The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 2066: The Last Fortress

More than a dozen Taoist Realm beings watched Jing Yan and Valley Master Qi Ying leave.

"Why did those two seniors suddenly leave?"

"Yeah! Then what about this Devouring Heaven Clan Fortress?"

"We... should we also leave immediately? That older senior just said that we should go straight back to the Yunhao Continent Slaughter God Temple to collect our rewards."

"Go, back to Yunhao Continent. It’s better if we don’t try to guess at what the adults are doing. Anything we can think of, those big figures couldn’t possibly fail to think of." The leading male being waved his hand as he spoke.

After the Chaos Flying Ship flew for a period of time, this slaughter squad safely returned to the Yunhao Continent Slaughter God Temple.

Palace Master Gunluo had long been waiting for their return. As soon as they entered the Slaughter God Temple, Palace Master Gunluo personally came out to meet them. Because this slaughter squad had unexpectedly discovered a Devouring Heaven Clan Fortress, Gunluo himself had also shown off in a big way. Not only did Valley Master Qi Ying deepen his impression of him, even Lord Jing Yan Daoist now knew his name.

Lord Jing Yan Daoist had even encouraged him to continue cultivating diligently, saying that he might step into the Late Stage of All Things Realm or even the Peak of All Things Realm.

The thought alone was enough to make him excited.

And all of this was thanks to this inconspicuous little slaughter squad.

After a simple identity confirmation, every member of the slaughter squad received a reward of five million Slaughter Points. Even after the reward had actually reached each of them, they still felt it was somewhat unreal and hard to believe; they had never seen so many rewards in their lives. Don’t mention five million— they had never even seen five hundred thousand Slaughter Points.

One must know, under normal circumstances, when they completed a lowest Low-level slaughter mission, they would usually only get ten or twenty Slaughter Points.

"After you’ve obtained these Slaughter Points, it’s best not to leave Yunhao Continent for the time being. Just cultivate in peace here. Yunhao Continent is relatively safe." Gunluo said to these Taoist Realm beings.

"Yes!" They all knew Palace Master Gunluo was doing this for their own good, afraid that they might encounter danger if they left Yunhao Continent. Each of them now had five million Slaughter Points; this was enough to stir the greed of many All Things Realm Beings.

...

The eighth year of the final great war.

The second Devouring Heaven Clan Fortress was discovered by a Loose Cultivator at the Early Stage of All Things Realm. Jing Yan personally took action and smashed this fortress. However, inside this second fortress, Jing Yan did not find any Mother. Within this fortress, there were only three Marshals and more than ten Generals, leading a large number of other Devouring Sky Clan Lives.

Even so, destroying a Devouring Heaven Clan Fortress was still something worth celebrating. That Early Stage All Things Realm Loose Cultivator thus received thirty million Slaughter Points and became rich overnight.

The deeds of the Yunhao Continent slaughter squad spread, and the deeds of that Early Stage All Things Realm Loose Cultivator spread as well. Because they had discovered Devouring Heaven Clan Fortresses and thus all at once obtained an ocean of resources, this kind of news deeply stimulated countless Chaos Creatures, who grew even more frenzied in searching for traces of Devouring Heaven Clan Fortresses.

In the twelfth year after the final great war broke out, the third fortress was destroyed by Jing Yan, and again no Mother was found.

In the eighteenth year of the final great war, the fourth fortress was discovered, and Jing Yan took action to destroy it; still, there was no Mother present.

In several fortresses in a row no Devouring Heaven Clan Mother was found, and the number of Devouring Sky Clan Marshals and Generals inside the fortresses was not high. Coupled with the fact that there were no Time-Space Chains, all of this allowed Jing Yan to arrive at an almost certain judgment.

If, after that great battle at the Eastern Domain Main Hall, the Devouring Heaven Clan had five fortresses left, then now, with four of those five fortresses already destroyed, there would be only one fortress remaining. Those few Mothers would most likely all be within this last fortress. Moreover, the number of Devouring Sky Clan Marshals and Generals in this final fortress should be terrifying, far exceeding the number of Title Controllers in the Chaos Universe.

The only problem was, no one knew where exactly this last fortress currently was. Jing Yan had analyzed the locations of the four fortresses that had already been taken, and it was not hard to see one point: even those Devouring Heaven Clan Fortresses that did not have Mothers inside were all advancing toward the Ultimate Land. So this last fortress was probably also closing in on the Ultimate Land; it was just impossible to determine its precise location at present, and no one knew from which Domain this fortress would choose to break through.

The twenty-second year of the final great war!

On this day, Palace Master Nuwa suddenly sent a message to Jing Yan.

"Lord Taoist, the Western Region Main Hall of the Slaughter God Temple has discovered traces of a massive number of Devouring Sky Clan Lives!" Palace Master Nuwa said via transmission.

"Western Region Main Hall?" Jing Yan’s brows twitched.

The Western Region Main Hall was precisely the main hall guarded by the Hongjun Heavenly Palace.

Jing Yan’s figure flickered, and he moved from the Ultimate Land to the skies above the Slaughter God Temple’s Western Region Main Hall.

He spread out his Divine Thought and probed ahead.

"How could this be..." Jing Yan was somewhat surprised.

If the Devouring Sky Clan Lives wanted to attack the Ultimate Land, then it was impossible to bypass the regions guarded by the Four Domains General Hall. So from the very beginning, Jing Yan had ordered that within the surveillance ranges of the Four Domains they were to focus on probing for traces of the Devouring Heaven Clan. Yet now, it was obvious that countless Devouring Sky Clan Lives had already pressed up to the outer defensive ring of the Western Region Main Hall, and only then was he receiving such news.

Jing Yan’s expression was somewhat ugly. The Devouring Sky Clan Lives were already at the outer defensive ring of the Western Region Main Hall, and Palace Master Nuwa seemed to have only just learned of this and notified him.

Jing Yan entered the buildings of the Western Region Main Hall.

Palace Master Nuwa and many high-level members of the Hongjun Heavenly Palace were all inside.

"Lord Taoist!" Everyone saluted.

Jing Yan waved his hand and asked in a deep voice, "What’s going on? The Devouring Sky Clan army has already reached the outer defensive ring, and only then did you discover them?"

Hearing Jing Yan’s words, everyone present, including Palace Master Nuwa, showed looks of shame.

"Lord Taoist!" Palace Master Pikang spoke up, his face flushed.

Palace Master Pikang had always been the Chaos Hall Master from the Hongjun Heavenly Palace in charge of guarding the Western Region Main Hall.

"We really have been probing for traces of the Devouring Heaven Clan with extreme rigor. Within the surveillance area, we were using the monitoring Formation to scan almost every three breaths, and we also dispatched more than a hundred elite teams to patrol this region. But we just couldn’t detect the Devouring Sky Clan Lives approaching; only when they reached the outer defensive ring did we..." Palace Master Pikang explained to Jing Yan.

They truly had done their utmost; there was absolutely no slackness or negligence. Yet the problem had still appeared, and even now they did not understand what exactly had happened.

"Puff!"

At this moment, a not particularly powerful energy shockwave was transmitted in from outside. When they looked again at the image condensed by the monitoring Formation, everyone’s expression suddenly changed dramatically.

The outer defensive ring had actually already been broken!