Chapter 1271 – Green Pine Swordsman
Zhao Hai looked at Zhongli Qiang and coldly sneered. His gaze swept the people from the Devil Realm and the Cultivation Realm before he returned to his seat among those from the Machine Field.
The battle for top three was finished. However, n.o.body thought that the tournament would be finished in this manner. It was too fast!
Moreover, Zhao Hai made everyone understand why he decided to kill Tu Mietan. As it turned out, the Devil Realm already made a move on Zhao Hai. No wonder Zhao Hai immediately killed Tu Mietan.
But there were some Cultivators whose eyes shone when they heard Zhao Hai. They shared their hatred for Zhao Hai with the Devil Realm. Now, the Cultivation Realm and the Devil Realm have been offended by Zhao Hai. The two realms now share a common enemy. Moreover, this enemy was currently in the Cultivation Realm.
For the Cultivators, dealing with Zhao Hai was the most important thing right now. The grievances and graciousness that they had with the Devil Realm would take too long to understand. Although the Cultivation Realm and the Devil Realm had some friction, this didn"t mean that the two hadn"t cooperated before. The Devil Realm shouldn"t reject cooperating with them in dealing with someone.
Some Cultivators looked at each other and saw that they all had the same idea. Then they all discussed in a low voice.
But it didn"t matter as to what they were discussing. Now that the battles have ended, the only thing left was the conclusion to the compet.i.tion. Actually, this discussion didn"t have much to do with Zhao Hai. After all, he wouldn"t be able to obtain a lot of things, only two magic artifacts. To someone like Zhao Hai, two magic artifacts was nothing. What people were discussing were the Machine Field"s rewards.
What the Machine Field obtained this time was very rich. The several mineral mines as well as ore planets were things that the Machine Field needed.
The Cultivation Realm wouldn"t dare renege on giving the Machine Field their rewards. If they treated this matter unfairly, then it wouldn"t only affect the Machine Field, the other realms would also expect them to be unfair in the future. n.o.body would join the compet.i.tion anymore and then everyone would go back to fighting for resources.
Therefore, Zhao Hai and the others weren"t worried about the rewards. Zhao Hai doesn"t even need to be present for it. As long as Ma Rulong was there, then everything"s fine.
When Zhao Hai returned to the spectator seat, Ma Rulong immediately went to his side and said, "Little Hai, what do you want to do next? Those people from the Devil Realm wouldn"t let you off easily."
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "Team Leader, rest a.s.sured. Those people from the Devil Realm can"t do anything to me. You don"t have to worry about me. I think you should go and accept the Machine Field"s prize. Then you should return to the Machine Field alongside the others from the realm. Leave these people to me."
Ma Rulong stared, then the color of his face changed as he said, "That"s no good. Little Hai, I can"t do that. Leaving you behind is too dangerous."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Don"t worry, these trash can"t do anything to me. Also, if you stay behind, you won"t be able to do anything. Don"t forget, this is the Cultivation Realm. If you get in conflict with the Cultivators, it would give them justification to confiscate our rewards. Moreover, a lot of those from the Machine Field are from the realm"s powerful families. If they suffer an accident, then the relations.h.i.+p between Cultivation Realm and the Machine Field might get heated. Therefore, you should leave as soon as possible. I can stay here and deal with these people. I can just leave whenever I want. Don"t forget, I can also use s.p.a.ce magic."
Upon hearing Zhao Hai, Ma Rulong kept silent for some time before he nodded and said, "Alright, I"ll listen to you. But Little Hai, you need to survive. I"ll wait for you in the Machine Field." Zhao Hai nodded. Then Ma Rulong turned to talk to the other team leaders.
The team leaders also understood Zhao Hai"s intentions. They understood that if they continued to stay beside Zhao Hai, then they would only plunge themselves in danger. If they leave, then the Cultivators wouldn"t do anything to them. After all, they don"t have any enmity with them. But Zhao Hai would be in grave danger.
These people have known Zhao Hai for some time. Although they haven"t had much contact with each other, they had a good impression of him after exchanging drinks with him a few times. They were touched when Zhao Hai decided to face danger alone for them.
But what these people didn"t know was that Zhao Hai had another reason for making them leave. In addition to not pulling them into danger, Zhao Hai also made them leave so that he can enter the s.p.a.ce at any time. If these people were present, then Zhao Hai wouldn"t be able to enter the s.p.a.ce whenever he wants. With these fellows present, Zhao Hai had a lot of means that he couldn’t use.
Zhao Hai doesn"t want a lot of people to know of his secrets. He didn"t even tell Xiong Li and the others about his secrets, not to say about these people.
The actions on Zhao Hai"s side were seen by other people. They saw that Ma Rulong and Zhao Hai discussed for a while before Ma Rulong took the team leaders and left, leaving Zhao Hai alone on the partic.i.p.ant"s seats. When they saw this scene, people from the other realms were confused. They don"t know what the Machine Field was doing.
The other realms didn"t expect Ma Rulong to give up on Zhao Hai this way. Although Zhao Hai had offended both the Devil Realm and the Cultivation Realm, he also made a lot of contributions towards the Machine Field. If the Machine Field gave up on Zhao Hai, then this would affect the entire realm"s morale.
Zhao Hai didn"t actually care too much about what was happening around him. He just calmly sat on his seat. Now that Ma Rulong and the others left, he was the only one left. But at this moment, Cai"er was reporting about what the other realms were doing.
Cai"er told Zhao Hai that the Devil Realm and the Cultivation Realm have been talking in secret. They were also prepared to deal with him. This wasn"t surprisig for Zhao Hai.
At this moment, the prizes were beginning to be distributed. It wasn"t Zhao Hai and the others that received the prizes but instead the representatives from their respective groups. Naturally, Ma Rulong represented the Machine Field.
The awarding ceremony ended quickly. At this point, the Cultivation Realm wouldn"t cheat anyone. Moreover, the prizes were very good. The property rights of mineral mines and ore planets were given to the Machine Field. However, these were mere papers that would lose their value come five years. In the past, these deeds were being pa.s.sed on inwardly among the Cultivators. This was the first time where the deeds fell into the hands of the other realms.
After Ma Rulong received the prize, he immediately brought the other team leaders towards the spectator stands. The others from the Machine Field had yet to leave. They were planning on sharing a cup or two with Zhao Hai after the compet.i.tion. After all, Zhao Hai won, so there was a reason for celebrating.
When Ma Rulong arrived, he immediately told everyone about what Zhao Hai plans to do next and then urged them to leave. Everyone couldn"t help but get stuck in their seats as they turned to look at Zhao Hai, their hearts couldn"t bear leaving. They were core members, the elite of great families. Therefore, they were moved by Zhao Hai"s action.
However, none of them thought about staying behind and dying with Zhao Hai. Firstly, this was because they weren"t that close with Zhao Hai. And secondly, even if they stayed, they didn"t have the strength to aid Zhao Hai. Their best course of action was leaving this place as soon as possible.
Everyone agreed and then they proceeded towards the transmission formation. After that, they took another transmission formation to go back to the Machine FIeld. When those from the Cultivation Realm were about to make a move, Ma Rulong"s shadow could no longer be seen.
Just now, their attention was on Zhao Hai and not on Ma Rulong. They thought that Ma Rulong wouldn"t give up on Zhao Hai. They expected Ma Rulong and the others to join Zhao Hai after they received their award. However, they didn"t think that Ma Rulong would immediately leave. This caused the Cultivators to react too late.
At this point, the Cultivars knew that they had been tricked by Zhao Hai. However, they weren"t too angry about it. This was because the Machine Field"s rewards would just last for five years. They wouldn"t be able to increase their strength in such a short time. Also, they couldn"t do anything to Ma Rulong unless they wanted to attract the resentment of the entire World of Cultivation. For them, it was fine as long as Zhao Hai stayed behind. He was their main goal after all.
Zhao Hai seemed to be unaffected as he just sat there and observed the other realms. The Elves, Sprites, and Demons were beginning to leave. As for the Cultivators and the people from the Devil Realm, only a part of them left the arena. The rest remained.
The other realms knew that something was about to happen, therefore they hastened their departure. When everyone else had left, the people from the Cultivation Realm and the Devil Realm surrounded Zhao Hai.
The one heading this group was Devil Realm"s Zhongli Qiang as well as a Core Formation Expert from the Cultivation Realm. Actually, this Core Formation Expert was the one that Zhao Hai had a conflict with earlier.
This Core Formation Expert was Jiang Tian"s master, Fu Yishan, also known as the Green Pine Swordsman. Fu Yishan was a wood-element Cultivator. Most wood-element Cultivators wouldn"t take up the sword since their nature wasn"t compatible with sword techniques. They would often make use of wooden artifacts as well as poison in battles. These materials weren"t suitable for making a sword.
However, Fu Yishan was a lucky man. During an expedition, he came upon an uninhabited mountain that had a thin pine tree that was about a meter tall. When he found this tree, Fu Yishan saw a lot of dead monster bones on its base. The bones of these monsters were green. One could see at first sight that they were poisoned.
This caused Fu Yishan to be curious about the mountain. After careful research, he discovered that it was the pine tree that had caused this phenomenon. It had turned everything around it poisonous. Moreover, its body had turned firm like steel. Because of this, he was able to fas.h.i.+on the pine tree into a sword.
Fu Yishan spent a lot of effort on the mountain as he refined the tree. In the end, he was able to refine the poisonous green pine sword and make it his Life Source Weapon. This sword also gave him the nickname Green Pine Swordsman.
Chapter 1272 – Brutal Attack
Fu Yishan looked at Zhao Hai with a vicious gaze. He hates Zhao Hai not because he killed Jiang Tian. Jiang Tian was just one of his disciples, and he hasn"t even been promoted into a formal disciple. Although Fu Yishan felt some pain when Jiang Tian died, it wasn"t a pressing situation for him.
Fu Yishan hated Zhao Hai because Zhao Hai publicly slapped his face. For the Cultivators, face was as valuable as their lives. Therefore, at this point, he wanted to eat Zhao Hai"s meat and drink his blood.
Standing not far away from Fu Yishan was Zhongli Qiang. The Cultivation Realm and the Devil Realm had united to deal with Zhao Hai.
Zhao Hai continued sitting calmly as he looked at the two groups of people. Then after a moment, he began to laugh. Fu Yishan looked at Zhao Hai"s reaction and couldn"t help but snort as he said, "Zhao Hai, you"re still laughing even though you"re about to die. I admire your courage."
Zhao Hai looked at Fu Yishan and then replied, "I didn"t expect the righteous Cultivators from the Cultivation Realm to cooperate with the Devil Realm. You have given this Zhao Hai huge face."
Zhongli Qiang coldly snorted and said, "Zhao Hai, there"s no need for you to buy time. Those people from the Machine Field wouldn"t be in any danger, but they also won"t be able to come back to save you. The transmission formations have already been closed. All you can do now is die."
Zhao Hai laughed and said, "Zhongli Qiang, you"re too naive. You think I"m hoping for them to come back? Let me tell you the truth, I asked them to leave. Otherwise, would they just give up on me? If they left me behind, then the Ascenders in the Machine Field would revolt. When the time comes, even three-year olds would know how much trouble it would bring."
Zhongli Qiang and Fu Yishan looked at each other. They believed what Zhao Hai was saying. In fact, they found it strange when Ma Rulong left with everyone else from the Machine Field. Losing Zhao Hai here wouldn"t bring any advantage to the Machine Field. Even if they obtained the mines and the ore planets, losing the trust of the people as a tradeoff wasn"t worth it. Ma Rulong should be smart enough to know about this.
But Ma Rulong actually left, this caused the two to be puzzled. So after hearing Zhao Hai, they immediately knew that it was true. Only Zhao Hai could make Ma Rulong leave like that, otherwise Ma Rulong would have stayed.
At this time, the two couldn"t understand why Zhao Hai would do this. Not only would this disadvantage him, it would place him in extreme danger. Was Zhao Hai a selfless person? Fu Yishan and Zhongli Qiang wouldn"t dare believe so.
It doesn"t matter if they were from the Cultivation Realm or the Devil Realm, all of them were innately selfish. It was impossible for them to sacrifice their lives for others. If they can"t win, then they would have other people die in place of them.
Seeing the appearance of the two, Zhao Hai immediately knew what they were thinking about. He smiled faintly and said, "You two can"t understand why I would do that? Letting others go while I stay behind to brave the dangers isn"t something a wise person would do right?"
Seeing Fu Yishan and Zhongli Qiang turning silent, Zhao Hai laughed and said, "I stayed behind because I"m going to kill some people. Some people need to die so that others would be afraid of me. I want people to know that if they want to plot against me, then they need to make sure that their necks are hard enough!"
Zhao Hai"s words were filled with a very thick killing aura. Zhongli Qiang and Fu Yishan didn"t expect Zhao Hai"s plan to be like this.
When they were hit with Zhao Hai"s killing aura, the two couldn"t help but be a bit frightened. Although these two had seen great storms, this was the first time they saw someone like Zhao Hai.
Although people from the Devil Realm were in a constant state of murder, they just kill people for their cultivation. Moreover, what they killed were mostly civilians. The teachings in the Devil Realm were different. In the eyes of the people from the Devil Realm, these commoners were not humans at all. They were farm animals that could be slaughtered whenever they were needed. Would a butcher feel bad about killing a pig? Because of this, pract.i.tioners from the Devil Realm had no psychological burden when killing commoners.
However, pract.i.tioners from the Devil Realm treat other pract.i.tioners as people. And they wouldn"t easily make a move against them. When Zhongli Qiang heard Zhao Hai, he felt that Zhao Hai wasn"t treating them as humans at all. He just wanted to kill. That"s why Zhongli Qiang was startled.
Zhao Hai looked at those present as he laughed and said, "You look startled. Do you think that this Zhao Hai is a good man? Hahahaha. All of you are going to die today. If you don"t believe me, then take a look for yourself."
When Fu Yishan and Zhongli Qiang looked around them, their faces couldn"t help but change color. This was because they had been surrounded by a dense number of Undead. These Undead filled up the entire vicinity of the void arena. Even they couldn"t count how many Undead there were.
Most importantly, the void arena"s transmission formations have been occupied by the Undead. In other words, those present here wouldn"t be able to escape. Moreover, they could no longer get any reinforcements. They can only stay here and fight against Zhao Hai.
Seeing all of the Undead around them, Fu Yishan and Zhongli Qiang couldn"t help but feel their scalp tingle. The sheer number was terrifying.
At this time, Zhao Hai loudly said, "Brothers, reveal who you are. Let our guests open their eyes." Along with his command, the Undead all roared as their skeletal frame began growing flesh and blood. Before long, the Undead wore their human appearance.
This change caused those from the Devil Realm and the Cultivation Realm to be surprised. They have never seen Undead act like this. Moreover, they knew some of them.
There were people standing beside Zhao Hai. There"s Helian Da, Jiang Tian, and also Tu Mietan!
These people were too familiar to them. They even saw them being killed by Zhao Hai. But now these people were standing beside Zhao Hai. How could they not be surprised.
However, they were quick to discover that these Undead didn"t become alive. They were Zombies.
There were a lot of zombies in the World of Cultivation. Some of these zombies appear naturally. These zombies could cultivate themselves after being born. As for zombies that were created, they were treated like weapons for battle. Naturally, those who use zombies were generally Ghost Cultivators or people from the Devil Realm.
However, even if one wasn"t from the Devil Realm, they were still quite familiar with zombies. Sometimes, zombies from the Devil Realm would find a way to go to the Cultivation Realm. There were also times when zombies were seen in clashes against the Devil Realm. Since they weren"t that uncommon, people were quick to recognize that Helian Da and the others had been turned into zombies.
Zhao Hai revealed a lot of his strength this time. Aside from the beast-shaped Undead, he released nearly 200 million Undead. All of these Undead stood firmly and were equipped with the bone armor. In their hands were weapons that were made by the s.p.a.ce. And these weapons each had a weapon shattering formation inside them. It can be said that the Undead were fully armed.
The Void Arena wasn"t a huge asteroid field. If the Void Arena was as large as the Rainbow Meteorite Field, then even the most powerful Cultivators wouldn"t be able to transform it. Therefore, the 200 million Undead were able to fill the arena.
Additionally, besides the weapon made by the s.p.a.ce, some of the Undead also had something else on their other hand. These looked much like yin lightning mines!
These yin lightning mines were newly made by the s.p.a.ce. After getting the ones in Tu Mietan"s hand, Cai"er detonated one and then collected all data pertaining to it. Then the mines are deconstructed by the processing machine and then reconstructed once more. After that, the mines were a.n.a.lyzed by the scanner to see the formations inside. And since the s.p.a.ce has generated the materials needed to construct the mines, it could now produce it whenever.
However, since Zhao Hai had the yin lightning mines for a short time, the materials available only allowed the manufacture of 1000 mines. Then these mines were distributed among the Undead.
At this time, the Cultivators and the people from the Devil Realm got closer to each other as they faced the Undead surrounding them. Their weapons were already out, prepared to attack at any time.
Zhao Hai was still sitting on his seat, looking at these people with a cold gaze. Zhongli Qiang and Fu Yishan fell back to the middle of the group, their weapons also held in their hands.
Then suddenly, Zhao Hai"s cold voice was heard, "In the World of Cultivation, the bigger your fist, the less you need to talk. Everyone, kill them all!" Then along with Zhao Hai"s command, the Undead moved and went straight to killing.
Fu Yishan and Zhongli Qiang"s group immediately used their magic artifacts and retaliated against the Undead. All kinds of artifacts flew into the air. However, the Undead arranged themselves in a neat formation as they sent attack after attack.
The Undead were currently in cube formations as they pressed towards the Cultivators and the Devil Cultivators. The Cultivators and Devil Cultivators started out with a spherical formation. But in the end they had been pressed down and forced to flatten their formation.
Offensive and defensive artifacts flew constantly as the Cultivators fought off the Undead. But because they didn"t have a unified command structure, their fighting style was chaotic.
Zhongli Qiang and Fu Yishan were quick to discover this point. Therefore, they immediately took command and coordinated everyone. Some Cultivators were a.s.signed for defense while others were in charge of offense.
However, the coordination between the Undead was flawless. And with Lizzy and Megan in command, the flow of the battle was soon grasped by the Undead. Although the artifacts of the Cultivators and Devil Pract.i.tioners were strong, the Undead casualty wasn"t a lot. They gradually pressed towards the Cultivators and the Devil Pract.i.tioners.
The Cultivators and the Devil Pract.i.tioners began to grow more anxious. Zhao Hai"s Undead were too formidable. They weren"t easily broken when attacked and they even have armors that give them powerful defense.
When the Undead reached a certain distance away from the Cultivators, they all stopped at the same time. Then those with yin lightning mines went forward and threw the mines towards the circular formation. These mines weren"t larger than walnuts. And as they reached the formation, they detonated at the same time.
Purple colored lightning lit up the circular formation. These were the yin lightning mines that were quite famed in the World of Cultivation.
Although the Cultivators and Devil Pract.i.tioners had a lot of artifacts in hand, they still couldn"t perfectly defend against this many yin lightning mines. When the mines exploded, the formation immediately broke. Cultivators and Devil Cultivators did their best to defend themselves from the destructive power of the yin lightning mines.
The Cultivators and Devil Pract.i.tioners that were left behind after the explosion weren"t a lot. In the beginning, there were more or less 100 of them. Although these people were very strong, the yin lightning mines were very formidable. Once the purple lightning vanished, Zhao Hai looked at the formation and couldn"t help but get terrified.
The circle formation was reduced to a scant number of people. All around them were dozens of corpses, while the others were erased from sight.
Brutal, too brutal! This was more than 100 Foundation Establishment Experts as well as Core Formation experts. All of them vanished, their artifacts reduced to fragments. The explosion was just too savage.
There were some Cultivators and Devil Pract.i.tioners who managed to survive due to sheer luck. They also couldn"t believe that 100 Foundation Establishment Experts and Core Formation Experts would vanish just like that. Even in the Cultivation Realm, such a group of people couldn"t be underestimated. But now, all of these people were reduced to a very few – most of them turned into ash.
But what rang loudly inside the minds of these remnants were the weapons that the Undead used. These were yin lightning mines! And it wasn"t only one or two, but more than a thousand!