NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 400: Gathering of the Greats, The Center of Attention
In Wanbao City, a stringent vigilance had already been established.
"Why don't we just intercept him on the way?"
Floating in the sky, True Monarch Yu Xia heard the inquiry from her disciple.
She hadn't had the chance to kill Meng Yu for a while and felt a certain itch in her hands. Hearing her disciple's words, all she did was roll her eyes.
That bastard Meng Yu might be lousy at other things, but he's really good at reading the situation. If things go south, he runs, and none of us can surround him.
You'd really think Wanbao City doesn't understand tactics...
Combat involving one person is completely different from combat involving many people.
A troop of several thousand left the Blood God Sect and after three days on the road, the unit experienced much chaos. It was easy to infiltrate with our own people. During encampment, all kinds of tactics could be employed. As the disciple put it, handing her a small squad would be enough to make Meng Yu extremely miserable along the way.
Curses, Poison Skill, Array Plates, Gu insects...
"This is a group battle."
True Monarch Yu Xia couldn't be bothered to explain further.
Behind her, the elite disciples and apprentice shopkeepers of the entire clan were all prepared for battle.
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"This is a group battle!"
Red Fox was instructing a group of fluffy-tailed foxes, full of vigor in their military attire.
After the opening of the Ascension List, countless cultivators would enter. Ordinary cultivators would look for opportunities inside to train their cultivation, while big shots from sects would use it to plan for the future in all sorts of ways.
Some secretly researched forbidden practices using the lives of countless cultivators. Others networked with heroes from all over to stir up trouble. Some recruited cultivators in preparation for the next hundred years, and of course, there was outright slaughter amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood!
What a rare full-scale simulation!
"Everyone, fight to the death for me. Guardian Talismans ensure that you can recover quickly. Those who revive, continue to form up and fight to the death until only the last person remains!"
Two thousand one hundred and twenty-four warriors of the Red Fox Clan stood tall and proud, ready for a fight to the death. They were the elite of their race, and this battle would test the might of the Heavenly Inferno Array, as well as the lethality of the Blazing Godblade.
The Red Fox Clan formed the left flank of Meng Yu's mighty army. Three cultivators who had practiced the Blood Transmutation Divine Saber would fight alongside everyone. Meng Yu was known to activate the Blood Sea Great Formation and, as an all-purpose cultivation technique, many from the Fox Clan had also practiced the Blood Transmutation Divine Saber!
The Red Fox Clan didn't understand what was called Meng Yu's version of the Blood Sea Great Formation. However, Meng Yu promised that in this battle he would go all out. Items accumulated from the Ascension List would be used in full, and there would be surprises in store.
Red Fox was eager to see the surprises Meng Yu would present to everyone but deeply regretted that the opportunity had been snatched away by that bitch Bai Hu. At that time, both she and Bai Hu were in Blood God Town, and she had the chance to become Meng Yu's friend. But now, Bai Hu had become Meng Yu's best ally!
The White Fox Clan was rushing to the northwest, massive loans indicating significant business opportunities. Additionally, the Little White Rabbit News helped Bai Hu gain countless benefits—a network era, where whoever occupied people's time could monetize their traffic. With the Little White Rabbit News able to communicate and chat daily with many people, it also seemed possible to recommend products and place advertisements, right?
This crude method of making money was even considered shameful among the foxes, who could think of a hundred more lucrative strategies!
With envy painting the eyes of the remaining six tails of the Fox Clan blood red, especially after Bai Hu invested substantial manpower and resources into emotional chat services to the point of having to engage other fox clans offline for assistance, Red Fox was determined to follow through with working alongside Meng Yu after quickly settling the owed spirit stones.
The Ascension List opened once every few decades. If this opportunity was missed, what about the next? It was just a few decades away, and next time they would definitely be ready.
"The new version of the Heavenly Inferno Blade Array needs to be tested. Charge with all you've got!"
Not far away, a large assembly of foxes from various clans, including Black Fox, Golden Fox, Red Fox, Blue Fox, and others, had gathered in formation, ready to join Meng Yu in combat.
Bai Hu had gotten on the vehicle and welded the iron gate shut, showing in various ways there was no need for help, but that didn't mean others weren't eager to get on good terms with Meng Yu.
This man was not yet thirty years old!
Besides, this group battle was an excellent opportunity to test the cultivation of the clan's disciples, the prowess of their formations, and their organizational abilities. Why not take advantage of it?
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"These monsters, beasts!"
The disciples of the Four Great Sects had paused their grand competition, been gathered up, and were now dressed in unmarked attire, ready to join the battle.
They stood on the side of the Myriad Gold Pavilion, but that didn't mean they supported the Pavilion. The excitement surged because a group battle was the ultimate test of a sect's strength.
Each sect had its own research topics.
"How ten Foundation Establishment cultivators can kill a Golden Core."
"The feasibility report of 500 Qi Cultivation against a Golden Core."
"The 'Cultivator Legion joint combat experiment' with Nascent Soul True Monarchs."
Different Sects, besides desperately enhancing their disciples' Cultivation, focus on increasing the strength of the group. It's a pity that the Ascension List only displays Foundation Establishment strength, which prevents many powers from being utilized. Yet, when the Four Great Sects heard that Meng Yu's army was charging towards Wanbao City, after observing the momentum of Meng Yu's army, they gave the Myriad Gold Pavilion the most sincere and strongest advice cum order:
Do not interfere, simply decide the battle with Meng Yu beneath Wanbao City!
They notified all the sprites, Foreign Races, Loose Cultivators, and all the forces they could reach, "Come for a group battle!"
The enemy's poison is our honey.
The impending headache of Meng Yu's army for the Myriad Gold Pavilion was a blessing from the heavens to the Four Great Sects. Originally, the Four Great Sects were ready to wait until the final moments of the competition, when they would start to kill each other in pairs. But such killing easily sowed seeds of hatred.
Conversely, if the enemy organized it, the result would be much better... Unfortunately, there would be no Alien Leader taking such initiative because whoever succeeded would soon have the Ten Directions Demon Subduing Hall and all major Sects taking turns hunting them, killing them, or even exterminating their race.
The Four Great Sects didn't worry at all about powerful enemies appearing in the Ascension List; they only hoped they would band together. Thus, when Meng Yu organized and mobilized his army, they suddenly realized, ah, such a good thing!
"Hopefully Meng Yu holds on a bit longer and doesn't get wiped out immediately!"
An Elder from one of the Four Great Sects said with a smile.
Many people sneered with contempt.
This time, the Four Great Sects planned to first send in the Taiyi Sect to see how things went.
If Meng Yu was too weak, other Sects were even willing to send help.
Previously, Meng Yu performed exceedingly well, but even a tyrant, when faced with encirclement from all sides, could not break through an army by himself!
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Of course, Meng Yu knew that a large group of people was looking forward to a massive group fight.
But that was exactly what he wanted!
Because there were enough people, when Meng Yu stepped into the area of Wanbao City, the Ascension List group battle system was officially activated!
This was also a large-scale entertainment program prepared for various schools in the last era!
You could resurrect on the spot, set a point of resurrection!
The people of Myriad Gold Pavilion watched Meng Yu coldly, but did not interfere as he set up his resurrection points.
No matter how formidable they were, they were just a business group, whereas the Four Great Sects were true forces of violence!
Now that the Four Great Sects were entering the fray, what objections could they have?
This was a real carnival, where everyone fought on the battlefield, died, resurrected, and died again!
Meng Yu stood at the very front of the team.
He thought of Mirror Twelve and some of the materials he had obtained from him.
Third-Grade Golden Core, Grade Four Nascent Soul, Grade Five Spirit Transformation, and Grade Six Unity. The battle between the Immortal Sect and the Blood God Sect, where Seven Great Transforming Gods coupled with Divine Artifacts and favorable circumstances, once reached an even higher plane, Unity.
In that battle, whether it was the elite Divine Artifact Alliance of the Immortal Sect or the biggest reliance of the Blood God Sect, the Blood Knife Legion, both sides performed above their level.
Even though the Divine Artifact Alliance was defeated, conceptually, they erased and shielded a part of the Blood Transmutation Divine Saber's Dao, making it more difficult for the Blood God Sect's people to Cultivate this technique.
However, in this universe, Cultivating the Blood Transmutation Divine Saber was not difficult, especially for Meng Yu who joined later. Cultivation at the Blood God Sect's side was actually faster.
Because there were fewer people on the same path!
Saber in hand, person at the forefront.
Meng Yu gazed at the distant enemy, seeing True Monarch Yu Xia, Lord of Eternal Triumph, and many other masters of Myriad Gold Pavilion. Their domains cooperated and connected with each other.
In those years, the Blood Saber Ancestor was a title. With each Ancestor born and each Cultivator slain, the Saber Light remained unchanged, but the people had to face their fears head-on.
Then, let the battle begin!
Meng Yu charged at the front; the next moment, his body was targeted with concentrated fire!
Boom—his blood, along with endless bloodstreams, burst forth.
The Blood Sea Great Formation was officially activated!
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I wrote some, but am not satisfied with any of it; I keep deleting. Still thinking it through. Let's keep the updates like this for the next couple of days, sorry.