Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 588 Preparing for War
Hearing the Beast God's words, these ancient quasi-emperors felt a pang of heartache. They had already spent a great deal to make the Beast God stronger; those less powerful races had basically given up everything they had to the Beast God, with only the major races still holding back.

Clearly, the Beast God meant that they should stop holding back and bring out the best true blood and core inheritance of their clans to help them advance further, allowing the Beast God's Dao and Law to be further sublimated, and ultimately complete the accumulation for the final leap.

An ancient clan quasi-emperor said, "Is this Changsheng really that strong? Alliance Leader, your current strength is already comparable to some emperors at the same level, and may even be superior. Can Changsheng, a human, really compare to you, Alliance Leader?"

This statement clearly resonated with these powerful clans, who nodded in agreement without hesitation. Although they knew that achieving immortality was not easy, they were unwilling to admit it for their own benefit.

If the Beast God were to thoroughly investigate their true blood and heritage, he might be able to devise a whole host of methods to target them, making it very difficult for them to recover.

The Beast God sneered, "I just met with Changsheng, and I know very well how powerful he is. If I were to fight him to the death now, my chances of winning might not even be 50%."

"Even if you don't trust me, do you not trust the Undying Holy Emperor and the Azure Heaven Overlord? These two emperors have both recognized him. You can't be unaware of what that means, can you?"

These ancient quasi-emperors were immediately speechless. They knew the Beast God's words made sense, but doing so was still too costly for them to bear.

Seeing this, the Beast God sighed slightly and said, "Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. After all, none of you have seen Changsheng fight at full strength, so it's understandable that you don't believe it. Since that's the case, then I will ignite the fighting spirit in this challenge letter and let you see it before making a decision."

Having said that, the Beast God threw the silk scroll, flicked his finger, and a bolt of crimson lightning struck the character "War" written on it. This was precisely the technique the Beast God had acquired by comprehending the true blood and supernatural powers of the Blood Lightning Clan.

Although it was only a tiny, fine bolt of lightning, it still resounded like a thunderclap in a clear sky, making many ancient clan quasi-emperors dizzy and their ears ring.

Under this offensive, the ordinary silk scroll suddenly began to change. An unparalleled fighting spirit surged out of the scroll, transforming into a supreme human emperor phantom that was supremely holy, wise, benevolent, and powerful.

Although it was merely fighting spirit, it was enough to intimidate everyone present, leaving them weak and powerless, unable to muster any will to resist. If they hadn't witnessed true ultimate power, they would have even begun to doubt whether this Changsheng had already attained enlightenment and become a true Human Emperor.

The Beast God did not extinguish this fighting spirit, but deliberately let it bring fear that went straight to the soul of all the ancient races before suppressing it.

The Beast God continued, "You have personally experienced his terror. Now tell me, do you believe me? How could defeating such a person be so simple?"

These ancient clan quasi-emperors were stunned for a long time before finally saying, "Alliance Leader, you are right. We did indeed underestimate this human."

The Beast God said helplessly, "I have a long-standing grudge against this immortal, a blood feud. It's either him or me who will die. I am extremely grateful that you are willing to support my cultivation so that I can stand on equal footing with him."

"Now is a matter of life and death. If I lose this battle, not only will I die, but you will all suffer as well. If you are willing to help me cultivate and defeat Changsheng, I promise to repay you tenfold after I attain enlightenment."

"This oath is witnessed by Heaven and Earth."

Finally, under pressure to achieve immortality and guided by the Beast God, these ancient tribes chose to fully support the Beast God.

From then on, the Beast God finally got his wish and could complete the last piece of the puzzle of his Beast God body.

The quasi-emperor of the Light God Clan asked, "Alliance Leader, now that it's confirmed, how should we respond? After all, we also need to consider your cultivation time." The Beast God said, "Two hundred years. My intuition tells me that in two hundred years at most, I will be able to advance further, reaching the point where I can't advance any further. At that time, I will defeat Changsheng and offer the best sacrifice for my ultimate leap."

After saying this, he took a silk scroll of the same material, wrote three words on it: "two hundred years," and then ordered someone to send it to the human race.

On Changsheng's side, the Beast God's reply arrived quickly. After reading it, Changsheng smiled slightly and said, "It seems that the Beast God has obtained what he wanted and has a sufficient understanding of when he can roughly complete the final leap."

Gu Tan couldn't help but ask, "And what about you, Human Emperor? How long will it take you to reach that level?"

Changsheng said, "Perhaps it's two hundred years. He calculated it very, very accurately."

Then, Changsheng took another silk scroll, wrote the four characters "Mythical Battlefield" on it, and sent it to the ancient clan.

From then on, the two of them formally agreed to a duel, to settle their differences on the battlefield of mythology two hundred years later.

Thus, both Changsheng and the Beast God began their cultivation, preparing for the ultimate battle to come.

Even without them, the alliance between the human race and the ancient races did not cease hostilities; on the contrary, the fighting intensified. After all, without Changsheng and the Beast God, none of the others, whether Mu Renqing or Cangyun, possessed such terrifying suppressive power.

Without overwhelming and terrifying combat power, and with the two sides' strengths not being too different, they naturally fell into a stalemate and a protracted war of attrition.

In fact, Changsheng had some regrets. He still wanted to go to the God Clan to try to win them back to the Human Clan and fight against Xin Lingxiao, the son of Emperor Ming.

In this way, he could not only add a stronger force to the human race, thus overwhelming the ancient race's power, but also accelerate his own accumulation of power through the battle with Xin Lingxiao, thereby gaining an edge over others.

After all, Xin Lingxiao was one of the six who hadn't fallen behind on the ultimate ancient path. Although I didn't know how well he had progressed in his cultivation over the years, I figured it wouldn't be too slow, and perhaps his speed might not be slower than mine.

But this is destined to be a difficult problem to solve, and he clearly doesn't have the time for that now.

Of course, if Changsheng could complete the preparation for the ultimate leap before the battle with the Beast God, then he might still have time to make the trip.

However, being able to focus on cultivation is also a good thing. Changsheng has not been in long-term seclusion for some time, which is a good opportunity to get rid of the restlessness in his body and restore the most ethereal state of mind for enlightenment.

During his cultivation journey, various human factions prepared numerous supernatural powers, secret techniques, and rare treasures according to his needs. Although Changsheng declined most of these gifts, he still kept some that were truly useful to him.

Of course, to prevent any negative impact, he immediately compensated for the loss.

Thus, both of them entered a state of enlightenment where they forgot themselves and the world around them.

(End of this chapter)