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Chapter 1030: Chapter 984: Shocking
"Thankfully, no clan members have perished. Over a hundred of our people were injured, but their conditions are recovering well," Da Qing hastily reported.
After hearing this, Li Zhirui breathed a sigh of relief.
Currently, there are too few cultivators from the Li family on Wanling Island, and the main family couldn’t spare many to send over, so each clan member is extremely precious. A significant casualty could greatly affect the subsequent development of Wanling Island.
"What about the strength of the Sea Clan? How many are there?" Immediately, Li Zhirui thought of another question and quickly asked.
"Their strength is not very strong, with only seven or eight sixth-grade Water Devils, but their numbers are not small. Just counting the bodies of the Sea Clan after the battle, there were tens of thousands!"
Da Qing’s expression became solemn as he said, "Moreover, this time the Sea Clan didn’t just attack Wanling Island; many Spirit Islands were invaded, but there were no reports of any being breached."
"The Sea Clan must be watching us in the shadows! Otherwise, how could the timing be so coincidental?"
Li Zhirui’s expression was very grim. "But what’s even more troublesome is that some forces might use this as an excuse to demand compensation from us!"
After all, he was the one who proposed the extermination of Robbing Cultivators and Devil Race to ensure the safety of transport routes!
Now that the Sea Clan invasion has truly happened, if one were to really assign blame, then Li Zhirui definitely could not escape responsibility.
In fact, when Li Zhirui and other cultivators set out, they were quite careful and cautious to avoid being discovered by the Sea Clan, but the outcome was not as expected.
And he speculated thus because firstly, those powers wanted to quickly recuperate their losses, demanding compensation from the Li family was the fastest way, and secondly, Wanling Island of the Li family had attracted a large number of Spirit Veins!
Even if aside from the five fifth-grade Spirit Veins promised by the Cave Abyss Sect, the rest were of slightly lower grade, they still aroused much envy.
"It shouldn’t be like that."
Upon hearing Li Zhirui’s concerns, Da Qing frowned and said, "Why would the Sea Clan’s sudden attack have anything to do with you, Jiu?"
"There definitely will be some who have such thoughts, since the attack this time might not result in small losses for some forces! They naturally want to find an opportunity to compensate for their own losses," Li Zhirui shook his head, feeling that Da Qing had underestimated the malice in people’s hearts.
And the reason for this misunderstanding was that Da Qing rarely went out to have worldly experience, spending most of his time in the family diligently cultivating.
However, Da Qing’s mental state scarcely presented issues. The only time it did was when his dao partner, while nurturing their offspring, unexpectedly consumed the essence of their child to solidify her own foundation, ultimately abandoning her husband and child, leaving the Li family.
Back then, Da Qing’s condition was indeed very poor, his Dao Heart nearly shattered, and it took him a long time to recover.
Of course, this calamity also had its merits for Da Qing—it elevated his mental state, never again did he face issues with his mental state or Dao Heart.
Actually, Li Zhirui was also worried that Da Qing might choose an extreme path, that of heartlessness, but fortunately, Da Qing did not do so.
Li Zhirui’s predictions soon proved accurate!
Several powers that suffered considerable losses jointly approached Wanling Island with intimidating momentum one day. 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓅𝓊𝒷.𝓬𝓸𝓂
"May I know why Fellow Daoists have come here this time?"
Receiving the news, Li Zhirui immediately rose and flew out of Wanling Island,appearing in front of these four powers.
"Hmph!"
One of the Nascent Soul Cultivators, dissatisfied, coldly snorted, "We had just listened to your malicious advice, engaging in that purification campaign, and what happened? The Sea Clan suddenly launched an attack, causing heavy losses for several of us. All of this is because of you, you must compensate us!"
"That’s right!"
"If you are unwilling, then don’t blame us for not being considerate later!"
The other Nascent Soul Cultivators one after another spoke up, even some were ready to threaten withforce.
"Hehe."
Looking at these cultivators, Li Zhirui couldn’t help but chuckle lightly, "Gentlemen, the sea is not yet calm, is it really good to start infighting like this?"
"What if, in the process of our fighting, the Sea Clan launches another attack, resulting in the loss of many Spirit Islands, giving the Sea Clan a chance to pry into the nearby marine region, can you bear such a crime?"
The cultivators were taken aback, they did not expect that Li Zhirui was not only unafraid of their joint threats but even used righteousness to threaten them!
It should be known that they were all established Nascent Soul Powers, even though they currently did not have Integration cultivators, their ancestors still had some glorious history, still possessing one or two ace weapons that could threaten Integration.
Yet Li Zhirui was not afraid at all?
"Stop using these things to press us!"
The first to speak Nascent Soul, asked sternly, "Just tell us, will you compensate or not?"
"What if I do? What if I don’t?"
Li Zhirui’s expression remained calm. Frankly, he did not take these people seriously, because even if they joined forces, it’s unlikely they could be his match.
Moreover, they were currently outside Wanling Island. The Li family had long arranged a sixth-grade Island Defense Array for this island, so they couldn’t possibly break the Formation in a short time.
"Fine, fine, fine! You think we are scared of you?"
"Today, we’ll teach you a lesson to prevent you from being so arrogant in the future."
The few Nascent Soul Cultivators, provoked by Li Zhirui’s disregard, were furious and directly unleashed their Divine Powers against him.
Sharp whistling hurricanes surrounded from all directions, seemingly wanting to tear Li Zhirui into shreds.
