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Chapter 458: Great Crisis

The battle was won, but the losses on the Mieyue side were also huge.

No one was in the mood to celebrate, and an atmosphere of sorrow permeated the ancient blue sea.

"In this battle, a total of eight super-innate cultivators from our four True Spirit Clans perished, and nearly 60% of the ordinary cultivators died in the battle. I'm afraid it will take us two hundred years of recuperation to recover our vitality..."

The leader of the Mieyue clan, Mieyue Aotian, has now recovered from his Azure Dragon True Spirit state and transformed into the image of a tall old man with dragon horns. His clothes are covered in blood and scars. He stands in the air above the sea, overlooking the tragic scene around him and sighing with the surviving True Spirit clan super-innate cultivators.

Originally, this old man looked to be in his seventies. After experiencing the great war and seeing the corpses of monks of various races floating on the ancient blue sea, he was overwhelmed with grief for a moment. The wrinkles on his face became much deeper visibly, as if he had aged twenty years.

"Senior Aotian, please don't be so sad! For our four tribes, dying in battle is an honor! Moreover, the sacrifices of our tribesmen have brought us the final victory. They will be bathed in the incomparably noble glory in heaven!"

A super-innate cultivator of the White Tiger clan, whose right arm was devoured from the shoulder, exposing the bone, listened and spoke with a smile, as if his serious injury was just a minor injury that did not need to be taken seriously, and his whole body exuded the heroic spirit of a brave warrior.

"Your Excellency is right. The sacrifices of all our clansmen are worth it... No matter what the enemy is, it cannot stop the unyielding will of our four True Spirit Clans to resist!"

Mieyue Aotian, who looked much older, raised his voice and replied firmly.

While the top leaders of the four clans were conversing, the figures of Wang Zhifan and the dragon girl Mie Yuexi also came flying from the deck of a ship where the surviving monks were gathered not far away.

It turned out that after completely defeating the demon army, Wang Zhifan took the Moon-Destroying Dragon Sword to help treat the injured ordinary monks.

His method of treatment was very simple and crude, which was to gather everyone together. He turned on the excellent equipment "George's Magic Sound" which had not been used for a long time, and used the sound BGM with a powerful range treatment effect to complete the treatment, which broadened the Dragon Girl's horizons again.

As soon as they saw Wang Zhifan and the other two flying over, Mieyue Aotian and the other twenty or so super-innate true spirit cultivators who were talking among themselves suddenly turned to them, then bowed in unison and said loudly:

"Your Excellency Wu Zun, I am deeply grateful for your kindness! If the four True Spirit Clans can be of any use to you in the future, please feel free to let me know!"

These super-innate cultivators of the True Spirit Clan spoke frankly and with sincere expressions, which caught Wang Zhifan, who had just approached, off guard.

However, Wang Zhifan also knew why they expressed such an attitude.

Because the power displayed by the Demon Lord's magic weapon in the previous battle was too terrifying, the four true spirit tribes were severely suppressed and almost faced the danger of being wiped out by the demon army.

Fortunately, Wang Zhifan completed his difficult task quickly enough and completely destroyed the magic weapon of the Demon Lord that the masters of the four tribes had no confidence in solving, and lifted the super-strong suppressive force specifically targeting the four True Spirit tribes, allowing the four True Spirit tribes to have the possibility of defeating the demon army.

It can be said that if Wang Zhifan had not participated in this battle, the four True Spirit Clans would have inevitably suffered a disastrous defeat or even been annihilated. Although he did not seem to have killed the most Demon Lords, his contribution was simply incomparable to that of others.

Of course, if there really was no support from Wang Zhifan, a top expert on the Demon Sealing List, Mieyue Aotian would most likely not adopt a head-on strategy with the demon army, and would be more inclined to make a strategic shift, but that would be another world line that has been cut off.

"You are too kind! The victory of this battle is the result of everyone's efforts! I only played a part..."

Wang Zhifan immediately responded modestly, saying that he had only completed the assigned task, and the main force to defeat the demon army was still the people in front of him.

After this conversation, everyone began to return to the main island of Mieyue, two hundred miles away.

On the way, Mieyue Aotian, the leader of the Mieyue tribe, also personally expressed his condolences to Wang Zhifan with the Mieyue Dragon Blade beside him. It can be seen that he attaches great importance to this tribe member who can find a super partner like Wang Zhifan. It is estimated that after the overall strength of the Mieyue tribe suffered huge losses, some important tasks will be handed over to the Mieyue Dragon Blade.

The following time was spent on post-war statistics and arrangements for rewards and pensions.

As the convener of this war, the Mieyue Clan naturally could not let other people who came to support them work for nothing. They had to give them sufficient material rewards and sign the support agreements in person to satisfy the other three clans who contributed their strength and even their lives to the Mieyue Clan.

Wang Zhifan was not aware of the details of the discussions, nor was he interested in them. He only knew that the Moon-Mieting Clan, which had survived a great catastrophe, was about to bleed again.

So he did not make any personal requests and directly accepted the offer of Mieyue Aotian to give him a mining island. He also handed over the ownership of the mining island to the Mieyue Dragon Sword beside him in person, making the Dragon Girl a rich woman in the Mieyue clan.

Afterwards, Wang Zhifan prepared to return to Tianyuan City. After all, there were many post-war events on Mieyue Island, and as an outsider, it was impossible for him to participate in them frequently, nor did he have the time and energy.

He and Long Dao went to her house and had a meal with her parents, then went outside and summoned the Red Deer Horse to officially return.

But just as he mounted on the red deer horse, the Moon-Destroying Dragon Sword that had seen him off suddenly cried out in surprise, pointing out something very shocking to him.

The tall, youthful and beautiful Dragon Girl just summoned the Demon Sealing List and prepared to check if Wang Zhifan was in any danger on his way. Suddenly, she raised her head and said to Wang Zhifan, who was riding on a red deer horse and preparing to take off, in surprise:

"Brother Fan! The name of Demon Tathagata, who is ranked first on the Demon Sealing List, has turned gray! No! The names of Taixi Rujian, who is ranked second, and Jiyuan Bazhe, who is ranked fifth, have also turned gray!"

"what?!"

When Wang Zhifan heard this, he immediately stopped giving the order to steer the red deer horse to take off, and turned to look at the Demon Sealing List handed to him by the dragon girl next to him.

With a quick glance, he found that what the Moon-Destroying Dragon Sword said was true.

The name of the Buddhist King of Demons, Tathagata, who had always been at the top of the Demon Sealing List, had turned into an ominous gray-white color.

The name of the second-ranked Confucian Taixi Confucian Sword also changed color.

The third one is Wu Zun, that is, himself, and his name is still the normal dark black.

The name and color of the fourth Taoist Wu Tian Wu Di is also normal.

The fourth character of the fifth character, "极元霸者", also turned grayish white.

"Impossible! Mo Tathagata, Taixi Rujian and Jiyuan Bazhe are all top masters on the list, how could they suddenly die together?!" In an instant, Wang Zhifan was completely shocked. He jumped off his horse and summoned his own Demon Sealing List.

As a result, after a quick check, he found that this was indeed the case and it was not that he was suddenly dazzled. The first, second and fifth masters on the Demon Sealing List had all fallen, and he, who was ranked third, had become the highest-ranking living person on the list. It could be said that the situation was very strange.

"How could this happen... Demon Tathagata and his men were extremely powerful, how could they suddenly fall? Could it be that another demon king has entered the realm of disaster?"

For a moment, Wang Zhifan had this terrible speculation in his mind.

He immediately began to check the global map attached to the Demon Sealing List, but did not see any huge black dots symbolizing the Demon Lord. There were only light red blocks scattered everywhere as usual, and more scattered dark red dots.

"Brother Fan! The names of Qing Yangzi and Hua Yangzi that you mentioned to me before have also turned gray! Something must have happened at Jiyuan Mountain!"

At the same time, the Moon-Destroying Dragon Sword next to him reported the situation in more detail to Wang Zhifan.

Because she knew that Wang Zhifan gave up going to Jiyuan Mountain when he came to support the Mieyue Clan. Wang Zhifan told her before the war that he arranged for Qingyangzi and Huayangzi from Tianyuan City to go to Jiyuan Mountain to support Jiyuan Overlord in his place.

"Impossible! Qingyangzi and Huayangzi told me before they came over that they both had two chances to teleport! There's absolutely no problem saving their lives!"

Wang Zhifan was even more shocked after hearing this. He could hardly believe that such a thing happened.

In his mind, Qingyangzi and Huayangzi's support for Jiyuan Mountain was absolutely foolproof. Even if they were surrounded by the enemy, they could survive by simply teleporting away using the Demon Sealing List. There was no way they could both die.

However, facts are facts. With a shocked look on his face, Wang Zhifan scrolled down the list and found Qingyangzi and Huayangzi several hundred places down. Then he discovered that what Mieyue Longdao said was correct. The names of these two Taoists, who had a close relationship with him, had turned gray, meaning they were all dead.

"How could this happen...Without the Demon Lord coming, who could kill so many masters at once..."

The cruel reality left Wang Zhifan completely confused.

How could he not see that the deaths of Mo Tathagata, Taixi Rujian, and Huayangzi and Qingyangzi, whom he had called over, were all related to the death of Jiyuan Bazhe. They must have all died in Jiyuan Mountain and in the battle called by Jiyuan Bazhe.

In order to verify this idea, Wang Zhifan quickly counted the other gray-white names on the list and found that compared to the last time he checked the list, there were about thirty more names that had turned gray-white. It can be inferred that the deaths of these super-innate cultivators he was not familiar with must be related to Jiyuan Mountain.

"Brother Fan, the area around Jiyuan Mountain has been occupied by demons, but the number of demon lords is small and is still decreasing. It seems that the battle of Jiyuan Mountain has indeed failed. There must be some extremely powerful demon lord or demon lord magic weapon there..."

Seeing this, the Dragon Girl also looked serious and began to analyze the situation for Wang Zhifan. She found Jiyuan Mountain, which was very far away from their current location, on the Demon Sealing List map and analyzed the relevant information presented on the map.

"That should be the case... Unfortunately, I don't have any more teleports today, so I can't rush over to check... Huojing is in trouble now."

Wang Zhifan gradually calmed down at this moment. Now that he had become the de facto top of the Demon Sealing List, he did not feel happy at all. He only realized that there were major changes in the war between the Disaster Realm and the Demon Realm, and the situation might start to take a turn for the worse.

This is something very obvious.

Super-innate cultivators like Mo Tathagata, Taixi Rujian, and Jiyuan Bazhe are so powerful that it is no exaggeration to say that they are the strongest people in the entire Disaster Realm. However, they were all killed by the Demon Realm suddenly. It can be seen that the Demon Realm has mastered extremely terrifying means that are enough to quickly change the direction of the entire Disaster Realm war.

Moon-destroying Dragon Blade, who was standing by, seemed to be hesitant to speak when she heard what Wang Zhifan said, but she finally spoke:

"Brother Fan, I suggest that you don't rush to Jiyuan Mountain to check tomorrow. You should collect relevant information and make preparations first. Maybe there is a huge trap there, which is specifically designed to harm the monks who rush to investigate..."

The Dragon Girl's suggestions were obviously due to her concern for Wang Zhifan's personal safety, fearing that he would be in trouble once he was teleported there.

There was no way. The simultaneous demise of the first, second, and fifth on the Demon Sealing List was too shocking. In the eyes of the world, each of these beings was no weaker than Wang Zhifan, the Martial Lord. Even they were tragically annihilated by the demon world. It was hard to say whether Wang Zhifan, who was at the same level, could gain any benefit.

This is not a question of whether or not Moon-Destroying Dragon Blade believes in Wang Zhifan's strength, but a huge crisis that everyone can feel, a crisis that even the strongest group of cultivators in the Disaster Realm cannot bear.

"Don't worry, Sister Xi, I will be well prepared and extra careful even if I go there. I value my life very much."

Giving a calm smile to the Moon-Destroying Dragon Blade, Wang Zhifan, who had completely calmed down, immediately made a promise.

"Brother Fan, if you want to go to Jiyuan Mountain, take me with you!"

But the dragon girl was not at all reassured after hearing this. She jumped onto Wang Zhifan's special vehicle, the red deer horse, and was determined to follow and supervise him.

"Stop it, Sister Xi! I don't allow you to go to Jiyuan Mountain! You have to stay on the island, otherwise you will not care about the affairs of the tribe!"

Wang Zhifan was speechless. He was indeed unwilling to let Mieyue Dragon Blade go on the adventure with him.

The main reason is that he knows his own business well and has the supernatural powers of a legendary perfect person. Even if he encounters the Demon Lord, he may not be without the ability to resist. In fact, his safety is countless times higher than that of others.

But it’s different for the Dragon Girl. She only has one life. If she is unlucky enough to be killed, how will Wang Zhifan resurrect her?
So Wang Zhifan and Mieyue Longdao seriously emphasized this issue, explaining how much extra risks it would bring if she went to Jiyuan Mountain with him, which would distract him and prevent him from exerting his full strength. Regardless of whether it was for his personal safety or the overall situation of the disaster, she had to stay on Mieyue Island.

If it were an ordinary woman, she might still act stubbornly after hearing the reason, but Mieyue Longdao was a more rational person. She soon realized that she had been impulsive and that her concern might have put Wang Zhifan in danger.

So she jumped off the horse after a while and gave up following and supervising Wang Zhifan, but asked Wang Zhifan to make a promise in person, promising that he would be well prepared before going to the vicinity of Jiyuan Mountain and tell her before going.

Wang Zhifan agreed to her, then rode his red deer horse into the air, took some time to cross the vast blue ancient sea at high speed, and returned to Tianyuan City.

Tianyuan City remained the same as usual on this afternoon, but Wang Zhifan, who had returned, felt very heavy-hearted.

Because he knew that he had indirectly killed two Tianyuan City elders, and also killed his two friends.

(End of this chapter)