You want me to take out a loan to practice cultivation? I'll just pay off the debt physically.

Chapter 98 Two Hundred Years is Too Long, We Must Seize the Day (5k)

[When you polish your golden fighting spirit to perfection, brilliant starlight will bloom within your fighting spirit.]

[The seed that is unique to the realm of fighting spirit has taken root and sprouted in your soul.]

[However, due to your low professional level, your body and soul cannot support the full deployment of the domain, and the fighting spirit content in your body cannot support the long-term release of the fighting spirit domain.]

If the duration of your Dou Qi field release exceeds a certain limit, you will involuntarily burn the life force in your body to maintain the Dou Qi field.

[To put it simply, if you have mana, you lose mana; if you don't have mana, you lose health.]

[And the increase brought by the Dou Qi field is also incomparably powerful.]

【Ability: Dou Qi field.】

[Level: Level 1. 】

【Development stage: prototype.】

[Effect ①: For allies within the Dou Qi area, Dou Qi recovery speed is increased by 50%, Dou Qi operation efficiency is increased by 50%, and Dou Qi damage is increased by 25%.]

[Effect 2: For enemies within the Dou Qi area, Dou Qi recovery speed is reduced by 30%, Dou Qi operation efficiency is reduced by 30%, and Dou Qi damage is reduced by 15%.]

[Effect 3: With the blessing of the Dou Qi Domain Seed, your refining speed of the God-Gifted Crystal increases by 120%.]

【The three attributes of Dou Qi are added, making it extremely powerful.】

[Amplifies friendly forces' fighting spirit in all directions, and suppresses enemies' fighting spirit in all directions.]

[With each coming and going, an absolute advantage has been formed.]

[And the third one is a major boost, directly increasing your God-Granted Crystal refining speed by more than double.]

[Coupled with the buffs from top-grade jewelry that increase the speed of refining divinely gifted crystals, perhaps in the future, your upgrade speed will far exceed others' imaginations.]

[Most importantly, this is only the effect of the first level of Dou Qi realm blessing.]

[As long as there is a level displayed, you can be promoted.]

【Being promoted means unlimited potential for future development.】

[It turns out that the reason why it is so difficult to polish Golden Dou Qi is because the perfection of Golden Dou Qi represents the birth of the Dou Qi realm.]

[According to your understanding, when an eighth-rank professional is promoted, a soul realm can be derived from within the body.]

[That is to say, after you reach the ninth level in the future, a second realm will be born within your body.]

[When a rank nine professional fights, when one side cannot achieve a unilateral crushing victory, the competition becomes a clash at the realm level.]

[You are looking forward to the power that will be unleashed when the Dou Qi realm and the Soul realm are superimposed together.]

[But you also know very well that this road is only suitable for you to walk. ]

[As the founder of the Red Heart Society, even though you were able to mobilize all of the Society's resources, you still spent over a decade honing your golden fighting spirit.]

[Not to mention ordinary people, even if they were children of aristocratic families, with their family's full support, their golden fighting spirit wouldn't change much in 20 to 30 years.]

[Not to mention anything else, just the fact that the entire Chixin Society's technique research department has gathered all their strength to tailor a fighting spirit training method just for you is something no other family could do.]

[From your perspective, building a Dou Qi domain in over a decade would definitely be a huge win.]

[Others may think that the Dou Qi realm is very powerful, but if you hadn't wasted time on it, you might have already become a sixth or even seventh-level professional.]

So, it’s not worth it!

【However, compared to the others' thoughts, the old man in military uniform looked at you with a radiant expression.】

[Lin Xia, how do you know that after the golden fighting spirit is polished to perfection, the fighting spirit field will be born?]

You shook your head, indicating that you didn't know.

The old man in military uniform raised his left eyebrow. "You don't know how dare you spend so much time on this?"

[More than a decade, not just a few months or a year or two.]

[During this time, have you ever doubted your own actions in honing your golden fighting spirit?]

You looked at the other person without saying anything.

[And sometimes, silence itself represents the answer. ]

[The old man in military uniform gave you a thumbs-up, indicating that he was not as good as you.]

Even though he has awakened a king-level talent and was hailed as a peerless genius in his time, with powerful forces investing and protecting him, he still lacks your resolve.

[On the issue of polishing his golden fighting spirit, he chose to follow the advice of his elders and did not waste time on it, thus missing out on the opportunity to condense his fighting spirit.]

【As he spoke, he laughed out loud again.】

From his current perspective, more than a decade isn't a long time.

[But now, he has no right to criticize his past self at the crossroads of life.]

[Because I must have considered many factors at the time and made the best choice that fits the historical context.]

[To judge the past based on the future is something only an ignorant person would do!]

[Finally, the old man in military uniform asks you to try combining your domain with your innate ability, saying that doing so will have unexpected results.]

[Everyone's talents are different, so the power unleashed by the combination of domains is also completely different.]

【But no matter what, it's worth a try. 】

[During this process, you asked the other person's name but to no avail, so you simply addressed him as "Jianlao."]

[In October of the 140th year of the Transcendent Calendar, with the help of the Red Heart Regiment, you completed the fourth-level mission assessment at an extremely fast speed and became a true fourth-level professional.]

[And your golden fighting spirit will also be sublimated into starlight fighting spirit after successfully changing your job.]

Compared to other professions that sublimate into simple high-level Dou Qi after the fourth transformation, your Starlight Dou Qi clearly has stronger explosive power and endurance.

[The most important point is that the Starlight Dou Qi attribute is increased to level +3.]

[In other words, you are now a level 43 professional.]

[In the same month, the eastern border defense line was in danger. A large number of Abyss Lords and their followers launched an attack on the eastern border defense line built by the Red Heart Club.]

[The military elder called over an old man carrying a sword, and with the support of a hundred guard regiments and three million Red Heart soldiers, they were able to hold off the first wave of attacks.]

[But everyone knows that the first wave of attack is the weakest.]

[After all, at the former site of the Sunset Empire, the power of the abyss continues to extend to the surrounding areas, and the abyss lords who emerge from it become increasingly powerful.]

[Pessimists within the Red Heart Society believe that perhaps humanity has entered the countdown to extinction.]

[However, more members of the Red Heart Society believe that you are a miracle worker, greater than the saints recorded in books.]

【You are here to save everyone! 】

【So as long as you are still here, everyone will be full of hope for the future. 】

[As long as there is hope, the flame of the heart will burn brightly and never go out.]

[It is obvious that the Chixin Society's trust in you has long surpassed your trust in yourself.]

[After all, you felt somewhat worried as you watched the Abyssal Army continuously attacking the Eastern Frontier's defenses.]

[In November of the 140th year of the Transcendent Calendar, the four major defense zones in the Abyssal Battlefield (east, south, west, and north) were simultaneously attacked by a Level 90 Violent Abyss Lord.]

[You sit at the center of the Red Heart Battle Group, exerting all your might to unleash your own Dou Qi domain, providing all-around blessings to all members of the Red Heart Battle Group.]

With your help, the Red Heart Regiment has greatly increased its strength and quickly rushed to support the four major defense zones in the southeast, northwest, and northeast, slaying the most threatening and violent Abyss Lord.

[However, the Red Heart Medical Team later determined that in order to maximize the area of ​​influence of your Dou Qi field, you consumed at least three months of your lifespan in this battle.]

[After everyone in the Red Heart Group learned about this, they felt a pang of pain in their hearts.]

[That is an incomparable heart-wrenching pain! ]

If their strength could be a little stronger, if the power they could unleash could be a little more powerful, then wouldn't the leader have to desperately activate his fighting spirit field?

[The enemy is strong, but they are not strong enough! ]

[And in order to make them more powerful in battle, the leader did not hesitate to sacrifice his own lifespan.]

[Although a fourth-level professional can already live to 200 years old.]

[But for the only light in their hearts, how can two hundred years be enough? ]

This is totally not enough!

[If they had a choice, they would rather trade a hundred years of their own life for one day of their leader's time!]

They dare not think about what will happen to their world if you fall.

[Will we return to the dark and hopeless times of the past? ]

[No one knows all this! ]

Therefore, when this incident was reported, the Red Heart Regiment, the Guard Regiment, and all the soldiers of the Red Heart Army trained and fought almost non-stop.

[Eating or drinking anything, as long as it can help improve their combat power, they will swallow it without hesitation, even if it tastes worse than shit.]

[All previous entertainment activities are also stopped! ]

That's a waste of time!

Everyone puts themselves under immense pressure. They want to improve their abilities, they want to become stronger. They don't want the only light to burn itself to protect them.

[But things went against our wishes. The increasingly violent demonic tide in the Abyssal Battlefield continued to destroy the four major defense areas in the east, south, west and north.]

[In this process, in order to reduce casualties, you repeatedly burned your own life to stimulate the fighting spirit field.]

【Three months, five months, eight months】

【During the battle, you burn more and more lives. 】

[When the demonic tide in the Abyssal Battlefield was temporarily halted for unknown reasons, your temples were already gray.]

[At this stage, those who can become members of the Red Heart Group must be at least fifth-level professionals.]

[The surrounding guards are all at level three or level four.]

[With their observation skills, they will naturally notice the gray hair on your temples.]

This made them even more miserable and more resentful of their own incompetence. Whenever they mentioned it, their eyes filled with tears.

[One night, they all stood in front of you, silent.]

Leader!

【We can die, everyone can die! 】

【But you should not burn your life anymore! 】

【You absolutely cannot get into trouble! 】

You look at the diehards across from you, the followers who enthusiastically follow all your commands, and smile slightly.

[A fourth-level professional has a lifespan of two hundred years! ]

[Two hundred years is too long, I must seize the day!]

Fellow countrymen!

If we can't even overcome the current difficulties, how can we talk about the future?

[Without a future, what good is this lifespan?]

[You are the battle group that I built, and you are also the comrades who have been with me the longest.]

If I can trade a little of my lifespan for everyone else's survival, then I think this deal is a great bargain.

[Of course, the battlefield is not a shopping mall.]

[But you are the backbone of the Red Heart Society, its core existence. As long as you live, the flame of Red Heart will spread to all parts of the world one day in the future.]

【Besides, there are many extraordinary resources in this world that can make up for the loss of lifespan! 】

[There's no need to be so sad. Once we get through this, and we have enough time to practice, I'll slowly make up for the lifespan I've lost now.]

【It doesn't matter! 】

【All of this doesn’t matter! 】

The members of the Red Heart Society below listened to your comfort, their hearts becoming even more complicated, and they even felt like crying.

[It was the leader's life span that was shortened, so why is he comforting them now?]

Even at this point, the leader still cares about their inner feelings and is worried about their anxiety.

[I will never refuse the leader's kindness even if I die!]

[So, they began to absorb and refine the divine crystals more frantically, improving their proficiency and mastery of their skills, honing themselves, and allowing themselves to exert greater combat power on large-scale battlefields.]

[In December of the 140th year of the Supernormal Calendar, the Emperor of the White Eagle Empire called you.]

During your conversation, the other party told you that if the Red Heart Society could send troops to help the White Eagle Empire resist a large-scale invasion from the Abyss, the White Eagle Empire would recognize the legitimacy of the Red Heart Society in the future.

[After saying this, you froze in place.]

【what? 】

Is this something an emperor should say?

【Don’t you ever think before you speak? 】

The Red Heart Society seized federal power through armed action, and in the process suffered a joint attack from the White Eagle Empire, the Sunset Empire, and the Winter Empire.

【It’s just that the other party didn’t succeed! 】

If the Red Heart Society establishes a government, does it need the other party's recognition?

Seeing you refuse without hesitation, the White Eagle Empire Emperor thinks you're ungrateful. When you establish your own Red Heart regime in the future, you'll realize how hard it is to be without the White Eagle Empire's support.

You are very disdainful of this threat.

[If the White Eagle Empire could destroy the Red Heart Society, it would have done so long ago.]

【As for remaining until today? 】

[Just as the White Eagle Empire interfered in the internal affairs of the Federation, the Red Heart Society is now also developing its own overseas influence.]

[The White Eagle Empire and Winter Empire branches of the Red Heart Society have also begun to develop slowly.]

[Of course, the pace of development is just slow.]

[After all, the Red Heart Society has already overthrown the federal government, and this is definitely not what the leaders of the two empires want to see.]

[Therefore, once any trace of the Red Heart Society is discovered, both empires will adopt an attitude of annihilation.]

[In February of the 141st year of the Transcendental Calendar, the White Eagle Empire's defenses were breached by the Abyss Army, and eight prefectures in the eastern region fell within three days.]

【So, the White Eagle Empire began to seek help from countries around the world.】

[However, in the current situation, other small countries have already been swallowed by the abyss.]

【The only ones who can barely maintain the situation are the major empires.】

[Therefore, the White Eagle Empire's request for assistance is doomed to be futile.]

[Faced with the White Eagle Empire's renewed request for assistance, you only made one request.]

If the White Eagle Empire shares 10,000 top-notch cultivation techniques with the Red Heart Society, the Red Heart Society will send reinforcements.

[But before you could say how many troops you would send, the White Eagle Empire's emperor's expression changed and he unilaterally hung up the call.]

[It seems that the White Eagle Empire's blockade of the cultivation techniques is even more severe than that of the Federation.]

[In March of the 141st year of the Supernatural Calendar, the First Demon Cave of the Winter Empire rioted again, and under the influence of the power of the Abyss, it showed signs of expansion.]

[A large number of Abyss Lords crossed the Winter Empire's defense line and directly entered the Winter Empire.]

[The Winter Empire is falling apart.]

In May of the 141st year of the Transcendental Calendar, the four major defense zones in the Abyssal Battlefield (east, south, west, and north) suddenly trembled, and then four massive Abyssal portals appeared opposite the defense zones.

[One after another, the Abyss Lords, emitting a terrifying aura, walked out of the Abyss portal.]

The Abyss Lords, who usually scattered around and fought on their own, now lined up neatly near the Abyss Gate like new recruits, seemingly guarding it or awaiting the arrival of some powerful being.

[This strange phenomenon instantly attracted the attention of the Red Heart Regiment.]

After hearing the news, Mr. Jun rushed over immediately.

[Then his expression changes drastically, and he tells you to withdraw all your troops immediately.]

[Given the density of Abyss Lords, the next to appear must be an extremely powerful and terrifying Abyss creature!]

[If the Red Heart Society's eastern defense line is not invaded by the Abyss Army, there will be no defensive pressure.]

[Then maybe they could have a competition here to see what exactly appears?]

【But now, the best solution is to evacuate! 】

[After evacuating, take the highest-level Sealing Magic Stones and use them in batches to completely seal off the Federation Abyss Battlefield!]

[Afterwards, arrange for someone to guard the entrance to the Abyssal Battlefield.]

[If the barrier constructed by the forbidden magic stone is in danger, replenish it immediately.]

Otherwise, once the Abyssal Battlefield collapses, these high-level Abyssal Lords will emerge from the Abyssal Battlefield and attack from the interior in conjunction with the Abyssal Army in the East. The Red Heart Society will be overthrown in a very short time!

【After a brief consideration, you issue the order directly.】

[The Red Heart Army is fully evacuating! ]

【Give up the four major defensive areas! 】

[Start to ban the Abyss Battlefield! ]

If a high-level abyss monster emerged from the abyss portal, even if it was level 90 or 95, he would not act like this.

[But every one that emerged was a lord of the abyss, a lord-level boss capable of summoning followers to fight.]

[And such a powerful Abyss Lord is now guarding the gate like a small soldier. This is definitely not something the current Red Heart Association can contend with.]

Therefore, the most appropriate option at this moment is to completely withdraw from the Abyssal battlefield and deploy all our forces to the eastern defense line to fight against the Abyssal army.

[Due to the invasion of the Abyssal World projection on the real plane, the Abyssal Army has appeared, which in a sense has replaced the importance of the Abyssal Battlefield.]

[After all, the daily gains from the Eastern Frontier's defenses have already surpassed those from the Abyssal Battlefield.]

[Of course, this is also the reason why the Red Heart Society is not strong enough and cannot move forward and continue exploring the Abyssal Battlefield.]

[Old Jun said that just as the demon caves are interconnected, the abyssal battlefields of each country should also be connected.]

[It's simply because the Abyssal Battlefield is so vast that even after exploring it for so long, various countries have yet to find other teleportation nodes.]

[As the entire Red Heart Society evacuated and securely sealed the Abyssal Battlefield with multiple sealing magic stones, the White Eagle Empire's capital was in danger.]

In order to counter the attack of the Abyssal Army, the White Eagle Empire's high-ranking officials used the Sunset Empire's royal family, who had previously taken refuge there, as sacrifices, and combined with immense extraordinary resources, summoned an extremely powerful creature.

[With the help of this summoned beast, the White Eagle Empire's crisis is temporarily resolved.]

[In June of the 141st year of the Supernatural Calendar, you reached level 41.]

[In the same month, the Winter Empire's capital was breached by the Abyssal Army. The Winter Empire's royal family and top aristocratic families fled to the United States via a pre-prepared teleportation array.]

The Chixin Society's resentment towards the aristocratic families and the royal family, and its fundamental system of ruling for the lower classes, made the Winter Empire's royal family afraid to approach.

[The White Eagle Empire's bloody act of sacrificing the Sunset Empire's royal family also made the Winter Empire stay away.]

Although the Emperor of the Winter Empire believed that the White Eagle Empire was right, if he were in power, he would also treat the Sunset Empire's royal family as consumables if they fled here.

[Perhaps there is some blood relationship between the royal families of the two empires, but in the clash of interests between countries, what use is blood relationship?]

[Aside from making people think for a moment while cursing their ancestors for eighteen generations, what other purpose does this have?]

[But when the Winter Empire's royal family became fugitives, his thoughts changed.]

[Sacrificing an entire imperial family is too brutal and bloody, truly unbearable!]

Therefore, the United States across the ocean became the primary choice for the royal family and aristocratic families of the Winter Empire.

(End of this chapter)