Against The Heavens

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"No, you can"t let them come here! If so many people gather in one spot we are sure to alert the Deathcloud Warriors, and it won"t just be the normal scouts and stragglers, even the soldiers and general-level one"s will take notice and come over!"

The chubby man was completely aghast at the thought, spitting saliva everywhere as he spoke. If it hadn"t been for the faint glimmer in Li Yang"s eyes, he would have rushed over and grabbed onto Li Yang"s collar while shouting. This wasn"t the first time that these people had mentioned these warriors so Fang Ying tilted her head slightly, none of them looking the least bit worried.

"You said something like that earlier, you thought we were Deathcloud Warriors and that"s why you attacked. What exactly are Deathcloud Warriors, are they a type of Demonic beasts native to this universe?"

They had never heard about these Deathcloud Warriors before so they were unlikely to be Demonic beasts that could be found just about anywhere. They also seemed to be divided into different levels despite being beasts of the same race, something that was a tad bit uncommon amongst Demonic beasts, which would more often evolve and change name whenever they increased their strength to a new realm.

The chubby man seemed somewhat caught off guard and even shocked at their lack of knowledge, but remembering their earlier questions he realized just what sort of people he was dealing with. He quickly responded, his eyes flickering around as he fearfully checked their surroundings.

"They"re not Demonic beasts, they are a byproduct of the Bloodwind Emperor, who is said to be able to give life to all things in the multiverse. A Deathcloud Warrior is pure death energy given life and consciousness, they occasionally pop up in places where the Bloodwind Emperor has battled. Only the strongest of them ever leave the place they were born, exploring the greater universe in search of their creator. Those that remain have much simpler minds, instinctively searching out signs of other lifeforms in their territory and killing them to increase their strength."

The more Li Yang and the others heard about this Bloodwind Emperor, the more shocked they ended up getting. Not even when they were at their peak could Fang Ying use her law of creation to create a consciousness in an item, much less create a consciousness being from scratch. And according to the chubby man"s earlier words, it was the Bloodwind Emperor that was responsible for the lifelessness of this entire area. This meant that he had probably cultivated both the law of life and the law of death to the very peak, a rather scary thought.

Li Yang and the two others locked eyes for a short moment, quietly communicating while Langshen remained at Fang Ying"s side, completely uninterested in the things going on around him. A small smirk appeared on Zhao Feng"s face after a few seconds, Fang Ying nodding her head at Li Yang and causing him to stand up with a sigh.

"Fine, fine, I"ll go deal with it. Feng, just remove a few heads if they start getting uppity."

If these Deathcloud Warriors really were a byproduct of the Bloodwind Emperor, and he really was as strong as the chubby man said, then they couldn"t afford to underestimate them. There was no point in taking on a pointless risk so it would be better to deal with the incoming group before they got too close.

Li Yang walked forward and made his way through the group of people that were so scared of angering him that they moved aside to make a path for him, the tip of his sword dragging a small line on the ground as he walked. He quickly left the ruined building and continued heading north, which was the direction from which the group of people was coming from.

The chubby man and the others still remaining within the building snuck glances at Fang Ying and Zhao Feng, wondering if their chance to escape had come. But Zhao Feng simply smiled at them, his eight silver daggers starting to dance through the air around him, flickering around like the tongue of a snake and quickly dispelling the thoughts of the captured people.

Li Yang quickly made his way through the ruined city, following Fang Ying"s directions by moving in a straight line. With his speed, it only took him a minute to cross the 15 kilometers that were between him and the other group. The two spotted each other as they were pa.s.sing through a rather wide street that could comfortably fit 15 people standing shoulder to shoulder.

The spiraling buildings around them were mostly intact, the only sign that something had happened to the buildings being that the spiral material used to build them had withered somewhat and thus lost most of their color. Standing about 100 meters in front of Li Yang was a group of almost 30 people walking in a triangular formation, with the tip of the triangle making up the back of the group.

They were all indeed clad in black robes embroidered with the image of a two-headed man covered in darkness, black mist seeping out of their backs and coiling around their bodies. The woman leading the group had brown hair that hung down to her ears and rather pale skin, a few black veins visible through her pale skin. Her skin and black veins were rather similar to the traits of the Heaven Devouring race of his own universe, one of the ruling races living there, but he couldn"t feel the usual aura that the people of that race had coming from this woman.

The woman quickly stopped her group, her eyes narrowing and flashing dangerously as she looked at Li Yang"s seemingly careless demeanour. Li Yang only gave the group a fleeting scan, they were at about the same level of strength as the group they were keeping in the ruined building, they weren"t on the level of being a threat. He finished sweeping his eyes over the group, his gaze eventually landing on the woman in the lead.

"I"ll keep it simple for you. I"ve just interrogated a group from the Earth Rendering Empire but I"m not certain if everything they"re saying is the truth so I"ll have you guys answer a few of my questions. I"ll give you this warning only once, launch any attacks and I will kill, so just focus on answering the questions, "kay? Oh, and I despise getting threatened, so don"t even bother trying it."

The leading woman frowned slightly when she heard Li Yang"s domineering words, not even bothering to ask about their opinion. But she hesitated slightly on how to act, the situation was a bit too strange for her liking. But while she was trying to think of how to proceed, a man behind her took half a step forward and raised his head righteously, casting fleeting glances at the leading woman while speaking with a strong tone.

"We are the 51st Scouting Legion of the Shadow Emperor sect and we are here on an official mission that we must complete with haste, who do you think you are to stop us? Obediently let yourself be captured so that we can identify you, if there is nothing wrong with your ident.i.ty then we will only give you a small punishment for sto..."

The eyes of the leading woman shot up the moment the man started talking, but he spoke too quickly for her to stop him. And by the time she managed to turn her head to glare at him, it was already too late. She only felt a tingle on her skin as Li Yang pa.s.sed her like a bolt of lightning, arriving in front of the man who spoke and cutting off his sentence by smashing the side of his fist into the side of the man"s chest.

A shattering sound resounded from the man"s chest and his feet lost touch with the ground, his body sent flying into the nearest building. A crack and a splat echoed throughout the area, the man"s body turning into a b.l.o.o.d.y stain on the wall. Li Yang glanced at the b.l.o.o.d.y stain, a soft mutter slipping out of his mouth.

"Oh, right, soul cultivators, squishy bodies."

Li Yang not only cultivated his body, but he also had the body of a humanoid divine beast, every inch of his flesh was bursting with lifeforce and power. Facing such a strong body, the bodies of these weak soul cultivators were unable to resist even a single punch. Li Yang"s right arm moved just as his mutter ended, the edge of his blade reaching the leading woman"s neck and letting her know what would happen if she made a single move. He turned his gaze onto her, his voice completely undisturbed by the b.l.o.o.d.y stain on the wall.

"You should train your men better, that way you"ll end up with less mouthbreathers like him. I just told you that I had interrogated a group from the Earth Rendering Empire, what makes you think that I"ll fear your Shadow Emperor Sect? Now, I believe it"s about time for you to quietly listen to my questions and then answer them."

The leading woman nodded her head, the other people around her swallowing their saliva while remaining silent. Since their leader had failed to react to Li Yang"s speed they all knew that they would be no match for him either, he could probably kill them all without a problem if he wished to.

Li Yang asked the group the same questions they had asked he chubby man and the others, receiving answers that were 99% similar. After acquiring all the answers he was looking for, he dismissed the people from the Shadow Emperor sect with a wave of his hand, forcing them to return down the path they had come from. Most of them were unwilling, but seeing as death was the only other option they knew that they didn"t have much choice. The leading woman cast a swift glance at Li Yang before they all left, the faint light of expectation flashing through her eyes.

Li Yang hadn"t noticed her gaze, barely paying attention to the group after dismissing them. He only hung around until he was sure that they had left before he returned to the ruined house and met up with Fang Ying and Zhao Feng again. The three locked eyes again, Li Yang giving a short nod of his head to indicate that the chubby man had spoken the truth.

The three asked the chubby man a few more questions before they decided that they had learned enough, Li Yang casting a sideways glance at Fang Ying. She nodded her head and tapped the air with her finger, a soft green cloud enveloping the entire group of people, entering their bodies through their seven orifices. The eyes of the people quickly turned blurry and empty, their mouths hanging open with saliva dripping out of them.

Zhao Feng and the others stood up after Fang Ying finished administering her poison, leaving the ruined building and heading for the other exit of the city, where they had learned that there was a road leading to the nearest city, Wasteland"s Wall. The poison she administered was a rather weak one that she had tweaked a bit so that it would affect the target"s memories, turning the last several hours muddy and indistinct. She had to increase her strength a bit to make the poison fully alter the target"s memories, but it was good enough for now.