Chapter 303 The Immortal Cultivation World
In Immortal Cultivation World number 303.
The Shitian clan waited here with growing impatience. Due to the time difference, they had been toying with the human race of this world for twenty years.
"Why hasn't the Ice Sword Mercenary Group shown up yet? If they don't come, aren't we just wasting twenty years for nothing?"
"Damn it, who came up with this plan?"
"Can you all have some patience? It took them hundreds of years to attract the Ice Sword Mercenary Group, and we've only been here twenty years!"
"Everyone, remain calm! We cannot let the Ice Sword Mercenary Group continue to grow. This time, we must maintain sufficient patience. We can play for a hundred years, a thousand years if we have to!"
"..."
This group of Shitian clan kings argued fiercely every day.
They were not from the same faction and did not yield to each other. Furthermore, they were all hiding in other planes, waiting for news from the front lines.
Waiting for a rabbit to bump into a tree was a test of one's temperament, as the initiative always lay with the Ice Sword Mercenary Group.
Sometimes they even doubted if they had pushed too hard, making the man behind the Ice Sword Mercenary Group feel that there was no longer any need for rescue.
Or perhaps they had been too lenient, failing to make him feel the urgency.
Disturbed by various thoughts, they would sometimes intensify their attacks and sometimes retreat inexplicably.
Cang Yuan was the person collectively put forward by the entire immortal cultivation world to oversee the overall situation.
He was an Immortal King. While the other Immortal Kings went into battle, one had to remain to guard against the Shitian clan suddenly launching a dimension-lowering strike.
Initially, when the Shitian clan invaded, their entire world rose up to counterattack.
However, due to the disparity in strength between the two sides, the human cultivators were always unable to repel them.
As he fought, he sometimes felt despair because the enemy could easily destroy them, inflicting a terrible defeat.
But at other times, he felt there was hope, because sometimes, despite being outnumbered by more than ten times, they still managed to win.
Yet, Cang Yuan remained calm. He suddenly had a terrifying speculation.
"This current evenly matched situation is likely deliberate. They are intentionally maintaining a balance with us, tormenting us long-term without destroying us!"
With this thought, Cang Yuan's face turned pale. When the enemy could control their victory or defeat, it meant they did not care about these minor setbacks and did not take them seriously at all.
He did not even dare to share this thought with others, fearing that the faith of the human race would collapse in an instant.
"What exactly do they want? What is the purpose of prolonging this war like this? If they want to plunder destiny, they only need to defeat us..."
Cang Yuan was utterly bewildered. However, after thinking for a long time, he reached another conclusion.
"They are using the human race of our world to fish. They want to lure out something that would cause them to make such a fuss. Perhaps they are waiting for a glimmer of hope for our world!"
After figuring this out, Cang Yuan began to meticulously implement his spark plan.
After discussions with the immortals of this world, they unanimously agreed that Cang Yuan's speculation was highly likely to be true.
This meant that the seemingly evenly matched situation was a facade, intentionally created by the enemy, and in reality, they were on the brink of annihilation.
Therefore, they prepared the spark plan, intending to select some talented young people. When the situation became impossible, Cang Yuan would dissolve into the Dao, open the planar passage, and send them away.
Time flowed quickly.
In the 124th year of the war, the situation remained "evenly matched."
Cang Yuan and the others were already extremely certain that the Shitian clan was toying with them, as such a stable situation could not otherwise be maintained.
However, recently, the Shitian clan's offensive had suddenly intensified, meaning that after so many years, they seemed to have gradually lost their patience.
Cang Yuan's palms began to sweat. Had the moment finally arrived?
...
Within the Shitian clan, Sastato said with a gloomy expression, "Up to now, our clansmen attacking in other planes have no news of the Ice Sword Mercenary Group. For over a hundred years, they seem to have vanished into thin air."
"I remember the last time we received information about them, they were still at the Mahayana stage. If they are in seclusion now, could they be about to ascend?"
"If they become immortals, we will lose our advantage!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? We are ninth-realm powerhouses comparable to human Immortal Kings!"
"Heh, you can fool others, but don't fool yourself. Once they ascend to become immortals, and you are ganged up on by them, it's best you activate the [Demon Body Sacrifice to Heaven] early!"
"..."
The Shitian clan members could no longer stand it. So much time had passed, and the Ice Sword Mercenary Group still hadn't appeared. They even suspected that these geniuses were already dead. Not only them, but all the Shitian clan members scattered across the myriad worlds had no longer encountered this terrifying mercenary group.
"Let's destroy this world and go ambush the next plane. This has wasted too much of our time."
"Then we'll give it one more year. If the Ice Sword Mercenary Group still doesn't show up, we'll destroy this world!"
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Blue Star.
Everyone had gathered. They hadn't gone into battle for a long time. They had been cultivating frantically for the past two months.
Some cultivated on Blue Star, with Chu Yang monitoring their progress throughout.
There were only seven months left until the three-year deadline.
Time was pressing.
As of now, those who could ascend at any moment were Li Qingyun, Wang Teng, Qin Xiaoxiao, Bai Nianchen, Meng Zibin, and Shen Yingxue.
Among them, Meng Zibin and Shen Yingxue had the most arduous journeys. During the bloodline fusion, Meng Zibin underestimated the pain. He almost went into qi deviation due to the severe agony but managed to persevere through sheer willpower.
Shen Yingxue was suspended high in the sky by Empress Wanhua for over thirty years to help her realize the Way of Illusory and Real.
Later, she realized that the Empress wasn't asking her to replicate the entire world, but to imagine the entire world in her mind, constructing her own world within her pupils – a world that existed between illusion and reality.
The trials over the past two months were also exceptionally meaningful for them.
Besides the aforementioned few, everyone else had also reached the late stage of the Mahayana realm with Chu Yang's full support.
However, Chen Xiaohan was still at the middle stage of the Mahayana realm, as her cultivation technique was more specialized.
Looking at the assembled crowd, Chu Yang said sternly, "They can't wait any longer. They've lost their patience and are now launching a full-scale attack on the human race of that world. Remember, this is a world that cannot be saved. The enemy has fourteen ninth-realm powerhouses, and their Supreme Being is merely toying with the Immortal Emperor of that world. Therefore, this battle, apart from teaching these Shitian clan kings a bloody lesson, is also to save as many people as possible!"
Chu Yang's gaze fell on Li Qingyun. Currently, Li Qingyun was the only one who could save people.
His Green Lotus Realm could accommodate a portion of humanity.
However, it couldn't withstand excessively powerful beings. At most, two Immortal Kings would be enough to instantly collapse his hard-won Green Lotus Realm.
Therefore, saving powerful individuals meant not being able to save many. Saving the weaker ones, those below the Nascent Soul stage, could accommodate a hundred thousand people.