Seizing Heavenly Python Lake, Water-Origin Orb

"I see."

Everyone was overjoyed, never expecting that Jiang Linglong and Chen Nianzhi had done such a good job keeping it a secret.

They even fooled them; no wonder the Demon Race suffered such a great loss. Thinking of this, they couldn't help but flatter them, saying, "With your strategies and strength, the Demon Race deserved this calamity."

"Alright, let's talk about what to do next."

Jiang Linglong stopped everyone from flattering her and looked towards Jiaoyang Mountain.

She hesitated for a moment, then said, "After this battle, Earth Lion Ridge will be unable to hold on alone, and will definitely begin to retreat and conserve its strength within three days."

"Therefore, I plan to take advantage of this great victory and launch an attack to conquer the territory where Heavenly Python Lake is located, thus expanding the territory of the Human Race."

Upon hearing this, everyone's faces lit up with ecstatic joy.

Unlike more than 80 years ago, there were three main reasons why Jiang Linglong gave up Heavenly Python Lake back then.

Firstly, their strength was insufficient. Back then Heavenly Ruins Mountain only had one Golden Core realm cultivator, Jiang Linglong, and its affiliated forces consisted only of the various immortal clans in the Border Province. With such limited strength, it was far too risky to occupy Tier 4 Spirit Mountain in the heart of the Demon Race realm.

Moreover, Jiang Linglong was at a crucial juncture in her breakthrough to the Golden Core realm stage, making it unsuitable for her to easily risk occupying Spirit Mountain.

Secondly, it was due to the geographical environment. At that time, Jiaoyang Mountain had fallen, and Heavenly Python Lake was isolated overseas. Once occupied, it would inevitably be besieged by Demon Ape Mountain, Earth Lion Ridge, and Crimson Scorpion Ridge.

Thirdly, due to the deterioration of internal relations, the relationship with the Azure Sun Sect had almost broken down back then. Jiang Linglong also had the idea of first taking over Azure Sun Mountain, reorganizing the Three Provinces, and then plotting to seize the territory of the Demon Race race.

These three reasons combined forced Jiang Linglong to abandon the invaluable Tier 4 Spirit Vein and Earth Vein.

Now, a century later, the landscape has changed dramatically.

Jiang Linglong has now broken through to the Golden Core realm realm, and her strength has increased several times over compared to before. In addition, the strength of the Heavenly Ruins Alliance is now far superior to what it used to be, so it is now completely different from what it used to be.

The geographical environment is now very different. Now that the Demon King of Crimson Scorpion Ridge has been killed, the territory of Crimson Scorpion Ridge will probably be in great chaos for the next few decades, and it will probably have no time to take care of Heavenly Python Lake.

Although Demon Ape Mountain and Earth Lion Ridge still form a pincer movement against Heavenly Python Lake, Demon Ape Mountain is restrained by the Purple Abyss Sect.

As for the Earth Lion Ridge, it is restrained by the Jiaoyang Mountain, which is enough to prevent it from targeting the Heavenly Python Lake with all its might.

In this battle, the Black Flood Dragon Demon King and the Crimson Scorpion Demon King were killed, and nearly half of the Purple Mansion Foundation Establishment Demon Beast of Heavenly Python Lake were also killed in the ensuing rout.

After Jiang Linglong takes it down, clearing out the various Spirit Mountain will be much easier.

"Since we're going to take action, we must go all out."

Chen Nianzhi began to speak, then after a moment of contemplation, he continued, "We'll first mobilize the Heavenly Python Treasure Ark to capture Heavenly Python Lake, and then turn back to take down those third-tier Spirit Mountain of the Demon Race one by one."

In order to achieve a swift victory, Jiang Linglong mobilized the Heavenly Python Treasure Ark and immediately dispatched 10,000 elite cultivators from Heavenly Ruins Mountain to carry the army deep into the territory of Heavenly Python Lake.

The Heavenly Python Treasure Ark truly lived up to its reputation as a powerful war machine. Heavenly Python Lake was more than 400,000 li away from Heavenly Ruins Mountain, yet it arrived in just over ten days.

Upon arriving at Heavenly Python Lake, Chen Nianzhi discovered that a defensive formation on the Heavenly Python Lake had been activated for some time.

"As expected, there is a Mountain-Protecting Array."

Chen Nianzhi and Jiang Linglong exchanged a glance, then activated the Heavenly Python Treasure Ship's offensive formation.

These large War Treasure Ship can only travel 30,000 li per day, a speed comparable to that of a cultivator in the Early Purple Mansion realm. Therefore, they are merely passive targets for Golden Core realm Golden Core realm cultivators and pose little threat to them.

However, if used to deal with large numbers of low-level Demon Beast and immovable formations, the War Treasure Ship will be incredibly effective.

The Heavenly Python Treasure Ship emitted a dazzling light, and tens of thousands of cultivators activated the Seven-Star Demon-Slaying Sword Aura together. After unleashing three consecutive sword strikes, they forcefully broke through the Tier 4 Low-Grade Mountain-Protecting Array on Heavenly Python Lake.

After breaking through the formation, Chen Nianzhi was the first to charge in.

There was a Purple Mansion Late Stage demon crocodile in the lake trying to escape. He sneered and chased after it, unleashing more than ten sword energies with his Heavenly Separation Twin Swords. In just ten moves, he severed the demon crocodile's head.

The numerous cultivators on the treasure ship were overjoyed and rushed into Heavenly Python Lake to begin clearing out the countless low-level Demon Beast in the lake.

"We've finally taken it."

After slaying the few remaining Purple Mansion Demon Beast, Chen Nianzhi and Jiang Linglong exchanged a smile.

Xu Ganyang, Patriarch Fang, and the others standing to the side all wore happy expressions and cupped their hands in greeting to Jiang Linglong and Chen Nianzhi.

"Congratulations to you both on acquiring another fourth-tier Spirit Mountain."

"Hahaha."

Chen Nianzhi laughed heartily and led the group of the Purple Mansion cultivators all the way to the islands in the center of the lake.

From the Spirit Pool, Chen Nianzhi found a Water-Origin Orb and exclaimed with delight, "I've coveted this for years, and I've finally obtained it!"

The Water-Origin Orb has countless uses. It can not only assist water-attribute Demon Beast in their cultivation, but it is also Higher Vehicle treasure for alchemy and weapon crafting, and can even help them break through to the Golden Core realm realm.

Although everyone was envious, they were also aware of their own limitations.

In terms of strength and contribution to this battle, they combined probably couldn't compare to Chen Nianzhi, so they naturally had no right to compete.

Jiang Linglong did not rush to claim the spoils of this battle. She personally dismantled the Mountain-Protecting Array of Heavenly Python Lake, and then used the Dragon-Transforming Saber as the main array eye, together with the Tier 4 Magical Treasure Kui Water Pearl, to set up a Kui-Water Dragon-Slaying Formation.

After setting up the formation, Jiang Linglong gathered everyone together and said, "Although we have captured Heavenly Python Lake, there is still a vast territory of 400,000 li between Heavenly Python Lake and the Heavenly Ruins Mountain area."

"Among them are seven third-tier Spirit Mountain and five third-tier Earth Vein. We must take them down as soon as possible."

Everyone nodded; the Demon Race's territory was different from that of the Human Race.

The territory of Heavenly Python Lake is a vast expanse of 400,000 li, slightly larger than the Three Provinces occupied by the Heavenly Ruins Alliance, but it only has seven Third-Order Spirit Vein and five Earth Vein.

The main reason is that lower-level Demon Race do not know how to develop land or cultivate Spirit Vein.

The Three Provinces of the Heavenly Ruins Alliance span approximately 300,000 li, and there are more than 30 Third-Order Spirit Vein. However, the vast majority of these Spirit Vein were actually cultivated by humans over thousands of years.

The Third-Order Spirit Vein of Heavenly Python Lake are extremely rare, and its Earth Vein are also pitifully few. There must be many third-order Earth Vein hidden within its territory, waiting to be gradually developed by the Heavenly Ruins Alliance in the future.

Seeing everyone nod, Jiang Linglong said with a smile, "Heavenly Python Lake has been stabilized, in order to prevent any unforeseen circumstances, I need to stay at Heavenly Python Lake to oversee things for a while and will be unable to leave for the time being. I'll have to trouble you with this matter."

Chen Nianzhi nodded and said calmly, "I'll take them to handle this matter."