"I never would have imagined that old corpses could communicate with each other and even have their own unique language system," Situ Kong'er commented, standing nearby as he sent a Sound Transmission to Ye Yunfei.
"All things under heaven possess their own spirit. Even grass, trees, and stones can become enchanted, let alone corpses," Ye Yunfei chuckled.
"I suppose that's true," Situ Kong'er nodded.
After communicating with the old corpse for a while, the green-clad elder turned to Ye Yunfei. "Young Master Su, I've told him about our experiences in the Land of Life and Death over this period. He has requested to follow us from now on to jointly deal with the Corpse World. He is filled with hatred for them."
"Welcome," Ye Yunfei answered with a nod. The old corpse's strength was quite formidable. Having another powerful ally like this was naturally something Ye Yunfei welcomed.
The green-clad elder immediately conveyed Ye Yunfei's meaning to the old corpse. The old corpse's attitude toward Ye Yunfei and Situ Kong'er began to turn friendly.
"Brother Su, how should we proceed next?" Situ Kong'er asked Ye Yunfei.
"We continue subjugating more of the Corpse World's forces, destroying more Corpse-Nourishing Lands, and strive to wipe out every single Corpse-Nourishing Land the Corpse World has established within this Land of Life and Death. I believe such a loss would be deeply painful for the Corpse World," Ye Yunfei replied with a cold smile.
"Good!" Situ Kong'er nodded.
"Master, you could actually subdue those Corpse Soldiers and make them serve you," the Holy Son of the Flying Sky Yin Monkeys suddenly transmitted to Ye Yunfei. "Master has already cultivated my clan's corpse-control secret art. It can be used to control the Corpse World's Corpse Soldiers. They represent a not-insignificant force."
"Good idea!" Hearing the Holy Son's words, Ye Yunfei was inwardly moved.
During this time, whenever Ye Yunfei encountered Corpse Soldiers, he would simply use the Netherworld Yin Blade to directly devour the ghostly qi energy within them, causing them to revert back to lifeless corpses. If he instead used corpse-control techniques to subdue them and form a corpse army, it was indeed feasible.
"Alright, next up, we'll control a batch of Corpse Soldiers!" Ye Yunfei declared with a nod.
In the following days, Ye Yunfei and Situ Kong'er destroyed six or seven more Corpse-Nourishing Lands in succession. They used the Netherworld Yin Blade to devour the ghostly qi energy within the Corpse Nurturing Pools at those sites, and the personnel guarding those lands naturally all became Ye Yunfei's slaves.
Apart from the Netherworld Yin Blade, the old corpse also required the ghostly qi energy from the Corpse Nurturing Pools. Ye Yunfei simply let it come out as well, allowing it to devour the energy alongside the blade. Since this old corpse was now considered on their side, having it grow stronger was beneficial.
During these days, the Corpse World's high-ranking experts stationed within the Land of Life and Death had been leading their forces around trying to hunt down the old corpse. They actually hadn't discovered that most of their Corpse-Nourishing Lands had been destroyed!
"Brother Su, I estimate that most of the Corpse World's personnel in the Land of Life and Death at the Mixed Yuan Realm and below have become your slaves. At least half of those at the Chaos Creation Realm have also fallen into your hands and are imprisoned. A large batch of Tribulation Birth Realm experts have been slain by you as well. Within this region, the Corps e World has very few people left," Situ Kong'er said to Ye Yunfei.
"Yes. Including the Corpse Soldiers, over two-thirds of the Corpse World's forces in the Land of Life and Death now belong to us," Ye Yunfei said with a laugh.
"Brother Su, there's no need for us to hide and skulk around anymore. Let's just lay all our cards on the table and lead our people to fight a decisive battle with them," Situ Kong'er suggested to Ye Yunfei.
"We don't need to hide anymore. We'll continue destroying more Corpse-Nourishing Lands. The Corpse World's high-ranking leaders stationed here should have realized something is wrong by now. They'll soon come looking for us. So we don't need to take the initiative to find them. We'll let them come to us," Ye Yunfei replied with a smirk.
At the same time, in the outer region of the Land of Life and Death.
Within a cave on a black mountain peak, a stooped black-robed elder sat cross-legged.
"A major disaster! Elder Yin! Elder Qiu just sent word—more than two-thirds of our Corpse-Nourishing Lands have been destroyed! All the energy within the Corpse Nurturing Pools has been sucked dry, and countless corpses have been rendered useless along with them!"
A black-robed middle-aged man rushed into the cave in a panic, reporting to the black-robed elder.
"What?! Say that again!" Hearing this, the so-called Elder Yin was greatly alarmed. He abruptly stood up.
The middle-aged man repeated his report.
"How could this happen! I gave the order to reinforce the personnel guarding those Corpse-Nourishing Lands! And I mandated that at least one Tribulation Birth Realm expert personally guard each one! How could something like this still occur!" Elder Yin completely lost his composure, roaring at the black-robed man. A vast, surging energy pressure erupted from his body, instantly destroying half the cave. Earthen debris filled the air amid billowing dust.
This Elder Yin was the highest-ranking commander of the Corpse World in the outer regions of the Land of Life and Death, personally responsible for guarding the Corpse-Nourishing Lands here. His authority was great, but his responsibility was equally immense.
For the sake of the Corpse-Nourishing Lands in this region, he had poured in countless time and effort. It could be said that at least half of the Corpse World's Corpse Soldiers from the Central Divine Land were refined here before being sent back to Corpse World headquarters. Therefore, these Corpse-Nourishing Lands were extremely important, both to Elder Yin personally and to the Corpse World as a whole!
Now, most of them had been destroyed. How could Elder Yin not be furious?
The black-robed middle-aged man was struck by the force, coughing up a mouthful of blood as he staggered backward, a look of terror in his eyes. He knew if Elder Yin hadn't restrained his energy pressure slightly, he would have been smashed to pieces.
"Elder Yin… Elder Qiu requests you come and take a look," the black-robed man said carefully, bowing his head.
"Let's go!" Elder Yin, his fury reaching the heavens, took a single step and vanished.
A moment later.
Elder Yin rushed into a valley.
Elder Qiu stood within the valley, accompanied by over a dozen Corpse World experts, all wearing gloomy expressions.
This valley had originally been a Corpse-Nourishing Land containing eight Corpse Nurturing Pools. Each pool had held many corpses being refined within them. Now, all the ghostly qi energy within those eight pools had vanished, leaving behind only bloated and pallid corpses that had even begun to rot.
Moreover, a large number of coffins were piled within the valley. Each coffin held a corpse that had already finished soaking and was ready to be sent to the Corpse-Refining Cavern. Now, all the corpses within those coffins had also been destroyed, scattered and strewn about in pieces.
In short, this Corpse-Nourishing Land had been completely ruined.
"Who did this?!" Elder Yin stormed in. Seeing the scene before him, his hands trembled slightly with rage as he asked sharply.
"We haven't confirmed that yet. We are investigating," Elder Qiu answered, his face extremely unpleasant.
"Elders, look. Could it be the old corpse we've been hunting? It's possible that it sucked all the ghostly qi energy from these Corpse Nurturing Pools dry," a black-robed middle-aged man suddenly ventured to guess.