Chapter 264: Battle Situation

According to what was stated in the "Great Expansion Art," after cultivating the first layer, it would be no problem for the primordial spirit to split into more than ten divine senses. After reaching the second layer, it could split into hundreds, and the third layer would be like "Senior Martial Brother Lin," who could split into hundreds of divine senses.

Thinking of the scene of controlling hundreds of mechanism puppets to fight with others after reaching the third layer, Han Li himself felt it was truly somewhat perverted.

However, this perversion, according to Han Li's estimation, could only run rampant during the Foundation Establishment stage.

After reaching the Core Formation stage, unless he could refine hundreds of level-three or higher puppets with the same level as Foundation Establishment cultivators, otherwise, no matter how many he controlled, they couldn't withstand a full-strength strike from a Core Formation stage cultivator. The scene of that day when the fat man Lei swept away hundreds of level-two puppets of the Thousand Bamboo Sect was still fresh in his memory!

Since refining level-two puppets required materials for top-tier magic treasures, then refining higher-level puppets would at least require materials for top-tier magic treasures!

Comparing this, it was no wonder that Core Formation stage cultivators practicing puppet techniques were rare; it was simply too difficult to find hundreds of sets of top-tier magic treasure materials!

Not to mention the materials wasted in refining failures, and the hundreds of powerful souls that were nowhere to be found.

This was likely the main reason why the puppet technique of the Thousand Bamboo Sect was rarely known.

After all, the strength of a sect was still evaluated by the number of Core Formation stage cultivators. The Thousand Bamboo Sect had no power to compete with other sects in the fighting of Core Formation stage cultivators, so even if the Foundation Establishment disciples were more powerful, they could only huddle in one corner and dominate one area.

Of course, these were just some of Han Li's inferences after cultivating the Great Expansion Art and puppet techniques!

But the puppet technique could significantly increase the strength of Han Li, who was at the Foundation Establishment stage; this was absolutely true! Therefore, Han Li now didn't care about the rights and wrongs of the future!

After all, this great war that had stirred up the cultivation worlds of several countries had just begun!

Not long after Han Li came to this spirit mine as a guard, a great battle of sneak attacks and ambushes unfolded between the six demonic sects and the Seven Sects of the Yue Kingdom on a remote wilderness mountain.

The specific situation had been gradually understood by Han Li. It turned out that the Spirit Beast Mountain among the Seven Sects was originally a branch of the Imperial Spirit Sect of the demonic path, and it was a hidden stake that the demonic path had buried in the Yue Kingdom thousands of years ago.

This time, the six demonic sects invaded the Seven Sects, so this foreshadowing naturally had to be activated. The demonic path hoped to achieve the same miraculous effect as when they captured the Jiang Kingdom and the Cheqi Kingdom in one fell swoop that day.

But who would have thought that the upper echelons of the Spirit Beast Mountain, in the inheritance of these thousands of years, had long since been unwilling to acknowledge themselves as a member of the Imperial Spirit Sect, and even less willing to suddenly have a Supreme Emperor above their heads.

As a result, after communicating with the other six sects, they didn't know what method they used to make the demonic path people believe them and send people to sneak attack a stronghold of the Seven Sects' cultivators.

The thousands of demonic cultivators who came to sneak attack were ambushed by the Seven Sects' cultivators on the way, and were given a head-on blow with absolute superiority, making the demonic path people suffer a not-so-small loss, and even two Core Formation stage cultivators were killed on the spot.

This head-on blow to the six demonic sects naturally made the Seven Sects' people celebrate and their morale soar! And the six demonic sects were furious and launched a large-scale attack.

The Seven Sects did not show weakness either and deployed their battle formations to meet the attack.

Both sides fought more than a dozen battles at the two borders between the Yue Kingdom and the Jiang Kingdom and the Cheqi Kingdom. The number of cultivators who died and were injured had reached tens of thousands, and even seven or eight Core Formation stage cultivators had fallen, which could be described as tragic.

The fearful expression of the cultivator who came to transport spirit stones that day when he recounted it made Han Li and other cultivators at the scene feel terrified, secretly rejoicing that they didn't have to be in that kind of fighting. Just looking at how many Core Formation stage cultivators had fallen, one could imagine how terrifying that scene was!

However, the six sects of the Demonic Dao were worthy of being one of the two major forces in the Tiannan region; their strength was truly incomparable to the Yue Kingdom's cultivation world.

After seven or eight battles, the seven sects clearly couldn't hold on under the other party's fierce attacks. If it weren't for the fact that the seven sects had pre-arranged several restrictive arrays on their side, allowing them to rely on the array formations to put up a desperate fight, they would have likely been defeated long ago.

But even so, the seven sects definitely couldn't hold on for long.

But just when the Yue Kingdom side was in a precarious situation, responding to the invitation of the seven sects, cultivators from two medium-sized countries adjacent to the Yue Kingdom, the Yuanwu Kingdom and the Zijin Kingdom, finally arrived to provide support.

It turned out that long before the war with the six sects of the Demonic Dao, the seven sects had wisely sent eloquent people to send messengers to the two countries to ask for help.

As soon as the various cultivation sects of these two countries received this letter, they naturally feared that if the Demonic Dao took over the Yue Kingdom, their two countries would also be swallowed up. Without needing the messengers to spend any breath, they agreed to the request for support, and then, sharing a common hatred for the enemy, gathered most of the cultivators from the two countries and came to support them overnight.

With the addition of cultivators from these two countries, the strength of the Yue Kingdom and the six sects of the Demonic Dao was finally not too disparate. Relying on the power of the defensive arrays, the seven sects actually managed to withstand the Demonic Dao's offensive.

As a result, the Demonic Dao's attempt to take the Yue Kingdom in one go naturally failed. The struggle between the two sides fell into a stalemate, turning into a war of attrition.

Large-scale battles became fewer, but small-scale surprise attacks became more frequent in the rear of both the Yue Kingdom and the six sects of the Demonic Dao. In particular, some production areas for raw materials and spirit stones were the main targets for surprise attacks by both the seven sects and the Demonic Dao.

But Han Li's spirit stone mine, perhaps because it was too far from the battle border, had not yet been harassed by the other party, which had to be called a miracle! One must know that other spirit stone mines of the same scale had already been raided three or four times.

But the more this was the case, the more the people of the seven sects felt uneasy about this place, and half a month ago, they sent another group of more than twenty cultivators to provide support. The leader was a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Spirit Beast Mountain.

In this way, the defense of the spirit mine was naturally greatly strengthened! But Han Li sensed a feeling of an impending storm from this, and he practiced the Great Expansion Art even more diligently, and the breakthrough of the first layer was already within reach.

However, among this second batch of Qi Condensation stage cultivators who came to support, Han Li actually ran into an acquaintance, the ugly man Zhong Wu whom he had met once during the Blood Trial.

Zhong Wu also recognized Han Li.

But facing Han Li's current Foundation Establishment cultivation base, this person's face turned cloudy and sunny several times, with various emotions like surprise, jealousy, and envy appearing in turn, which truly made Han Li marvel.

Finally, Zhong Wu gave a bitter smile, stepped forward to pay his respects to Han Li, and somewhat unwillingly called him "Senior."

And Han Li, suppressing his laughter, responded indifferently.

Thinking of Zhong Wu's colorful and ever-changing expression at that time, Han Li, who was meditating, couldn't help but smile knowingly and opened his eyes. At this moment, his state of mind was truly not suitable for continuing to practice the Great Expansion Art; it was better to wait until his state of mind was calm.

Time passed quickly. Han Li spent another month in this manner, spending a small portion of his time on guard duty and the majority of his time practicing the Great Expansion Art and making puppet beasts. At this time, he had clearly sensed that the first layer of the Great Expansion Art was about to be perfected.

This made Han Li both surprised and happy!

Speaking of which, whether Han Li was practicing the Five Elements Dao techniques or the Azure Essence Sword Art, the aptitude he displayed was somewhat inferior! But he was extremely smooth in practicing this Great Expansion Art, without the slightest feeling of difficulty, almost as if it were a matter of course, which made Han Li secretly marvel in addition to being excited!

And the first second-rank puppet beast, after failing more than ten times, was finally refined two days ago. Although it was a bit rougher than the puppets of the Thousand Bamboo Sect and others, and its power was slightly inferior, this made Han Li beam with joy, and he prepared to have other cultivators bring more raw materials so he could produce them in large quantities.

But today, just as Han Li was meditating in the quiet room, a sharp, piercing whistle suddenly came from outside, and then someone shouted wildly outside:

"It's bad, the Demonic Dao people are attacking! Everyone come out and prepare for battle!"

Han Li's heart tightened, and he walked out of the quiet room with a solemn face.

At this time, the seven sects' cultivators who were originally sitting quietly in various earthen caves walked out solemnly just like Han Li, and after exchanging glances, they walked out of the kilns one after another.

Xuan Le of the Yanyue Sect and Lu Lu Tianmeng, a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Spirit Beast Mountain, were floating expressionlessly below the Four Evil Array, looking toward the top of the Great Canyon.

The dozen or so cultivators on duty behind them all looked somewhat uneasy! But seeing Han Li and the others who came to support, their expressions finally calmed down a lot.

And Han Li followed the gaze of Xuan Le and the others, and indeed discovered the enemy's tracks above the Great Canyon, with a small number of people, only twenty or thirty.

But Han Li knew very well that since they dared to penetrate so deep behind enemy lines to launch a surprise attack, the people who came were likely at the Foundation Establishment level, and they wouldn't bring Qi Condensation stage burdens with them.

Therefore, they were still at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength! This battle would likely not be easy to fight!

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