Chapter 373: Chapter 262: I’m Not Your Junior Sister, I’m Lu Ning
In terms of paper strength, both sides are actually quite similar.
After all, everyone is the same kind of person, and knows the same spells.
They are all transformed from the same kind of mud figurines, which won’t truly die within this Innate Tao Embryo.
As long as those broken mud fragments are collected, they can be resurrected.
If there’s anything to say, it’s that Zhang Ze’s side has five hundred people, while the other side has four hundred ninety-nine.
The dark-side Wooden Fish Taoist has already fulfilled his life’s aspirations and dissipated into the Great Mother Goddess’s embrace, but the light-side Li Yu is still present.
As for Half Star Disc and Profound Identification, one of them acts as a commander to eliminate the influence of the Great Mother Goddess from the rear.
The other needs to pacify their Great Mother Goddess statue, making it quietly play with its fingers there, fulfilling its role of the resurrection spring.
So naturally, if you want to push forward quickly, you rely on strategy.
And Zhang Ze is quite adept at this, though it’s been a long time since he’s played, his talent remains.
He didn’t send everyone out chaotically like the Jade Spirit Earth Immortal did, but instead assigned roles based on their existing five-person teams.
He designated those responsible for carrying teammates back for resurrection, those for a surprise attack, and those acting as a scalpel to dissect the battlefield.
Zhang Ze also instructed Half Star Disc to have the tower, left with only two layers, merged and refined by the statue as a backup energy source, placed aside.
The rest relied on the in-the-moment performance of these light-side cultivators.
Theoretically speaking, these individuals are the best soldiers because they are fearless of death and indeed won’t die.
Invincible people.
Invincible people with maxed-out moral values.
He didn’t need to perform any tricky maneuvers like moving the machine gun bunker five meters left.
"All troops, charge!"
Zhang Ze waved his hand and commanded.
Half Star Disc flew beside Zhang Ze, and after Zhang Ze issued all directives, suddenly said, "If you lived in our time, surely you’d be appointed a little general by the Emperor."
"Impossible, I know myself well enough, it’s all just a coincidence, outside I wouldn’t be able to command so many people, and..." Zhang Ze paused for a moment.
"Hopefully, there will never be a second battle between these factions, it’s quite tedious."
"Indeed." Half Star Disc fell silent, focused on shielding the influence of the Great Mother Goddess faith.
Facts proved that Zhang Ze’s directives were quite effective.
Moreover, the people on our blue side may have maxed-out moral values, but they aren’t stuck up; they made all the rightful decisions and cunning plans.
Especially since the opposing dark-side cultivators are somewhat brainwashed too, even though they are fearless, they show signs of sluggishness, thus falling into disadvantage right away.
And this small advantage, amplified by sincere actions fostered by maxed moral values, turned into a bigger triumph.
For instance, these people analyzed each other’s weaknesses.
"Brother Wang, when my other self uses that move, at the third breath there’s a momentary pause, attack my right leg fiercely."
"Thanks for Brother Liu’s guidance; truth be told, I always intended to plot against you, thus I knew about it long ago."
"No worries, no worries."
"Sorry, sorry."
Exchanges on the blue side go roughly like this, while on the red side, no one communicates.
Those Wooden Fish Sect cultivators’ yin and yang sides battled within the corridors and organs.
The damage quickly escalated.
Ma Qiao hid behind a rock, mentally counting, and when he reached the tenth count, a huge explosion sounded from the other side.
Someone on our side chose to self-destruct, achieving a one-for-four trade.
Instantly clearing the corridor, Ma Qiao then popped his head out with perfect timing, casually casting a spell similar to Heaven and Earth Net.
This spell was Ma Qiao’s self-created replica, lacking the might of the authentic Heaven and Earth Net that could imprison a hundred miles.
Though he was a Hundred Demons Sect cultivator, Ma Qiao nurtured his little hobbies.
He liked fishing, but often couldn’t catch any, which led to frustration, motivating him to create this rather useless Fish Net Technique.
Now, using this spell to clear the battlefield was simply perfect, and Ma Qi swiftly gathered all the trapped mud fragments.
Also collecting the ones from the other side.
Ma Qiao was among several recovery leaders like this, who, despite rarely engaging directly, accomplished significant feats.
Consequently, on the Jade Spirit Earth Immortal’s side, they quickly realized something was off.
Their numbers seemed to dwindle as they fought.
Battle reports could deceive, but the battle line wouldn’t.
The promised exhilarating pursuit battle became quite different!
Helplessly, this Jade Spirit Earth Immortal again ceased refining the statue, controlled it as his body shell, and stepped off the altar.
Stepping into the largest battlefield.
Ignoring friend or foe, he struck with punches, with shadows of punches disregarding distance, each punch turning several into mud fragments, which were then absorbed into his mouth.
"The extra ones should all die, my Innate Dao body doesn’t need you ants."
The battle situation immediately flipped.
And now, commanding the fight wasn’t Zhang Ze, but Half Star Disc.
Zhang Ze was nowhere to be found.
Facing the opposing defensive tower personally in combat, Half Star Disc was suddenly at a loss; with the enemy using invincibility hacks, no tactics here would hold significance.
"Where did Zhang Ze go, why isn’t he back, save us!" Just commanding confidently moments ago, Half Star Disc was now in disarray.
[Don’t shout, I’ve got a plan]
The Profound Identification Treasure Mirror pinged Half Star Disc and then flew backward.
For the Jade Spirit Earth Immortal, he was engrossed in battle! Feeling alive!
Due to innate dominance, the sensation of giants crushing tiny beings, seeing everything as ants, was irresistible.
Finally redeeming some dignity from the previous humiliation.
The essence of this Jade Spirit True Immortal was a forcibly amalgamated monster, and during two refinements of the Wooden Fish Taoist’s dark side, certain dark traits also integrated into its Artifact Spirit.
And these dark thoughts were repeatedly magnified in the Innate Tao Embryo.
If in the beginning, he just wanted to break free from this seemingly endless self-imprisonment and become a carefree Earth Immortal showing off.
Then now, what he wants most is destruction; he wants to crush everyone he sees as ants after getting out.
Just as he was venting violence on the battlefield, those cultivators from the blue side suddenly made way.
Immediately, the Jade Spirit Earth Immortal saw a black silhouette collide with him.
It was the statue from Zhang Ze’s side.
At this moment, the half Star Disc and the two Profound Identification brothers were floating alongside the statue, like shoulder ornaments.
Profound Identification was in charge of nurturing.
The half Star Disc was responsible for stirring up trouble.
Whenever the Jade Spirit True Immortal was provoked, these two Magical Artifacts would hide in their statue’s mouth to temporarily avoid the heat.
Because both statues were of the same origin, they couldn’t harm each other, even though the one on Zhang Ze’s side was still a child, its wild punches were enough to tie down the Jade Spirit Earth Immortal.
And at this moment, the Jade Spirit Earth Immortal suddenly discovered something, that he could no longer escape by passing through walls.
At least not until fully refining this statue.
His own fortress had instead become a prison confining him.
With the only exit of the ritual site blocked by the statue from Zhang Ze’s side, this Jade Spirit True Immortal had no escape; he couldn’t fight his way out either.
"You’re just a little brother! Jade Spirit True Immortal, as if! Don’t I know what I really am?"
"Kneel down quickly, merge back with me, become a new person, and embrace transformation!"
The half Star Disc taunted, reveling in its upper hand.
However, the response it got was a fist.
The statue from Zhang Ze’s side had also become clever, not resisting, but turning its back immediately, blocking the door while sucking on its fingers, munching on snacks left by Zhang Ze, those Dan Dan mineral crumbs.
Let him hit, it doesn’t feel a thing anyway.
The scene had once again reached a stalemate.
However, the Jade Spirit Earth Immortal soon calmed down, stopped making pointless breakthroughs, and returned to the altar to start refining the statue again.
He could afford to wait.
After all, he had waited so long already, what’s a few hundred more years?
It’s just that with the opponent’s interference, the progress of refinement was simply slower, but in the end, he would still win.
"Damn, he’s not falling for it anymore, what do I do? Should I taunt him again?" The half Star Disc, having discovered the core of the problem, was a bit anxious.
[Don’t rush, wait for Zhang Ze’s news.]
"When will Zhang Ze be back?"
[Once there’s a signal, he’ll be back.]
Profound Identification operated a small walnut, continuously refreshing.
"Hey, what’s that? Let me see."
[Mind your own business, don’t peek at others’ small walnuts!]
"Tch."
...
Over at Zhang Ze’s side.
He was searching for a signal.
During the time when the red and blue sides retreated and both defensive towers appeared on the field, he had walked to the location of the large intestine.
At this moment, Zhang Ze’s appearance was rather peculiar, holding a small walnut in one hand and cradling his Golden Core in the other.
He pressed the Golden Core to his face, continuously saying hello into it.
"Hello! Hey! Is anyone there?"
With some reversed Heavenly Gang, the small walnut was treated as a signal receiver, while the Golden Core was used like a phone by him.
Just moments ago, when the red-blue battle first started, Profound Identification’s internet addiction flared up again, so it took out its small walnut to indulge a bit.
Coincidentally, Zhang Ze was also bored, playing with his Golden Core.
The two were just close enough.
And it was at this moment that Zhang Ze suddenly felt his Golden Core tremble, and there was a brief signal over at Profound Identification’s side.
This small walnut is actually quite magical, its core technology is directly taken from the Black King Order, still a black box full of secrets.
After all, with such a thing, no need for ground stations, most places have a signal, miraculous indeed.
Similar to a satellite phone.
The same was true for Zhang Ze’s Golden Core, even though the Golden Core was his, Zhang Ze hadn’t fully understood its limits.
Now, these two black boxes met, unexpectedly causing a reaction.
So, having discovered hope for communication with the outside world, Zhang Ze began trying.
He then found that the most stable link wasn’t from the small walnut but from his Golden Core.
That time, it almost connected with his other Golden Core.
Just a bit more.
And in his quest for a signal, Zhang Ze delved deeper, reaching the verge of the chrysanthemum location.
Just as he reached a dead end, Zhang Ze’s Golden Core emergency line finally got through.
"Hello, Junior Sister!"
"Sorry, I’m not your Junior Sister."
A cold voice came from the other end of the Golden Core.
"Who might you be?"
"Lu Ning."