Chapter 573: Chapter 587: Desperate Devouring

“Master? Sect Hierarch?” A group of Undead Commanders suddenly froze in place.

What was the situation? How could they treat a member of the Human Clan like an elder brother?

And what was this term ‘Sect Hierarch’? Could a dog be the Sect Hierarch of Undead Creatures too?

“What do you mean?” A few Undead Commanders looked at Skull with unpleasant expressions.

As Undead Creatures, they were mortal enemies of humans, and from the moment they gained Spiritual Wisdom, they were taught that humans were nothing but food. The idea of peaceful coexistence simply didn’t exist in their vocabulary.

Now, suddenly, their Commander was acknowledging a human as master, something they simply couldn’t accept.

“Get rid of them all, I need to enhance my strength as well,” Mu Can said after looking at Skull.

Having two Undead Creatures from the Wangcai Divine Sect was enough; there was no need for more.

On the contrary, it was him who needed to take advantage of the situation here to fiercely increase his own strength.

At the very least, he needed to ensure his own survival capabilities amidst the chaos of the uninhabited regions.

After all, when that time comes, all the realms of heaven and earth will merge into one world—a cataclysmic, world-shattering chaos.

“Yes, Master.” Skull glanced at Mu Can and unsheathed his knife, then charged towards his subordinates.

The crimson blade swung, leaving a trail of bright red with each motion, and as the knife slashed, the whole world seemed to turn blood red.

“You dare lay hands on your own kind.”

“No, he’s not our Commander, he’s a Devourer.”

Upon hearing the name ‘Devourer,’ a wave of panic was evident among the Undead Creatures.

“Don’t panic, kill him and claim the reward at the Undead Camp.”

To know that hunting a Devourer was enough to exchange for the Life Spiritual Power needed to advance in any of the top ten Undead Camps.

Thinking this, the few Undead Commanders looked at Skull with greedy eyes.

Sadly for them, after Skull’s advancement, his strength was far beyond the previous crimson Undead Commander, and these Undead Commanders were no match for him. In a short time, they were reduced to scattered bones and a few floating Soul Fires.

Skull collected the Undead Spirit Fires, suppressing the instinct to devour these flames, and handed them over to Mu Can.

Mu Can took them and used a Spiritual Artifact to devour the Soul Fires.

After the Soul Fires were processed by the Spiritual Artifact, they turned into the purest energy and entered Mu Can’s body.

Feeling the gradual increase in the strength of his flesh, Mu Can was extremely pleased.

Ever since his strength reached a bottleneck and the Great Taoist Rift appeared, Mu Can had not experienced the sensation of gradually improving.

“Continue, to the next location.” Mu Can almost moaned in comfort, the feeling of strengthening himself was just sublime.

Wang Cai noticed that something seemed off about Mu Can, but couldn’t quite pinpoint what it was.

He could only follow behind Mu Can, heading to the next location marked with Skulls.

Before that, Mu Can led everyone back into the New World.

He wanted to take advantage of the absence of battles to have Wang Cai produce more thunder explosives.

There was also the matter of interrogating the soldiers that had been captured.

Wang Cai was in charge of making the explosives, while Er Lai and himself would interrogate the soldiers.

After they arrived at the space where the soldiers were held captive, the soldiers were gathering together, studying the area.

They felt a blur in front of their eyes and then found themselves captured and brought to this place.

The interrogation process was very swift; seeing the skeletal beings obediently standing behind Mu Can, the soldiers instantly cowered.

They recounted all they knew about the General in detail.

However, as Mu Can had guessed, the General hadn’t left the city for many years, and no one knew what he was planning.

But some speculated it was due to fear, as someone had once seen the General with a face full of terror.

Shouting loudly that she is coming, she is coming, leaving all the soldiers at a loss.

The reason they had come out to hunt during the day was simple – to help the General find undead creatures of a level sufficient to enhance his own.

“Alright, you guys just wait here.” Mu Can spoke; he had pretty much known all this information already, so as for these soldiers, it was best to let Wang Cai give them a good brainwashing later.

He had no psychological barrier to killing undead creatures himself, but for these fellow Human Clan members, he really couldn’t bring himself to execute them.

Wang Cai made nearly two hundred Heaven Rank thunder explosives in one go; these were precious stuff, even a general Heaven Rank without precautions would be injured by them.

“Go recruit some minions.” Mu Can casually instructed, snatching half of the thunder explosives from Wang Cai’s hands.

He also had big plans for these items.

With Wang Cai involved, there was no tough bone that couldn’t be chewed. Before long, several soldiers had become members of the Wangcai Divine Sect.

Their eyes were filled with adoration when looking at Wang Cai.

Mu Can noticed a pattern; whenever Wang Cai was recruiting for the Wangcai Divine Sect, he was always very serious, introducing the benefits and rules of the sect to the others.

And the reason that made these people willing to join the Wangcai Divine Sect was simple – Wang Cai promised to help them improve their strength and hunt undead creatures for them.

“Done.” Wang Cai wagged his tail and returned to Mu Can’s side.

“Master is great!” The soldiers lined up in a row, saluting Mu Can respectfully.

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The next task for the group was straightforward.

They had barely stepped out from the New World when they immediately rushed to another location on the map marked with a skull.

This time, Mu Can didn’t even need to make a move.

A group of soldiers rushed forward, digging out undead creatures from the outside, feeling the joy of a bountiful harvest.

Wang Cai, the skeletal beings, and Toad, all three stood by, taking turns to smash the skeletons whenever the undead creatures appeared.

The Undead Spirit Fire was evenly distributed among several soldiers and the skeletons.

Though the low-level undead contributed minimally to the skeleton’s strength improvement, even a mosquito’s leg is meat.

As a proper Devourer, he wasn’t the fussy type.

Mu Can was certain that had it not been for his presence and the constraints of their contract, the skull would have turned the world upside down by now.

This also made Mu Can understand why the entire undead clan limits the existence of Devourers.

Such a being is simply too perverse; if allowed to devour endlessly, there would not be enough undead and Human Clan in the world to satisfy its hunger.