Chapter 570 Back To The Martial Arts Square (Part Two)


    The corpse generals, as well as the corpse soldiers under the Ghost Sect''s control, might be able to


    terrorize other average cultivators with their unpleasant and deadly ptomaine. However, Austin had no


    such worries due to his Golden Sun Scripture that could entirely suppress the ptomaine of the corpses.


    As a matter of fact, the man was nearly immune to the poison discharged by the dead after he refined


    the Scorching Evil Fire.


    Moreover, Austin had also downright understood the method of subduing and controlling the persistent


    corpse soldiers and corpse generals.


    Under normal circumstances, most cultivators would avoid encountering the corpse armies as much as


    they could. As for Austin, he was thrilled and his eyes alight with purpose the minute he saw the


    corpses moving about in front of him. Just like a child being presented with brand new toys to y with,


    Austin busied himself with rushing to get the undead soldiers under his control.


    It was not long before he managed to erge his troop to over a hundred corpse soldiers and generals.


    The defeated ones staggered behind Austin and Violet as they moved toward the top of the mountain.


    Under a new leader, the soldiers blindly followed new directions and resolution to fight alongside him.


    Along the way, Austin stumbled upon eight more corpse generals and subdued them in the same


    manner as those before them. Until then, the boy showcased great intelligence and strength as he had


    over thirty corpse generals under his control doing his bidding.


    These corpse generals he had gathered were equivalent to thirty cultivators who were at the premium


    stage of the Earth Realm.


    As Austin momentarily halted his movements towards the peak of the mountain, it dawned on him that


    the reason why the Ghost Sect had acted so arrogantly after they had reappeared in the world was


    their sheer confidence over their strength and their number. Challenging all the forces in the Violet


    Orchid Empire was a brazen move; and the fact that they had deliberately decided to defeat even the


    royal family spoke volumes of their conviction.


    Looking back at the crowd under his power, Austin knew the Ghost Sect did have the initial power to


    challenge every force in the Violet Orchid Empire by virtue of the numerous and weighty corpse


    soldiers and corpse generals under their authority.


    Unfortunately for them, Austin was slowly chipping away at their once formidable undead army.


    Smirking to himself and turning forward once again, Austin started to lead his own troop of corpse


    legionnaires towards the top of the Sun Mountain.


    Concentrating on the environment around him, Austin continued to monitor the current situation on the


    mountaintop with his spiritual sense. Furrowing his eyebrows and expanding his spiritual vision, he


    estimated that over a thousand members of the Sun Sect including Theon, the Sect Leader, were all


    besieged by the people of the Ghost Sect. "That''s weird." Austin muttered under his breath as he


    ruffled his hair confusedly. For some unknown reason, the members of Sun Sect and Ghost Sect were


    not fighting against each other as he expected.


    As Violet nced over at him worriedly, Austin knew she was thinking about the same thing. However,


    upon realizing that the people of the Sun Sect were still alive, he did not rush as much into rescuing


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    them from the intruding sect. The young man''s next move instead was to travel around the perimeter of


    the mountain to subdue as many soldiers and increase his undead troop as much as possible.


    "Ah... The Martial Arts Square. I did not expect toe here again."


    "It does seem like there are many people staying here."


    Upon sighting the old monument, he was abruptly reminded of thest time he had been there and all


    the times he spent in his old sect. As he scanned ahead using his spiritual sense, the broad square


    arena in front of them was definitely the Martial Arts Square of the Sun Sect.


    Reminiscing the past, Austin distinctly heard the faint shout of cheers when he thought of how far he


    hade until then. ''How fast time flies, indeed...'' Austin pondered, his eyes zing over momentarily


    when he recollected his experience when he had attended the Top Ten Outer Disciples Ranking


    Challenge.


    Ridding himself of the images his memory had conjured in his mind, he focused once again to the task


    he came to the Sun Mountain for. Even though he had sensed the area earlier, Austin was still taken


    aback by how many people were crowding in the square at that exact moment.


    Just like his intuition and his spiritual sense had told him before, he confirmed more precisely that there


    were over a thousand people gathered at the center of the Martial Arts Square.


    Judging by the presences of the people alone, Austin gathered that most of the people in the area


    consisted of outer disciples and inner disciples of the Sun Sect, while there were also some principal


    disciples. Leaning his head towards the side, Austin briefly wondered why all of them looked like


    someone had rained on their parade as they all shared the same looks of extreme frustration and


    misery.


    Mentally counting the number of guards in his head, Austin then noted that the square was surrounded


    by two hundred corpse soldiers and fifteen corpse generals. Additionally, about forty to fifty members of


    the Ghost Sect were controlling the undead to patrol the ce heavily.


    It did not take a genius to deduce that the disciples of the Sun Sect had already been besieged by the


    Ghost Sect.


    Most outer disciples of the Sun Sect were merely at the sixth or seventh level of the Energy Gathering


    Realm, while the inner disciples were mainly at the eighth or ninth level of the same realm. Moreover, a


    few members of the sect were able to reach the Earth Realm.


    As for the principal disciples of the Sun Sect, most of them attained the preliminary stage of the Earth


    Realm. Some of the other disciples, too, had reached the medium stage of the Earth Realm.


    Among the sect, arguably the most powerful disciples were the principal disciples who had managed to


    achieve the status of being at the premium stage of the Earth Realm.


    The Sun Sect''s disciples were in a great disadvantage, given the fact that an ordinary cultivator at the


    preliminary stage of the Earth Realm would face extreme difficulty in attempting to defeat a corpse


    soldier due to its sturdy build and the poisonous ptomaine it emitted into the air.


    It was an undeniable fact that the two hundred corpse legionnaires currently situated in the square


    surrounding the disciples of the Sun Sect were invincible enemies, let alone the existence of the


    undead generals.