Chapter 1625: Crisis Of The Giants
The most logical decision at this time would be for Lu Yin to step back and hand Wen Diyi over to the Wen family and agree to have the Wen family hold the Sword Sect back so that they could not rush into the Cosmic Sea and partic.i.p.ate in the fight. Doing that as soon as possible would be the best decision given the current circ.u.mstances, but that was only when considering their current situation. However, Liu Qianjue and Wen Zizai were both unaware that the person behind everything was very likely the Xia family’s Xia Ji.
The Xia family had triggered this war, and everything had been initiated because of secrets that they were privy to that no one else knew about. How could the matter be resolved so easily? Even if the Sword Sect and the Wen family did not get involved, there was no way that this war would not escalate to the point that even Eversky Island and the Seven Courts would be forced to partic.i.p.ate.
The final stage of this ma.s.sive war had already been laid out long ago.
“Alliance Leader Lu, have you considered this matter?” Wen Zizai asked. He was utterly confident in his demands, as nearly everyone would agree with his proposition. The Wen family would hold the Sword Sect back as part of the deal, and if one were to look at the overall impact of things, giving up just Wen Diyi alone would be able to free up two Envoys to support Highsage Leon, and simultaneously prevent three of even for Envoys from moving against Leon’s Armada. This was an excellent bargain.
“Senior, if the Wen family wishes to obtain Wen Diyi, then it must be on my terms. If you hold the Sword Sect back, I abandon my demand for the painting of the Mountains and Seas and simply look at it at your Wen family’s home planet. If you can’t agree to even this, then you can forget about ever getting your hands on Wen Diyi for as long as you live.”
Lu Yin hung up the moment he finished speaking.
Wen Zizai was left in a daze; what had just happened? He looked over Dean Han, who was also in a state of shock. Neither one had expected Lu Yin to completely reject the offer.
“He actually rejected us,” Wen Zizai muttered in disbelief.
Dean Han’s eyes narrowed in suspicion. “He must have some sort of backup plan.”
Wen Zizai’s fingers started trembling, and he began contemplating the possibility of joining hands with the Sword Sect and traveling to the Cosmic Sea.
“Tread carefully and keep a close eye on Lu Yin and the entire Outerverse. There’s a high chance that he has someone else supporting him,” Dean Han warned.
“But it’s also possible that he’s merely trying to intimidate me. He’s gambling, and he could be counting on the fact that I can’t do without Wen Diyi and that because of that I won’t dare fight him,” Wen Zizai muttered under his breath.
Dean Han stared at Wen Zizai. “In that case, are you willing to risk challenging him?”
Wen Zizai’s face twitched at hearing the question. Did he dare do it? Untold years had pa.s.sed since anyone had asked him such a question. Who possessed the ability to cause him, the almighty Wen Zizai, hesitate with his actions? Who dared gamble with him? However, there really was a young man at the moment who had the capabilities and the daring to do just that.
This was a bet that Wen Zizai could not afford to lose, as if he did, he would become an outcast who would be condemned by the entire Wen family for all eternity.
Wen Zizai was unafraid of death, but there was one thing that scholars like him all feared, which was having their name go down in history as a synonym for infamy. If he took this bet and lost, it was possible that his Wen family would lose their position as one of the top powers of the Innerverse, and they would likely lose any opportunity to ever enter the Neoverse. Did he dare take this bet?
Seeing Wen Zizai’s apprehension, Dean Han shook his head. The moment one hesitated, it already became clear that they lacked the courage to do something. To think that the ruler of one of the eight great flowzones, the mighty Wen family and their distinguished patriarch, would end up being toyed with by a mere youth! Was the Wen family pitiable, or was that young man simply too terrifying?
Lu Yin did not put much thought into the ultimatum he gave to Wen Zizai, and it was because he genuinely did have a backup plan. He picked up his gadget and called someone: Ming Yan.
There was one type of humans that was the most pathetic, which were those who knew they were being used, and yet could do nothing aside from continue letting themselves be used. Lu Yin was such a person.
Shaman G.o.d’s doll had told Lu Yin that the Aeternals wanted to use Lu Yin’s ident.i.ty as the heir of the Lu family to incite the greatest civil war humankind had ever seen in order to weaken all of humanity. Shaman G.o.d had even clearly laid the plan out for Lu Yin, and yet there was still nothing he could do to extricate himself from the situation. War would eventually break out, because the Perennial World’s four ruling powers would never spare Lu Yin, even if he was unwilling to fight them.
However, Shaman G.o.d had also clearly underestimated Lu Yin’s schemes. He was willing to be used because he had no other option, but since he was unable to remove himself from the Aeternals’ plan, Lu Yin had found another means to get by: that of mutual exploitation.
He called Ming Yan via Bu Laoweng’s gadget in order to ask the Neohuman Alliance for their help.
The Seven Dark Towers of Aeternus Nation would always stand tall. This was an immutable fact that had been true from the dawn of time. Those towers represented the supreme Seven SkyG.o.ds of the Neohuman Alliance, and Mr. Feng was someone whose importance place him directly below the Seven SkyG.o.ds. Not only was Mr. Feng Aeternus Nation’s custodian, he was also the Seven SkyG.o.ds’ spokesperson, as well as the one who held control of Aeterna, the list of traitors.
Mr. Feng was the one who always gave Bu Laoweng his orders.
As for the war in the Cosmic Sea, naturally the Neohuman Alliance had immediately received news about it, and Mr. Feng had been following the developments quite closely. Suddenly, his gadget began to beep, and he answered the call request after seeing who it was.
“Mr. Feng.” Bu Laoweng’s voice came through the call.
Mr. Feng’s brows furrowed. “Did you forget your manners?”
“No sir, I haven’t forgotten. But I have an urgent report for you, Mr. Feng.”
“Speak.”
“Lu Yin reached out to me and told me to do whatever I can to stop the council’s decision regarding Leon’s Armada from being carried out and to have Azure Mansion join the war in the Cosmic Sea. He’s clearly worried and he’s already used up everything at his disposal.”
Mr. Feng frowned. “Is it that bad?”
Bu Laoweng sighed. “The fact that Lu Yin asked me to send our forces into the war is proof enough. Leon’s Armada is his sharpest blade, and once he loses it, he’ll be left with practically nothing. Even if he had the ambition to do so, it would be nearly impossible for him to build his strength back up and make a comeback in the future. I previously received orders to support Lu Yin to the best of my abilities in any way possible, so I figured that Lu Yin was probably someone we treat as one of us. This is why I wanted to consult with Mr. Feng on what to regarding his request for help.”
Mr. Feng replied, “I understand how things are right now, but you don’t need to do anything.”
The custodian then quickly hung up after speaking and then turned round and headed straight towards Shaman G.o.d’s black tower.
Only a short bit of time pa.s.sed before Mr. Feng reemerged and sent out orders to all of the corpse kings in the Innerverse, Cosmic Sea, and any that were close to Cosmic Sea. All of them were ordered to join the war in the Cosmic Sea and launch attacks simultaneously on Leon’s Armada, the Ignition Crew, and ChaosG.o.d Mountain. Naturally, they were to try their best to minimize any damage done to Leon’s Armada, and their attacks were to mostly target the Ignition Crew, the Longevity Brigade, and ChaosG.o.d Mountain.
Lu Yin stared off into the distance. He was vaguely able to feel the energy of a major battle. Many experts and groups had been dragged into this battle that was only second to Fifth Mainland’s efforts to stop the Sixth Mainland in the Cosmic Sea during the invasion. If even a single wrong step was taken, the entire plan would result in total failure. There was one thing that Bu Laoweng had been completely accurate about, which was that if Leon’s Armada were destroyed, Lu Yin would have to trash all of his plans that he had concocted against the Innerverse, the Cosmic Sea, and even the Neoverse because he simply would no longer possess the necessary foundation and power.
There were many different events occurring throughout the Fifth Mainland at this time. There was also the war in Blazing Mist Flowzone between the Ross Empire and the sylvan dragons. The war in the Cosmic Sea had already become a muddle mess that involved nearly all of the top powers of the Cosmic Sea. Also, Giant Consortium’s connection to Leon’s Armada had caused the Expeditionary Forces to be sent out against the company.
The Expeditionary Forces were not a military that was permanently stationed in a single location. They were the Hall of Honor’s primary sword to be used within the Fifth Mainland. Coincidentally, when they had been contacted by Overseer Cong Ying, they had already been in the Innerverse.
By the time that Lu Yin had connected with Ming Yan, the Expeditionary Forces had already reached Giant Consortium.
Who would have expected that the Expeditionary Forces would suddenly appear and attack Giant Consortium? The rage of war had already enveloped all of the planets under the company’s control, and even though not all of the Expeditionary Forces’ members were partic.i.p.ating, in fact, only half of their soldiers were present, they still presented a force to be reckoned with. They had more than 1,500 Explorers, twenty Hunters, more than a few Enlighters, as well as Xi Gu. The military’s commander was actually an Envoy.
The tribe of colossal giants were more than capable of going up against the Expeditionary Forces’ cultivators, with the exception of Xi Gu, but his presence alone made things more than the giants could handle.
After a planet exploded, Qing Kong gritted his teeth and ordered, “Open fire.”
The moment the words left his mouth, all of the planets within Giant Consortium’s territory all began firing beams of light that formed a net of attacks that encompa.s.sed the entire area and attacked the Expeditionary Forces.
At the same time, another colossal giant entered s.p.a.ce and charged towards the Expeditionary Forces to slaughter their soldiers.
The soldiers were taken by surprise, as none of them had expected to encounter such a large number of powerful colossal giants. They had suffered horrible losses right from the start of the battle, as Chen Jian alone was able to suppress everyone in the Expeditionary Forces aside from Xi Gu.
Xi Gu emerged from the true universe, looked over at Chen Jian, and raised a hand. Flecks of white and gray started to appear over his palm, and when he struck out, each of the flecks shot through the void and struck Chen Jian’s body. The giant was stunned, and could not figure out what had just happened. The gray and white flecks suddenly became unbearably hot before finally boring through his body.
Chen Jian screamed in pain, and his ma.s.sive body fell towards a planet.
From behind Xi Gu, Chen Ling threw a punch at the Envoy. The giant’s battle power exceeded 400,000, which placed him second to only the tribe’s chief, Chen Huang. Chen Ling certainly had the strength and ability to fight against an ordinary Envoy, but only an average Envoy.
As the commander of the Hall of Honor"s Expeditionary Forces, how could Xi Gu be an average Envoy? He had been an Honor Chosen when young, and had started defeating various opponents after becoming the Expeditionary Forces’ commander. Even though he had not become widely renowned, that had only been because the Hall of Honor had deliberately manipulated matters to ensure that he remained somewhat unknown. He had survived countless battles, and was far from lacking power vessels.
Xi Gu"s power as an Envoy was more than enough to suppress Chen Ling, but the commander had no intention of facing the giant directly. Instead, he took a power vessel out from his cosmic ring and used it to strike Chen Ling down in an instant. Suddenly, dozens of colossal giants stood tall above the nearby planets, each one prepared to smash Xi Gu.
Xi Gu looked around. "Overseer Cong Ying"s concerns were valid; with so many colossal giants in hiding here, we would deal with trouble from them sooner or later."
Xi Gu then took out another power vessel, and he slaughtered the colossal giants one after another. It was not long before the corpses of hundreds of colossal giants drifted through s.p.a.ce. Still, the Expeditionary Forces had sustained even greater losses, as they had lost hundreds of cultivators. Many of Giant Consortium"s planets had been destroyed, and Qing Kong"s line of the technological giants had also sustained hundreds of deaths.
"Expeditionary Forces, full retreat!" Xi Gu ordered. He looked out at the numerous corpses of his cultivators that littered s.p.a.ce, and he clenched his fists in rage. He had let his guard down this time. He had believed that he would be able to easily exterminate Giants Conglomerate, but who could have known that the hidden colossal giants were so incredibly powerful? If he had known of their existence, he would never have launched a direct attack. The Expeditionary Forces had other methods to deal with such things.
“I’ll handle this on my own and destroy all of these colossal giants,” Xi Gu vowed with a cold glint in his eyes.
All of a sudden, the void around him began to distort, and a whirlpool that released a terrifying energy appeared above him.
Xi Gu looked up, and his pupils shrank; was this a stellular tribulation?
There was no one in all of Giant Consortium who could stand up to an Envoy like Xi Gu, so their only hope was Chen Huang.
Chen Huang had already been confident of holding his own against ordinary Envoys given the fact that he was a colossal giant, but he did not have the confidence of taking his tribe with him and allowing everyone to escape. He was not even confident that he would be able to escape himself without Xi Gu pursuing him. Xi Gu was clearly not some average Envoy, so Chen Huang had been left with no choice but to a.s.similate with Ku Wei’s blood in order to strengthen himself and remove the shackles of his own bloodline. He needed the power of an Envoy.
In the presence of a stellular tribulation, even Xi Gu had no other choice but to pull back, as the only other option would be to directly face the tribulation head on.
Chen Huang’s stellular tribulation was truly terrifying. After all, he was a colossal giant. The size of this stellular tribulation had already become much larger than that of a regular human. The tribulation encompa.s.sed the entire region belonging to Giant Consortium, and it then spread out to cover the Expeditionary Forces as well.
The Expeditionary Forces retreated again and again, staring at the tribulation in utter shock.
Chen Huang looked up to take measure of the situation. There was a somber expression on his face. As the stellular tribulation took form, a mountain slowly appeared above him. It was majestic and it towered over him and moved to crash into him.
The giant roared in rage and lifted both arms up to aggressively retaliate against the giant mountain in an attempt to hold it back. Right after that, another mountain appeared and merged with the first one. The combined weight increased exponentially, and it caused both of Chen Huang’s arms to tremble and swell. His veins popped out across his skin, and his skin flushed blood-red as both of his eyes bulged.
Then, a third mountain suddenly appeared.
Xi Gu heaved a sigh of relief as he watched Chen Huang’s struggle from afar. Fortunately, it looked like the giant would not be able to survive his stellular tribulation. Colossal giants did not train in any battle techniques, which meant that they were practically unable to survive any stellular tribulation.
Ku Wei was also watching everything from a distance. He was on top of Chen Ji’s shoulder, and Ku Wei shouted at the top of his lungs, “Bear with it! You must push through!”
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