“A Super Limit Heartworm and twelve Leader Level True Bodies! Help me! Help me!” At this moment, the Wei Yang Palace Master barely managed to struggle as he sent out a distress signal. In the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm’s Yulan City, he had multiple avatars.
Spiritual attacks simultaneously affected all avatars.
The avatars in other worlds experienced reduced effects. Particularly within the Source World, under the suppression of the Source World’s Supreme Rules, even cross-boundary spiritual attacks were forcibly weakened to the ‘Power Limit’.
However, all avatars in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm were subjected to almost identical levels of lethal spiritual assault.
“Ahhh—”
The Wei Yang Palace Master held Yulan City in high regard. He carried two powerful Secret Treasures suited to himself, both at a level equivalent to the ‘Undying Heart’ and the ‘Palm World’, capable of protecting his soul.
But a single ‘Super Limit Heartworm’ and twelve leaders, all of them specialized in spiritual assaults and using their True Bodies, launched an all-out frenzied attack. Even with the treasures reducing the force by seventy to eighty percent, the remaining pressure of two to three tenths was still enough to make the Wei Yang Palace Master feel despair.
“Wei Yang Palace Master, hold on!” The Yuan Xiang Palace Master, though harboring some dissatisfaction toward the Wei Yang Palace Master, immediately activated the Formation to strike back at the thirteen physical bodies.
“Wei Yang Palace Master, I’ll help you!” Master Gai Tao also acted urgently, casting a three-colored radiance around the Wei Yang Palace Master.
“Wei Yang Palace Master.” The Shadow Tower Master, Master of Deceit Workshop, and others all activated Yulan City’s Formation in an attempt to rescue him.
The various Elders all sought ways to aid the Wei Yang Palace Master. At this moment, all prior grievances were set aside—everyone shared a single goal: to save the Wei Yang Palace Master.
The importance of the Wei Yang Palace Master to Yulan City’s entire defensive system was even greater than that of the Yuan Xiang Palace Master! Though the Yuan Xiang Palace Master had a higher level of cultivation, over ninety-nine percent of his Heart Force was devoted to resisting corruption, rendering his contributions constrained. His significance lay instead in his friendships and influence, which served to deter enemies throughout the city.
“No—”
Only three breaths after the Wei Yang Palace Master’s cry for help, all five of his avatars within the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm perished amid an unwilling roar of fury.
Low Level Primordial Lifeforms specializing in spiritual assaults were simply too terrifying.
One Super Limit Heartworm and twelve Leader Level beings, all True Bodies! At this moment in Yulan City, no one felt confident about surviving their all-out siege. Even Luo Feng could probably only hold out for a bit longer.
After all, compared to the Wei Yang Palace Master, Luo Feng currently had an advantage only in Will Secret Techniques! Moreover, Luo Feng at this moment could not yet harness Yulan City’s Formation for self-protection.
“Whew.”
The Wei Yang Palace Master suddenly opened his eyes, their gaze icy. At this moment, the ‘King’ had taken possession of his body.
In reality, the physical bodies of the Heartworm and Soul-devouring Snake cultivators they controlled had only served as vessels. Their true forms were the ethereal Heartworms and Soul-devouring Snakes themselves.
“King!” The twelve other Leader Level phantasmal figures spiraling around him grew ecstatic.
“The Wei Yang Palace Master is dead. We can proceed to the next step.” The ‘Wei Yang Palace Master’ revealed a smile.
“Hahahaha…”
“Go!”
Under the King’s command, the twelve Leaders instantly burst out of the cave mansion.
Since their presence was now exposed, the Leaders dismissed the need to continue possessing cultivators.
“All of the Wei Yang Palace Master’s avatars across the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm have perished.” In Yulan City, many elders familiar with the Wei Yang Palace Master could sense through Causality that no avatars of his survived anywhere in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm.
“This is trouble…” Master Gai Tao’s face grew grim.
“It’s over.” The Shadow Tower Master felt an ominous foreboding. “A King has emerged from the Lurker Species. If it strikes, it will bring about a true decisive battle.”
The emergence of a King from any of the three Lurker major species was always a nightmare for the Cultivator Camp.
This nightmare decisively began as their strongest asset, the Wei Yang Palace Master, had already fallen!
…
Luo Feng, with one of his avatars stationed at Yulan City’s outer limits, had originally planned to gradually shut down the cave mansion’s Formations and conduct a detailed investigation. However, before the Formations were even significantly deactivated, the Wei Yang Palace Master had already been struck down.
“Brother Luo Feng, the Wei Yang Palace Master has been killed by a Super Limit Heartworm and twelve Leaders; each one a True Body.” The Changqing Building Owner, an Elder, received the news immediately and relayed it to Luo Feng, who was in the Dan Tower.
“A Super Limit Heartworm?” Luo Feng’s expression changed. “This is bad!”
He had foreseen that large-scale investigations might force the hidden Low Level Primordial Lifeforms into desperate counterattacks. But he hadn’t expected to flush out a Super Limit Lurker so soon!
Throughout the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm’s history, the fall of cities had been predominantly caused by the emergence of Super Limit Lurkers!
“Yulan City has reached the brink of life and death!” Luo Feng immediately realized this. “My large-scale investigation unintentionally provoked them into acting prematurely.”
Without his investigation, the war’s eruption might have been delayed further.
Giving them more time to prepare and strike when fully ready.
“Brother Luo Feng, the Wei Yang Palace Master is dead!” The Changqing Building Owner quickly informed him again.
Luo Feng had already sensed it.
He had met the Wei Yang Palace Master, establishing some level of Causality. Through this connection, he could discern that no avatars of the Wei Yang Palace Master were left in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm.
“So quickly? That Super Limit Lurker will undoubtedly target the other Palace Masters next.” Luo Feng recognized the severity of the situation.
“What’s that—”
Luo Feng turned to look into the distance, beyond Yulan City.
“What are those?”
On Yulan City’s walls, the guards remained at their posts but suddenly froze in astonishment, staring at the horizon.
In the distance appeared a multitude of Low Level Primordial Lifeforms, their forms grotesque and varied. Their sizes ranged from vast to minute, their auras either enigmatic and sinister, blazing hot, icy cold, or illusory and unfathomable…
“Nether Ruins Wind Beast, Blood Demon Elysi, Demon Fire Bird, Frost Soul Watcher, Shu Guang Demon Lord, Primordial Wild Hoof, Frost Nightmare Messenger, Illusionary Pupil River, Void Weaver…” The guards felt their hearts tremble as they observed the countless Low Level Primordial Lifeforms of various species swarming forward.
“So many?”
“And their auras are so terrifying; many are Late Stage Divine Emperor, even Leaders!”
Even Luo Feng, observing from afar, felt a chill. His brows furrowed as the Biomimetic Destruction Eye between his brows scanned for more information. With just one glance, he took in the entire situation around Yulan City.
At this moment, a vast army of Low Level Primordial Lifeforms had entirely encircled Yulan City.
“This is a terrifying Low Level Primordial Life Army. Just the Divine Emperor Perfection Level entities—it’s well over two thousand!” Luo Feng was shaken.
“So many Leader Level Low Level Primordial Lifeforms couldn’t possibly originate solely from around Yulan City!” The Changqing Building Owner communicated. “It must be that Leaders from numerous regions across the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm have arrived.”
“And there’s a Super Limit among them!”
Luo Feng saw it too.
Outside the eastern, western, and southern walls of Yulan City, enormous and hidden forces loomed beyond the Low Level Primordial Life Army.
Thanks to the Biomimetic Destruction Eye, Luo Feng could faintly discern these immense powers—each surpassing his current abilities. Even with the Undying Heart and Palm World, Luo Feng could only hope to survive.
There wasn’t even a guarantee of an equal fight.
“This… this…”
“Why are there so many Primordial Lifeforms?”
“So many Leaders, and tens of thousands of Late Stage Divine Emperors!”
The Elders in charge of Yulan City’s defenses also observed the enemy forces. Facing such overwhelming odds, their hearts trembled. The entire Elder-level combat forces within the city numbered only a little over seven hundred.
The disparity was staggering! Their only hope lay in using ‘Yulan City’ as a stronghold.
Yulan City, forged with the Yuan Xiang Palace Master’s Merit Points, was a fortress crafted by Transcendent beings who had escaped the Braided Cage. Sheltering inside the city was akin to hiding in an impregnable fortress, capable of withstanding an enemy force a hundred times superior.
But the strongest fortress often fell due to internal betrayal. Now, with the Wei Yang Palace Master slain, the sense of impending disaster was palpable.
“Attack.”
From all four sides of Yulan City, the immense Low Level Primordial Life Army surged forward under the command of the Kings outside. Their attacks were coordinated, their same-species techniques amplifying each other, as overwhelming assaults rained down upon Yulan City.
“Hold the line.”
“Hold them off!”
The Formations of Yulan City, which had previously been used to hunt down infiltrators within the city, were now fully deployed to defend against the external onslaught.
Within an area of billions of kilometers around Yulan City, the forces of Heaven and Earth roared like tidal waves. A kaleidoscope of dazzling and varied powers was mobilized. The Low Level Primordial Life Army held absolute numerical superiority, crushing Yulan City beneath their relentless offensive.
Yet Yulan City, with its intricately interlocked hundreds of defensive systems, operated in perfect synchrony, standing like an unyielding bastion against all assaults.
“Inside, there’s a Super Limit infiltrator! Outside, there’s a unified Low Level Primordial Life Army from across multiple regions of the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm. Internal-external collusion, and now with the Wei Yang Palace Master dead, the likelihood of Yulan City’s fall exceeds fifty percent.”
“If Yulan City falls, nearly every cultivator within will die.”
The Elders, though discouraged, managed to stay calm, each having avatars to preserve their existence.
But the mid-to-lower-tier cultivators within the city were panicking.
Without avatars, death for them would be final.
“I refuse to accept this. I endured endless hardships, being the sole one from my homeworld to escape suffering and attain Transcendence, only to die here.”
“We’ll hold! The Yuan Xiang Palace Master will save Yulan City again!”
Every cultivator who reached the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm, even the most ordinary among them, was a legend in their own world. Yet now the majority of them could only watch events unfold powerlessly.
The Elders received immense privileges precisely because they bore the responsibility of protecting the city!
They had avatars, were unafraid of death, and could confront the Low Level Primordial Lifeforms with calm determination.
…
“The Wei Yang Palace Master is dead, and the Yuan Xiang Palace Master is seriously injured. If this continues, Yulan City will almost certainly fall.” Luo Feng comprehended this dire reality. With his current strength, there was no way to shift the tide.
Inside the Dan Tower.
Luo Feng maintained one of his long-term stationed avatars there.
“Building Owner.” Luo Feng immediately approached the Changqing Building Owner.
“Brother Luo Feng.” Seeing Luo Feng, the Changqing Building Owner sighed. “This time, the Low Level Primordial Life species planned their attack thoroughly. Fortunately, your large-scale search across the city forced them into an early confrontation, giving us a sliver of hope. But with the Yuan Xiang Palace Master in this frail state, even that slim chance appears out of reach.”
“The Yuan Xiang Palace Master’s debilitating weakness must have been one of the reasons the Super Limit targeted Yulan City,” Luo Feng acknowledged.
Even predators pick the weakest prey!
“Building Owner, the Dan Tower’s treasure, the prized Hundred Tribulations Heart Essence, valued at ten billion Primordial Crystals—I need it now!” Luo Feng declared.
The Hundred Tribulations Heart Essence, the Dan Tower’s signature treasure, had long been put on display to attract attention. Its exaggerated cost of ten billion had discouraged buyers, leaving it unsold.
Luo Feng could never have afforded to use such extravagant treasures in his earlier cultivation efforts.
According to his original plans…
Luo Feng would gradually comprehend the Primordial Bloodline, accumulate insights, and finally achieve a natural breakthrough in the ‘Life and Death Dao’.
Luo Feng, deeply grounded in his cultivation, could easily achieve a breakthrough in one epoch of focused effort.
But the dire crisis demanded immediate progress!
He had no choice but to rely on treasures!
“Ten billion Primordial Crystals—at sixty percent, that’s six billion. I’ll pay you now.” Luo Feng asserted. As a Vice Building Owner, he was entitled to make purchases at sixty percent.
“No need,” the Changqing Building Owner shook his head. “It’s uncertain if Yulan City can even hold. If the city falls, the Dan Tower’s treasures will be lost as well. The Primordial Crystals would mean nothing.”
“If we survive, you can settle the payment later.” With a faint smile, the Changqing Building Owner produced the Hundred Tribulations Heart Essence.
Encased in transparent Crystal Jade, the item glimmered with a violet-gold liquid imbued with a warm radiance.
“Alright.” Luo Feng wasted no time. Taking the Hundred Tribulations Heart Essence in hand, he vanished, reaching his secluded chamber in the Dan Tower in an instant to begin consuming the treasure.
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Thank you to the new Alliance Hierarch, ‘Meat-loving Abbot,’ for your support! This also marks our 200th Alliance Hierarch!