Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 453 - 451: Various Aspects (Seeking Monthly Votes at the Beginning of the Month!)_1

Chapter 453: Chapter 451: Various Aspects (Seeking Monthly Votes at the Beginning of the Month!)_1

Tianwei City.

Roar! Roar!

With an ancient and piercing roar of a beast,

A horde of dark deer with antlers larger than their bodies, like suicide squads, charged forward undeterred by the numerous spells cast upon them by the Immortal Cultivators. They sprinted rapidly and violently collided with the city walls.

Bang! Bang!

The black walls, reinforced by a series of Arrays and constructed of unknown materials, emitted agonizing cries under the assault of the antlers.

"Quickly!"

Upon seeing this, Lord Black Sand on top of the city walls revealed a layer of black patterns on his face and formed hand seals rapidly.

Countless ’Black Marsh Mysterious Sand’ transformed into a dark needle rain that filled the sky.

The Demon Qi defenses of these large antlered deer couldn’t block the assault; they were pierced through and collapsed to the ground, dead, their blood quickly forming rivers.

Suddenly, a faint green shadow flew out from the body of one of the fallen large antlered deer, emitting a sky-shattering roar.

The dark green Demon Qi, like a Flood Dragon, viciously struck at Lord Black Sand!

A terrifying wave of Magic Power spread far and wide instantly!

"That’s a great Cultivator in the late stages of Nascent Soul!"

Lord Black Sand’s heart sank, as he hastily released his life-bound Spirit Treasure and frantically manipulated the Black Marsh Mysterious Sand to form layer upon layer of defense.

Roar! Roar!

The Flood Dragon roared as it slammed into the city walls, causing the dense arrays to collapse in an instant.

The remaining channels of demon Qi, like arrows, pierced through the gaps of the Array in a dense onslaught.

Lord Black Sand’s face paled, nearly spitting out a mouthful of Essence Blood.

"Elder Zi, why bully the younger generation?!"

A loud shout came from within Tianwei City as an aura of the late Nascent Soul stage rapidly approached, manifesting into an image of an old man in a white robe.

The attacking demon shadow also settled into the Monster Clan camp, transforming into a purple-colored Kylin-like Monster beast with two black horns on its head that split apart, faintly attracting Thunder Light, looking extraordinary and majestic...

At that moment, the purple Kylin spoke in human language, "Hand over that ’Master Mu’ who killed the pride of my clan... This matter has now alerted our clan’s great elder. Once the Void Passage is large enough to accommodate the elder, you will regret it!"

"Heh heh... Sir Zi, are you implying our human race lacks a Transcendent God? If your clan’s great elder dares to come, bearing the pressure of an entire realm, I wonder how much of your Divine Skill would remain?"

The old man in the white robe chuckled and said, "As for handing over Master Mu, that is even less negotiable... Master Mu is meritorious for slaying demons for the human race. Now that our factions are mutually hostile, would you hand over those Monster cultivators who killed Nascent Soul Cultivators of my race if I asked?"

"Hmph!"

The purple Kylin let out a cold snort, turned around, and rode away on a clump of purple clouds.

"Thank you, Elder Sha, for your rescue!"

Lord Black Sand, his face pale, bowed and thanked the man in the white robe.

"Enough... For the past few decades, the Monster Clan’s attacks have been somewhat abnormal... The Five Elements Qilin Tribe has fallen before, but there was never such a reaction from the Monster Clan. It seems the Five Elements Qilin that you and Master Mu killed had quite a background..."

Elder Sha chuckled lightly, "I almost thought it was a direct Bloodline of a Transcendent God Demon Lord..."

Lord Black Sand could only offer a bitter smile.

He too felt that the Blue-Horned Scaled Clan individual indeed had significant connections, which he hadn’t realized at the time.

Had it not been for the Monster Clan’s frantic assaults later on, revealing certain things, they would not have come up with this speculation.

’If Master Mu were here, it would be hard to say what the situation would be...’

’But the key is... indeed, I have no idea where this person might be.’

Lord Black Sand felt miserable inside, with no one to confide in, and could only sigh deeply...

...

South Wilderness, Yuan Country.

Mixed Origin Sect, the main gate.

Black, white, red, gold, and blue colors alternated, forming the high-grade fourth-order ’Five Qi Towards Origin Great Array’, glittering and seemingly flowing back and forth, its defensive power extremely formidable.

But at that moment, a vast tide of beasts approached menacingly, among which were second and third-order Monster beasts, driven by the Transformed Monster Cultivators hidden behind the scenes, who charged fearlessly into the Great Array.

Such disregard for loss had nearly exhausted the local spiritual vein’s energy.

After all, this beast tide had persisted for decades, and the Mixed Origin Sect had been besieged for over a dozen years!

Back then, Fang Xi sensed danger and did not enter the Mixed Origin Sect to plunder, thereby preserving much of the Sect’s Primordial Energy.

Although ’Lord Lingfeng’ had fallen and the Mixed Origin Sect had yet to cultivate a new Nascent Soul True Monarch, the sudden onslaught of the beast tide was cushioned by the high-grade fourth-order Great Array. As long as they huddled inside, there would not be much of a problem.

Initially, even two fourth-order Transformed Monster Cultivators, relying on their profound Cultivation, sneaked into the Mixed Origin Sect main gate intending to break through in one fell swoop. Instead, they triggered the contingency left by Ancestor Mixed Origin: ’Five Elements Ring’ complemented the Array, counterattacking and utterly obliterating them!

The Monster Clan then realized that the ’Five Elements Ring’ was the life-bound Spirit Treasure of the Mixed Origin Sect’s founding ancestor. This great Cultivator, who was in the latter stages of Nascent Soul and had the ’Five Elements Body’, refined this treasure to perfection, raising its power to the peak of the fourth-order, even on the verge of the fifth-order!

When the Ancestor Mixed Origin sat and transformed, successive generations of Yuan Ying True Monarchs expended Nascent Soul energy to maintain this treasure’s grade.

Combined with the Great Array, it could barely become sentient and form a figure to assist in attacking the invading enemies!

This had always been kept secret by the Mixed Origin Sect as part of their foundational strength.

As a result, the Monster Clan suffered a severe blow, with two major Transformed Monster Clans perishing under the accumulated power of the ’Five Elements Ring’ without leaving a trace of their bodies behind.

However, the actions of Mixed Origin Sect had completely enraged the Monster Clan, making it a ceaselessly besieged ground by the beast tide.

In the recent state of Yuan Country, Green Leaf Commerce Association had already gone bankrupt, and the Blood Sect had dispersed like dust in the wind. On the other hand, the various Nascent Soul forces that had relocated to Jiang Country were rather schadenfreude to see Mixed Origin Sect under siege, tacitly letting Mixed Origin Sect bear the brunt of the attacks.

Until today, the Five Qi Origin Origin Array of Mixed Origin Sect also faltered, on the verge of collapse.

Inside the Sect gate.

Spurt!

A flying sword shattered, followed by the decapitation of Tie as his head flew up.

Chaos reigned within the Ancestor Hall with signs of damage from various magical treasures all around; the ground was littered with severed limbs and remains, clearly after an extremely fierce battle.

"I said, those who betray the Sect must die!"

On Wei Changsheng’s face, the refined elegance was no more, and even his hair had turned completely white.

He retracted his magical treasure and looked towards the remaining disciples of Mixed Origin Sect, "Does anyone else share the same opinion as the previously mentioned Tie? Huh?!"

Though his Divine Soul had been damaged by Fang Xi’s soul-searching which made consolidating a Nascent Soul impossible, his status as one of Perfect Core Formation was sufficient to suppress the entire Sect.

The disciples of Mixed Origin Sect fell to their knees one after another, "Please make a decision, Sect Leader..."

The former Sect Leader was already lying on the ground. Now, Wei Changsheng was the legitimate Sect Leader of Mixed Origin Sect!

"Mixed Origin Sect can be defeated, but it will not perish."

Looking at the few remaining Core Formation elders who were as quiet as cicadas in winter, Wei Changsheng softened his tone a bit, "Surrendering to the Monster Clan is out of the question. There is still one teleportation array within our Sect, an ancient legacy, which was later examined and left intact by Ancestor Mixed Origin. It should be able to transport us directly to Jiang Country..."

"What?"

The Core Formation elders and Foundation Establishment disciples revealed joyful expressions, having not expected their Sect to possess such a foundation; they had thought they would share fate with the Sect.

"Currently, the energy from the Spiritual Veins is insufficient, and the Spirit Stones are nearly exhausted... Send the word, destroy the Secret Realm, and then prepare the disciples to evacuate in batches..."

Watching his departing disciples, a shadow loomed in Wei Changsheng’s eyes.

The true core disciples of Mixed Origin Sect had been dispersed to various locations in the South Wilderness well before the onset of the beast tide.

Those that remained within the Sect were, in fact, the forsaken ones.

Even him, with no hope of Nascent Soul, was likewise.

’But the Sect has graced me with the teachings of the Dao; I cannot fail to repay that...’

Wei Changsheng’s eyes blazed with a readiness to die.

At this moment, he looked towards the north and suddenly let out a bitter laugh.

If Lord Dragon Fish had not succeeded in condensing a Nascent Soul back then, and Mixed Origin Sect had moved north, would the outcome have been any different?

...

Seven days later.

A shocking news spread throughout Yuan Country.

Mixed Origin Sect was breached by the beast tide!

It was said that the acting Sect Leader of Mixed Origin Sect had made a resolute decision, activating the last measure of the Array, and perishing along with many high-ranking members of the Monster Clan!

Not only that, Mixed Origin Sect’s greatest resource, that particular Secret Realm, was also destroyed, and the whereabouts of the spiritual treasure ’Five Elements Ring’ was unknown, leaving the Monster Clan hopping mad but unable to do anything about it...

...

Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range.

"Die!"

Accompanied by an exclamation, a sword Qi as dazzling as the stars swept by, decapitating a frozen third-order ape with extraordinary bloodline.

Gong Ling retracted the magical treasure flying sword in her hand and turned towards Feng Bingxian, "Sister Feng’s Ice Soul Cold Light has become even sharper... Even this Mountain Moving Ape with an exceptional bloodline couldn’t resist and was left to be slaughtered..."

"It’s merely the power of an External Pill..."

Feng Bingxian’s face showed little joy.

She still possessed the ’Ice Soul Cold Light External Pill’ from the Profound Ice Palace in her hands; it was akin to an extremely powerful magical treasure. Combined with her own developed Ice Soul Cold Light Divine Skill, the effects were enhanced considerably.

"Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range truly lives up to its reputation. It’s said that most of the monster beasts have joined the Beast Tide outside, yet it’s still so dangerous here. It was troublesome for you this time, sister," she said, looking at Gong Ling before suddenly speaking.

"Alas... Since sister has accepted the task from Departure Demon Palace, failing to find Elder Yun Jiezi within the deadline would certainly bring big trouble," Gong Ling sighed, "But I’m willing to accompany you to the three countries because I wish to investigate... With the beast tide in Yuan Country getting worse, even our smaller sects are terrified. We might really have to relocate to the refuge in the three countries. Yet, the dangers along the way are unpredictable, and we must find out a safe passage..."

Feng Bingxian smiled faintly.

For a Core Formation cultivator, such decisions were straightforward.

Seeing the dire situation of Mixed Origin Sect had genuinely frightened her as well, and she considered relocating Profound Ice Palace.

This trip to the Cultivation World of the three countries also held the purpose of scouting.

...

Not far away, on a rock wall, a flash of earthy yellow light suddenly shone, revealing a greatly reduced figure of the Land Mountain Turtle.

"These two women seem to be those tasked by the master..." Gui Shan held a jade slip, checked it against something, then nodded secretly. Just then, it looked beyond the two women to a certain place behind them, and its expression shifted slightly.