The giant spirit stone vein and the four other giant spirit stone veins found in the Fallen Mystery Land were distributed across five islands. The Illusionary Spirit Island, where the giant spirit stone vein was located, was located in the center, while the other four spirit stone veins were located on the surrounding four islands, surrounding the Illusionary Spirit Island in the center.
Shengling Island was a medium-sized island located in the southwest corner of Phantom Island. This island was guarded by five mid Dharma adepts all year round. Not only Shengling Island, but the other large spirit stone vein to the northwest of Phantom Island was also occupied by human adepts. This was also the case on Yuan Ling Island.
Furthermore, these two large spirit stone veins were jointly owned by twenty-five mid-sized sects. Hence, the Dharma adepts stationed at these two large spirit stone veins were rotated by these twenty-five mid-sized sects. Every batch of mid Dharma adepts would be stationed at these two spirit stone veins for about five years, and these five years would coincide with the period when the sects would hand over their share of the spirit stones to each sect.
Compared to Yuan Ling Island, the spirit stone veins on Shengling Island only produced slightly more spirit stones. However, the spirit stone veins on Shengling Island were only supplied to the top ten sects out of the twenty-five sects, while the spirit stone veins on Yuan Ling Island were distributed to the bottom fifteen sects. As such, in terms of individual shares, the spirit stones distributed to the top ten sects were much more than the top fifteen sects on Yuan Ling Island.
Each sect's share would vary according to their ranking, and after every five ranks, there would be a large change in the sect's share. This meant that the sixth ranked sect's share might only be slightly higher than the seventh ranked sect's share, but the fifth ranked sect's share would be much higher than the sixth ranked sect's share.
During the previous Phantom City Conference, Zhen Ling Sect had managed to enter the top five of the overseas mid-sized sects in one fell swoop due to the efforts of the three mid Dharma adepts, Tian Kang, Tian Lin, and Xiang Lou. To the twenty-five overseas sects, this was already considered a major change in power, and at the same time, it was also an intense conflict of interest.
This time, Mo Luo's large-scale advance to the north was obviously aimed at the five spirit stone veins on the Five Islands of Phantom. Hence, Phantom City had immediately gathered the Dharma adepts of various large and medium-sized sects from overseas to gather in Phantom City, in preparation to defend against Mo Luo's attack.
Originally, these five islands were a perfect part of a large natural formation. However, after the war between humans and demons, the two large spirit stone veins on the east of Phantom Island were occupied by the demons.
After that, the humans and demons came to a compromise. Although the giant spirit stone mine on the Illusionary Spirit Island was still occupied by the nine major overseas sects such as the Crystal Palace, the formations on the five islands were still intact. At the same time, as the hub of the large-scale formations on the five islands, the Illusionary Spirit City had become the largest city in the overseas cultivation world where humans and demons mixed together.
Although Phantom Island was the center of the formation on the five islands and would definitely be the first target for Mara's army to attack, the other four islands also needed Dharma adepts to guard. Tian Kang and Laozu's task was obviously to guard the Spirit-gathering Island, which was where the distribution of spirit stones was. "The situation doesn't look good.
"The situation doesn't look good. The overseas practitioners set up seven lines of defense in the Fallen Mystery Land. Originally, it was to buy time for the Five Illusory Islands to summon the cultivators from the various sects. Unexpectedly, Mara's army was like a hot knife through butter. In the blink of an eye, five of the seven lines of defense were broken. Now, the sixth line is in imminent danger. It is said that no less than ten Dharma adepts from the allied forces of the human and demon races have fallen. The number of Core Forging adepts who have died is even more uncountable. There is already news that there are no less than three Asuras among the Mara army."
"Three? Asuras? "
Lu Ping was taken aback as he looked at the talisman in Laozu's hand that was slowly evaporating after the message was read.
Although these one-time-use talismans required the use of spatial energy, they were, after all, only used to send messages. Even though Mara had interfered with the spatial energy around the five islands, he still could not completely stop the transmission of these spatial talismans. However, activating the teleportation formation could not be so risky.
Tian Kang Laozu nodded and said with a serious expression, "Indeed, it seems that Mara's army is determined to win this time. However, you don't have to be so surprised. The Crystal Palace and the nine sects are not to be trifled with. This time, the situation is so serious that at least five of the nine sects will send their great adepts. The Crystal Palace may even send more than one great adept. The three major races, the Green Sea Snake, Fire Phoenix, and Kun, will also send their great adepts. When the time comes, both sides will probably have no less than twelve great adepts. With the power of the formation, it may not be possible for Mara to break through the Five Islands of the Illusionary Spirits!" As Lu Ping listened to such a large lineup, he could not help but be speechless. In the North Sea, a gathering of more than ten Dharma adepts was already a big event that would shake the entire North Sea training world. Here, there were twelve Dharma adepts. As for the other adepts at the early Dharma stage, how many would there be?
Lu Ping felt his mouth go dry as he said bitterly, "This is really a big scene. Even if the Dharma adepts have a long life, how many times can they experience such a big scene in their lifetime?"
Tian Kang Laozu also let out a long sigh and said, "Indeed, in such a big battle, powers like yours and mine are already insignificant. The ones who really have the right to speak are the Crystal Palace, the nine sects, and the three major demon tribes of the East Sea. We just need to be careful and not be used as cannon fodder!"
Lu Ping could hear the lament in Tian Kang Laozu's tone. There was a sense of helplessness towards his own level of practice and also helplessness towards Zhenling's low status.
Tian Kang Laozu paused and said, "Fortunately, Xuan Xu, Xuan Heng, Xuan Peng, Xuan Yong, Xuan Feng, and Xuan Ling have already entered Phantom City three days ago. However, Mara's army has yet to break through the fifth line of defense, and the teleportation array with Phantom City has yet to be cut off."
Lu Ping hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "Grand Uncle, the power on Jingling Island is almost gone. What if Mara finds out?"
Tian Kang Laozu smiled and said, "Don't worry, your Uncle Tianfeng will always be on Jingling Island. At the same time, a batch of Core Forging disciples from the North Sea should have arrived by now."
Hearing this, Lu Ping was slightly relieved. Tian Kang Laozu said in a low voice, "But this time, you and I will fly directly to Phantom City. Although we have already bypassed the direction of Mara's advance, we still hope that we will not be discovered by Mara."
As soon as Tian Kang Laozu's voice fell, Lu Ping was suddenly startled, and then said with a bitter smile, "Grand Uncle, it seems that our luck is not too good!"
Tian Kang Laozu was startled, and then immediately discovered something. His face suddenly sank, but then he couldn't help but raise his eyes and said, "No, it seems that there are people fighting with Mara in front. We have already bypassed the route of Mara's advance. Maybe they just ran into Mara's patrol team. Maybe they are also cultivators rushing to the Phantom Five Islands like us. When the time comes, we might have to rescue them. They may not have found us yet, so let's sneak over and take a look first."
The two held their breath and moved stealthily for a few miles. Lu Ping's brows gradually furrowed. At this time, Tian Kang Laozu also discovered that something was wrong, and asked doubtfully, "Monster Cultivator?"
A strange look flashed in Lu Ping's eyes, and he nodded and said, "It is indeed a monster cultivator, and it is a Green Sea Snake!"
Tian Kang Laozu let out a low sigh and said, "What a strong ability. With the cultivation of the early Dharma stage, he is fighting a Jade Shura alone. Even the Old Man is no better than this!"
Chu Haiming did not know why he was so unlucky. He had already taken a long detour, but in the end, he had still coincidentally encountered a group of patrolling Mara on the surface of the sea.
But before Chu Haiming could kill the group of Mara, a troublesome thing came out of the group. If it had been a normal Shura, he would have been afraid. Even if it had been a Blood Shura, and even if there were two of them, Chu Haiming was confident that with his own strength, he would be able to fight the enemy that was chasing him. But it was a Jade Shura that was chasing him.
The two of them fought a few times, and Chu Haiming was defeated every time. But this Jade Shura had targeted him, and left the patrolling group behind to chase him. Chu Haiming used ninety-nine percent of his skills, but he still could not get rid of the Jade Shura. And as time went on, Chu Haiming felt that the Spiritual Yuan in his body was running out. If he did not think of a way, the Jade Shura wouldn't even need to do anything. He would die from the exhaustion of his Spiritual Yuan.
Chu Haiming touched the treasure in his hand. If he activated the treasure, the elites of his clan would immediately come to his aid. At the very least, he would be able to scare away the annoying thing in front of him.
But this time, he had come to the Perished Mystery Land in private. His clan had not agreed to it and had even given him a stern warning. If he used up this life-saving treasure, he would be ridiculed by his clan members. Especially that bastard Chu Hai, he was the most detestable one!
Chu Haiming gritted his teeth. He seemed to have a deep grudge against Chu Haitian.
"D * mn Chu Haitian. If he hadn't provoked me, I would not have come to the Fallen Mystery Land.
"D * mn Jade Shura. Why does she have to target me?"
Chu Haiming knew that if he did not do something soon, he would not even have enough Spiritual Yuan to activate the treasure. But compared to his own life, he could not afford to lose face.
The Jade Shura seemed to have sensed that Chu Haizhen was at the end of his tether. She was wielding a companion spirit treasure even more fiercely. Even though the Water Shura was on the surface of the sea and could refine a large amount of water essence to replenish itself, the past few days of tracking Chu Haizhen had taken a toll on it.
Chu Haiming tried his best to dodge the Jade Shura's attacks. The Spirit Cultivation treasure in his hand was full of cracks, and the huge impact had made Chu Haiming bleed.
He could not wait any longer.
Chu Haiming's hand glowed with a golden light. He was about to pour his Spiritual Yuan into the treasure.
At this moment, there was a long scream from the sea. A pair of flying swords flew across the sea like two dragons, leaving two deep trenches. The water on both sides quickly swallowed them up.
When the Jade Shura saw the two flying swords coming at her, she screamed and swung her companion spirit treasure. There were two loud noises, and the two flying swords were sent flying back. The Jade Shura didn't seem to be in a good position, either, as she was sent flying dozens of feet away from the surface of the sea.
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