Medical and Martial God

”So that’s how it is... so that’s how it is!” Bruce said, breaking out in a cold sweat. ”It’s a good thing I learned this from you. Otherwise, if we had gone to war with the Three Great Judicator Families and Ye Xiu had launched a surprise attack with his forces, the world’s martial artists would have suffered catastrophic casualties.”

The members of the Necromancers Association present wore grim expressions, their hearts filled with raging fury as they urged Bruce to lead them to kill Ye Xiu and wipe out the Abandoned City.

Seeing this, Tu La and Cha Muxue laughed inwardly. Ye Xiu has truly run out of options now. The martial artists inside the Abandoned City are doomed.

”One last question,” Bruce asked. ”Aside from healing injuries, what other abilities does the Life Totem have?”

Tu La answered truthfully, ”Death is a shortcut to awakening the Life Totem. In other words, a person who possesses a Life Totem cannot die. Even if killed, they will be resurrected, provided their body and head are not destroyed.”

What?

The abilities of the Life Totem made Bruce and every member of the Necromancers Association present burn with covetousness.

Possessing a Life Totem was equivalent to having countless lives!

In some ways, the Life Totem was even more practical than the Dragon God Totem.

”Men, take these two, mince them up, and feed them to the dogs,” Bruce said coldly.

”You...” Tu La and Cha Muxue feigned panic. Tu La stammered, ”You... you’re going back on your word.”

”There’s no need to keep promises to an enemy!” Bruce replied indifferently.

”I’ll do it!”

”I’ll do it!”

Two Seventh-Realm War God undercover agents who had infiltrated the Necromancers Association volunteered for the task.

”Good. I’ll leave it to you,” Bruce nodded.

After the two agents led Tu La and Cha Muxue away, Bruce scanned everyone from the Necromancers Association and said solemnly, ”Contact the leaders of all the major global organizations at once. Tell them I’m inviting them for a late-night snack and that their attendance is mandatory.”

Bruce was well aware that the Abandoned City was too powerful. The twenty Seventh-Realm War Gods alone were not an obstacle the Necromancers Association could easily overcome. He had to unite all the War Gods in the world to crush the Abandoned City.

「The next morning at seven o’clock.」

Aside from those in the Abandoned City and the unaffiliated Loose Cultivator War Gods, all other War Gods on Biluo Island—numbering just over 110,000—gathered in the mountains more than two hundred miles from the Abandoned City.

”Bruce, let me confirm one more time. Was everything you told us last night the truth?” Galava, the Xuan Ming Sect Hierarch, asked with extreme gravity.

All the nearby War Gods looked at Bruce with the same intense expression.

After all, attacking the Abandoned City was a monumental undertaking. If Bruce was inciting everyone to attack the Abandoned City and eliminate Ye Xiu out of a personal grudge, they would all face dire consequences if they angered Huang Quan in the process.

”I repeated what Third Prince Lin Chuan’s subordinates said to you last night, word for word. Do you see any issue with it?” Bruce asked in return.

Galava and the other War Gods fell silent.

Indeed, Bruce’s story from the previous night contained no loopholes, nor was it something that could be easily fabricated. After all, the source of Ye Xiu’s medical skills and strength was a genuine mystery.

”If that’s really the case, then Ye Xiu is as good as dead!” Galava sneered. Among everyone present, he hated Ye Xiu the most. After all, Ye Xiu had hollowed out the Xuan Ming Sect’s roster of Seventh-Realm War Gods in one fell swoop.

”If there are no further objections, then let’s set off,” Bruce announced loudly. ”With so many of us gathered here, it will be hard to keep it from Ye Xiu. If he escapes beforehand, all our efforts will be for nothing.”

”Then let’s move out!” Galava said with murderous intent. ”I can’t wait to drink Ye Xiu’s blood.”

The thought of Ye Xiu’s Dragon God Blood and the 30,000 Life Totems made the blood of every War God present boil with excitement!

”Target, the Abandoned City! Kill!” Bruce roared, taking the lead and sprinting toward the Abandoned City.

Over 110,000 War Gods followed closely behind. However, no one noticed that the 46 War Gods who had pledged allegiance to the Three Great Judicator Families more than sixty years ago had deliberately slowed their pace. After falling to the very back of the formation, they stopped, watching the main army disappear into the distance.

Just then, Tu La, Lin Chuan, and Cha Muxue ran over.

”Greetings, Master!” the 46 undercover agents said in unison, kneeling on one knee before Tu La.

”There is no need for such formalities. Rise, all of you. Follow me to the Abandoned City to watch the show. We might get a chance to rescue Kristina,” Tu La said with a smile.

”As you command!”

The 46 undercover agents, along with Lin Chuan and Cha Muxue, immediately followed Tu La, trailing the War God Army from a great distance as they marched rapidly toward the Abandoned City.

The War God Army’s strength was uneven. The weakest were First-Realm War Gods, while the strongest was the Eighth-Realm War God, Bruce. Therefore, the army had to travel at the fastest pace sustainable by the First-Realm War Gods. If everyone went at their full speed, the First-Realm War Gods might not have covered even a tenth of the distance by the time Bruce reached the Abandoned City.

Moreover, to avoid detection, the army did not take the main roads, instead traversing mountains and valleys. This made the journey far longer than the 200-kilometer straight-line distance—it was well over 1,000 kilometers.

It wasn’t until noon that the army finally arrived at the tunnel entrance to the Abandoned City. They all came to a halt, having no choice but to stop, for someone was blocking their path.

”What brings you all to my Abandoned City?” Ye Xiu asked in a clear voice, single-handedly blocking the tunnel entrance while seated on the back of Pipi Pig.

”It seems you already knew we were coming,” Bruce sneered.

”With such a huge commotion, it would be hard not to know,” Ye Xiu said, his face devoid of expression. ”You still haven’t answered my question. Why have you brought these people to the Abandoned City?”

Before Bruce could answer, Galava, the Xuan Ming Sect Hierarch, bellowed, ”Ye Xiu, stop pretending! We all know your secret—that you’re an undercover agent for the Three Great Judicator Families planted here on Biluo Island! I advise you and everyone in the Abandoned City to surrender at once. Hand over the 30,000 Life Totems, and we might leave you with an intact corpse.”

Ye Xiu chuckled, looking at Galava as if he were an idiot. ”Who told you I’m an undercover agent for the Three Great Judicator Families?”

”Still pretending!” Galava’s anger flared, and he said impatiently, ”Last night, two of Third Prince Lin Chuan’s men raided the Necromancers Association. They were captured by Bruce and confessed everything about your identity.”

”Fools!” Ye Xiu scoffed. ”How could so many of you fail to see through such a crude and sloppy plot to sow discord? The Three Great Judicator Families want us to fight amongst ourselves and exhaust our own strength.”

Bruce curled his lip. ”Keep making excuses. I’d like to see what kind of tale you can spin.”

Galava interjected, ”Bruce, don’t waste any more words on him. Just give the order to attack! What if Ye Xiu is just stalling for time, plotting something against us?”

Bruce thought this made sense. He immediately drew his sword, raised it high, took a deep breath, and opened his mouth, about to shout the order to attack. But the words had barely formed on his lips when Ye Xiu interrupted him.

”Gentlemen, do you all truly believe I am an undercover agent for the Three Great Judicator Families?”

Having been cut off, Bruce was forced to swallow his words and nearly choked. He was about to ignore Ye Xiu’s stalling tactic and give the attack order anyway.

Just then, someone else cut him off.

”I don’t believe it!”

Yan Long, along with the Eight Great National Protector War Gods and the other War Gods from the Heaven Net, walked out from the crowd to stand by Ye Xiu’s side.