After placing that girl in there, Yasenia looked at the battlefield with her spiritual sense and sighed. ‘It is soon ti to take that extra step. Otherwise, more aningless death will follow.’
Although “only” around one to two percent had died during the last three years, Yasenia felt that it was a bit too much. They were the attackers, and they weren’t going to receive support or reinforcent anyti soon since the other battlefields were still ongoing. ‘Moreover, I can’t get stuck here with these people. This is the Subli Mid Heavenly Layer. The place I am currently at could be taken as a remote location since there are no cultivators beyond the Seventh Level of the Transcendence Realm.’
While the Star Immortal Sect had declined, it was still one of the top-notch Immortal Sects on this continent. That spoke volus about the general strength of this place. For Yasenia, this cap was both good and bad.
On one side, Yasenia didn’t need to worry about one day encountering soone who could slap her out of existence. While she was not a match for a Seventh Level Transcendence Realm cultivator, she could at least attempt to escape and react to their attacks.
On the other hand, the energy quality here was far from being the best, even when it was like purified water compared to the mud-like energy she had previously trained with. So, if she went to a place where even the top bosses here thought of it as “top-notch,” she would be able to advance even quicker.
It was all a matter of risk and reward. The higher the risk, the better the rewards.
After she traversed the distance between her location and the eting room for the Sixth Realm people, Yasenia tapped a formation inside the room and activated it. When she did so, energy flowed around the entire room before the formation started buzzing. When she completed that preparation, an aura pulse spread around, reaching everyone on the battlefield without fail.
Yasenia waited for a little while, and soon, Chen Jizhen arrived. His eyebrows were slightly furrowed as he looked at Yasenia with confusion. “What is wrong? Why did you activate the [Ergency Return] array?”
Yasenia and Chen Jizhen had slowly worked out their differences during the last years. They didn’t really like each other, and that was a fact. However, they had co to terms so that, during this mission, both would cooperate and co to agreents without allowing their feelings to get in the way.
The dragoness glanced at him and smiled faintly. “Don’t worry, once everyone is back, I’ll explain. I don’t want to repeat my explanation each ti soone arrives.”
Chen Jizhen didn’t like Yasenia, but that didn’t an that he had not recognized how accomplished and intelligent she was. Therefore, he trusted that this call was not without reason. Not answering Yasenia’s words, he moved toward one chair and sat down.
Mo Yun, Gao Yan, Jilang Qin, and Mo Zifei didn’t take long to arrive, and Yasenia began explaining her reasoning for activating the formation. “By now, we know each other, so you must know that I hate going in circles. I’ll get straight to the point. We’ve harassed them to the point that their disciples are barely leaving their bounds already. The number of losses on the other side in terms of mortal realm disciples reached a few tens of thousands, thanks to us intercepting the returning disciples and our juniors working hard.”
Mo Yun blinked and asked curiously. “So… Do you want us to stop attacking and force them to turtle?”
“No.” Yasenia comnted. “At this pace, it is true that we might be able to deprive them of resources. However, how long will that take? The Abyss is dangerous because it has the ability to swallow its surroundings extrely quickly. Even if our World has a High-level Heaven, the [Abyss] won’t take long to descend and start its true attack.”
Mo Zifei tilted her head. “True attack?”
“Yes.” Yasenia pointed to the side with her tail and summoned a map. “After analyzing the inside of the Abyss Fog Wall, I noticed that the energy fluctuations in the middle have been steadily increasing over ti. This ans that they are using so kind of thod to do sothing there, and that sothing is probably opening a passage to the [Abyss] dinsion.”
Chen Jizhen spoke slowly. “If they manage to do that, what forces will appear from there? 10 Level 1 Transcendence Realm cultivators?”
Yasenia laughed. “That’s an optimistic estimate, little Zhen~.”
Chen Jizhen’s expression almost turned black. “Don’t call
that.”
The dragoness smirked. “Sure, Chen Chen~.”
Mo Yun laughed and called after Yasenia. “Chen Chen, so cute!”
“Enough.” He spoke sowhat tiredly as he rubbed his forehead. The tis he has been teased during the last three years couldn’t be easily counted. “Tell , what are your expectations with this summoning ritual they are doing?”
Yasenia didn’t sweeten her words and blurted it out. “Most likely a Level 8, 9, or half-step Abyss Monster.”
Her blunt words made the five people tense up as their expressions changed from confused to serious. “Impossible.” Chen Jizhen at first refuted her words. “How can that be possible? Monsters of that caliber can’t appear on our continent. The energy is too thin for that to happen.”
Yasenia shrugged. “They are not native to this place.” She really didn’t find that difficult. “If they open a portal, the limit is not on the energy level but the Heaven Level. This part of the World is clearly sowhat limited, as I can feel a similar pressure compared to my origin world. That world was also limited to the peak of the Sixth Realm. So, the Abyss Monsters that can descend here are, most likely, of that level.”
After digesting her words, Gao Yan spoke up. “What’s the plan, then?”
Yasenia spoke simply. “We will attack them and prevent it. We sent a few letters back to ask for reinforcents, but all of them have been denied for so reason.” The dragoness didn’t want to be pessimistic, so she was thinking that the other side was too preoccupied with the other Demonic Sects to act with them. Still, there was the possibility of the other side not answering to test her or sothing.
‘If it is the latter…’ Yasenia’s eyes flashed with a cold light.
Mo Yun looked at the map and frowned. “How do we attack? The fog is too dangerous for us, Yasenia.”
“I have been researching and testing it these last three years. Now, I have a solution. The enemy has 1 Level Three, 3 Level Twos, and 7 Level Ones left. We have 2 Level Threes, 3 Level Twos, and . I think we are more than able to have an advantage against them.
The Level Three Transcendence Realm cultivators were Jilang Qin and Chen Jizhen, while the other three were Level 2. Everyone had a Level 1 Intent Domain, with Chen Jizhen having already stepped one foot into the next Intent Domain Level. He only needed an epiphany to take that leap.
anwhile, Yasenia was also a step away from understanding the War Domain. During the last three years, Yasenia had never stopped cultivating when she could. ‘My [Mortal Shackles] are slowly being shed, while my energy is slowly coating and changing my skin for the [Skin Shedding] step. The Soul Path is relatively easier now that I have used the [Primordial Palace] as my Soul Palace. The first realm of [Soul Palace Surfacing] is basically conceptually completed, and I only need energy for the path to break through.’
She paused after that. 'Of course, after Dral linked all paths, I won’t be able to complete the level without pushing all four paths at once.'
While she pondered that, the other five people discussed among themselves and eventually ca to an agreent. Chen Jizhen spoke up. “Yasenia, tell , what can we do to avoid being affected by the Abyssal Fog Wall? Also, will we really be okay once we cross it?”
Yasenia took out five discs and spoke. “I’ve engraved these five disks with so basic formations to let my aura envelop all of you. They can last up to five years, so we have more than enough ti to fight inside even if their attacks consu the disk’s energy.”
The orange-colored disk with green and blue energy flowing through the formation paths was no larger than Yasenia’s palm. It was a small and intricate device she built with so brute force.
Chen Jizhen glanced at Yasenia’s tail and spoke. “If we could create a coat with your scales, we would be safer.”
“Yes.” Yasenia smiled. “You’d be safer from the Abyssal Monsters. However, you wouldn’t be safe from .” Her eyes shone with a cold light as she asked. “Who do you want to antagonize, Chen Jizhen? Abyssal Monsters or ?”
The man snorted and didn’t answer. However, everyone could easily notice that he feared Yasenia more than he feared the Abyss Cultivators.
Yasenia didn’t linger on that and comnted. “Since we are all agreeable, let’s go. We’ll go attack them once the juniors return and are safe and sound.”
anwhile, in the Abyssal Worshiper Sect, the Third Level Transcendence Abyss Cultivator was tapping the table with a thoughtful expression. “How are the preparations going?”
The Abyssal Cultivator Yasenia bisected spoke up. His body had recovered, even if a massive vertical scar remained, as the Celestial Energies still caused havoc inside of him. “The next ti that annoying Dragon appears, we’ll be able to deal with her.”
As they spoke, a ssenger arrived. It was one of the flying tentacle-eye monsters. “Report! Report! The enemy cultivators are retreating!”
“Hm?” The leader frowned for a second. “Why did they retreat? Were we too obvious? Or is it a coincidence?”
A female cultivator spoke up, her tone confused. “That dragon doesn’t seem like soone who gives up. I’ve seen her run around sowhat hastily to save all the disciples she can. So, if she discovered our plan, she wouldn’t ask for such a retreat.”
“Why do you say that?” The leader asked, curious.
“While that Dragon Woman is clever, she has a soft spot for the disciples. So, instead of letting them retreat to the cave, she would’ve sent them back to their sect.”
“Hm… That’s reasonable.” The man stood up and comnted. “Either way, prepare to activate it. It won’t really hurt us either way.”
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