"Hold them back?"
The seven young experts were dumbfounded by the answer.
Zhao Mo was so infuriated that he laughed. His eyebrows were twitching, and his voice was twisted.
"Although the seven of us are not the best experts in the world of Cultivators, we are all among the best of the younger generation. Each of us has been through dozens of life-and-death battles. How dare these so-called 'Children of Occult Orbs' underestimate us so much? Are they worried that we will hold them back? Good. Very good. Interesting! "
Gao Tieyi said.
"The fighting style of the Children of Occult Orbs is entirely different from that of common Cultivators. It is indeed hard for the two parties to get used to each other in the beginning.
"A few years ago, an incident happened. A squad of Children of Occult Orbs cooperated with a squad of foreign Cultivators to explore an Occult Orb. However, because some of the foreign Cultivators disobeyed the command and acted on their own, the barriers deep inside the Occult Orb were triggered. Of the seventeen people, only three returned.
"Did you see the furious young man with the blue scar on his left eye? His name was Yan Jun. He was in the high level of the Building Foundation Stage. He was the leader of the Children of Occult Orbs.
"He experienced the tragedy a few years ago in person. Although he survived, there was an everlasting scar on his face, which was caused by the corrosion of extremely weird acid. The effect lasted and was corroding his flesh and blood all the time. He had to defend himself with his cultivation all the time. Otherwise, his entire brain would be corroded by the acid, and there would be no cure for it."
Zhao Mo was speechless. The fury on his face gradually disappeared.
Li Yao's eyelids twitched, too.
A scar that could never be healed, with acid corroding his flesh and blood all the time? This kind of pain was really terrifying just thinking about it!
No wonder the man was so disdainful and indifferent to the foreign Cultivators.
Gao Tieyi continued.
"Besides, Yan Jun's only sister was involved in the battle. She died miserably in an Occult Orb, too.
"Ever since then, the Children of Occult Orbs have been hostile to the foreign Cultivators. They believe that the foreign Cultivators are not qualified to cooperate with them at all.
"Besides, the chances to enter the Occult Orbs are limited. Competition is everywhere in Occult Orbs Fellowship. Sometimes, both the Children of Occult Orbs and the foreign Cultivators want to enter the same Occult Orb. But if the quota is limited, the final winner will be decided through competitions.
"Over time, it would be strange if the relationship between the two parties was good!"
Nie Junxia, an expert swordsman from the Heavenly Essence Village who had been silent all this while, slowly opened his mouth.
"Senior Gao, you said that Yan Jun was only in the high level of the Building Foundation Stage, but he was the leader of the Children of Occult Orbs. What about the Core Formation Stage and Yuanying Stage cultivators? Don't they participate in the exploration of the Occult Orbs? "
Gao Tieyi's pale golden figure nodded.
"Very good. You are indeed one in a million elites. Your insight is very sharp."
"That's right. Building Foundation Stage Cultivators are the main force in the exploration of Occult Orbs. Experts in the Core Formation Stage and the Yuanying Stage rarely set foot in Occult Orbs unless absolutely necessary.
This sentence caused everyone to be stunned. Soon, the cabin was filled with buzzing sounds of discussion.
Gao Tieyi explained.
"There are two main reasons why Core Formation Stage Cultivators and Yuanying do not participate in the exploration of the Occult Orbs.
"First of all. The Core Formation Stage and Yuanying's souls were simply too large. The cost of teleporting them thousands of light years away was simply too great. The cost was unimaginable.
"It is the same reason why the mediocre demons could easily arrive at the Tian Yuan Realm through wormholes. But the experts of the demon race would require teleportation arrays of a large scale and consume a huge amount of spiritual energy in order to be teleported here.
"If you don't understand, you can imagine it for a moment.
"A stone the size of a fist weighing three to five kilograms can be thrown thousands of meters away easily.
"But what if the stone is ten meters in diameter? A giant stone weighing thirty to fifty tons will take a lot of effort. The best you can do is to throw it dozens of meters away.
"Now, our goal is to use as little effort as possible. To throw the 'stone' as far away as possible, of course, we have to choose the smaller and lighter stones. That is to say, Building Foundation Stage Cultivators like you!
"If you are in the Refinement Stage, you can teleport more stones at one time. But Refinement Stage Cultivators are too weak to deal with the dangers in the Occult Orbs. Teleporting there is no different from committing suicide.
"Therefore, Building Foundation Stage Cultivators are the main force in the Occult Orbs!"
The metaphor was simple and easy to understand.
The Building Foundation Stage Cultivators were small stones, while the experts like Jin Dan and Yuanying were giant stones weighing ten thousand tons. Of course, the former were easier to be thrown away.
Everybody in the room was quick-witted. They understood everything immediately and nodded their heads.
Gao Tieyi continued.
"The cost is not important. If it is necessary, it is not impossible to teleport a batch of Yuanying to the Occult Orbs at any cost.
"However, most of the Occult Orbs contain powerful magical equipment from the bloody war of the past forty thousand years. Although the owners of the magical equipment have long passed away, many of them have been set to the automatic sensing and attack mode. Once they are triggered, they will start an endless slaughter until the spiritual energy in the magical equipment is exhausted.
"The moment the experts like Jin Dan and Yuanying enter the Occult Orbs, they are likely to trigger the powerful magical equipment and be hunted down endlessly. How are they going to explore the Occult Orbs?"
Nie Junxia pondered for a moment and shook his head.
"Senior Gao, if Jin Dan and Yuanying will be hunted down, won't the Building Foundation Stage Cultivators like us be in even more danger? Once the barriers are triggered, I'm afraid that we will be blown into smithereens in no time. "
It was a question that Li Yao and the rest of them wanted to ask, too.
Although they were not afraid of death, they didn't want to court death for no good reason.
Gao Tieyi smiled and said,
"Let's say that you have a Heaven Splitter that can be activated automatically. The cannonballs and spiritual energy are both limited. Now, a mediocre demon beast appears in your attack range. Let me ask you, do you want it to open fire?"
Nie Junxia was dazed. He pondered for a moment and shook his head slowly.
Li Yao was listening nearby. He immediately understood what Gao Tieyi was trying to say.
The Heaven Splitter could simulate the full-strength strike of Yuanying, but it would consume an astronomical amount of spiritual energy. Every time it was activated, it would burn up several crystal tanks. Besides, the barrel, body, and rune arrays of the cannon would be worn out.
If it were to open fire casually when it encountered a mediocre demon beast, thirty to fifty mediocre demon beasts would be more than enough to destroy a Heaven Splitter.
Therefore, all the automatic attack magical equipment had a sensitivity problem. They would only attack when they sensed an enemy above a certain level.
Gao Tieyi said casually,
"Now, do you understand why the Federation is implementing the Child of Occult Orbs Plan and why we have to select elites like you from thousands of Cultivators?
"I might as well be honest with you. Although you are just Building Foundation Stage Cultivators, and you are far less capable than the Core Formation Stage Cultivators and the Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators, in my opinion, the fate of the federation is in your hands!
"As we all know, the Tian Yuan Realm and the Blood Demon Sector are getting closer and closer to each other. It is very likely that they will merge in the next thirty to fifty years.
"The war between the two Sectors has already begun.
"However, the Tian Yuan Realm and the Blood Demon Sector are on par with each other in terms of capability. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been at a stalemate for five hundred years.
"In a head-on clash in a head-on battlefield, neither side has an absolute chance of winning. Even if they defeat their opponent, they will have to pay a high price.
"Half a year ago, the admin-type and research-type Cultivators of Deep Sea University, Star Nebula University, the First Military Academy of the Federation, and the General Staff of the military gathered together and ran a simulation of an enormous scale. The conclusion was as follows.
"If the two Sectors are truly merged, even if the Federation defeats the Blood Demon Sector in a regular war, two-thirds of the cities will be destroyed, half of the population will be killed, and three quarters of the Cultivators will perish!
"The situation will be the same for the Blood Demon Sector. The Federation will fight to the last soldier. Even if the Tian Yuan Realm is occupied, I'm afraid that most of the demon kings and demon emperors will be dead by now.
"Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, the two parties don't want to fight a life-and-death battle on a regular battlefield, which will result in a lose-lose situation.
"In fact, both parties have placed their hopes on the Occult Orbs.
"Countless secret arts, techniques, magical equipment, and weapons that are far beyond the level of the Tian Yuan Realm and the Blood Demon Sector are hidden in the Occult Orbs.
"Think about it. If one of you is lucky enough to discover an arsenal or a starship left by the Star Ocean Imperium, or even a piece of destructive planetary-level magical equipment, won't you be able to suppress the Blood Demon Sector without sacrificing a single soldier?
"On the other hand, the Heaven's Origin Sector and the Blood Demon Sector are very close to each other in the four-dimensional level. They are almost twins. The Occult Orbs that we can discover can be discovered by the Blood Demon Sector, too.
"Some of the Occult Orbs don't have the arsenal or the fleets that we need, but they have the demonic nests left by the Demon Beast Empire thirty thousand years ago. Once the Blood Demon Sector grasps the Occult Orbs, it will be possible to create creatures that are even stronger than demon emperors through the demonic nests!
"If such a nightmare comes true, the Tian Yuan Realm will be doomed forever."
Everybody's heart was burning after hearing what he said.
Before, they had more or less thought that even if the sky fell down, the taller ones would hold it up. After all, Jin Dan and Yuanying were the main forces in the war between the two Sectors. As for them, the Building Foundation Stage Cultivators, it didn't matter whether they had one more Cultivator or not. They didn't need to think too much and just focused on fighting.
After hearing what Gao Tieyi said, Li Yao and the rest of them suddenly realized that they were the ones who had the chance to decide the fate of the Tian Yuan Realm.
"Stellar-level magical equipment …"
Li Yao mumbled to himself.
His blood was burning all of a sudden.
Stellar-level magical equipment that was as large as a satellite or even a planet and whose power could radiate out to the entire galaxy was the ultimate dream of a refiner like him.
If he could touch a piece of Stellar-level magical equipment in person, study its structure carefully, and even control it to suppress the Blood Demon Sector …
Even if he died the next day, it would be worth it!
However, Nie Junxia was an extremely calm person. He took a deep breath and said,
Taking a deep breath, he said, "Senior Gao, I don't need to say too many impassioned words. We are all Cultivators, and we are all prepared to fight to the death!
"All I want to know is, what are the practical benefits of entering the battlefield of the Occult Orbs for us personally?
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