Wu Shattered Star River

The situation within the Heavenly River was somewhat chaotic. Many large formations were set up here, one of which isolated the perception of martial artists.

Therefore, the black mist inside billowed, and perception was severely weakened. This wasn't just weakening one side; it weakened both.

However, this was advantageous to the defending side because if the defending side was losing or severely injured, they could quickly retreat into the defensive formations to recuperate.

The Heavenly River wasn't large; the battlefield area was only a few thousand miles in circumference. The black mist was densest at the southernmost point, where the Azure God Tree was located. Moreover, a light罩 (罩 is pinyin, leave untranslated) was released, making it easy to enter and exit the light罩 for battle.

The Seven Ancestors were all inside. At this moment, they only arranged for six Dao Ancestor Realm experts to go out and fight.

As for the previous few thousand soldiers and that Saint Ruler, they had long been completely slaughtered.

The one leading the battle was Old Ancestor Divine Flame, engaging in one-on-one fierce battles within the Heavenly River.

The Seven Ancestors didn't dispatch more Dao Ancestor Realm experts because if they increased their forces, Cang Min outside would definitely come in with all his forces, and then the final decisive battle would directly begin.

Cang Min and the others needed to probe the situation, and this side needed to delay time, waiting for the Northern, Western, and Eastern Regions to send troops. Naturally, they couldn't just go out and fight to the death from the start.

There was another reason!

Jiang Han was still unconscious and hadn't woken up. The Seven Ancestors were waiting for Jiang Han to wake up.

Don't underestimate Jiang Han just because he was only a Saint Ruler. In the Seven Ancestors' opinion, he was more useful than many Dao Ancestor Realm fourth or fifth level experts. With Jiang Han's cooperation, killing ordinary Dao Ancestor Realm experts would be too easy.

The Central Region had twenty Dao Ancestor Realm experts, but half of them were only at the second or third level. As long as they had Jiang Han's cooperation, killing a dozen of them would be very simple.

Once the Central Region lost a dozen Dao Ancestor Realm experts, Cang Min naturally wouldn't be able to continue the attack. He would only have two paths: either request reinforcements or retreat.

However...

Whether or not to kill the Dao Ancestor Realm experts from the Central Region on a large scale was a point of disagreement among the Dao Ancestor Realm experts in the Southern Region.

The Seven Ancestors and the Heavenly Ape Tribe King advocated for large-scale killings, while Kong Xuan and the Fa Tribe and Tong Tribe Kings advocated for avoiding killings as much as possible. This side was only defending; the main force still had to rely on the Northern and Western Regions to make the Central Region retreat naturally.

In the end!

Kong Xuan and the Fa Tribe and Tong Tribe Kings were still timid and lacked confidence.

After all, the Southern Region was too weak. They were afraid that killing too many would anger the Central Region Great Emperor. If he mobilized two Dao Ancestor Realm seventh level experts, this side would definitely not be able to withstand it.

Because of the disagreement, the two sides argued several times and could only temporarily give up, first engaging in a period of fierce fighting and then seeing.

Fan Tian led a team to fight fiercely with Old Ancestor Divine Flame's Dao Ancestor Realm experts for more than five hours. Both sides suffered injuries. In the end, Fan Tian, fearing problems, led the team out of the Heavenly River.

He led five Dao Ancestor Realm experts and flew onto the ice ship. Cang Min glanced at the four injured Dao Ancestor Realm experts and waved his hand, saying, "You guys go heal first. Thank you for your hard work!"

The few Dao Ancestor Realm experts bowed and retreated into the cabin to rest. Cang Min looked at Fan Tian and asked, "How is the situation?"

Fan Tian's expression was gloomy as he said, "It's a bit difficult. The formations they set up are very strong, and... the Azure God Tree is here. They can freely enter and exit. We need time to break all the formations. If we don't break all the formations, it's almost impossible for us to invade the Southern Region."

Cang Min seemed to have expected this. He asked, "According to your estimate, how long will it take to break all the formations?"

Fan Tian thought for a while and said, "Conservatively, four to five months!"

Another Dao Ancestor Realm expert stood out, cupping his hands and saying, "Fifth Elder, can't we invite one of the Great Elder or Second Elder over? Any one of them can easily pacify the entire Southern Region."

The Central Region had three Dao Ancestor Realm seventh level experts. Besides the Northern Region Great Emperor, there were also the Heavenly Lin Tribe's Great Elder and Second Elder.

In addition, it was said that there was also a small tribe king, but he hadn't shown his face for tens of thousands of years. There were rumors that he had already passed away.

After a Dao Ancestor Realm expert broke through to the seventh level, their combat power would reach another level. Back then, Zhen Ji in the Northern Region was able to fight many Dao Ancestor Realm experts without being at a disadvantage.

If a seventh level expert was arranged here, it would be much easier to take down the Southern Region.

"No!"

Cang Min shook his head and said, "As long as we mobilize a seventh level expert, the Northern, Western, and Eastern Regions will definitely explode and attack at all costs. Then, a full-scale war will be triggered again."

"We suffered not a small loss last time. His Majesty doesn't want to start a full-scale war again in a short period of time, so this time it's just us. His Majesty didn't require us to definitely take down the Southern Region. As long as we can kill more than five Dao Ancestor Realm experts in the Southern Region, we will have made a contribution this time."

"Mm!"

Fan Tian nodded in agreement and said, "We have to eat one bite at a time. Trying to swallow the four regions in one gulp will easily choke us to death. Moreover, the Great Elder needs to suppress the Ancestral Dragon Sea, so he can't be easily moved, right? The Second Elder needs to guard the Western Region, how could he come here?"

"Alright!"

Cang Min waved his hand and said, "Send out seven Dao Ancestor Realm experts each time, taking turns. While fighting fiercely, look for opportunities to bombard the formations. Destroy a little bit every day, and sooner or later, all the formations inside will be blasted open."

"Cang Yi, you lead the team to attack this time. Remember one thing... don't fight to the death. Retreat immediately if the situation is not right. They don't dare to leave the Heavenly River!"

"Yes!"

A Heavenly Lin Tribe Dao Ancestor Realm expert immediately led six Dao Ancestor Realm experts and flew away, rushing into the Heavenly River.

"Old Ape, go into battle!"

The Seven Ancestors inside sensed the seven Dao Ancestor Realm experts rushing in and immediately gave the order.

The Heavenly Ape Tribe King's iron rod appeared, his fighting spirit soaring. He led six Dao Ancestor Realm experts and charged out.

"Boom boom boom boom!"

The battle quickly broke out. Both sides seemed to be fighting fiercely, but in reality, both sides were very restrained and didn't fight desperately.

The Central Region hoped to break the formations little by little, and the Southern Region needed to delay time. Neither side wanted a Dao Ancestor Realm expert to die, so naturally, they were restrained.

The battle lasted for five days. Both sides fought fiercely in many rounds, and Dao Ancestor Realm experts were injured every day.

However, the injured Dao Ancestor Realm experts would retreat and go back to recuperate. For Dao Ancestor Realm experts, even if they were seriously injured, as long as they didn't damage their souls or consume a large amount of life essence, they would recover quickly.

On the sixth day, good news finally came from the Northern Region—the Northern Region had sent troops.

This time, Yao Ao didn't go into battle. Zhen Ji led the team. The Northern Region mobilized more than twenty Dao Ancestor Realm experts and hundreds of millions of troops to invade the Heavenly Region, starting to attack the Central Region.

The Central Region Great Emperor was stationed in the northern Heavenly Region, so Zhen Ji didn't dare to fight hard either. It seemed that she was just sending troops to contain them.

As if it had been agreed upon, the Western Region also sent troops the next day. Previously, the Western Region had completely contracted, giving up all the strongholds in the Heavenly Region. This time, they took the initiative to attack, seemingly wanting to retake the strongholds they had abandoned before.

A day later, the Eastern Region finally sent troops.

However, only five Dao Ancestor Realm experts were mobilized, obviously just going through the motions to contain the Central Region's Dao Ancestor Realm experts.

Yao Ao and the Western Region Great Emperor didn't go into battle. This time, all three regions were clearly just containing them, preventing the Central Region from mobilizing more Dao Ancestor Realm experts to the Southern Region.

As for whether the Southern Region could withstand Cang Min and the others' attack, it would depend on the Southern Region itself.

Seven days passed again!

Jiang Han finally woke up from his slumber. After his soul awakened, he detected that his physical body had completely died. His soul directly flew out of his physical body and then reshaped a physical body.

"Huh?"

Qing Ning was sitting cross-legged by the bed. She sensed the fluctuations, glanced over, but saw a man appearing out of thin air, and this man was actually naked.

She immediately blushed, covered her eyes, and exclaimed, "Brother, why aren't you wearing clothes? How embarrassing!"

"Uh..."

Jiang Han hadn't carefully sensed it just now. Under normal circumstances, after reshaping his physical body, he would release a spell to make his physical body blurry.

He was careless this time and directly revealed his body. He never expected that Qing Ning would be nearby...