As soon as the City Lord finished speaking, a slowly rotating whirlpool suddenly appeared in the sky. The whirlpool wasn't too big when it first appeared, but it quickly expanded. In the blink of an eye, the whirlpool covered an area of a thousand feet.
Looking at it, it seemed as if a hole had appeared in the sky.
No one knew where the whirlpool connected to, but there were some strange movements coming from the whirlpool.
All the spirit bodies in the entire Immortal Essence City looked up.
Under the attention of countless pairs of eyes, from the whirlpool, a three-meter-long insectoid covered in carapace, with four legs and a triangular head, like a huge praying mantis, crawled out. It clung to the vicinity of the whirlpool, and its complex compound eyes reflected the scene of the city below.
Rustling sounds came, and the second praying mantis insectoid appeared, followed by the third, the fourth … In the blink of an eye, they covered the sky and earth.
As if a gate had been opened, from the rotating whirlpool, countless insectoids of different sizes and shapes poured out.
In just ten breaths of time, the sky and ground near the whirlpool were filled with insectoids, and more insectoids were still rushing out from the whirlpool.
"Kill!" Angry roars came out, and colorful lights covered from all directions. The insectoids with powerful auras were turned into meat paste before they could run a few steps. However, the insectoids continued to advance, as if there was no end to them. The surviving insectoids stepped on the corpses of the dead insectoids and madly rushed forward. Their broken bodies rushed to the front of the spirit bodies, and they opened their mouths to bite, waving their claws, and the spirit bodies quickly dimmed.
After half a cup of tea's time, the first line of defense organized by the spirit bodies was broken, and after another cup of tea's time, the second line of defense collapsed.
After the time it takes to burn an incense stick, the fourth line of defense was broken again, and countless spirit bodies were defeated.
In the City Lord's Mansion, in the Soul Cleansing Pool, a steady stream of spirit bodies flew out with the help of their own soul seals, and joined the battlefield without looking back.
Even if the spirit bodies wouldn't truly perish, the feeling of being beaten to the point where the spirit body disintegrated was no different from death.
The spirit bodies had already experienced this kind of fierce battle countless times.
Only half a day had passed since the start of the battle, and half of the huge Immortal Essence City had fallen. It was only then that the spirit bodies in the Immortal Essence City slowly stopped the advance of the insectoids.
With the center line of the city as the boundary, the two sides continued to fight each other.
Every Spirit Body that participated in the battle "died" several times.
It could be imagined that if there was no Soul Cleansing Pool, the Immortal Essence City would have long been breached. It was with the help of the Soul Cleansing Pool that the spirit bodies of the Immortal Essence City could continuously revive from the pool and continue to fight.
This was the choice of the Celestial Origin City back then. From the City Lord to the ordinary citizens, they sacrificed the entire city and used the Soul-Cleansing Pool as a foundation to break free from the shackles of their physical bodies. They obtained near-immortal strength to fight against the Insect Race.
This was not a good thing. Perhaps in the short term, being immortal and indestructible was indeed a good thing. However, if one had to participate in fierce battles again and again on top of this foundation and experience the feeling of death again and again, it would be torture.
Back then, the Immortal Origin City was a first-rate force in the entire Nine Prefectures. It was not inferior to the current first-rate sects, or even stronger.
However, for the sake of the Nine Regions, Immortal Essence City had no choice but to make such a choice.
Because someone had to stand up.
Together with the Immortal Essence City, there were 17 other top forces. The small space where these 18 forces were now was now known as the Infinite Mirage Realm!
In the City Lord's Mansion, the City Lord looked up at the vortex in the sky. He could feel a trace of palpitating aura from the vortex. It was more obvious than the last time.
Time … was really running out. The Immortal Origin City could withstand it this time, but there would be a day when the Immortal Origin City couldn't withstand it anymore. If there was no result by then, then the destruction of the entire Nine Regions would only be a matter of time.
He hoped that someone would stand up before that day came.
The City Lord could not help but recall that young man. If it was him … perhaps there would be a chance.
…
A large ship-like flying spiritual artifact slowly flew over. On the ship were people from the Cloud Soaring Palace.
Previously, when the news of the opening of the Infinite Mirage Realm spread, four nearby forces rushed over one after another. However, the Cloud Soaring Palace was delayed on the way and did not make it in time. This resulted in only three forces entering the Immortal Essence City.
The people from the Cloud Soaring Palace did not leave but waited nearby. It was not until they received Gu Canyang's message that they rushed over.
This time, the Cloud Soaring Palace was led by Vice Envoy Zhou Pei. There were about a hundred people.
He and Gu Canyang were old acquaintances. After all, the two forces were not far from each other and had a good relationship.
When they met, they naturally exchanged greetings.
There was no way to communicate with the outside world in the Immortal Essence City, so no one knew where the Infinite Mirage Realm was connected to or what the situation inside was like.
Now that he knew that the Infinite Mirage Realm was connected to the Immortal Essence City, Zhou Pei was shocked. The environment in the Immortal Essence City was really harsh. The fact that so many people from the Divine Hidden Palace could survive in a one-versus-two situation really made him look at Gu Canyang in a different light. He admired Gu Canyang.
Gu Canyang blushed …
Speaking of which, his experience this time was really embarrassing. He was captured when he entered the Immortal Essence City and imprisoned in the dungeon. In the end, if it were not for Lu Ye's rescue, he would have lost his life at this moment. He quickly stopped Zhou Pei from praising him and whispered to him.
Gradually knowing the truth, Zhou Pei's expression became interesting.
He had also heard of the name of Blue Blood Sect's Lu Yiye, but Lu Ye's cultivation on the top of the golden light was only at the Fifth-Order. There was still a gap between him and them, so he only heard of him and didn't pay much attention to him.
Unexpectedly, in such a short time, the person who made a name for himself on the top of the golden light had come to the Inner Circle and once again shone in the Immortal Essence City.
This time, it was even more exaggerated. He almost destroyed the entire Wind Flower Courtyard with his own strength. This allowed the Divine Hidden Palace to stabilize the situation and turn the tables.
Seeing Lu Ye's potential, Zhou Pei naturally wanted to make friends with him.
After a while, the big ship rose into the air and flew towards the Divine Hidden Palace's station under the control of the cultivators of the Cloud Over Palace.
At the same time, the Wind Flower Courtyard and Sunlight Mountain also received the news that the Infinite Mirage Realm was closed. What frightened them was that so many cultivators from their own sects had entered, but none of them came out alive. Even the rogue cultivators from the Myriad Demon Ridge only had a few survivors.
From the survivors, the two sects gradually understood what had happened in the Immortal Essence City. It was hard for them to accept it for a while.
This time, the total number of cultivators who entered the Infinite Mirage Realm was about five to six hundred. More than sixty percent of them were from the Myriad Demon Ridge. It could be said that they were naturally on the winning side.
However, the final result was that the Myriad Demon Ridge was almost completely annihilated. More than a hundred people from the Haotian Alliance survived.
The few survivors didn't know how the Haotian Alliance did it. When they realized that the situation was bad, they had already gone into hiding. They didn't dare to show their faces even when the Immortal Essence City was closed.
They only vaguely heard that there was someone from the Haotian Alliance who could control the spirits in the Immortal Essence City to fight. That was why the Myriad Demon Ridge suffered such a heavy loss.
After the Tianji Business Alliance heard this news, they also tried to verify it through various channels. Although the Business Alliance didn't participate in the confrontation between the two sects, this information that had never appeared before could be sold at a good price. If they could figure out how to control the spirits, they would definitely be able to obtain great benefits because no one had ever been able to control the spirits in the Immortal Essence City or the other Infinite Mirage Realms before.
It could be foreseen that it wouldn't be long before the news of what happened in the Immortal Essence City spread. The cultivators of the Hidden God Palace could keep their mouths shut, but the same couldn't be said for the rogue cultivators of the Haotian Alliance who survived. They were already living a poor life. Once the Business Alliance offered a suitable price, they might be able to sell a lot of information.
Of course, it didn't matter even if the news spread. Transforming the Nightmare Spirit was Hu Po's ability. It had nothing to do with Lu Ye. Even if others knew, they couldn't imitate it.
Four hours later, the array in the Hidden God Palace's encampment opened and a large ship flew down.
The people from the Lingyun Palace didn't stay for long. They had been waiting outside for a month just to receive the people from the Hidden God Palace. Now that the mission was completed, they naturally had to return to their own encampment.
However, before they left, Zhou Pei sent an invitation to Lu Ye to be a guest at the Lingyun Palace's encampment.
At night, Gu Shenyang set up a banquet to thank Lu Ye for saving his life and everything he did in the Immortal Essence City. The guests and the host enjoyed themselves to the fullest.
The next day, Lu Ye woke up Ju Jia, who was sleeping soundly, and led him straight to the Hidden God Palace's Heaven's Secret Hall.
Lu Ye wasn't far from the Ninth Order. After a cultivator reached the Ninth Order, they had to find a Heaven Grade Secret Art. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to open their Spirit Apertures in the future. This matter had to be prepared in advance, in case they didn't have it when they needed it.
He didn't lack merit points, as long as he could find a suitable Secret Art.
As for Ju Jia, he had been stuck in the Ninth Order for an unknown amount of time. Sima Yang was dead, so he had nowhere to go. Since he was willing to follow Lu Ye, Lu Ye naturally wanted to recruit him into the Blue Blood Sect.
Therefore, he had to find a Heaven Grade Secret Art for Ju Jia.
Ju Jia didn't have any merit points, but it didn't matter. Merit points could be obtained not only by killing enemies, but also by selling things to the Heaven's Secret Treasury.
Lu Ye had a lot of Spirit Artifacts that he didn't need, especially flight type Spirit Artifacts. If he let Ju Jia sell them to the Heaven's Secret Treasury, he should be able to gather enough merit points.
This was undoubtedly a loss because there was a huge difference in merit points between buying and selling things from the Heaven's Secret Treasury. Take his Mountain Coiling Saber for example, the difference in merit points was almost half.
However, if he wanted to gather enough merit points to buy a Heaven Grade Secret Art for Ju Jia in a short time, this was the only way.
Many top Sects used this method to quickly accumulate merit points for their outstanding disciples.
The two entered the Heaven's Secret Hall together. Ju Jia probably hadn't come into contact with the Heaven's Secret Treasury before. Fortunately, although this big guy had a dull personality and looked simple, he wasn't stupid. Lu Ye only had to briefly explain things to him for a while before he figured it out.
Urging the Battlefield Mark to communicate with the Heaven's Secret Treasury, Ju Jia searched for a suitable Secret Art for himself.
Lu Ye also searched together.
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