Fabre in Sacheon’s Tang

The largest hidden stronghold of the Blood Cult in the central plains was discovered in the jungles of Funing, Yunnan, as revealed by the confessions of the captured cult members from Wuhan.

Just a bit further east lay Guangxi, and heading north led to Guizhou and Sichuan—an essential strategic point.@@novelbin@@

Because of this, Zhu Jung-hak, the leader of the Martial Alliance, acted swiftly.

The captured cultists admitted that apart from a small branch monitoring the Martial Alliance in Wuhan, the Blood Cult hadn’t yet spread its influence too far. This meant now was the time to strike.

If they delayed even a little, the Blood Cult’s power could spread uncontrollably across Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Guangxi.

The Blood Cult’s martial arts allowed its practitioners to grow stronger rapidly by drinking or absorbing blood.

For degenerate aristocrats and some lowlife martial artists, this was a very tempting prospect.

Even thirty years ago, during the Blood Cult Rebellion, the cult recruited scoundrels like them to swell its ranks in an instant.

So Zhu Jung-hak quickly assembled a punitive force and marched toward Funing.

As a result, a village of over a thousand Zhuang people deep in the Yunnan jungle found itself under siege by martial artists.

• Fwoosh.

Flames engulfed the Zhuang village as the martial artists surrounded it. Zhu Jung-hak’s face twisted in fury as he shouted.

“Those bastards disguised themselves as Zhuang people! They are a blight upon the central plains—leave none alive!”

The reason the Blood Cult hunters attacked a village of Zhuang, one of Yunnan’s ethnic minorities, was because the cultists had cunningly disguised themselves as Zhuang people.

Their houses, their clothing, everything looked like a regular Zhuang village.

“Yes, Alliance Leader! Let’s go! Don’t let a single one of these Blood Cult bastards live!”

“““Understood!”””

At the furious command of Zhu Jung-hak, the noose tightened.

Leading the charge was the Azure Dragon Squad, directly under the Alliance Leader’s command.

Behind them, disciples from various sects followed in a relentless tide.

“Waaaaah! Kill them all! Leave none alive!”
“Exterminate the Blood Cult!”
“It’s the Martial Alliance! We’re under attack—khuek!”
“H-how did they find us?! Guuhh…”

Inside the burning village, a brutal battle between the Blood Cultists and the orthodox martial artists erupted.

But the fight did not last long.

Thanks to the scattering poison that was especially effective against the Blood Cult, the battle quickly turned into a one-sided massacre.

“M-my internal energy!”
“Damn those orthodox bastards! They poisoned their weapons—be careful!”

• Sizzle.

• Sizzle.