Chapter 1647: Chapter 1292: Arrogance (Part 2)
The territory of Three Rivers Mountain is quite vast, spanning thousands of miles, and the Spiritual Energy is rather abundant. Moreover, due to special reasons, it can isolate probing, truly a prime place for establishing a power.
"Yes, big brother, with your skills, you can certainly capture all those invaders. By then, the rewards from Primordial Demon Mountain will be enough for you to advance further!"
Others chimed in persuasively.
Even if they couldn’t obtain the Spiritual Objects, being able to claim Three Rivers Mountain was a great joy.
"Hmm..."
Xiong Batian pondered for a moment, finally nodding as he agreed, saying, "But we can’t act impulsively. We need to gather some intelligence and understand their strength before making a move."
After all, no matter how you look at it, this group of Cultivators has wiped out the Corpse Refining Sect, so their strength definitely won’t be weak.
"Big brother is right! I’ll go collect information right away." The sneaky-eyed Cultivator quickly agreed and hurried away.
Xiong Batian shifted his gaze to his remaining brothers and reminded them, "Be prepared to act at any time. Don’t let trivial matters delay this war."
He knew what kind of temperament these brothers had, so it’s best to warn them in advance, otherwise, who knows where they’d be up all night.
"Don’t worry, big brother. We won’t leave the station during this time until those Cultivators are dealt with."
"Yes, yes!"
Everyone responded enthusiastically.
For the sake of a better life in the future, what’s a little patience?
Meanwhile, the Li family was unaware that someone had set their sights on them.
However, the family members who were out gathering intelligence had already returned to the mountain and were no longer venturing out, as the goals suitable for the Li family were already fixed without major changes.
"Jiu, what is the family planning to do next?"
On this day, Xiaoqing rushed into Li Zhirui’s Cave Mansion to inquire about the next arrangements.
"After everyone in the family has fully recovered, we will head north to deal with the Long-Armed Black Ape tribe."
"The Long-Armed Black Ape? Aren’t they a Human Immortal power?" Xiaoqing frowned slightly, seemingly dissatisfied.
"Why? Are you thinking of attacking an Earth Immortal power instead?"
Li Zhirui shook his head and said, "The family was able to extinguish the Corpse Refining Sect because they were unfortunate, not because the family’s strength was so formidable. Moreover, after the matter of accommodating the Spirit Vein, the family’s overall strength has indeed declined significantly."
With the current strength, trying to attack the Corpse Refining Sect again won’t be as easy as before and will certainly come at a tremendous cost.
Besides, there are Earth Immortal powers like the Corpse Refining Sect that exist, but not near Three Rivers Mountain, requiring a crossing of countless miles, which is not suitable for the Li family at present.
"How many family members like you want to continue attacking Earth Immortal powers?" Li Zhirui suddenly asked.
"Quite a few..." Xiaoqing felt a bit embarrassed because, to some extent, he had sparked this trend.
"You need to figure out how to resolve this matter yourself."
Li Zhirui waved his hand, sending Xiaoqing away directly. The trouble he stirred up naturally had to be solved by himself.
Not long after, Jiang Fengwu came.
"Recently, thanks to everyone’s efforts, we’ve been able to find several hundred corresponding Spiritual Objects by comparing those of the two realms. Once we start experiments and ensure there’s no problem, we can use Spiritual Objects from the Golden Light Realm to refine Pills, Talismans, and other Spiritual Objects."
Unlike Xiaoqing, Jiang Fengwu brought very good news!
"Great! Thank you all for your hard work!" Li Zhirui was overjoyed at what he heard.
This approach was actually proposed by him, but due to lack of time, Jiang Fengwu took over in the end. She led more than a hundred family members, studying the nature, composition, and effect of countless Spiritual Objects, then compared them with those of the Primal Spirit Realm.
This was an extremely time-consuming and difficult task, but it was a very important one.
Because even though they brought a sea of Spiritual Objects before invading the Golden Light Realm, who knew when the war between the two realms would end?
If they kept consuming without replenishing, one day those Spiritual Objects would be exhausted.
When that time comes, the Li family’s situation would become very precarious, so they must prepare in advance.
Just as Li Zhirui was about to say something, suddenly there was a loud boom, and the mountain beneath their feet slightly trembled.
"Could someone be attacking the mountain? But the commotion doesn’t quite seem like it!"
Saying this, the two of them flew towards the source of the noise.
Upon reaching their destination, they discovered the cause.
It was Li Zhixuan carrying back a Devil Beast over a hundred zhang in size. It was a giant snake, entirely black, with dense and tight scales, and just a glance indicated an incredibly strong defense!
Indeed, it had cultivated to the Earth Immortal Realm yet remained a Snake Demon, not transforming into a dragon.
Even though the Devil Beast had already fallen, its corpse still exuded a powerful pressure that prevented many family members from approaching closely.
Li Zhirui’s eyes flashed with surprise. Although the Devil Beast was also early-stage Earth Immortal, the cultivation gap wasn’t significant, but such a vast size suggested strength likely no less potent than late-stage Earth Immortal, and it had been slain by Li Zhixuan.
It seems her Sword Dao has improved considerably again!
"Jiu, I’ll go recover my Mana first."
"Alright."
Li Zhirui personally handled decomposing the Devil Beast’s corpse, as many family members couldn’t even pierce its scales, let alone dissect it.
The essence was carefully stored, perhaps upon returning to Mount Wanxian, it could breed an extraordinary Spiritual Snake; the flesh was distributed to family members for consumption.
The demon snake meat from an Earth Immortal Rank was truly luxurious and provided significant aid in Cultivation.
As for scales, poison teeth, snake gall, and Demon Core, these precious Spiritual Objects were temporarily retained by him to be given to Li Zhixuan after she exited seclusion.
"Now that Zhixuan is back, in another month, we’ll head out to the territory of the Long-Armed Black Ape."
Meanwhile, in Sanhe City.
Xiong Batian gathered a group of Cultivators, and their discussions centered on Li Zhirui and his companions.
"Very little information has leaked from them, but judging by their retreat into Three Rivers Mountain, it’s clear they suffered considerable losses attacking the Corpse Refining Sect, and they are likely still licking their wounds."
The sneaky-eyed Cultivator shouted excitedly, "And with so many casualties in the attack against the Corpse Refining Sect, it shows their strength might be only slightly superior, but definitely not a match for our Domineering Sect!"
Indeed, this group of Cultivators belonged to a sect named the Domineering Sect, quite mighty and arrogant, but internally much like a bandit stronghold.
This Domineering Sect has a total of four Earth Immortals, dozens of Human Immortals, and countless other disciples.
Logically speaking, with such formidable strength, they could easily establish a sect within the human race’s territory, having no need to dwell in this lawless, chaotic region.
There’s some unknown inside story.
"Brothers, are you ready?" Xiong Batian shouted loudly.
"Ready!"
Thousands of Cultivators shouted in unison, boarding the Cloud Boat, heading straight toward the Nameless Mountain where the Li family resides.
"Why has this troublemaking bunch from the Domineering Sect taken collective action? What are they planning to do?"
In the city, many Cultivators saw their movements, and only after they departed did anyone dare to discuss.
"Don’t know, only know someone’s bound to be unlucky!"
Two other forces, one led by a late-stage Earth Immortal Sword Cultivator, and another a Devil Race tribe led by several Earth Immortal Rank Devil Beasts, were quite curious about their actions too.
Yet, no one followed them.
Because Xiong Batian was exceedingly arrogant, and he might attack anyone tracking them.
Meanwhile, at the Nameless Mountain, the Li family members were still unaware of the impending danger!
It wasn’t until several hours later when a few unabashed Cloud Boats emitting a strong aura were felt from afar that the Li family finally reacted.
With a hum, an Earth Immortal Rank Great Array was fully activated.
Simultaneously, Jiang Fengwu laid out the Innate Formation she acquired by chance, to fend off these aggressive Cultivators.
"They come with bad intentions!"
Li Zhirui appeared immediately, observing the rapidly approaching Cultivators, his expression growing serious.