Recording the enemy's dangerous abilities allowed the Night Knight to have countermeasures against all enemies, which was also the reason he could slay Galax, the previous Divine Blood wielder of the Blasphemous Blood.
However, the Night Knight was not a warmonger. He collected this information purely as a precaution. Unless Wen Wen went mad and massacred the populace one day, the Night Knight would not act against him.
Now that everyone present had recovered from the effects of the Corpse Pill, the three were preparing to head to the Shi Family Village.
Less than an hour after nightfall, the Night Knight still had ample time for normal activities, so they decided to proceed to the Shi Family Village immediately.
The existence of these corpses already proved Aigel's connection to the Shi Family Village. Their defeat would undoubtedly alert Aigel, and if they didn't seek him out tonight, they might not find him tomorrow.
The battle in Yulian Nu had reduced Aigel's strength to its absolute minimum. If they could find him, he would have no chance of escape.
Therefore, in Wen Wen's view, the night's operation was a natural progression. The only difference was whether the Night Knight would kill Aigel or if Wen Wen would find an opportunity to capture Aigel and bring him to the containment facility.
Furthermore, the validation of the stone ring's effect had also sparked a playful thought in Wen Wen's mind. Perhaps he could employ some tricky maneuvers with the stone ring when dealing with Aigel.
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From the outside, the Shi Family Village did not resemble a prominent sect or clan, but rather a village that appeared somewhat gloomy.
The buildings in the village looked ordinary, even a little impoverished.
However, upon closer inspection, one could see an abnormal distortion in the walls and roof tiles of the buildings, giving the village a sinister and evil aura compared to a normal settlement.
The village was located within a forest. The tree trunks in this forest were deep brown, and the leaves were dark green, making the entire forest appear black from a distance.
A gray-black mist perpetually hung above the forest. Most people would experience hallucinations shortly after entering, and only martial artists with internal energy could traverse this Black Forest unimpeded.
Yet, even martial artists rarely wandered in the forest. Not only was the Shi Family Village, one of the five major evil factions in the martial world, located here, but the occasional appearance of walking corpses also sent shivers down their spines.
Evil factions that could establish a foothold in the martial world usually possessed some means of survival; otherwise, they would have been eradicated by a coalition of righteous sects. This Black Forest served as the Shi Family Village's natural barrier.
There was a legend in the Shi Family Village that their ancestors could cultivate immensely powerful zombies, even terrifying Zombie Kings.
For the sake of creating zombies and unifying the martial world, the Shi Family Village had abducted many people from the outside for human experimentation over the years. The walking corpses in the Black Forest were the product of these experiments, and the miasma above the Black Forest was the condensation of the victims' resentments.
Of course, just because martial artists didn't come did not mean that this vast Black Forest contained only the Shi Family Village and zombies.
Within this eerie forest also dwelled countless terrifying demonic creatures. These creatures coexisted peacefully with the Shi Family Village, but any outsider entering would inevitably be attacked by them.
The environment here was somewhat similar to that of the Inner World, making these ferocious beings feel quite comfortable.
Thus, they collectively decided not to attack the Shi Family Village, nor allow other monsters to attack it. If the Shi Family Village were to be destroyed, they would find it difficult to locate such a comfortable place again.
However, after Aigel entered the Shi Family Village, these creatures, which had been guarding the village for countless years, became the first to suffer.
Some of them had their blood and flesh energy drained by Aigel, while others were transformed into even more terrifying monsters to serve as Aigel's guards.
Moreover, the trees in the Black Forest were being subtly influenced by Aigel, transforming into a special kind of life form.
First, their branches became tougher, making it impossible for ordinary martial artists to cut through their bark with sharp blades. Then, eyes, noses, ears, and mouths grew on the trees.
The ears and noses allowed them to discern the location and emotions of living people, the eyes enabled them to see into people's hearts to some extent, and the mouths would unhesitatingly reveal people's scars, or otherwise hurl the most vicious curses at them if no scars were found.
The miasma also became more lethal and could cause certain mutations in the human body.
The entire Black Forest had become a death trap. Even ordinary superhumans who entered would likely not be able to leave.
Disaster-level life forms were known as 'Star Gods' in the Inner World. As gods, their mere existence affected their surroundings. Disaster-level powerhouses with normal thought processes had a positive impact on their surroundings, whereas Aigel's negative impact was detrimental.
Typically, the Hunter Association's Purifiers consciously controlled this influence, but great villains like Aigel paid no heed.
Two large camps were constructed outside the Shi Family Village. One camp was for the male martial artists who had consumed the pills; they would be transformed into zombies here. The other camp was for the existing zombies.
Both the martial artists about to be transformed into zombies and those who had already completed the transformation occupied space very efficiently, requiring only enough room to stand.
At the center of the village stood a magnificent courtyard. This was the only upscale area of the Shi Family Village and had now become Aigel's residence.
Every day, countless modified female martial artists with internal energy were sent to Aigel's courtyard, but not a single one emerged alive; not even their bones could be found.
At this moment, Aigel sat in the center of the camp, holding a letter in his hand, a look of disdain on his face.
"Wailong, Wailong, do you think I would still believe you at this point? If I hadn't believed your foolproof lie about Yulian Nu, how would I have ended up like this?"
Indeed, this letter was sent by Wailong, inviting Aigel to Mount Tian to discuss a grand plan to deal with the Night Knight and Ishna, under the name of 'Heavenly Mountain Poison Immortal King' Pi Yanping.
However, having been tricked once, Aigel no longer trusted Wailong.
In fact, upon seeing the letter, Aigel had already entertained the idea of going to Mount Tian to kill Wailong.
As a Disaster-level powerhouse, Aigel was unwilling to remain in this incomplete world forever.
This world was peculiar; their powers could not penetrate outwards. Otherwise, they could have learned from the Star Gods of the Inner World and returned to the real world through 'descent.'
Aigel was a life form from the real world, and the difficulty of descent was countless times easier than for monsters from the Inner World.
Since descent was not feasible, the best outcome for Aigel would be to find an exit from here, go out, and then destroy the passage.
To eternally trap the Night Knight and Ishna here!