Chapter 872

Chapter 872: The Crisis of Existence

Lingjing Star, Star Domain

Space is dark and silent; without special means, sound cannot be transmitted, and it is a completely lifeless scene.

But now, space seems filled with sounds of battle, floating bodies, and damaged warships everywhere. Out of twenty Space Fleets and more than two thousand Space Battleships, less than a hundred are still fighting, not even enough to form a formation, and they continue to be lost.

At that moment, in a corner of the battlefield, it looked as if the sky had been torn open. As it was torn apart, an incredibly huge flying ship appeared. This is called a Star Ship, one of the highest achievements of the Canglan Star’s Immortal Language, similar to the Sea-crossing Ark of Buddhism.

The appearance of the Star Ship moved the true monks of Buddhism; even though they were prepared, they could not hide their dark expressions upon seeing Li Canghai and others.

"Bald heads of Buddhism, we meet again."

Li Canghai’s voice reached the ears of the true monks of Buddhism, making some of them unable to hold back.

"Taoist Friend Li, it has been many years."

"Yes, it has been many years. Tell me, why are you so wicked? Don’t you ever think of dying?"

"Taoist Friend Li has not joined our Buddhist sect; how could I possibly die?"

"So how about I take you to meet your Buddha Master today?"

"That sounds great. I also want to take my Taoist friend to meet my Buddha today."

"Hehe."

Li Canghai kept sneering. During their conversation, Ming Xin and others from Canglan Star had already rushed out of the Star Ship and joined the battle.

"Senior Brother Ming’an, I’m here!"

Ming Xin quickly saved the endangered Ming’an, who was fighting fiercely and could barely hold on.

"Ming Xin, you finally came!"

"We were here long ago, but the Grandmaster hasn’t given the order."

Ming Xin said helplessly. Such a grand interstellar war made his blood boil; he had wanted to take action long ago, but without Ancestor He’s command, he had no way to do so.

"How many people did you bring?"

"Not many, one hundred sixty from Transmigration Stage, eight hundred from Tao Achieving, three thousand from Void Achieving, and none below Void Achieving. Including Master Zu and the others, it’s about four thousand people."

Ming Xin said they also tried their best to gather people, but they had to leave some behind to guard their home, so they didn’t bring many. Of course, bringing more from below Void Achieving wouldn’t be useful; they would just be cannon fodder.

"That’s enough, this battle is secure. Ming Xin, I will go rest on the starship for a bit. You need to eliminate all the Buddhist cultivators and wipe out all their three levels of Buddhist cultivators. They won’t recover for ten thousand years."

Ming’an said these forces are not as strong as the Buddhist cultivators, but they are enough. Lingjing Star’s performance surprised them all; even though they were definitely at a disadvantage, they displayed incredible fighting power. Even Ming’an was moved; the cultivators from Blue Star are more terrifying than their warships.

As the fierce battle continued, the losses for the Buddhist cultivators far exceeded those of Blue Star. The Buddhist cultivators had been fighting for a long time and were running low on energy, their morale was falling, while they were just entering the battlefield, making for completely different fighting strengths.

If this battle could wipe out all the Bodhisattvas, Arhats, and Vajra from the three major realms of Buddhist cultivators, the rule of Buddhism on several planets would be shaken. They wouldn’t recover for ten thousand years; these forces took them countless years to build up.

With fresh forces joining, Ming’an and the other Canglan Star fighters who went into battle first quietly found a way to withdraw from the fight and entered the starship to rest.

Lin Jiang also desperately tried to escape the battle; using the high mobility of the Spatiotemporal Mirror, he continuously led the wounded away. At the far edge of the battlefield, there were still some warships surviving, either heavily damaged or supply ships, and Lin Jiang took the people there.

When taking people over, it is natural to prioritize those close to you and important figures. First was Cao Ying, followed by Small Shadiao, who was fighting for the first time, then came the Demon Queen and Li Qing, among others.

Soon, a supply ship was filled with wounded people. Those badly injured, like the Demon Queen, collapsed as soon as they returned to the supply ship.

"Where are the medics? Hurry, get the people to the medical bay!"

"Bring out all the pills!"

"Is the ship’s doctor still here?"

Lin Jiang was still able to hold on. He shouted at the people on the supply ship. There were actually quite a few people on the supply ship, as each warship had its own crew. Apart from the warship that was suddenly destroyed, the others had escape pods. Some people’s escape pods were caught by the supply ship.

Each warship also had very advanced medical bays, but these bays had never treated high-level cultivators. First, these people had strong life forces and could heal from minor injuries themselves. Second, for serious injuries, the medical bay was not as effective as high-level pills. Even though these medical bays performed miracles for ordinary people, they could easily heal what seemed like terminal illnesses.

Many crew members rushed to help. Lin Jiang went in and out of the battlefield several times, telling the supply ship to fly back and turn off all the lights, hiding the supply ship in darkness.

In the end, on the Blue Star side, the only remaining cultivator still fighting was Liang Long. All the space battleships in the battlefield were destroyed, with only a few robots still holding on. These robots continued to fight until they were destroyed or ran out of energy, as they had not received the order to retreat.

"What is Liang Long? Is he a tyrant in the world of cultivation now?"

Lin Jiang used his Magical Eye to look at Liang Long, who was still fighting. A fierce red aura surrounded him, and his strong figure reminded Lin Jiang of powerful warriors like Lü Bu and the tyrant.

"Are you still worried?"

Cao Ying came over, holding her waist. One side of her body was badly injured, and beneath her clothes, her flesh was growing. The smell was very sharp, but Cao Ying managed to endure it.

"The future is hard to predict now."

"The Heavenly Court and the Buddhist sect have too much power. Without strength, it’s impossible to predict their movements."

"Yes, it’s a pity that after one battle, more than half of Blue Star’s top fighters were lost."

Lin Jiang said that out of more than eighty people who went to fight, he only brought back a little over ten, and even his old friend Shiyi was killed in battle. After enduring many hard fights, they eventually fell.

Now, counting the masters guarding various places and those technical staff, there were no more than forty people at the Tao Achieving level in Blue Star. Centuries of hard work turned to dust, and Lin Jiang didn’t know what to say anymore.

"Don’t think too much, as long as we are still here, there is hope."

"No, fate has already changed at this moment, it is everyone’s destiny."

Lin Jiang shook his head; the fate of the Buddha’s realm, the fate of the Heavenly Court, their destinies were entangled at this moment, influencing each other.

After this battle, the Buddha’s realm would surely suffer great losses in the cultivation world, with two hundred Bodhisattvas and over a thousand Arhats, which is not something a single Lingfa Star could produce. And Heavenly Court would benefit this time, so Xia Qingshan had no reason to refuse Heavenly Court’s invitation anymore; it wouldn’t be right to do so, therefore Blue Star would also be drawn into the destiny of Heavenly Court. The future is uncertain.

Lin Jiang did not have a strong desire to chat; he was still focused on the battlefield. At this moment, the true Buddha of the Buddha’s realm and the immortal of the Heavenly Court had finished their verbal exchanges and began to take action. However, they operated on a higher dimension, finding their own battlegrounds, and Lin Jiang found it hard to understand their techniques; sometimes, an ordinary move could be extremely powerful.