The cold wind and rain beat against the forests outside Black Cloud Village.

On the muddy road, due to the heavy rain, three uninvited guests had arrived.

They wore bamboo hats, their faces were ashen, even their eyeballs were hollow and lifeless, like three moving corpses.

However, after they arrived at the gate of Black Cloud Village, they stopped their steps in unison.

The three of them looked up together, gazing at the simple village nestled among the mountains.

Someone asked coldly: “Is this the place?”

The person carrying the Dragon Spine Sword, walking at the forefront, nodded: “Yes, this is the place.”

As the voice fell, the mysterious murderer drew the Dragon Spine Sword.

The piercing dragon’s roar rose between heaven and earth, echoing among the mountains.

The fierce and resentful energy that had condensed when the Dragon King of the North Sea died suddenly dispersed in the world.

The villagers of Black Cloud Village only heard strange cries without feeling much.

But Xiao Yecao in Black Cloud Village was startled, suddenly looking towards the mountains outside.

Li Muyang was also shocked, feeling the terrifying aura surging outside the village.

The aura was so ferocious and fierce that even the land beneath his feet began to stir as if the ancient evil gods sealed underground were disturbed.

“Elder Brother, wait here for me, I’ll be right back!”

Xiao Yecao hurriedly left these words behind and flew out, heading towards the outside of the village.

Li Muyang watched her departing figure, but how could he wait in peace?

He immediately ran out into the rain, not chasing after Xiao Yecao but facing the pouring rain between heaven and earth. He ran towards the direction of the ancestral temple.

Soon, Li Muyang climbed to the highest point of Black Cloud Village, stood at the entrance of the ancestral temple, and saw Granny Gu sitting quietly in front of the temple gate.

The elderly Granny Gu was still in her old robe, sitting quietly on the steps in front of the ancestral temple, her skinny hands holding a large water pipe, smoking.

However, the usual kind smile on Granny Gu’s face had completely disappeared.

She sat on the steps, her gaze fixed on the direction outside Black Cloud Village, her expression serious.

“…They actually found their way here.”

After Granny Gu spoke, she glanced at Li Muyang: “Your Xiao Yecao, I’m afraid she’s in a bad situation.”

“Today is extremely dangerous for her.”

As Granny Gu’s voice fell, outside Black Cloud Village, a dazzling and blinding sword qi and radiance had already erupted.

The magnificent sword qi crisscrossed and slashed down, directly shearing off the tops of two nearby mountains.

The brilliant light broke through the clouds, actually dispersing the dark clouds in the sky.

Where there had been a storm over Black Cloud Village, suddenly a huge hole appeared, and the cheerful sunlight streamed through the gap in the clouds, shining down on Black Cloud Village.

However, the surrounding mountains were still shrouded in stormy weather, their light dim.

Li Muyang saw four figures flying high into the sky, and apart from Xiao Yecao, there were two others who had come to attack her.

A total of three mysterious assailants appeared simultaneously to strike at Xiao Yecao.

This situation made Li Muyang’s eyes nearly split with rage.

“Aren’t these mysterious assailants supposed to act alone? Why are there three of them at once?!”

In the past, the information known was that these mysterious attackers, with their unknown origins, always acted alone when they attacked true immortals and cultivators.

It seemed that each mysterious assailant was an independent entity, never joining forces with others.

This often led to the assailants being killed by the people.

But now, outside Black Cloud Village, there were no fewer than three people.

And all of them had the combat power of true immortals!

Li Muyang even saw the strongest among them, wielding the Dragon Spine Sword, slashing out with incomparably sharp sword qi.

The one holding the Dragon Spine Sword was clearly the first assailant who had slain the North Sea Dragon King years ago, only to be later killed by the Desolate Mountain fairy.

But now, he had returned from the dead, appearing in front of Xiao Yecao?

He even brought with him the Dragon Spine Sword, forged from the spine of the North Sea Dragon King…

“Granny, can you help her?”

i Muyang couldn’t help but ask anxiously, looking towards Granny Gu who was beside him.

Facing three opponents, one of whom held an immortal sword, was an uneven battle for Xiao Yecao, who had not refined any immortal weapons.

Xiao Yecao was in the sky, surrounded by three mysterious assailants, struggling to defend herself.

Li Muyang couldn’t help but seek Granny Gu’s help, hoping she would take action.

Although Granny Gu was eerily creepy, she was still a creature of this land, bearing the heavy responsibility of sealing the evil gods of ancient times.

In the face of dark catastrophes, she still stood on the same side as the creatures of this world.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have assisted Fairy Yu in Nanjiang City two hundred years later.

But in response to Li Muyang’s plea for help, Granny Gu on the steps remained noncommittal, without any response.

It was as if she hadn’t heard Li Muyang’s plea for help at all, just quietly watching the battle in the sky, squinting her eyes.

“…Something’s not right, these three guys aren’t here to kill Xiao Yecao.”

“They seem to want to capture Xiao Yecao alive!”

Granny Gu keenly sensed something unusual about the battlefield: “They have been restraining themselves, not showing a killing intent, but instead deliberately blocking Xiao Yecao’s escape routes.”

“They want to seal off Xiao Yecao’s paths of escape, and ultimately capture her alive.”

Realizing this, Granny Gu suddenly turned her head and looked deeply at Li Muyang.

“Little Fish, how did you and Xiao Yecao provoke these things?”

Whenever the mysterious assailants appeared, their goal was to slay cultivators.

Each time they struck, their only purpose beyond killing was none other.

But today, outside Black Cloud Village, three true immortal-level mysterious assailants had come to besiege Xiao Yecao and were trying to capture her alive…

Today’s events could be said to be extremely bizarre and completely different from the usual behavior of the mysterious assailants.

Li Muyang’s heart was anxious, knowing that this was definitely the main storyline of stage 5 arriving.

But this time it was different.

In the past, the main storyline missions were always for Li Muyang to personally tackle. But now, he was just a mortal with no power to participate in such a battle.

Watching Xiao Yecao gradually falling into a disadvantage, being pressured by the three mysterious assailants, and with Granny Gu still indifferent and unwilling to take action, Li Muyang suddenly took out the Flesh and Bone Green Garment from his chest, ready to activate this special item.

The Flesh and Bone Green Garment was originally obtained in ‘Deadly Weed’, and when Li Muyang upgraded the Flesh and Bone Green Garment in reality, the Flesh and Bone Green Garment in Jiang Xiaoyu’s chest was also upgraded.

Now, without any cultivation or magical powers, the only force Li Muyang could use was the Flesh and Bone Green Garment.

But as Li Muyang took out the Flesh and Bone Green Garment and prepared to activate it against the mysterious assailants in the sky, Granny Gu, who had been sitting on the steps watching the drama, suddenly frowned.

She glared at Li Muyang and suddenly reached out to snatch the Flesh and Bone Green Garment from his hand.

“Are you courting death?!”

Staring at Li Muyang as if she were frustrated with his incompetence, Granny Gu said, “Although you’ve raised this evil spirit well, using it against a true immortal is definitely a death wish!”