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Chapter 1053 - 907: Foundation (Additional - for Subscription)

Chapter 1053: Chapter 907: Foundation (Additional Chapter for Subscription)

At the border between the Monster Clan and the Demon Clan.

The Void flashed. Countless silver lights converged, turning into various colored talismans, which faintly formed an illusory array.

Inside the array, the figures of four people flashed into existence.

One of them belonged to the Void Clan, with early-stage Integration cultivation, holding a silver command token in his hand.

It scanned the surroundings and nodded, "Three seniors, my power is limited, and I can only transport the three of you here, but fortunately, there is a Monster Clan city not far from here, where a teleportation array is available for use..."

"Hmm, using the Void Force to move three Mahayana cultivators, you’ve done quite well already."

Di Shi praised.

Di Ling and Di Zun, on the other hand, did not utter a word but started to hurry along with this Void Clan Saint.

How astonishing is the Escape Light of Mahayana?

The Void Clan Saint only felt his body under immense pressure, and a feeling of unease emerged in his heart.

’Even if the three venerable Mahayana ancestors return, does our clan still have to continue the war with the human race? The human race has slain even two seven-tribulation old ancestors... And in the previous war with the Demon Clan, that old demon was merely severely injured...’

In the heart of the Void Clan Saint, a trace of despair surged, yet he forcibly rallied his spirits: ’But as long as the three venerable Mahayana seniors return to the Jiuchi, relying on favorable geography, they could hold off the human race for quite some time... My Void Clan might manage to survive in the cracks, or even flee deeper into the wilds...’

With that thought, his heart couldn’t help but grow heavy again.

Even the Void Clan, which was naturally skilled at using the Void Force and sharp in escape, suffered much hardship and lost many clansmen during their migrations through the wilderness.

They had barely found a suitable place to live.

If it were not entirely necessary, they really did not want to relocate again.

Crack!

Just then, a crisp sound of shattering echoed, causing the Void Clan Saint’s face to change drastically.

A flash of silver light in its hand revealed a silver bead.

At this moment, the surface of the bead unexpectedly showed a series of cracks: "This is... the breaking of our clan chief’s life bead. Something must have happened at the teleportation array."

It warned with a hint of choking in its voice.

"Damn it!"

Di Ling halted his Escape Light, and the Double Dragon Blade in his hand swept through the Void, extending a blade light for a hundred miles, turning the vicinity into chaos.

"Our current plan should be to immediately seek out the Monster Clan... In this war, the Monster Clan only lost three True Spirits. There are still True Spirits within them."

Di Zun spoke, his voice low and heavy, "We are at our wit’s end, and the Monster Clan must also bring out their last bit of strength... Only then can we have one more fight against Qing Hezi of the human race!"

...

Several days later.

Above a plain that seemed unremarkable.

An odd grey banner shot up into the sky.

The flagpole was like a heavenly pillar, the banner itself unassuming in its grey dullness, but upon it were traces of brown, forming silhouettes of phoenixes, true dragons, qilins, Xuanwu, and even Heavenly Snakes, Kui Wolves, giant elephants, and other Monster Clan figures...

This was the infamous supreme treasure of the Monster Clan—The Monster Summoning Banner!

It was created by several ancestors of the Monster Clan based on the blueprints of a rare treasure passed down from the Immortal Mansion!

Through continuously infusing clan essence blood and even rare materials over countless years, it is likely no less splendid than the Immortal Mansion Rare Treasure!

It was also a symbol of the Monster Clan, capable of summoning thousands of monsters!

Woo woo!

At this moment, as a surge of Sky Demon Qi rose to the heavens, a gust of Monster wind descended.

Suddenly, on the plains, a mountainous wolf monster lay sprawled, unnoticed until now.

Its cultivation was astonishingly at the Mahayana level, its fur seemingly grown frost white due to old age.

Only the cunning within its deep green eyes seemed to grow even more profound.

Hiss—!

Tracts of the grassland decayed and withered... A black line appeared from the horizon and then transformed into a pitch-black python.

The giant python raised its head and spat out a purple tongue, with a pleasant female voice saying, "To think the Qilin ancestor has fallen... That’s truly unexpected. Little Tongya, you dare to show yourself before me, aren’t you afraid I’ll gulp you down in one bite?"

Right below the Monster Summoning Banner, there stood a person.

With a short stature and an ugly face, it was ’Wei Tongya,’ one of the Monster Clan Saints!

"The battle at Heaven Origin City was a crushing defeat, and three True Spirits perished..."

Wei Tongya said, "That Qing Hezi of the human race has a sharp Divine Skill, seemingly cultivating the Laws of Light and Time to perfection, with great divine skills from the Immortal Realm... We of the Monster Clan are no match at all."

Zhiuu!

As he spoke, a yellow bird descended from the sky, its back covered in ferocious demon patterns: "Snake Ancestor... It’s worth listening to little Tongya’s words, that’s also the suggestion from me and old wolf..."

"Well then, do you want my Monster Clan to directly surrender?"

The Snake Ancestor looked at Wei Tongya with indifferent vertical pupils, a hint of mockery on its face.

"Not at all!"

Wei Tongya said, "In this critical moment for the Monster Clan’s survival... I humbly ask the venerable ancestors to allow the opening of the ’Time Pool’!"

"The Time Pool?"

The lying white-haired old wolf suddenly perked up: "That is the Monster Clan’s ultimate reserve, how do you know of it?"

"After all, I am the chief of the seven great Saints of the Monster Clan. The old Qilin ancestor once imparted this to me..." Wei Tongya’s face showed a hint of regret: "The ancestor did this as a precaution, but never thought that the ’just in case’ would truly happen."

"The Sky Demon Talisman, the Time Pool... These are the greatest foundations left by the Ancestor Phoenix and Ancestor Dragon. I never expected that we would have to fully utilize them now..."

The yellow bird sighed deeply.

With a call, its head suddenly split apart as if it had nine heads.

"If the Time Pool is open, there must be a sacrifice."

The white-haired old wolf said, "With the power of us three demons, we can barely make it work... In addition to that, a blood sacrifice is also necessary."

The three true spirits instantly turned their gaze to Wei Tongya.

Wei Tongya immediately answered, "Presumably, my clan’s Huixie, Year Beasts, and even the Nine Yin Candle Snakes, would all be willing to give everything for our clan..."

...

Double Dove Territory.

The Mahayana monks including Qingxu Child respectfully stood to the side as Fang Xi pressed down the last Array Disk.

Buzz!

The light of the Super Teleportation Array shone in an instant...

Then... it quickly extinguished.

"Damn, it looks like the opposing Jiu Chi Clan monks have deliberately destroyed the array. That’s a bold decision indeed."

Che Xuanyuan exclaimed in surprise.

"It’s just a last-ditch struggle..."

Fang Xi sneered, "When I went there before, I had already secretly set up the Two Realms Gate on their side, perfectly deceiving them into feeling completely secure. Just when they think they’re invulnerable, we’ll suddenly strike and completely shatter their morale..."

The three Mahayana monks from the Qingxu were overjoyed.

Master Bu of the Mahayana had some doubts, feeling that the Monster Clan’s ’Two Realms Gate’ seemed rather formidable.

But since he hadn’t personally handled this treasure, he assumed that the Two Realms Gate was simply a treasure of that caliber and felt relieved, "Fortunately, the Monster Clan’s plans never came to pass, and they even lost the Supreme Treasure, the Two Realms Gate. Otherwise, if they had utilized it during the subsequent great wars, our human race would have been in great danger..."

To this, Fang Xi simply smiled and said nothing.

"So, what should we do next?"

Qingxu Child looked towards Fang Xi.

"Since it’s worthless now, let’s leave and head straight for the Monster Clan’s stronghold, those ancient Monster Domains..."

Fang Xi said coldly, "The Monster Clan will surely fight desperately. We must strike swiftly, in hopes of annihilating all their true spirits and integrated beings before they can fully unleash their foundations..."

He always preferred a straightforward approach in his dealings.

Giving the Monster Clan time to prepare and call upon their powerful trump cards, making trouble for himself, was something he aimed to avoid as much as possible.

As for the Jiu Chi Clan?

The Void Coordinates have already been set, and they should have no Mahayana monks guarding them. Like ripe fruit that can be picked at any time, they are not of immediate concern and can be dealt with later.

"By the way, what is the Monster Clan’s final trump card?"

Fang Xi looked towards Qingxu Child.

Qingxu Child could only reply with a bitter smile, "The highest we’ve infiltrated into the Monster Clan is the White Turtle Great Saint... Only true spirit-level beings and highly trusted saints have ever known a thing or two about the Monster Clan’s final foundation... White Turtle was alas one step short. We can only approximately confirm that it’s related to Zu Long and must be at the level of a True Immortal..."

"A foundation at the level of a True Immortal..."

Fang Xi sighed, feeling a sense of wariness rising in his heart.

Even though he had ascended to Mahayana and his previous hard work had crystallized into mature combat strength, enabling him to dominate amongst the Mahayana monks with just standard methods...

there were countless unusual and secret skills in the Earth Immortal Realm, so he must still be careful not to capsize the boat in the gutter.

’Perhaps... I should let my God Path Incarnation take charge of the overall situation while my true self takes a rest.’

’In this way, even if the Monster Clan possesses a one-hit fatal treasure, it would only hit the God Path Incarnation...’

Despite the presence of the Destruction Law that enables the simultaneous killing of the incarnation.

But as long as one has sufficient strength or possesses higher-level life-saving techniques and treasures, such a scenario can still be avoided.

...

Deep within the Earth Immortal Spiritual Realm.

"A secret skill to delay the Immortal Thunder Calamity?"

Fang Xi’s heterodox incarnation held a jade slip from the Five Elements Qilin, pondering, "Such a skill... is utterly useless to me. If there was a way to hasten the arrival of the Heaven Tribulation, maybe I could try it..."

He was not afraid of the numbers of Immortal Thunder Calamities, hence he faced them fearlessly.

However, those Mahayana monks who were doomed not to survive the next Immortal Thunder Calamity might pay any price for this skill.

"It even requires special resources provided by the Jiu Chi Clan... It seems that the Jiu Chi Clan’s territory is a place I must visit."

While the secret skill was of no use to Fang Xi, it could obviously be useful for rewarding subordinates or trading.

After taking stock of the various gains, he folded his hands behind his back and moved to another location.

In a flower garden, countless vibrant vines twisted and intertwined to form a massive wooden cage.

Within the cage, the Nine-Tailed Great Saint lay lazily, with a mouthpiece of a smoking pipe made of Hong Yu jade.

"Senior..."

Outside the wooden cage, Su San, a three-tailed fox, held up Spirit Spring and Spirit Fruit, "Thank you for your guidance, Senior. Please accept these small tokens of my appreciation..."

"Hoo..."

The Nine-Tailed Great Saint exhaled a smoke ring and glanced lazily at the little fox, suddenly smiling, "Who would have thought that our fox race still has two excellent descendants who have mixed with Qing Hezi’s spiritual pets? This is a pleasant surprise indeed... With this, even if the Monster Clan is wiped out, our fox race will still have protectors. You’ve done well; no need to be so zealous. I will naturally convey all the hidden secrets and divine skills of the fox race to you. From today on, you shall be the lesser clan leader of the fox race..."