Chapter 2042 - 738: Bad News

Such individuals are not uncommon in the Human Clan Cultivation Realm, but they are usually protectors of hegemonic powers of a nation.

Nangong Wuqing, after a moment of reflection, looked at Zhou Chun with gleaming eyes and said, "Fortunately, Taoist Friend Zhou has arrived. With your strength, at least that Thousand-Foot Golden Centipede and the Golden Spirit Clan Spirit King would not be your match. The Alien Race Coalition Army will likely need to assign a Fifth-order High-grade Alien Race to guard against Taoist Friend Zhou. This way, we might have a chance to win!"

Hearing this, Zhou Chun couldn’t help but twitch his eye and then shook his head with a bitter smile, saying, "Taoist Friend Nangong, your words make my heart uneasy; that’s someone equivalent to a Great Nascent Soul Late Stage Cultivator!"

Then his expression turned serious as he looked deeply at Nangong Wuqing and asked, "Do you know any news about Senior Tai Geng’s true body? Has the Alien Race not shown any Sixth Order beings despite the war reaching this point?"

Listening to this, Nangong Wuqing immediately shook his head and denied it, "This, I’m not clear about. I’ve never seen the true body of Senior Tai Geng, nor have I heard of any Sixth Order beings engaging in combat anywhere!"

Seeing this situation, Zhou Chun immediately ceased this topic, then cupped his hands towards him and thanked, "I understand, many thanks to Taoist Friend Nangong for clarifying."

Then the two continued to watch the battle.

On the battlefield below, every now and then, a Fifth Order existence would find themselves unable to match their opponent and had to retreat to their own side’s position.

The victors, like Zhou Chun, would voluntarily return to their own territory.

If someone did not return, the other side would immediately dispatch reinforcements to engage in a rotating battle, never allowing them to interfere with others’ fights.

And with the strong ones on both sides providing support from the rear, it was nearly impossible for anyone to fall.

Thus, after watching for a while, Zhou Chun’s gaze fell upon other battlefields.

On the battlefield among the Fourth Order, casualties occurred from time to time.

Golden Core Stage Cultivators, in this kind of battlefield, were merely high-level enforcers, unlike Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators who received extraordinary preferential treatment.

Since there indeed were disparities in strength between them, if one side was overmatched, it was hard to retreat back in time.

Hence, severe injuries or deaths happened from time to time.

And on the battlefield of the lower and mid-order personnel, the casualties were even more severe.

Whether they be Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators or Foundation Establishment Cultivators, they were at risk of falling at any time, even resulting in the annihilation of entire teams!

Of course, the alien races were no exception; their total death ratio was even higher than that of the Human Clan’s.

This was mainly because plenty of mindless Demon Beasts died, along with many Earth Barbarian Clan warriors.

Among the three major alien races of Sky Barbarian Plains, the Earth Barbarian Clan had the largest number of people, especially numerous at the First and Second Order warriors.

However, despite the high casualties on both sides, since both had a large number of low and mid-order personnel, it was practically unrealistic to deplete each other’s living forces through such attrition warfare.

Therefore, to quickly determine victory, efforts must be made at the level of Fifth Order existences.

After observing for about half a day, as the Fifth Order existences from both sides gradually retreated, and as the mana of the low and mid-order cultivators was exhausted, the Tai Geng Divine Venerable’s incarnation finally issued the order to sound the gong for withdrawal.

It seemed as if there was an unspoken agreement; as the Human Clan withdrew, the Alien Race Coalition Army only pursued symbolically for a short distance before ceasing pursuit.

Of course, this wasn’t truly some kind of mutual understanding, but rather, if the Alien Race Coalition Army pursued too far, the Human Clan could dispatch additional reinforcements for a counterattack, potentially leaving the coalition with no opportunity to retreat back to their positions.

If they deployed more personnel to the battlefield, it would actually play into the Human Clan’s hands.

After all, the Human Clan most hoped for the alien races to leave their array prohibitions and engage in large-scale battles.

Once the low and mid-order cultivators all retreated back, Zhou Chun and the other Nascent Soul Stage True Persons returned to their temporary residence with the Tai Geng Divine Venerable’s incarnation, entering the same golden palace Zhou Chun had previously entered.

When everyone was seated inside the palace, the Tai Geng Divine Venerable’s incarnation at the front suddenly shared startling intelligence.

"I recently received news from Taoist Friend Yuanyang that the Demon Dragon in Dragon Abyss Marsh is ready to provoke and could initiate a beast tide attack on our Human Clan at any time!"

What?

Zhou Chun shivered all over, nearly standing up in shock.

He looked towards the Tai Geng Divine Venerable’s incarnation with a drastically changed expression, his throat slightly moving as if wanting to ask questions but also seeming to have concerns.

Not pausing to observe the shock on their faces, the Tai Geng Divine Venerable’s incarnation continued to speak in an unwavering tone, "Thus, to avoid fighting on multiple fronts and causing turmoil throughout the Human Clan, we must defeat the Sky Barbarian Plains Alien Race Coalition within a year, preventing them from continuing to invade our Human Clan territories!"

Saying this, he suddenly stood up, speaking with a heavy voice, "I have decided; in half a month we’ll engage in a decisive battle, and we must triumph over the alien race’s camp ahead, driving them back to the Sky Barbarian Plains!"

"Yes, we obey!"

Zhou Chun and the other Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators quickly stood up, responding loudly in unison.

Then the Tai Geng Divine Venerable’s incarnation waved them off and said, "Alright, in this half-month, you should all prepare well."

Having said that, his form suddenly turned into golden light and vanished from the hall.

Making Zhou Chun, who still wanted to inquire about the situation of the Dragon Abyss Marsh Demon Race, only able to sigh heavily, leaving the golden palace with a heavy heart.

"Taoist Friend Zhou, don’t worry too much. Since Senior Tai Geng has already made arrangements against the potential action of the Dragon Abyss Marsh Demon Race, the situation hasn’t reached its worst yet."

"And since we’ve already received prior intelligence, the Heavenly Spirit Alliance will surely make ample preparations. Taoist Friend Xuanzhen will definitely do their utmost to protect your Zhou Family’s safety."

Knowing what Zhou Chun was worried about, Nangong Wuqing followed behind and comforted him.

But this comfort was evidently insufficient to alleviate the anxiety in Zhou Chun’s heart.

He merely shook his head towards him and said, "Thank you, Taoist Friend Nangong, for your comfort. With the great battle imminent, you should prepare more as well. Zhou Mou knows the importance and won’t act recklessly."

"Alas, anyway, you should take care, Taoist Friend Zhou. This decisive battle is likely highly dangerous, and we must both give our all!"

Nangong Wuqing also shook his head and, with a light sigh, turned and departed.

Returning to his arranged temporary residence, Zhou Chun did not rush to meditate and recover mana; instead, he immediately used a secret technique to communicate with his Second Nascent Soul.

In the ice cave of the Wasteland Territory, a naked middle-aged man sitting cross-legged suddenly opened his tightly closed eyes, stood up, and stretched.

Then he waved, and a white robe hanging nearby flew over, automatically dressing him.

This middle-aged man, who had just finished cultivating, was the body possessed by Zhou Chun’s Second Nascent Soul.

Back then, he had Silver Dragon Monarch take the Second Nascent Soul to the Ice Barbarian Country to find a suitable body, ultimately finding the original owner of this body on the ice plains.

At that time, the original owner with only Foundation Establishment Late-stage cultivation was being hunted by two Second Order Superior Demon Wolves, finally fleeing in panic into the territory of a Third Order Ice Crystal Snow Leopard, where the snow leopard’s breath directly froze him to death on the spot.

Thus, Silver Dragon Monarch slew the Ice Crystal Snow Leopard and allowed Zhou Chun’s Second Nascent Soul to possess this body with dual attributes of ice and water medium-grade spirit root aptitude.

Frankly speaking, for a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator, possessing a medium-grade spirit root aptitude body was somewhat wasteful.

Had it not been for the pressing circumstances, Zhou Chun would never have made such a choice.

Unfortunately, the circumstances then forced him to quickly find a suitable body for the Second Nascent Soul to swiftly form combat power.

However, even now with a body, due to the exceedingly short time, this body had yet to fully integrate with the Second Nascent Soul, rendering it insufficient for battle against peers.

Fortunately, transmitting messages wasn’t a problem.