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Chapter 1216

Meanwhile, as Zhou You was secretly undergoing his transformation, Bai Shiwu also briefed Yin Sanfen on the recent situation.

It turns out that Zhu Ruoxuan had brought a group of personal guards, mainly Gong Jinhuan and others from the north, to escort Zhou Xin back to the north.

These people include members of the Gong and Cao families. They have been honing their skills and improving themselves outside, and each of them has the potential to become a grandmaster.

After the fall of the North, the powerful families in the cities suffered devastating blows and had no choice but to band together to survive.

Jian Xiaocao reorganized the Gong family, while Cao Moang joined forces with his uncle Cao Wudang. These people were Zhou Xin's staunch supporters, uniting the remnants of the aristocratic families to elect Zhou Xin as the leader of the rebellion.

This also led to Zhou Xin's power and even fame being greater than that of the remnants of Bei Xuan Zhu. In addition, as Zhou You's second son, he also became the number one on the list of high-ranking witches.

Some time ago, the shaman performed a blood sacrifice on one hundred captured members of the Zhou clan, which gave birth to a Gu worm.

This Gu worm is a variant of the Qi and Blood Gu. Through bloodline connection, it was able to pinpoint Zhou Xin's approximate location.

Therefore, the sorcerers dispatched ten Grand Masters of the Heavenly Sect level to attempt to besiege Zhou Xin.

They also brought hundreds of Gu Kings to assist them, causing the heavens and earth to dim and even affecting strange regions outside the northern lands.

Zhou Xin unleashed his potential, killing three Great Witch Chiefs and breaking through the encirclement to escape triumphantly.

Fearing that bringing the powerful enemy back to his base would endanger his comrades, he did not shake off the pursuers. Instead, he led them around the area, waiting for the right moment to withdraw and return.

"This child has had a tough time too!"

Zhou You let out a breath, and then heard Bai Shiwu mention in his conversation that the Liu family now only had a few hundred survivors, including Liu Fengji. The noble young master of yesteryear had now been transformed into a tough and rough warrior.

Hearing that many sects in the six northern states had changed beyond recognition, some had fallen into ruin, some had disbanded, and others had sought refuge with sorcerers to survive, he was shocked to learn that they were no longer the same people they once were.

Dayin Mountain is gone.

Tiger Corpse returned to Yin Dao's body and perished in the Southern Frontier. Zheng Feixiong was also killed, leaving Yan Baihu to barely hold on. When the Wuren occupied the Northern Lands, he refused to submit and his mountain gate was breached. His fate and whereabouts are unknown.

Wanxiu Mountain was originally a mixed sect, with its members divided. Their attitude towards the witches split into four or five groups: one group chose to 'cooperate' with the witches, another joined the resistance, and the rest chose not to cooperate.

The Medicine King Sect, which is also the sect that Mingqiu Mang is most concerned about, has successfully transformed itself by dismantling the old core members and sending in sorcerers to infiltrate the sect. It has now taken over this ancient medical sect and turned it into the property of sorcerers.

There was also the vast swamp, where the sect leader and his wife resolutely refused to submit, and were thus surrounded by the witches using a steady and methodical encirclement strategy.

This group of sorcerers was formidable, and the number of poisonous insects they mobilized was no less than that of the swamp sea. The sorcerer warriors, raised in harsh conditions, were not afraid of the local environment.

Under the planning of the high command of the shamans, the shamans began to gradually encroach upon the swamps from the periphery, filling them in and compacting them...

Today, the area of ​​the marshland has drastically decreased from tens of thousands of miles to about three thousand miles.

The encirclement has been gradually tightening, and the layers of encirclement have been thickening to form a cage from which escape is impossible.

This is a dead end, an unsolvable situation.

Once the encirclement of the witches shrinks to their hiding place, Chu Jianxiu and Lu Chongsheng will face certain death.

Zhou Xin did not stand idly by. When he grew up, he learned that Chu Jianxiu was his half-brother and sent people to help him. However, the witch's power was too strong and they had many accomplices.

He was too far away to help the immediate crisis, and after several setbacks, he lost a lot of manpower and resources, leading to widespread discontent, and he had no choice but to suspend the aid plan.

"This time, the patriarch sent a message instructing me to make a trip to the Vast Swamp before returning, to level several areas and give the people inside a chance to breathe," Bai Shiwu told Yin Sanfen about this top-secret disappearance. The two of them spoke discreetly, avoiding others, lest spies from the witch people infiltrate and gather information.

However, while one could deceive others, one could not deceive Zhou You's eyes and ears.

Zhou You nodded. These witches were too arrogant. If we didn't teach them a lesson, they would really think there was no one in the North.
As soon as a thought crossed my mind, the panel lit up with a swipe:
"The art of the cauldron, the transformation of heaven and man, is one in essence but infinite in form. It involves projection of the clone → empowerment and substitution → a single thought without form."

The skill evolution patterns listed on the panel finally settled on 'One Thought Without Form'.

As the name suggests, the original body born from the celestial being is here, but as soon as he has a thought, countless external manifestations will arise.

The principle is like countless candles pointing at an object, casting countless shadows at different angles.

Zhou You placed his hand on his chest, ready to try out his newly acquired skill.

At a certain garrison, Liu Fengji wrapped his fur coat tightly around himself, but he pulled too hard, and the already worn coat tore in two.

He sighed and held up the fur coat, which had been torn in two. It was one of the few things he had hastily taken with him before the Liu family was wiped out, and now he couldn't keep it either.

Passing by his weary companions, he covered the two sleeping men with two tattered pieces of clothing, then walked outside to an open space with his hands behind his back. Looking up at the sky, he saw snow swirling from the ground to the heavens, endlessly rotating in all directions.

In a corner of the sky, like a frozen, transparent ice surface, the faint, seven-colored aurora borealis appears.

The environment was truly harsh, but the scenery was also truly beautiful. In all his past years by the water, he had never seen such breathtaking natural scenery, and seeing the sky and the earth made him realize how insignificant all living beings were.

Since the destruction of his family, Liu Fengji had been wandering and fighting with the resistance forces, his companions dying one after another. He gradually accepted reality, realizing that he was neither God's favorite nor the protagonist of his own destiny.

Liu Fengji, in the end, still had to follow the suddenly emerging hero and throw his life into the mighty torrent.

The seal on his chest saved him several times, but it also caused his cultivation level to stagnate repeatedly.

"..."

Liu Fengji's hair suddenly stood on end, and the seal script suddenly became hot; this was a sign that an enemy was about to attack.

Their base was very well hidden, but they had been coming and going too often lately. He himself even led a small team to break into a city, which may have attracted the attention of the witches.

Those venomous insects hidden in the dust are impossible to guard against, and the slightest mistake can lead to disaster.

He took a deep breath, called to his companions to get up, and told them that they should not linger in the fight and that breaking through and escaping was their top priority.

The enemy is cunning and unpredictable, launching a surprise attack. They will definitely concentrate their superior forces, and a hasty counterattack will be no match for them. The only rational course of action is to flee for your life.

Before all his companions could escape safely, he, Liu Fengji, had to stop the pursuers, no matter how many there were!

"Hoohoo!"

Liu Fengji thought to himself that although his son had died two years ago, he still had two nephews. With them around, the Liu family line could continue and the family could be passed down.

He rushed forward with the determination to die, only to see corpses scattered everywhere, and a woman's slender figure slowly turned around.

"Liu Fengji, I am delighted to see you in such a sorry state."

It was clearly Liu Jinguo, who had been dead for many years, standing before him, speaking calmly amidst the pile of corpses of a group of powerful sorcerers.

(End of this chapter)