Chapter 363: Retreating from the Rock Mountain Range
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
In the Asura World, Jiang Li, who was free, finally had the time to use the power of virtuous merit of the Merit Blessing to fuel the fire in his body.
Then, he used the even more vigorous Human Fire to refresh the status of refining the Golden Core.
[Human Fire is refining the Golden Cores. Added Status: Golden Core Refinement (Five-into-one). Added Status: Merit Infusion.]
[Golden Core Refinement (Five-into-one): Increases the fusion progress by 1% every day. Current Progress: 21.5%. Duration: 48 hours] (− +)
[Merit Infusion: Infused with the merit of the human race. Gains 2 points of merit per hour. Duration: 48 hours] (− +)
The medium-grade power of virtuous merit doubled the intensity of the Human Fire.
It had been more than a month since he formed his Golden Core.
The constant 0.5% refinement status allowed the progress of the Golden Core smelting to increase by more than one-fifth.
Now that the refinement speed had doubled, it would take about 78 days to succeed.
At that time, his Golden Core would obtain a long improvement. It was unknown to what extent it could reach in the end.
However, the constant state of refinement actually did not require him to expend much effort to control.
Jiang Li had been idle for a long time. He simply took out the Yin Burial Coffin and began to draw the runes from the Square Heaven Seal on it.
Moreover, after Jiang Li’s spiritual qi infusion status was refreshed into top-grade spiritual qi, the speed at which spiritual qi accumulated greatly increased.
The concentration of spiritual qi and the total amount of spiritual qi in the coffin was already ten times higher than before. The two coffin nails refined by the Great Mountain Alliance had already reached his hands.
After inserting the coffin nail into the coffin, this artifact that he had invested the most in might be able to rise to the medium-grade Earth-rank naturally.
Apart from that, Jiang Li was still doing construction here.
However, because the Blood Fighting Arena was about three days away from here, he could fly at full speed.
Therefore, it was no longer convenient for him to happily steal the resources, population, and energy of the Blood Fighting Arena. This made the construction speed of his territory very limited.
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While Alliance Leader Jiang Li ran to the Asura World to secretly pluck the wool, in the other world, the Rock Mountain Range’s Blackstone City, which had also developed a close connection with the Asura World, had already been reduced to a bloody mess.
Due to the reminder of the yaksha clone, the Blood Fighting Arena had made very thorough preparations in advance. A group of small-sized high-level Asuras crossed the spatial crack in an instant and blocked the experts of the Myriad Slaughter Sect in Blackstone City to gain a foothold.
Moreover, there were Vemacitrin and the Evil Eye High Priest, who were using their might through the spatial crack, at the core of the defense.
Although the Myriad Slaughter Sect had attacked several times, the results were minimal.
Only twice did he barely break through the layers of obstructions and shatter the altar on Blackstone City’s side.
However, because the information was incomplete, they did not know that they had to destroy the blood pool on the other side as the energy source in order to completely close the spatial crack.
As a result, after defending for a period of time, they were once again seized back by the Blood Fighting Arena.
This was similar to the first time the Great Mountain Region faced the invasion of the Asura World.
Back then, the Black Lotus Divine Sect had opened the door to the other world, exposing the entire Great Mountain Region to the threat of the endless Asura.
In order to close the spatial crack, the first Valley Master of the Scripture Storage Valley, who was the super expert who used the Square Heaven Seal to wipe out the Black Lotus Divine Sect Master’s altar, smashed out a huge basin and died on the spot.
The Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak, a large cultivation sect with a complete ancient legacy and limitless potential, had been beaten until their talents withered.
How many of the talented Shu Mountain sword cultivators of the previous generation had died?
Under their sacrifice, they finally found a way to close the spatial crack and end the calamity.
If not for that meat grinder-like war, the cultivation world of the Great Mountain Region would have had several powerful inheritances after all. Even if it was not as developed as the entire cultivation dynasty, there would be no need to fear the Myriad Slaughter Sect.
Now, it was the Myriad Slaughter Sect’s turn to worry.
The former largest city in the Rock Mountain Range, Blackstone City, had completely changed.
The buildings that were originally built from hard black stone had already been completely destroyed by the aftermath of the long war.
In its place were many strange buildings quickly built with flesh, blood, bones, and horn hair as materials. The style was different from the continent of the Nine Provinces, emitting strange fluctuations.
The effects of these buildings were similar to the Demon Lotus Array back then. The fluctuations that were released repelled the power of this world.
In the area covered by these buildings, the lightning clouds of Heavenly Punishment could not be produced here. Instead, they could suppress the human cultivators who entered to fight.
As a result, the counterattack of the Myriad Slaughter Sect cultivators became even more difficult.
The Sect Master of the Myriad Slaughter Sect, Wu Fan, stood outside the domain that was corroded by the blood color. On his originally gentle face, there was a terrifying wound that cut off the bridge of his nose and split his entire face into two.
The ugly scar tissue on the wound swelled up and wriggled from time to time, looking disgusting and terrifying.
This wound came from a powerful existence. It was definitely not an injury that could be completely eliminated so easily.
Even the Sect Master of the Myriad Slaughter Sect suffered such a terrifying injury. It could be seen what the people below had experienced during this period of time.
Eight Soul Formation cultivators had died. That was a heavy loss that they had not suffered in many years.
Countless disciples of the Myriad Slaughter Sect who were at the Nascent Soul realm and below died.
Their recruitment elders had already run to the various main cities of the Eastern Region during this period of time. A large number of rogue cultivators were recruited in batches, and one batch died in batches. The speed was extremely fast.
This also caused the reputation of the Myriad Slaughter Sect to be extremely notorious in the cultivation world of the Eastern Region recently.
Rogue cultivators were all shrewd fellows. If they wanted to join a large faction, they only wanted to make use of the status and bully people.
Joining the Myriad Slaughter Sect was clearly courting death.
As a result, later on, the Myriad Slaughter Sect used the artifacts of the dead disciples as rewards for joining but could no longer recruit many people.
However, after this period of continuous intense combat, the Myriad Slaughter Sect Master seemed to have deeper control of the Earth-rank artifact, the Blood King Crown.
Two blood-colored figures with extremely sinister auras had already appeared beside him. They were the Undying Blood Soldiers summoned through the Blood King Crown.
“Sect Master, those monsters are attacking again.”
An old man flew over from afar. As he had said, a torrent of flesh and blood spread out in all directions from the core of Blackstone City.
All the cultivators of the Myriad Slaughter Sect had numbness and despair on their faces. They had seen too many such scenes.
Only Wu Fan’s expression could be considered calm.
“Let’s retreat.”
He seemed to have said something insignificant.
“Yes, I’ll organize the disciples to defend now… Sect Master, what did you say?”
“Retreat? But the Divine Judgment Hall already knows the situation here. The Cloud Guards of the Cloud Manor have already come to see the situation of the calamity.”
“If we give up on dealing with the spread of the influence, we will definitely be questioned by the Divine Judgment Hall. We might even lose our status as a medium-sized Divine Judgment!”
That old man’s performance was extremely unbelievable. To most cultivators in the Eastern Region, the status of the Divine Judgment Hall could affect the direction of a faction. It was something more important than life.
How could he give up just like that?
However, when the elder looked up at his Sect Master, he met a pair of cold eyes. This made his heart tremble and he did not dare to say anything.
“Send my orders to everyone to retreat from the Rock Mountain Range. We… are going to the Great Mountain Region.”
The emotionless words of the Myriad Slaughter Sect Master spread throughout the entire battlefield. Although some people laughed in disbelief, most of the low-level cultivators still felt like they had survived a calamity.
After all, if they stayed here any longer, none of them had the confidence to survive.
The Myriad Slaughter Sect Master, Wu Fan, waved his hand. The two blood-colored figures behind him rushed into the corroded domain and displayed extremely powerful combat strength.
Wu Fan reached out and touched the red crown on his head.
The crown seemed to have grown completely with his flesh and blood. When his palm touched the crown, he could even feel the throbbing of blood vessels.
As the two blood-colored figures were killed, the crown was transmitting power to him.
After reaching this realm, any improvement was difficult. Wu Fan, who had not felt his cultivation increase for a long time, was already immersed in the beauty of the Blood King Crown.
“With this power, what’s the Divine Judgment Hall?”
“As long as I have strength, authority, and status, everything will eventually return to me!”
After the two blood-colored figures killed the monster in front of Wu Fan, he turned around and left.
A large number of Myriad Slaughter Sect’s flying ships carried their population supplies. They abandoned their original defense area and drove in another direction.
Without their suppression, the endless monsters rushed into the wilderness of the Rock Mountain Range without any fear.
The wilderness of the Rock Mountain Range was indeed dangerous in comparison, but in the face of the carpet-like torrent of flesh and blood, this ecosystem seemed a little fragile.
If this continued, it would probably only be a matter of time before the entire Rock Mountain Range was corroded by the Asura World.
If other Asura Lords entered, the entire cultivation world of the Eastern Region, the Azure Cloud Continent, and even the Nine Provinces Continent might be in danger.
After all, opposite the spatial crack was a complete world. It was possible to have powerful enemies.
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The Myriad Slaughter Sect abandoned the territory of the Rock Mountain Range and headed towards the cultivation world of the Great Mountain Region.
However, as the instigator, the Great Mountain Alliance Leader, Jiang Li, was still staying in the Asura World to experience the strange scenery of the other world.
He did not know that the enemy was about to invade his hometown. Moreover, the Pandora’s box that he had personally opened was already beginning to go out of control.
Jiang Li, who had been in the Asura World for half a month, had been guarding the underground passageway that he had accidentally discovered. On this day, an unexpected guest arrived.
From underground, a pink bat flapped its wings and quietly flew up from the bottomless cave.
The little bat opened its mouth, and a series of sounds that ordinary people’s ears could not capture spread out.
That was an ultrasonic wave that ordinary bats could emit and capture. After possessing great power, this ability also became stronger.
It could easily penetrate obstructions and obtain information in a large area. Moreover, this method was very hidden, ordinary people could not sense it.
If the frequency was mobilized to a specific range, it could also cause an irresistible blow to the organs in the creature’s body. It was a very practical ability.
However, to Jiang Li who cultivated the Bodhisattva Heart Sutra, such sound waves were simply running naked in front of him. There was like a 500-watt light bulb tied to the body.
It was difficult to ignore.
At this moment, there was already an inconspicuous small mountain at the entrance of the underground passageway.
There were only a few holes in the small mountain as passageways for air flow.
This was the result that Jiang Li had specially arranged.
This small territory that was being established did not need any gorgeous appearance or resounding reputation.
His only request was to be hidden, safe, and inconspicuous. Keeping a low profile was the way to go.
However, inside the small mountain, although it was small, it had everything.
All the functional buildings in the Asura territory were built here.
The pink bat came from the passageway below. Through the sound waves, it quickly figured out this territory that was being built.
There were only a hundred people. It was simply shockingly simple.
If she discovered that the Asura in this underground cave was too powerful, she would definitely turn around and leave, even abandoning those low-level clansmen who did not have much intelligence and leaving far away.
However, with only so few subordinates, it seemed that he was a lucky and downtrodden Asura who dreamed of becoming a Lord.
Such an Asura might be her puppet and allow her to control this underground passageway more safely.
After making up his mind, the pink bat silently flew to the back of a succubus who was drawing special patterns on the blood stone and bit her neck.
The succubus did not seem to notice that four teeth had already pierced into its neck.
Its body turned pale at a visible speed, and then its vision turned black as it lay on the ground.
After absorbing the blood, the fur on the pink bat became a little brighter.
Then, she silently flew towards the next victim.
However, at this moment, a silver metal net enveloped the pink bat.
Dense metal threads shone with silver light.
Then, in the next moment, the silver net was torn clean by the pink bat.
It was actually a net made of silver threads?
The soft silver threads could not even trap an ordinary mortal for long, let alone the high-grade Asura, Night Bat Blood Race.
“Are silver items still useless? Are you afraid of sunlight or garlic?”
Jiang Li’s figure appeared from behind the pink bat, saying something that no one could understand.
In this Asura World, there was no such thing as sunlight or garlic. This Blood Race was also completely different from the vampires in his previous life.
“Alright, esteemed female… female bat. What are your intentions for visiting my territory?”