1122: Chapter 681 1122: Chapter 681 “Ah!
So powerful?
No wonder I could feel the immense pressure coming from within even from a distance.
How many are there on the other side?”
The elder was shocked and ordered their ship to stop.
The other elders began to panic as well.
The ship halted, and the disciples onboard inexplicably started to feel uneasy too!
“We don’t know.
It’s said that one person has appeared.
The opponent wields Thunder Magic and Ice Spells, very powerful indeed.
The Sect Master believes there’s more than one enemy.
Just one of them, and we can’t hold our ground.
Imagine if our entire sect mobilizes—it might end terribly.
You shouldn’t come back for now.
Leave behind the fire seed!”
The Mission Hall Master’s message left six Golden Core cultivators with sour expressions.
If several thousand disciples in the sect were killed, they would only have these 200 or so left.
And those 200 were just newly recruited disciples.
In the future, if the Invincible Sect wants to remain strong, they might have to live with their heads bowed.
Without powerful cultivators carrying out thefts, their resources would be depleted!
The prospect of the future looked bleak—bitter cultivation for survival.
Aside from the few hundred people in the Invincible Sect, there would only be the intelligence network personnel scattered around.
At most, they could mobilize about a thousand or so, but their intelligence-gathering capabilities were limited.
Sigh!
One of the elders even felt he shouldn’t have passed on this news to the sect.
The current predicament was entirely due to their underestimation of the fact that there’s always something stronger out there—people beyond people, heavens beyond heavens!
He even wanted to discuss with the other elders, suggesting that if the Sect Master and their hundreds of cultivators couldn’t deal with the enemy, they should first focus on defending the sect.
After all, there were thousands of disciples inside.
They absolutely couldn’t risk everyone; otherwise, the loss would be too great.
They shouldn’t gamble everything for wealth, resources, or the chance to confront the enemy!
When this elder discussed with other elders, some disagreed with his opinion.
After all, they were pirates—there had never been anything they wanted that they couldn’t take!
Every robbery carried danger.
If they feared danger, they wouldn’t be pirates in the first place!
Moreover, they were demon cultivators and believed the enemy was so powerful as to potentially destroy their sect!
Their sect’s cultivation practices, aside from using ghosts as puppets, also included other spells and skills!
Then someone suggested forming an alliance with the sea demons to deal with their current enemy.
In the meeting, they even came to a decision!
The plan was for He Haiyu to join forces to confront the powerful foe.
After all, they had dealings with the Demon Realm before.
In Ten Directions City, they had sent people who established connections with those from the Demon Realm, leading to the massacre of many in Ten Directions City together!
Unfortunately, information received a couple of days ago indicated that their operatives had failed and disappeared.
The sect’s forces sent to occupy Ten Directions City stopped responding altogether!
The last piece of information indicated that they had encountered a powerful enemy and hurriedly sent a final message!
A single disciple’s transmission revealed that they had met a strong adversary and were unable to fend them off; they might already be dead!
Similarly, other disciples sent back similar transmissions.
Across Ten Directions City, spanning ten cities, all dispatched disciples perished.
Not only them—the demons involved were also eradicated!
Many people from Nanhuang went to Ten Directions City, attempting to uncover the cause of these events.
Some were unaware of how the demon cultivators had managed to unite the entire Ten Directions City with demons to carry out the destruction.
Righteous cultivators had already begun their investigations, believing that the turmoil and bloodshed were undoubtedly backed by some powerful entity!
It might even involve a significant number of people.
As for why there are so many people?
They were actively trying to ascertain who the demon cultivators were affiliated with—whether it was an organization or a particular sect.
Once they identified that sect, they would rush to Ten Directions City!
Intelligence operatives also surged in, seeking to discreetly uncover who these figures were—so formidable?
Their plans to dominate Ten Directions City were utterly undone.
The sect’s ambitions there weren’t limited to capturing ghosts for cultivation or puppet-making but also using these ghosts as slaves for the future!
The aim of occupying Ten Directions City was, of course, to expand territorial power.
That mysterious island wasn’t just the pirates’ base; they intended to establish dominance over Ten Directions City and become its overlord!
With Ten Directions City’s disciples all dead, the dream of domination vanished.
Now the sect faced monumental pressure, with six elders feeling immense stress!
They looked at the novices among the remaining disciples, wondering if they could even begin their cultivation journey.
Could they even become pirates?
That too was uncertain!
Their hazy eyes reflected confusion.
As they stared blankly, bewildered as to what to do next, six Golden Core cultivators immediately sent messages to the sect engaged in battle!
The Invincible Sect had, by now, emerged from the Illusion Realm.
Numerous elders led an army of disciples outside!
The Sect Master, seeing all of them gathered, felt a mix of helplessness and resolution.
With so many people forming an array together, they could at least exhaust the enemy to death in a war of attrition!
The Sect Master allowed himself a moment of satisfaction at this thought but had little time to dwell on it.
The enemy, upon seeing their forces appear, showed no signs of fear or even amazement!
On the contrary, their Ice and Snow Spells became even more ferocious, spraying icy blasts with greater intensity.
The thunderbolts grew thicker.
It was as though the mere casting of spells countered the entirety of the sect’s forces!
Clicking his tongue, the Sect Master sneered inwardly: facing thousands of people alone?
How overconfident of them!
Eryao wasn’t afraid at all.
If she couldn’t handle the task herself, wasn’t her master still there?
After all, she was merely one of her master’s right-hand aids—and her master alone had the strength of three combined!