Vol 6 Chapter 53: Declaration of War
There were still nearly two centuries until the Millennium War.
Over these two hundred years... to be precise, Lin Jing's goal within the next century was to have all his pet beasts cultivate to the peak of Dao Seeking, the limit of cultivation in this Lower Realm.
The Wood-attribute Pine Leaf Mouse and the others had already reached the Seeking the Way Stage, and with the Golden Age and resources from the Pocket Realms, this shouldn't be a problem.
The Heavenly Emperor Post-Frog's realm was somewhat lower, but possessing Monarch-level Bloodline, with a bit more time, it wouldn't be an issue either.
Besides these personally contracted pet beasts, the Mosquito Beast Army was also a key focus of Lin Jing's cultivation efforts.
Next, Mosquito Woman would command the Mosquito Beast Army from behind the scenes to battle against the Heavenly Emperor Post-Frog, with no concern for life or death during combat.
The Heavenly Emperor Post-Frog could treat the Mosquito Beast Legion as food, and the mosquito beasts could likewise treat the Heavenly Emperor Post-Frog as food. Although the Heavenly Emperor Post-Frog's bloodline was extraordinary, far surpassing the mosquito beasts, it couldn't withstand their terrifying numbers—calculated in hundreds of millions—and their ability to confront enemies through formations. The Heavenly Emperor Post-Frog might not gain any advantage.
Injuries were certain to happen.
If they could absorb the Heavenly Emperor Post-Frog's blood, the mosquito beasts' reproduction and combat power would further improve.Subsequently, by defeating and devouring these enhanced mosquito beasts, the Heavenly Emperor Post-Frog could also gain training.
Mosquito Woman would reside behind the scenes as legion commander, and due to the mosquito beasts' racial characteristics, as the legion grew stronger, her own power could also increase.
After Lin Jing used his great supernatural power to create an independent space as their training ground and battlefield, he continued his own cultivation.
Two sixty-year cycles passed in the blink of an eye.
"Forget it, I'd better not go."
After the lengthy preparation, Lin Jing, who had already planned to campaign against the Heavenly Demon legion, extended another invitation to Senior Mo Pine. Previously, Senior Mo Pine had always responded with "I'll consider it" or "Let me think about it," but this time he finally gave a definite answer.
That answer was: not going.
"Why not go?" Lin Jing didn't understand. He could sense that Senior Mo Pine's current strength was already remarkable.
Even some demon-blooded Dao Seekers might not be his match.
"Well..." Mo Pine coughed dryly and said, "Isn't this to help you guard the home front?"
"There's nothing left here that needs guarding. What exactly needs securing? If necessary, I can go to the Thousand Illusions Mountain and drag Huan Li here to stand guard."
"What if Demon Emperor Tianchou attacks while you're traveling to the Star Crane Realm! I need to watch your home for you!"
Lin Jing shook his head: "Senior, the best way to overcome inner demons is to personally destroy them. You've taught me so much—now it's my turn to teach you. This time, you're going whether you want to or not."
"As for Demon Emperor Tianchou, you don't need to worry. I'll naturally leave backup plans. Besides, her goal is only to fight me after I've grown, not to destroy Tianyuan."
"Damn it, I really don't want to go!" Seeing Lin Jing directly reach out to uproot him from Immortal Prison Mountain and take him to battle, Mo Pine panicked.
In Tianyuan, no matter who he faced, he was indeed steady as an old dog. But when it came to the Heavenly Demon Sect, Mo Pine became like a different person. After all, he had experienced his homeland being destroyed and occupied by the Heavenly Demon Sect, then captured and trained by them. It was normal for inner demons to grow from such experiences.
However, facing this early mentor, Lin Jing needed to personally help eliminate those inner demons. Otherwise, when the Lower Realm eventually erupted into more chaotic battles between righteous and demonic cultivators, Senior Mo Pine would be at a significant disadvantage facing Heavenly Demon cultivators.
"Senior, you can do this."
He forcibly dragged Mo Pine away. The reversal of their roles made Lin Jing recall the time when Mo Pine had dragged him around the wilderness.
For this expedition, Wang Qi hadn't built any star-spanning flying boats, nor did he plan to rely on any magical treasures—he replaced all these with himself. Because of his contract with the Star Longevity Crane, Lin Jing had gained the ability to survive in starry space. He directly placed the entire expeditionary army within his primordial spirit space and traversed the starry space himself—the fastest method!
For this campaign, the top-tier combat power was undoubtedly himself and his pet beasts.
The mid-level combat power consisted of Dao-seeking monsters.
As for the bottom-level combat power, it would be handled by the Mosquito Beast Army led by Mosquito Woman.
Among these, the Mosquito Beast Army had the most terrifying numbers. Such a massive legion would be impossible for an ordinary Seeking the Way Stage cultivator's primordial spirit space to contain—even with spatial attribute physique and mastery of Spatial Dao. However, for Lin Jing who possessed an Immortal Dao Primordial Spirit and Immortal Physique, his primordial spirit space's carrying capacity already rivaled that of a True Immortal. Carrying a top-tier legion with him posed no problem at all.
"Ancestor."
"Sect Master!"
While stuffing Senior Mo Pine into his primordial spirit space, Spirit King had already led numerous Dao-seeking monsters to wait beneath the starry sky. Seeing them, Lin Jing nodded slightly.
"Prepare to depart."
"Once inside, specialized personnel will distribute the magical treasures and elixirs needed for battle. The journey is long—detailed battle plans and mission objectives will be provided along the way!"
"As you command." Spirit King looked at the starry sky, then led the spirit creatures into the spatial vortex Lin Jing had torn open leading to his primordial spirit space.
After completing all this, Lin Jing took a deep breath and shot straight into the starry sky. Below the Star Heaven Veil Array that enveloped the entire Tianyuan Realm, the stellar mist parted, and Lin Jing saw the "sword array" that prevented Tianyuan Realm cultivators from entering starry space!
"See? If you want to reach the starry sky, you must first pass through this sword array," Lin Jing said to Spirit King.
In his Void Mystical Stage world, numerous spirit creatures looked at the revealed sword array, sensing the intimidating pressure emanating from it.
"Who created this?" Spirit King also knew of this sword array, previously thinking Tianyuan had deployed it to resist invaders. It turned out its purpose was to restrict anyone from leaving Tianyuan.
Lin Jing didn't explain but directly chose to pass through. The moment Lin Jing stepped into starry space, with a "whoosh," the sword array seemed to come alive, suddenly erupting with extremely terrifying sword intent that attempted to slaughter anyone crossing the boundary. The power of this sword intent made even Spirit King—who had trained bitterly for another century—pupils contract. In the next instant, it saw this incredibly fearsome sword intent being casually dispersed by Lin Ancestor with a wave of his hand.
Shatter!!!
Along with being smashed to pieces was the astonishing sword array that had enveloped Tianyuan. Gazing at the destroyed sword array, Lin Jing looked into the distance.
Some time later, in the Heavenly Demon Realm extremely far from Tianyuan, terrifying auras shot into the sky. Countless eyes focused on Demon Emperor Tianchou's territory, watching the overlord who rose floating into the air.
"It's Demon Emperor Tianchou. She was just appointed 'Seventh Demon General' by the Upper Realm—shouldn't she be refining the rewards from the Upper Realm? What is she planning to do..."
Demon Emperor Tianchou looked toward the Tianyuan Realm direction, the corners of her mouth slightly upturned as she paused refining the treasure bestowed by the Upper Realm: "Not even a millennium has passed, and you're already impatient to declare war on me?"
"Indeed, I wasn't wrong about you..."
"Since it's come to this, let me see what level my obedient disciple has reached after dominating the Origin Realm for a millennium..."
A personal note: I've developed some serious health issues and have been hospitalized. I need to stay for a week, so I can't guarantee stable updates. I'm asking everyone for leave—tentatively seven days. I'll update you on the situation later.