Chapter 1226 -60: Winds Rise at Yishui Platform (Part 2)
Within the Cross-Domain Teleportation Formation obtained by the Peak Master of Vastness Peak trading the great path, spiritual light suddenly flashed.
One by one, Sword Cultivators with powerful auras appeared within the spiritual light.
Everyone carried a purple sandalwood sword box on their back, their eyes brimming with battle intent.
Their numbers were only two thousand, but no one dared to treat them as mere two thousand individuals.
To the Sword Sect, even just a hundred Sword Cultivators constituted a steel torrent.
Under this steel torrent, no one can face them head-on.
Let alone over a thousand Sword Cultivators.
The Central Spirit region has never, since ancient times, welcomed such a powerful group of Sword Cultivators.
For such Sword Cultivators, once they tread upon any other region in the thousands, it is considered an invasion, a declaration of war.
It’s like bringing a nuclear submarine into another country’s territory; even if you repeatedly explain there is no malice, the other country will never allow you entry.
At the Yi River Platform, the Sword Sect’s heroes gathered.
This was the most organized gathering of the Sword Sect in ten thousand years.
Besides the three Peak Masters Li Shiyi, Ning Fengchen, and Gu Qiu, there were renowned Eighth Realm Sword Cultivators like Wuju, Zhibei, Jian Huang, Shangyuan, Jun Bujian, all known for their combat power.
These individuals are why the Sword Sect stands as the foremost sect of the Human Race, commanding respect across the Eastern Domain.
Not to mention ordinary sects, even most cultivators in other Taoist Sects cannot compare.
A brutal war like a meat grinder is approaching, yet there wasn’t a trace of panic on the faces of the Sword Sect disciples.
To rejoice at war, is the tradition of Sword Cultivators, something ingrained in their very bones, like eating or drinking water.
Are you nervous when you eat?
It’s just the same principle.
“Lu Qingshan, Li Shiyi, come!” A voice suddenly rang out from the two different pavilions at the Yi River Platform.
Those two pavilions were naturally where Lu Qingshan and the Peak Master of Vastness Peak were.
In one pavilion, Lu Qingshan sat cross-legged.
He was racing against time to comprehend the Secret Sword.
This war was too grand; his Sixth Realm cultivation was already insufficient.
He had to break through to Integration.
But his problem now was not experience.
Lu Qingshan’s Experience Points were presently over a billion, allowing him to squander them for a long time.
His problem was that without a breakthrough to Integration, the experience had nowhere to be spent.
To break through to Integration, one must condense a Law Domain Seed.
Currently, Lu Qingshan had comprehended four Secret Swords. Combined with his four Primordial Intents, condensing a Law Domain Seed was a mere thought away.
But he also knew that unless he comprehended the last two Secret Swords, the condensed Law Domain Seed wouldn’t reach its ultimate strength, having defects.
Lu Qingshan dared not slack.
He’d already suffered from this once.
— Because of issues with the Qi Refinement Realm Cultivation Technique, he had once destroyed his Dao foundation.
Moreover, Li Qiubai had once severed his Sword Dao due to flaws.
With such precedents, he, even in a hurry, was unwilling to settle and could only continue to immerse himself.
“Has it begun?” Lu Qingshan murmured lightly, opening his eyes after the voice sounded.
Whoosh!
His figure flickered and quickly left the small pavilion.
Inside the main hall of the Yi River Platform.
Several figures appeared.
Ning Fengchen, Gu Qiu, Li Shiyi, and Lu Qingshan.
Once the four were present, they remained silent.
Because the true protagonist hadn’t appeared yet.
In a moment, a shadow appeared before them like a teleportation flash.
The four looked up.
Long swords sensed its might but didn’t see its form, the Divine Dragon’s head was seen but its tail was not.
The Sect Master of the Sword Sect, Xie Qingyun.
“Everyone is here…” Xie Qingyun glanced at the four, straightforwardly.
“The significance of our sect’s western expedition this time needs no further elaboration, you four should all understand.
In the face of the turbulent winds and bloodshed of Central Spirit, it is the moment for us Sword Cultivators to let our long swords drink blood.”
“When it is necessary to sever, then sever; if Central Spirit is not defended, endless troubles will follow. Our Sword Sect has never had the bad habit of leaving hidden dangers for future generations.”
“The candidates for the western expedition were personally selected by Ning Fengchen and Gu Qiu, all skilled in battle.” Xie Qingyun gazed at Ning Fengchen and Gu Qiu.
The two nodded in response.
Xie Qingyun paused, then waved his hand, causing dense clouds to form, sketching a map of Central Spirit in the air.
“Dragon City Pass has fallen. Currently, the Demon Race is using Dragon City Pass as a base, crossing Envy Heaven Ridge, invading the western region of Central Spirit.”
“This fall of Dragon City Pass was too sudden, without warning, catching us off guard. The western region of Central Spirit could not organize any effective resistance in time, and vast territories have already fallen under Demon Race control.” Xie Qingyun’s fingertip lightly tapped, and the representative cloud of the western region turned from clear to black in a large portion.
“Currently, the You State and Li State have both fallen. Central Spirit has organized a ‘death squad,’ gathering in Tiger Head, Ox Horn, and Horse Hoof, these three cities in the You State, to delay the Demon Race’s advance…” In the cloud map, the three cities aligned from north to south suddenly lit up.
Xie Qingyun continued, “The cities behind these three in the Human Race territory are organizing a comprehensive evacuation and withdrawal.
According to Central Spirit’s plans, they are to evacuate all Human Race from the Western Domain behind the Long Night Mountain Range, relinquishing the entire western region of Central Spirit to the Demon Race, to buy precious time.”
“The reason for exchanging territory for time is Central Spirit’s intention to establish a Heart City on the Long Night Mountain Range, as a new Dragon City Pass, to resist the Heart Demon Race.
This will be the most critical point of this battle for Central Spirit, and where we will engage in our largest confrontation with the Demon Race.”
Lu Qingshan and the others’ gazes fell on the cloud map, on the long cloud line representing the Long Night Mountain Range, pondering deeply before nodding slightly.