Chapter 1682: One Hundred Thousand Troops

Before long, they arrived at a mountain hollow. Several alien clansmen were standing in place, with spiritual energy converging from all around, seemingly activating some formation.

Looking closely, there were four alien clansmen. The strongest one, comparable to Mou Wu, had reached roughly the Undying Realm, while the other three only had the strength of the Great Saint First Layer, Seeing Divinity Without Decay.

Before them was a teleportation formation. However, judging by the appearance of the formation flags, it was very ancient, having operated for who knows how long, and was somewhat worn out, making it troublesome to activate.

The strongest one was staring at the alien clansmen before him, filled with anger. The earlier rebuke had come from him.

"Lord Moye, I've done my best, but this formation is just too old... I can't help it!"

The alien clansman activating the formation looked embarrassed and spoke cautiously.

"Less nonsense, hurry up. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, both you and I will lose our heads!"

Lord Moye waved his hand grandly.

"Yes!"

The alien clansman before him dared not speak further. He poured out his full strength, accelerating the convergence of spiritual energy around them. The ancient formation flickered continuously, as if it could activate at any moment.

The alien clansman's face turned pale, seemingly exhausted.

"Quick, help!"

He summoned the other two.

The remaining two alien clansmen at the Seeing Divinity Without Decay realm hesitated not at all. Gritting their teeth, they cut their fingers, and blood surged toward the teleporter before them.

Hum!

In an instant, the spiritual energy became exceptionally dense, and the formation emitted a dazzling light.

"Hmm!"

Seeing the formation activate, Moye snorted, shook his body, and stepped into the center.

Whoosh!

Light enveloped him, a spatial rift appeared, and Moye entered, vanishing in the blink of an eye.

Thud!

As soon as Moye left, the remaining three Seeing Divinity Without Decay experts all collapsed to the ground at once.

It seemed that the formation just now had drained all their strength in an instant.

"At least we finished it. Otherwise, we'd surely have been beheaded..." Despite their exhaustion, the three still grinned.

If the formation hadn't activated just now, they would probably have lost their lives.

Just as they were rejoicing, footsteps sounded, and soon a tall clansman came before them.

"Lord Mou Wu!"

Recognizing the figure, the three hurriedly rose.

"Hmm. Activate the formation and send me to where Moye just went."

Mou Wu waved his hand grandly.

This Mou Wu was, of course, Zhang Xuan in disguise.

That Moye had been in such a hurry to leave via the teleportation formation; he must have had something to do. Since he had seen it, he naturally had to stop him and, incidentally, probe the alien clansmen's strength.

"Does milord also want to go to Thousand Leaf Sea?"

The alien clansman activating the formation nearly cried.

He had just teleported once and was nearly dead. Teleporting again... he probably wouldn't survive.

Though frustrated, he couldn't help gritting his teeth: "Didn't Emperor Chenling order milord to go to Ye Star River?"

Zhang Xuan's heart stirred.

Mou Wu went to the Dragon Tiger Mountain seal, and in the other's address, he was called Ye Xinghe. It seemed that the other party's way of referring to regions was different from that of humans.

"The matter on Ye Xinghe's side has been dealt with. Chen Linghuang ordered me to rush to Qianye Sea as soon as possible to rendezvous with Moye. How... do I need to report to you?"

His eyes narrowed. Under the impact of killing qi, Zhang Xuan's armor rustled, as if he might strike at any moment.

Mou Wu's armor was identical to Hen Jiang's; as long as he changed his appearance, there was no need to worry about his clothes giving him away.

"This subordinate dare not..."

The Yiling tribesman who had activated the formation looked grim, but had no choice but to continue gathering power to operate the formation.

However, having just expended too much energy, he was now somewhat exhausted.

The remaining two, knowing that if they failed to activate it, they would certainly be punished, did not dare to hesitate and hurried over to help.

"I've just finished dealing with the situation on Ye Xinghe's side and don't yet know the situation at Qianye Sea. How is it over there?" Ignoring the few who were operating the formation, Zhang Xuan asked casually.

Since Ye Xinghe was the Dragon Tiger Mountain cave, then Qianye Sea might be the exit of another cave, very likely one of the six caves that could break through at any moment.

Being able to go there from here would conveniently resolve it all at once, saving others the trouble.

"Reporting to you, sir, our status is too low, and we are not clear. However... just now I heard Lord Moye say that Chenxing Huang and Chen Linghuang jointly issued an order for the soldiers guarding Qianye Sea to attack immediately, without delay..."

A Yiling tribesman, suspecting nothing, replied.

"Guarding soldiers? Attack?" Zhang Xuan's brows twitched.

Earlier, when Hen Jiang and the others opposite Zhang's residence were not in a hurry to attack, he had worried whether they were waiting for reinforcements. Over ten thousand Yiling tribesmen were already terrifying and hard to contend with; once reinforcements arrived, they would certainly be unable to hold out.

Now, from what this fellow said, it seemed that the so-called Qianye Sea was exactly where the reinforcements were located.

Having received orders to attack immediately... which cave were they going to assault?

Would there be danger?

And, most crucially...

The Morningstar Emperor and the Chenling Emperor issued a joint order!

The order received at Scar River just now was that the Chenling Emperor wanted to attack, while the Morningstar Emperor wanted to wait in place... That is to say, the two were not in agreement, and now, issuing a joint order for everyone to attack, they have become unanimous...

"How many warriors are there in Thousand Leaf Sea now? Can some be spared to support Smelt Star River?"

Feigning nonchalance, Zhang Xuan continued to ask.

"Thousand Leaf Sea holds the strongest soldiers of the Spirit Race, the finest elites under the command of the Chenling Emperor and the Morningstar Emperor, a full hundred thousand!"

A Spirit Race member replied with a face full of pride.

"A hundred thousand?"

Zhang Xuan's brows twitched, and he nearly lost his footing.

Ten thousand soldiers had forced the entire Zhang family into the underground cavern... A hundred thousand moving out at once, even the Master Teacher Tower headquarters would not be able to suppress them!

The Spirit Race actually had an army of this scale?

If they were really this strong, could the Master Continent still hold?

"Yes!" This Spirit Race member seemed to know quite a bit: "This is the first time the two emperors have united, gathering all the strong members of the entire Spirit Race, planning to break through one passage... The soldiers from other passages have all gone to the Thousand Leaf Sea, only Smelt Star River was too far, so they weren't notified..."

Zhang Xuan's eyes flickered, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He had thought they were attacking 108 caverns simultaneously with 100,000 reserves, but now it seemed not so.

They should have gathered soldiers from all caverns, planning to attack one jointly.

And from the other's words, Morning Star Emperor and Chen Ling Emperor were uniting for the first time... Combined with earlier words, the three emperors of the Spirit Race didn't seem as harmonious as imagined.

It was possible they had always been wary of each other, unable to concentrate their forces; otherwise, even the headquarters of the Master Teacher Pavilion couldn't suppress them.

"No... Lord Mou Wu, as a commander, how could he not know all this?"

Suddenly, a Spirit Race member realized something was wrong and shouted out. The other two were stunned simultaneously, each staring intently at him.