Chapter 00238: The Brink of Survival
# The Brink of Survival
Chapter 238
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 238: The Brink of Survival
The Sect Master? Fu Qianhen's heart surged with joy.
The Sect Master's arrival meant that the Immortal King of the Great Yin Immortal Sect had been dealt with.
Otherwise, the Sect Master wouldn't have shown up.
He leaped to his feet, ignoring his injuries, and his spear lashed out wildly.
The Great Luo Golden Immortal from the Great Yin Immortal Sect was equally frantic.
He wasn't an Immortal King like Lü Xin.
Under the five-level chain-killing immortal array, his strength was less than a tenth of its usual power.
He had to constantly guard against the spatial blades of the killing array, and his divine sense and immortal energy were suppressed within the formation.
Just as he was about to finish off the ant before him, a long halberd suddenly appeared.
"Die!" The Great Luo Golden Immortal was furious.
He ignored the killing blades in the array and swung his long blade toward Lan Xiaobu.
"Pfft!" Several blades pierced the Great Luo Golden Immortal's chest.
Before he could react, multiple soul thorns struck his sea of consciousness.
Exhausted, the Great Luo Golden Immortal couldn't block the soul thorns like Lü Xin had.
He let out a shrill scream and tried to flee.
But at that moment, a halberd light appeared in his path, ignoring the spatial constraints.
Another burst of blood erupted as the Great Luo Golden Immortal fell, unwilling and resentful.
His primordial spirit didn't even have a chance to escape—or perhaps he knew that in this killing array, escaping would be no different from suicide.
...
Outside the killing array, everyone watched in terror.
They could only see faint blood mists exploding within the hazy immortal array, but they couldn't make out what was happening inside.
Some visiting merchants were shocked.
They had never known the true strength of Mu Bei Great Immortal City.
Now they understood—it could even stand against the Great Yin Immortal Sect.
In this corner of the immortal realm, the Great Yin Immortal Sect was undoubtedly the strongest.
It controlled at least half of the ten nearby secret realms and ancient ruins.
And now, the Great Yin Immortal Sect's experts were trapped and possibly annihilated by Mu Bei Great Immortal City.
The battle didn't last very long.
As the Great Yin Immortal Sect's Immortal King Lü Xin and other powerful immortals were slain by Lan Xiaobu and Kong Zhengxing, the fighting gradually subsided.
The five-level chain-killing immortal array was primarily designed to deal with Immortal Kings and Great Yi Immortals.
Once these figures were eliminated, the remaining immortals had little resistance left.
"Sect Master, our losses are severe..."
Fu Qianhen, covered in blood, spoke with exhaustion and heaviness in his voice.
At least nine of his fellow cultivators from the Great Desolate Immortal Sect, including a Great Yi Immortal, had joined him in besieging the Great Luo Golden Immortal.
Yet, only he remained.
If not for the Sect Master's timely intervention, he would have perished as well.
Lan Xiaobu's heart was even heavier.
He understood the extent of their losses better than Fu Qianhen.
Lan Xiaobu raised his hand and retracted the array flags, revealing the surroundings.
The ground was littered with corpses, most of them mutilated.
Seeing Kong Zhengxing's staff pinning another Great Luo Golden Immortal, Lan Xiaobu felt a slight relief.
Fewer than six hundred cultivators remained standing, all disciples of the Great Desolate Immortal Sect.
Every member of the Great Yin Immortal Sect had been slain.
In this battle, the Great Desolate Immortal Sect had lost over half of its disciples, even with Kong Zhengxing's help.
Without him, the losses would have been even more devastating.
The six hundred who remained were all injured, many missing arms or legs.
Chang Qingshuang approached, tears streaming down her face.
"Hanfu is gone."
She herself had lost an arm.
For a moment, Lan Xiaobu questioned whether he had made the right choice in establishing the Great Desolate Immortal Sect.
If he hadn't, so many lives wouldn't have been lost.
But he quickly dismissed the thought.
Without the Great Desolate Immortal Sect, even more people would have died—he just wouldn't have seen it.
"City Lord Lan..."
Kong Zhengxing began to speak but stopped mid-sentence, his mouth agape as he stared outside.
Not just Kong Zhengxing—anyone with divine sense could now clearly see what was happening outside.
Tens of thousands of people were charging toward Mu Bei Great Immortal City, their bodies radiating bloodlust, clearly accustomed to slaughter.
"It's the Great Profound Cultivator Alliance Army..."
Kong Zhengxing muttered in shock.
He knew the Great Profound Cultivator Alliance all too well.
It was over.
Mu Bei Great Immortal City was finished.
Everyone here was doomed.
"What is the Cultivator Alliance Army?" Lan Xiaobu asked, puzzled.
Kong Zhengxing finally snapped out of his daze and explained, "The Great Profound Cultivator Alliance Army is the second strongest alliance army in this region, but it's the most feared. They leave no survivors. Any immortal city, sect, or market they target is doomed. Death is the only outcome."
Lian Yinping, also covered in blood, approached.
"That's right, Sect Master. These people are utterly ruthless. Wherever they go, no one survives. In fact, besides the Great Profound Universe, other universes have formed similar alliance armies. Ours, the Great Desolate Universe's alliance army, is weak and has reportedly disbanded. They've seized very few secret realms or famous mountains."
It wasn't just Kong Zhengxing and Lian Yinping who knew how terrifying the Great Profound Cultivator Alliance Army was.
Nearly 90% of Mu Bei Great Immortal City's inhabitants were aware.
Lan Xiaobu didn't know because he had been in seclusion.
Now, the entire city was gripped by fear.
They knew that if Mu Bei Great Immortal City fell, their fate would be sealed.
"Sect Master..."
Fu Qianhen wanted to say something, but Lan Xiaobu stopped him.
Looking at the terrified cultivators, Lan Xiaobu spoke loudly, "The Great Profound Cultivator Alliance Army has committed countless atrocities. Have we provoked them? No. Even if we haven't, they still seek to strip us of our right to live. If we don't resist, we're nothing but lambs waiting to be slaughtered. If we resist, we have a chance to survive."Now, I declare that Mu Bei Great Immortal City will form the Mu Bei Cultivator Army.
Those willing to join, report to the square immediately.
In the future, any member of the Mu Bei Cultivator Army will have free access to Mu Bei Great Immortal City.
Only members of the Mu Bei Cultivator Army and disciples of the Great Desolate Immortal Sect will have the right to enter our secret realms and ancient ruins...
"Mu Bei Great Immortal City will undergo reforms. What I want to make clear is that no matter how we change, as long as you are a member of the Mu Bei Cultivator Army, you have nothing to fear. Qianhen, Yinping, you two will immediately go to the square to recruit members for the Mu Bei Cultivator Army."
"Sect Master..."
Fu Qianhen looked at Lan Xiaobu in confusion.
What secret realms did the Great Desolate Immortal Sect have?
Nearly thirty thousand members of the Great Profound Cultivator Alliance Army halted outside Mu Bei Great Immortal City.
A tall Great Luo Golden Immortal stepped forward.
"Who is the city lord of Mu Bei Great Immortal City? Open the protective array and welcome the Great Profound Cultivator Alliance Army inside, or face annihilation. You have half an incense stick's time to decide. If the array isn't opened by then, we'll shatter it."
Lan Xiaobu ignored the man and turned to Kong Zhengxing.
"Brother Kong, does the Great Profound Cultivator Alliance Army have any Immortal Kings?"
Kong Zhengxing sighed.
"They not only have Immortal Kings, but two of them. One is a mid-stage Immortal King, far stronger than Lü Xin. The other is slightly weaker than Lü Xin, but not by much."
"It seems their Immortal Kings aren't here today."
Lan Xiaobu's divine sense had already swept through the thirty thousand-strong army, and he hadn't detected any Immortal Kings.
"We're no match for them. I think if we scatter and flee now, some of us might escape," Kong Zhengxing said.
Lan Xiaobu chuckled.
"I killed Lü Xin, an Immortal King. Do you think I fear these people? In a cultivator battle, numbers alone don't determine the outcome."
Kong Zhengxing sighed.
"Numbers alone don't decide battles, but their strength far surpasses ours. Earlier, when we lured two hundred of them into Mu Bei Great Immortal City, our losses were devastating. Now, with nearly thirty thousand coming, and the weakest among them being True Immortals..."
Kong Zhengxing didn't finish, but Lan Xiaobu and the others understood.
Lan Xiaobu wasn't concerned.
"That's because you don't know what a true chain-killing array is. Aside from Immortal Kings, even Great Luo Golden Immortals won't escape my five-level chain-killing immortal array easily."
What worried Lan Xiaobu wasn't the Great Profound Cultivator Alliance Army attacking Mu Bei Great Immortal City, but the possibility of them splitting their forces to attack the Great Desolate Immortal Sect.
If that happened, they'd be in real trouble.
Kong Zhengxing looked at Lan Xiaobu in confusion.
If his five-level chain-killing array was so powerful, why had so many sect disciples died earlier?
"Disciples of the Great Desolate Immortal Sect, listen well. Our sect dares to establish itself in the Five Realms Immortal World, and we will not allow anyone to trample upon us. Those who seek to oppress or kill us—what should we do?" Lan Xiaobu's voice, though not loud, carried clearly to everyone's ears.
"Kill!" Having just survived a bloody battle, every disciple of the Great Desolate Immortal Sect was filled with pent-up rage.
Though they had only recently joined the sect, they had already seen comrades fall.
Now, with tens of thousands of the Great Profound Cultivator Alliance Army bearing down on them, their chances of survival seemed slim.
If they were going to die, they might as well take as many enemies with them as possible.
As for whether they regretted joining the Great Desolate Immortal Sect, it was pointless to think about that now.
"Good. Let everyone see how the Great Desolate Immortal Sect slaughters these marauders."
As he spoke, Lan Xiaobu flung out the array flags, and the protective array of Mu Bei Great Immortal City opened.
Everyone was stunned.
Even if Mu Bei Great Immortal City were to fall, they could at least rely on the protective array to recover some losses.
But now, opening the array and letting the Great Profound Cultivator Alliance Army charge in—what did that mean?
(The second update today will be a bit later.)
(End of Chapter)