Chapter 159: Mountains of Materials
Chapter 159: Mountains of Materials
“It had been three days now.”
“These Blood Fiends… they’re endless!”
“We’ve been on edge every day, not daring to let our guard down for a single moment. This is no way to live.”
Many Cultivators stared at the sky that kept raining blood, their minds gradually growing restless.
Day and night, under the Sky Passage, under the pressure of countless Demonic Fiends at the Mystic Light Stage, all the Mind Focusing Cultivators lived in constant fear. They were terrified that a single careless mistake would lose the Two Realms Mountain, causing them to lose the best battlefield for suppressing the Blood Fiends.
Although Situ, Lu Hangzhi, and Biluo, along with several thousand Mind Focusing Cultivators, had perfectly sealed off the entire Two Realms Mountain battlefield, still…
Everyone knew!
This was because of the Spatial Rift Formation left by the Cloud Mountain Sect.
If it weren’t for the ever-active, incredibly powerful Spatial Rift Formation constantly protecting the Barbarian Wildlands and the sky above Two Realms Mountain, the three of them alone would never have been able to hold the line.
Moreover…
If Two Realms Mountain fell.
There would be no room for retreat!
The Barbarian Continent would immediately be plunged into slaughter by countless Mystic Light Stage Blood Fiends, and from then on, they would be enslaved or even wiped out by the Demonic Fiends.
Everyone was on edge, not daring to slack off in the slightest.
…
Time passed bit by bit.
The piles of Blood Fiend carcasses on Two Realms Mountain grew larger and larger. Most were destroyed by fire Art Techniques, greatly reducing their quality.
Many Cultivators outside the war zones saw this and felt sorry in their hearts:
“They won’t even give us time to collect materials. What a waste!”
“This is the first time I’ve seen so many precious Magical Artifact-grade materials left out in the sun, with no one brave enough to take them.”
“Nonsense! Who dares to collect materials? I advise you, don’t let greed cloud your judgment. It’s better to keep your own life safe!” someone mocked. “These Blood Fiends are incredibly tenacious. Their bodies are mixed with many Mutated Bloodlines with strange abilities. Just yesterday, there was a fool who went out to collect a piece of a carcass. He said forging a Magical Artifact chest plate could make him stand out. But what happened? A Blood Fiend head was hiding inside. It attacked and drained all the blood from his body. Then several Spirit Coalescence Elders in the Matrix Tower got caught up in it too. They all died because of it.”
Hearing this, many newly arrived Cultivators felt a chill run down their spines.
A few old-timers continued gossiping:
“That’s nothing. The Blood Fiends capable of Soul Seizure are the truly dangerous ones! They kill without a trace! The Matrix Tower in zone 322 forgot to activate its Defensive Barrier. As a result, three Spirit Coalescence Elders died silently and thoroughly! If it weren’t for the life plaques in the Seven Great Sects giving warnings, everyone controlling Two Realms Mountain would be kept in the dark, not knowing how they died or even that they were dead.”
…
A group of newly arrived Cultivators from the Seven Great Sects were scared badly. Their faces turned pale, and their gazes as they scanned the Blood Fiend remains instantly became more alert and fearful.
These Cultivators were all fresh recruits later dispatched by the Seven Great Sects. They were responsible for cooperating with the Two Realms Mountain Mind Focusing Cultivators to reinforce the defensive lines during rotations.
Because they had entered the battlefield following the orders of their Sect Masters, these people initially felt relatively relaxed seeing the orderly battle formation at Two Realms Mountain. But now, hearing the warnings from these old-timers, they quickly focused their minds and no longer dared to underestimate the dangers of Two Realms Mountain.
“It’s been three days, and not a single Immortal Lord Xuan Guang has come. They only send these new recruits. What do the Seven Great Sects mean by this?”
On Two Realms Mountain, many Evil Cultivators were full of complaints.
Even the Spirit Coalescence Elders from the major sects also had plenty of criticisms.
In contrast, the Four Sect Leaders of the Two Realms Sect, as well as Lu Hangzhi and Situ, were not surprised by this:
Although the Immortal Lord Xuan Guang experts from the Seven Great Sects were still unwilling to show themselves, they had at least dispatched several thousand Spirit Condensation Stage experts to participate in the combat tasks of clearing out Blood Fiend remnants in the various war zones of Two Realms Mountain. This made up for the insufficient number of Mind Focusing Cultivators at Two Realms Mountain, and resources from all aspects arrived very promptly;
Moreover!
The forces of the Seven Great Sects also followed the instructions of Honglian and others. This was equivalent to indirectly acknowledging the command authority of Lu Hangzhi and Situ over the Two Realms Mountain battlefront.
Lu Hangzhi and Situ secretly guessed that the Seven Great Sects’ Immortal Lord Xuan Guang experts had actually already arrived at Two Realms Mountain.
It was just that…
The cultivation levels of the Seven Great Sects’ Immortal Lord Xuan Guang experts were only at the Initial or even early Mystic Light Stage. Their strength was even inferior to Biluo’s. They were incapable of effectively dealing with the Blood Fiends. To avoid performing poorly during the war, damaging the morale of the righteous Cultivators, and boosting the arrogance of the evil sects, they were reluctant to show their faces.
After so many years of conflict between the righteous and the evil, it was difficult to immediately set aside certain things.
Lu Hangzhi could understand.
Anyway, with the Male God and Female God helping, guarding the Sky Passage wasn’t a problem. There was also no need to add more Immortal Lord Xuan Guang experts to share in the Blood Fiend carcass materials on the mountaintop – things ordinary Mind Focusing Cultivators didn’t dare to collect, Biluo dared to collect. And he had already amassed a mountain of materials.
Biluo had completely let go of managing the Blood Fiends coming from the Sky Passage. He focused on collecting the Blood Fiend materials scattered around the mountaintop area. Whether it was blood, flesh, or the Blood Fiends’ wings and hide armor, from something as small as a finger to half a body, he dared to collect it all. It could be said he earned buckets full, grinning from ear to ear:
“Haha! Don’t worry, I’m different from the people of the Seven Great Sects. I’m a very fair person. Situ, Hangzhi, you two take the larger share. I only want twenty percent. How about it? Not too much, right!”
“Just ordinary Blood Fiend materials, they’re useless to me anyway. My share is all given to Lu Hangzhi to handle.”
Situ truly was someone from the Medium Realm. She completely disdained these ordinary goods that were common in her world.
“In that case, I won’t stand on ceremony.”
Lu Hangzhi laughed:
“After all, I have a whole sect of people under me to support.”
“You brat, eating so much, be careful you choke. How about I help you handle some?” Biluo said, not without envy, suggesting: “I’ll take a portion of your materials, and this sect will have its best Artifact Refining master forge Magical Artifacts for you. How about it?”
Damn it!
I’m not stupid.
Lu Hangzhi inwardly cursed and looked down on Biluo, but said out loud:
“I appreciate your kindness, Elder Biluo. However, as the Commander of Two Realms Mountain, I will need to take some things out as rewards later. Let’s decide everything after the dust settles.”
“Is that so.”
Biluo was somewhat disappointed.
Lu Hangzhi simply pretended not to see it and promptly handed the acquired materials to Elder Lu, Qin Huai, and others who had arrived at Two Realms Mountain the day before.
This group of people was idle in the Matrix Tower anyway. Having so many Magical Artifact-grade Artifact Refining materials made their eyes shine, and they were very excited.
After feeding some blood to his Blood Slave, Luo Sen was pleasantly surprised to find that his Concentrated Spirit Peak Stage Blood Slave had grown a pair of blood-red fleshy wings. Sharp claws sprang out from its hands and feet, their hardness comparable to a Top-grade Magical Artifact Flying Sword. Its strength had greatly increased. Instantly excited as if pumped full of adrenaline, he went everywhere begging for blood.
“Blood! I need blood! Give all the blood to me…”
…
“Incredible!”
“Inside the Blood Fiends, the Inner Core is actually blood-jade-like, just like Spirit Stones. It can be directly absorbed, and… the power is even more refined.”
“White Tiger and Spirit Ape only absorbed a tiny bit of the Blood Fiend’s Inner Core, and they already show signs of touching the barrier to advance. This… this…”
“I need more blood-jade Inner Cores!”
Looking at the two highly excited and thrilled Spirit Beasts, Elder Lu’s eyes burned with fervor.
…
Inside the Matrix Tower, the Artifact Refining room was like a furnace.
Hundreds of Blood Fiend remains of different shapes lay in front of Qin Huai.
“Possessing self-repair ability with just a trace of spiritual awareness, there’s simply no better repair Magic Formation than this! Truly excellent Artifact Refining materials! Once a Magical Robe is successfully refined, even if the Magical Artifact gets damaged, as long as Magic Power and Essential Blood are infused, it can automatically repair itself, even saving on materials… Haha… I’m truly a genius!”
The always steady and reserved Revered Qin had now become deliriously obsessed within the Matrix Tower. He directly started the furnace for refining, throwing piece after piece of precious carcass material into the earth-fire furnace cauldron without any heartache, further purifying and refining them.
But compared to Biluo, the gains of these people were somewhat minor…
Biluo was the number one figure among the evil sects!
While swiftly plundering the spoils of war, Biluo unceremoniously collected the souls of the Blood Fiends that hadn’t had time to dissipate yet.
For Biluo, over ten thousand Mystic Light Stage souls were an inexhaustible, immense treasure trove!
This was also why Biluo directly gave up eighty percent of the profit, willingly working as a laborer for Situ and Lu Hangzhi…
Because these Mystic Light Stage souls could only be collected by him, Biluo.
Over the past few days.
Biluo emptied his Banner of Ten Thousand Souls, directly refining over ten thousand Blood Fiend souls into over a thousand Evil Spirits with profound and solid Mystic Light Stage cultivation. And he was still silently absorbing and accumulating more high-quality Evil Spirits.
A cunning old fox.
Typically amassing wealth quietly!
However…
Lu Hangzhi didn’t mind this.
Biluo’s talent wasn’t high. After cultivating for several hundred years, he still hadn’t ventured into the Laws of the Soul Path Domain. He remained in the outdated Spirit Condensation Stage cultivation state, only knowing the most basic and ordinary summoning and releasing of Evil Spirits…
Never mind that these Mystic Light Stage Evil Spirits weren’t much of a threat;
Even if he released all of them, Lu Hangzhi was confident that not even ten thousand Evil Spirits could break through his Sword Formation.
Therefore!
He might as well let Biluo continue playing.
As long as he’s happy!
“Hangzhi.”
“What is it, Lady Situ?”
“Get ready. I suddenly have a feeling of being secretly watched.” Situ’s tone was grave. “If I’m not mistaken, the other side has already sent new agents into the Sky Passage. They are currently observing the battle situation at Two Realms Mountain through the eyes of the Blood Fiends.”
“…”
Hearing this, Lu Hangzhi stiffened.
Those damned Blood Fiend vanguards with Mutated Bloodlines again.
“What should we do?”
“Prepare for a tough battle.”
Situ said, “The time flow rates between the two realms are different. We’ve held out here for three days, but on the other side of the Sky Passage, only a few hours have passed. And… the number of Blood Fiends we’ve eliminated isn’t actually that high. In our world, an ordinary Great Fiend King commands at least a hundred thousand strong Blood Demon Legion! We’ve only killed a little over twenty thousand Blood Fiends in three days. At best, we’ve just eliminated some cannon fodder.”
“…”
“Next, once the Great Fiend King over there detects the battle situation here and realizes the Blood Demon Legion has long failed to capture Two Realms Mountain, it will inevitably dispatch elite Blood Fiends.”
“Elite Blood Fiends?”
“That’s right!”
Situ’s tone became firm:
“Elite Blood Fiends are the cream of the crop among the Mutated Bloodline Blood Fiends. One in ten qualifies. Their strength is all above the late Mystic Light Stage. If the Spatial Rift Formation cannot stop them, then our situation will be… dangerous!”