Chapter 377: 376 Chapter The Battle to Reclaim Leqing Immortal City
"Hmph, the Sea Clan are nothing but a group of unreasonable beasts," the Mingjing Honored One couldn't hide his anger, and the others were also very angry.
"In the past, the Bibo Kun Clan was beaten so badly by the predecessors of our Wendao Sect that they had no choice but to cede territory and pay compensation for peace, and it was then that Yushan Island was leased to our Wendao Sect.
This time, Kunming Haizun is using the wear and tear of Yushan Island as an excuse, which is clearly just a pretext, there must be other hidden reasons!" Sect Master Kongbei Zhenjun frowned and said.
"All of this is no longer important; what's crucial is that we must repel the Sea Clan's invasion as quickly as possible. We can't let these beasts ravage the coastal areas.
We've already rescued the survivors of the four Immortal Cities, but there are still hundreds of millions of human cultivators being harassed by the Sea Clan," the Tianquan Sword Venerable said with a grave voice.
These God Transformation Honorables also had a vague sense that this might have something to do with Yu Qingtan; otherwise, why would the Sea Clan choose to act during the grand ceremony of Yu Qingtan's Nascent Soul, when there were plenty of guests who could be asked for assistance?
In fact, they guessed right. This Sea Clan invasion was caused by a covert deal in the Southeast Region with the Sea Clan, helmed by the Eastern Qin Family's only Divine Transformation Cultivist, the Yu Xuan Venerable Qin Yuxuan, an Initial Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator.
Yu Xuan Venerable, being the only God Transformation Cultivist of the Eastern Qin Family, ostensibly had no jurisdictional relationship with the Qian Family, so after the Qian Family Head, Lord Mengde, was forced to compromise with Yu Qingtan and agreed for the Qian Family to no longer be enemies with Yu Qingtan, he paid a visit to Yu Xuan Venerable.
During the visit, they only made small talk about recent events and presented generous gifts, without a single word about targeting Yu Qingtan, but Yu Xuan Venerable, perceiving the unspoken intention, quietly made his way to the Southeast Region.
Although the Venerable Xuan Ji Real Person Qin Xuanji only met her once when she was a child, being many generations apart did not prevent the old ancestor from personally seeking revenge for her.
"With the old immortal Kunming still around, you can't expect us to pressure the lower-tier battlefields, but you also needn't worry about the Fifth Stage Sea Clan laying their hands on you.
Hurry to the front lines. I've already sent a message within my sect, and soon our sect reinforcements will arrive," the Tianquan Sword Venerable from the Cangqiong Sword Sect said.
Mingjing Honored One, Constant Guard Honor, and other venerables also indicated that the Huangs, All-World Academy, and Star Moon Sect would send reinforcements. Then, the six venerables released the surviving cultivators of the four Immortal Cities from their spatial equipment and continued their journey to restrain the Fifth Stage Sea Honorable of the Sea Clan.
After a brief discussion, Sect Master Kongbei decided on a plan to concentrate forces and recapture the city of Leqing Immortal City. Consequently, all the Flying Boats continued to move towards Leqing Immortal City.
Approaching within ten thousand miles of Leqing Immortal City, one could already see traces of the vast Sea Clan army. The Sea Clan still adopted the strategy of raising tsunamis and increasing the inland water system levels to advance along the waters.
Within the rivers where water levels surged, legions of First and Second Stage Sea Clan, under the leadership of those above the Second Stage, were attacking human settlements along the coasts.
To prevent the Sea Clan from entering the Mortal Realm and slaughtering defenseless humans, human cultivators fought desperately against the Sea Clan's attacks, resulting in incredibly brutal and fierce battles.
The dozen or so Flying Boats from Wendao Sect advanced in a single line, unloading continuous attacks from aboard—lightning bolts, Water Blades, golden needles... Any Sea Clan above the First Order met their demise along the way, and large numbers of First Order Sea Clan perished as well.
The Sect's large-scale Flying Boats are not just tools for travel but also weapons of war; they are equipped with many offensive and defensive formations, and these attacks were all launched by the Flying Boats' formation mechanisms.
Clearing the Sea Clan from the path didn't take too much time. A little more than two hours later, everyone could faintly see the grand "Leqing Immortal City"; Sea Kings of the Fourth Stage also began to appear on the road, but these sparse Sea Kings were still easily annihilated by the Fourth-Order Flying Boats like "Heaven Inquiry No. 1".
At about ten miles away from Leqing Immortal City, a dense army of Sea Clan flew out from the city to obstruct the forces of Wendao Sect, among which there were nearly two hundred Fourth Stage Sea Kings.
Leading them were fifty Fourth Stage Sea Kings from the Canglong Clan, Bibo Kun Clan, and Illusory Void Jellyfish Clan.
True Lord Kongbei commanded everyone to disembark from the flying boats to meet the enemy because, although the flying boats were powerful, facing too many enemies of the same stage could still cause damage, or even lead to their destruction. These flying boats were extremely precious to the sect, and any damage could pain Sect Master Kongbei greatly.
Following True Lord Kongbei's command, the flying boats landed, and the Qi Cultivation and Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators leaped down to fight against the First and Second Stage Sea Clan on the ground.
Then, the flying boats ascended once more, while the Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators transformed into streaks of light, sprinting toward the direction of the Sea Clan's army.
The eyes of almost all the cultivators were incredibly resolute, their momentum like a rainbow; clearly, they were prepared for a desperate struggle against the enemy.
Seeing this, the Sea Clan's army was not to be outdone. They issued deafening roars and charged toward the human cultivators. Experience tales at My Virtual Library Empire
Without any exchange of words, both sides tacitly split the battlefield into four layers based on cultivation—Qi Cultivation, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul—keeping positions staggered as much as possible and engaging in fierce combat.
In an instant, the entire space between heaven and earth was filled with flashes of swords and sabers, tumultuous waves, and thunderous roars, as if the battlefield had become a vast slaughterhouse.
On the side of Wendao Sect, even including the guests, there were just over a hundred Nascent Soul True Lords, facing great pressure against the two hundred Fourth Stage Sea Kings.
The first wave of opponents Yu Qingtan faced were familiar Sea Kings, three enormous sharks that were Giant-Toothed Sharks of the Giant-Toothed Shark Clan with mouths full of blade-like teeth, known as the "Three Fools" — Sha Bi, Sha Cai, and Sha Diao.
These were late Fourth Stage Sea Kings with a trace of bloodline from the True Spirit Five Elements Kun, possessing great strength. The last time, they followed the Canglong Sea King in attacking Wendao Sect and encountered the Invincible True Lord. They were soundly defeated, and Sha Bi's body was cut down, leaving only its inner core to escape.
This time, Sha Bi had taken over the body of a member of its own clan's, but its strength had only recovered to the middle of the Fourth Stage. Initially, they did not want to provoke the human race again, but they were left with no choice when summoned by the Canglong Clan and Bibo Kun Clan.
As soon as they emerged from Leqing Immortal City today, they were terrified to see the Invincible True Lord coming their way and hurriedly changed direction. They had specifically inquired later and learned that the Invincible True Lord had used, at most, only ten percent of his true strength against them.
Now facing the Invincible True Lord once more, they didn't dare to approach again. Switching directions, they happened to run into Yu Qingtan.
They had seen Yu Qingtan before — she was just a Foundation Establishment Stage ant whose life they couldn't be bothered to take last time. Yet now, she emitted a Nascent Soul Stage spiritual power fluctuation.
With their limited intelligence, they thought that Yu Qingtan must have exceptional talent and possibly used some method prioritizing realm over combat ability to achieve such progress.
Nevertheless, regardless of the circumstances, this seemingly immature young girl appeared to be a human genius. If they could devour her, it would be considered a great accomplishment, and afterwards, they could slack off.