Chapter 477 - 473: Worldly Changes

Chapter 477 - 473: Worldly Changes

While the events took a while to describe, the event itself occurred in a blink of a mortal’s eye, unleashing in such a coordinated effort that it was utterly flawless.

The four were all pale, experiencing an exhaustion of their respective energies and forces. But they had eliminated a higher stage cultivator with no losses due to their concerted actions, their planning, and flawless execution. In normal circumstances, a Light Reflection Phase expert was capable of killing dozens of Spatial Resonance Phase cultivators with ease, their cultivation level advantages were far, far too oppressive.

In a frontal fight, perhaps they could claim victory, but not without losses. That was unacceptable.

These cultivation advantages became more and more oppressive as phases rose, with the Worldly Domain almost determining invincibility beneath their phase no matter the numbers. It was fortunate that the Season of Regression was present, lowering the cultivation advantages of everyone, and the higher their cultivation level, the greater the restriction.

Even Wei Wuyin at the Spatial Resonance Phase was fearful of a restricted Worldly Domain, unwilling to enter it for a mere moment. If it wasn’t restricted, capable of fully converting ambient mana, energies, and essences into its own power, the terror would shake the most talented, fearless experts.

But without the Primary Light energies capable of merging with the ambient mana, connecting with the ambient light energies in the surroundings, the Light Reflection Phase lost roughly 70% of its strength.

Still, they claimed victory.

Zu Zun walked towards the corpse, his eyes filled with contempt. "He talked a lot of shit. Look where that got’em," he shook his head at the corpse that was almost headless.

Usually, Bei Yunhan would speak words of disagreements, but he didn’t. Instead, he arrived beside Zu Zun, asked with concern: "Are you okay?" The concern originated from his heart, his tone soft as he hurriedly withdrew a handkerchief.

Zu Zun was shocked for a moment. He touched his nose, realizing he was bleeding. He had overexerted the extraction, taking 80% of his demonic shadow force in one go, causing his body to suffer internal injuries. His eyes turned to Bei Yunhan as he saw the worry, a touch of warmth entered his heart.

"I’m fine..." He answered in a soft voice. Taking the handkerchief, cleaning his nose before Bei Yunhan could do so.

"You didn’t need to use so much astral force," Bei Yunhan gently scolded. His face was also pale because he hadn’t expected to handle such a massive arrow of power. His hands had trembled when he nocked it.

Zu Zun scoffed dismissively, not arguing. He wasn’t in the mood.

Li Yungu was more focused, already looting the corpses. Her eyes flashed with greed and she was extremely practiced in her actions, an experienced looter. At times, she would laugh a little too evilly as she inspected the ring’s contents. Then, she would hurriedly move to the next.

Hong Chunhua didn’t mind them or their antics. "Kill the rest. I’ll handle the captives," she ordered before soaring towards the stairs leading downwards.

Li Yungu withdrew a blue dagger. When she looted an unconscious crew member, she’d plunge her dagger into their temple, twist, and pull. Her actions, once again, were extremely practiced. She began to hum.

The other two showed their understanding with simultaneous nods. Zu Zun used his foot, stomping on the soft heads of those members until they burst. Bei Yunhan gave these members a more complete death, sending a surge of astral force into their brains through their nose to swiftly end their lives.

Hong Chunhua walked downwards with the compass in her hand, following it until it flickered erratically with a faint droning sound, indicating that she was directly before the Ascendant. Her eyes flashed as she saw the metal door that blocked her way. With a fierce kick, she blew the door off its hinges, sending it flying into the wall.

It wasn’t possible for these elite experts to fight without cause or benefits, so this was the best possible scenario to whittle away at their strength. Unfortunately, it wasn’t sustainable.

Is what she originally thought.

But from what she learned from the interrogated pirates, the Central Region had devolved into a series of territorial wars between multiple factions, humans and elves clashing fiercely with lethal intent. A storm of blood and greed was currently unfolding to determine ownership of various cultivation grounds and resource rich areas.

As for the Desolate Lands? Not a single faction fought there, utterly peaceful due to their Holy Son’s presence. The unity was unprecedented, but it still restricted those from the Central Regions from entering, forcing them to enter the three other regions.

The total land area for the three regions were 474,000 miles, while the Central Regions was merely a third of that, yet more than sixty percent of the population from each region had entered, including the elven and human race this time. The overpopulation was an issue. To add, a third of that territory was already reserved for Wei Wuyin, and no one could fight for that lest they be expelled.

Hong Chunhua found this dynamic interesting, feeling that Wei Wuyin was extremely terrifying. Fortunately, he was their leader, not their enemy.

Zu Zun asked as he casually carried Long Chen’s exhausted onto their ship, "His Majesty...what do you think he’s planning?"

Bei Yunhan frowned, "I don’t know. Whatever it is, if it needs us to act, he’ll call for us."

Li Yungu added, smiling as she held a spatial ring that contained all their precious loot, "His Majesty could take over all the regions at any point, if he wanted. We shouldn’t speculate about his plans, only think about ourselves for now." Her smile was extremely pleasant to look at.

"..." Hong Chunhua was silent. She realized they hadn’t caught on to the systematic whittling of this continent’s forces. The call of war, the expert dangling of bait, and the absolute silence at the abundance of violence surging about. In her mind, she knew the likely possibility: ’This continent’s inhabitants are going to be freed...’

The thought caused her heart to shiver. But why? She didn’t know, but if Wei Wuyin was acting in such a way, then his intent was clear. He was either preparing for the worse or he knew it was going to happen.

When they returned to their own sea vessel, Zu Zun was rushed by Lian Yu, who was looking at Long Chen in fear. Only when she felt his life aura did a heavy weight lift from her shoulders, her hand lightly caressing his face.

"Enough, enough! If you’re going to get lovey-dovey, you take him." Zu Zun tossed Long Chen to Lian Yu, causing her to shriek in panic. She urged her astral force to hold him, preventing his fall.

She glared at Zu Zun after Long Chen was safe, "He’s your Grand Prince! You dare treat him like this?"

Zu Zun shrugged. "He got himself captured, forced to be a tool for others. He isn’t worthy. He should’ve died in battle, not allow himself to get turned into a slave."

Bei Yunhan added in Zu Zun’s defense, "When the sect learns of this, he’ll be stripped of his title. It’s against the rules for such a humiliating thing to occur."

Lian Yu paled, "No! No they won’t!"

Li Yungu turned her gaze to Lian Yu, lifting her glasses further along the bridge of her nose. "They’re right. The future Grand Monarch must have an undefeated record, exemplifying a Monarch’s Excellence. When he ascends, he has to receive the unanimous acceptance of the sect. He had been captured, turned into a slave, and defeated. In fact, it’ll be embarrassing if he thought he should retain the title," her words were soft yet brutally honest.

"Argh..." Long Chen’s awakening voice resounded.

"Finally, let’s get some answers." Hong Chunhua said.