Journey to the West: Starting from Changing Sun Wukong’s fate
Chapter 760 - 567: Silkworm Cocoon and Cold Wolf Army_2

Chapter 760: Chapter 567: Silkworm Cocoon and Cold Wolf Army_2

Wang Yang and Su Yue halted their footsteps outside the small town. Because of the presence of the garrison cavalry, they could not continue to follow.

"Yue’er, wait for me here. Remember not to be discovered. If you must engage in combat, retreat from this place immediately and wait for me in Ice Cold City!"

"Yes, Senior Brother!"

Su Yue nodded, and Wang Yang’s figure flashed, disappearing from view.

The cavalry headed straight for the second entrance of Jinling Town, consisting of only a few hundred riders, who then stationed and sealed it off.

The rest of the cavalry headed toward Jinhua Town split into two groups, one of which lit torches and began to spread throughout the entire city, preparing to set it ablaze!

The last group of cavalry, a mere ten riders, arrived at the Jinling Inn.

"Search thoroughly for me, we must find the sacred object!"

"Yes, Commandant Sir!"

Then, the ten men dispersed, starting to search the Jinling Inn, but they did not notice a young man on the inn’s rafters, witnessing everything.

Indeed, there was a secret hidden within Jinling Inn!

"Sacred object?"

Wang Yang heard this term and his face showed a hint of reminiscence. After a moment, as if recalling something, his figure flashed and appeared at the counter at the entrance of the inn.

This was the place where the Steward Venerable guarded every day.

Wang Yang ran his fingers over the counter and, suddenly exerting force with his fingertips, pressed down hard!

Creak!

The wall behind the counter slowly shifted, revealing a hidden compartment. Wang Yang’s figure flashed as he entered it!

Inside the compartment was a secret chamber. Upon entering, Wang Yang was hit with a strong stench of blood, even more pungent than the odour of the bloodbath in Jinling Town.

The chamber wasn’t big. After turning a few corners, he reached the inner room, where the scenery abruptly changed, causing Wang Yang’s pupils to shrink!

He saw at the center of the inner room, there was a blood altar. Within a blood pool, a white silkworm cocoon the size of a palm hovered in the void, its shell covered in blood-red veins.

The blood-red veins flickered as they continuously drew power from within the blood pool altar.

Even from a distance, Wang Yang could feel the vigorous life force within the cocoon, with its blood energy surging like the sea.

"This vigorous life force, could it be a Divine Beast?"

Wang Yang was somewhat shocked. Within the Demon Race, only the Divine Beast clan possessed such a robust vitality.

Furthermore, there weren’t many species within the Divine Beast clan that lived and thrived in such a state.

And they were utilizing such a unique method of cultivation.

Blood Sacrifice!

This blood sacrifice was clearly a special cultivation method of the Demon Clan.

As the blood-colored veins spread over the cocoon, it signaled that the creature inside was about to break free!

"I didn’t expect Jinling Town to still have survivors; it seems the Emissary’s work isn’t very thorough!"

Just then, a man’s voice suddenly rang in Wang Yang’s ear, followed by the sound of breaking air as a long spear pierced through the void, stabbing fiercely into Wang Yang’s back!

The man, successful with his spear attack, showed no excitement but instead looked solemn because the figure of Wang Yang in front of him was gradually fading, returning to the void.

"Afterimage! What incredible speed! Third Elder, watch your back!"

Not far away, a man in blue armor, after voicing his admiration, hurriedly warned aloud.

The spearman swiftly turned to defend himself, but Wang Yang was too fast; before the man could fully turn, a punch roared past, thunder flashing, and it struck the man squarely on the back!

Ah!

A scream followed as the spearman was sent flying with a punch and smashed into the inner room’s wall, the tremendous force embedding his body into it!

Thunder raged, instantly shattering the blue armor to pieces, and the punch penetrated the armor, shattering the spearman’s heart!

"Is this the youth mentioned by the Emissary?"

After witnessing Wang Yang’s thunderous methods cutting down one of their own, the remaining nine members of the Cold Wolf Army were filled with fear and dared not move forward.

A trembling voice among the nine asked.

"Uncertain! Judging by the spiritual power attributes and technique, they must be from a cultivation sect. Old Nine, transmit the order to assemble the troops; everyone else, follow me and set up the formation. We must delay him at all costs—the sacred object absolutely cannot fall into the hands of others!"

Commandant Kun Dong took a deep breath to suppress the fear in his heart and gave the orders in a resolute tone.

"Yes!"

The man known as Old Nine retreated, while the other eight lined up in a row to form a military formation!

A hint of mockery appeared on the corner of Wang Yang’s mouth. Among these ten people, only Commandant Kun Dong was in the Divine Spirit Realm, and all the others were merely in the Void-breaking Realm.

Such a level of formation couldn’t withstand a single blow!

However, the army was different. Once the three thousand-strong Cold Wolf Army combined into the grand military formation, the price to retreat unscathed would be extremely high.

Therefore, Wang Yang could not, and would not, let Old Nine issue the summoning order!

With a step forward, Wang Yang’s figure flashed out at such speed that he left a trail of afterimages in the space.

"No good, stop him!"

Recognizing Wang Yang’s target was Old Nine, Kun Dong urgently shouted, and the remaining seven people instantly made their move, coordinating with Kun Dong to set up the military formation.

"Eastern Mausoleum Five Directions Formation!"

Kun Dong gave a low command; the formation originally required nine people to activate, but now with Third Elder slain by a punch from Wang Yang and Old Nine having departed, the formation was incomplete.

Wang Yang didn’t even glance at it, let alone a flawed formation with insufficient numbers - even a complete Eastern Mausoleum Five Directions Formation couldn’t stop Wang Yang.

After all, Kun Dong, the leader of the formation, was only at the Divine Realm!

Wang Yang suddenly performed a Seal Formation with his hands, and his entire body instantly turned into lightning, piercing through the sky full of spear gleams!

"Old Nine, retreat quickly!"

Seeing that Wang Yang could not be stopped, Kun Dong shouted loudly. Upon hearing the warning, Old Nine’s speed burst forth, charging toward the secret chamber’s entrance.

But Wang Yang had already transformed into lightning, with a speed like lightning itself, reaching the limit in the blink of an eye, and caught up in a breath’s time!

Old Nine was only ten meters away from the entrance but could no longer continue forward. Wang Yang’s figure appeared at the position of the entrance, his gaze cold as he watched everyone.

A fist-sized hole gaped in Old Nine’s chest, from which blood spurted. His armor fragmented into pieces, and with a thud, he fell to the ground.

"Who are you? Do you know that slaughtering the imperial court’s troops is a capital crime that eradicates nine kin!"

Kun Dong forced himself to calm down. The youth before him was too terrifying; the Eastern Mausoleum Five Directions Formation couldn’t even scratch him—he was an invincible opponent!

Now, he could only assert the authority of the imperial court, hoping that Wang Yang would retreat knowing the difficulty.

"You have no right to question me! If you want to leave alive, answer my questions honestly!"

"How presumptuous! The bones of our Cold wolf Army are made of iron, unyielding. We will not divulge military secrets!"

Kun Dong roared, at last understanding Wang Yang’s purpose. The Cold Wolf Army, being one of the Seven Wolves Armies, certainly has its pride!

"You won’t speak, but others will! First question, the Cold Wolf Army is stationed far away in the Northern Capital, Hantian City. Why travel several hundred miles overnight to reach a small town under the jurisdiction of Ice Cold City just for this ’sacred object’? What lineage does this sacred object belong to?"

"Just kill me! We will not reveal any valuable information, and certainly, you won’t get any from soul searching!"

Facing Wang Yang’s question, Kun Dong’s expression drastically changed. The Cold Wolf Army’s mission here was a secret known only by Marquis of Mountain Suppression Wang Yun and the powers within Rigorous Winter City. How did Wang Yang find out?

In Kun Dong’s view, there was only one possibility.

Wang Yang’s identity must be within the imperial court, the Dali Temple that surveils the civil and military officials, collecting intelligence from across the lands!

Emperor Wang Mingyu created the Dali Temple under the Three Ducal Ministers and within the Six Ministries to maintain the order of Capital City Luoyang ostensibly, but in reality, to keep an eye on the Five Tigers and Seven Wolves. Any sign of treachery would be swiftly met with execution!

Within the Dali Temple were numerous experts, not only enjoying abundant cultivation resources from the Royal Family but also occupying a tenth of Luoyang’s fate!

Execution before reporting, authorized by imperial power!

This was the Dali Temple!

Wang Yang, noticing Kun Dong’s response and seeing that he showed no surprise at the details and was resolved to die, found it abnormal and pondered for a moment.

"As you wish!"

Wang Yang took a step forward, transforming into thunder, tightly gripping another person’s throat with his five fingers. With a sudden force, he crushed the person’s throat!

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