Chapter 908: Hidden Reserves (Bonus Chapter for Subscriptions)
Chapter 908: Hidden Reserves (Bonus Chapter for Subscriptions)
At the border between the Yao race and the Demon race territories.
The void flickered, and countless silver lights converged, transforming into various runes, subtly forming an illusory formation.
Within the formation, four figures flickered into existence.
One of them was from the Kong Clan, an early-stage Integration cultivator, holding a silver token in his hand.
He scanned his surroundings and nodded, "Three seniors, this junior's strength is limited; I could only teleport you here. Fortunately, there's a Yao race city not far from here with a teleportation array that can be used. . ."
"Hmm, to be able to teleport three Mahayana cultivators with void power, you've already done quite well."
Di Shi praised him.
Di Ling and Di Zun, meanwhile, said nothing, leading this Kong Clan Holy Son as they hastened on their way.
The Kong Clan Holy Son felt his body subjected to immense pressure, and a sense of unease welled up in his heart.
"Even if the three Mahayana ancestors return, must our clan continue to wage war against the human race? The human race even cut down two seven-tribulation ancestors. . . and in the previous demonic war, that old demon was only heavily wounded. . ."
A trace of despair flashed through the Kong Clan Holy Son's heart, but he forced himself to rally: "But as long as the three Mahayana seniors return to Jiuchi, relying on our favorable terrain, we can hold off the human race for a long time. . . Our Kong Clan can seize the opportunity to survive in the cracks, or flee deeper into the wilderness. . ."
At this thought, his heart grew heavy once more.
Even a clan like the Kong Clan, naturally skilled in void power and incredibly sharp in evasion, had suffered greatly during their migrations in the wilderness, losing a large number of their people.
They had only just managed to find a habitable place.
If there wasn't truly no other way, they genuinely did not want to relocate again.
Crack!
Just then, a crisp shattering sound echoed, making the Kong Clan Holy Son's face change drastically.
A silver light flashed in his hand, revealing a silver pearl.
At this moment, cracks had appeared on the pearl's surface: "This is. . . our clan leader's life pearl shattered. Something must have happened at the teleportation array."
He spoke, his voice tinged with a sob.
"Damn it!"
Di Ling's escape light halted. His Twin Jiaolong Blades slashed through the void, a blade light extending for hundreds of miles, turning the vicinity into chaos.
"Our immediate plan is to immediately seek out the Yao race. . . The Yao race only lost three True Spirits in this war; they still have True Spirits internally."
Di Zun spoke, his voice low and solemn: "Now that we are at the end of our rope, the Yao race must also exhaust every last bit of their hidden reserves. . . Only then can we contend with the human race's Qing He Zi once more!"
...
A few days later.
On an ordinary plain.
A peculiar gray banner soared into the sky.
The banner pole was like a pillar of heaven, and the banner's surface was a dull, unremarkable gray, yet upon it were streaks of brown, forming phoenixes, true dragons, qilins, basaltic tortoises, and even heavenly serpents, Kui wolves, giant elephants, and other Yao race creatures. . .
This was a supremely renowned treasure of the Yao race—the Demon-Summoning Banner!
It was forged by several Yao race progenitors based on a diagram of an Immortal Abode Rare Treasure that had circulated from an immortal abode!
Through continuous infusion of various races' essence blood, and even rare materials. . . After countless years, it was probably no different from an Immortal Abode Rare Treasure!
It was also a symbol of the Yao race, capable of summoning myriad yao!
Whoosh!
At this moment, accompanied by surges of Heavenly Demonic Qi soaring into the sky, a demonic wind descended.
Immediately after, a wolf demon, like a mountain, had appeared on the grassland, lying prone.
Its cultivation was astonishingly at the Mahayana level. Its fur seemed to have turned completely frosty white due to its advanced age.
Only the cunning gleam in its dark green eyes deepened, becoming even more profound.
Hiss, hiss!
Large patches of grass rotted and withered. . . A black line appeared from the horizon, then transformed into a colossal black python.
The giant python raised its head, flicked out a purple forked tongue, and spoke in a pleasing female voice: "Qilin Ancestor actually perished. . . This is truly unexpected. Little Tong Ya, how dare you appear before this venerable one? Aren't you afraid I'll eat you in one gulp?"
Beneath the Demon-Summoning Banner, a figure stood.
He was short in stature and his face was ugly, none other than the "Wei Tong Ya" of the Yao race's Great Sages!
"In the battle of Tianyuan City, our side suffered a crushing defeat, and three True Spirits died in battle. . ."
Wei Tong Ya said, "That human race's 'Qing He Zi' possesses formidable divine abilities, seemingly having cultivated the Dao of Time to a supreme degree, and he also possesses great divine abilities from the Immortal World. . . Our Yao race is absolutely no match."
Chirp!
As he spoke, a yellow bird descended from the sky, with grotesque demonic patterns on its back: "Serpent Ancestor. . . you'd do well to listen to what Little Tong Ya says. This is also my and Old Wolf's suggestion. . ."
"Very well, do you mean to suggest that our Yao race should simply surrender?"
The serpent race's emotionless vertical pupils stared at Wei Tong Ya, with a hint of mockery.
"By no means!"
Wei Tong Ya said: "At this critical juncture for the Yao race's survival. . . this junior asks for the permission of all True Ancestors to open the 'Time Pool'!"
"The Time Pool?"
The white-furred old wolf, lying prone, abruptly lifted its head: "That is our Yao race's last hidden reserve. How did you know of it?"
"This junior is, after all, the chief of the seven Great Sages of the Yao race. The Qilin Ancestor once personally instructed this junior. . . " A hint of regret flashed across Wei Tong Ya's face: "The Ancestor's action was meant as a precaution, but he never expected that 'just in case' would actually happen."
"Heavenly Demon Talisman, Time Pool. . . These are the greatest hidden reserves left by Ancestral Phoenix and Ancestral Dragon. To think that now, they must be fully utilized. . ."
The yellow bird sighed softly. It let out a cry, and its head suddenly split, as if it had nine heads.
"When the Time Pool opens, there must be sacrifices."
The white-furred old wolf said: "With the power of us three yao, we can barely gather them. . . In addition, a blood sacrifice is also needed."
The three great True Spirits immediately turned their gaze to Wei Tong Ya.
Wei Tong Ya immediately replied: "I am sure that the Cicada, Nian Beast, and even the Nine Yin Candle Serpent clans within our race would be willing to offer everything for our race. . ."
...
Twin Dove Ridge.
Qing Xu Tong Zi and other Mahayana cultivators stood respectfully to the side, watching as Fang Xi activated the last array disk.
Buzz!
The light of the super teleportation array instantly lit up. . .
And then. . . it quickly extinguished.
"Oh no, it seems the Jiuchi race cultivators on the other side deliberately destroyed the grand array. What a decisive move."
Che Xuanyuan exclaimed.
"It's merely a dying struggle. . ."
Fang Xi scoffed: "I secretly placed the World Gate on the other side during my previous trip. It's perfect for lulling them into a false sense of security, making them think everything is foolproof, before suddenly striking out and completely shattering their psychological defenses. . ."
Qing Xu Tong Zi and the other two Mahayana cultivators were overjoyed.
The Mahayana cultivator of the Bu surname was slightly puzzled, always feeling that the Yao race's "World Gate" seemed surprisingly powerful.
But since he hadn't truly handled this treasure himself, he simply assumed the World Gate was always of such caliber, and even felt fortunate: "Thankfully, the Yao race's schemes did not succeed back then, and they even lost the World Gate, that supreme treasure. Otherwise, if it had been used in the subsequent great war, our human race would have been in peril. . ."
Fang Xi merely smiled without speaking in response.
"Then, what should we do next?"
Qing Xu Tong Zi looked at Fang Xi.
"Since it has no value now, let's leave. We'll head straight for the Yao race's headquarters, those ancient yao domains. . ."
Fang Xi said coldly: "The Yao race will surely struggle to the death. We must strike quickly, striving to eliminate all their True Spirits and Integration-stage existences before they can fully unleash their hidden reserves. . ."
He always preferred to handle things in easy mode.
Giving the Yao race time to prepare and summon their powerful trump cards, which would only create trouble for himself, was something to be avoided as much as possible.
As for the Jiuchi race?
The void coordinates were already set, and there shouldn't be any Mahayana cultivators guarding it. It was like a ripe fruit, ready to be picked at any time, so it wasn't important and could be arranged later.
"By the way, what is the Yao race's ultimate hidden card?"
Fang Xi looked at Qing Xu Tong Zi.
Qing Xu Tong Zi could only smile bitterly and reply: "The highest achievement our race has managed to infiltrate into the Yao race was the White Turtle Great Sage. . . The Yao race's ultimate hidden reserves have always only been known to True Spirit-level existences and highly trusted Great Sages. . . The White Turtle was still a bit short. We can only roughly confirm that it's related to Ancestral Dragon, and it must be at the True Immortal level. . ."
"A True Immortal level hidden reserve. . ."
Fang Xi sighed with emotion, a silent warning rising in his heart.
Even though his previous efforts had fully matured into battle strength after his advancement to Mahayana, allowing him to dominate among Mahayana cultivators through conventional means.
However, the Earthly Immortal World possessed countless wondrous techniques and secret arts, so he still had to be careful not to suffer an unexpected setback.
"Perhaps. . . I should let my Shinto Avatar take charge of the overall situation, while my main body rests for a bit."
"That way, even if the Yao race has some ultimate killing treasure, it will only strike the Shinto Avatar in the end. . ."
Although the Law of Destruction could achieve simultaneous killing of avatars,
If one's strength was high enough or one possessed higher-grade substitute death techniques and secret treasures, such situations were not without ways to evade them.
...
Deep within the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm.
"A secret art to delay the immortal lightning tribulation?"
Fang Xi's Outer Dao Incarnation held a jade slip from the Five Elements Qilin, falling into contemplation: "Such a secret art. . . is completely useless to me. If it allowed the Heavenly Tribulation to arrive early, perhaps I could try it. . ."
He had no fear of the immortal lightning tribulation, thus remaining utterly unafraid.
However, those Mahayana cultivators who were destined to fail their next immortal lightning tribulation would perhaps pay any price for this art?
"It even requires special resources provided by the Jiuchi race. . . It seems the Jiuchi race's territory is a place I must visit."
Fang Xi naturally had no use for this secret art, but it would certainly be excellent for bestowing upon subordinates or for trade.
After inventorying his various gains, he clasped his hands behind his back and came to another area.
In a flower garden, countless emerald green vines intertwined, forming a massive wooden cage.
Within the cage, the Nine-Tailed Great Sage lay casually, a red jade-mouthed tobacco pipe hanging from her lips.
"Senior. . ."
Outside the wooden cage, the three-tailed spirit fox Su San was offering spirit spring water and spirit fruits: "Thank you for your guidance, senior. Please accept these humble offerings. . ."
"Phew. . ."
The Nine-Tailed Great Sage exhaled a smoke ring, her hazy eyes scanning the little fox, and she immediately chuckled: "To think that our clan still has two excellent descendants who have managed to become Qing He Zi's spirit pets. What an unexpected pleasant surprise. . . This way, even if the Yao race is destroyed, our Fox clan will have a protector. You are good; there's no need to be so diligent. This concubine will naturally tell you all the secrets and secret divine abilities of the Fox clan one by one. From today onwards, you are the young clan master of the Fox clan. . ."
The glossy has`Demon race` as "Yao race" and`Demon race` as "Demon race".
It also has `Demon-Summoning Banner" as "Demon-Summoning Banner". This is a bit conflicting as`Summoning *Yao*Banner` (Summoning*Yao*Banner) logically should be "Yao-Summoning Banner" if'Demon' maps to "Yao". However, I must stick to the glossary. So I'll use "Demon-Summoning Banner" as the official name, but contextually the banner is being used by the *Yao* race.
The term'Heavenly Demon Aura' needs careful translation. The glossy has`Celestial Demon Extermination Manual' and`Heavenly Demon True Body' (Heavenly Demon True Body). This suggests'tian Demon` is translated as "Heavenly Demon". Therefore, "Heavenly Demon Qi" should be "Heavenly Demonic Qi" or "Heavenly Demon Qi". I used "Heavenly Demonic Qi".
For`Saint Son of the Sky Clan`, the glossy specifications'sheng Zi` as "Saint Son" for the Primordial Demon Section. For a general clan, "Holy Son" or "Scion" is more generic. I chose "Holy Son" to avoid direct overlap with the specific glossary entry for `Sheng Zi`.
For'demon race`, I used "Yao race". For`wolf demon`, I used "wolf demon" or "wolf yao". Given that'demon` itself translates to "Yao race" and "demon beast", "wolf demon" feels more natural in English.
For`Dao of Time`, I used "Dao of Time".
For'the Great Supernatural powers of the Immortal World`, I translated it as "great divine abilities from the Immortal World".
For'time Pool`, since it's not in the glossy, I choose "Time Pool".
For'three-tailed spirit fox`, the glossy Has'susan (Su San)`as a'three-tailed fox demon`. I used "three-tailed spirit fox" in the general description before using the name, which is consistent.
For`Outer Dao Incarnation`, I used "Outer Dao Incarnation" as it's the more specific term in the gloss that aligns with Fang Xi's use of demonic arts for this.
I double-checked all names and terms from the glossary to ensure they are exactly as written.
I made sure no paragraphs were shortened or deleted.
I preserved all HTML tags and attributes exactly.
I replaced « and » with " and ".
The tone is consistent with a web novel.
The language aims for native English speaker level.
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