ccnovels #482 - The final struggle
#482 - The final struggle
“This can’t be done like this!”
“Elder Shao, please be reasonable! It’s not like I want to do it this way, it’s just the tone from the Immortal Realm, and it’s not even an order! What can I do? The higher-ups don’t want to expand the casualties, which is understandable… I’m just a small branch leader!”
Yin Lin grumbled loudly, his face full of frustration.
Elder Shao glared and waved his hand: “Anyway, it can’t be done like this! Even the Heavenly Dao has shown itself to fight! That’s the Heavenly Dao! As long as you’re not blind, you know Wang Zheng will definitely be extraordinary in the future! Hmph! I’m going to find them!”
“Elder Shao, it’s no use even if you go. You are the vice leader of the Heavenly Craft Hall, but I’ve inquired about this matter, and it seems to have been decided after discussions among several vice alliance leaders… The Immortal Realm has lost too many experts on both sides, and the other major forces are jointly putting pressure on them. Now they don’t dare to continue fighting.”
“Anyway, it’s just not allowed!”
“You old man…”
“Stop arguing with me here! Go back to your branch and work! This is none of your business!”
Elder Shao glared angrily, then went to the side to sit in meditation, his mind immediately returning to his main body in the Immortal Realm.
Yin Lin scratched his head for a while.
This branch leader could only scratch his head now.
In the end, he sighed and began to summon the Heavenly Net troops to return to the Hidden Treasure Realm.
The camp cannot be without a general;
The Hidden Treasure Realm and the nearby True Realms and Void Realms are still fighting. Yin Lin has wasted a lot of time here and must rush back to support them.
“Branch Leader Yin Lin?”
A clear, slightly gentle female voice came from the side.
Yin Lin turned his head and saw Amina walking over leisurely.
She had changed into an elegant fishtail dress, and her deep blue hair seemed to be casually draped, but in fact, it had been carefully styled, giving her an indescribable beauty at first glance.
Yin Lin showed a fake smile: “Miss Amina, what can I do for you?”
“I just heard two immortals arguing, and it seemed to be related to Wang Zheng.”
Amina imitated the tone of a cultivator and asked softly:
“I wonder if the branch leader can tell me a thing or two? If there is anything unfavorable to Wang Zheng, we can prepare in advance.”
“This…”
Yin Lin said:
“It’s not necessarily a bad thing.
“Several major forces in the Immortal Realm can’t stand it anymore, and they have come forward together, wanting the Heavenly Net and the Dark Sect to stop their conflict, preserve their strength, and deal with the Quantifiable Calamity.”
But then, Yin Lin whispered via voice transmission: “I’m not sure now whether the Heavenly Net higher-ups in the Immortal Realm are going to sell out Wang Zheng. This probably depends on the price offered by the Dark Sect in the Immortal Realm.”
Amina frowned slightly.
She was a little annoyed and said in a low voice: “Has he done something wrong? He’s working so hard to kill the enemy, why would he still be targeted by people from the Immortal Realm…”
“Cough!”
Yin Lin coughed and turned to look at Elder Shao’s clone, continuing to transmit his voice:
“Don’t worry too much. Elder Shao also has some connections in the Heavenly Net, and there are also acquaintances like the Grand Unity and Grand Luo behind him. He has already returned.
“I deliberately provoked him just now.
“Moreover, the sky is big, the earth is big, but the Heavenly Dao is the biggest. Half of the Heavenly Dao wants to kill Wang Zheng, and half wants to save him. Our Heavenly Net’s Heavenly Dao is the half that wants to save Wang Zheng.
“That’s about it.”
Yin Lin waved his hand and said normally: “As for the follow-up situation, just ask Elder Shao. I’m going back to the base first. These things are not something a loose immortal like me can interfere with.”
Amina didn’t ask any more questions and just nodded lightly.
She turned and walked to a corner, discussing briefly with Wu Man, Zheng Shiduo, and others who were watching here.
Everyone looked worried.
The excitement and joy of just solving the Obsidian spiritual cultivators was quickly fading away.
Yin Lin and the Heavenly Net troops gathered together. Yin Lin personally opened the treasure pearl, and everyone immediately entered the Immortal Spirit Road.
As soon as they entered the Immortal Spirit Road, Yin Lin couldn’t help but grin.
Qin Mianrou, who had a medical bandage on her arm, couldn’t help but ask when she saw this:
“Branch Leader, why are you smiling like a villain…”
Yin Lin said unhappily: “Can’t I even smile a few times? The harvest here is so huge, the Dark Sect has suffered heavy losses, and we have won a great victory. Shouldn’t I be smiling?”
Qin Mianrou clicked her tongue: “I always feel like you’re not smiling to celebrate.”
Yin Lin said indifferently: “Don’t inquire about things you shouldn’t. I’m actually laughing at… the Heavenly Dao.”
Qin Mianrou: “Maybe we shouldn’t talk about this.”
“Don’t, I just started to feel like talking,” Yin Lin clicked his tongue, “Have you ever seen the Heavenly Dao directly entering the arena? I haven’t, and I’ve never even heard of it. But now, the Heavenly Dao is entering the arena more and more frequently. Although it’s all related to Wang Zheng, it’s obvious that the Heavenly Dao can’t hold back anymore and must personally intervene, instead of interfering with the operation of the world by giving us tasks.”
Qin Mianrou was thoughtful: “That’s true. The Heavenly Dao seems to be exasperated, and it’s as if there’s no one else to use. Moreover, in theory, the Heavenly Dao should see ten thousand years in a glance and calculate ten thousand steps in one step. This kind of situation where he has to take action himself should be rare…”
A Heavenly Net troop asked: “Could it be because this is the Immortal Forbidden Land, and the power of the Heavenly Dao is weak?”
“Or is it that this kind of confrontation is a measure taken after the two Heavenly Daos played against each other and had no choice?”
“Both are possible,” Yin Lin snapped his fingers, “Don’t talk too much about it, otherwise it’s easy to be condemned by the heavens.”
This branch leader summoned a treasure ship, let everyone board it together, and then darted forward.
However, Yin Lin and others who came and went in a hurry;
And Amina and others who were worried about Wang Zheng’s future;
They didn’t realize that Wang Ji Xuan’s alien soul puppet almost simultaneously sneaked away and fled into the depths of the starry sky, where a giant spaceship carrying the interstellar gate was waiting.
Yin Lin and Elder Shao’s conversation had already been relayed to Wang Ji Xuan by Mudan.
Daoist Wang just smiled and didn’t pay much attention.
When soldiers come, generals will block them, and when water comes, earth will dam it.
Anyway, he had already embarked on this path, so he might as well just hide directly and wander in the endless starry sky.
‘First, do the tests!’
‘We still have to hurry up and increase our strength and influence.’
…
The last gift that Wang Ji Xuan could give to this starry sky and Earth civilization was to kill one more Pillar Blade Beast.
He drove the alien soul puppet and found the Blade Beast occupied area, the place where the Blade Beasts were most densely distributed.
According to Mudan’s detection, there were a total of nine Pillar Blade Beasts here, distributed on three solid planets in the same star system. The actual distance between them was not short, and it was difficult for them to help each other.
Wang Ji Xuan went straight to the reddish-brown planet with five Pillar Blade Beasts.
He wanted to see what so many Pillar Blade Beasts were doing here, and whether there was a civilization here fighting a war with the Pillar Blade Beasts.
— — A situation similar to Earth once having twelve Pillar Blade Beasts dormant was rare in this star field.
Generally speaking, three Pillar Blade Beasts and their Blade Beast groups could take down a low-level civilization.
Earth was able to maintain the coexistence of twelve Pillar Blade Beasts for a hundred years because of the treasures of ancient civilizations, the joint efforts of six spiritual cultivators, and the agreement between the Wings of Light Council and the Blade Beast civilization.
Of course, Earth civilization was also resilient enough. They, who had long maintained regional struggles, also retained an astonishing number of nuclear arsenals, and their martial virtue was relatively abundant.
Before even entering the atmosphere, Wang Ji Xuan’s alien soul’s immortal sense had already covered the entire planet.
The alien soul puppet that had once killed a Second-Rank True Immortal was simply two words here—
Absolute kill!
Daoist Wang suddenly let out a soft sigh. The primordial spirit hiding in the puppet body blinked his eyes and immediately restrained his aura, quietly approaching below.
There was no low-level civilization here, and there were even few living things besides the Blade Beasts.
But there was a spectacle here that was not found outside.
Five Pillar Blade Beasts were hidden in different locations on the surface of the planet, with most of their bodies sunk into the rock layer on the planet’s surface, which allowed them to save spiritual energy and feel comfortable.
Connecting the locations of the five of them with straight lines could draw a standard pentagon.
Within this range, a large number of Blade Beasts were doing things under the command of one preacher after another.
They were doing civil engineering.
A large amount of rock was dug out from the ground, and more than a dozen ‘artificial lakes’ had appeared on the outer surface. The excavated stones were carried by the Blade Beasts to the construction site, where the general-level Blade Beasts were responsible for cutting and arranging them, and then they were sent to the top of the pyramid-like building, where they landed smoothly.
That pyramid…
Wang Ji Xuan used the immortal sense of the alien soul to investigate and immediately narrowed his eyes slightly.
An array that isolates investigation?
However, this array did not seem to be perfect, and there were still many flaws in the corners. By slightly bypassing it, one could let the immortal sense penetrate it without alarming anyone.
“Oh, Jialinuo’s lair?”
Wang Ji Xuan’s eyes lit up instantly.
He saw more than twenty Jialinuos!
They were gathered around a stone table, seemingly discussing something intensely.
This scene made Wang Ji Xuan a little suspicious… Jialinuo’s greatest ability was to use individual Blade Beasts to build a communication network, and they communicated and commanded at the collection point of this network.
There was no need for them to hold this kind of [offline gathering] at all.
Wang Ji Xuan blinked.
If it were normal, he would probably discuss it with Mudan first and then act after careful consideration.
But now…
He already had the battle power of a True Immortal. If he was still timid and afraid to take action directly, wouldn’t his True Immortal battle power puppet be made in vain?
Let’s do it!
Wang Ji Xuan’s figure flashed, and a light belt composed of afterimages appeared around the reddish-brown planet.
Daoist Wang swooped down, and in a few breaths, he arrived above the huge pyramid that was under construction, revealing his aura and increasing his pressure. The ‘Dao Head’ among the three heads opened his eyes and pressed down with one palm!
Myriad Tribulations Soul Extinguishing Finger!
The area within a hundred miles suddenly changed color!
Rolling spiritual energy rushed towards Wang Ji Xuan!
The spiritual energy here was very abundant, and Wang Ji Xuan determined that a spiritual vein was buried here.
One thunder dragon after another roared out and shot towards five directions.
The five Pillar Blade Beasts immediately struggled to leap from the ground, but their movements were slightly too slow. Before any powerful circuits could be activated, their bodies were struck and pierced through by the Thunder Dragon!
The five Pillar Blade Beasts had their 'souls' extinguished almost simultaneously.
The cloaked Carillon within were devoured by the Thunder Dragon.
Their massive bodies, carrying newly activated circuits, fell steadily back into their respective large pits.
Wang Jixuan's Alien Soul looked down, and once again pressed his palm downward. Countless ice pillars shot upward, instantly filling the entire space inside and outside the pyramid. None of the Carillon could escape, all were pinned down directly by Wang Jixuan.
'Effortless.'
Wang Daoling controlled the Alien Soul as it descended into the pyramid, casually destroying the arrangements the Blade Beasts had made underground, and calmly walked to the conference table where the Carillon had been meeting, taking a seat.
Snap!
Wang Jixuan snapped his fingers, and the Carillon fell one by one from the tips of the ice pillars, their injuries varying, looking quite miserable.
Gugugu—
Wang Jixuan directly used their language.
The Carillon used the membranes in front of their mouthparts to demonstrate what it meant to be panic-stricken.
Because what Wang Jixuan said was:
'How have you been, everyone? Me, the Black Storm, isn't this image handsome?'
The Carillon began to desperately retreat backward.
Outside the pyramid, the Blade Beast tide surged forward. Wang Jixuan still needed to conduct experiments and collect data later, so he didn't directly purify them all, but simply created a barrier to envelop the main hall.
Wang Jixuan leisurely said:
"I now represent myself personally, to conduct a negotiation with you all.
"If you can agree, then I will save some time. If you don't agree, I will waste some time and kill all of your Beast Gods."
"Black Storm!"
The Carillon trembled, shouting human words in hoarse, tearing voices:
"We will never allow you to humiliate Lord Beast God!"
"We Blade Beasts will never yield!"
"We are a more advanced civilization!"
"Noisy."
Wang Jixuan flicked his finger lightly, and one Carillon after another exploded, splattering dark green blood everywhere, which became the interior decoration of this building.
In the end, only two of the least injured Carillon remained.
Wang Jixuan said: "Talking to a group of you, and talking to the two of you, shouldn't be much different... Let's skip the threatening part and get straight to the point, answer my questions first."
The two Carillon seemed to have recognized reality.
The Carillon on the left calmly replied: "Answer... your question... what benefit..."
Wang Jixuan crossed his arms.
The three heads of the Alien Soul puppet swayed gently, speaking separately:
"The benefit is, if I'm in a good mood, I might give you a way out."
"Don't question my power, crushing you now is like crushing an ant."
"The way out I leave for you is very simple... become my spirit energy charging station."
The two Carillon were thinking.
They seemed to be communicating in some kind of network.
Soon, the two Carillon shook their heads simultaneously:
"We... can't do it..."
"Even if you are the source of spirit energy, Black Storm."
"Blade Beasts will never be slaves, even if civilization is destroyed."
Wang Jixuan was silent for three seconds.
He suddenly stretched out his right hand, first waving it, and one Carillon's body instantly carbonized and shattered; then gently beckoning, the last Carillon was pulled to him, and he raised his hand to press down on the Carillon's mouthparts.
The three heads simultaneously opened their eyes and looked down.
The Carillon trembled constantly, opening its thin wings like a large moth.
Wang Jixuan indifferently said: "Since that's the case, then I don't need to waste any more words with you. I was originally thinking of subduing you, so as not to lose the demeanor of a righteous cultivator, but now it seems I can just kill you all."
Having said that, Wang Jixuan's demon head suddenly ignited with a light red flame, which circled around and fell towards the Carillon's mouthparts.
In an instant, the Carillon's soul was enveloped by the light red flame.
The Carillon's communication network was instantly captured and accessed by Wang Jixuan. Wang Jixuan saw roughly sixty or so Carillon.
— The communication network between the Carillon is directly affected by physical distance.
He was searching for information.
The Carillon had already detected the abnormality, but they were powerless to resist.
After a while, Wang Jixuan discarded the remains, stretched lazily, and slowly got up, a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Good heavens;
This place actually conceals a profound secret.