The leisurely day quickly passed. As the sunlight once again illuminated the hazy sky of the Heavenly tal Battlefield, Chu Xuan and the others stood at the center of Heaven-Three City's main square. The burly cultivator, Dong Qi, had already been waiting there for them.
He scanned the crowd with a cold expression and spoke, "My na is Dong Qi, from the Falling Sun Demon Fortress, Nascent Soul Late Stage. I will lead you to Heaven-Six City to replace the current batch of Nascent Soul cultivators. This ti, a total of forty Nascent Soul cultivators will be heading to Heaven-Six City. Everyone, follow ."
Dong Qi strode out of the city gates. Chu Xuan and the others quickly followed suit.
The number of cultivators in the extraterritorial battlefield was already greater than that on the cultivation planets, and the Heavenly tal Battlefield was considered a dangerous zone. Many Nascent Soul cultivators ventured into the extraterritorial battlefield seeking Deity Transformation-level spiritual items.
Outside the city gates, a giant, earth-colored worm awaited. This massive worm was at least thirty zhang long and clearly proficient in Earth Escape techniques.
"Get on," Dong Qi ordered, waving his hand. He was the first to leap onto the creature. The others followed suit and climbed aboard.
Once everyone had mounted, Dong Qi let out a long howl. The giant worm received the signal and imdiately began moving northeast. A layer of earth-yellow shield ford around its body, quickly enveloping the Nascent Soul cultivators within. The worm's speed rapidly increased, reaching an impressive velocity.
Chu Xuan observed the swiftly retreating scenery and estimated that the worm's speed was roughly on par with that of a top-tier flying magic treasure. It seed that this Dong Qi, coming from the Falling Sun Demon Fortress, was no ordinary figure.
Two days later, a loud rumbling sound gradually drew near. Everyone looked up, and in the distance, the shadow of a massive city erged.
Above the giant city, a purple shield inverted in the sky, blocking external magical attacks. As they gazed at the scene, they saw large bursts of magical light colliding in mid-air, only to be quickly extinguished. It was clear that Heaven-Six City had arrived.
Dong Qi bellowed, "On the city walls! Use the formations to counterattack!"
The deafening rumble forced him to raise his voice. Just as Chu Xuan was about to step toward the city walls, an ominous sense of danger suddenly surged within him. Instinctively, he took half a step back, retreating into the crowd.
In the next mont, a massive explosion echoed from within Heaven-Six City. The purple protective shield that had been enveloping the city flickered a few tis before completely fading away. Instantly, panicked cries filled the air within the city.
Chu Xuan raised an eyebrow. This was clearly a sign that soone inside the city had used an array-breaking talisman, and the most vulnerable position was targeted. Such precise and ruthless use of the talisman was the only way to easily breach a Nascent Soul-level formation. It seed that there was a traitor among the Nascent Soul cultivators defending Heaven-Six City.
"Damn it!"
Dong Qi's face twisted in shock as he saw the purple light shield vanish. He had just led his people here to replace the current defenders, and the formation had already been destroyed?
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The ground began to tremble as if countless massive elephants were charging toward them.
"Run!"
Dong Qi could only manage a desperate shout.
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Boulders rained down from the sky, crashing into Heaven-Six City. The shockwave from the impact sent Dong Qi flying through the air. From the looks of it, he was severely injured.
The giant boulders landed, and scalding stone fragnts scattered in every direction. Each fragnt was as large as a fist and as powerful as a Nascent Soul-level spell. Instantly, icy particles appeared around Chu Xuan, effortlessly blocking the fierce stone shards. At the sa ti, he dodged the falling firestones with ease.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
It was as if a cold wind had sprouted beneath his feet. Everywhere he went, traces of sparkling ice light remained. With every move, he effortlessly avoided the blazing stones and the searing debris.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Everywhere in Heaven-Six City, there were explosions. Wherever the boulders landed, thick plus of smoke billowed up into the sky. This smoke seed to have a dampening effect on the spiritual senses.
At this mont, the Nascent Soul cultivators appeared to be like headless flies, instinctively fleeing westward.
Through the smoke, Chu Xuan could see large, imposing shadows approaching rapidly. It was clear that the massive corpse puppets, the "giant puppets," were closing in. Each giant puppet exuded a trendous, overwhelming aura.
Though these puppets were comparable to Nascent Soul cultivators in terms of cultivation, their strength was imnse, and they could operate on nothing more than large spirit stones.
It would take at least two Nascent Soul cultivators working together, expending twice the effort, to destroy one giant puppet. Hence, few cultivators were willing to engage them head-on.
Moreover, behind the giant puppets, Chu Xuan could sense the presence of more cultivators from the Heaven Shaking Divine Sect rushing toward the battlefield. With the defensive formation of Heaven-Six City shattered, it was clear that the city's fall was imminent. It was already ti to flee.
Chu Xuan surveyed his surroundings and quickly realized that he had beco separated from Shang Xingchen and the others. Without wasting any more ti, he dove into a nearby building, taking advantage of the chaos to avoid detection.
Connecting his mind to the Myriad Realms Mirror, he took a step forward and was instantly transported back to Blue Star. The eerie howls of zombies and the sight of the desolate city imdiately greeted him, and he couldn't help but sigh in relief.
"Ah, Blue Star really is the most comfortable. It's like a warm ho."
Thinking back to the situation in Heaven-Six City, he estimated that fewer than three out of the Nascent Soul cultivators sent to replace the defenders would make it out alive. If it weren't for the Myriad Realms Mirror, he probably would have been trapped as well.
"Judging by the rough situation," he thought to himself, "there are probably three giant corpse puppets. And the number of Nascent Soul cultivators is over a hundred. It looks like the Reincarnation Sect feigned an assault on Heaven-Five City while secretly redeploying forces to attack Heaven-Six City. Plus, there's an insider in the city helping them take it down."
Chu Xuan briefly analyzed the situation, and it was clear to him that it wasn't the Heaven Shaking Divine Sect's incompetence—it was the underhanded tactics of the Reincarnation Sect that had made all the difference.
"Looks like I'll just stay here on Blue Star for a few more years, then return later," he mused. "The real problem is… will this Heavenly tal Battlefield collapse again like the last one?"
He shrugged off the thought and decided to focus on his own cultivation.
"Let's just focus on training. I'll return when I hit Nascent Soul Level Eight. No rush."
In the blink of an eye, ten years passed. Chu Xuan often went to Soul Star to harvest Ice Soul Crystals. However, the rate at which he obtained Ice Souls was far slower than his cultivation consumption.
Moreover, even with the Ice Souls, he still needed vast quantities of high-grade spirit stones to provide the pure Spiritual Qi required for rapid progress. Without high-grade spirit stones, he would have to use dium-grade ones, which significantly slowed down his cultivation.
After all, Blue Star was a planet with sparse Spiritual Qi, not like Mystic Azure Star. He had enough spirit stones to last five or six years, but after ten years, he had almost exhausted all of his high-grade spirit stones and even dium-grade ones. Only a few small spirit stones remained. At this point, he could no longer delay returning to the Heavenly tal Battlefield.
"Forget it, forget it," he muttered to himself. "I'll just go back and take a look. Even if I'm contradicting myself, no one will know."
Clearing his throat, he didn't directly inspect the area himself. Instead, he attached his spiritual sense to a worker bee and, using the Myriad Realms Mirror, sent it to scout the situation for him.
Soon enough, he saw the Heavenly tal Battlefield again. As the worker bee circled back, Chu Xuan couldn't detect the presence of the Myriad Realms Mirror. Yet, upon closer inspection, he could sense that it was there, small as a mustard seed, shrouded by so sort of mysterious rules.
Even Nascent Soul cultivators couldn't perceive it, let alone Deity Transformation or higher-level cultivators. It was entirely hidden from their senses.
"There doesn't seem to be any more fighting. Looks like the battle has stopped. And… my building is still standing? Wait… this person is secretly refining corpses?"
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