Chapter 159: Inviting the Venerables to Battle!
In the end, it still happened.
After all, when a Tribulation Crossing cultivator made his move, it was a matter of an instant.
By the time Lu Qingyang acted to intervene, that Sea Flood Dragon Beast had already flipped over, belly to the sky.
And afterward, everything seemed to follow the course of the Simulation.
First, the Sea Clan Patriarch discovered that his illegitimate son, lost to the outside world, was dead.
Finally, he sent his army to the Shore of the East Sea.
The Human Race resisted, and when their resistance failed, the sects reorganized into the Human Race Allied Army.
Thus began six hundred years of darkness.
Six hundred years later, when Lu Qingyang was one thousand one hundred years old.
Command of the Human Race Allied Army was formally handed over to him.
The last Great Vehicle of the Human Race was reduced to ashes.
And he had already reached the peak of Tribulation Crossing.
According to the Simulation’s course, not long after I became the Human Race Grand Marshal, I was surrounded and killed by a host of Sea Clan Great Vehicles.
Except in the Simulation, I escaped with my primordial spirit thanks to the Immortal Artifact Fragment. Right now I have no Immortal Artifact Fragment.
However, that ring, which should have been found when I was eight hundred, has actually been discovered by me now.
Lu Qingyang sat within a large tent, inwardly pondering.
He toyed with an unusual ring in his hand.
Ever since he had chanced upon this wondrous ring, he had been trying to comprehend its purpose.
Yet he had never discovered anything special about it. It seemed only capable of nurturing the primordial spirit.
And the Human Race was now weak, with no strength at all capable of contending against the Sea Clan.
The entire Human Race relied on him alone, a single Tribulation Crossing cultivator, to hold the line.
It seems it’s time to use this pill.
Lu Qingyang’s gaze sharpened. He fished a jade bottle from his robes.
Within the jade bottle was an Ascension Venerable Pill.
No one could have imagined that the Pill-Formation Ceremony back then was the last time the Penglai Sect ever refined an Ascension Venerable Pill.
Hoo… if I can step into the Great Vehicle realm, I should be able to withstand the Sea Clan’s offensive.
But wiping them out completely is also impossible…
Lu Qingyang seemed to recall something. His face was a mixture of uncertainty and turmoil, and for a time he sank into thought.
Forget it. I’ll take it one step at a time. In any case, if this Return to True can bring this Ascension Venerable Pill back, it won’t be a loss.
At this thought, Lu Qingyang hesitated no longer. He opened the jade bottle and swallowed the Ascension Venerable Pill.
“BOOM!!!”
A terrifying pressure instantly burst from within Lu Qingyang’s body, causing the surrounding temperature to plummet several times over.
And behind Lu Qingyang, a long illusory silhouette vaguely emerged.
The silhouette was lifelike, as if it were a living thing.
Moreover, endless starlight swirled around the silhouette, making it appear quite mysterious.
Lu Qingyang closed his eyes, carefully sensing the changes within his body.
A formidable power surged and roared through his meridians, ceaselessly washing over Lu Qingyang’s physical body.
Arcs of electricity coiled around his skin from time to time, making him look as though he had donned a robe of lightning.
“Boom!!”
Lu Qingyang felt the power within his body like a volcanic eruption, surging and roaring through his meridians.
In that instant, the entire sky turned dim.
His aura also soared rapidly.
“Crack!!”
Before long, Lu Qingyang opened his eyes.
A formidable momentum radiated from his body.
“Great Vehicle!”
Lu Qingyang felt this power and could not help but clench his fist.
Now he was the Human Race’s last Great Vehicle!
Next, as long as I can deal the Sea Clan one heavy blow, perhaps things will take a turn.
In the midst of his breakthrough, Lu Qingyang had suddenly thought of an excellent plan.
That was: why did the Sea Clan have to be exterminated?
As long as they were driven back into the sea and their clan was left alive, then after he ascended in the future, the Sea Clan of the Upper Realm might not necessarily come looking for trouble with him!
Or alternatively, if he could deal the Sea Clan of this realm one heavy blow, or beat them into submission once, then things could be mediated!
The more Lu Qingyang thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. And so, he decided to set out at once.
“Swoosh!”
In the next moment, Lu Qingyang vanished from the large tent.
He was going to conscript all the Human Race’s top formation masters, to prepare a painful strike against the Sea Clan!
…
As the war between the Human Race and the Sea Clan continued.
The fighting on both sides could now rarely escalate into large-scale battles.
Most were skirmishes of several hundred, even a thousand, cultivators.
One day, Lu Qingyang instructed his subordinates in advance to spread the word that a supreme treasure would emerge in a certain location.
And so, the news quickly spread throughout the entire Sea Clan’s territory. Various factions dispatched their powerhouses, converging from all sides.
Within a valley, countless Sea Clan cultivators stared at the majestic Secret Realm formation before them, all believing the treasure was inside.
“Hahahaha! This treasure belongs to my Merfolk Clan! Nobody is allowed to compete with me!”
“Bullshit! This treasure was clearly discovered by my Sea Horse Clan first!”
“What right does your Sea Horse Clan have to say that? This Secret Realm belongs to my Merfolk Clan! It was my Merfolk Clan that discovered it!”
“…”
Several Sea Clan Great Vehicles crowded in the mountain hollow, cursing endlessly.
The other Sea Clan members, seeing this, dared not intervene, and could only watch.
But seeing that arguing on like this would not determine a winner.
One Great Vehicle had no choice but to speak up and mediate.
“Fellow Daoists, why don’t we first break this Secret Realm and see what treasure is inside? If it suits us, we can discuss how to divide it then, how about that?”
Hearing this, the others all nodded in agreement.
After all, none of them were fools.
There were several Great Vehicles here. Even if they fought, no victor could be decided.
They might even let the Human Race snatch the advantage for nothing.
Better to first see exactly what kind of treasure it was, then discuss how to divide it.
And so, these several Great Vehicles each unleashed their methods, launching an assault on the Secret Realm.
“Boom!!”
The grand formation was struck, and a terrifying might swept outward.
Instantly, the entire Secret Realm quaked.
Countless fragments of stone rolled down.
“Hm?!”
“This Secret Realm is indeed extraordinary. It actually withstood our attacks!”
A Great Vehicle exclaimed in surprise.
The force they had dispatched this time was truly considerable.
There were as many as eight Great Vehicle cultivators alone.
This force was enough to walk unhindered across this realm!
“Hmph! How extraordinary can it be? Just keep blasting it!”
A Sea Clan Great Vehicle let out a cold laugh.
As his words fell, he waved his palm.
Instantly, terrifying thunderforce descended from the sky.
The thunder was like a Flood Dragon, baring its fangs and claws, tearing at space as it slammed toward the Secret Realm.
“Boom!!”
With a tremendous crash, a piercing light burst forth in the sky.
Yet the Secret Realm remained completely unharmed.
“How could that possibly be?”
“Again! Everyone together!”
With that, the eight Great Vehicles joined forces, unleashing their power and blasting toward the Secret Realm.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
A series of explosions, and the entire space trembled violently.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
But fortunately, the Secret Realm’s formation finally could not withstand such a massive assault, and collapsed.
“Hahahaha!!”
Seeing this, the Sea Clan Great Vehicles were all ecstatic.
But who could have known that just as everyone was about to step forward and take a look, a figure suddenly appeared within their divine sense.
“Hm? Someone’s there!”
“How could that possibly be!”
“Could someone have beaten us to it?!”
“…”
At this sight, those Sea Clan Great Vehicles all stared for a moment, then flew into a rage!
And at this moment, a figure in blue robes also stepped out from the thick smoke.
Lu Qingyang looked at the eight Great Vehicles in the sky and the Sea Clan filling the heavens, straightened his back, clasped his fists, and spoke in a low voice.
“Human Race, Lu Qingyang, has waited here to invite you all to battle!”