Outside of Time - Chapter 1266

Chapter 1244: The starry
sky of the battlefield was full of stars, and there was a special drum sound reverberating, forming a sound containing fairy magic, and the waves were empty.

This is the drum to calm the gods.

It is a powerful weapon used by the Nianlin Army when they go out on patrol and sweep away hidden gods.

It can sense all traces of gods within range and is extremely sensitive to foreign things.

At this moment, the drum sound turned into a guide, locking onto all directions. At the same time, under the command of the low voice, the five flying boats in the patrol team whizzed away.

Go straight to your destination.

The remaining patrol teams continued to move forward, exploring other directions and waiting for feedback from the flying boats that were out on the killing mission.

Just like that, time passed by little by little.

The exploration in other directions has not been completed yet, but the flying boat that went out has received information in advance.

“Sir, we have followed the drum sound and arrived at Huiling Star, the place where the gods set up their altars. However, the ground is littered with the corpses of gods, and… it is clean.”

The cultivator who delivered the message had a strange tone in his voice.

“There are unknown ones who arrived here before us. We will destroy them.”

In the starry sky, in the patrol team’s flying boat, the person in charge of this patrol mission was a middle-aged monk with a stern expression.

This cultivator was wearing blue scale armor, and his entire body exuded the aura of a peak quasi-immortal, which was extremely extraordinary.

At this moment, after sensing this feedback information while sitting cross-legged, the middle-aged monk suddenly opened and closed his eyes, with a look of deep thought in his eyes.

This large war zone is under the charge of their Nian Lin Army, and there is only one patrol team in this area.

But now, an unknown person has taken action before them…

Soon, the middle-aged monk issued a decree, and the next moment all the patrol flying boats changed direction, disappeared into nothingness in the starry sky, and rushed towards Huiling Star.

Not long after, outside the Huiling Star where the five teams Xuan, Lin, Mo, Ling and Feng were located, amidst the waves of the starry sky, one patrol flying boat after another appeared from nothing and shuttled out directly from the void.

The moment they appeared, hundreds of figures, led by the middle-aged cultivator at the peak of the quasi-immortal level, rushed out like meteors, heading straight for the stars.

The moment arrives.

And then… everyone’s expressions became strange.

What they saw was the collapsed altar and the corpses of gods scattered all over the ground.

Those corpses were all dried up, and they were not killed in one blow. Instead, there were obvious signs of stimulation, as if their essence had been forcibly collected.

It is indeed clean…

There is no source substance left.

Looking at this, everyone looked at each other in confusion.

This method really doesn’t seem like the style of their Nianlin Army.

“It looks a bit like a corpse-sniffing team… too clean.” The middle-aged monk in charge of this patrol mission, who was accompanied by his personal guards, spoke in a low voice.

This sentence expresses the thoughts of many people.

The scene before our eyes, no matter how we look at it, looks as if a corpse-finding team has been here.

After all, collecting source material is a delicate job. If it were them, it would be difficult to do it so cleanly. It requires practice again and again.

“But those people in the corpse-sniffing team are like vultures, and they only appear in large-scale battlefields.”

“They usually don’t appear in places like this where there are dozens of gods.”

Some people also raised questions.

“Could it be that scouts from other legions have come here? And are they accompanied by a corpse-sniffing team? What kind of equipment is this?”

While everyone was analyzing the situation, the middle-aged cultivator at the peak of the quasi-immortal realm swept his eyes over all the corpses, then looked at the collapsed altar, and finally his eyes fell on a corpse.

Looking at the corpse, his eyes gleamed and he spoke slowly.

“This god is in the middle realm of the divine platform!”

“They hid here and set up the altar, but it was not time to open it yet, so they had to open it hastily.”

“So, the one who killed them didn’t use the God-Suppressing Drum to sense them like us, but… had been keeping an eye on them for a long time.”

“They were able to kill the Divine Stage Mid-level in such a short time and wipe out all traces, so that we didn’t even notice. This group of unknown people is not simple.”

As soon as the middle-aged monk spoke, the surroundings suddenly became quiet.

After a while, the middle-aged monk withdrew his gaze.

“Report this matter. It should be comrades from other legions who have come across the region.”

After saying this, he turned around and walked up into the starry sky. The monks around him also flew up and returned to the flying boat.

However, many of them looked back at the battlefield as they returned, with emotion rising in their hearts.

“He came from another region, and brought a corpse-sniffing team with him…”

…

At the same time, in the starry sky some distance away from Huiling Star, Xu Qing and others, who were believed by the patrol team of the Nianlin Army to have come from other regions, were galloping in secret while communicating with each other to summarize the battle.

“The speed of collection is still too slow.”

“Although we are good at live capture, live capture requires sealing the spirit first, so it is not as quick as beheading it.”

“And in order to be more thorough, we need to continue to stimulate…”

“It’s fine at ordinary times, but on the battlefield, corpse mining is more suitable!”

“We need to practice more on corpse collection. The faster we collect corpses, the more suitable they will be for the battlefield.”

During this discussion and summary, Xu Qing spoke and set the direction.

“Then next, in addition to the collective corpse-finding mission, we will follow the previous method to find a suitable team of gods, collect materials and practice at the same time!”

As Xu Qing’s words came out, everyone nodded, and then dispersed to look for their next target.

Soon, Xu Qing was the only one left in the starry sky. He looked at the departing ascenders. After a while, he found a meteorite and used it as his temporary cave, where he sat cross-legged.

He planned to continue absorbing source essence in an effort to continuously improve his cultivation.

At the same time, regarding this war, after having gone through all this, now sitting cross-legged in the silence all around, Xu Qing was also thinking.

“Overall, the delays in the left-wing front were clearly a coordinated trick by both sides.”

“We have mutual purposes.”

“Unfortunately, due to the lack of comprehensive information, it is impossible to analyze the purpose of the Central Theater.”

“But one thing is certain… with a battle of this scale and such huge sacrifices, what is to be accomplished must be of extremely important strategic importance!”

Xu Qing pondered.

Only by understanding the general trend of the war can we better obtain what we need within it.

“I am now in the early stage of quasi-immortal. If I want to reach the great perfection, I need a huge amount of source essence…”

“And time is running out.”

“We need to find a way to speed up everything!”

Xu Qing murmured, raised his hand, took out the source material collected along the way, and began to absorb it.

Time just passes slowly like this.

Three months passed in a flash.

During these three months, events similar to what happened on Huiling Star occurred several times in the war zone under the charge of the Nianlin Army.

Each time, before the patrols arrived, the hidden gods were destroyed and the essence was collected.

And the speed of fighting and gathering is getting faster and faster.

The cleanliness of the battlefield is becoming more and more tidy.

Gradually, the rumor spread among several patrol teams.

Rumor has it that there is a cross-regional team from other legions that is active in the war zone of the Nian Lin Army. They are so cruel and ruthless that they are equipped with a corpse-seeking team. Every time they take action, they are quick, accurate, and ruthless.

This incident gradually caused strong dissatisfaction among the local corpse-collecting team in this war zone.

It also attracted the attention of the legion’s top brass, but just as they were preparing for a detailed investigation, this mysterious team disappeared and never reappeared.

Similar things actually happen from time to time in various war zones, so after discovering that this team had disappeared, the Nian Lin army did not pay too much attention to investigating.

Another reason is that the wars in this war zone are becoming more frequent.

At this moment, on a giant white star, a small-scale battle involving thousands of soldiers from both sides is breaking out.

Roars and growls could be heard from afar.

Divine arts and immortal spells emit colorful rays of light, shining in all directions.

The battle between the two sides was extremely fierce.

At the edge of the battlefield, on a huge white mountain, a group of monks from the corpse-seeking team were waiting there.

Among them was the old man who had guided Xu Qing and others several months ago.

Xu Qing and others were also among them. At this moment, they were sitting cross-legged in meditation, spreading their perceptions to investigate the battle ahead.

As they watched, unlike the other conservative monks in the corpse-searching team, the ascenders like Xu Qing were already feeling impatient.

In fact, during this period of time, they had made considerable gains from their many jungle outings, and the speed of collection had also increased significantly.

Each of their cultivation has improved.

However, the frequent outbreaks of war in the war zone left them with no time to continue hunting in the wild, and they could only participate in corpse-searching missions again and again.

We have been waiting here for a long time, but the battle between the two sides is in a stalemate and it is difficult to determine the winner in a short time.

Then everyone’s eyes flashed, and most of them looked at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing also frowned. During these three months, the gain of source essence had improved his cultivation. Now he was in a hurry to go to the next battlefield.

But it is obvious that the battle here cannot be ended for the time being.

So after pondering for a moment, Xu Qing suddenly stood up and took a step forward.

The moment the footsteps landed, the Ascendants around him became excited and stood up one after another.

The other corpse-searching teams not far away were all surprised.

Especially the old man who had mentored Xu Qing, he looked over and was about to speak.

The next moment, Xu Qing’s speed suddenly burst out. Amidst the roar, his whole body turned into a long rainbow, like a sharp blade, and rushed straight to the battlefield.

Behind him, Zhou Zhengli and others also galloped forward without hesitation.

Looking around, these dozens of people looked like vultures and a pack of wolves, shocking the other corpse-seeking cultivators on the mountain.

The old man’s eyes widened.

“Are we going in early? This…”

The old man exclaimed.

Before he could finish his words, Xu Qing and his group had already arrived in the distance.

Enter the battlefield!

In an instant, a deafening roar became clear in their ears, and the waves of the magic also surged in their bodies.

Xu Qing was the first to be hit. He burst into speed and turned into an afterimage, shuttling through the battlefield and directly appeared next to the corpse of a god at the peak of the divine fire level.

He raised his right hand and pressed it on the chest of the corpse. In front of the many warring parties around him, he began to collect essence on the battlefield!
As a large amount of essence was collected, the corpse withered rapidly.

As for the two parties fighting nearby, after using their peripheral vision and divine sense to detect this scene, both the cultivators and gods were stunned.

They had never seen anything like this.

Soon, it was not just the warring parties around Xu Qing who were stunned. With the arrival of Zhou Zhengli and others, these ascenders had already dispersed and each headed straight for the corpses.

Crazy collecting!

His movements were skillful and fast. After collecting one, he quickly pounced on another.

As a result, more people from both warring parties saw these extremely strange scenes happening on the battlefield.

Obviously, both sides were fighting a life-and-death battle, but suddenly a group of people appeared and collected corpses in front of them.

Although it seemed strange to the cultivators, they were all human after all. But to the gods, it was obviously very stimulating, so those who were nearby took action immediately.

However, these corpse-snatching teams that broke into the battlefield had clear goals. Once they encountered obstacles, they immediately gave up and left quickly without any lingering fight, to look for the corpses of other gods.

On the battlefield, the two sides were already in a stalemate, with life and death at any time. If the corpse-seeking teams were distracted or chased after them, the monks of the Nian Lin Army who were fighting against them would immediately seize the opportunity.

As a result, the gods had to stop, and the strength of these corpse-touching monks was quite good, which made them feel like fish in water on this battlefield.

Crazy collecting the corpses of gods.

But if that were all, it would be fine. After all, there were only dozens of corpse-touching cultivators who came, and their overall impact on the battlefield was small.

But…soon, a different scene appeared in front of Xu Qing.

While rushing towards the corpse of a god, in front of Xu Qing, there was a god at the peak of the Divine Fire Realm who was fighting a life-and-death battle with the cultivators of the Nian Lin Army.

The god’s eyes were cold, his divine power was erupting, and the source energy in his body was also rising, exuding an alluring aura.

The monk from the Nianlin Army had red eyes and was about to fight to the death.

But in the next moment, both the monk and the god saw blur.

Xu Qing’s figure suddenly appeared in their eyes.

Without waiting for a reaction, Xu Qing, who had descended, raised his right hand and grabbed the god’s neck. The power of the immortal embryo surged up and poured into the god’s body like a raging flood.

A shrill wail instantly came out from the god’s mouth, and his life force was extinguished in an instant. There was a loud bang at the neck, and he collapsed directly.

Became a corpse.

Xu Qing squatted down and collected them while they were still hot.

The monk from the Nianlin Army who was about to fight to the death paused for a moment, then showed gratitude in his eyes.

This scene was noticed by Xie Lingzi. He licked his lips and made the same move, killing a god who was fighting with a monk.

Forcibly collect the body.

Soon, other ascenders followed suit, and attacked like wolves and tigers.

If there are corpses around, collect them. If you meet an attractive one on the way, take the body by force.

If you can beat the opponent, then fight; if you can launch a sneak attack, then launch a sneak attack; if you can’t beat the opponent, then avoid him without hesitation and use life-saving means to avoid him.

As a result, waves gradually arose on the battlefield.

Although there was not much of a stir at the beginning, as time went by and Xu Qing and his group became more and more crazy, this group of people gradually attracted attention.

The commanders of both sides in this battle also noticed it.

Compared to the frowns on the gods’ side, the quasi-immortal leader on the cultivators’ side had a strange gleam in his eyes.

As for the other corpse-seeking teams on the distant mountain, including the old man, they were all stunned and their hearts were already buzzing with fear.

“Is this touching a corpse?”

A teammate next to him murmured when he heard this.

“They were touching the corpse. I saw it clearly. They were touching it right after they were beaten to death…”