Chapter 825: Corpse Tide

On a high hill at the border of the Red Cloud Sacred Land, several figures gazed into the distance.

"Young Lord, these zombies—no one knows where they came from—are all extremely powerful. Every night, they swarm out and ravage the nearby towns. In just half a month, they've destroyed three cities, and none of the city lords survived. Now the whole region is in panic!"

The speaker was an elder at the Formless Realm named Wang Zan, who also presided over a large region, holding a status similar to Yang Sen's.

Over the past half month, a zombie uprising had suddenly erupted at the northeastern border of the Red Cloud Sacred Land.

Every night, thousands of zombies ran rampant, killing everyone they saw.

Wang Zan organized a large force of martial artists to exterminate the zombies, but they suffered a crushing defeat with heavy losses, forcing him to seek help from the Sacred Land.

After hearing Wang Zan's plea, Ye Yuan felt that this zombie uprising was unusual, so he brought Wu Siyuan and Black Wind to investigate.

Incidentally, since Wu Siyuan had met Black Wind, he had been completely loyal to Ye Yuan.

He knew that even the full strength of the Wu family was no match for Black Wind. Since Ye Yuan could tame such a powerful beast, what reason did he have to be dissatisfied?

Standing on this hill, one could survey the surrounding area.

But it was daytime now, and the zombies had hidden somewhere, not a trace to be seen.

However, Ye Yuan could sense that the yin-sha energy in a vast area was extremely dense, confirming Wang Zan's words.

Ye Yuan had previously visited the three destroyed cities, which were like hell on earth. Even someone as experienced as Ye Yuan was shaken.

He silently resolved to eliminate these zombies.

"Based on the past two days' observations, these zombies seem to be deliberately expanding their territory. If this trend continues, the entire Red Cloud Sacred Land may be plunged into misery!" Ye Yuan said with a frown.

Wang Zan was startled. Recalling the course of the corpse tide, it did seem to be the case.

"This... Young Lord, what should we do now? Although we haven't seen it yet, there must be an eighth-rank Earth Corpse in this tide!" Wang Zan was uncertain.

Ye Yuan was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke: "The corpse tide erupted suddenly and with regularity. I feel... someone is controlling these zombies from behind!"

Wang Zan's expression changed. "Young Lord, how powerful would one need to be to control a corpse tide of this scale? Isn't this speculation..."

Clearly, he thought Ye Yuan's guess was far-fetched.

Wang Zan was certain that there were eighth-rank zombies in the tide. And the scale of the zombies was beyond the control of ordinary martial artists.

Ye Yuan suspected someone was behind it—the possibility was too low.

Unfazed by Wang Zan's doubt, Ye Yuan smiled. "Controlling these zombies doesn't necessarily require a matching cultivation level! With the right methods, a martial artist can even control zombies of a higher rank."

Suddenly, several black dots appeared on the horizon, growing closer, and a few figures landed on the small hill.

A young martial artist glanced at Ye Yuan's group and sneered, "Hey, your Red Cloud Sacred Land is truly incompetent, letting such a large-scale corpse tide erupt. Now our Cloud Que Sacred Land suffers too—how outrageous!"

This youth was not old, yet he had peak Heavenly Opening Realm strength!

Seeing the youth, Wang Zan's expression changed.

"Young Lord Wei Cheng, your words are biased! This region lies at the border of our four sacred lands. How can you blame it on our Red Cloud Sacred Land?" Wang Zan retorted.

The youth before them was Wei Cheng, the young lord of the neighboring Cloud Que Sacred Land.

Although Ye Yuan had never met the young lords of other sacred lands since becoming one himself, he had heard of Wei Cheng's name.

Cloud Que Sacred Land, though also a ninth-rank sacred land, was significantly stronger overall than Red Cloud Sacred Land.

Wei Cheng, the top genius of Cloud Que Sacred Land, was appointed young lord last year and was extremely powerful.

In comparison, the younger generation of Red Cloud Sacred Land was far inferior, which was why they had delayed appointing a young lord until Ye Yuan appeared.

Hearing Wang Zan's defense, Wei Cheng snorted, "Quibbling! This area has the most intense corpse tide. Don't tell me this isn't your Red Cloud Sacred Land's territory! Our Cloud Que Sacred Land came to help you out of trouble, and this is your attitude? Looks like we're meddling. Let's go!"

Wang Zan's expression changed, and he hurried forward to stop them.

But Ye Yuan stopped him and said calmly, "Let him go."

Wang Zan looked troubled and whispered, "Young Lord, this corpse tide is too massive. I'm afraid one sacred land alone can't handle it!"

These words reached Wei Cheng's ears. He raised an eyebrow and taunted, "Oh, so you're the new young lord of Red Cloud Sacred Land, a mere Boundless Realm martial artist! I've heard Red Cloud Sacred Land is declining day by day, and now it's confirmed! Appointing a Boundless Realm martial artist as young lord—how embarrassing!"

Wang Zan's face flushed red.

He had been guarding the border and knew of the Sacred Land's events mostly by hearsay.

He had been rather dismissive of this Boundless Realm young lord.

Now, being insulted by a young lord from another sacred land, he felt the shame keenly.

"Heh, Young Lord Wei Cheng seems a bit unsteady, and there are scars on his face. Looks like someone gave you a lesson? By the way, I heard recently that an old man and a young man came to our Baiwu Domain to challenge the young talents. Those scars wouldn't be from them, would they?" Wu Siyuan, who had been silent, now spoke with sarcasm.

Wei Cheng's face darkened as countless staff shadows involuntarily flashed through his mind.

The scars on his face were left by Luo Tong.

Before Luo Tong and Sun Bo came to Red Cloud Sacred Land, they had visited Cloud Que Sacred Land.

Wei Cheng, who was considered invincible among his peers, had been beaten to a pulp by Luo Tong!

Although nearly a month had passed, the scars on his face had not healed.

This was the greatest humiliation of Wei Cheng's life, and Wu Siyuan had directly ripped open the wound!

"How dare you! That young man's strength is unfathomable. Young Lord Wei Cheng was caught off guard! Wu Siyuan, stop slandering Young Lord Wei Cheng! If you have the guts, let your Boundless Realm young lord fight him!" An elder at the Formless Realm behind Wei Cheng scolded.

"Hahaha..." Wu Siyuan burst into laughter at the elder's words.