky.
The moment it rose into the air, its body suddenly burst out with a dazzling red light, its size rapidly expanded, and in the blink of an eye it transformed into a giant bird phantom with a wingspan of ten zhang, its entire body burning with golden flames, resembling a phoenix, yet not a phoenix!
A terrifying heatwave swept down, causing the faces of all three hundred Golden Core cultivators to change drastically.
"What kind of monster is this?!"
"What terrifying fire-type pressure!"
"Form ranks! Form ranks now!"
Three hundred Golden Core cultivators hurriedly activated their spiritual power, and the array's light suddenly shone brightly.
However, the Heavenly Net Killing Formation, which was said to be able to trap and kill a Nascent Soul stage expert, was as fragile as paper in the face of the golden flames spewed out by Zhao Cai, and was instantly burned with a huge hole.
A golden pillar of fire descended from the sky, like divine punishment; wherever it passed, space distorted and everything was consumed in flames.
The three hundred Golden Core cultivators didn't even have time to utter a scream before they were engulfed by the flames and instantly vaporized.
On the ground, only a huge crater ten feet deep remained, its edges burned and turned into glass.
Xiao Changkong and the other two gasped in shock.
They knew that Zhaocai was powerful, but they never expected it to be this powerful.
A single burst of flame annihilated three hundred Golden Core cultivators; such power is simply terrifying!
"Quick! Into the treasure vault!"
Shen Rugo was the first to come to her senses and let out a low shout.
The five men immediately rushed into the treasure vault and began another frenzied looting spree.