Chapter 1864: Three Legs of a Tripod (II) |
The Thunder master looked down at Li Hao’s group and reflected on Silver Moon’s rapid rise. The young man had many seventh ranks under his command—Li Hao himself, Void, the dao chess, Number Two, and the combined dao masters.
They could be summarized as five seventh ranks, but it’d only been three years since they emerged in the chaos! It was incredible that this group had improved to such a degree in just three years.
And he himself was about to become an eighth rank. The young man… was his ally, no?
It was said that Fog Mountain of Skycloud major world and the world master of Orchid Forest was also Li Hao’s friend. It would seem that Silver Moon had collected quite an assortment of powerhouses in a few short years, even if they remained weaker than New Martial.
The Thunder master looked outside the Thunder Region with a sigh. The Dragon master would completely lose his mind when he realized what’d happened, wouldn’t he? Maybe he would enter the region to chase after them. Their situation would be difficult if that turned out to be the case.
……
Just as the Thunder master grappled with wild thoughts.
Light major world.
A group of people congregated, a large sum of heavyweights had appeared. They were so powerful that it exerted immense pressure on the Light master.
There were the eighth rank Fog Mountain, seventh rank Supreme Zhang, Sun God, Exalted Blood Emperor, Earth Emperor, Sword Sovereign, Li Zhu, Ash Emperor, and Human King. Altogether, that made for nine high ranks!
There were also another batch of powerhouses with formidable presences. It looked like they stood a chance of entering seventh rank as well.
There was no opportunity for the Light master to insert himself into the conversation. He waited for the supreme and Human King to finish conversing.
“We’ve taken a complete eighth rank Blazing Sun world. The resulting infusion of yang qi should balance out New Martial,” said the supreme.
“The question now is, are you going to use Blazing Sun’s world strength to fully propel New Martial into eighth rank, or will you have a portion of our people enter seventh rank instead?”
That was indeed the question.
Logically speaking, it shouldn’t be a difficult one to answer. The most natural conclusion was to prioritize New Martial first. Yin and Yang major world was not an eighth rank world yet. It was on par with Thunder World for the moment. It was still one step short!
This was why the Ash Emperor and Human King had both not set foot into eighth rank yet, but were on the cusp of success.
A threat like the Dragon master naturally made it critical for the civilization to take another step forward, yet such was the supreme’s question.
The Human King raised an eyebrow and looked meaningfully at the man. Sometimes, the supreme liked to ask very profound questions.
“What do you think?” transmitted the Human King.
“What do I think? My only concern is that giving it all to you still won’t be enough to help you break through!” The supreme was resigned. How else can I think? “Your internal world is on the verge of ascension. Big Cat needs a share as well. After you guys split the energy, will an eighth rank major world be enough for you to ascend with?”
The Ash Emperor and Human King could stand toe-to-toe against Blazing Sun, the eighth rank from the outer regions, and two seventh ranks. However, they were only seventh rank. The supreme was concerned that just one Blazing Sun wasn’t enough for them to set foot into eighth rank!
As for Skycloud, Fog Mountain had devoured it long ago.
Hence, the supreme was considering if they should have a portion of the sixth ranks advance first. It would be such a waste if these two didn’t get anywhere after taking in all of the energy. Besides, they were pretty much on par with eighth rank already.
“Do you think I eat a lot?” The Human King curled his lip.
No shit, of course you do!
“You eat a lot too!” transmitted the Human King. “You have so many replicas that you’ve extracted almost all of the energy that we’ve produced ourselves over the years. If it wasn’t for the twin dao universes being able to absorb energy from the chaos, the Sun God and the rest being able to provide for themselves, and Old Man Li and the others operating independently outside… New Martial would’ve starved to death a long time ago.”
There was one major redeeming quality about New Martial citizens, and that was that most of them lived proactive lives. Even someone as weak as Celestial Pole didn’t consume too many resources. So although he liked to stay out of the action, he didn’t claim too big a share of New Martial’s resources either.
The others were mostly self-sufficient. Therefore, most of the energy produced by the twin dao universes over the past one thousand years had been absorbed by the premier exalted emperors. The energy supported the supreme’s thousands of replicas. Otherwise, with the supreme’s tendency to stay put, where would he obtain so much energy to refine a thousand replicas with?
“Give it to me to ascend to eighth rank!” The Human King dropped his joking demeanor. “The Dragon master is very strong. He’s probably an eminent existence even among peak eighth ranks. There is no one who can stand against him among the four regions!
“If I do not enter eighth rank… we will have a difficult time just relying on Brother Light and Fog Mountain!” The Human King shook his head. “The two of you acting in concert might not be able to take on the Dragon master.”
Fog Mountain didn’t feel much about this assessment, whereas the Light master frowned slightly. He was the master of an eighth rank dao universe!
Fine, then!
That’s probably true. I didn’t know the Dragon master was this strong either. He killed that eighth rank foreigner with three punches! He ended Skycloud with two, that’s definitely horrifying.
“The world and dao strength of Blazing Sun should just manage to propel New Martial into eighth rank,” continued the Human King. “Even if that’s still a little bit short, my ole brother Light is here. He won’t leave me hanging!
“Light is a world of extreme yang as well.” chuckled the man. “If I’m just that little bit short, my ole brother can sprinkle some water around and extract some energy. That will be enough for New Martial to ascend too!”
“……” The Light master almost wanted to vomit blood!
Um… this…
He dreams big, he dreams real big!
You want me to sponsor your breakthrough?
“I look like an eighth rank at the moment, but I haven’t reached that level yet. I need to ascend as soon as possible. Otherwise, the Dragon master will come for us once he’s finished with business at hand.
“Li Hao also needs our help. Silver Moon and New Martial are on the same side, after all. The kid’s been forced to take shelter in Thunder Region, but that’s not a good long-term plan. Thus, we need to ascend as quickly as possible!
“But New Martial has completely emptied our pockets and Light has some personal fortune at the end of the day. You can’t possibly not have any reserves after so many years…”
The Human King was suddenly analyzing the situation very solemnly.
“Ole brother Light, your son is with Li Hao, so your world is basically in a death feud with the Dragon master now. If you sponsor me with a bit of energy and New Martial ascends, then all of us will be safe, wouldn’t you say so?
“The tyrants of yesteryear that we’re familiar with are no more. Skycloud and Blazing Sun have fallen, Red Moon has become the Dragon master’s dog. Only Light is wholly untouched. However, you won’t always be this lucky.
“New Martial can move anytime, which means we can leave. If we continue to fail our ascension, we will leave and find a hiding spot…”
“I understand!” The look in the Light master’s eye changed and he exhaled loudly. The Human King might be several parts joking and several parts threatening, but he spoke the truth.
If worst came to worst, New Martial could just go on the run. They had the Ash Emperor!
But could Light do the same?
They couldn’t, not unless all of the exalted emperors gave up on the dao universe and abandoned their world. Where would they run to, if not?
“My world has built up quite the reserves over the years,” the Light master took a deep breath. “We can take out three to five billion dao crystals of light energy if needed. They count as energy of extreme yang. Will that be enough?”
Was three to five billion a lot?
It was quite a lot!
However, the Human King stroked his chin.
“We also have three uninhabited mid worlds and twelve minor worlds,” added the Light master. “If needed, we can let New Martial have them as well!”
Would that be enough?
“Let’s give it a try,” laughed the Human King.
Was it enough?
It likely would be, with Blazing Sun thrown into the mix. The key was, Light didn’t seem rich. Hence, the Human King’s inner world probably didn’t stand a chance of making it to eighth rank. What a pity!
Upon closer thought, New Martial wasn’t the only glutton in the four regions. There was also Silver Moon!
The Silver Moon kid had eaten a ton of worlds too.
The Dragon master also possessed a crew of nonstop gluttons. The four regions were only so big, it wasn’t enough for all three of them to feast like this!
It should be fine for Yin and Yang to become an eighth rank world. The problem lay with many sixth ranks lacking the energy to ascend to seventh rank. Those such as the Suppression King had long reached the threshold for seventh rank, but all needed to devour a seventh rank world like the Sword Sovereign had.
Where would they get so many seventh rank worlds to feed these people??
The Human King was quite resigned! His head ached.
All of the seventh rank worlds are playing the best game of hide and seek they’ve ever played. Even the Dragon Region guys have convened with the Dragon master. Do you dare seek them out for a fight?
“Big Cat, devour Blazing Sun’s strength! If that’s not enough, swallow what Ole Brother Light is giving to us too.” The Human King then mulled over his next actions. “We have four eighth ranks altogether on our side. When it comes to seventh ranks… Light has four, New Martial has six. That’s ten seventh ranks and four eighth ranks.
“The dragon master seems to have seven seventh ranks and seven more joining him. That’s fourteen seventh ranks and two eighth ranks…”
The gap didn’t seem that big on paper—they even had more eighth ranks! But the Human King knew that even once he broke through and joined hands with the cat, they still likely wouldn’t be able to withstand the Dragon master. They could only hold off the dragon for a moment.
Light and Fog Mountain working together would definitely take on Red Moon. But the Dragon master had killed two eighth ranks while in Skyward’s dao universe, so he might be using his gains to create another eighth rank.
It was hard to say.
If the gap between the two wasn’t that big, then a fight might result in high casualties on both sides.
“Li Hao’s group… is strong to be able to kill so many exalted emperors and outright eliminate five worlds belonging to chaos beasts,” the supreme said at this time. “They are not to be underestimated. The Dragon master is the greatest threat to the four regions at the moment. How about we seek them out to work together? We won’t be afraid of the chaos beasts then!”
As for the seventh rank masters of the world elsewhere in the four regions, they were completely overlooked. Those were unreliable allies!
While the five monster spirits worlds in Dragon Region possessed many exalted emperors, they couldn’t move from their worlds at the moment. Of course, they weren’t a priority for the Dragon master either.