Strategic Withdrawal, the Chance to Advance to the Heaven Realm

Before the thick fog descended and enveloped the valley, in the inner sect hall of the Yinling Sect.

At this moment, all of the Yinling Sect's top combat forces gathered together.

Including the sect leader and six elders, a total of thirteen powerful figures from the Heaven Realm sat in the main hall.

The concentration of Psychic Energy in the air was therefore much higher.

However, this number of Heaven Realm Awakened far exceeded the number reported by the Yinling Sect to the Human Race high command.

This alone was enough for the Upper House to conclude that the Yinling Sect harbored rebellious intentions.

"Sect Leader, what should we do next?"

"Sect Leader, the higher-ups won't be stationing too many Heaven Realm in the Jade Swallow Continent. This is an excellent opportunity!"

"Sect Leader, if you give the order, I will follow you to take Shen City, then seize You City, and completely control the Human Race forces in the Jade Swallow Continent!"

For a moment, various sounds mingled in the hall, rising and falling, creating quite a lively atmosphere.

However, all of this seemed to have no effect whatsoever on the sect leader who sat atop the throne.

He sat there quietly.

It inspires both awe and a sense of inexplicable peace.

After a while, the murmurs of the crowd gradually subsided.

The sect leader then slowly opened his eyes, his gaze sharp as he scanned the crowd present.

Then, he spoke slowly and deliberately, "Elder Xie, why do you remain silent?"

This sudden question instantly silenced the previously noisy hall.

All eyes turned to Elder Xie, who was seated among the Heaven Realm.

Elder Xie, who was deep in thought, clearly did not expect the sect leader to suddenly call on him to speak.

He was slightly taken aback, then came to his senses as if waking from a dream.

Only then did everyone realize that Elder Xie, who usually had the most fiery temper, was unusually quiet today, completely lacking his usual sharpness.

Elder Xie ignored the concerned and curious gazes around him and said with a solemn expression.

"Reporting to the Sect Leader, I recently received an urgent letter."

"The higher-ups indicated that it wasn't just the Jade Swallow Continent Fifth Army that came to besiege us, but also a large number of Bound Captive."

The moment Elder Xie uttered the words "those Bound Captive," the hall erupted in chaos.

"What?!"

"Those Bound Captive? What realm are they at, and how many are there?"

"Why did that person make a move? Is he determined to wipe out our Yinling Sect?"

"Quiet!"

The sect leader silenced the crowd's chatter and pulled them out of the fear caused by the Heaven-Controlling Realm.

"Now that he has made his move, we absolutely cannot stay here and hold out to the death."

"Summon your most outstanding disciples and all researchers from cutting-edge scientific research projects, and immediately embark on a strategic relocation!"

"Yes!"

The sect leader's arrangement, euphemistically called a "strategic shift," is, in layman's terms, a "retreat."

Clearly, the sect leader knew that the Yinling Sect had no chance of winning.

He had sensed it long before Elder Xie mentioned that the Heaven-Controlling Realm was going to send her Bound Captive.

Therefore, when all the elders and Heaven Realm Awakened arrived at the plaza outside the Sect Leader's Hall with a small group of people, they were greeted by supplies that had been prepared in advance.

And a large enough airship to hold them all.

Everyone marveled at the sect leader's foresight and quickly boarded the ship one by one.

In just a short while, the sparks of the Yinling Sect's resurgence had all boarded the ship.

Without lingering for long, almost the next second, the airship's Psychic Energy Reactor started up and output maximum power.

Thus, the higher-ups of the Yinling Sect escaped unscathed.

This is the original plan.

However, plans often change.

The airship was fast, but the falling Feather Powder were even faster.

The high-speed airship suddenly encountered an insurmountable chasm.

Furthermore, the sudden appearance of dense fog caused the airship to brake in time, resulting in a sudden collision.

"Boom--!"

A tremendous impact rang out, but was swallowed up by the shower of Feather Powder.

The space was isolated, so they did not hear the warning of an enemy attack that came from afar a moment later.

They were completely unaware that the large number of Heaven Realm Awakened gathered here had already attracted the attention of the Predators.

Shisui's Bikaku swelled and lengthened, like a dark red ribbon winding and swirling among the mist.

The Bikaku and gathered up all the corpses, its Metamorphosis predatory organs immediately beginning to feast.

In just a moment, the three Heaven Realm Awakened present were devoured.

"One, two, three,... twelve, thirteen."

Hmm, there are so many of them in the Heaven Realm over there.

Shisui thought to himself, considering whether he could capture them all in one fell swoop.

"No, with only the Earth Realm Eighth Realm, dealing with thirteen is still too much of a stretch."

If they stick together, three of them might escape, which would be a loss in the long run!

In a flash, Shisui Sui made a judgment.

He would need to reach at least the Earth Realm Ninth Realm Peak to keep all his prey.

Without Shisui, Zi Sui unleashed a black blizzard of Feather Powder that swept through the valley.

Blade-like steel Ukaku feathers were mixed in, shredding the ants beneath the Earth Realm.

In this blizzard, even comrades who were originally back to back will now be completely separated by space.

All the prey that struggled to survive became isolated islands struggling to survive in the darkness.

As for Shisui, he had now completely transformed into Kakuja.

Using the power of three Heaven Realm, he created this black blizzard.

To ensure sufficient Psychic Energy during the advancement, Shisui did not use the Psychic Energy within his body to maintain the operation of the blizzard.

Instead, he needs the numerous Radiant Feathers in the blizzard to provide him with the energy for his advancement.

The prey that had just been captured was being consumed at a rate visible to the naked eye.

The three Heaven Realm were estimated to only last ten minutes.

But that's enough.

The Radiant Feathers, frantically strangling their prey, gleamed faintly in the darkness.

The blizzard covering the valley began to slowly rotate, with Shisui as the eye of the hurricane.

Whether they died in the flames of war or were shattered by the Radiant Feathers, they were all swept up and surging wildly toward the eye of the Ghoul.

The Shisui, monstrous Kagune contracted inwards, protecting the body in the center.

The Metamorphosis has begun.

The [Predator] talent was operating wildly, devouring Psychic Energy and converting it into its own energy while frantically eroding the barriers between realms.

Pure flesh and blood, along with Psychic Energy, surged forth and rushed into Shisui's body.

After being transformed into energy that Shisui, it frantically assaults the increasingly weak barriers.

In just one minute, all the Awakened Ones below the valley Earth Realm were exhausted.

Shisui's realm stopped at the Eighth Realm Peak.

It's still not enough; the Psychic Energy in the Profound Realm and Yellow Realm is still too little.

With Shisui caused the three Heaven Realm corpses to deplete at an alarming rate, even beginning to burn with Psychic Energy flames.

Consuming Psychic Energy at such a rapid pace will inevitably result in significant losses.

But the effect is immediate.

The Earth Realm Awakened had just barely managed to hold on in the blizzard were now being shredded into mincemeat by Radiant Feathers.

Shisui summoned a large amount of Flesh Crystals, half of which were used to supply the operation of Feather Powder and Radiant Feathers.

One side surrounds him to prevent insufficient energy during the breakthrough.

But he was clearly overthinking it.

Putting aside this war, there are nearly 10,000 Earth Realm Awakened of the Jade Swallow Continent Fifth Army alone.

Not to mention, the Yinling Sect itself has a considerable number of Earth Realm Awakened.

Take the difference between the Earth Realm and the Profound Realm as an example.

At the foot of a mountain, one has just begun to climb to the limit of its own potential.

The other one is already halfway up the mountain, or even in the latter half of the climb.

This disparity, now transformed into energy, surged into Shisui's body all at once.

"Boom!"

The trickle suddenly turned into a raging river.

Because of the sheer number of Earth Realms, even Zi Sui, who was able to withstand the simultaneous entry of energy from three or four Heaven Realms into his Shisui, experienced slight cracking of his body.

Fortunately, the Rc Cells were efficient enough to adapt to the energy in just half a second.

The biological cocoon formed by Shisui quickly entered a state of readiness, colliding with the bottleneck of the Ninth Realm and a flood of Psychic Energy.

"Boom! Boom!! Boom!!"

Shisui seemed to hear the sounds of impact coming from inside his body, each one more intense than the last.

"Snap!"

The bottleneck could no longer suppress this force and shattered with a crash.

The next instant, the floodwaters burst, and terrifying energy filled Shisui's entire body.

Early game! Mid game! Late game!

The peak of the Ninth Realm, accomplished in one fell swoop!

"Bang!"

The floodwaters crashed against the thick dike, Shisui knew that the real bottleneck had arrived.

Given Shisui's aptitude and talent, the dam that stood between the Earth Realm and Heaven Realms was no different from an insurmountable chasm.

But at this moment, Shisui instinctively sensed that the blood-soaked dam had developed tiny cracks.

That was the opportunity that led to his promotion.