Cultivation: Being Immortal Chapter 1018

Demon Territory, Shadow Demon Star

The second demon race life planet attacked by the Buddhist sect is Shadow Demon Star. This planet is not even the best option on the way to attack, but the reason they are still doing this is to tackle a tough opponent.

Sword Demon Immortal is very skilled in offense and has a particularly strong attack power, while Shadow Demon Immortal is very strange, possessing many wonderful magical abilities. Therefore, the Buddhist sect prefers to suffer great losses rather than avoid challenging this tough opponent.

"Shadow Fiend Six Immortals, this battle has reached your doorstep. I hope you can show your best skills."

The high-ranking members of the demon race said to Shadow Fiend. The Shadow Fiend clan has six Demon Immortals and about ten who have not reached immortality. With less than twenty in total, their numbers are pitifully small.

"Demon Lord, don’t worry, we will definitely win this battle."

One of the Shadow Demon Immortals said that he had received many advanced tech weapons from the Heavenly Court, enough to deal with the Buddhist Space Battleships. At the Demon Immortal level, they would not lose.

"That’s good. Originally, the demon race was supposed to support us, but there were changes at the Heavenly Court, so the demon race reinforcements have gone back. We can’t rely on anyone else, we must depend on ourselves."

The Demon Lord said that if the demon race reinforcements could arrive, they wouldn’t have to struggle so much. Unfortunately, things don’t always go as planned, and the Heavenly Court is intervening again.

While the Demon Immortals were speaking, the demon race army had already formed their lines, and the Buddhist army was also arriving one after another. The formation of the Buddhist army was quite similar to that of the Heavenly Court, with Buddhist cultivators at the front and the Space Battleships behind. Near the Space Battleships, there were special Buddhist cultivators guarding them, worried that the demon cultivators would come too close and attack the Space Battleships.

After many years of development, the Space Battleship still cannot withstand cultivators at the Tao Achieving level; its energy shield can hold up against a few dozen attacks at most.

"Attack!"

Without saying much, the Space Battleship fired first and launched an attack on the demon race.

Although there were many demon cultivators, they still seemed very small in space. Their positions were also very spread out; this was a lesson learned from painful experiences, so they dared not gather together. Otherwise, a single attack could easily take a few lives.

"Golden Buddha Bright Sun"

As soon as the Buddha’s gate began to move, a Bodhisattva summoned the Golden Buddha Bright Sun. This is one of the very few techniques that can contain the Shadow Fiend, as they are also afraid of another sudden attack from it.

"Evil Buddha, go and hold them back!"

The higher-ups of the demon race ordered quickly, and soon, an Evil Buddha appeared, with golden and black energies intertwining, weakening the power of the Golden Buddha Bright Sun.

"Oh no, there is an unknown energy wave. It’s the Shadow Fiend!"

"Activate the electromagnetic matrix and push it out!"

Hui Ming coldly ordered, as both sides were reflecting on their experiences. Though they could not directly kill the Shadow Fiend, they had developed means to prevent its surprise attacks.

Each Space Battleship sent out electromagnetic waves, and the Shadow Fiend could not hide. It was immediately detected by the enemy’s radar.

"Blast!"

However, the Shadow Fiend did not jump; it directly unleashed an electromagnetic bomb.

The electromagnetic bomb was very large, over thirty meters long and weighing hundreds of tons. In the hands of a cultivator, it was no different from a toy. When one bomb exploded, it quickly divided into hundreds of smaller bombs, scattering through space like fireworks, followed by a secondary explosion.

"The radar is damaged…"

"All the cameras are blurry."

"It’s a technological weapon."

"Is it electromagnetic suppression?"

"Oh no, it’s a graphite bomb! Quickly, shut down the engines!"

The Shadow Fiend used more than just electromagnetic bombs; it employed all kinds of weapons. In an instant, at least a dozen Space Fleet ships became blind and deaf, and they also became mute, as communications were mostly destroyed. The few remaining warships suffered damage to their power systems as well.

"Cover their retreat and let the Buddhist cultivators join the battle."

"We moved away, once again using Golden Buddha Bright Sun."

Hui Ming was very calm, immediately arranging for Buddhist cultivators to join the battle and protect the damaged warships, which could still be used after repairs.

"Boom!"

However, during the process of moving away, some warships had already exploded; they were the Shadow Fiends, who released bombs and then directly attacked the intact warships.

Soon after, something even scarier happened. A warship, after its energy shield was damaged, actually opened fire on its own crew.

"It’s a computer virus, a computer virus! Flagship, my warship is infected with a virus; we can’t kill it!"

"Senior Brother Hui Ming, my warship is the same; the antivirus software is useless. The engineers are working on it, but the virus level is very high. It is suspected to come from Heavenly Court Blue Star or Mahayana Star…"

Hearing this news, Hui Ming was stunned. This computer virus was much scarier than those bombs. On Qiyuan Star, there had been several large-scale computer virus incidents that caused significant losses. Later, when those hackers were caught, they established a complete defense system. He never expected the computer virus from Blue Star to be so terrifying.

"Disconnect from the infected warships…"

"Infected battleship, immediately organize to eliminate the computer virus, activate manual control, and turn off all weapon switches…"

Hui Ming continuously gave orders to forcefully shut down the computer and switch to the most basic manual system, which could avoid issues caused by the computer virus.

However, after all this trouble, the Buddhist Space Battleship was in chaos and could not effectively support the war. The rest would have to rely on the Buddhist cultivators to handle it themselves.

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Tianxing Star Domain, Fangwai Star

Fangwai Star is the largest planet in the Tianxing Star Domain and is the planet ruled by Immortal Lord Chang Rong. Each of the three great Immortal Lords of the Heavenly Court has their own life planet, only one, but each is very large, over a hundred times the size of an ordinary planet.

The forces from the six Star Domains of the Heavenly Court have gathered on Fangwai Star, with more than thirteen hundred at Transmigration Stage and even fifteen thousand at Tao Achieving stage, showing a high level of mobilization, much stronger than the Buddhist attack on the demon race.

Of course, with so many people, the Blue Star camp’s planets contributed about one-tenth of the total. Now, who around Tiannan and beyond doesn’t know that Lin Jiang and his group have been targeted?

Aside from a few individuals, many people kept their distance from Lin Jiang and his group; the warmth and coldness of human feelings became immediately clear.

"Lin Jiang the Immortal"

"I am here, what is the matter?"

One day, two Golden Armor Immortals appeared and called out Lin Jiang’s name in front of everyone.

"The Heavenly Emperor has ordered you to come with us to the Heavenly Court."

"Okay."

Lin Jiang nodded, then gave Cao Ying and the others a reassuring look, signaling that everything was fine.

Golden Armor Immortals usually just deliver orders and leave; in fact, they can do it without anyone else, but this time, the two seemed to escort Lin Jiang, entering the Heavenly Court alongside him.

"Don’t worry."

Liang Long spoke to the crowd and then looked around. Luckily, there were only about a hundred immortals. If things turned hostile, he was confident he could defeat all of them and escape.

Soon, they arrived at the Heavenly Court, where many immortals were present, including several Immortal Lords. Even the Heavenly Emperor sat in the main seat. At first, Lin Jiang thought the Heavenly Emperor was always there, but later he learned that the Heavenly Emperor rarely appeared, usually only showing up when new immortals arrived.

"Lin Jiang, the immortal from the Tianbei Star Domain Mahayana Star."

"The little immortal is here."

"Look at this scene and then explain."

Immortal Lord Chang Rong waved his hand, and the battle scene between the Buddha and the demon race in the Shadow Demon Star Domain appeared before everyone. It showed the Shadow Fiend using technological weapons to attack the Buddha’s Space Battleship.

"Greetings, esteemed immortals. The little immortal does not know what the problem is."

"What problem? Lin Jiang, stop pretending. Isn’t this evidence of your secret dealings with the demon race?"

"Esteemed immortal, this is too much for the little immortal. How could I possibly be involved with the demon race?"

"Then how do you explain this matter?"

"Immortal, devices like electromagnetic bombs can be made with the technology from at least seven or eight planets in Tiannan and Tianbei. Even some powerful cultivators can buy the materials to craft them themselves. Why would anyone say that I am colluding with the demon race?"

"Still making excuses? I see you won’t realize the truth until it’s too late. Heavenly Emperor, I request severe punishment for Lin Jiang, as a warning to others."

"I refuse to accept this. May I ask what heavenly law I have broken and what evidence you have? Without evidence, you want to punish an immortal? Immortal Lord Chang Rong, what are your intentions? Are you trying to create discord?"

"How dare you even think you are worthy?"

"Hmph, punish me? Fine, but you must treat everyone equally. If you are punishing me, then punish all immortals from planets that can produce such technological weapons. Only then will I accept it; otherwise, I will not."

Lin Jiang said coldly, believing that Immortal Lord Chang Rong did not have the ability. With seven or eight planets, there are at least one or two hundred immortals. Does he have the courage? Even if he did, the Heavenly Emperor would not agree.

"Chang Rong, according to the rules of the Heavenly Court, you cannot falsely accuse someone without evidence. You will handle this matter and investigate thoroughly first. If Immortal Lin Jiang truly is colluding with the demon race, he will naturally receive severe punishment."

At this moment, the Heavenly Emperor spoke. As the leader, he knows that without evidence, he cannot punish an immortal recklessly, or else the Heavenly Court will descend into chaos.