Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2319 - 174: The Truth

World events can shift in the mere blink of an eye.

Just moments ago, the Taoist Field lacked any lavish festivities, yet it brimmed with clinking glasses, hearty laughs, and a jovial vibe, presenting an air of utter tranquility.

Yet in the following instant, upheaval struck without warning.

Wang Ba had sensed an odd restlessness earlier, but he never anticipated the upheaval to descend with such speed and abruptness, catching everyone off guard almost entirely.

Still, he understood well that the scene unfolding was merely a facade; the true shift had occurred long before, only now revealing itself to all, making it seem so abrupt.

As the purple-robed youth hovered in the air, calmly and accurately directing his forces, the events felt shocking, though clearly anticipated by him.

A flash of insight struck Wang Ba's mind:

"As Sect Leader Bai mentioned earlier, the Supreme True Buddha's followers likely never relied only on battles to draw out the three Mahayana; those prior fights might have served as a ploy to stall and mislead the foes!"

"The string of duel losses appeared to spark this grand assault, yet the core cause could be that the Supreme True Buddha's troops are at last ready for an all-out invasion!"

This realization made Wang Ba's heart plummet without warning.

Since the Supreme True Buddha's side had completed their meticulous setup, how fared the Cloud Sky Realm's defenses?

While these fleeting notions raced through his head, dire reports poured in relentlessly.

"Reporting to the Sect Master! Eastern A District is overrun!"

"...Southern D Zone has fallen!"

"A number of Bodhisattvas have invaded via Eastern A District! The Sect defending that point can't hold any longer..."

The faces of the assembled Inner World Cultivators twisted in alarm, and at last, an early Crossing Tribulation Cultivator couldn't restrain himself, voicing gravely:

"Sect Leader Bai, without rushing back to help, our Sect might be doomed!"

The purple-robed youth spared him no glance, his stare locked on the water curtain that was being hastily mended, now displaying not just the exterior but every corner inside the realm, as he barked swift directives while Cloud Sky Sect members dashed off in response.

"Sect Leader Bai!"

Anxiety and fury gripped the early Crossing Tribulation Cultivator over his Sect's fate, prompting him to blurt out urgently.

Abruptly, the purple-robed youth halted, his frosty gaze gliding across the Crossing Tribulation Cultivator, sending an icy shiver through the man's core, his frame turning numb as the cold raced unchecked!

With a frosty tone, he declared:

"The moment hasn't come!"

Once done, he spun back, eyes on the water curtain's evolving scenes, face grave, gaze darting along with the updates there, persisting in his orders.

Nearby Crossing Tribulation Cultivator allies were sent forth in waves too.

"Not yet?"

Upon catching those words, the Crossing Tribulation Cultivator's mind filled with desperate worry, though that piercing look deterred any bold moves, leaving him to cast a beseeching glance toward Wang Ba standing nearby.

Wang Ba couldn't spare attention for external woes; his eyes stayed glued to the water curtain and the purple-robed youth's deployments, while he mentally projected the battle's next turns from the curtain's flows, his heart jolting sharply soon after!

"Outnumbered fights in isolated spots aren't the issue... Then why leave the Realm Membrane unsealed? Are they truly intending to admit the Supreme True Buddha's intruders, only to spring a encirclement trap?"

The purple-robed youth kept allocating forces based on the water curtain's displays, sending them into the realm to surround lone foes; his tactics were cleverly exact, ensuring Cloud Sky Realm forces always gained the upper hand, though with intruders multiplying, the elite cultivators on the Cloud Sky side would shortly be outnumbered by those invaders.

Should the entrapment scheme falter, it could spell disaster, like welcoming predators right into the home.

"What's the true strength of the Cloud Sky Sect?"

Wang Ba wondered, baffled.

His eyes scanned the water curtain, a hint of uncertainty emerging at the same time.

Forces from the Supreme True Buddha had fully encircled the whole Cloud Sky Realm, with hordes of monks striving to shatter the Realm Membrane for entry, but the famed Tianshang Buddha Lord, famed for his infinite Buddhist Law, remained absent, and merely three Great Bodhisattvas—omitting the Western one—had emerged.

A blockade like this shouldn't halt the three Mahayana Cultivators.

Right then, a scarlet silhouette wandering the realm in the water curtain caught Wang Ba's eye.

"That's Wisdom Truth."

Wang Ba spotted him right away.

And precisely then, the purple-robed youth's voice reached Wang Ba:

"Taoist Friend Taiyi, would you assist me?"

Without delay, Wang Ba soared to face the purple-robed youth upon hearing it, lifting his hand with gravity:

"Gladly."

"Excellent!"

The purple-robed youth indicated 'Wisdom Truth' in the water curtain, face stern:

"Daoist Friend, seize and slay this individual in under thirty breaths, then hurry back post-capture—make haste, no lingering!"

Wang Ba felt stunned, and the other nearby cultivators showed profound shock at the command.

As the top among the ten Bodhisattvas, Wisdom Truth held that rank even sans his six supreme Dao Treasures and the black rhinoceros mount; True Man Taiyi had bested him once, but a mere thirty breaths felt awfully tight.

Yet Wang Ba only paused briefly, said nothing further, and gave a firm nod, his form vanishing in a blur as he exited the Taoist Field.

The Cloud Sky Realm spanned enormously, but having clashed with Wisdom Truth previously, Wang Ba knew his presence well; a burst of Divine Patterns later, he rematerialized to behold a massive, fang-baring, enormous crimson Bodhisattva clutching a local guard cultivator.

Where the Realm Membrane lay torn, vast Chaos Origin Substance roiled chaotically within, birthing ceaseless calamities, while various Bodhisattvas and Arhats below seized Cloud Sky Realm cultivators with ruthless zeal.