The Almighty Dragon General

James wanted to recruit more powerhouses to assist Sienna and increase their chances of success.
Riding on Quiomars, James returned to the Ecclesiastical Restricted Zone.
In the past, Mateo had set up a powerful formation to trap an Acmean in a dangerous battlefield within the Ecclesiastical
Restricted Zone. The formation was cracked during the fight against the Acmean, and its strength had drastically weakened over
time. Although it was damaged and weakened, the formation was still capable of trapping and killing a powerful Acmean. After
Lord Samsong stumbled into the formation, he was unable to easily escape it.
James appeared in the central region of the Ecclesiastical Restricted Zone, which was an island. He stood on the top of a
spiritual mountain and looked at the shattered formation in the distance. He saw Lord Samsong resisting the formation’s
remaining strength. What’s more, an Acmean’s soul was lingering within the formation.
Even though he was dead, he still possessed terrifying strength. Although his body and soul were destroyed, his anguish
remained and formed a lingering soul. What James had previously encountered in the Sky City were also lingering souls.
These lingering souls were the remaining anguish of the
Acmeansthat had died in the Ecclesiastical Restricted Zone. Master Mateo had specifically built the Sky City to trap these
lingering souls. With the passage of time, the strength of these lingering souls would also weaken.
Gradually, they would completely vanish.
However, these lingering souls took a long time to disappear. Although they had existed since the Primordial Realm Era, they
were as strong as Ninth Stage Lords.
Meanwhile, the lingering souls in the shattered formation were not very strong, as the formation constantly drained their power.
The lingering souls in the formation only had the strength equivalent to that of a Ninth Stage Lord.
As he resisted the remaining power of the formation, Lord Samsong also had to fight off the lingering souls. He was already
ragged and severely injured but continued to sustain more damage.
Despite his severe injuries, he was a Ninth Stage Lord and would not die so easily. It would not be a problem for him to survive in
the shattered formation for another few thousand or tens of thousands of Epochs. In time, he would eventually break the
formation and escape.

Quiomars said, “Master, Lord Samsong is proud and arrogant. He won’t readily cooperate with you, and it’ll be hard for you to
win him over. Would you like me to intentionally endanger him further?”
“Alright. Sounds like a good idea.” James agreed.
James knew it would be difficult to recruit a Ninth Stage
Lord. In the Dark World’s current predicament, Ninth Stage Lords had basically reached the pinnacle of cultivation.
They were existences that stood above all others, so they would not readily submit to another.
Quiomars left quickly and appeared inside the formation in the next moment. As soon as he entered the formation, he took the
form of a middle-aged man wearing a black robe. His appearance was unremarkable and almost unattractive.
Quiomars headed over to Lord Samsong’s location. In just a short moment, he appeared before Lord Samsong and attacked
him. Lord Samsong was already in a tight spot and could not react in time to Quiomars’ attack. He sustained another severe
injury and his situation became critical.
After Qiomars abruptly attacked Lord Samsong, he disappeared silently.
“Who are you?!” Lord Samsong was enraged. His messy hair whipped around as he quickly turned, looking for his assailant.
“Come on! Show yourself! Only weaklings hide themselves! If you have the guts, come fight me fair and square!”
Lord Samsong was frantic from the unending torture caused by the formation. His blood boiled with anger.
Suddenly, a figure flashed before his eyes. He quickly backed away but was struck again. Quiomars had punched a hole in his
chest this time, forming a gaping wound.