Chapter 1039, Ferocious Beasts Breaking Free

Translator: Jon

Translation Checker: Silavin

 

On the ship deck in the Northern frontline, Xing Yue Holy Lord finally appeared shocked after such a long time. “No way!”

 

Blood Race members had besieged Crimson Blood Holy Land several times, so they were familiar with the tactics that Humans might use. They had learned from past experiences that Humans would usually become exhausted after three days of war.

 

[Why is this time different?]

 

Although he felt nothing when the cannon fodder died, his face still contorted hideously at this point.

 

It was inevitable that the cannon fodder died. Their death was worth it as they wore the Humans out and paved the way for the stronger Blood Race members to attack the Humans. However, the turn of events caught them off guard.

 

Several ten thousand Blood Race members lost their lives in the blink of an eye.

 

[When did the Humans become so invincible?]

 

He grabbed the railing so hard that it turned into dust in an instant.

 

At that moment, he fell into a dilemma. Presently, he was faced with two options. The first one was that he would order his soldiers to retreat. That way, their efforts in the past three days would go down the drain, becoming meaningless.

 

The second one was that they would continue to press on, betting that the Humans’ counterattacks couldn’t be sustained for a long time. Their burst of energy was only temporary. If he won the bet, they would stand a chance of destroying Crimson Blood Holy Land. But if he lost, most of the several hundred thousand Blood Race members would die.

 

There was no time for him to ponder during the war. With a hideous expression, he ordered, “Go on!”

 

He had chosen the second option.

 

Although he had no idea why their understanding of the Humans turned out to be wrong this time, he believed their burst of energy couldn’t last long. Since they had suffered immense losses, it would be humiliating for them to retreat just like this. Most importantly, he didn’t feel sorry for the death of his subordinates.

 

Following his order, Blood Race soldiers continued to march forward.

 

It turned out that he had made the right bet. In just an hour, the Humans’ counterattacks started weakening.

 

This was inevitable. With the United as One Grand Ward covering the islands, those cultivators controlling the Wards could continuously draw energy from it and didn’t have to worry about their consumption of energy. Although they could hold on, the Wards on the walls couldn’t.

 

After three days of running continuously, the Wards were tremendously burdened. Coupled with the burst of energy earlier, many Wards started to malfunction.

 

Even with many Ward Cultivators moving around on the walls to repair the Wards, their attacks could no longer be intense.

 

Blood Race members charged forward again at a quicker pace this time because there were stronger cultivators among the Blood Race soldiers this time.

 

The distance between them was shortening. Although Humans were at an advantage as they were defending their territory, the powerful cultivators among the Humans had to make a move once Blood Race members got too close. They could never let these Blood Race members land on the islands.

 

These 11 islands formed the last defence line of Crimson Blood Holy Land, so they couldn’t afford to lose any one of them. Both Humans and Blood Race members understood that fully well. Therefore, once Blood Race members landed, they would immediately destroy the islands, not kill the Humans first.

 

As long as they could destroy any island, they could tear through the Humans’ defence line.

 

Humans had no choice but to ward off the enemies. A distance of 600 metres was the limit. They wouldn’t be able to fend off the enemies if the latter got any closer.

 

Given the distance, the defences on the islands could offer some assistance when they blocked out the enemies.

 

Meanwhile, Meng Jie took off a string of beads from his wrist.

 

There were seven to eight beads of different colours and they looked ordinary. Lu Ye had seen the string of beads, but he didn’t study them. He just felt Meng Jie loved wearing an accessory around his wrist.

 

But since Meng Jie took off the string of beads at this point, it was apparent he was about to make a move.

 

He lifted the other hand and plucked a bead. Although they were called beads, they weren’t round. They were stones that came in irregular shapes.

 

He weighed the stone in his hand and tossed it forward like a mischievous child.

 

Suddenly, a violent Spiritual Power and vitality burst. The invisible air blast caused Lu Ye’s clothes and hair to flap in the air.

 

Sound waves were seen tailing the stone. As it flew forward, it expanded rapidly until it became a boulder the size of a house.

 

Wherever the stone went, it would form a vacuum area among the Blood Race members. Be it the cannon fodder in the Cloud River Realm or the Blood Race members in the Real Lake Realm and Divine Ocean Realm, they would immediately die when they came into contact with the stone. Even the Blood Rivers they had formed were broken through. Shrieks were heard coming from the Blood Rivers.

 

Meanwhile, Meng Jie started throwing the stones forward with both hands.

 

In a short time, he had caused seven to eight vacuum areas on the battlefield. Countless Blood Race members were injured or killed.

 

An astounded Lu Ye felt his eyelids twitching.

 

He had seen Body-tempering Cultivators in the Divine Ocean Realm. Dao Thirteen was a Body-tempering Cultivator in the Divine Ocean Realm, but he didn’t have moves as horrifying as those of Meng Jie.

 

It was apparent that those were no ordinary stones. They were more like Exotic Treasures. It was a wonder if Meng Jie had made them or found them from somewhere.

 

If he had made them, he could still craft the items again. But if he had picked them up from somewhere, his glory this time couldn’t be replicated.

 

Regardless, his move had caused Blood Race members to suffer immense losses.

 

One of the boulders was targeted at the ship at the back. However, too many Blood Race members got in the way and the boulder had been disrupted by the Blood Rivers. By the time it reached the ship, half of its power was gone.

 

A blood light shot from the ship and jabbed into the boulder like an arrow. The two of them turned into dust at the same time.

 

With a distance of over ten kilometres between them, Xing Yue Holy Lord and Meng Jie stared at each other. The former sported a grim expression, whereas the latter was calm and collected.

 

“Take good care of yourself,” Meng Jie said bafflingly and dashed forward on his own. The burst of his Spiritual Power and vitality caused the Void to tremble.

 

Like a tiger among a herd of sheep, he could easily kill those Blood Race members wherever he went.

 

As a Senior cultivator from Jiu Zhou, he had a powerful heritage. It could be said that he had reached the end of his cultivation journey as a Body-tempering Cultivator. Due to some reason, he was unable to achieve a breakthrough.

 

As soon as Meng Jie charged forward, the Human cultivators, who had been at the ready on the walls, dashed forward as well.

 

They came together as groups. Some groups consisted of five to six people, but there were also groups with seven to eight people.

 

They revealed nothing when they left the city, but when they were pouncing on the enemies, they activated their Spiritual Powers and connected their auras.

 

Soon enough, Spiritual Powers converged as different formations were formed.

 

Different formations were manifested in distinct forms. For example, Black Tortoise Moon Viewing Formation looked just like a Black Tortoise looking up at the Moon. The people making up the formation were scattered around the Black Tortoise’s limbs, head and back. As their Spiritual Powers merged, they made the Black Tortoise look lifelike.

 

Another example would be Tiger Roaring Mountain Forest Formation, which looked like a tiger growling deafeningly on a mountain.

 

There was also Dragon Fighting Through the Sky Formation, which looked like a Dragon flying across the sky. Its Dragon roar boosted their morale.

 

To these Blood Race members, the people leaving the islands didn’t seem like the Humans they were familiar with. Instead, these people looked like ancient ferocious beasts who had broken free. These Blood Race members were dumbfounded, not knowing what to do.

 

The Humans in the formations were oblivious to all that as they carried the formations with them and clashed with the enemies. Blood rain fell from the sky again.

 

Lu Ye also made a move this time.

 

His task was to assist Meng Jie and Yue Ji to protect this island. He had been watching a show from the sidelines for the past few days. Now that he had a chance to contribute, he naturally wouldn’t miss it.

 

The people he had brought with him were powerful. These 100 Blood Race Dao Troopers were familiar with all sorts of formations after days of practice. Before the war, Lu Ye had made some careful arrangements. Therefore, he didn’t need to say anything at this point. These Blood Race Dao Troopers automatically established formations according to the arrangements.

 

Lu Ye had created a Nine Palace Circle Formation himself. Besides Dao Thirteen and him, there were also seven meticulously selected Blood Race Dao Troopers. They were all in the Fourth-Order Divine Ocean Realm.

 

The nine of them crashed into a Blood River that hovered in the sky.

 

The underground Blood River in Blood Refinement Boundary was the foundation of the Blood Race. It was a breeding place where blood foetuses were nurtured. However, Blood Race members could also summon their own Blood River using a Blood Technique.

 

Naturally, the Blood River they cast wasn’t comparable to the real one, but it was amazing enough. It was especially useful when used to trap enemies.

 

Back then in Thousand Streams Paradise, Dao Thirteen was trapped inside a Blood River for a long time, and the Blood River was only formed by some Real Lake Realm Masters.

 

Certainly, it was also because Dao Thirteen was unintelligent. If he had normal intelligence, he would’ve easily broken free from the Blood River cast by Real Lake Realm Masters. After all, he was significantly more powerful than them.

 

Trapping enemies was just one of its uses. When Blood Race members were hidden inside a Blood River, others would have a hard time finding them. The trapped enemies also had to avoid getting killed by them. There was no doubt it was difficult to deal with them.

 

If Lu Ye was on his own, he would never barge into such a Blood River. Blood Race members were at a huge advantage when inside the Blood River, so Lu Ye naturally wouldn’t put his life at risk.

 

However, with the formation that he had formed with Dao Thirteen and seven Blood Race Dao Troopers, Lu Ye didn’t have to worry about anything when crashing into the Blood River.

 

Blood Race members were familiar with the Blood River. Although no one had taught them anything, they were born with the knowledge of all their Secret Techniques.

 

After Lu Ye and his Soul Slaves barged into the Blood River, shrieks and groans were heard. Following that, corpses fell from the Blood River and dropped into Divine Palace Sea.

 

The Blood River kept shrinking until it was gone.

 

Strictly speaking, the Blood Rivers of Blood Race members could also be turned into a formation. That was because different Blood Race members could merge their Blood Rivers and form a huge one, in which they could trap and kill their enemies. The bigger the combined Blood River was, the more powerful it was, but it wouldn’t help increase their powers.