Chapter 2199

"An Eight Tribulations Supreme..."

"It's a pity."

The Chongming Supreme spoke lightly, his body bearing grievous wounds, yet he paid them little heed: "The Immortal Dynasty is in need of men; he should have died on the battlefield, not met such a useless end here."

"Haha!"

"There's nothing to be done; if anyone could flee the battlefield, abandoning the commander to die in battle, the state would cease to be a state."

The Ya Supreme laughed heartily: "But since he conducted himself with dignity, this Heavenly King will naturally grant him dignity; the White Crane Immortal Clan will follow the Supreme's death pension."

"The Immortal Dynasty has never shortchanged warriors who died in battle on the sands!"

When a clan's Eight Tribulations Supreme falls in battle, the Immortal Dynasty's pension will be so generous as to be unimaginable.

Relying on such rewards and pensions, if the White Crane Immortal Clan has usable talent, they may yet see another Eight Tribulations Supreme arise and re-establish the clan.

"Let's not speak of these matters."

"The human sword cultivators are rotting in the rear; Chongming brother, do you have any good strategies?"

The Ya Supreme spoke solemnly.

Battlefield intelligence is naturally always in his grasp, with cultivators constantly reporting to him; he knows far more than the White Crane Supreme.

The current situation is not good.

Although the human sword cultivators, numbering at most a hundred thousand from an original million, have not seen their destructive power diminish—on the contrary, as the Dizun Supreme and others fell in battle and the Chongming Supreme and others were gravely wounded, the destruction wrought by these sword cultivators has become even more terrifying.

Even now, countless human sword cultivators are madly destroying the true dragon fortune Immortal Dynasty's rule across starfields and myriad worlds, shattering teleportation arrays everywhere, slaughtering Immortal Dynasty powerhouses one by one, and tearing world after world from the Immortal Dynasty's domain.

At every moment, the Immortal Dynasty's troops and logistics are rapidly dwindling.

All this causes great anxiety, even arousing Your Majesty's displeasure.

Chongming Supreme won in battle!

He invigorated the Immortal Dynasty from top to bottom, his status greatly elevated; it is not impossible that he may yet enter the Heavenly King rank.

In the cruel war, grassroots dragons and snakes stir.

From personal and clan perspectives, the True Dragon Immortal Dynasty naturally wishes only to nurture True Dragon powerhouses toward Nine Tribulations Supreme, but in dire straits, it must also genuinely absorb the heavenly pride of all races, opening for them the supreme path to Nine Tribulations Supreme; all True Dragon pride must yield to victory.

For if defeated, the entire True Dragon Immortal Clan will perish!

The entire True Dragon Immortal Clan will become as it was during the Myriad Laws Immortal Dynasty era—reduced to mounts for human powerhouses, to dragon liver and phoenix marrow on human banquet tables, with scales, sinews, and bones becoming materials for treasures; life worse than death.

It can be said that now, Chongming Supreme's path to Nine Tribulations Supreme has already been opened.

Ya Supreme's tone thus changed.

The myriad clan Supremes present revealed boundless envy, wishing they could take his place, their fighting spirit growing ever fiercer.

"Ya brother,"

"Where is there any good strategy?"

"This time's human sword venerables differ from before."

Chongming Supreme's heart likewise burned hot; he spoke solemnly: "With the Sword Fairy alive, they have been greatly strengthened."

"Know that in individual combat power, human Supremes often exceed the myriad clan Supremes' average by a large margin, merely fewer in number, which is why we beat them back on the frontal battlefield; this ancient master of the Wu Jin Kong Kong must not be underestimated, or we will suffer greatly!"

"Now, in this scattered rear of the Immortal Dynasty's heartland, this individual combat power gap has widened further!"

Chongming Supreme spoke with lingering fear: "Ya brother, you don't know; this time I was fortunate, only a hair's breadth away—I would have been slain by that Wuji Sword Venerable amidst the multitude of armies and Supremes, winning by a single move alone, not due to much confidence."

"If another one or several such human sword cultivators appear, our rear will still rot!"

"The sole fortune is that such human Eight Tribulations Sword Dao Supremes almost never join forces, almost always fighting alone, giving us a chance to encircle and kill them, but we must act swiftly, with the force of Lei Ting like Taishan pressing down, to exterminate them, giving these human sword cultivators no chance to grow..."

Chongming Supreme spoke, word by word, with pauses.

Human sword cultivators— that terrifying growth speed, their fame echoing through the Wu Jin Kong Kong, known to all, unknown to none.

"You mean..."

"To summon Heavenly King-level powerhouses from the front lines?"

The Ya Supreme fell into deep thought.

The front lines are not a place where troops can be withdrawn at will; although the Immortal Dynasty's great army is advancing, seizing myriad worlds one by one, steadily pressing forward to consume the Tai Shang Da Ri Dao Ting's starfields, this does not mean the front lines are carefree and infallible.

If multiple Heavenly King-level Supremes withdraw from the front lines, once the enemy probes their reality, they will immediately face terrible risk.

Know that the number of Tai Shang Da Ri Dao Ting Heavenly King-level powerhouses is not less than, and may even exceed, that of the Immortal Dynasty!

The Immortal Dynasty focuses on nurturing the True Dragon clan, while the Tai Shang Da Ri Dao Temple can nurture the entire human race, without distinction of sect or origin; from it arise heavenly pride without number, causing extraordinary envy.

……

Tai Shang Da Ri Tiangong.

"Did Wuji Dao friend die?"

"Good riddance!"

"Died on the sword-duel battlefield, died fittingly, not failing the sword cultivator's name."

Jiang Ding received a report, sighing slightly.

Many years ago, in the time fracture, he first saw Wuji Sword Child; then, he was full of vigor, coming before himself to pledge himself to a stronger sword cultivator, deeply participating in the Tai Shang Da Ri Sword Dao True Immortal Child's research project, making great contributions.

Thereafter, Wuji Sword Child became Wuji Sword Venerable, gradually advancing to Eight Tribulations Supreme, even stepping toward Nine Tribulations Supreme, no longer the same as ordinary Eight Tribulations Supremes.

Wuji Sword Venerable has waged war across the Wu Jin Kong Kong for years, establishing magnificent battle achievements, his fame echoing through many starfields.

Now, all has come to a sudden halt.

Wuji Sword Venerable died in battle within the True Dragon Fortune Immortal Dynasty's territory, dying in an active assault upon the multitude of Eight Tribulations Supremes and great armies, perishing together with his flying sword in the starry void.

"Someone,"

Jiang Ding spoke lightly.

At this moment, it seemed the one who should come to his side was the head maid of the Mountain Fox maidservant team, Gong Caiyu, but she is not here now; instead, she is in the Fallen Immortal Realm, a very distant place.

"Your Majesty, please mourn."

The Fusang Saintess spoke softly.

She knew that the Supreme Sun Sword Immortal had always valued old friends from the past, with deep emotion.

"There is nothing sorrowful about it."

"Sword cultivators are born on the battlefield and die on the battlefield—such is the way of heaven and earth."

Jiang Ding took out a piece of spirit gold, faintly emitting a transcendent aura. This was the sword embryo material refined by the Sword Immortal after comprehending the Heavenly Dao for the inheritor of the Ultimate Sword Venerable. He said lightly: "Deliver this sword embryo material to the most outstanding inheritor of the Ultimate Qingse Jianzong, and tell him that this is a step on the path to the Nine Tribulations Supreme. The road to the Nine Tribulations Supreme is arduous and long; I hope he may walk farther."

"I hope that on future, even more brutal battlefields, I may once again see the sword cultivators of the Ultimate Qingse Jianzong, so that I may once more behold the likeness of an old friend."