Declaration of War
Zhang Yang led five people to the entrance of the Prodigy Battlefield.
At this time, there were still two months left before the end of the Prodigy Battlefield.
In the past, this was the time when the various prodigies would be competing in the Central Hall.
However, after Zhang Yang's chaotic actions, the geniuses of those top sects no longer had the heart to gamble.
When the prodigies from the nine top sects arrived at Heavenly Heart Island and discovered that its stronghold had also been destroyed, everyone felt relieved.
Alright, everyone's bases are all gone!
No one needs to worry about defending the stronghold anymore.
"Why don't we go check out the Lost-Trace Forest? Maybe they haven't destroyed their Lost-Trace Forest there?" Zixu said, looking at the group from the Myriad Spirits Sect.
She couldn't forget the smugness of the Myriad Spirits Sect members before.
At this point, the members of the Myriad Spirits Sect were actually losing confidence.
Why is it that while the strongholds of the other eight major sects were destroyed, the stronghold of the Myriad Spirits Sect still exists?
Their Myriad Spirits Sect's formation is very powerful, but doesn't that mean the defensive capabilities of the other eight major sects are also strong?
Therefore, at this point, they were actually wondering if the other members of the Myriad Spirits Sect had failed to transmit the information? Or perhaps, had they all simply perished?
Kong Xiuping glanced at Zhou Lin and said calmly, "Anyway, we have nothing else to do now. Let's go to the Myriad Spirits Sect's stronghold and see if there are any other clues. The Azure Cloud Sect destroyed our stronghold, and we still haven't found them... What if they attacked the Lost-Trace Forest last?"
"Let's go!" Zhou Lin said decisively.
They felt it would be better to return to the Lost-Trace Forest to verify the situation. If the Lost-Trace Forest still existed, their Myriad Spirits Sect would have gained the upper hand.
Furthermore, if they happened to be there when the Azure Cloud Sect attacked the Lost-Trace Forest, wouldn't that have been a perfect opportunity to save them?
This group of people set off again for the Lost-Trace Forest.
On the way, the prodigies from several major sects displayed different expressions.
Among them, Kong Xiuping from Langya Sacred Land and Leng Qingfeng from Great Snow Mountain both had extremely cold and stern expressions.
Because their most outstanding talents died the most, resulting in the greatest losses.
They were puzzled as to why the other sects had suffered relatively few casualties, while their Langya Sacred Land and Great Snow Mountain had suffered the most. Was the Azure Cloud Sect deliberately targeting them?
The other major sects, on the contrary, breathed a sigh of relief.
Their stronghold was indeed gone, and their heavenly materials and earthly treasures were indeed stolen, but their casualties were minimal.
As for the heavenly materials and earthly treasures the Azure Cloud Sect stole, even if they were taken out of the Prodigy Battlefield, could they still bring them back to the sect?
There are so many others outside the Prodigy Battlefield.
The problem of the outpost can be solved by building another one later; what's the big deal?
Therefore, they were actually much more relaxed.
When everyone headed back to the Lost-Trace Forest, Zhang Yang and his group of five had already arrived at the entrance to the Prodigy Battlefield.
"We can't hide at the entrance," Zi Yan said with some worry. "If we're discovered by the major sects and trapped here, we won't be able to get out or escape. It will be very difficult to hold out for two months."
Qingxu nodded and said, "Indeed, we'll be in some danger if we reveal our identities."
"Eldest Senior Brother, why don't we just hide and wait for the Prodigy Battlefield to open?" Situ Mingyue hurriedly advised.
Hu Dali looked at the group and said to Zhang Yang, "I'll listen to you."
Zhang Yang shook his head. "You can hide for a while, but you can't hide forever!"
Besides its heavenly materials and earthly treasures, the Prodigy Battlefield is also a place for training and for exchanging ideas with prodigies from other major sects.
This group of people will be the backbone of each sect in the next era, so it is very necessary to get to know them in advance.
We've already gained the benefits of entering the Prodigy Battlefield, but our training is not yet complete.
That's why I chose this place to confront them head-on.
He paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "I promised my master that I would bring back first place in the Prodigy Battlefield. Now, it's time for me to keep my promise."
Don't those major sects love gambling and duels?
I'll set up a ring right here and have a duel with them to steal their Identity Mark.
"Don't forget, outside the Prodigy Battlefield, there are hundreds of millions of Spirit Stone, thousands of pills, and several Spirit Artifact waiting for us!"
Situ Mingyue said with a wry smile, "I'm afraid those major sects won't follow the rules and will rely on their numbers to attack."
Zhang Yang nodded and said, "So, we need to make some preparations!"
Qingxu, could you please use those materials to help me refine some Law Treasure? I need to set up an array at this entrance.
With the Qingxu Pagoda as their support, they dared not act rashly.
"Hu Dali, we'll need you to contribute more Spirit Blood this time... We'll inscribe more Talisman, make three or four hundred, Talisman we won't have to be afraid of them at all."
Hu Dali stumbled, sweat beading on his forehead. "I say, is it really necessary to carve so many Talisman?"
Zhang Yang chuckled and took out a three-thousand-year-old spirit medicine: "Giving you a spirit medicine in advance, are you still worried about losing anything?"
Since some spirit medicine are duplicates anyway, giving away one won't hurt.
"I... I'll go find you some spirit wood!" Hu Dali immediately ran towards the Prodigy Battlefield, intending to dig up a large spirit wood and carve more Talisman.
Qingxu understood Zhang Yang's meaning. He hurriedly took out the materials and began to refine the Formation Disk according to Zhang Yang's instructions.
Then, Zhang Yang deployed the formation.
Using the Qingxu Pagoda as the array's core and twenty-five Formation Disk as its base, the Five-Elements Reversal Formation was laid out.
Once the formation was complete, Zhang Yang began carving Talisman, with Hu Dali providing Spirit Blood, and one Talisman after another took shape.
While Zhang Yang was making preparations in full swing, the people from the nine major sects had already arrived at the Lost-Trace Forest.
When they saw the empty Lost-Trace Forest, everyone felt relieved.
Nine major sects, nine strongholds—not a single one remains!
No one has a base anymore; from now on, entering the Prodigy Battlefield will mean starting all over again.
The nine top sects, comprising over three hundred people, silently observed the Lost-Trace Forest for a long time before Zhou Lin calmly said, "Now we only have one thing left to do, and that is to hunt down the people from the Azure Cloud Sect!"
Since no one had a base anymore, they had no more worries about their safety.
"The task entrusted to us by our sect elders must be completed!" Kong Xiuping said coldly. "This time, we must destroy the Azure Cloud Sect's Fortune no matter what!"
"Sever the roots of the Azure Cloud Sect, leaving them without an Azure Cloud Sect successor!"
Gong Beihai said slowly, "Let's not forget, we actually have another mission, which is the gambling match!"
This time, we'll use the people of the Azure Cloud Sect as our wager!
"Whoever defeats the Azure Cloud Sect member first, every other sect must hand over ten portions of their Fortune to that Azure Cloud Sect. How about it?"
"Yes, we can combine the two things!"
"That's the arrangement! If anyone tries to renege, the other sects will join forces to attack them!"
"Alright, find the people from the Azure Cloud Sect!"
People from nine major sects prepared to search for the Azure Cloud Sect.
Just then, a huge banner floated across the sky. "A message to fellow cultivators of all sects: The entrance to the Prodigy Battlefield open! The Azure Cloud Sect awaits your challenge!"