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"What?"
Qi Zhongdao took three steps back and retreated to the side of the broken ship. Almost unable to bear such an enormous blow, his hair stood on end, and his face instantly turned hideous.
After a few cracking sounds, the entire carrier was shaking up and down under the boost of his spiritual energy, like a lone boat in the middle of a surging ocean that could fall apart at any moment.
"Wasn't Qi Changsheng's Heaven Battering Army completely crushed last winter?"
Qi Zhongdao gnashed his teeth. His eyes gradually turned gloomy and terrifying as he stared at Master Dawn Moon's chest. His voice was colder and colder as he asked, "How did he manage to gather an elite army so quickly? Even the carrier that was guarded by the experts of the six major sects under your lead was completely crushed and heavily wounded."
"Cough, cough. Cough, cough, cough, cough."
Master Dawn Moon vomited two mouthfuls of blood that was mixed with black air. He said in pain, "It was exactly because Qi Changsheng's Heaven Battering Army was crushed last winter that we were careless and careless when we entered the Wolf Smoke Canyon. We did not search the caves on the two sides of the canyon carefully. As a result, we were ambushed by the Heaven Battering Army.
"Nobody knows why Qi Changsheng was able to make a comeback so quickly, or where he found so many experts. Perhaps he gathered all the evil forces in the northwest together."
"The high-level Cultivators of the six major sects basically came to the southeast in advance for disaster relief. There were only a few Cultivators in the Building Foundation Stage and the Core Formation Stage on our carrier. But Qi Changsheng's Heaven Battering Army was well-prepared and separated us from the front at the very beginning.
"We were all carriers that were loaded with assets after all. We were too bloated to fight agilely. The moment the battle began, we suffered heavy losses. I led the vanguard to charge forward several times, but we failed to break in. If anything, we might even be caught by the enemy. Having no other choice, we could only flee forward. Later, we lost quite a few more carriers before we finally got rid of the Heaven Battering Army and managed to save eight carriers.
"It was a pity that most of the assets were abandoned in order to increase the speed. Cough, cough, cough, cough."
Master Dawn Moon's face was paler and paler as he spoke. He coughed so hard that his heart was in a mess, as if his internal organs were going to be coughed out at any moment.
A few disciples of the Grand Mystery Sect hurried to support him and looked at Qi Zhongdao eagerly.
"We were ambushed at the Wolf Smoke Gorge, and all our resources were snatched away by Qi Changsheng. Not even a single grain of food was transported over."
Qi Zhongdao enunciated each word, his tone was awe-inspiring. His gaze gradually condensed into two icicles. Regardless of Reverend Dawn Moon's dying appearance, his expression became more and more ferocious.
"Indeed."
Daoist Dawn Moon said weakly, "The fellow daoists of the major sects who were with me all saw it with their own eyes. It's not that we're incompetent, but that Qi Changsheng's Heaven Battering Army is too strong."
"Sun Jiuling, Sect Master Sun!"
Infuriated, Qi Zhongdao simply called his junior nephew by his name. "You did not leave any of the thirty starships of assets behind. You are truly a good junior nephew and a good leader of the Grand Mystery Sect."
Boom!
The spiritual flames around Qi Zhongdao suddenly burst out and soared into the air, turning into a demon god baring its fangs and brandishing its claws.
Boosted by the spiritual flames, the entire flying boat was squeaking. Broken wood was bursting out in many places that were already heavily wounded in the first place.
"The unfavorable battle and the heavy losses were all due to my inappropriate command. Please punish me, Senior Uncle."
Vomiting blood, Reverend Dawn Moon pushed the disciples away and fell on one of his knees before Qi Zhongdao. Craning his neck, he stared at the enemy with glittering eyes.
"You — you think that I don't dare?"
Qi Zhongdao was so aggressive that the demon above his head was even more aggressive.
"Grand leader!"
The few elders of the Grand Mystery Sect who had been observing coldly stood up and said unhurriedly, "This time, the carrier fleet was assaulted by the Heaven Battering Army and lost a lot of relief assets. It was indeed part of the leader's responsibility."
"But no one expected Qi Changsheng to make a comeback so quickly." "That being said, Qi Changsheng is a new force to be reckoned with.
"Qi Changsheng has been savaging the northwest for decades. As one of the notorious Rapscallions, he is qualified to be among the top ten experts in the world. The indestructible body of the Drought Demon is too domineering for Reverend Dawn Moon to resist it on his own. But it is not a big deal. In the past, large teams of Cultivators were sent to hunt Qi Changsheng. In the largest operation, almost thirty Yuanying soldiers were sent, but they still failed to stop Qi Changsheng and let him run away."
"Now that the leader is exhausted and dying from the bloody battle, we should let him treat his wounds as soon as possible. It won't be too late to hold him accountable after he recovers."
The so-called elders were in a lofty position. Many of them were even more senior than the leader. They were Qi Zhongdao's fellow disciples and did not have much of a hierarchy. They did not need to listen to Qi Zhongdao's curses.
"You" uu2;
Qi Zhongdao gritted his teeth so hard that the twenty or so teeth in his mouth were almost ground out.
"Is there anything else, grand leader?"
A few elders of the Grand Mystery Sect stood between Qi Zhongdao and Reverend Dawn Moon quietly. There was no telling whether it was intentional or not, but when they said 'grand', they even emphasized it.
The grand leader of the Grand Mystery Sect, the current leader of the Grand Mystery Sect, and a few elders had a silent but dangerous confrontation.
The fire of spiritual energy behind Qi Zhongdao was absorbed back into his body. On his dark skin, the crimson veins and nerves were expanding and protruding nonstop.
Even Li Yao sensed Qi Zhongdao's aura that felt like an iron tide. It was ten times more intimidating than when he competed with Yan Liren in the Dragon Spring Meeting. It was like an iron wall almost a hundred meters tall that was about to collapse.
The air was almost frozen.
There was nothing but dead silence. Even the sound of a needle hitting the deck would be as deafening as a thunderclap.
Right when the two parties were about to break out, Dan Fengzi, leader of the Purple Pole Sword Sect, suddenly stepped out of the crowd and bowed at Qi Zhongdao. He smiled and said, "Master Righteous One, by logic, this is a family affair of the Grand Mystery Sect. Outsiders like us are certainly not qualified to intervene.
"However, in the fleet that Reverend Dawn Moon was escorting, quite a few ships were provided by the Purple Pole Sword Sect. Reverend Dawn Moon was heavily wounded not for his own selfishness but for the common interests of all the major sects and for the people of the world. On behalf of the Purple Pole Sword Sect, I would like to say a few words.
"First of all, the natural disasters are not over yet, and a great enemy is ahead of us. Our main enemy is the White Lotus ghoul army that has besieged East Peace County. Right now, the most important thing is stability and unity. We can talk about anything else after the White Lotus ghoul army is suppressed.
"Secondly, thirty carriers have been looted. It is indeed a heavy loss. But thankfully, we have already taken Roaring Tiger City. The assets in the few warehouses inside Roaring Tiger City are enough for the millions of disaster victims to get through the most difficult time. Therefore, the impact of the fiasco is not as great as we imagined.
"It doesn't matter even if the assets in Roaring Tiger City are still not enough. As long as we inform the nearby sects of the current situation of Roaring Tiger City, hehe, I believe that they will soon deliver abundant relief assets so that the disaster victims can live through the disaster."
"Dan Fengzi, even you …"
Qi Zhongdao stared at Dan Fengzi like a tiger, as if he were trying to dig two holes in the guy's face.
Dan Fengzi accepted it as casually as possible. His eyes were as clear as water, as if he did not understand what Qi Zhongdao meant. uu3;
Other than Li Yao and Yan Liren, the other elders of the Purple Pole Sword Sect were all standing behind Dan Fengzi. Holding their longswords in their arms, they emitted vague sword auras. "Dan Fengzi is right.
Four ships of the Gold Armor Clan have been looted, too. They were all the assets that we collected after a lot of trouble. Of course, we are heartbroken. However, 'Heaven Battering King' Qi Changsheng's brutality is well known. Who hasn't suffered at his hands before? We can only blame ourselves for being unlucky to run into him. We cannot blame Master Dawn Moon for everything. Honestly speaking, even if we were the guardians of the carriers, would we have been able to resist Qi Changsheng? "
Including Bu Tiantong, the few elders of the Gold Armor Clan all stood up.
"Thunderstorm Valley is of the same opinion. Right now, a great enemy is right in front of us. Let's make further plans after the White Lotus Cult is suppressed."
A few elders of Thunderstorm Valley stepped forward, too, standing together with Master Dawn Moon, Dan Fengzi, the elders of the Grand Mystery Sect, and the elders of the Gold Armor Clan.
"After all, we have enough assets for the disaster victims right now. If we do not have enough, we can ask the sects nearby to offer more. I don't think they will dare to refuse."
Jin Dan and the Yuanying of Flying Spirit Island stood on Master Dawn Moon and Dan Fengzi's side, too.
On this side, there were dozens of elders, leaders, and Jin Dan and the Yuanying of the major sects.
'Iron Saint' Qi Zhongdao was the only person on the other side.
Staring at his' fellow Cultivators' in a daze, Qi Zhongdao seemed to have aged twenty years and lost his strength all of a sudden. His veins and nerves that had been bulging like snakes withered. His lips shivered for a long time, not knowing what to say. His body was shivering, and he felt that the world was swirling around him. He could barely stand on his feet.
"Senior Brother."
An elder of the Grand Mystery Sect said respectfully, "Like you always said, the big picture matters."
"The big picture."
Qi Zhongdao smiled bitterly. "The big picture."
His Adam's apple rolled for quite a while before he finally had nothing to say. He looked up at the sky and let out a long sigh. Then, with a shake of his sleeve, he turned into a gray streak of light and flew into the sky. Out of sight, out of mind.
The only thing left was an empty, devastated Roaring Tiger City, as well as the grateful folks outside the city who did not know anything about it at all.
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