Chapter 218: Crisis

Inside the Mysterious Merchant Pavilion of the Mysterious Mall.

Ye Qingxuan watched the energy within the Mysterious Mall's energy core being rapidly consumed.

With a slight pang of heartache, he took out ten million supreme-grade spirit stones and poured them into it.

Although he was not lacking in spirit stones now, watching them disappear before his eyes still made his heart ache a little.

The Mysterious Mall was currently supported by only two fourth-order spirit veins, which were completely insufficient to supply the operation of a sixth-order formation.

Therefore, Ye Qingxuan had always used spirit stones to maintain the operation of the Mysterious Mall's city-protecting formation.

However, when there were no external enemies attacking, Ye Qingxuan would only maintain the formation at the fifth-order level.

Maintaining it at the fifth-order level could reduce the consumption of spirit stones while also guarding against sudden attacks from external enemies, giving the formation time to recover and counterattack.

In the Ancestor Xuanmu Realm, where battles between the two races were very frequent, Ye Qingxuan dared not lower the formation's power below the fifth order.

In the mountain range outside the Mysterious Mall.

At this moment, many cultivators from the two races had cast their gazes toward the Mysterious Mall.

Clearly, the commotion caused by the expansion of the Mysterious Mall had still alarmed the cultivators of the two races in the mountain range.

At this time, on a certain mountain peak in the range.

Over a hundred Nascent Soul stage Green Demon clansmen, led by ten peak Nascent Soul stage Green Demon leaders, were eyeing the Mysterious Mall covetously.

Watching the sudden changes at the Mysterious Mall, among the ten leading Green Demon clansmen.

One of them glanced at the Mysterious Mall's city-protecting formation, recalled the power that had erupted when the formation was just activated, and said with a look of wariness in his eyes:

"Everyone, are we still attacking?"

They had gathered together originally to wipe out this human city, the Mysterious Mall.

The Mysterious Mall was located between the two mountain ranges where the humans and the Green Demon race were at war.

Previously, during the cultivation battles between the two races, the Mysterious Mall had provided significant logistical support to the human cultivators in this war zone.

The existence of the Mysterious Mall had indirectly reduced the number of human cultivator casualties and increased the probability of Green Demon cultivators falling.

It was just that, hindered by the Mysterious Mall's battle record, no Green Demon cultivators had dared to court disaster by provoking it.

It was only now, as more and more Green Demon cultivators entered the Ancestor Xuanmu Realm, that the number of Nascent Soul stage Green Demon clansmen flowing into this war zone was not small.

This gave them the courage to attack the Mysterious Mall again.

But they hadn't expected that just as they were preparing to launch an attack on the Mysterious Mall, it had expanded at this critical moment.

Moreover, the original low-grade sixth-order city-protecting formation seemed to have been replaced with a mid-grade sixth-order level one.

Do not underestimate the difference of just one small grade.

At the sixth-order level, a small grade difference was a world of difference for a fifth-order Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

"How about we forget it?"

The one who replied was another peak Nascent Soul stage Green Demon powerhouse.

He had gone to great lengths to hunt enough human Nascent Soul stage cultivators to raise his cultivation base to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

Now, he only wanted to return to the Green Demon Realm to go into seclusion and break through to the Deity Transformation stage; he did not want to risk besieging the Mysterious Mall, which was protected by a mid-grade sixth-order formation.

Moreover, according to information circulating from the previous battle of the city's founding,

The City Lord of this Mysterious Mall possessed supreme-grade sixth-order talismans.

If he were not careful, he might fall here, so he was not willing to participate in the siege of the Mysterious Mall.

And his thoughts were the thoughts of the vast majority of the Green Demon cultivators.

Hearing his proposal, many Green Demon Nascent Soul stage cultivators nodded in agreement:

"Agreed."

"I think even if we take down this Mysterious Mall, we will suffer heavy casualties, and there won't be much gain; it's not worth it."

"Exactly, exactly, I think we should just forget it."

"A single city cannot affect the overall situation; it's not worth putting so many of us in danger."

"That's right! I also agree with Fellow Daoist Mo Er's statement."

Hearing the discussion of his clansmen behind him, the ten leaders looked at each other, and finally, nine of them cast their gazes toward a Green Demon clansman in the middle who was dressed in gorgeous attire.

This gorgeously dressed Green Demon, whose cultivation was also at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, was Mo Xu, who hailed from the Green Demon Empire.

In the Green Demon Realm.

Major forces could be divided into first to seventh-order Green Demon tribes.

Above the seventh-order Green Demon tribes were the eighth-order Green Demon Dynasties, the ninth-order Green Demon Imperial Courts, and the tenth-order Green Demon Empires.

The Green Demon Empire could be said to be the most top-tier force in the Green Demon Realm.

As someone from the Green Demon Empire, Mo Xu's status was naturally more noble than the other Green Demon clansmen present.

Therefore, the other nine leaders wanted to hear Mo Xu's opinion.

Sensing the gazes of the others, Mo Xu spoke slowly:

"Since everyone is unwilling to attack the Mysterious Mall, we cannot force it."

Hearing this, most of the Green Demon clansmen present immediately felt relieved.

But Mo Xu changed the subject and continued:

"However, since everyone has gone to the trouble of gathering together, we can't just do nothing, right?"

Hearing this, all the Green Demon clansmen present fell into deep thought.

A moment later, one of the Green Demon clansmen could not hold back and asked directly:

"Mo Xu, what do you want to do?"

Mo Xu looked at the mountain range they were in, a flash of brilliance in his eyes:

"Since that Mysterious Mall cannot be taken, why don't we take this opportunity to encircle and annihilate the human cultivators in the mountain range?"

"As long as the human cultivators in the two mountain ranges suffer heavy losses, the Mysterious Mall will become insignificant."

Mo Xu's words made the eyes of many Green Demon clansmen light up.

"That's right, now that we have gathered so many Nascent Soul realm clansmen, we can completely hunt down other human cultivators."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's hurry and take action?"

"Yes, if too much time passes, in case the human cultivators notice, all our efforts will be wasted."

Compared to besieging the Mysterious Mall, these Nascent Soul stage Green Demon clansmen were more willing to hunt down human cultivators in the mountain range.

Human cities had teleportation formations as a final retreat.

Breaking through a human city, apart from obtaining some junk left behind by human cultivators, they would not have much gain.

But hunting humans in the two mountain ranges, the corpses of the human cultivators were real, tangible gains.

Therefore, Mo Xu's proposal was quickly approved by all the Green Demon clansmen present.

After a brief discussion, Mo Xu reached out, and a purple-black net appeared, floating in his hand.

"This is the secret treasure, the Sky-Locking Net, equivalent in grade to an upper-grade spirit artifact; when fully expanded, it can cover a circular area with a radius of ten thousand miles."

"If it were just me alone, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to unleash the full power of this secret treasure."

"But we have over a hundred Nascent Soul stage cultivators here; we can completely unleash the power of this secret treasure to the extreme."

"The Sky-Locking Net has an inherent spatial attribute, and it is very concealed when expanding."

"As long as the Sky-Locking Net seals off the vast majority of the area of the mountain range we are in, the cultivators in this area will not be able to escape and can be left for us to hunt."

Seeing the Sky-Locking Net in Mo Xu's hand, all the Green Demon clansmen present showed looks of pleasant surprise.

With the blockade of the Sky-Locking Net, they could calmly encircle and kill human cultivators, maximizing their gains.

"Good, let's move."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 219 =====