Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 801 - 337: Arrival of Twenty Harmonization Experts (Part 2)
Previously on Cultivating with Top Enlightenment...
Ning Qi truly feared that the cultivators of the Vast Realm would slay Brahma Heaven on the spot, which might make the forces from the Earth Gold Realm and Vine Wood Realm reluctant to show up.
As a result, Ning Qi turned to the group behind him and declared, "Traveling by yourself is far too risky, so stick with me."
The entire group nodded in agreement together.
Ning Qi promptly triggered the teleportation array, with everyone trailing after him as they all vanished from the location.
During the journey, Ning Qi swiftly relocated everyone to the positions held by the Earth Gold Realm and Vine Wood Realm forces, quietly integrating the True Martial Realm cultivators into his own ranks.
Next, he conjured illusions to stand in for them, letting these illusions keep pace with the two armies ahead, ensuring no one detected any irregularities.
After finishing these maneuvers, Ning Qi led almost three hundred True Martial Realm reincarnators through the void, returning to the Profound Truth Realm forces.
They were once more placed under Qin Minghao's command.
Right away, Ning Qi set out to capture the other four concealed nodes, aiming to further bolster the True Martial Realm!
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In the northern region of the Central Domain.
The fierce clash had dragged on for an indefinite stretch, as divine abilities lit up the heavens.
Soon enough, these brilliant displays abruptly faded away.
Fei Bing along with the other two suddenly held two additional prisoners, none other than the leaders of the Earth Gold Realm and Vine Wood Realm armies, Jin Duanshan and Mu Zhutian.
Right now, the pair stared at Brahma Heaven with utter defeat in their eyes, their looks brimming with deep-seated bitterness.
Unlike Ning Qi, they couldn't accurately sense Brahma Heaven's true circumstances.
The details Brahma Heaven had relayed to them earlier omitted the fact that all three armies from the Vast Realm were on site.
To lure them into a rescue, Brahma Heaven had intentionally downplayed the enemy numbers, claiming only about two armies opposed him with comparatively feeble power.
Consequently, Jin Duanshan and Mu Zhutian took the bait without suspicion, finding themselves trapped once they actually reached the scene.
Still, as the merged forces of two realms, they fought back fiercely in their dire straits, managing to eliminate over one domain's worth from the Vast Realm's three armies.
At present, fewer than two realm armies of Vast Realm cultivators were left standing.
Fei Bing's brow creased as he stated, "Though Ning Qi hasn't appeared yet, our forces are already outmatched by the enemy. The Realm Venerable noted that just a fraction of Ning Qi's three armies was destroyed, and we're clueless about how he escaped the Lower Realm while safeguarding so many lives."
They had recently split up to battle the Mountain and Sea Realm cultivators, enjoying total superiority, yet they couldn't stop more than one realm of fighters from getting annihilated, leaving them baffled at how Ning Qi preserved three full armies.
Hua Jieyu urged, "We need to hurry and claim the nodes around here to secure the battlefield advantage!"
"Junior Sister Hua has a point!"
With the plan set, they swiftly guided the surviving troops to scout the nodes nearby in the northern Central Domain.
Yet after a prolonged search, the updates from the scouts stunned the trio all over again!
"To the commander: I've soared thousands of miles, but no nodes appear in the north!"
"...None spotted in the west either!"
"...Nothing in the east!"
As the messages poured in, Qiu Daoyu burst out first, "This can't be! A thousand miles stretched across northeast and west, and zero nodes discovered?"
Fei Bing and Hua Jieyu's faces turned pale with shock!
In theory, the Central Domain spanned enormously, but a direct flight of a thousand miles ought to reveal at least one node.
Their present predicament was utterly strange, leaving them utterly lost on what to do next.
In truth, Ning Qi had used this window to plan ahead and pilfer the Node Pearls from the northern Central Domain's nodes!
Every node was bound to produce Node Pearls that could invoke the will of two realms.
Normally, even regular cultivators who might break these Node Pearls couldn't pull them from their nodes, not even a Domain Master!
However, with his power now vastly improved, Ning Qi served as a Realm Lord himself. His deeper grasp of warfare realms, after slicing through numerous voids, had made him quite adept at the war realm's framework.
Therefore, Ning Qi could stealthily extract the Node Pearls from every node, pioneering an entirely fresh tactic in the war realm.
This move, though, put Fei Bing and his allies in a real bind!
Heeding the Vast Realm's will, they aimed to occupy the nodes, fully awakening the Vast Realm's will to reshape the zone into a territory dominated by the Vast Realm's influence.
But where had the Node Pearls gone?
The three were practically dumbfounded!
Lacking the Node Pearls, the node sites were impossible to pinpoint.
"Buzz!"
All of a sudden, the Vast Realm's energy nearby began to converge on something.
Vaguely, a tremendous power transmitted from the Vast Realm, resonating with the emptiness and forming a dazzling spatial passage.
A spark of delight appeared on Fei Bing and the trio's faces; the backup from the Saint Ancestor had finally come!
Inside the spatial passage, myriad stars twinkled.
Abruptly, twenty silhouettes stepped out, landing next to Fei Bing and his group.
All twenty figures bore a sickly pallor, as if drained of their vital essence.
Nevertheless, their presence forced Fei Bing and the others, hovering in the air, to crash down to the earth at once.
The imprisoned Brahma Heaven and his two companions revealed dread in their gazes.
"Insanity! The Vast Realm has sent so many Unity Realm experts prematurely, and to enter the war realm, they've all severed their own cultivations, reverting to the edge! Is this solely to counter Ning Qi?"
Twenty Unity Realm titans had traversed the void from the Vast Realm.
The foremost one towered impressively, built like a tower, exuding a daunting aura even without fury.
The nineteen trailing him fixed their eyes on his back, displaying a subtle air of veneration.
"After the Realm Venerable's dispatch arrived, barely half a two-hour span has elapsed, and you've claimed not even one node?"
The leader uttered icily, his voice laced with endless killing intent.
This slaughterous vibe jolted Fei Bing and the three, prickling their skin with endless chills.
Fei Bing hastily bowed and explained, "Lord Blood, we beg your pardon; we've only just wrapped up the fight with the Mountain and Sea Realm cultivators."
The figure called Lord Blood went by Blood Slaughter Enemy, a direct disciple of the Saint Ancestor, renowned for his mastery in the slaughter path.
Not even Fei Bing and the others had foreseen the Saint Ancestor dispatching him!
"What were the battle outcomes?"
Hearing Fei Bing bring up the conflict, Blood Slaughter Enemy's demeanor eased somewhat, prompting him to inquire more.
Fei Bing answered, "Our three armies combined forces and fortunately wiped out the enemy three-domain army!"
Blood Slaughter Enemy's crimson eyes scanned the leftover Vast Realm cultivators, observing that under two realm armies persisted, causing his forehead to crease faintly.
"With such an edge, you still suffered such heavy losses?"
Fei Bing and the rest bowed their heads even deeper!
"Never mind, I'm not here to reprimand you." Blood Slaughter Enemy's attention shifted to the Brahma Heaven trio standing nearby from Fei Bing, "Who might these three be?"
"To Lord Blood: They command the Mountain and Sea Realm's three-domain army and were taken alive by us."
"Hmm!"
Blood Slaughter Enemy let out a low hum before abruptly lifting his hand toward the Brahma Heaven group.
In that instant, a powerful pull seized the three, hauling them closer.
This force felt profoundly odd, bypassing spiritual power or rule might, instead commanding the blood flowing in their veins.
Thinking back on Blood Slaughter Enemy's infamous tales, Fei Bing and his allies went ashen.
Blood Slaughter Enemy's right palm had already gripped Jin Duanshan's neck.
Though Jin Duanshan loomed large, in Blood Slaughter Enemy's grasp, he dangled helplessly like a fledgling, utterly outmatched.
"Being leaders of the Mountain and Sea Realm, I ought to glean ample details from them!"
As he spoke, without any apparent motion from his grip, Jin Duanshan's frame let out eerie rumbles, his blood and vitality seemingly sucked out at breakneck speed, shriveling him into a withered husk in moments!
Beyond that, a scarlet soul essence was yanked from the remains, blending with the earlier-drained vitality blood clump, which Blood Slaughter Enemy devoured in a single swallow.
Gulp, gulp!
Seeing this horrifying display, all onlookers felt terror-stricken, but no one uttered a word.
Mu Zhutian's limbs quaked, and he lost control of his bladder right there.
Brahma Heaven shuddered violently, as if sifting grain.
After gulping down the new blood, a faint redness bloomed on Blood Slaughter Enemy's cheeks, his face revealing a trace of satisfaction.
"This fellow was the sole heir to the Mountain and Sea Realm's Earth Gold realm Unity Domain lord Jin Guanghua, eh? He appears oblivious to anything about Ning Qi..."