Chapter 1288 – Conflict Escalation
The Six Realms Battlefield had great spiritual density and was a good place for cultivation. However, the Machine Field couldn"t send people to cultivate here for a long time. This was because the Six Realm Battlefield was too dangerous. There weren"t many people like Yuan who stayed here for six or seven years that were alive and capable.
And even if the Machine Field sent a lot of people into the Battlefield, the other realms wouldn"t allow it. The other realms understood that the Machine Field"s biggest weakness was their individual fighting skill as well as their progression.
If the other realms let the Machine Field increase their fighting strength, then in addition to their battles.h.i.+ps, even the Cultivation Realm would have a hard time dealing with them.
Because they knew about this, the other realms couldn"t allow the Machine Field to send a large number of people to the Six Realms Battlefield for cultivation. But at the same time, the other realms couldn"t send a lot of their own people to the battlefield. Although the spiritual density in the battlefield was great, it wasn"t a giant improvement compared to spiritual veins. In this case, these people would just cultivate in their own sects. Additionally, danger was everywhere in the battlefield and the casualty rate was high. Therefore, people consider this place as a place for honing their skills, not a place for cultivation.
It was for this reason that the people from the Machine Field had never used magic artifacts. Even if they had cultivation methods from the Cultivation Realm, they would rarely practice it. Everyone would still learn the Mage and Warrior paths because it required less spiritual qi.
The reason why Xiong Li and the others were able to learn the Cultivation Realm"s methods was because they have only been in the Machine Field for four years. Because they hadn"t been in the Machine Field for long, they weren"t too tied up by the Machine Field"s methods. At the same time, Zhao Hai gave them potions to practice with. It can be said that Xiong Li and the others were able to circ.u.mvent the need for spiritual qi because of these potions. This allowed them to gain enough strength to contend with the old Sprite"s spirit.
The Sprite gawked, his face turning uglier. He was a Nascent Soul Expert. However, five Machine Field juniors managed to drive him back. This was humiliation he couldn"t endure.
However, the Sprite didn"t make another move. He knew that attacking Li Kuangren and the others once more wouldn"t do anything. So he waved his hand and led the other Sprites back to the tree spirits. Then he ordered the tree spirits to attack.
It must be said that the attacks of these tree spirits weren"t very good. Otherwise, Liu Zhen and the others wouldn"t have lasted for so long. These tree spirits were spirits that possessed the trees of the Six Realms Battlefield. Being made out of common material affected their compatibility.
But this common nature also supplied the Sprites with endless supply of tree spirits. There was already a large pile of tree spirits that had been killed by people from the Machine Field.
While the fight was happening, Zhao Hai didn"t make any impactful action. Although he sent a spell or two out, those who understood him knew that he wasn"t fighting at full power.
Yuan and the others might have an idea on Zhao Hai"s strength, but Liu Zhen"s group was completely clueless. Liu Zhen and the others thought that Zhao Hai was as strong as Li Kuangren and the others. Therefore, they were fighting as though they were prepared to die in battle. Every single one of them were going all out.
Zhao Hai didn"t fight at full power because he wanted Xiong Li and the others to fight more. This would allow them to get used to their weapons and techniques more.
The tree spirits" attacking patterns weren"t hard to deal with, so Xiong Li and the others wouldn’t be in any immediate danger. These tree spirits were suitable for their training. Because of this, the two sides were at a deadlock for some time. Zhao Hai was also holding back because he was guarding against the Sprites. The Sprites were using basic spirits for the fight. Just earlier, the Nascent Soul Sprite only used a basic spirit to battle with Li Kuangren and the others to a standstill. This showed how much power each Sprite had. This was especially true once they used their life source spirit. Seeing that the Sprites were using basic spirits only meant that they were waiting for an opportunity. Once an opportunity emerges, then these Sprites would send their life source spirits to deal the final blow.
When two armies fought, the victor would often be the one with more numbers. This principle could also be applied here. Those with a larger number would most likely win the battle.
The battle between both sides continued on for an hour. A lot of tree spirits fell but they were quickly replaced by newer tree spirits. This caused Yuan and the others to have a difficult time.
Zhao Hai had also increased his speed in releasing magic formations, and his frown grew deeper and deeper. These Sprites were summoning tree spirit with no effort at all. They would just wave their hand and a nearby tree would come to life. Such methods were really surprising for Zhao Hai.
Moreover, Sprites were said to be able to communicate with everything. There were so many trees here making the Sprite"s resources inexhaustible. And even if the trees run out, the Sprites could still use the earth, the wind, and everything else.
Looking at the growing number of tree spirits surrounding them, Zhao Hai knew that things couldn"t go on like this. If things continue as is, then they would begin to suffer casualties. When he thought of this, Zhao Hai waved his hand and released a large number of Undead in front of him. Then he commanded the Undead to attack the tree spirits.
These Undead had already learned the cultivation methods of the Cultivation Realm. Although the time they cultivated was short, their combat power was still greater compared to the tree spirits. As soon as the Undead entered the battle, the numerical advantage of the tree spirits vanished. Their attacks were blocked by Zhao Hai.
Yuan felt the pressure on him becoming light. Then he noticed that the tree spirits were being blocked by Zhao Hai"s Undead.
When Yuan saw this, he couldn"t help but stare. Then he shook his long sledgehammer as he looked at the Undead battling the tree spirits. He didn"t expect Zhao Hai to have this many Undead.
Xiong Li and the others also began to relax as they went beside Zhao Hai. Xiong Li patted Zhao Hai"s shoulder and said, "You finally made a move. For a moment there I thought I would be overwhelmed."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly as he pointed towards Sprites who were stunned, then he said, "Now let"s see what they would do. These Sprites certainly have other methods."
Then just as Zhao Hai said that, a person from the Machine Field suddenly cried out pitifully before falling. Zhao Hai stared before his expression changed. Then he waved his hand and released a 1000-layer formation. He sent the attack towards a certain direction. There wasn"t anything in that direction, only air. This caused Xiong Li and the others to be confused.
But at this moment, where there was nothing before, a distortion appeared. Then a transparent character appeared, blocking Zhao Hai"s attack.
It was also at this time that people discovered a wind spirit. The person from the Machine Field fell under this wind spirit"s hand.
Moreover, this was a Sprite"s life source spirit. Therefore, it"s quite strong. If it weren"t for Zhao Hai"s early discovery, then more people from the Machine Field would have been killed.
After the wind spirit blocked Zhao Hai"s blow, its body flickered and disappeared again. Not only could this wind spirit hide from view, it could also block spiritual force from detecting it. Sneak attacks were certainly its strong point.
However, this wind spirit had met its match. Zhao Hai didn"t notice it before so it was able to kill someone. But now that Zhao Hai had noticed its existence, it had already been tagged by the s.p.a.ce. It was already impossible for this wind spirit to sneak attack.
Zhao Hai threw spells one after another, causing the wind spirit to block them all and stopping its attack.
After clas.h.i.+ng with Zhao Hai"s spells multiple times, the wind spirit finally knew that it couldn"t escape Zhao Hai"s attacks. The wind spirit materialized and then waved its hand. This caused wind spirits to appear around Zhao Hai and the others to attack them.
These wind spirits weren"t as formidable as the life source spirit. However, they still had their basic capabilities such as transformation and stealth.
Seeing this, Zhao Hai had to command the Undead to protect his people and also attack the approaching wind spirits. At the same time, Yuan and the others resumed their attacks.
These newly made wind spirits didn"t have the ability to block spiritual force detection. This allowed Yuan and the others to detect them and launch a counter-attack.
The Sprites also resumed their attacks. They began to make a large number of tree spirits to reinforce the wind spirits. Additionally, they also summoned earth spirits. But besides that life source wind spirit, the others kept their life source spirits from making a move.
Seeing the Sprites summon more and more spirits, Zhao Hai would naturally be impolite as he also released more Undead. Both sides launched a full-scale war in the surrounding forested region. Moreover, the scale of the battles became bigger and bigger as more Undead, tree spirits, wind spirits, and earth spirits were being summoned. The situation was escalating as time went by.
At this moment, Zhao Hai as well as the Sprites discovered that the battle had gone out of control. They made such a huge move that it"s certain that they have alarmed the other people in the core battlefield. And both sides don"t have any spare energy to deal with these people.
Now, in the surrounding area, people from the other realms were beginning to congregate. This wasn"t good for the Sprites and Machine Field. If they kept fighting like this, then they would be picked off by the others with very little effort.
Chapter 1289 – Golden Battle Beasts
There were no good people in the Six Realms Battlefield. And it was very hard to see cheap hunts in the core battlefield. If Zhao Hai and the others continued fighting with the Sprites, then it"s certain that the spectators would never let them off.
The Sprites were no fools as well. They were also aware of their present situation. The Sprites dispatched their team in order to kill Liu Zhen. They would only deal with Liu Zhen and nothing else. Yuan coming over was just a bonus. In the eyes of the Sprites, Yuan being here was a good opportunity.
Buddhist Warrior Yuan, Eight-star Li Zhen, these were two people that other realms dreaded. If one of these people were to die, then the Machine Field would suffer a huge blow.
Fifty people versus 200, to the Sprites this was an a.s.sured task. Even if they don"t use their life source spirits, they could still achieve success with no effort.
However, they didn"t expect that there was a remarkable person in the Machine Field"s party. Although the Sprites were summoning endless amounts of tree spirits, they were still blocked by the Undead. Besides that one person that fell in the hands of the wind spirit, the others from the Machine Field were very well defended.
Now that there were so many people spectating, the Sprites knew that if they don"t deal with Zhao Hai soon, then things would become more troublesome.
The lead Sprite turned his head and said, "Gaitt, let everyone fight.. Only when we deal with Yuan and the others will we be safe. We have 200 people. As long as we don"t suffer a lot of losses, those fellows outside wouldn"t dare make a move on us."
There were almost no battalions in the Six Realms Battlefield. At most, teams would consist of 100 people. Teams with 200 people like the Sprites were very rare.
Also, the people from the other realms who were spectating weren"t a lot. Otherwise, they would have already made a move against the Sprites.
The Sprite called Gaitt understood what the lead Sprite said. It was time for them to use their life source spirits. Gaitt immediately sent the order for all the Sprites to let their life source spirits out.
The life source spirits were released and they immediately attacked towards Zhao Hai and the others. Zhao Hai was also paying attention to the moves made by the Sprites. Upon seeing them make a move, he would naturally be impolite. He released another large batch of Undead and he also took his Liquid Silver out. Then Zhao Hai waved his staff and released 12 giant golden beasts.
Each of these golden beasts towered at ten meters high. They were the beasts of the original golden combat suits. These twelve zodiac beasts were strong, but they had been inside Zhao Hai"s staff for a long time. And Zhao Hai judged that now was the correct time to use them.
Once these giant battle beasts were released, all of them roared to life. Zhao Hai waved his hand, sending them towards the Sprites. At the same time, Zhao Hai stopped in front of two tree spirits. These two tree spirits were the life source spirits of the two strongest Sprites present. Both were equivalent to Nascent Soul Experts.
After blocking the two tree spirits from moving, Zhao Hai released a 10,000-layer formation to attack them.
Although these two tree spirits looked like they were dumb, their wisdom wasn"t actually low. Moreover, these two were very well coordinated with each other. One of them threw a punch to scatter Zhao Hai"s magic while the other transformed its arm into a wooden net to pull Zhao Hai in. Zhao Hai released another 10,000-layer formation to block the two spirits" attack.
Because of the Undead, the Sprites still weren"t able to get to Yuan and the others despite releasing a lot of life source spirits. They had no way to proceed. The combat power of the twelve battle beasts were also very extraordinary. The most horrifying thing about these beasts was that they can transform into any kind of beast, allowing them an endless amount of fighting patterns. There were already several life source spirits that were injured by these beasts.
When the Sprites discovered that they still couldn"t get to Yuan and the others despite releasing their life source spirits, they couldn"t help but be shocked. In their minds, as long as they released their life source spirits, then things will be finished in no time. They also didn"t expect the two Nascent Soul life source spirits to be blocked by one person.
And after seeing that several life source spirits were injured, the Sprites finally understood that they wouldn"t be having a great day today.
The lead Sprite looked at Zhao Hai with hatred in his eyes. He knew that the Sprites had already failed their mission. And this failure was because of Zhao Hai. All of the Undead who blocked the tree spirits were all from Zhao Hai. All these golden beasts taking down life source spirits were also from Zhao Hai. And Zhao Hai himself blocked two Nascent Soul life source spirits. He alone made the attack of the Sprites useless. In the elder Sprite"s eyes, Zhao Hai was extremely hateful.
However, they couldn"t do anything to Zhao Hai. Gazes alone couldn"t kill anyone. And since their life source spirits were being blocked by Zhao Hai, they were in a stalemate.
There were more and more people who gathered around the battle. These people were from all the other realms. The Sprites felt that they were standing in the middle of a wolf pack.
At this time, a roar was heard from outside the battlefield. Then a small group rushed towards the Sprites. This group wasn"t very large at only 50 people. And it can be seen that these people were all from the Machine Field. These people came here to see the fight and were hoping to pick up some cheap harvests. But after finding that it was Yuan and the others, they immediately rushed in to rescue.
The sight of this team cemented to the Sprites the idea that it was already impossible to deal with Yuan and the others today. If these people appeared, then more people from the Machine Field would come soon. Although the Sprites had surrounded Yuan and the others, they weren"t in any commanding position at all. Yuan and the others were blocking the attacks very well. It would be very hard to break through their defense in a short time.
The old Sprite"s expression turned ugly. However, he loudly said, "Withdraw. We could no longer deal with them."
The other Sprites were also looking at Zhao Hai with ruthlessness. Then they took back their life source spirits before forming squads and leaving.
But even if the Sprites left, the tree spirits were still a.s.saulting Zhao Hai and the others. They even attacked the approaching people from the Machine Field. Naturally, these tree spirits were set up by the Sprites to tie Zhao Hai and the others down, allowing them safe retreat from the battle.
Zhao Hai didn"t think of pursuing them. Although the Sprites had retreated, their safety wasn"t completely a.s.sured. There were still wolves around them.
The Sprites had great fighting ability, other realms wouldn"t easily attack them. However, n.o.body could say if this still bodes true when motivation exists.
Fortunately, after the Sprites retreated, the tree spirits quickly lost their power and were quickly dealt with by the Undead. No additional casualties appeared among the Machine Field"s people. The additional 50 people were also fine.
Before long, the two groups converged. Zhao Hai didn"t say anything and just took out several bottles of potions and distributed them to everyone. n.o.body held back and immediately took the potion without even knowing what it was.
After everyone drank the potions, Zhao Hai looked at the people surrounding them. Some have already left while the others had yet to make a move.
These people also saw the fight between Machine Field and the Sprites. They couldn"t help admit that they weren"t as strong as the Sprites. If they tried to make a move on Zhao Hai and the others, then they wouldn"t be able to win.
Since they can"t be sure, then they wouldn"t attack. It also needed to be said that two lunatics from the Machine Field were present, Buddhist Warrior Yuan and Eight-star Liu Zhen. These two had already proven that they couldn"t be easily dealt with.
Yuan and Liu Zhen had already been known as lunatics in the Six Realms Battlefield. They weren"t people one could easily fight against. This was especially true for Yuan. People had tried multiple times to kill him but they inevitably failed.
After the group drank their potions, Yuan and Liu Zheng went to Zhao Hai"s side. Yuan looked at Zhao Hai with s.h.i.+ning eyes as he laughed and said, "Good, Little Hai, good job! I didn"t really expect that you would have such a powerful Undead. It seems like you"ve been busy slaughtering people."
Zhao Hai just chuckled and replied, "If it weren"t for these Undead, then how could we get the top 6 in the elimination round? To tell you the truth, we relied on these Undead to kill the bugs back in Fabio Planet."
Upon hearing Zhao Hai, Yuan laughed once more. Meanwhile, Liu Zhen looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Zhao Hai, this Liu Zhen owes you one. If you need anything in the future, then don"t hesitate to come to my place. I"ll try my best to help." Zhao Hai smiled faintly and expressed his grat.i.tude.
Yuan looked at the people slowly retreating as he coldly snorted and said, "These b.a.s.t.a.r.ds, they only came here to get cheap rewards. They aren"t afraid of breaking their teeth. This Yuan was just about to teach them a lesson."
Liu Zhen smiled and said, "Old Yuan, don"t brag too much. You just saw Little Hai"s strength and you want to fight again? I think you should just forget it. Those Sprites wouldn"t just let us off that easily."
Yuan nodded and said, "The Sprites really wanted to deal with the both of us at the same time. It seems like it has been a long time since I beat them up. Their skins must be getting itchy."
Liu Zhen nodded, "We should retaliate, but depending on our present state I"m afraid that would be difficult. Let"s just head back and think about ways to deal with the Sprites."
Yuan shook his head and said, "I"m not too anxious about dealing with the Sprites. I still have something left to do. Hao Donglai just tried to steal our thornweeds. I must go to the Demon territory to vent some anger before heading back."