CHAPTER 1016: CHAPTER 554: WAR (PART 2)

From the ’Order of War’ issued to the team’s departure, the whole process took no more than two hours. Afterward, the flight was silent, and after four hours, the team was already in the depths of the ocean.

Li Shiming didn’t ask about the target of this attack. Such matters were confidential if Grandmaster Hu did not proactively mention them.

Even the well-informed Lu Heng kept his lips tightly closed throughout the journey, not saying a word.

Li Shiming’s ’Divine Vision’ revealed the attack’s target, a large island shrouded in a black fog.

He had a detailed map, confirming by comparison that the front was Purple Leaf Island.

Purple Leaf Island was named for a spirit tree called Purple Maple Tree that was planted on the island. Although the Purple Maple Tree was a spirit tree, it wasn’t very valuable, its only advantage being its extremely beautiful leaves.

But at the moment, the beauty of Purple Leaf Island could only faintly be seen through the black fog, outlining the island’s contour.

The Identity Jade Disc transmitted battle commands. The entire team was instructed to attack various positions in the black fog, each marked distinctly.

This had nothing to do with Li Shiming, as the battle command did not specify a target for him. He didn’t need to participate in the battle.

Through his ’Divine Vision,’ he observed the flow of energy within the black fog and realized that the several attack positions were energy nodes of the fog.

The cultivator who issued the command didn’t direct randomly; he likely possessed divine skills similar to the ’Divine Vision’, able to detect energy nodes.

Twenty-one War Flying Boats, excluding Li Shiming, with thirty-six Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioners and twelve Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners simultaneously launched their strongest attacks.

Spiritual power from a hundred Golden Core cultivators within the War Flying Boats was gathered together, converted through complex formations, and activated a fourth-rank Attack Treasure, which fired an Energy Bullet from the fourth-rank Attack Treasure.

The power of this Energy Bullet was equivalent to a strike from a Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioner, which was also Li Shiming’s first time witnessing a method that allowed Golden Core cultivators to rival Nascent Soul cultivators.

He was quite curious about this fourth-rank Attack Treasure, a method comparable to the electromagnetic cannon he designed. Of course, the power of his electromagnetic cannon was much stronger.

However, his electromagnetic cannon was driven by a Fourth Grade Xuanjia Puppet, while the War Flying Boat was driven by Golden Core cultivators, and in terms of energy utilization, the technique of the fourth-rank Attack Treasure on the War Flying Boat was superior.

All Nascent Soul Cultivators activated their Nascent Soul Dharma Forms and launched their respective treasures.

As all cultivators attacked, the Concealing Array lost its effect, and the whole team was exposed.

Now, the Concealing Array was no longer needed, as this terrifying team revealed its fangs.

Attack after attack hit several nodes of the black fog, the fog sustained for just a few breaths before it was violently broken, exposing Purple Leaf Island.

Li Shiming clearly felt that the black fog previously protecting Purple Leaf Island was actually a formation, albeit one he hadn’t studied before.

This round of attacks shattered the formation.

The surprise attack left Purple Leaf Island unprepared, and by the time they reacted, the grand formation had already been destroyed.

"Enemy attack!" The shouts stirring spiritual power echoed, full of terror.

The terrifying aura from the previous attack, roughly seventy Nascent Soul level attacks, instilled chills in the hearts of cultivators who felt the assault.

"Exterminate them all!" Master Ding issued the command without a trace of emotion.

The Ten Thousand Beast Sect’s attack descended on the island again, employing both area attacks and pinpoint strikes, countless attacks raining down on the island.

A Nascent Soul cultivator within the island activated their Nascent Soul Dharma Form attempting to ascend for battle but was overwhelmed by multiple concentrated assaults, causing the Nascent Soul Dharma Form to explode.

On Purple Leaf Island, there were thirteen Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioners and three Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners, with the rest being numerous Golden Core cultivators.

All these were sect cultivators from the Gu Feng Sect, who quietly took control of Purple Leaf Island, intending to use it as a base for long-term conflict with the Ten Thousand Beast Sect.

However, the Gu Feng Sect hadn’t expected the Ten Thousand Beast Sect already had informants on Purple Leaf Island, who, after sending out the message during the Gu Feng Sect’s invasion, along with all other cultivators on the island, were annihilated by the Gu Feng Sect.

Because the message from the informants wasn’t detailed, the Ten Thousand Beast Sect only knew Purple Leaf Island became a base for the Gu Feng Sect, but wasn’t clear how many cultivators were stationed on the island.

Therefore, the Ten Thousand Beast Sect employed overwhelming might, striking with all available forces regardless of the number of sect cultivators present on Purple Leaf Island.

The battle wasn’t fierce, and one could say it was more like a massacre.

Li Shiming never thought the life of Nascent Soul cultivators would be so fragile, even Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners couldn’t hold out long in this battle.

Ten Thousand Beast Sect cultivators under unified command wasted no battle power, launching a siege with superior strength.

Each Nascent Soul cultivator of the Gu Feng Sect faced full-force attacks from multiple equal-level enemies, and being forced to fight hastily, they were quickly annihilated.

Thirteen Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioners and three Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners, within moments, were reduced to ashes.

The other lower-level cultivators, in this battle, didn’t even have the qualification to confront, perishing in the aftermath without understanding what had happened.

The whole battle process lasted no more than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, and the battle was over, the beauty of Purple Leaf Island no more, the island unable to recover for at least a thousand years.

"Form the array!" Master Ding issued the command once more.

Nascent Soul cultivators holding the Fourth Grade Array Flags moved back to their positions, activating the flags, covering the team once again with the Concealing Array.

The War Flying Boats and all Nascent Soul cultivators fell silent, withdrawing their Nascent Soul Dharma Forms and started recovering.

Li Shiming received his task as well, taking the Mustard Seed Ring prepared early by the sect, filled with resources for this war.

He distributed Spirit Pills for recovering spiritual power, mainly to the Golden Core cultivators on the War Flying Boats, as the Nascent Soul cultivators had limited consumption.

To propel the War Flying Boats, the Golden Core cultivators needed to mobilize their internal spiritual power fully, resulting in considerable depletion.

Without Spirit Pills for recovery, relying on personal recuperation would take a long time.

The third-grade recovery spirit pills were Ten Thousand Beast Sect’s war reserves, quite plentiful. The Mustard Seed Ring also contained Fourth Grade Recovery Spirit Pills, although their quantity wasn’t extensive, with each Nascent Soul cultivator being allocated a maximum of two pills.

But not suggesting immediate distribution of two Fourth Grade Recovery Spirit Pills, only when needed would the spirit pills be handed for use.

The less war reserves consumed, Li Shiming’s task was to assess whether to use the war reserves and distribute various spirit pills.

Although he didn’t participate in battle, his responsibility wasn’t light, this task being the one most appreciated by sect cultivators.

Just like now, as he sent out third-grade recovery spirit pills one by one, receiving gratitude from the Golden Core cultivators eagerly needing to recover their spiritual power.

His actions were swift, all Golden Core cultivators, and the few Nascent Soul cultivators who practiced special cultivation techniques with high consumption, received the spirit pills needed for recovery.

He returned to the side of Grandmaster Hu, observing the Concealing Array.

He was somewhat puzzled as to why the Sect chose to hide here after annihilating all Gu Feng Sect cultivators on Purple Leaf Island.

Li Shiming also realized that in such battles, individual combat strength had minimal impact, unless like Grandmaster Hu and Master Ding, capable of subduing everything, other Nascent Soul Early and Middle Stage cultivators couldn’t exert much influence.

Look at the Gu Feng Sect’s Nascent Soul cultivators, who didn’t even have time to employ their most adept spiritual insects.

Though Li Shiming considered himself stronger than ordinary Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioners, he discovered he was equally powerless in such battles, today he truly acknowledged the terror of a large sect.

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