ccnovels #350 - Show up!
#350 - Show up!
Wang Jixuan carefully analyzed the current situation.
Nielda Tamon had already activated his ultimate ability, transforming into a giant and grappling with the Pillar Blade Beasts, wielding the Pillar as a weapon.
The Pillar Blade Beasts were not to be outdone either, with three of them surrounding and attacking.
The two sides were locked in a fierce and evenly matched battle.
The human military had already exerted tremendous effort, but the sheer scale of the Blade Beast swarm was overwhelming. Human firepower in space was temporarily unable to suppress them all simultaneously.
The current problem for their side was how to buy time for the two Spirit Cultivators to cast their spells.
Finally, Wanda formally defected.
Nielda Tamon and Sabina, while ruthless in exploiting and enslaving humans, could still maintain the last vestige of dignity as Spirit Cultivators when it came to fighting the Blade Beasts.
Well, as it stands now...
Everything was generally under Daoist Priest’s control.
Wang Jixuan had even anticipated the worst-case scenario, that all three Light Spirit Cultivators would defect to the Blade Beasts.
The current situation was even better than their war game simulations.
Wang Jixuan's only miscalculation was that Wanda would actually attack Sabina.
Sabina didn't expect it either;
So she was directly injured by Wanda.
Sabina's already unrecovered injuries were made worse.
Sabina and Wanda, after all, were close comrades with tens of thousands of years of friendship, the kind who had shared hardships together...
Daoist Priest Wang realized that he had overestimated the moral bottom line of the Spirit Cultivation civilization.
But it didn't matter.
With the situation better than expected, Wang Jixuan was not worried at all. He gave orders to the captain behind him through Mudan.
The loud-mouthed officer quickly began to shout:
"Holy crap! My ship is about to charge towards the Star Gate..."
The captain and several messengers perked up.
They immediately realized what was happening.
The moment for their sacrifice had arrived!
"Everyone! Thirty seconds to write your wills!"
The messengers immediately shouted the order to the soldiers throughout the supply ship. The soldiers suddenly began to howl and scream.
They, inexplicably, became fired up!
Wang Jixuan quickly sent a message to Mudan, telling her to cancel the order for these guys to charge.
Joking aside, these soldiers would really be willing to die.
Then, Daoist Priest’s figure flickered, and he directly used the Golden Escape to pass through the thin bulkhead.
A flying sword appeared beneath his feet, his figure concealed, and he floated into the void ahead.
Not long after Wang Jixuan left, the captain stomped his feet in annoyance, cursing loudly:
"How can this be a child's play? It's a problem if the order is wrong!"
"We're about to charge! Damn it! I've been waiting for this moment for decades! Now you tell me the order is canceled!"
"What about the wills?"
"Can the command headquarters be a little more reliable! Order canceled! All departments, regain your senses and continue to deliver supplies to them!"
Daoist Priest retracted his spiritual sense, thanked them in his heart, and continued to think about the next step of the plan.
He rode his sword, a layer of mana enveloping him, preventing him from being affected by the extreme cold of space.
If he were only in the early stage of the Golden Core Realm, moving in this environment would actually be somewhat difficult.
But fortunately, he had gained great benefits at the Sixth Pillar during his nine months of seclusion, and now he could fight freely in this environment.
Only after entering the space environment did Wang Jixuan notice that the diffusion and distribution of spiritual energy here was almost unchanged from when he was on the surface.
A large number of Blade Beasts were being annihilated in the distance. The flesh and blood and crystal cores of the Blade Beasts were all releasing spiritual energy, and this spiritual energy would not disappear into nothingness;
There was even a tendency for it to condense into spiritual energy clusters.
In this way, fighting and killing the Blade Beasts didn't require too much worry about endurance.
Wang Jixuan turned his gaze to the Star Gate in front of him.
Previously, with a layer of window separating them, he always felt a sense of detachment when looking at this battlefield, like looking at flowers in the fog. Now that he truly saw it, he could further and more accurately feel the strength of these Spirit Cultivators.
Wanda, who had hidden inside the Star Gate;
Sabina and Amina, who were still勉励 maintaining the ritual to close the Star Gate;
And Nielda Tamon, who was fighting in the distance.
Wanda was preparing to interfere with Amina and Sabina's spellcasting, ensuring that the Star Gate would not be closed, making it easier for four more Pillar Blade Beast swarms to be teleported over in ten days.
The Blade Beast swarms had already gathered on the other side of the Star Gate.
Daoist Priest Wang approached slowly and steadily.
He was waiting for Wanda to make his second move.
If four more Pillar Blade Beasts came over, human civilization would be directly annihilated, and the Sixth Pillar, this blessed land for cultivation, would naturally be gone.
Not to mention that Wanda had already openly defected.
So, in either case, Wang Jixuan had no choice but to take action now.
Since he couldn't hide anymore;
Then he would go all in!
He reviewed the entire plan that he and Amina had devised in his heart once again.
Wang Jixuan couldn't help but recall the exchange between him and Amina before she entered the ancient civilization.
At that time, 【so and so】 was actually...
'Amina, you will likely gain a lot this time you go to that ancient civilization.'
'Why?'
'Because I didn't go. Even if this ancient civilization wants to fish, it should give some bait.'
'I'm the bait?'
'No, you are now... um, the part that attracts the fish.'
'Hmph, then you go, I don't want to attract fish!'
'Seriously, this time you go, in addition to learning the spiritual energy circuit to close the Star Gate, you can ask Little Hua Ting's previous life whether she has a circuit to restrain the Blade Beasts. Isn't the basis of the Blade Beasts' use of spiritual energy also a spiritual energy circuit?'
'Eh, what you said is not bad, I'll go ask.'
Then, Amina brought back more than a hundred spiritual energy circuits.
Among them, there were not only those that restrained the Blade Beasts, but also a special spiritual energy circuit that, if bestowed upon Blade Beasts or spirit slaves by Spirit Cultivators, would be equivalent to planting a time bomb in their bodies.
Once detonated, the spiritual energy circuit itself would collapse.
When Amina set off to the spiritual energy capital to teach the 【End-Point Closing of the Star Gate】 spiritual energy circuit, Wang Jixuan had a sudden whim.
'Amina, why don't you try to give this bomb circuit to the three Light Spirit Cultivators?'
'Uh, will they learn it? Even if they do, it's unlikely to kill them, right? It can only create some injuries? After all, the foundation of our Spirit Cultivators is the core circuit.'
'Don't take it out directly, you can choose some spiritual energy circuits that can improve their combat power, and hide this circuit inside.'
'Can this work?'
'Try it, if it doesn't work, just laugh it off. You are now the only messenger who can enter and leave the ancient civilization, and the Blade Beasts are reluctant to kill you.'
'Okay, okay, I've never done this kind of thing before.'
'Just say that the Black Storm instructed you to do it in a dream!'
Then...
Amina shared more than a dozen spiritual energy circuits in one breath. Even though Wanda had already shown 'rebellious intentions', she generously shared them.
The way Spirit Cultivators obtain circuits is to directly copy and accept them.
The three of them actually verified it, but did not find any problems.
What followed was logical.
Wanda and the Blade Beasts flirted with each other;
The human space force went to war decisively after half a month of preparation;
Wanda defected, and Sabina and Nielda Tamon once again proved their attitude of hostility towards the Blade Beasts.
And now, the mine that Amina had planted could be detonated.
Getting closer, Wang Jixuan could already transmit his voice to Amina.
"Amina, act immediately when Wanda comes out."
Amina nodded slightly.
Wang Jixuan also instructed: "Pay attention later, don't let Wanda's core circuit fall into the hands of the Blade Beasts."
Amina's expression tightened.
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She didn't expect that Wang Jixuan's killing intent was so firm and his confidence was so full that he had already begun to plan for the aftermath of Wanda's death.
Amina remained calm on the surface, but used her perception-type spiritual energy circuit to search for Wang Jixuan's figure everywhere.
For a moment, she couldn't see through Wang Jixuan's concealment technique.
Amina actually wanted to ask Wang Jixuan whether he had already decided to fight to the death today. If so, why didn't he take out more chips in advance? If Nielda Tamon and Sabina sided with the Blade Beasts, what would they use to confront the three Light Spirit Cultivators?
If she really asked, Wang Jixuan might laugh awkwardly.
If he could eliminate the three Light Spirit Cultivators and the four Pillar Blade Beasts in one fell swoop, then his Mahayana remnant soul burning would not be too much of a loss.
Unfortunately, only Wanda had defected, and there was no chance to use the Mahayana remnant soul today.
Found it!
Amina suddenly discovered a faint figure.
The figure was not far behind her, about only a few hundred meters away, with his hands behind his back, standing on a flying sword, exuding an extraordinary demeanor.
Amina was about to transmit her voice, but immediately stopped.
Wanda had already walked out of the light membrane of the Star Gate again. The old man looked at Amina below with a smile, sliding down the light membrane calmly.
The high-level spirit slaves around Amina immediately gathered.
...
"Stop!"
An old spirit slave of Amina shouted in the language of the Spirit Cultivation civilization.
Wanda stopped obediently, still standing against the light membrane.
That Cariño was watching all this from inside the gate's light membrane.
"You old traitor!"
A furious curse came from Sabina's subordinates nearby.
—They were using spiritual energy circuits to transmit their voices to each other in space. Others without spiritual energy circuits or core circuits could not hear this conversation.
Wanda didn't care, just looked at Amina and asked slowly: "If I disrupt your spellcasting, will the time have to be recalculated?"
Amina snorted, "Wanda, you'd better think carefully before you act."
"Think carefully about what? What else is there to think about?"
Wanda sighed:
"I actually want to maintain the dignity and respect of a Spiritual Cultivator, but do you know, child, the flame of our civilization is already fragmented and about to be extinguished."
"What is the culture of our Spiritual Cultivation civilization? Isn't it just the pursuit of eternity, herding planets?"
"I am not afraid because of the strength of the Blade Beasts, but because I cannot help but be attracted by the Bliss Canopy."
Sabina's voice rang out: "Wanda, don't ruin this ritual, don't let my and Nielda Tamon's efforts be in vain, I can understand you..."
"I don't need your understanding, Sabina."
Wanda looked over with a smile, and said leisurely:
"Do you know how many shortcomings you have? No, you don't know. You only have one advantage, that is, you don't indulge your desires, and you can manage and restrain yourself."
"But everything else is a disadvantage."
"You are blindly arrogant, and you don't listen to other people's opinions at all. You just do whatever comes to mind, without any planning. Coming to Earth was your decision. Because Nielda Tamon obeyed you, we were also tied to this warship. You didn't even notice why that witch named Basomini appeared at such a clever time."
"Under the siege of the Blade Beasts, she was able to fly over from interstellar space smoothly, not even using the interstellar gate for transmission."
"You think I didn't notice this problem? It's just that I was already discussing the content after the contract with the Blade Beasts, so I didn't want to disrupt the Blade Beasts' plan."
"You have never been able to see through such a simple trick."
"Apart from your compatibility with your own core circuit, you have no redeeming qualities—words from a 46,000-year-old friend."
Sabina's face was pale, and her breathing was a little difficult.
The advanced spirit slaves beside her were furious;
But facing a Spiritual Cultivator, these spirit slaves would be unable to act even if they wanted to.
Wanda sighed comfortably.
"I've been holding these words in for so long, it feels good to say them... Amina."
"You are the newcomer I have always admired, enterprising and dissatisfied with the upper limit of the core circuit."
"To be honest, I admire your vision and decisiveness. When the Black Storm had not yet shown its powerful power, you had already chosen to invest in him."
"Humph!"
Amina retorted:
"I just do things according to my heart, unlike you, who always wears several masks."
"Indeed," Wanda shook his head, "but this is also my way of survival... I came out to persuade you."
White flames bloomed in the palms of his hands at the same time.
Wanda stared at Amina and said slowly: "Now, you have mastered the method to enter the ancient civilization ruins, you can ask for sky-high prices, even including, you can let the Blade Beasts help you become the king of the Spiritual Cultivators, and the remaining Spiritual Cultivators will obey your orders."
Wanda added: "I can be your prime minister."
Amina couldn't help but laugh: "So, those who covet the treasures of ancient civilizations also include the Blade Beasts?"
"Yes, the Blade Beasts are afraid that their civilization will be short-lived and self-destruct. Finding the origin of the Spiritual Cultivators is of extraordinary significance for them to understand life and understand power."
Wanda exclaimed:
"This is a pilgrimage."
"A pilgrimage of life..."
Amina suddenly attacked!
When everyone thought that Amina would not give up the magic ritual that had been advanced to more than half at this moment, and could only defend passively, Amina decisively gave up this casting!
Her figure pounced up!
The skirt and long hair fluttered backward in the light from the interstellar gate, leaving a series of afterimages, and starlight bloomed in the palm of her hand!
Wanda was caught off guard, and his figure immediately retreated.
His body was about to merge into the light membrane behind him;
Listen!
"Bloom!"
The psionic circuit resonated with a loud shout, and a ball of orange-red flame suddenly bloomed on the left, and a vortex similar to a black hole condensed out of thin air in front of Wanda, which bloomed with a powerful suction force.
This was one of Old Sophie's most proud abilities!
Wanda staggered, and his body was pulled out of the light membrane.
Amina raised her right hand and suddenly clenched her fist. The phantoms of hundreds of psionic circuits appeared behind her, and these circuits resonated at the same time!
Bang!
Wanda's psionic circuit exploded directly, and a large amount of blood burst out from his right shoulder blade. The powerful shock wave swept across all directions!
Wanda's body uncontrollably plunged into the vortex, and 40% of the psionic circuit wall revealed behind him turned gray at this moment!
Sabina's expression changed drastically as she witnessed this scene.
Amina rushed towards the light membrane without saying a word, cutting off Wanda's retreat, and blasting out dozens of beams of light with all her strength.
Look to the left!
A black shadow窜 out from the place where the ball of orange-red flame shone, and the ice-cold long sword bloomed with ripples.
The black shadow broke into the area where the light of the interstellar gate was the strongest, revealing his black combat uniform and that iconic black helmet.
Black Storm strikes the Spiritual Cultivator again!