Longzang

Chapter 805, First Battle

Nearly two years have passed, and the Seventh Town, which Wei Yuan took over, remains largely unchanged, almost exactly as it was when he left. The only differences are that the city walls are higher and thicker, there are more trenches and fortresses outside the city, and the three towns are now completely connected.

This defensive line extends for more than ten miles, with pre-set firing points, both visible and concealed, everywhere. It also contains countless hidden troop caves that are interconnected, making it practically a no-man's land.

The two sides have been locked in a stalemate on the ground for a long time. The Taichu Palace Daoist soldiers have not launched an attack, and the Northern Liao Iron Cavalry have not been able to break through.

Everyone else returned to Qingming with Wei Yuan, and Ji Liuli even accompanied Wei Yuan to wipe out the remnants of the world, but only Feng Chutang was detained and unable to leave. As long as Feng Chutang did not leave the northern mountain gate, the Left Wise King refused to leave.

Upon returning to the northern mountain gate, Wei Yuan immediately went to see Immortal Lord Yan Shi. Yan Shi was sitting on the edge of a cliff, fishing, with colorful light occasionally emanating from his body.

Wei Yuan finally understood that Yan Shi hadn't deliberately created the lighting effects to enhance his image, but rather that he had sometimes lost control of his immortal power while fighting the immortal.

Upon seeing Wei Yuan arrive, Yan Shi said, "The bait has been laid almost completely. This battle has been going on for over four months, with everyone taking turns to fight. We've all seen through each other's trump cards and can guess which world will be rotated into. During this time, I've been carefully calculating every day to save every last bit of immortal power. Now, little by little, it's enough."

You've come in secret, and you'll be going into battle in the next couple of days. You'll disguise yourself as one of my smaller worlds, used in rotation. I'll give you the aura and disguise array of that world now, but you must wait until just before the battle to set up the array, otherwise the enemy will easily sense it."

Yan Shi explained the arrangements in detail, mainly that Wei Yuan would replace one of the small worlds in the battle. Because Immortal Lord Yan Shi's small worlds were few in number but of extremely high quality, once the rotating small worlds appeared, the opposing side would first have a golden world take the lead to stabilize the situation, and then other worlds would come to besiege them.

Wei Yuan intended to use this time difference to hold off the Golden World's solo arrival, and then escape before the other grotto-heavens could attack.

In this way, Yan Shi will have two usable caves in his hands. Then, he can fight two against one and try to win quickly, or at least swallow one of the opponent's silver caves.

The strategy and tactics sound fine, and even if there are problems, Wei Yuan wouldn't be able to see them.

Wei Yuan then asked, "Has the enemy I'm facing been identified? Do we have their corpses or other samples?"

"The cave you're dealing with is the Mirage Demon clan of the Star Forest. There are corpses, of course, but what do you need them for?"

Wei Yuan said, "I have recently developed a new spell, which is quite powerful. However, it requires the flesh and blood of the target's own kind as a catalyst. The more catalysts there are, the better the effect."

Immortal Lord Yanshi said, "There should still be several hundred corpses stored in the warehouse. I'll have someone send half of them to you later."

"Why did you leave so many corpses behind?" Wei Yuan was also taken aback.

Immortal Lord Yan Shi said calmly, "I originally prepared a spell to weaken this clan's fortune. But I accidentally prepared too many corpses, which is perfect since you need to use it too."

Even Wei Yuan felt a chill run down his spine after hearing those words.

After obtaining the materials, Wei Yuan returned to his residence and began studying them. This time, Wei Yuan would face a world inhabited by the Mirage Demon race, whose habitat was hot and watery, inhabited by swamp creatures. By human standards, the Mirage Demons were beautiful and eerie, skilled in mind-controlling techniques, but quite fragile themselves.

In addition, the mirage demon is also skilled in the art of fortune and has the ability to turn misfortune into good fortune.

Seeing this, Wei Yuan felt a chill run down his spine. A race skilled in the Dao of Destiny—Yan Shi Immortal Lord could actually diminish their destiny? Then who in this world could have their destiny diminished? To oppose Yan Shi Immortal Lord was likely to die without even knowing how.

At this moment, a gentle voice rang out from the courtyard gate: "Junior Brother Wei Yuan, the Ancestral Master has instructed me to deliver some things to you."

As Wei Yuan got up to leave the hospital, he met a middle-aged Dharma Image before him, who handed him a precious pearl and explained its usage. After thanking him, Wei Yuan took the pearl and activated it in the courtyard according to the secret method. In an instant, more than a hundred corpses appeared in the human world and landed in the genetic engineering research institute.

These corpses were originally creations of the Mind Realm, without any physical form in this world, which is why Wei Yuan could directly incorporate them into the mortal realm. The Genetic Engineering Research Institute had been waiting for this batch of materials and immediately mobilized all its staff. First, they selected four corpses of different genders and ages and put them into the laboratory, and then selected four more as controls. Finally, they chose sixteen corpses as basic materials, otherwise, it would have been too late to cultivate biological microparticles from scratch.

Half of the remaining bodies were cryopreserved as storage. The other half were given to other research institutes for study, including the Institute of Extraordinary Life and the Institute of Equality of All Beings.

With two days left until the great battle, everyone is working hard on their research, and the entire human world's computing power is being tilted towards it, causing some delays in handling affairs in other parts of Qingming.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and it was time for Wei Yuan to go into battle.

The appointed time arrived, and bells rang out amidst the smoke and fire of the mortal realm. The mortals who were about to go into battle activated their armor of destiny. The central city's grounds rose three zhang (approximately 10 meters) in elevation, and then a five-zhang (approximately 10 meters) high wave-breaking wall was built on the outer edge of the city.

Then, Wei Yuan flicked his finger, and a large array in the city lit up, spewing out beams of golden light tinged with iridescent colors, shooting straight into the sky. In the blink of an eye, the golden light enveloped the entire mortal realm, turning the sky itself golden.

Then the mortal firework trembled slightly, and then fell silent. Wei Yuan's divine sense leaped out of the mortal firework and saw a golden firework with colorful celestial charm flying aggressively through the celestial realm, charging into the battlefield. Immediately, a small golden world flew out from the opposite side, accompanied by a silver one and seven or eight other small worlds of various colors, to meet it.

At this moment, on the highest peak of the world within that golden star, stood more than a dozen mirage demons. They wore long robes, their dark silver hair falling to the ground like snow, and the hair of the oldest mirage demons could even extend several feet behind them.

A mirage demon with long, pure white hair asked, "Is the Heaven-Opening Axe ready?"

"Everything is ready."

The pure white-haired mirage demon slowly said, "The other side also has immortal offensive techniques called the Xuanhuang Bell. It is on the same level as our Heaven-Opening Axe, both being immortal techniques with 361 formations. It is said that the opposing realm lord can already control the Xuanhuang Bell with 90 formations. We must not be careless. We should only use 80 formations for the first axe and save our realm power."

A young mirage demon asked, puzzled, "Grandma, you can wield the Heaven-Opening Axe with 120 arrays. The other world seems to be even more powerful than ours, so why does the Xuanhuang Bell only have 90 arrays?"

The pure white-haired mirage demon patiently explained, "That's because he also cultivated the Three Pure Ones Sword, which is at the level of the Sixty Formations, and its power should not be underestimated. If we launch a full-scale attack on the Xuanhuang Bell, and he takes the opportunity to strike with his sword, we will suffer a great loss. In terms of immortal attacks, we should just do what we can, and in terms of military formations, we should focus on defense, buy time, and wait for other grotto-heavens to come to our aid."

“Grandma, every time we fight a war, we just defend, defend, and defend some more. You see, other celestial realms often invade the enemy world and bring back a lot of good things. We've fought so many wars, but we have nothing.”

The other mirage demons all changed color and hurriedly rebuked them.

The pure white-haired mirage demon remained patient, without getting annoyed, and said, "What you see are all examples of successful plundering, but those caves that failed in war are no longer seen. That's why you think that plundering will definitely succeed."

The young mirage demon seemed to understand, but with the great battle imminent, he didn't question it further.

At this moment, amidst the smoke and fire of the human world, Wei Yuan stood beneath the sky, his expression solemn, awaiting the collision between the two realms.

At this moment, he stood with one hand behind his back, a small golden ancient bell floating in his right hand, seemingly floating in mid-air. The wind blew his hair and clothes, making him look like a fairy.

This wind was spurred by Wei Yuan himself. If his cultivation weren't insufficient, and the celestial music and dazzling displays of beauty were somewhat embarrassing, Wei Yuan would definitely have arranged it as well. The Creator Immortal Venerable, undaunted by the powerful, is destined to have his first battle against a top-tier grotto-heaven go down in history.

Therefore, the image at this moment is extremely important. Rather than leaving future generations to speculate, it is better to adjust to the best now and leave behind a perfect moment.

At this moment, Wei Yuan's hands, which were behind his back, were trembling slightly. The 256 sub-arrays on the ground were shimmering with light, constantly drawing power from the world and sending it into Wei Yuan's body. The burden was far greater than Wei Yuan had imagined. If the battle had been delayed even a moment longer, the wind would have stopped.

(End of this chapter)