Chapter 132: The Cocoon of Qi and Blood
Chapter 132: The Cocoon of Qi and Blood
“The strange activities of the Monster Beasts at Two Realms Mountain revealed many problems. For so many years, the Monster Beasts actually built up an army of over ten thousand Soul-Concentrating Demon Beasts right under our noses!”
“I finally understand why Lord Baimei always advocated for war, suggesting we eliminate the Monster Beasts at the peak of Two Realms Mountain regardless of losses… It’s terrifying! If not for the pulse of the Mystic Light Stage Monster Beast that scared and drove away these Soul-Concentrating Demon Beasts, how many would they have gathered? A hundred thousand? Or a million?” At the headquarters of the Two Realms Mountain Reinforcement Department, not only were the four Inspector Envoys gathered, but also the sect leaders and vice sect leaders of the Seven Great Sects, and all the elders and cultivators at the Concentrated Spirit Peak Stage.
This time, the severity of the situation surpassed any previous occasion…
Over ten thousand Soul-Concentrating Demon Beasts were enough to destroy the entire Two Realms Mountain!
The Human Race was in crisis!
Destruction was imminent!!
The sect leaders of the Seven Great Sects spoke with especially fierce tones.
“We assembled a special forces team of one hundred for you, but look at the situation now… without a thousand-strong team, there’s no hope of breaking through the Monster Beast defenses!”
“Do we have any other options now?”
“Or are we just going to wait for death, calmly awaiting the demise of the Human Race?!”
“Everyone, please calm down! The Yuding Sect sent over two hundred Matrix Towers to strengthen the perimeter defenses. At the same time, we’ve gathered one hundred Spirit Coalescence Elders to form a suicide squad. They are willing to sacrifice their lives to defend the Two Realms Mountain front line and stop the Monster Beasts.” Inspector Envoy East replied.
“…”
Hearing this, the seven sect leaders exchanged solemn looks.
One hundred Spirit Coalescence Elders, resolved to sacrifice themselves—though cruel, the effect would be very significant.
“With one hundred suicide squad members, plus the Chain Sacrificial Detonation Array, we might be able to fight the Two Realms Mountain Monster Beasts…”
The group nodded in agreement one after another:
“The Imperial Wine Sect brought the Nectar Immortal Elixir. We request the four Inspector Envoys to dispatch people to distribute it to key positions.”
“Our Myriad Beasts Sect spirit tamers have led thousands of Spirit Beasts to wait outside, ready to join the battle at any time.”
“The Danxia Sect will set up supply points near the third war zone. Our disciples will deliver Elixirs to all war zones, large and small, and can join the fight if necessary.”
“All Formation Masters from the Yuding Sect are in position.”
“One hundred twenty Mind Focusing Cultivators from the Painting Sect are ready.”
“The two remaining elders of the Time Sect are here to supervise the battle.”
“The sinner bearing his crimes, Long Jiao, is on standby.”
A hunched old man leaning on a cane appeared behind the two Time Sect elders. As soon as he showed up, everyone present looked at him with great respect.
“Master Long, you’re here too.”
“Excellent! With you overseeing things, Two Realms Mountain will surely overcome this danger.”
“Yes.”
The newcomer was clearly the last remaining Mystic Light Stage…
Immortal Lord from the former Cloud Mountain Sect!
The lineup was unprecedentedly powerful!
One Mystic Light Stage Immortal Lord;
Two Time Sect elders at the Concentrated Spirit Peak Stage, whose strength was second only to Baimei;
Over three hundred cultivators at the Late Concentration Stage and Concentrated Spirit Peak Stage from the Seven Great Sects;
One hundred elite Concentrated Spirit Peak Stage experts assembled by the Two Realms Mountain Reinforcement Department;
And…
A suicide squad composed of one hundred cultivators at the Early Spirit Concentration Stage and Mid Soul-Concentrating Stage;
A logistical group made up of thousands of cultivators;
The Two Realms Mountain defense line guarded by over ten thousand cultivators;
Although there was still a gap in strength compared to the Two Realms Mountain Monster Beasts, it was not as huge as before…
…
The sky was blood-red.
The mountains were blood-red.
The broken Firmament glowed intensely with bloody light!
As dazzling, dangerous red rays continuously shot from the Sky Passage over the Two Realms Mountain war zones, the beast hordes on the mountains saturated with Monster Beast Vital Qi Power finally rioted.
Roar!!
Boom…
The sound of tens of thousands of Monster Beasts charging and roaring at once made everyone in the Two Realms Mountain range feel the ground shake violently, the world trembling before their eyes!
The Core Battle Zone faced the overwhelming onslaught head-on.
Although they were prepared.
When the real attack began, everyone was deeply shaken by the destructive momentum of ten thousand Soul-Concentrating Demon Beasts charging together.
In the Core Battle Zone of Two Realms Mountain…
Each war zone had at most a few dozen people, some with less than twenty.
The charge of ten thousand Soul-Concentrating Demon Beasts was like the sky falling and the earth splitting, like Two Realms Mountain peaks collapsing onto every war zone…
Boom!!!
“Matrix Towers, activate formations!”
“Fire!”
The attack formations of over twenty Matrix Towers roared almost simultaneously, unleashing area attacks as powerful as a full-strength strike from a Concentrated Spirit Peak Stage cultivator.
However…
Faced with the Soul-Concentrating beast horde whose Vital Qi Power had condensed so thickly it almost formed a Blood Cocoon, the formation attacks that could annihilate all Early and Mid Soul-Concentrating Stage Monster Beasts disintegrated into the most basic elemental particles upon contact with the Blood Cocoon, vanishing completely as if weathered away.
Countless people were stunned by the sight, remaining silent for a long time.
Only a few cursed angrily:
“Damn it! Vital Qi Immunity! The Monster Beast group’s Vital Qi is too thick, immune to the Matrix Tower formation attacks…”
“How could this happen?!”
“Prepare the Illusion Formation!”
“We must stop them! Can’t let them break through the defense line too quickly!”
“It’s no use! The Vital Qi Power is too strong, the Illusion Formation can’t penetrate or affect them at all… The war zone is going to fall! The war zone is going to fall!”
“Retreat!!!”
Less than ten seconds into the battle, areas in the Core Battle Zone began to issue the most urgent and desperate cries.
Cultivators guarding near the Matrix Towers fled for their lives.
Behind them!
Massive hands formed from gathered Vital Qi descended from the sky, accompanied by huge rocks carrying the force of Meteorites, repeatedly smashing into the Matrix Towers.
The Matrix Towers shook violently.
The Defensive Barrier shattered instantly!!
Boom!!
In an instant.
The defensive barrier collapsed, and the remaining powerful attacks fell upon the Matrix Tower.
The Matrix Tower, as sturdy as a Magical Artifact, also shattered instantly, with various Defensive Formations suffering fatal damage.
The Spirit Coalescence Elders in the two Core Battle Zones had no time to wait for their comrades to escape the Reverse Two Forms Annihilation Array range before the Matrix Tower was breached. They did not even get the chance to activate the self-destruct program and were crushed along with the tower into pulp.
The Spirit Coalescence Elders in the other war zones did not expect the Matrix Tower’s defensive barrier to collapse so quickly. By the time they tried to activate the Reverse Two Forms Annihilation Array to perish together with the enemy, the tower had already crumbled, and the formation lost its effect.
They were filled with unwillingness and utter despair!
The war zones fell!
Only a few rational and decisive Spirit Coalescence Elders, upon seeing the Matrix Tower’s Magic Formation attacks fail and the terrifying attacks charging at them, gritted their teeth and resolutely activated the Reverse Two Forms Annihilation Array.
However!
At that moment, only a few Soul-Concentrating Demon Beasts had broken into the war zone areas.
The number of demon beasts drawn into the annihilation formation was like a drop in the bucket, and it did not affect the ensuing assault of the beasts.
In just an instant, the Core Battle Zones fell on a large scale, plunging into a dire situation!
At that moment, in Combat Zone 618, a majestic aura surged into the sky.
Dense Sword Qi condensed into a two-foot-long, gleaming silver sword energy in the air. Although short, it carried an aura that seemed to pierce the firmament and tear everything apart, instantly capturing the attention of all cultivators in several southern war zones.
Elder Lu stared wide-eyed toward the neighboring war zone.
“What is this…”
“Hangzhi?!”
“What powerful Sword Qi!!”
“He’s only at the Early Spirit Concentration Stage…”
Combat Zone 618 and the two adjacent war zones were the only areas in the entire core region that had not yet fallen. With this single move, countless cultivators and demon beasts turned their attention to them.
Half an hour earlier.
Combat Zone 618, just like the other war zones, continuously conducted pre-battle preparations.
But as the number of Soul-Concentrating Demon Beasts surged wildly across the peaks of Two Realms Mountain, all Epiphany Stage cultivators found it hard to even breathe, and the air seemed to freeze. An unprecedented sense of crisis filled the war zone, giving off a feeling of an impending collapse that was beyond saving.
Even Spirit Condensation Stage cultivators were struggling.
Even Elder Lu, who had reached the Concentrated Spirit Peak Stage, was facing such a frantic scene for the first time. His wrinkled forehead was marked with solemnity, and he remained on high alert, unable to relax for even a moment.
The war zone where Zhao Qian’s Clone was stationed was in an even worse state.
Three Spirit Coalescence Elders moved together, leaving only Zhao Qian’s Clone behind while everyone else withdrew to the neighboring war zone where Lu Hangzhi was located.
The number of Spirit Coalescence Elders in Combat Zone 618 instantly rose from four to seven, slightly easing the pressure.
But everyone understood!
In the face of the horde of Soul-Concentrating Demon Beasts from Two Realms Mountain, the war zone was, at best, transforming from an ant into a slightly stronger ant. Once the battle began, the outcome would remain unquestionable.
Just as everyone stood on high alert, awaiting the moment of collapse as if facing a great enemy, an unexpected change occurred inside the Matrix Tower.
The twenty Epiphany Stage cultivators who had entered the Matrix Tower were the first to notice the anomaly.
Spiritual Energy!
Unprecedentedly rich Spiritual Energy, flowing down from the second floor of the Matrix Tower like a liquid waterfall, quickly filling every room in the tower.
“Whoa!”
“What is this…”
“Such pure Magic Power.”
“What’s going on?”
One Epiphany Stage cultivator, enveloped by the Spiritual Energy, found his body eagerly beginning to absorb the surrounding silvery-white liquid energy, and he exclaimed in surprise:
“My Magic Power is being purified and strengthened… This is incredible!”
In just one breath, it was equivalent to a full day of hard training.
The cultivator gasped in surprise, then immediately fell silent and began wholeheartedly absorbing the Spiritual Energy overflowing from the second floor of the Matrix Tower.
“I… I think I’ve touched the bottleneck of Spirit Concentrating…”
The next moment, the liquid Magic Power inside the Matrix Tower grew even denser and more viscous!
More and more Peak Ninth Grade Epiphany Stage cultivators temporarily forgot the impending doom from the peaks of Two Realms Mountain and threw themselves into the fast track of cultivation.
On the second floor of the Matrix Tower.
Lu Hangzhi continuously drank Spirit Honey, while simultaneously binding the overflowing Spiritual Energy around himself in the form of a Spiritual Energy Vortex, creating a unique cultivation environment. He then expanded its scope, and the silvery-white Spiritual Energy Vortex soon broke through the confines of the Matrix Tower, enveloping it entirely.
Epiphany Stage cultivators from the neighboring war zones also began to sit down cross-legged near the Matrix Tower.
Not long after!
One after another, cultivators who had reached Peak Ninth Grade broke through.
“Haha! I’ve broken through!”
“Condensing a Divine Spark! I never thought I would reach the Spirit Condensation Stage before death and witness the glory of a Divine Spark…”
“Thank you, Venerable One Lu, for your grace of rebirth.”
“Thank you!”
The cultivators who had successively broken through to the Spirit Condensation Stage stood up and walked out of the Matrix Tower, bowing toward the second floor.
They had come to understand that all of this was deliberately created by Lu Hangzhi!
Although they did not know exactly how Lu Hangzhi managed it, they knew that releasing such an astonishingly dense silvery-white Spiritual Energy Vortex must have come at a great cost.
They were deeply grateful!
Dying as a Spirit Coalescence Elder was entirely different from dying as an Epiphany Stage cultivator.
Outside the Matrix Tower, Elder Lu and the others were already stunned…
Mass-producing Spirit Coalescence Elders?
This…
It was too unbelievable!
In just a short while, the number of Spirit Coalescence Elders in Combat Zone 618 soared from seven to over twenty!
Although they were unclear about the exact details, the sudden addition of more than ten Spirit Coalescence Elders to the war zone greatly boosted everyone’s morale.
And…
The remaining group of Peak Ninth Grade Epiphany Stage cultivators all showed signs of being on the verge of a breakthrough!
What in the world was this?
Everyone’s mouths went dry.
The imminent crisis of the Soul-Concentrating Demon Beasts from Two Realms Mountain seemed, at that moment, not as pressing, and more people shifted their attention to this area.
Aside from Elder Lu and the others, as well as the many cultivators in the Fifth Zone…
The demon beasts on the peaks of Two Realms Mountain also began to notice the anomaly in Combat Zone 618.