Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 739 Bad News [Please Subscribe]

Yunling Mountains.

The battle between Zhou Chun and the Fire Spirit Clan's Spirit King ultimately ended with Zhou Chun emerging slightly victorious.

Without allowing the four demon kings' spirit pets to set up the "Heavenly Absolute Four Symbols Formation" and without letting the Silver Dragon Lord use the "True Dragon Possession" divine power, Zhou Chun and his spirit pets, working together, could only steadily suppress a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator.

However, the alien alliance still has some reserves and has not yet deployed its entire army, so Zhou Chun certainly does not dare to reveal all his trump cards at will.

So after fighting the Fire Spirit Clan's Spirit King for dozens of rounds, forcing him to retreat, he also retreated.

"This junior is incompetent and allowed that foreign thief to escape. Please forgive me, Senior Tai Geng."

After Zhou Chun returned to the side of his own spectators, he took the initiative to apologize.

Of course, this was just a polite way of putting it; everyone knows that the incarnation of the Tai Geng deity would not blame him for this.

Sure enough, the avatar of Tai Geng Divine Venerable quickly waved his hand and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, you flatter me. Your ability to defeat two mid-level fifth-rank experts has already greatly boosted our morale. You have done more than anything."

As he spoke, his eyes gleamed as he looked at Zhou Chun and said, "I now believe in your achievements on the White Stone Plateau. With your cultivation level and those demon king spirit pets, those fifth-tier alien races, unaware of your true strength, would indeed be easily killed by you!"

Having said that, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good. I have already recorded your previous achievements. I hope you can continue your efforts and kill even more alien races!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately replied respectfully, "Yes, this junior will certainly remember Senior Tai Geng's teachings and will do my utmost to fight bravely against the enemy!"

"Alright, you should go back to your unit and rest."

Tai Geng, the Divine Lord, waved his hand and then turned his attention back to the other ongoing battles.

After returning to the battlefield, Zhou Chun immediately thanked Nangong Wuqing again and inquired about the situation on the main battlefield.

Upon hearing his question, Nangong Wuqing did not hold back and immediately transmitted his voice, saying, "I arrived half a year earlier than Fellow Daoist Zhou. I also fought many battles with those alien races alongside Senior Taigeng, and I did kill a fifth-order low-grade Heavenly Soul Clan member. Of course, this achievement is incomparable to Fellow Daoist Zhou's."

At this point, he glanced at Zhou Chun with a sigh.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun quickly replied modestly, "I was just lucky to catch those alien races off guard. Fellow Daoist Nangong's solid achievements are even more admirable!"

"Hehehe, Fellow Daoist Zhou is as humble as ever."

Nangong Wuqing smiled and continued, "We followed Senior Taigeng in many battles and were victorious most of the time. The alien coalition was also defeated by us all the way and eventually retreated to the Yunling Mountains."

"Just as Fellow Daoist Zhou saw today, after we counterattacked to the Yunling Mountains, the alien alliance, with the arrival of reinforcements from the rear, took advantage of the terrain and successfully kept us tied down here."

"We have launched a full-scale attack before, and although we were able to defeat the alien coalition on the front lines, they retreated into the formation and, with the help of the formation's restrictions, managed to force us to return empty-handed."

"Therefore, we can only come out every ten days or half a month to challenge the alien alliance and fight a battle with them in order to hold them back and create opportunities for victory on other battlefields."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately asked, "Are there any powerful individuals within the alien alliance that require special attention? How many are like that [Thousand-Legged Golden Centipede]?"

Upon hearing this, Nangong Wuqing immediately replied, "Among the powerful figures in the alien alliance, there are currently five fifth-tier high-grade aliens known to be in the Yunling Mountains. Two are from the Earth Barbarian race, and one each from the other three races!"

"And among the fifth-tier mid-grade alien races, like the [Thousand-Legged Golden Centipede], possessing combat strength comparable to a great cultivator, there is also a Golden Spirit Clan Spirit King and a Earth Barbarian Clan Barbarian King!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Chun frowned.

Then he couldn't help but whisper, "There are actually five fifth-tier high-grade alien races. Doesn't that mean our human race is missing one if we don't count Senior Tai Geng?"

"Yes, that's why, even though our human race had a significant advantage in the number of Nascent Soul stage cultivators, we still failed to pose any threat to the Yunling Mountains!"

Nangong Wuqing couldn't help but sigh softly, his tone filled with emotion.

In fact, the number of late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators among the human race cannot be said to be small.

However, with the war on three fronts, it's difficult to allocate these late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators. Moreover, figures like True Person Xuanzhen also need to oversee the Heavenly Spirit Alliance to prevent the Dragon Abyss Demon Clan from joining the war.

Of course, the human race is not without ways to deal with this.

For example, the incarnation of Tai Geng Divine Venerable is at the late Nascent Soul stage, and his strength is definitely much stronger than that of a typical late Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

Many other human deities should have also refined such avatars.

Conversely, among the sixth-tier beings of other races, due to their different cultivation systems, there are probably very few who can refine a fifth-tier superior avatar in this way.

Then there are mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators like Nangong Wuqing, who are equipped with two spiritual treasures. They can also delay the battle for a considerable period of time when facing attacks from late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

Such people are not numerous in the human cultivation world, but there are quite a few. They are usually protectors of a country's hegemonic power.

After a moment of reflection, Nangong Wuqing looked at Zhou Chun with a joyful expression and said, "Fortunately, Fellow Daoist Zhou has arrived. With your strength, at least that [Thousand-Legged Golden Centipede] and that Golden Spirit Clan Spirit King are no match for you. The alien alliance will probably assign a fifth-tier high-grade alien to keep an eye on you, Fellow Daoist Zhou. This might give us a chance to win!"

Hearing this, Zhou Chun's eyes twitched, and he shook his head with a wry smile, saying, "If Fellow Daoist Nangong says that, I'm really worried. That's a powerful cultivator equivalent to the late Nascent Soul stage!"

Then his expression hardened, and he looked at Nangong Wuqing with a deep and solemn gaze, asking, "Does Fellow Daoist Nangong know anything about the whereabouts of Senior Tai Geng's true form? Has the war reached this point, and the sixth-tier alien being still nowhere to be seen?"

Upon hearing this, Nangong Wuqing immediately shook his head in denial, saying, "I don't know about that. I have never seen Senior Tai Geng in person, nor have I heard of any sixth-order beings fighting each other!"

Seeing this, Zhou Chun immediately stopped the conversation and instead bowed to him, saying, "I understand. Thank you, Fellow Daoist Nangong, for clearing up my doubts."

The two then continued to watch the game.

On the battlefield, every now and then, fifth-tier beings from both sides were unable to defeat their opponents and had to flee back to their own positions.

The victors, like Zhou Chun, mostly returned to their own positions on their own initiative.

If someone doesn't return, the other side will immediately send in reinforcements to engage them in a relentless battle, ensuring they have no chance to interfere in the fight.

Because of the strong figures from both sides watching over them, it was virtually impossible for anyone to perish.

Therefore, after observing for a while, Zhou Chun turned his attention to other battlefields.

On the battlefield where both sides were at the fourth level, casualties were frequently occurring.

Golden Core cultivators are merely high-level fighters on this kind of battlefield, unlike Nascent Soul cultivators who receive extraordinary preferential treatment.

Due to the undeniable difference in strength between them, it would be difficult for one side to escape back to their own lines in time if the other were to fall.

Therefore, incidents of serious injury or death have occurred from time to time.

On the battlefields below, where both sides are at lower and mid-level ranks, the casualties are even more severe.

Whether it's the leader, a cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage, or a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, they could be killed at any time, or even the entire team could be wiped out!

Of course, the situation was the same for the alien races, and in fact, their overall casualty rate was much higher than that of the humans.

The main reason was that many of the mindless monsters died, as did a large number of the barbarian warriors.

Among the three major alien races of Tianman Plain, the Earth Barbarians have the largest population, especially the first and second-tier Earth Barbarian warriors, whose numbers are enormous.

Although both sides suffered considerable casualties, the sheer number of low- to mid-level personnel on both sides meant that it was simply unrealistic to exhaust the other side's fighting strength through such a war of attrition.

Therefore, if we really want to determine the winner as soon as possible, we have to start from the fifth level of existence.

After observing the battle for about half a day, as the fifth-tier beings from both sides gradually retreated back to their own formations, and as the low- and mid-tier cultivators gradually exhausted their mana, the avatar of the Tai Geng Divine Lord finally gave the order to sound the retreat.

As if by unspoken agreement, after the human forces withdrew, the alien coalition only pursued them symbolically for a short distance before ceasing their pursuit.

Of course, this wasn't due to any real tacit understanding, but rather because if the alien coalition pursued too far, and the human race sent out more reinforcements to launch a counterattack, they wouldn't even have a chance to escape back to their own lines.

However, if they send more people to join the battle, it will actually do what the humans want.

After all, the human race most wanted them to break free of the array's restrictions and engage in a large-scale battle.

After all the low- and mid-level cultivators had withdrawn, Zhou Chun and the other Nascent Soul stage cultivators returned to their temporary residence with the avatar of Tai Geng Divine Venerable and entered the golden palace that Zhou Chun had entered before.

After everyone entered the palace and took their seats on both sides, the avatar of the deity Tai Geng, who was sitting at the head of the table, suddenly spoke of some shocking information.

"I recently received a message from Fellow Daoist Yuanyang that the demonic dragon in Longyuanze is stirring and may launch a beast tide to attack our human race at any time!"

What?

Zhou Chun shuddered and nearly stood up in shock.

His expression changed drastically as he looked at the avatar of the Tai Geng God, his throat moving slightly as if he wanted to ask a question, yet also as if he had some reservations.

The avatar of the Tai Geng God Lord ignored the shocked expressions of the people in the hall and continued in the same tone, "Therefore, in order to avoid fighting on four fronts and causing turmoil to the entire human race, we must defeat the alien coalition of the Tianman Plains within a year and render them unable to continue invading our human territory!"

At this point, he suddenly stood up and said in a heavy voice, "I have decided that a decisive battle will be held in half a month. We must break through the alien camp ahead in one fell swoop and drive these aliens back to the Tianman Plain!"

"Yes, we obey!"

Zhou Chun and the other Nascent Soul stage cultivators quickly stood up and responded in unison.

Then, the avatar of the Tai Geng God waved his hand and said, "Alright, you should all prepare yourselves well in the next half month."

After speaking, his figure suddenly transformed into a golden light and disappeared into the hall.

This left Zhou Chun, who had originally wanted to ask more about the situation of the Longyuanze demon race, with only a sigh and a heavy heart as he left the golden palace.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, there is no need to worry too much. Since Senior Tai Geng has already made arrangements in response to the possibility of the demon race in Longyuanze launching an attack, it means that the situation has not reached the worst point yet."

"Furthermore, now that we have received advance intelligence, the Heavenly Spirit Alliance will certainly be well prepared, and Fellow Daoist Xuanzhen will definitely do his best to protect the safety of your Zhou family."

Knowing what Zhou Chun was worried about, Nangong Wuqing followed behind him and offered words of comfort.

But this consolation was clearly not enough to dispel Zhou Chun's worries.

He simply shook his head at him and said, "Thank you for your comfort, Fellow Daoist Nangong. With a great battle imminent, you should also make preparations. I know what's important and won't act recklessly."

"Alas! In any case, Fellow Daoist Zhou, please take good care of yourself. This decisive battle is likely to be quite dangerous, and we both need to give it our all!"

Nangong Wuqing shook his head, sighed softly, and then turned and left.

After returning to the temporary residence arranged for him, Zhou Chun did not rush to meditate and recover his magical power. Instead, he immediately used a secret method to make contact with his second nascent soul.

In the ice cave in the wilderness, a middle-aged man who was meditating naked suddenly opened his tightly closed eyes and stood up.

He then raised his hand and beckoned, and a set of white robes hanging not far away flew over and automatically put on his body.

This middle-aged man, who had just finished his cultivation, was the body possessed by Zhou Chun's second nascent soul.

He had sent the Silver Dragon Lord with the second Nascent Soul to the Ice Kingdom to find a suitable body, and they eventually found the original owner of the body in the Ice Plains.

At that time, the original owner, who only had the cultivation level of the late Foundation Establishment stage, was being chased by two second-tier high-grade demon wolves. In his panic, he accidentally entered the territory of a third-tier ice crystal snow leopard and was instantly frozen to death by the icy breath exhaled by the ice crystal snow leopard.

So the Silver Dragon Lord killed the Ice Crystal Snow Leopard and allowed Zhou Chun's second Nascent Soul to possess this body with mid-grade spiritual root aptitude of both ice and water attributes.

To be honest, for a Nascent Soul cultivator to possess a body with a mid-grade spiritual root is really a waste of his talents.

Zhou Chun would not have done this unless forced by circumstances.

Unfortunately, the situation at the time forced him to quickly find a suitable body for his second nascent soul so that it could quickly become a fighting force.

However, even though he now has a physical body, due to the short time that has passed, his physical body has not yet been fully integrated with his second nascent soul, and is simply not strong enough to fight against cultivators of the same level.

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