"The Art of War states: In all warfare, the way is toWhiteElo, and the way is to surprise!"
Evil Bone True Person stroked the few sparse whiskers on his chin, exuding the air of a great general strategizing.
"In this war, the cultivator armies of the three sects of our Eagle Mountain Kingdom have gathered here, confronting the cultivators of Lu Kingdom for several years.
Currently, all combat-capable forces in Lu Kingdom have been concentrated near Black Wind Cliff, leaving their interior most vulnerable."
"You are now a surprise force. You will detour and infiltrate the interior of Lu Kingdom, achieving victory through surprise and catching these righteous cultivators off guard."
Evil Bone True Person chuckled with satisfaction as he spoke.
He was accustomed to defeating righteous cultivators through sheer force, but the feeling of outsmarting them intellectually was even more exhilarating!
"You only need to infiltrate Lu Kingdom in batches. Once you arrive, someone will be there to meet you."
As Evil Bone True Person spoke, a jade bottle appeared in his hand. He poured out dozens of dark pills, which looked far from beneficial.
"Each cultivator participating in this mission will receive one Bone Corrosion Heart Devouring Pill. Upon completion of the mission, I will provide the antidote."
Upon hearing this, everyone present wore troubled expressions. If they hadn't been in the middle of the encampment, they might have already been preparing to flee.
The notorious reputation of the Bone Corrosion Heart Devouring Pill was known to all.
It was a slow-acting poison developed by an alchemist three thousand years ago. In the early stages of poisoning, there were no symptoms, and everything appeared normal.
The poison would not cause immediate death either. Instead, it would slowly erode the cultivator's bones and heart. At this point, the cultivator would suffer agonizing pain daily.
Death would only come when the entire body's muscles and bones turned into pus.
Since its creation, this pill had become a potent means for many high-level cultivators to control others.
It was particularly widely applied in the land of Eagle Mountain Kingdom.
The cultivation world harbored immense hatred for the alchemist who developed this poison. The alchemist eventually met a violent end, and even his ancestral graves were exhumed to be refined into magical artifacts.
"What? Are you unwilling to obey my orders? Whoever takes the pill first will receive a generous reward!"
Evil Bone True Person's eyebrows shot up, his aura erupting. His divine sense enveloped everyone, giving the impression that he would kill anyone who dared to disobey.
Faced with Evil Bone True Person's oppressive aura, everyone dared not speak, yet no one stepped forward to take the pill.
The antidotes for the Bone Corrosion Heart Devouring Pill were incredibly complex. Unless the person who administered the poison was involved, finding an antidote was impossible.
Furthermore, once this pill was consumed, one's life and death would be controlled by Evil Bone True Person.
Although he promised an antidote upon mission completion, who knew if the antidote itself would contain new poisons?
The dozens of rogue cultivators present were all seasoned veterans. With a frown, they almost simultaneously took a small step back.
Skull Daoist, a newly risen figure among the Ten Great Villains, had always been confident in his own strength. However, facing the threat of a Golden Core expert, he too faltered.
Immediately, he frowned and intended to retreat behind the crowd.
However, as he looked around, he found himself standing alone at the very front, with everyone else having quietly retreated behind him.
"You! Take the pill first!"
Evil Bone True Person, clearly losing patience, pointed a single finger at Skull Daoist, who stood at the forefront. His vital energy had already locked onto him, and with a single wrong word, he would be turned into a true skeleton.
Skull Daoist had no other choice. He could only bravely step forward, take a pill, and swallow it, then stand quietly to the side.
Next, Evil Bone True Person called out names one by one, forcibly ordering everyone to step forward and take the pill.
Although Xiao Fei had been hiding far away, he ultimately could not evade detection and was singled out by Evil Bone True Person.
He could only walk forward dejectedly, take a pill, and swallow it without hesitation, then stand obediently to the side.
In the end, none of the dozens of rogue cultivators present escaped; all were forced to consume the Bone Corrosion Heart Devouring Pill.
Only then did Evil Bone True Person gaze at everyone with satisfaction, offering words of encouragement and praise, and promising enticing benefits.
Among these benefits were even treasures like the Golden Core Formation Pill, which caused the rogue cultivators to become excited and agitated once more.
"Alright! To prevent any leaks, you will depart today.
The other two major sects have also dispatched teams. You will rendezvous at your destination.
At that time, I will personally go to oversee the battle."
Evil Bone True Person immediately ordered his two disciples to lead everyone away from the encampment quietly.
This group bypassed the rear of the battlefield, detouring into the nearby Yue Kingdom, and then entered Lu Kingdom from the border between Yue and Lu.
Lu Kingdom had four major sects. As Xiao Fei followed the group, stealthily moving along, he had no idea which sect they were targeting this time.
When they stealthily reached a relatively hidden valley, they finally stopped temporarily.
"Everyone, we will wait here for a few days to rendezvous with the other two sects before acting together."
Evil Bone True Person's eldest disciple made arrangements for the group and then found a place to sit and meditate.
This person was known in the demonic cultivation world as Old Ghost of West Mountain. He possessed a Ten Thousand Souls Banner, within which ten thousand vengeful souls were sealed.
When this banner was unleashed, it could transform a battlefield into a gloomy ghost domain, possessing immense power.
Old Ghost of West Mountain had massacred an entire city of mortals to successfully refine this banner, and with it, he had become a figure of dread in the demonic cultivation world.
Xiao Fei also found an inconspicuous spot and sat down cross-legged.
His divine sense entered his space. In the pool where corpses were soaked, over thirty bodies were immersed.
Although he had not achieved any merit on the battlefield in recent years, he had managed to acquire many relatively intact corpses, which were stored in his space, intended for refining into zombies.
As a corpse herder, he always felt a lack of confidence without dozens or hundreds of zombies at his disposal.
The zombies he had accumulated previously were all consumed during the fierce battle with the Golden Core demonic cultivator in the canyon, leaving him with only five.
Fortunately, he obtained a Golden Core corpse, which he refined into a zombie. Its strength far surpassed that of ordinary copper zombies.
Especially the Golden Core within the corpse's dantian, which contained immense power. Once released, its strength was comparable to that of a Golden Core cultivator.
However, this Golden Core was ultimately an inanimate object, like a disposable battery. Once the energy contained within it was depleted, it would be of no use.
Xiao Fei walked to a shelf, opened a jade box, and inside lay a dark pill.
This was precisely the Bone Corrosion Heart Devouring Pill that Evil Bone True Person had forced him to take.
His space handled item retrieval differently from storage bags. He only needed to make contact with an item using his divine sense to absorb it into his space.
This pill had been absorbed into his space the moment he threw it into his mouth.
He hadn't even had a chance to taste the pill, which left him with a slight regret.
Xiao Fei kept this pill, intending to study it thoroughly and see if he could replicate it.