Chapter 142
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Chapter 142: If I Don’t Die, I Will Be Myself
In an instant, a vast area of the beast race was cleared from the 1649 defense line of the Li Character Camp.
At that moment, the Void Refinement stage cultivator’s gaze quickly shifted to the adjacent defense line, where they had regained more than half of their territory from a previously unfavorable position, now covered by a dense forest of giant wooden trees.
“Old Lin, did a cultivator skilled in large-scale secret techniques arrive at your place?”
“Please lend him to me; I can’t hold on much longer here!” The Void Refinement stage cultivator quickly sent a transmitted message, nearly crying from envy.
In the neighboring Zhen Character Camp, a Transformation God cultivator specializing in wide-ranging techniques of the Dao could defend the entire line by himself, as long as he had enough spiritual energy.
With such a treasure, the Zhen Character Camp was as sturdy as a mountain.
“Not lending him; don’t you remember the swordsmanship cultivator who raided my camp last time?”
“You want to borrow my newly acquired treasure? Heh!”
That “heh” instantly shattered their camaraderie.
At this moment, the beast race in the no-man’s land continued to push forward, and the entire position fell back into its previous state.
Then, a hundred newly arrived cultivators joined the fight—90 were in the Nascent Soul stage, and 10 were in the Transformation God stage.
Upon seeing the reinforcements, the Void Refinement stage cultivator breathed a slight sigh of relief.
“Transformation God cultivators, go extinguish the fires in various areas, and Nascent Soul cultivators, fill in the gaps.”
“This area has already been covered by the Zhou Tian Instrument. You won’t lose any credit for your contributions. But if you hesitate in battle, be careful of being taken away by the enforcement team.”
After finishing his instruction, the Void Refinement stage cultivator urged all the newly arrived cultivators to join the fight, while he continued to suppress the underground rat demons.
The siblings exchanged glances, and Xu Yuexian slowly disappeared, marking the start of the battle.
Xu Gang went directly to the central area of the 1649 defense line as per usual.
Watching the hordes of beast race attacking from the sky, Xu Gang felt a surge of excitement. He was born for such grand scenes.
“Taoist friend, don’t just stare; quickly kill the beasts! Our defense line is about to collapse!” a Nascent Soul swordsmanship cultivator shouted, striking out with a beam of sword light that cleaved more than ten Golden Core beasts in half.
Most cultivators in the central area engaged the beasts with their magical treasures.
The newly arrived cultivators had already started, while only Xu Gang continued to observe, assessing the strength of his fellow cultivators and the beast race.
“Taoist friend, why aren’t you making a move? Are you scared dumb?” the Nascent Soul swordsmanship cultivator returned to Xu Gang’s side and asked.
“Everyone, step aside; I’m about to use my ultimate move,” Xu Gang announced, his voice echoing across the center of the 1649 camp.
Upon hearing Xu Gang’s words, the cultivators fighting in front of him instinctively stepped aside.
Xu Gang formed hand seals, and a violent surge of fire attribute spiritual energy instantaneously ravaged the entire 1649 camp.
Faced with the endless tide of beasts, Xu Gang launched his most powerful preemptive technique, often called a preemptive skill.
‘Magma World’
‘Boom~~’
The ground shattered, and countless streams of magma erupted from below, instantly covering nearly 60% of the entire 1649 camp.
Before the cultivators could react, Xu Gang formed another seal.
‘Magma Demon’
Suddenly, the beast race that hadn’t yet sunk into the magma was dragged into the molten rock by the Magma Demon.
At this moment, the Void Refinement stage cultivator, who was suppressing the rat demons underground, looked in disbelief at the Magma World in the central area.
“We now have a cultivator skilled in large-scale techniques in our 1649 camp!” the Void Refinement stage cultivator exclaimed excitedly. He was the supervisor of this section of the defense line, and he bore half the responsibility if it fell.
“Little Yu, go protect our treasures; our defense line is stable now.”
“Okay,” replied a Transformation Stage girl holding a short sword.
Meanwhile, the Nascent Soul Stage beast race flying in the sky turned their attention to Xu Gang.
“Protect our output!” This was the only thought in the minds of the cultivators in the central area now.
Xu Gang ignored the approaching Nascent Soul beasts and continued to channel his mana, controlling the magma to strangle the beasts charging into the defense line.
At that moment, the heads of the Nascent Soul beasts rushing toward Xu Gang exploded and fell from the sky into the magma.
At this time, above the Ten Thousand-Mile Giant Lake, Xu Fan and Li Xingci were watching a live broadcast.
Because Xu Yuexian was hiding in the shadows, she unexpectedly discovered that there was a communication signal here, and naturally, she opened a live stream for Xu Fan.
“So, this is the border battlefield of Moliang State? With this number of beasts, doesn’t the demon race have a population control committee?”
“What will happen when they deplete the resources of the demon race?” Xu Fan commented sarcastically.
“Didn’t you notice the expression of Senior Brother? It seems he has found the meaning of life,” Li Xingci said, watching Xu Gang displaying immense power at the center of the battlefield.
“No kidding; your Senior Brother looks like he’s sparkling at the endless waves of beasts.”
“This is a cannon’s self-cultivation,” Xu Fan said with a smile, remembering how excited and happy Xu Gang was when he first unleashed a large-scale spell as a child.
“Actually, you are quite adept at handling such battles as well,” Xu Fan suddenly remarked.
“It’s fine, but it’s not as glamorous as Senior Brother’s techniques,” Li Xingci replied.
In the video, Xu Gang summoned another large-scale rain of magma, thoroughly sealing off the beasts below the Nascent Soul Stage.
At this point, the cultivators at the 1649 defense line finally began to relax.
Then, Xu Gang suddenly said to the Transformation Stage girl guarding beside him, “Senior, should I reduce the range of my technique so the fellow cultivators around can score some points?”
Since childhood, Xu Fan had taught him that unless necessary, one should not take all the benefits for oneself.
Just earlier, the beast race was endless, and now, the situation was that those breaching the defense line seemed to lack distribution.
At that moment, a giant eagle of the Transformation Stage appeared in the sky, unleashing its innate divine power to attack Xu Gang, and a flash of divine lightning struck Xu Gang.
Before anyone could even react, the Xu Gang that should have been obliterated had completely transformed into a mass of black energy.
‘Bang~’
In that instant the giant eagle finished casting its divine power, a bullet shot through its eye and into its brain, exploding it— a Transformation Stage giant eagle was slain.
At that moment, everyone barely had time to mourn before Xu Gang’s figure reappeared in his original position.
“A qualified cannon must never let the enemy detect your true position.” This was the first and most crucial rule Xu Fan had taught Xu Gang about being a cannon.
“You didn’t die?” the nearby Transformation Stage girl asked in amazement, having just felt sorrow for the cultivator a few moments ago.
“Senior, you talk nonsense; why would I die?” Xu Gang said lightly.
“………..”
“Are you in your true form or an avatar now?” the Transformation Stage girl inquired.
“If I don’t die, I am my true form,” Xu Gang replied with a smile, joking that revealing his true form during battle would be like seeking death.
At that moment, Xu Fan watching the live stream said proudly, “How about that? Didn’t expect it, huh? Your Senior Brother’s move took me years to perfect.”
“A qualified cannon doesn’t let its true form appear in battle.”
“Master is impressive,” Li Xingci commented lightly.
“Can’t you say anything else?” Xu Fan said slightly disappointed.
“When a master embodies the Dao, they must consider worldly matters and quell the enemies of the world,” Li Xingci casually quoted words Wang Xiangchi had taught him long ago, his eyes filled with nostalgia.
Xu Fan was taken aback for a moment, as if he hadn’t fully processed those words.
“Did Wang Xiangchi teach you this?” Xu Fan asked with a strange expression, surprised that after all these years, the little rascal still had such wisdom.
“There are a few more sayings; would you like to hear them, Master?” A faint smile appeared on Li Xingci’s face, and at that moment, he suddenly felt very happy.
“Save them for the right occasion,” Xu Fan said.
He was determined to ask his well-connected brother how he came up with such clever sayings.
At that moment, a young girl carrying a food box arrived on a spiritual boat in front of the two.
“Grand Elder, Master Uncle, it’s time to eat,” Lei Wenxi said softly.
Lei Wenxi set up a small dining table on the Turtle Shell, placing several plates of hot dishes and two bowls of spirit rice, then quietly retreated.
“Master’s method of selecting disciples is quite unique. Although I don’t fully understand it yet, I know that every disciple chosen by you has great potential for the future,” Li Xingci said.
“Ha ha, this is the confidence I have in establishing the Hidden Spirit Sect in the Immortal Realm. For stable development in the future, not to mention all of them, at least half of these disciples can ascend to the Immortal Realm,” Xu Fan said with a smile.
“Master is impressive,” Li Xingci praised.
Xu Fan nodded, indicating he understood. One shouldn’t just listen to clever sayings; otherwise, it could lead to complacency.
After chatting, the master and disciple began to eat, when suddenly, the communication artifact rang out.
Xu Fan glanced at it; it was a notification that the video evaluations of beauties from various fairy cities had successfully uploaded, and soon the souvenir stones would be available in every commercial building across the fairy cities.
The entire process was managed by Pang Fu.
