My strength increases by one percent every day; I can destroy stars with my bare hands.

After leaving the city gate, the army advanced rapidly towards the valley where Jin Zhanfei and his entire army had been wiped out.

As they approached the valley, a faint, sinister smell of blood lingered in the air.

"My lord, the evil cultivators may still be lying in ambush in the valley. Isn't it too risky for us to go there?"

General Wu Daokun, with a serious expression, reminded Li Xuancang.

He couldn't understand why Li Xuancang would lead his men into this place, knowing it was a hideout for evil cultivators, as if he were deliberately seeking death.

"I'm looking for the heretical cultivator. How can I get him to show himself if I don't come to the valley?"

Li Xuancang's words shocked Wu Daokun, his eyes filled with astonishment.

Everyone avoids evil cultivators like the plague, but Li Xuancang actively seeks them out.

Moreover, this was done knowing that the heretical practitioners were lying in ambush, which was tantamount to courting death.

Wu Daokun didn't know whether Li Xuancang was a reckless madman or had some kind of plan, so he could only obey orders.

The army advanced deep into the territory and soon arrived at the burial place of Jin Zhanfei and his comrades.

Before everyone could check the situation, the desolate valley suddenly changed.

"Boom!"

A dull, deafening roar erupted, causing the entire valley floor to tremble violently. Countless crimson array patterns buried deep underground instantly burst forth and lit up.

Crimson light crisscrossed, entangling the mountainside and sealing off the canyon.

The entire mountain forest was completely enveloped by a thick, almost tangible, evil mist.

The light of day was cut off, the daytime turned into darkness, and the surroundings instantly became a gloomy and ghostly realm.

"Hahaha, they've finally entered the battle."

A wild, chilling laugh echoed throughout the valley, its source indistinct.

Within the black mist of the void, hundreds of figures of evil cultivators slowly emerged.

Each of them was surrounded by swirling black energy and possessed overwhelming evil power.

Fang Tianhan, who was in the lead, was full of evil aura. His ghostly eyes looked down at the army below, and his face was full of cruelty.

"Oh no, it's an evil formation."

"We're trapped! We need to find a way to break out!"

"It's over, he's an evil cultivator."

"..."

The surrounding evil energy was rampant, and the five hundred soldiers panicked, causing their formation to break down.

"Don't panic, maintain defensive formation."

Li Xuancang's loud shout rang clearly in everyone's ears.

Although everyone was in a panic, they still subconsciously carried out Li Xuancang's orders and quickly formed a battle formation.

"Li Xuancang, you have killed my men and ruined His Highness Prince Fu's grand plan. Today, you will fall into my Soul-Devouring Army Annihilation Formation, and that will be your death day."

Fang Tianhan believed that everything was settled and that Li Xuancang and his five hundred soldiers were doomed.

"The previous squad of five hundred soldiers was too weak to kill. Today, these five hundred soldiers, plus your head, are just the right sacrifice to my thousands of battle spirits."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Tianhan clenched his fists downwards.

"Buzz!"

The deafening roar of the evil force echoed throughout the heavens and earth.

The black mist that enveloped the valley churned violently, and countless dark ghost claws emerged frantically from the underground array patterns, scratching and tearing, carrying a deadly, venomous wind that corroded flesh and bones, slamming fiercely against the warrior shield array.

"Sizzle, sizzle sizzle..."

The shield, forged from refined iron, was immediately corroded by the black mist, leaving behind dense black spots and white smoke, and the hard iron armor quickly melted away.

"Ugh!"

"what!"

"Hehehe..."

"..."

Countless vengeful spirits crawled out from the formation, baring their fangs and howling, rushing straight to the soldiers' faces, frantically eroding their souls and disturbing their minds.

Being inside the formation causes blood and qi to stagnate, breathing to become heavy, and the mind to be devoured. Ordinary people would die from a broken soul and body in just a moment.

"Stay calm and hold the line."

Li Xuancang roared fiercely, and his body exploded with dense blood energy, like a blazing sun pushing open the dark evil mist to protect the soldiers in the formation.

"Archers, fire a volley at the central point of the formation!"

The order was given and immediately carried out. One hundred archers, enduring excruciating pain, raised their hands to draw their bows.

A barrage of iron arrows pierced through the fog, carrying the iron will and sharpness of the army, heading straight for the heart of the formation.

"Whoosh, whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

A dense rain of arrows pierced the black mist, their killing intent sharp and fierce.

"How naive!"

Fang Tianhan let out a sneer.

The next second, the blood-red patterns on the ground surged, and layers of black air waves swept out, corroding and breaking all the arrows that pierced the air, turning them into ashes.

"Useless struggle." Fang Tianhan sneered and waved his hand. "Kill!"

Hundreds of heretical cultivators moved at the same time.

They no longer hid or lay dormant; their evil power surged forth.

Some conjured pitch-black evil blades, some unleashed corrosive poisonous miasma, and some manipulated bone spikes from the ground, surrounding and crushing from all directions, launching a fierce attack.

The heretical cultivators were all cultivators, with the lowest cultivation level being the Body Tempering Realm, and there were more than a dozen Blood Condensation Realm experts, which was terrifying.

"Long spears lined up to repel the enemy's charge, while shield bearers held their ground to the death."

Li Xuancang stood at the front of the battle line, calm and collected, directing the entire army.

Five hundred soldiers gritted their teeth, formed ranks, and fought desperately.

Spears stood tall, bracing against evil magic; iron shields formed a wall, as they held their ground to the death.

"Bang, bang bang bang..."

A barrage of evil spells bombarded the army formation, causing the armored soldiers to cough up blood and experience turmoil in their qi and blood.

The formation was filled with a bone-chilling wind, vengeful spirits, and crushing evil forces. Every moment, soldiers were swept by the black mist, their flesh rotting and screaming as they fell to the ground.

A fierce battle erupted instantly.

"what!"

Within a few short breaths, several soldiers were seriously wounded and on the verge of death.

"withstand."

The soldiers held on desperately, withstanding several rounds of evil magic attacks from the evil cultivators.

Using evil magic to clear a path, hundreds of evil cultivators approached the soldiers. The evil cultivators, their faces contorted with rage, grinned as they attacked.

"boom!"

Li Xuancang awakened like a sleeping beast, his aura chilling to the bone.

"careful."

Even the most ruthless and evil cultivators felt their hearts pound with fear when facing Li Xuancang.

Like a tiger unleashed from its cage, Li Xuancang broke away from the army formation alone and charged towards the evil cultivators.

"puff!"

"Bang!"

"boom!"

"..."

He had no weapons; his iron fists were his strongest weapons.

His vital energy was boundless, and his divine power was astonishing.

With a single punch, both those in the Body Tempering Realm and those in the Bone Forging Realm were instantly shattered, their bodies torn to pieces, their deaths gruesome.

Even a mere glancing blow from his fist would result in either death or serious injury.

"Damn it, how could it be so terrifying?"

Li Xuancang went on a killing spree, and Fang Tianhan's smile froze. Li Xuancang's strength was even greater than the information from Anzhou City indicated.

Li Xuancang was like a ferocious humanoid beast. In a short time, he had smashed dozens of evil cultivators to pieces, leaving them without any complete corpses.

The evil spells and vengeful spirits in the formation attacked him, but he withstood the evil spells with his powerful body. Before the vengeful spirits could even get close, they were dispersed by the abundant blood and evil energy around him, and their souls were scattered.

"Bang!"

Li Xuancang punched a Bone Forging Realm evil cultivator to pieces, leaving him covered in blood. He looked up at Fang Tianhan, who was at the core of the formation, and a dozen or so Blood Condensation Realm evil cultivators, his face full of provocation.

"You bunch of chickens and dogs think you can kill me? You're dreaming."

The extreme provocation enraged Fang Tianhan and the others.

"Arrogant."

"He dares to spout nonsense even when he's about to die."

"Attack him together! I'll make him wish he were dead!"

"..."

The evil cultivator was furious and wanted to make Li Xuancang wish he were dead, and make him pay the price for his arrogance.

"You're asking for it."

Fang Tianhan's face darkened, and he attacked in anger, unleashing a vicious palm strike towards Li Xuancang's face.