Of the twenty Earthen Immortals, only three managed to escape. As for the two Immortal artifacts, the ice mirror and ice lance, Chen Feng used the Longevity Tower to gobble them up. He broke them into pieces and absorbed the grand dao powers and immortal laws within them. Naturally, Chen Feng also brought out a portion of those to share with Heavenly Sword Faction. That portion was absorbed by the Moon Sword Palace.
As for how many of Transcendent Wave Sect"s cultivators were killed, Chen Feng had no interest in inquiring. After finis.h.i.+ng off the Earthen Immortals, Chen Feng stopped taking action. Killing off Human Immortals and Sky Human stage cultivators would truly be going overboard for him.
Eternal World"s side had won this battle. Thus, a ma.s.sive crack appeared high up in the sky and streams of spiritual energy surged out from it. Once again, it was the spiritual energy from the Immortal Plane. However, this was different from the previous one. This time, the spiritual energy was of a higher grade. The streams of spiritual energy aside, there were also transparent talismans flowing within them, constantly flas.h.i.+ng with light. One of the talismans entered the body of a Sky Human stage cultivator"s body. Next, his aura shook and he howled skywards. Surprisingly, his cultivation base had risen by one level.
In the beginning, there were only the talismans mixed in. Later on, however, white flowers appeared as well. Like the talismans, the white flowers were formed from pure energy. They even contained within them some immortal laws.
It lasted for one joss stick"s worth of time. In the end, the spatial crack disappeared. Practically every one of the cultivators from Heavenly Sword Faction and East Dragon Island had managed to benefit from this. A portion of them managed to advance to the next level on the spot.
“Heavenly Flowers. Tsk, tsk, this is the benefit? This is the reason why so many cultivators wanted to come here? It"s just some flowers. Aren"t they too stingy here?” There was a slight look of ridicule on Chen Feng"s face. He had not collected the immortal energy or Heavenly Flowers. That said, the cultivators from East Dragon Island did gain quite a lot from this.
“Elder Chen, are the Heavenly Flowers not good enough for you?” Immortal Daybreak came, a smile on his face.
“That"s not it. The main reason for that is that my recent state makes it unsuitable for me to absorb them. Besides, the amount of spiritual energy and Heavenly Flowers is quite small. If I absorb them, the others will not be able to get any,” Chen Feng said smilingly.
“Makes sense. Back then, it is all thanks to Elder Chen"s actions, otherwise our Heavenly Sword Faction will surely suffer from a serious loss,” Immortal Daybreak said, a lingering note of fear in his tone.
That was true. If it weren"t for Chen Feng, who utilized several Immortal artifacts, the 20 Earthen Immortals alone would have been able to inflict terrible damage upon them.
“You overpraise me. This is not just Heavenly Sword Faction"s battle. Rather, East Dragon Island and Heavenly Sword Faction are allies in this fight.”
“Ha ha, my bad.”
Heavenly Sword Faction"s side managed to emerge victorious, obtaining the Heavenly Flower Talismans as a result. At the same time, they were also given one month"s time to recover. During that time, the other cultivators were not allowed to attack Heavenly Sword Faction.
This coincided with Chen Feng"s desire. He could make use of this one month to improve his subordinates" strength. As for Chen Feng, he displayed a secret soul technique, allowing his divine sense to wander up to millions of li. He observed everything that was happening within the battlefield elsewhere. At times, Chen Feng would simply leave. Only, he would quickly return.
Through his scanning efforts, Chen Feng managed to see cultivators from many sects. However, he never found those from Absolute Academy. By utilizing a Communication Talisman, he then found out that Absolute Academy"s army was billions of li away from his location.
Every time Chen Feng utilized the secret soul technique, he would end up feeling somewhat exhausted after that. It used up a serious amount of essence, energy and soul power. After recovering from each use, however, his soul power would increase. Although this increase was not that obvious, it was enough to make Chen Feng elated. The cultivation of the soul was much harder than the cultivation of the fleshly body, after all.
And so, one month went by. Chen Feng"s soulflame grew several notches stronger. Only, there were still some ways to go before it could reach the vital flame stage. Upon successfully cultivating up to the vital flame stage, the vitality within Chen Feng would multiply. His life force would grow stronger and his essence, energy and soul power would reach greater heights as well. Even his rate of cultivation would rise greatly. Most importantly, after reaching the vital flame stage, he would be able to reincarnate himself. The imprint of his primary spirit upon his soul will not be wiped away.
After the one month was over, the commanders received the orders from the Immortal Plane once more.
As a result, an odd expression came upon both Chen Feng and Immortal Daybreak"s faces. That was particularly so for Chen Feng. The corners of his lips curled into a smile.
“Elder Chen, if I may, what are you to do next?” Since witnessing Chen Feng"s abilities, Immortal Daybreak had come to truly respect Chen Feng. This was the respect that one would show to the strong.
“It"s interesting. Next up, East Dragon Island will be joining forces with Warlord Pavilion.” Chen Feng chuckled.
“Our Heavenly Sword Faction"s designated partner is also a very interesting one. Heartless Heaven Sect.” Immortal Daybreak shook his head as he sighed lightly.
Back when Chen Feng had first stepped foot into the Central Plains, he ended up with something of an enmity with the cultivators from Warlord Pavilion. As for Heavenly Sword Faction, they were constantly at war with those two sects. Rather, Chen Feng himself had partic.i.p.ated in the war.
“Looks like the Immortal Plane deliberately arranged this. This time, our opponents are from Profound Origin World. Heh! Profound Origin World"s strength is slightly stronger compared to our Eternal World.”
“Our opponents are from Median World. They are even stronger. This is troubling.” Immortal Daybreak"s face took on a highly sombre look.
Profound Origin World, Median World and Primal World. Of all the partic.i.p.ants in this Planar Battlefield, the foundation and strength of these three worlds were above Eternal World. That said, Eternal World was relatively older. If it weren"t for that, it would not have been called Eternal World.
Although the cultivators from Heavenly Sword Faction were arrogant, they were not reckless. In their previous battle against Icy Frost World"s Transcendent Wave Sect, they had only narrowly avoided a terrible loss. And now, they were up against an even stronger Median World. They had zero confidence in winning this battle.
“This is interesting. I wonder, will I end up meeting some old acquaintances?”
Next up, Chen Feng continued chatting with Immortal Daybreak for a moment. After that, East Dragon Island"s army and Heavenly Sword Faction"s army went their separate ways as the cultivators from East Dragon Island went forward to meet up with Warlord Pavilion"s army.
One day later, Chen Feng met up with the cultivators from Warlord Pavilion. Upon meeting up, both sides revealed hypocritical smiles. There was no way to tell what both sides were thinking. Moreover, their meeting was not a joyously smooth one.
The reason for that was a few familiar faces.
“Greetings, Island Lord Chen. How have you been?” Young Master Tianhen, Zhan Tianhen, stepped forward and said smilingly. Only, the light flas.h.i.+ng off his eyes was extremely cold.
“Tsk, tsk. Isn"t this the famed Young Master Tianhen?” Chen Feng chuckled, revealing a very sincere-looking smile.
“After just such a short time, you have actually reached the mid-level Human Immortal stage. You can already be considered as a top-tier talent. Only, this is a battlefield. It is very dangerous. If you are not careful, you might die here. Won"t that be a terrible waste?” Chen Feng continued.
“Ha ha ha! There is no need for Island Lord Chen to worry about me. I dare not call myself a top-tier talent. In fact, I am a far cry compared to Island Lord Chen. As I recall, when I first met you, you were only at Sky Human stage cultivator. After just a few years, you"ve managed to establish such a big territory. Truth be told, Island Lord Chen truly befits the t.i.tle of top-tier talent,” Zhan Tianhen responded coolly.
As the two of them were exchanging hypocritical smiles, two insidious auras moved forward, exerting a corrosive effect on Chen Feng. However, Chen Feng easily unravelled them.
“The Warlord Pavilion are the descendants of the Warlord, after all. To think that you fellows would be more proficient in such insidious moves,” Chen Feng then said smilingly.
“What did you say?” Several of the cultivators there shouted. A few of them stepped forward. From their words, it appeared that they wanted to have a fight with Chen Feng.
Chen Feng pondered the issue. The number of men and force that East Dragon Island possessed were indeed inferior to Warlord Pavilion. Should Chen Feng refrain from doing anything to deter them, his side would likely face even more troubles.
Thus, with a ridiculing smile on his face, Chen Feng fired out streams of light from his eyes. The ten or so Human Immortals who were standing before him quivered as a result and they all fell prey to an illusion. When a formidable wave of energy swept forward to unravel the illusion, the Human Immortals fell to their b.u.t.tocks, Zhan Tianhen included. Every one of them were soaked in sweat and they felt mentally exhausted. Even their strength felt drained from them and they all cast horrified looks at Chen Feng.
“Does Warlord Pavilion only have this kind of ability?” Chen Feng said coolly, an undisguised look of contempt in his eyes.
“Get your Warlord Pavilion"s decision makers to come meet me. As for you small fries, just scram far away.” After saying that, Chen Feng took a step forward and energy waves surged out from his body, sending all the Human Immortals in his path flying as a result.
Zhan Tianhen clenched his teeth as rage surged out from his heart. His eyes glared resentfully at Chen Feng, but he dared not attack. All he could do was to secretly hate Chen Feng, hoping that he would one day be able to kill off Chen Feng.
“Humph! You should know your place. How unbecoming!” Chen Feng then scoffed. Hearing that, the cultivators from Warlord Pavilion there all felt so infuriated that ended up puking blood.
Better to be killed than humiliated. Instantly, some of them had wanted to charge forward to go all out against Chen Feng.
“Hold up!”
Thankfully for them, someone else from Warlord Pavilion appeared. A total of four peak-level Human Immortals came out to receive Chen Feng.
“Hey, just these four? They are only barely pa.s.sable in my eyes.” Chen Feng"s display was practically as irritating as one could possibly be.
“Island Lord Chen, please come in,” one of the peak-level Human Immortals said smilingly.
Looking at the majestic palace that they were pointing him into, Chen Feng chuckled before walking straight in, not fearful that they would try and scheme against him. Seeing his display of courage, the four peak-level Human Immortals nodded.
Regardless of what their relations.h.i.+p was like, Chen Feng was truly a talent. It was not just Warlord Pavilion. Even for the other forces in the world of cultivation, whenever the name Chen Feng was brought up, they would put some respect on that name. It was the name of a genius.
The four peak-level Human Immortals" names were Zhan Xiao, Zhan Hun, Zhan Lu and Zhan Ming. As they led Chen Feng into the palace, a slightly insidious look flashed across their eyes.
“Island Lord Chen, please sit.”
“Fellows, no need for formalities. If you have something to say, just say it. There is no need to waste so much time” Chen Feng casually sat down on a chair made from the hide of a yao beast. He did not bother with formalities himself as he reached out to grab a fruit before tossing it up and down.
“Island Lord Chen sure likes to get to the point quickly. This time, our two armies will be joining up to deal with Profound Origin World. I believe that Island Lord Chen must have some knowledge about Profound Origin World,” Zhan Ming was the first to speak up.
“I do. The forces from Profound Origin World are very weak and scattered. They will not be able to take a hit. When the time comes, we can just swarm forward and kill them off.” After saying that, Chen Feng then chomped down forcefully on the fruit.