Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan Chapter 1963: 1450: Explosion (Part 2)

“Then do you still remember which direction they came back from?”

He pondered deeply for a second, then replied with slight hesitation, “I believe it was southeast?”

“Southeast…”

Li Zhixuan instantly recalled the base, as it lay precisely to the southeast!

Earlier, she had been somewhat baffled by their reluctance to engage in combat; now she understood the cause!

“Jiu was spot on in his guess! These fiends actually intended to launch a stealthy assault on our base, aiming to shatter everyone's fighting spirit.”

Suddenly, the words Li Zhirui had shared with her prior to his departure surged into her thoughts, leaving her stunned.

No one could have foreseen that he predicted an event yet to unfold—such foresight was astonishing! She remained clueless about how he achieved it.

Thank goodness the clan had prepared in advance for this scenario, rendering the foes' scheme destined for failure. The base posed no concern, and neither morale nor fighting prowess would suffer—they could fully devote themselves to the decisive confrontation without any distractions.

“I’m aware of this matter, but rest assured—Jiu has already devised countermeasures.” Regaining her composure, Li Zhixuan noticed the anxious expression of the Clan Leader before her and offered a reassuring smile.

Upon hearing that, he eased up and stated, “Then I won’t bother Ancestor Xuan any longer.”

Once he departed, she contemplated briefly and called upon several Elders.

Shortly, they assembled one by one.

“Ancestor Xuan, do you have any instructions for us?”

Li Zhixuan nodded: “As you head out, instruct everyone to prepare for battle—those beings from This Realm likely can’t restrain themselves anymore.”

“What?” The assembly failed to grasp how she reached that deduction.

She succinctly described the devils' underhanded maneuvers—given the failed assault on the base, victory on the front lines alone could expel them; otherwise, Floating Light Realm would know no tranquility!

The Elders' hearts clenched; anxiety and discomfort still plagued them regarding this conflict, facing as they did every entity from an entire realm.

Although the Immortal Tao in Floating Light Realm had been eradicated, the surviving Demonic Tao and Devil Race vastly outnumbered them by an indeterminable extent.

One could easily envision the overwhelming pressure involved!

“There’s another matter!”

Li Zhixuan's face grew grave: “The adversaries might proclaim they’ve breached our rear base, slaughtered numerous clan members, and even obliterated the space rift for retreat.”

“Yet in reality, it’s all deception! Pure fabrication! Jiu anticipated this tactic, so he arranged accordingly—following our triumph, you needn’t fear being trapped.”

“Huh?”

The elders brimmed with skepticism—how were they oblivious to this?

What secrets had the two ancestors concealed from them?

Noticing Li Zhixuan had no additional directives, they departed hastily—preparations demanded attention and would require effort.

Time passed swiftly, and in an instant, a few days elapsed.

Dong dong dong——

That morning at dawn, an urgent bell tolled across the Primordial Spirit Camp, jolting every cultivator from slumber!

“Enemy assault! Enemy assault!” The clan members observing the devil army's advances yelled insistently, rousing all to ready themselves.

Within mere moments, a vast horde of silhouettes—numbering at least tens of thousands—materialized above the camp, projecting a suffocating, peak-like gloom.

“Hm?”

Li Zhixuan arched a brow at this. Evidently, they hadn’t learned sufficiently from their prior setback, boldly manifesting directly overhead.

However, just as she readied her sword to cleave at the undersides of those Spirit Boats, an unexpected turn occurred!

Dark stone spheres were flung from the overhead Spirit Boats—like a relentless storm, countless ones plummeted simultaneously.

Before long, the terrain lay blanketed in a dense carpet of stone balls.

“What in the world are these?”

Intrigued, Li Zhixuan seized a stone orb via her divine sense, scrutinizing it meticulously to discern its nature and potential effects.

Yet thorough inspection yielded nothing—they appeared as mere commonplace, insignificant rocks.

She refused to accept that—if they were simple stones, why the extravagant endeavor? Were their powers truly so idle?

“Hurl all these stone balls outward!”

No alternative existed—unaware of the stones' traits, Li Zhixuan refrained from letting anyone demolish them outright and opted for the tedious approach.

Thus, as the stone balls rained down, they were flung afar sequentially.

Naturally, Li Zhixuan didn’t remain idle—she brandished her fractured sword and struck at the Spirit Boat Magic Artifact overhead.

Rumble——

The Devil Beasts and Demon Cultivators on board wouldn’t tolerate that, countering her strike to safeguard the Spirit Boat from damage.

After discarding most of the stone balls, the devils maneuvered their Spirit Boats distant—but not too far, as though anticipating an event.

“This feels off! These objects are suspicious! Quick, remove every last one!”

Alas, they reacted a fraction too late—those ostensibly innocuous stone balls abruptly transformed into explosives!

Rumble——

A horrifying detonation erupted outward in every direction, consuming numerous clansmen.

“Damn it!”

Even Li Zhixuan hadn’t foreseen this outcome; her visage darkened severely.

She emerged unscathed from the blast, but many clansmen and Loose Cultivators lacked her potency.

The explosion struck without warning, affording no opportunity to respond.

The sole solace was their position within the camp, shielded by the Formation, avoiding direct initial impact.

Yet once the blasts ebbed, their painstakingly erected barriers lay completely ravaged!

“Damn it!”

Only then did Li Zhixuan comprehend—the true objective was the Defensive Array after all.

She remained perplexed, however—those stone balls were plainly ordinary, so how did they evolve into bombs?

And that stemmed from a particular Devil Beast’s innate Divine Power!

Its awakened ability proved exceedingly uncommon—termed ‘Fake Made Real,’ it enabled flawless masquerading of items.

Amid all those stone balls, not every one was an explosive—plenty were genuinely plain rocks, blending authenticity and deceit to evade detection.

This ploy to dismantle the Primordial Spirit Camp’s defenses formed their plan over recent days.

As aggressors, they already surpassed foes in might and quantity by multiples—devoid of the Defensive Array, enemies forfeited their sole edge!

Under these conditions, defeat seemed inconceivable?

“Hasten! Erect the reserve Defensive Array!” Li Zhixuan urgently pressed the Array Masters to commence reconstructing the formation.

But would the entities of This Realm permit such an opportunity?

“Kill!”

Several Human Immortals bellowed, radiating fearsome murderous aura, though they refrained from blind charges.

They recognized clearly that, facing the enraged Li Zhixuan, the first to advance would inevitably fall to her Sword Qi!

“Go all out—today, we shall eradicate every single devil here!”

Li Zhixuan roared, her damaged broken sword brimming with dreadful slaying intent.

“Perish for me!”

A single sword slash—and the heavens and earth drained of vibrancy.

The foremost Devil Beasts and Demon Cultivators resembled fragile parchment, wholly incapable of withstanding; skewered instantly, their existences snuffed out in a flash.

Even so, the Sword Qi’s might persisted unabated—the surplus energy surged onward, slicing toward rearward devils.

To avert interception, it erupted thunderously, morphing into a vortex of sword energy that ravaged through, claiming additional victims!

Not until a Human Immortal intervened did the final remnants of that Sword Qi dissipate.