Chapter 1115, The Third Stage

Translator: Jon

Translation Checker: Silavin

 

Although the war was intense, the developments were in the Humans’ favour. As long as the insectoids couldn’t break through the defence lines formed by the cultivators of Jiu Zhou, they would be killed continuously. As the war progressed, it was only a matter of time before Humans destroyed all these insectoids.

 

Regardless of how many insectoids there were, there was a limit. They would eventually be annihilated.

 

As time passed, the insectoid attack became weaker, and their number grew smaller. Ten days after the war started, the insectoids could no longer launch large-scale attacks against them.

 

As such, these Humans realised it was time to counterattack. It was at this moment that they entered the third stage.

 

The cultivators of Jiu Zhou would press on from all nine directions and kill all the insectoids they came across. By destroying the insectoid nests that stood on the ground, they could solve the insectoid plague at its source.

 

Although the plan was clear and simple, it wasn’t easy to execute it.

 

First of all, they had to let some people stay at the portals to prevent some insectoids from fleeing.

 

Now, around 80 per cent of the powerful cultivators of Jiu Zhou were inside the Insectoid Great Hidden Realm. Even though some Divine Ocean Realm Masters were still in Jiu Zhou, there were only a small number of them. They were there to deal with emergencies.

 

The Soul Clone, Li Taibai, didn’t enter the Insectoid Great Hidden Realm along with the other soldiers this time because those from Thousand Demon Ridge treasured him. They didn’t want him to take on unnecessary risks, so they asked him to stay in Dark Moon Forest Pass and kill the insectoids which might have escaped from the chasm.

 

That said, since the armies had built some Wards in front of all the portals, not many people were needed to stay behind. If insectoids came to attack, they could use the Wards to kill them.

 

Moreover, the cultivators wouldn’t press on in a straight line. If they did that, many insectoids could run away. As such, they had to lengthen the defence line to cover a larger area.

 

Simply put, the Insectoid Great Hidden Realm was divided into nine regions, and every army was in charge of one region. Before they pushed on, they had to be ready along the boundaries of their regions. Upon receiving the order, they would march forward at the same time to destroy as many insectoids in the Hidden Realm as possible and solve most of the potential threats.

 

The higher-ups of the two sides were responsible for coming up with a plan. With the help of Battlefield Imprints, it was easy for cultivators to communicate with each other. This allowed them to collaborate in a large-scale operation.

 

These higher-ups were efficient as it only took them half a day to come up with a plan. When the order was given, the cultivators of Bing Zhou flew along the boundary in two different directions.

 

When one looked at it from above, he could see countless rays of light expanding along the boundary and into the distance.

 

A team would stay behind at a certain interval, and after some distance, a Divine Ocean Realm Master would stay there. That was the area they would be responsible for.

 

No one told them who would stay behind or move forward. At this point, they could act based on their will. All of them were in the Real Lake Realm and above, so they had their judgements and needed no one to give them any instructions.

 

Scattering the soldiers like this in the initial phase of the war was undoubtedly fatal, but it was the only option in this situation. Using different solutions during different phases would optimise the powers of these cultivators.

 

They kept leaving behind some soldiers along the way, and the rest continued to move along the boundary of the Insectoid Great Hidden Realm.

 

Lu Ye was going right and flying at the head, but it wasn’t because he was the most powerful. Many people in this place were more powerful than he was. Since he had explored the Insectoid Great Hidden Realm before, the higher-ups of Bing Zhou decided to give him a task.

 

He had to connect with the neighbouring army to ensure that the two defence lines would converge seamlessly. A person from that side had taken on the task as well.

 

As the defence line lengthened, fewer and fewer cultivators were following behind Lu Ye. When battles broke out occasionally, the insectoids couldn’t kick up a storm with so many cultivators around.

 

After they kept flying for one day, only around 200 cultivators were left following behind Lu Ye. Only then did they see the rays of light coming from a distance.

 

The Divine Ocean Realm Master at the head came into contact with Lu Ye using his Divine Ego before they stopped in their tracks. The cultivators behind them continued to move forward to fill up the empty spaces.

 

The defence lines of Bing Zhou and the neighbouring Zhou were finally connected. Now, they just had to wait for orders.

 

The Divine Ocean Realm Master at the head flew over and landed beside Lu Ye before sizing him up curiously. “Are you Lu Yi Ye of the Crimson Blood Sect?”

 

Lu Ye was munching on Spirit Pills and getting ready for the war. He shot him a look. “Do you have any grudges against me?”

 

Their neighbouring continent was Lei Zhou, which was controlled by Thousand Demon Ridge. There was no doubt this Divine Ocean Realm Master was from a certain Sect of Thousand Demon Ridge, which was why Lu Ye was vigilant when the person came over all of a sudden.

 

It wasn’t like the grudges between the two sides had vanished just because they were in a collaboration.

 

Even on the same side, Yu Huajin had done everything she could in an attempt to kill him. Although Lu Ye was young, he wasn’t naive.

 

Anyway, the other party was only a Seventh-Order Divine Ocean Realm Master. Lu Ye didn’t care if there were some grudges between them.

 

The Divine Ocean Realm Master let out a hollow laugh. “Do you have too many enemies, little friend?”

 

Lu Ye replied impassively, “This couldn’t be helped. I had offended many people from Thousand Demon Ridge when I was young, so I have to be wary of strangers.”

 

A laugh escaped that person. “You’re still very young, little friend.”

 

He then cut to the chase by saying, “Perhaps there are some grudges between us, but conflicts are unavoidable in places like Spirit Creek Battlefield and Cloud River Battlefield. Conflicts can help cultivators grow their powers. To cultivators, there are conflicts everywhere, and we’ve all gone through the same things. Since this is how things work in this world, we don’t have a choice. I am Yu Shen from Thousand Spell Clan. I have a disciple who used to work with you for some time, and he admires your abilities very much.”

 

“Thousand Spell Clan…” Lu Ye instantly realised who the person was. “Lu Qing?”

 

When they were in the Peerless Continent, Lu Ye had a team member named Lu Qing, who was from the Thousand Spell Clan. He could be considered one of the most brilliant young cultivators of Jiu Zhou in the current generation, and he had earned a decent place in the Fight for Supremacy, so he was quite proud.

 

However, after coming into contact with Lu Ye in the Peerless Continent, he realised he was like a frog in a well. Upon that realisation, he started working harder to improve himself.

 

“He’s not bad.”

 

Yu Shen replied, “He’s indeed not bad under normal circumstances, but he seems inadequate in an era where you exist. In comparison, you’re far ahead of everyone around your age. They’re not comparable to you at all.”

 

Although Lu Qing had been working hard to cultivate his power in the past few years, he was still a Real Lake Realm Master. On the other hand, Lu Ye was already a Fourth-Order Divine Ocean Realm Master.

 

No young cultivators in this generation were comparable to Lu Ye when it came to cultivation speed.

 

Certainly, Thousand Demon Ridge had Li Taibai now. It was said that he could keep up with Lu Ye when increasing his power, so he was also a rare genius.

 

Yu Shen didn’t have any agenda when he came to talk to Lu Ye.

 

After all, Lu Ye was famous throughout Jiu Zhou. Although he was still a young cultivator in the Fourth-Order Divine Ocean Realm, no one would underestimate his future. It could be said that the Two Geniuses of Bing Zhou would be brighter than everyone else in Jiu Zhou in the future. They were destined to own this world. As such, Yu Shen had only approached Lu Ye for a casual conversation.

 

Regardless of how the two sides would deal with each other in the future, they could be considered friends at this point.

 

Besides Lu Qing, Lu Ye also knew someone from the Thousand Spell Clan. She was Yue Ji, who was far away in the Blood Refinement Boundary.

 

Of the dozens of Seniors in Crimson Blood Holy Land, Lu Ye had frequently come into contact with Yue Ji because she always made him sell tofu with her.

 

Lu Ye had learned a lot from her about how Combat Cultivators could deal with Spell Cultivators’ attacks and how to kill them quickly. For this reason, he had no hard feelings against the Thousand Spell Clan and was willing to talk to Yu Shen.

 

However, there was a gap between their ages, so they quickly ran out of topics, making the atmosphere awkward.

 

Lu Ye could only come up with a random topic. “I heard there was a legendary figure from the Thousand Spell Clan in the past, and she was a woman.”

 

Yu Shen put on a faint smile. “Although you’re young, you’re pretty knowledgeable. Barely anyone knows that Senior from the Thousand Spell Clan now. It was thanks to the foundation she had built that our Clan even managed to become Tier One.”

 

“Where is she now? Given her age, she’s supposedly still alive.”

 

Yu Shen shook his head. “I have no idea, but it’s said that she’s been on a retreat for many years. Only the Clan Master and a small number of people have a right to know whether she’s still alive. Besides the Thousand Spell Clan, there were many legendary figures from the top Sects in Bing Zhou over the ages. Considering their ages, many people are supposedly still alive. However, the things they’re after are different from us, so they’ve been on a life-and-death retreat in the hope of achieving a breakthrough.”

 

Only Lu Ye knew that Yue Ji wasn’t on a life-and-death retreat. She was selling tofu in another world, but none of her descendants were aware of it.

 

Anyway, he had realised something.

 

People like Yue Ji and Jian Guhong had been around for far too long. Their active years ranged from hundreds of years to a thousand years ago. Their descendants of this era had no way to find out how they had been doing.

 

On the other hand, people in the same eras as them were probably all dead. Since these Seniors were on a life-and-death retreat, their descendants wouldn’t dare to disturb them.

 

As a result, the disciples of these Sects were not even aware that those Seniors had been sent to the Blood Refinement Boundary.

 

Lu Ye had no intention of telling Yu Shen about it, for the latter wouldn’t believe him.

 

Anyway, he wondered if he should use the token given to him by Yue Ji so that he could bring some people from the Thousand Spell Clan to the Blood Refinement Boundary with him.

 

Now, he only had some help from Tai Shan, but he had no idea how many people would leave with him. Anyway, he couldn’t bring too many people with him. Since the other world was far away, it would be difficult for the Heavens to send too many people over. As such, Lu Ye could only select the more powerful ones among them.

 

If he could collaborate with the Thousand Spell Clan, he could have access to more help.