A Bustling Crowd
After reading the letter, Xu Ganyang frowned and said with some worry, "The Earth Lion Demon King has advanced to the late Golden Core stage, and the Golden Lion Mastiff has also broken through to the Demon King realm."
"Adding the Black Flood Dragon Demon King of Heavenly Python Lake, wouldn't we be facing three Golden Core realm Demon King?"
Everyone's expression turned solemn. Since the information in the letter was obtained by Jiang Linglong through investigation, it must be accurate.
The strength of that Demon Race is probably only greater than what's shown on paper, and by no means less.
"Although the Demon Race is powerful, we are not weak either."
Chen Nianzhi spoke, conjuring a topographical map with his Law Power, and looked at Jiaoyang Mountain and Heavenly Ruins Mountain.
"As long as we hold Heavenly Ruins Mountain and Jiaoyang Mountain, with these two key Spirit Vein as our strongholds, we should be able to weather this Beast Turmoil."
"Jiaoyang Mountain and Heavenly Ruins Mountain."
Everyone frowned upon hearing this. After pondering for a moment, Patriarch Fang still asked, "Then how should we arrange our manpower?"
"Let's leave Heavenly Ruins Mountain to the major immortal clans of Border Province."
Jiang Linglong spoke up, her gaze sweeping over the people of Border Province: "Border Province has three False Core realm cultivators from the Chen Clan and Xu Clan, and Heavenly Ruins Mountain also has Tier 4 Formation, which is enough to stop the Black Flood Dragon Demon King."
"Faced with the pressure from the Earth Lion Ridge, Jiaoyang Ridge still needs me to lead the immortals of Azure Sun Two Provinces to oversee it."
After everyone finalized their strategy for the battle and discussed the details, the meeting finally concluded.
After everyone left, Chen Nianzhi and Jiang Linglong stared at the map in front of them, lost in thought.
After a long pause, Jiang Linglong said, "With the covert support of Azure-Wave Lake, the Demon Race should be well-prepared for this battle. The Spiritual Qi of Tier 3 Upper-grade Spirit Vein is also limited, and it's very likely they won't be able to hold it."
"Simply dividing our forces for defense might not yield any significant gains even if we win. We should concentrate our strength and defeat one of their groups."
Chen Nianzhi smiled, a glint of light flashing in her eyes, and said, "I think those Demon King probably think the same way."
As soon as they finished speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled, their gazes both turning towards Heavenly Ruins Mountain.
"..."
Without lingering at Azure Sun Mountain, Chen Nianzhi flew directly back to Yu Commandery on his sword to begin preparations for battle.
After returning to Spirit Isle Lake, he began to take advantage of the two years he still had to refine some pills such as the Purple-Nurture Pill and the Qi-Replenishing Return-Origin Pill to restore his injuries and Law Power.
His Alchemy Art are now quite advanced. The success rate of refining these mid-to-low-grade third-tier pills is not too low, and the success rate of refining the Purple-Nurture Pill has even reached 70% to 80%.
At the same time, the Chen Clan family began to recruit cultivators continuously. Most of the participants went to the front line of Heavenly Ruins Mountain, while some stayed in Yu Commandery to guard Yuyang Market.
The entire war machine of the Heavenly Ruins Alliance was set in motion. When the nest is overturned, no egg remains unbroken. Almost all the cultivators in the Three Provinces, whether they were Rogue Cultivator or Lineage cultivators, were conscripted to participate in this once-in-a-century war.
A year has passed in the blink of an eye, Chen Nianzhi has finally gone to Heavenly Ruins Mountain ahead of schedule.
When he arrived at Heavenly Ruins Mountain, he found that 50,000 cultivators had already gathered Heavenly Ruins Mountain.
It can be said that for this battle, the major immortal clans in the three Border Province have almost exhausted all their strength, and more than 70% of their cultivators have been mobilized.
The remaining 30% was simply unmobilizable, as each of the major Lineage ' businesses also needed someone to oversee them.
A hundred years have passed since the last Beast Turmoil, and most of the Qi Refining Cultivator who participated in the last battle have already exhausted their lifespans.
Those who are still alive now have either broken through to the Foundation Establishment realm or have only a few years left to live, making them completely unable to participate in this war.
Even many of the Foundation Establishment cultivators who participated in the war back then have now mostly perished, and those who are still alive don't have much lifespan left.
Chen Nianzhi stood on the top of Tianxu Mountain, looking at the bustling monks down the mountain with some emotion.
This is both a war and a once-in-a-century grand gathering of immortal cultivators.
In the past, most cultivators were in seclusion, and it was rare to see hundreds of cultivators gathering together to trade in a Marketplace. Now, tens of thousands of low-level cultivators gathered together, which is truly a once-in-a-century event.
Everyone took this opportunity to sell their unwanted treasures, while others used it to buy their desired items.
In the past, many things were extremely difficult to find. Many low-level cultivators without a background would have to travel tens of thousands of miles and spend several years in order to purchase a treasure.
However, Heavenly Ruins Mountain. For Qi Refining Cultivator, there are basically no treasures they cannot buy, only things they cannot afford.
Even the Purple Mansion Ancestors and Foundation Establishment cultivators took the opportunity to hold Exchange Fair, hoping to trade for treasures they were satisfied with.
"Time really flies."
Chen Nianzhi sighed at how quickly time had passed, and felt a pang of nostalgia for the past.
A hundred years have passed in a flash, and the world is still bustling with activity, only the people in that bustling activity have changed.
The great battle a hundred years ago seems to be just around the corner. Back then, Heavenly Ruins Mountain was just as bustling as it was, with cultivators from all over the Border Province gathering together to trade treasures in a lively atmosphere.
The Old Clan Leader, Xu Ganyang, and others standing to the side were also somewhat moved. Now, a hundred years have passed, and they have all experienced two or three Beast Turmoil, so they can naturally understand Chen Nianzhi's feelings.
Just then, a streak of light flew in from afar and landed in front of the group.
The person who came was Meng Xingwan. The Meng Clan had exhausted hundreds of years of accumulation and depleted their own resources to buy two Five-Elements Treasure Crystal from the Chen Clan, which finally enabled her to advance her cultivation to the Purple Mansion Realm.
Seeing her land, Chen Nianzhi asked, "How are you?"
Meng Xingwan had cultivated a concealment Divine Ability, which was very suitable for intelligence gathering. This time, she was the one who went to check the movements of the Demon Beast.
"The Black Flood Dragon Demon King has already dispatched his troops, their forces heading straight for Heavenly Ruins Mountain."
She glanced at Chen Nianzhi, gave a slight bow, and then spoke.
Chen Nianzhi pondered for a moment, then asked, "How many troops has Heavenly Python Lake dispatched this time, and how long will it take them to arrive?"
"The Demon Beast army is still 100,000 li away from us. At Demon Beast speed, it will take at least three more months."
As Meng Xingwan spoke, she added, "To avoid being discovered by the Demon King, I did not venture deep into the Demon Beast army, but my initial estimate is that there are no fewer than 300,000 Demon Beast."
"Among them, I discovered twelve Purple Mansion Demon Beast, the main force of which consisted of three from the Six-Winged Golden Butterfly lineage, two from the Golden-Horned Savage Bull lineage, and two from the Demon Wolf clan."
"The rest are all demonic pythons and Purple Mansion demonic crocodiles from Heavenly Python Lake, including one in the Purple Mansion Late Stage."
Chen Nianzhi nodded. Back in the heyday of Heavenly Python Lake, the Heavenly Python Demon King had more than thirty Purple Mansion Demon Beast under his command.