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Chapter 883: Chapter 889: Trouble
The cultivators in the advantageous position naturally pressed their attack relentlessly until several Demon Cultivators undergoing Divine Transformation were severely wounded and forced to hide deep within the Western Domain, not daring to show their faces. Only then did the Nascent Soul Cultivators cease their pursuit.
Perhaps the Demon Cultivators were not very powerful, but their ability to escape was second to none!
That was why the Nascent Soul Cultivators, despite their vigorous pursuit, were still unable to capture any Demon Cultivators.
However, after the Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators fled, the low-rank Demon Cultivators became greatly dispirited and had no will to fight, turning to flee one after another.
They left behind many Demon Cultivators’ lives, but even more escaped.
The main reason was that the group of Nascent Souls did not make a move. Although they appeared extremely fierce just now, rendering the Demon Cultivators completely powerless to fight back, this was because they had expended seventy to eighty percent of their mana!
In order to prevent the Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators from launching a surprise counterattack, they had to focus on recovery time, allowing those Demon Cultivators to escape. Otherwise, not even ten percent of the low-rank Demon Cultivators would have been able to get away.
After cleaning up the battlefield, the cultivators returned with a great victory.
"We shouldn’t have to worry about the Demon Cultivators making a move for a short while," one of the Nascent Souls sighed in relief, and they could now reassign more cultivators to the great battle with the Sea Clan.
The Demon Cultivators suffered heavy losses, and many Nascent Souls were seriously injured, unable to make another move, which effectively ended the conflict in the west for now.
"We also need to find a way to make a breakthrough in the battle with the Sea Clan. We can’t keep dragging things out."
Against the quantity of low-rank Water Devils from the Sea Clan? They are no match at all!
"Therefore, the allocation of cultivators for support this time cannot be distributed evenly like before. We need to focus on several battlefields and aim for victory. After achieving it, the surrounding battle lines will also benefit."
They could assist nearby allies and also make a sudden insertion during a major battle, attacking from both sides.
The proposal was quickly passed by everyone.
On the third day, a new batch of reinforcing cultivators boarded the large Spirit Boats heading east and south.
Meanwhile, the Demon Cultivators hadn’t made any moves up to this point, as if they had resigned themselves to the results of the previous battle.
But the Nascent Souls didn’t believe the Demon Cultivators would be so honest; therefore, they continuously had people watching their movements. They also left a group of cultivators in the Central Domain and didn’t dispatch everyone.
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In the Eastern Domain, near the sea.
"These days have been constant fighting, and now that we have suddenly become idle, I don’t even know what to do," Xiaoqing said, sighing.
Li Zhirui couldn’t help but laugh, "In a few days, a new round of battles will break out, and then you won’t have such leisure time."
Almost ten days had passed since the battle ended, but the Sea Clan had still not gathered a new army. There were only occasional stealth attacks, so the cultivators didn’t take them seriously.
During this time, most of the cultivators’ injuries had healed; those with more serious injuries had withdrawn to the main island to recover in peace.
Having rested for a lengthy period, the cultivators’ strength had been restored, ready to deliver a surprise to the Sea Clan when the battle erupted anew.
"That group of Nascent Souls came looking for you again, Jiu?" Xiaoqing seemed to remember something, a trace of dissatisfaction flashing in her eyes.
"Mhm," Li Zhirui coldly responded.
Before the battle, those Nascent Souls wanted to test the Purification Principle, but they were repelled by Li Zhirui, and then the Sea Clan attacked, leaving no one to care about these matters.
But now, with the Sea Clan severely damaged, their interest had revived. They came running over several times, trying to verify the Purification Principle.
Even though Li Zhirui had denied it and even demonstrated the Purification Principle in front of them, confirming its ineffectiveness on Spiritual Objects, they still wouldn’t give up.
Or to put it another way, they changed their approach!
The Purification Principle was ineffective on Spiritual Objects, but what about on cultivators?
Many cultivators had personally experienced the Rain of Purification, and Li Zhirui couldn’t deny it even if he wanted to. He could only admit it but also mentioned many complicated conditions.
Something about purifying Spiritual Objects of the same rank as the cultivation and that he couldn’t perform it too many times within a short period.
Even so, it did not quell their madness.
"Heh, still not giving up?" Xiaoqing sneered with a mocking tone.
"Just let them be, there’s no need to pay too much attention," Li Zhirui said nonchalantly, dismissing the matter with a wave of his hand, since he held the initiative.
Seeing Li Zhirui so confident, Xiaoqing said no more and, after a brief chat, left.
Having taken some time to calm his mental state, Li Zhirui then took out the alchemy furnace to begin making precious pills.
Even on the battlefield, as long as there was no major conflict, he would craft several batches of precious pills after completing his daily cultivation.
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At the bottom of the sea.
"How many low-level water demons have you brought back this time?" Ao Yun asked eagerly.
Previously they didn’t care for low-level water demons, but now, they realized the importance of these low-level forces!
Without the low-level water demons, even with their powerful great devils fueling a great battle, they would not last long before facing defeat.
A swarm of ants can consume an elephant!
A multitude of low-rank cultivators launching an attack might initially be ignorable, but they couldn’t withstand it for long, not to mention the presence of nascent soul cultivators, whose strength was not inferior to theirs.
"Only just under twenty thousand," the great devil said with a distressed expression.
"What!?" Another great devil nearby couldn’t believe what they just heard.
Less than twenty thousand low-rank water demons? That number, tossed into the meat grinder of the battlefield, would nearly be wiped out within two hours!
It was known that in their heyday there were fifty to sixty thousand water demons, but even then, they were at a disadvantage against cultivators who had the benefit of the terrain.
Now, with less than one-third of that number, initiating battle was out of the question.
"Why so few?"
"Other battlefields also need reinforcement."
The great devil sighed and said, "I heard that on a distant battlefield, where we had a significant advantage and were about to break through the defense lines, a severely injured nascent soul detonated himself!"
Mentioning this, the great devil felt a surge of admiration.
It was known that the person was merely severely wounded and not in imminent mortal danger, yet they chose to detonate themselves resolutely to hold the defense line!
The damage that a self-detonation of a nascent soul cultivator could unleash was unstoppable; one could only run far away.
But who, at that moment, could have expected that the nascent soul would forsake their life and self-detonate voluntarily?
Time was of the essence, and the majority of the Sea Clan had no chance to evade!
One could imagine the scale of the casualties.
Compared to that, the near annihilation of the low-rank water demons by a surprise attack from the cultivators on the island chain battlefield was insignificant.
At least these fifth-order great devils were still alive - only one or two unlucky ones failed to escape, unlike on that battlefield, where only a few distant water demons survived.
Therefore, even with the difference in species and opposing stances, the admiration in its heart could not be hindered.
If it were in that situation, it definitely wouldn’t have sacrificed its own life.
Admiration aside, that self-detonation had caused them significant trouble!
Both battlefronts required a large number of low-rank water demons, one of which also needed fifth-order great devils, and other battlefields needed reinforcements.
However, among the low-rank water demons they had mobilized, there were simply not enough to meet the demand.
