Kekuatan guntur Long Chen bagaikan tentakel. Mayat apa pun yang terbungkus kekuatan gunturnya akan tertarik masuk ke ruang primal chaos.
Meski Lei Linger masih memurnikan pedang-pedang hitam yang tersegel di mata kirinya, itu tidak menghalanginya menggunakan kekuatan guntur. Kekuatan guntur ini mungkin tidak cukup kuat untuk melawan ahli sungguhan, tapi lebih dari cukup untuk menyedot mayat-mayat ke dalam ruang primal chaos.
Melihat Long Chen mengumpulkan begitu banyak mayat dalam sekejap membuat para ahli di atas tembok terkesiap. Meski semua orang memiliki ruang astral, ruang itu bukan untuk menyimpan mayat. Ruang astral dipandang sebagai tanah suci oleh kebanyakan orang, dan mayat-mayat ini akan menulari mereka dengan qi spiritual kematian. Itu bisa memengaruhi keberuntungan karma mereka, bahkan mungkin memperpendek umur mereka.
Oleh sebab itu, para ahli dunia abadi memang memiliki ruang astral, tapi mereka juga memiliki cincin ruang atau kantong spasial untuk menyimpan barang.
Namun benda-benda penyimpan spasial itu punya batas kapasitas. Mengingat betapa besarnya mayat-mayat ini, tidak akan muat banyak sebelum penuh.
Adapun cincin ruang kualitas tertinggi, harganya sangat mahal. Orang jarang menghabiskan uang untuk hal semewah itu. Mungkin hanya ada sepuluh sampai dua puluh benda semacam itu di Prefektur Ying karena biasanya tidak lebih berguna dibanding cincin ruang biasa.
Setelah serangan terakhir, cincin-cincin ruang yang dipakai orang untuk menampung mayat-mayat ini kini hampir penuh semua. Biasanya mayat-mayat itu dibuang ke suatu padang belantara. Jika tidak, bahkan dengan mengabaikan pembusukannya, baunya akan sangat menjijikkan. Kalau tidak dipindahkan, baunya saja bisa membuat rakyat jelata Prefektur Ying tersedak.
Long Chen terbang melintasi tembok, mengumpulkan semua mayat. Medan perang seketika bersih.
Saat orang lain terkejut, Long Chen justru senang. Mayat-mayat ini dengan cepat menyuburkan Pohon-Pohon Ilahi Fondasi Kayu. Pohon-pohon itu perlahan pulih. Bahan obat yang mati pun kembali hidup dan tumbuh subur.
Tribulasinya telah menunjukkan betapa pentingnya Pohon-Pohon Ilahi Fondasi Kayu itu. Kalau pohon-pohon itu cukup kuat, mengapa ia harus terpaksa mengambil risiko menggunakan Mata Api Penyucian-nya? Selama ia bisa bertahan cukup lama, Lei Linger perlahan akan berhasil melahap petir hitam itu.
Long Chen tidak suka perasaan ketika semua kartu trufnya terpakai habis. Ia lebih suka semuanya berada dalam kendalinya karena keberuntungannya selalu kurang baik. Ia tidak suka berjudi, jadi ia hanya bisa mempercayai kekuatannya sendiri.
Pohon-Pohon Ilahi Fondasi Kayu adalah perlindungan terbesarnya. Ia harus berusaha sebaik mungkin untuk menyuburkannya sebanyak mungkin.
Setelah mengumpulkan mayat-mayat itu, Long Chen berdiri di udara, mengawasi medan perang. Sebagian besar Banteng Buaya Laut Dalam telah tewas. Tidak akan lama lagi sebelum sisanya musnah.
Seiring Banteng Buaya Laut Dalam tewas, pasukan para ahli Prefektur Ying mulai berganti posisi. Para ahli Empat Puncak biasa melangkah masuk ke medan perang.
Tanpa ancaman Banteng Buaya Laut Dalam, para ahli lainnya bisa ikut bertarung. Mengingat betapa luasnya medan perang ini, tidak bisa hanya diserahkan pada para ahli papan atas saja. Mereka perlu waktu untuk memulihkan diri. Kalau tidak, pertempuran yang terus-menerus akan menguras kekuatan mereka, dan jika terjadi sesuatu yang tak terduga, mereka takkan mampu menanganinya.
Para ahli itu adalah kekuatan inti medan perang. Mereka harus dilindungi. Oleh karena itu, di medan perang, selalu para prajurit tingkat menengah dan bawah yang menderita kerugian paling berat. Tidak ada cara untuk menghindarinya. Inilah kekejaman sebuah pertempuran.
Waktu berlalu sedikit demi sedikit. Setelah enam jam, para iblis laut masih belum menunjukkan tanda-tanda berhenti. Semakin banyak dari mereka yang keluar dari kedalaman.
"Long Chen, sebaiknya kau suruh Qin Feng dan Bai Xiaole istirahat sebentar. Iblis laut biasanya menyerang selama tiga hari berturut-turut. Skala serangan kali ini terbilang besar, jadi mungkin akan berlangsung lebih lama lagi. Mereka sudah menghabiskan separuh energi fisiknya. Mereka butuh istirahat." Luo Xue dan yang lainnya kembali ke sisi Long Chen dengan tubuh berlumuran darah.
Mereka sudah mencoba mengatakan ini langsung kepada Qin Feng dan Bai Xiaole, tapi keduanya menolak mendengarkan, terutama Bai Xiaole. Ia terlalu senang dengan kendalinya atas para iblis laut ini.
"Biarkan saja kalian istirahat. Tidak perlu mempedulikan mereka. Tidak akan ada bahaya," kata Long Chen. Ia punya perhitungannya sendiri soal Bai Xiaole dan Qin Feng.
"Tapi yang satu itu…" Luo Xue menatap Xu Zixiong yang berteriak bahkan lebih keras daripada iblis laut itu sendiri, namun tak lebih dari beberapa ekor yang berhasil dibunuhnya. Ia paling mengkhawatirkan pemuda itu.
Dia benar-benar bodoh. Bahkan dengan segala kekuatannya, ia tidak tahu cara menggunakannya dengan benar. Xu Zixiong datang bersama Long Chen dan yang lainnya. Sementara itu, Qin Feng membunuh para Banteng Buaya Laut Dalam itu hanya dengan satu tebasan pedang lebarnya. Setelah mereka tewas, ia membunuh gerombolan iblis laut lainnya dengan setiap ayunan.
Adapun Bai Xiaole, lebih tidak perlu dikatakan lagi. Ia mengendalikan para iblis laut dan mengarahkan mereka untuk saling membunuh. Itu bahkan lebih mengejutkan.
Sebagai perbandingan, Xu Zixiong sangatlah lemah. Ia tidak bisa menandingi Qin Feng dan Bai Xiaole, bahkan dengan Primal Empat Puncak lainnya pun tidak bisa. Ia yang paling lemah di antara mereka semua, sehingga ia hanya bisa mendapatkan kembali sedikit kepercayaan diri ketika membandingkan dirinya dengan ahli Empat Puncak biasa.
Ia tampak seperti menerima pukulan mental dan berusaha sebaik mungkin membunuh para iblis laut itu. Tapi hasilnya tidak ada yang luar biasa.
Mengingat betapa kerasnya ia berusaha, ia pasti dengan cepat menghabiskan energinya. Auranya jelas mulai menurun. Jika ini berlanjut, sesuatu yang tak terduga bisa dengan mudah merenggut nyawanya. Harus diketahui bahwa iblis laut baru bisa muncul kapan saja.
"Tidak apa-apa. Dia sudah ditekan terlalu lama. Garis darah primordialnya hampir sia-sia. Jika dia tidak membangunkannya sekarang, itu akan mundur. Terserah padanya untuk membangunkannya kembali," kata Long Chen acuh tak acuh.
Ia sudah mengenal Wilde paling lama, sehingga ia punya pemahaman tertentu tentang garis keturunan ras Barbar. Wilde tidak pernah secara resmi membangunkan garis keturunannya, tapi darah esensinya sudah mengembunkan rantai.
Sebaliknya, Xu Zixiong sudah membangunkan garis keturunannya, tapi rune-rune dalam garis keturunannya masih tersebar dan belum bisa mengembun menjadi satu tautan. Tidak ada cara baginya untuk melepaskan potensi penuhnya seperti itu.
Oleh karena itu, meski auranya mengejutkan, kekuatan pembunuh sesungguhnya anehnya rendah. Ini adalah kasus khas memiliki kekuatan tapi tidak tahu cara menggunakannya. Alasan utamanya adalah rune-rune dalam darah esensinya belum mengembun.
Berlatih adalah kemajuan. Menyerah adalah kemunduran. Xu Zixiong terpaksa hidup bagaikan serangga di celah rumahnya sendiri. Ia tidak berani pamer sama sekali karena takut mengundang malapetaka.
Oleh karena itu, meski Xu Zixiong sudah bekerja keras dalam kultivasinya, ia tidak pernah punya kesempatan untuk menggunakannya, yang mengakibatkan bahkan rune primordialnya mulai memudar. Untungnya, ia sudah keluar sekarang. Jika ia terus seperti itu selama tiga sampai lima tahun lagi, garis darah primordialnya akan lenyap. Ini adalah kesempatan terbaiknya untuk membangunkan kembali garis keturunan itu.
Ia perlu menjadi lebih kuat. Ketika hasrat itu tumbuh mencapai puncaknya, rune garis keturunannya akan merasakan kebutuhannya dan terbangun.
Tiba-tiba, sebuah auman terdengar dari kedalaman laut. Auman itu bagaikan guntur dari langit yang cerah, mengguncang seluruh medan perang. Wajah Luo Xue dan yang lainnya berubah.
"Itu… ras iblis laut dalam!"
Long Chen’s thunderforce was like tentacles. Any corpse wrapped by his thunderforce was pulled into the primal chaos space.
Although Lei Linger was still refining the black swords sealed in his left eye, that didn’t prevent him from using thunderforce. This thunderforce might not be strong enough against a real expert, but it was more than enough to suck corpses into the primal chaos space.
Seeing Long Chen gather so many corpses in an instant made the experts on the walls jump. Although everyone had astral spaces, it wasn’t for corpses. Astral spaces were viewed as pure lands by most people, and these corpses would infect them with death spiritual qi. It would affect their karmic luck and maybe even reduce their longevity.
Thus, the immortal world’s experts did have astral spaces, but would also have spatial rings or spatial bags to store things.
But those spatial items had limits to how much they could store. Considering how huge these corpses were, they wouldn’t be able to fit too much before they were filled.
As for those top grade spatial rings, they were very expensive. People rarely spent money on such an extravagant thing. There were perhaps only ten to twenty such things in the Ying Prefecture because they were usually not more useful than ordinary spatial rings.
After the last attack, the spatial rings that people used for these corpses were mostly full now. Usually those corpses were disposed of in some wilderness. Otherwise, even ignoring the rot, the smell would be too disgusting. If they weren’t moved, just the smell would choke the commoners of Ying Prefecture.
Long Chen flew across the wall, gathering all the corpses. The battlefield was instantly cleaned up.
As others were shocked, Long Chen was delighted. These corpses were quickly nourishing the Wood Foundation Divine Trees. They were gradually recovering. The dead medicinal ingredients were also coming back to life and flourishing.
His tribulation had shown him just how important the Wood Foundation Divine Trees were. If they had been strong enough, why would he have been forced to take the risk of using his Purgatory Eyes? As long as he could hold on long enough, Lei Linger would slowly manage to devour the black lightning.
Long Chen didn’t like the feeling of having all his trump cards used up. He preferred having everything under his control because his luck was always lacking. He didn’t like gambling, so he could only trust in his power.
The Wood Foundation Divine Trees were his greatest protection. He had to do his best to nourish them as much as possible.
After gathering the corpses, Long Chen stood in the air, overlooking the battlefield. The majority of the Deep Sea Crocodile Bulls had already been slain. It wouldn’t be long before the remainders were wiped out.
As the Deep Sea Crocodile Bulls were slain, the army of the Ying Prefecture’s experts started to switch out. The regular Four Peak experts stepped into the battlefield.
Without the threat of the Deep Sea Crocodile Bulls, the other experts could join the fight. Considering how large this battlefield was, it couldn’t be left to just the top experts. They had to be given time to recover. Otherwise, continuous battles would exhaust their power, and if something unexpected happened, they wouldn’t be able to handle things.
Those experts were the core force of the battlefield. They had to be protected. Thus, on the battlefield, it was always the middle and lower level warriors that took the heaviest losses. There was no way around it. This was the cruelty of battle.
Time passed bit by bit. After six hours, the sea demons still showed no signs of stopping. More and more of them were coming out from the depths.
“Long Chen, you should have Qin Feng and Bai Xiaole rest a bit. The sea demons normally attack for three days at a time. The scale of this attack in particular is rather large, so it might last even longer. They’ve used up half their physical energy. They need a break.” Luo Xue and the others returned to Long Chen’s side covered in blood.
They had tried telling this directly to Qin Feng and Bai Xiaole, but they refused to listen, especially Bai Xiaole. He was too delighted by his control over these sea demons.
“You can rest. No need to bother with them. There won’t be any danger,” said Long Chen. He had his own calculations when it came to Bai Xiaole and Qin Feng.
“But that one…” Luo Xue looked at Xu Zixiong who was shouting even louder than the sea demons yet hadn’t killed more than a few of them. She was most worried about him.
He was truly foolish. Even with all his power, he had no idea how to properly use it. Xu Zixiong had come with Long Chen and the others. Moreover, Qin Feng killed those Deep Sea Crocodile Bulls with one stroke of his saber. After they were killed, he killed a whole mass of the other sea demons with each swing.
As for Bai Xiaole, there was even less that needed to be said about him. He was controlling the sea demons and directing them to kill each other. That was even more stunning.
In comparison, Xu Zixiong was incredibly weak. He couldn’t compare to Qin Feng and Bai Xiaole, or even the other Four Peak Primals. He was the weakest of them all, so he could only win back some confidence when comparing himself to ordinary Four Peak experts.
He seemed to have received a mental blow and was doing his best to kill those sea demons. But the results weren’t anything beyond ordinary.
Considering how hard he was trying, he was definitely rapidly using up his energy. His aura was clearly starting to drop. If this continued, something unexpected could easily take his life. It had to be known that new sea demons might appear at any moment.
“It’s fine. He has been suppressed for a long time. His primal bloodline almost wasted away. If he doesn’t awaken it now, it will regress. It’s up to him to reawaken it,” said Long Chen indifferently.
He had known Wilde the longest, and so he had a certain understanding of the Barbarian race’s bloodline. Wilde had never formally awakened his bloodline, but his essence blood had already condensed chains.
On the other hand, Xu Zixiong had awakened his bloodline, but the runes in his bloodline were still scattered and couldn’t condense into a single link. There was no way he could unleash his full potential like that.
Thus, while his aura was shocking, his actual killing power was curiously low. This was a typical case of having power but no way to use it. The main reason was that those runes in his essence blood had yet to condense.
Practice was progress. Abandoning was regression. Xu Zixiong was forced to live like a bug in a crack in his home. He didn’t dare to show off at all for fear of drawing a calamity.
Thus, although Xu Zixiong had worked hard on his cultivation, he never had a chance to use it, resulting in even his primal runes starting to dissipate. Fortunately, he had come out now. If he had continued like that for three to five more years, his primal bloodline would be gone. This was his best chance to reawaken that bloodline.
He needed to get stronger. When that desire grew to a peak, his bloodline runes would sense his need and awaken.
Suddenly, a roar came from deep within the sea. That roar was like thunder from a clear sky, shaking the entire battlefield. Luo Xue and the others’ expressions changed.
“That’s… the deep sea devil race!Chapter 3207 Sea Devil
Long Chen’s thunderforce was like tentacles. Any corpse wrapped by his thunderforce was pulled into the primal chaos space.
Although Lei Linger was still refining the black swords sealed in his left eye, that didn’t prevent him from using thunderforce. This thunderforce might not be strong enough against a real expert, but it was more than enough to suck corpses into the primal chaos space.
Seeing Long Chen gather so many corpses in an instant made the experts on the walls jump. Although everyone had astral spaces, it wasn’t for corpses. Astral spaces were viewed as pure lands by most people, and these corpses would infect them with death spiritual qi. It would affect their karmic luck and maybe even reduce their longevity.
Thus, the immortal world’s experts did have astral spaces, but would also have spatial rings or spatial bags to store things.
But those spatial items had limits to how much they could store. Considering how huge these corpses were, they wouldn’t be able to fit too much before they were filled.
As for those top grade spatial rings, they were very expensive. People rarely spent money on such an extravagant thing. There were perhaps only ten to twenty such things in the Ying Prefecture because they were usually not more useful than ordinary spatial rings.
After the last attack, the spatial rings that people used for these corpses were mostly full now. Usually those corpses were disposed of in some wilderness. Otherwise, even ignoring the rot, the smell would be too disgusting. If they weren’t moved, just the smell would choke the commoners of Ying Prefecture.
Long Chen flew across the wall, gathering all the corpses. The battlefield was instantly cleaned up.
As others were shocked, Long Chen was delighted. These corpses were quickly nourishing the Wood Foundation Divine Trees. They were gradually recovering. The dead medicinal ingredients were also coming back to life and flourishing.
His tribulation had shown him just how important the Wood Foundation Divine Trees were. If they had been strong enough, why would he have been forced to take the risk of using his Purgatory Eyes? As long as he could hold on long enough, Lei Linger would slowly manage to devour the black lightning.
Long Chen didn’t like the feeling of having all his trump cards used up. He preferred having everything under his control because his luck was always lacking. He didn’t like gambling, so he could only trust in his power.
The Wood Foundation Divine Trees were his greatest protection. He had to do his best to nourish them as much as possible.
After gathering the corpses, Long Chen stood in the air, overlooking the battlefield. The majority of the Deep Sea Crocodile Bulls had already been slain. It wouldn’t be long before the remainders were wiped out.
As the Deep Sea Crocodile Bulls were slain, the army of the Ying Prefecture’s experts started to switch out. The regular Four Peak experts stepped into the battlefield.
Without the threat of the Deep Sea Crocodile Bulls, the other experts could join the fight. Considering how large this battlefield was, it couldn’t be left to just the top experts. They had to be given time to recover. Otherwise, continuous battles would exhaust their power, and if something unexpected happened, they wouldn’t be able to handle things.
Those experts were the core force of the battlefield. They had to be protected. Thus, on the battlefield, it was always the middle and lower level warriors that took the heaviest losses. There was no way around it. This was the cruelty of battle.
Time passed bit by bit. After six hours, the sea demons still showed no signs of stopping. More and more of them were coming out from the depths.
“Long Chen, you should have Qin Feng and Bai Xiaole rest a bit. The sea demons normally attack for three days at a time. The scale of this attack in particular is rather large, so it might last even longer. They’ve used up half their physical energy. They need a break.” Luo Xue and the others returned to Long Chen’s side covered in blood.
They had tried telling this directly to Qin Feng and Bai Xiaole, but they refused to listen, especially Bai Xiaole. He was too delighted by his control over these sea demons.
“You can rest. No need to bother with them. There won’t be any danger,” said Long Chen. He had his own calculations when it came to Bai Xiaole and Qin Feng.
“But that one…” Luo Xue looked at Xu Zixiong who was shouting even louder than the sea demons yet hadn’t killed more than a few of them. She was most worried about him.
He was truly foolish. Even with all his power, he had no idea how to properly use it. Xu Zixiong had come with Long Chen and the others. Moreover, Qin Feng killed those Deep Sea Crocodile Bulls with one stroke of his saber. After they were killed, he killed a whole mass of the other sea demons with each swing.
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