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Chapter 1739: Chapter 916: Strike

The Golden Core Level battle came to an end, and what followed was the beginning of the Nascent Soul Early Stage war.

When the Nascent Soul female cultivators of Luanyang Palace faced the Nascent Soul cultivators of Bitao Sect, they no longer held the same advantage they had during the Golden Core Stage.

Nascent Soul cultivators had far more stable mental states, and when facing female cultivators, they rarely held back.

In addition, the Water Element Spiritual Energy in this environment was extremely dense, allowing Bitao Sect’s Nascent Soul cultivators to display even greater combat strength.

In battles at the Nascent Soul Stage, the influence of the environment became even more crucial.

Fortunately, Guiyuan Sect also specialized in the water attribute, so they could still stabilize the situation.

"When we get back, I need to give them a good scolding!" The Phoenix Palace Master looked at the battlefield with some dissatisfaction and said.

You couldn’t see such things in normal times; only on a real battlefield could you truly discern the shortcomings of your own cultivators.

The phantom avatar and Great Cultivator Jiang Hao both stayed silent; speaking at a time like this would only worsen the Phoenix Palace Master’s mood.

When one Nascent Soul female cultivator activated a "One Step to Safety" life-saving talisman and returned from the battlefield to the large Flying Boat, the Phoenix Palace Master’s anger could no longer be suppressed.

The phantom avatar had never seen this fairy-like female cultivator of a Palace Master curse someone so fiercely; she scolded that Nascent Soul female cultivator until she couldn’t lift her head, sobbing non-stop.

Great Cultivator Jiang Hao, however, had noticed the effect of that life-saving talisman: being able to instantly appear on the large Flying Boat from the battlefield meant it was a spatial life-saving talisman.

Seeing Luanyang Palace assign such a grade of life-saving talisman into the hands of Nascent Soul Early Stage female cultivators, he initially thought that Nascent Soul Early Stage female cultivator must be a reserve core disciple.

But as the second and third Nascent Soul Early Stage female cultivators used life-saving talismans to return to the large Flying Boat, he overturned that judgment.

He could almost be certain that Luanyang Palace definitely had quite a number of spatial life-saving talismans in their possession, to be able to waste them like this on Nascent Soul Early Stage female cultivators.

In fact, even though Guiyuan Sect was rich and powerful, seeing Luanyang Palace expend spatial life-saving talismans in such a manner still made Great Cultivator Jiang Hao feel heartache on their behalf.

The Nascent Soul Early Stage battle was still ongoing, but in the short term this fight could not be concluded.

After a period of fighting, the Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioners from Guiyuan Sect and Luanyang Palace grew increasingly familiar with cooperating with each other.

The Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioners originally selected by Guiyuan Sect and Luanyang Palace to come here were all among the stronger combatants of the Nascent Soul Early Stage; after the initial period of discomfort, these Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioners gradually stabilized.

Finally, the second day arrived. The large Flying Boats of Luanyang Palace and Guiyuan Sect both activated their scanning Formations to maximum, constantly scanning Bitao Sect’s movements, with the most important focus being whether Great Cultivator Yi Xiao had arrived.

Great Cultivator Yi Xiao had originally been unwilling to come; he knew Li Shiming, Guiyuan Sect, and Luanyang Palace far too well—he had offended all three, and each of them wanted him dead.

He had previously planned to delay his arrival, thinking that with Bitao Sect’s sea safe zones, there was a good chance he could muddle through without having to go to the front lines.

But he underestimated the resolve of Guiyuan Sect and Luanyang Palace. The large Flying Boats they sent this time were all equipped with stronger scanning Formations specifically to counteract the concealment effects of Bitao Sect’s sea safe zones.

Great Cultivator Yi Xiao still needed to stay long-term in Bitao Sect, and under the request of Bitao Sect’s Great CultivatorHua Ying, he used Water Escape to reach Bitao Sect’s sea safe zone.

The reason he used Water Escape instead of normal flight was that he feared being intercepted halfway.

Water Escape was different—using Water Escape in the sea all the way to the sea safe zone meant that if he encountered any danger, he could escape by Water Escape at any time.

With his strength as a Peak Great Cultivator, even if the enemy was stronger, at most they could defeat him, but keeping him was impossible.

With this thought in mind, Great Cultivator Yi Xiao entered the sea safe zone.

"Yi Xiao, you’ve finally come. Bitao Sect’s credibility was almost ruined!" Upon seeing Great Cultivator Yi Xiao arrive, Great CultivatorHua Ying let out a long breath and said.

As long as Great Cultivator Yi Xiao arrived, the means of the two super sects on the opposite side would naturally detect Great Cultivator Yi Xiao’s aura.

He didn’t even need Great Cultivator Yi Xiao to show himself; he knew that once Great Cultivator Yi Xiao appeared, the two super sects would likely unleash their full strength to attack.

This war was merely to give the two super sects an explanation. If they truly lost the war, Bitao Sect would pay some price at that time to stall the matter of Great Cultivator Yi Xiao for a period.

After some years passed, even if Guiyuan Sect and Luanyang Palace remained unwilling to let go, the matter would gradually fade with time.

Bitao Sect was very experienced in handling such matters and had long since devised a response.

"Bitao Sect is now my sect as well; naturally, I will protect it!" Great Cultivator Yi Xiao replied with a smile.

He sat down beside the scanning Formation of the sea safe zone. He needed to personally control the scanning Formation and monitor the movements of the opposing Great Cultivators so that he would have time to react.

You couldn’t blame him for being timid; he had betrayed one super sect, offended another super sect, and also formed a grudge with a powerful cultivator. Now all the aggrieved parties had come knocking on his door, and with even a single misstep, he could fall into a state of eternal damnation.

"Yi Xiao has arrived!"

"Yi Xiao has been found!"

The Phoenix Palace Master and Great Cultivator Jiang Hao spoke almost at the same time.

Although the two super sects were cooperating, they were also secretly competing. As a result, there was virtually no difference in the timing of when they detected Great Cultivator Yi Xiao.

The phantom avatar looked toward the location of Bitao Sect’s sea safe zone. Because of the seawater, the Formations there could not be observed in detail at all, making it impossible for him to see through the Formations from a distance.