Chapter 218

Inside the Shangxuan Pavilion of the Mysterious Mall.

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

With a pang of regret, he took out ten million supreme spirit stones and poured them in.

Although he no longer lacked spirit stones, watching them vanish before his eyes still made his heart ache.

The Mysterious Mall currently relied on only two fourth-grade spiritual veins, utterly insufficient to sustain the operation of a sixth-grade formation.

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

However, when no external enemies attacked, Ye Qingxuan would only maintain the formation at the fifth-grade level.

Maintaining it at the fifth-grade level reduced spirit stone consumption while still defending against sudden enemy attacks, buying time for the formation to recover and counterattack.

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

Within the mountain range outside the Mysterious Mall.

At this moment, many cultivators from both races turned their gaze toward the Mysterious Mall.

Clearly, the commotion caused by the Mysterious Mall's expansion had alarmed the cultivators of both races in the mountain range.

At this time, atop a certain peak within the mountain range.

Over a hundred Nascent Soul-stage Green Demon Clan cultivators, led by ten peak Nascent Soul-stage Green Demon Clan members, were eyeing the Mysterious Mall hungrily.

Watching the sudden change at the Mysterious Mall, among the ten leading Green Demon Clan members.

One glanced at the Mysterious Mall's city-protecting formation, recalling the formidable power unleashed when the formation activated, and revealed a look of apprehension, saying:

"Everyone, shall we still attack?"

They had gathered with the original intent of erasing the Mysterious Mall, this human city.

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

During previous battles and cultivation conflicts between the two races, the Mysterious Mall had provided significant logistical support to human cultivators in this war zone.

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

Previously, due to the Mysterious Mall's combat record, no Green Demon Clan cultivator dared to provoke it.

Only now, as more and more Green Demon Clan cultivators entered the Xuanmu Realm, did a considerable number of Nascent Soul-stage Green Demon Clan members flow into this war zone.

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

Yet they had not expected that just as they prepared to launch an attack, the Mysterious Mall chose this critical moment to expand.

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

Do not underestimate the gap of just one minor tier.

At the sixth-grade level, a difference of one minor tier is a world apart for a fifth-grade Nascent Soul cultivator.

"Perhaps we should just give up?"

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

He had barely managed to hunt down enough human Nascent Soul cultivators to raise his cultivation to the peak of the Nascent Soul realm.

Now, he only wished to return to the Green Demon Realm to seclude himself and break through to the Soul Transformation realm; he did not want to risk besieging the Mysterious Mall, protected by a sixth-grade mid-tier formation.

Furthermore, according to information circulated after the Mysterious Mall's city-construction battle.

The city lord of this Mysterious Mall possessed sixth-grade supreme-grade talismans.

One careless mistake could lead to his demise here, so he was not eager to participate in the siege of the Mysterious Mall.

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

Hearing his suggestion, many Nascent Soul-stage Green Demon Clan cultivators nodded in agreement:

"Agreed."

"I think even if we conquer the Mysterious Mall, we will suffer heavy casualties with little gain; it is not worth it."

"Precisely, precisely. I think we should just forget it."

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

"Yes! I also support Daoist Brother Mo Er's suggestion."

Hearing the murmurs of his clansmen behind him, the ten leaders exchanged glances, and finally, nine of them focused their gaze on a Green Demon Clan member in the center wearing magnificent robes.

This Green Demon Clan member, dressed in magnificent robes and also at the peak of the Nascent Soul realm, was Mo Xu, originally from the Green Demon Emperor Dynasty.

Within the Green Demon Realm.

The major powers can be divided into Green Demon Tribes ranging from first to seventh grade.

Above the seventh-grade Green Demon Tribes are the eighth-grade Green Demon Kingdoms, the ninth-grade Green Demon Imperial Dynasties, and the tenth-grade Green Demon Emperor Dynasties.

The Green Demon Emperor Dynasty can be said to be the most top-tier power in the Green Demon Realm.

As one hailing from the Green Demon Emperor Dynasty, Mo Xu naturally held a higher status than the other Green Demon Clan members present.

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

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

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

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

But Mo Xu suddenly shifted his tone and continued:

"However, since we have gathered with such difficulty, we cannot simply do nothing."

Upon hearing this, all the Green Demon Clan cultivators present fell into deep thought.

After a moment, one of the Green Demon Clan members could no longer contain himself and asked directly:

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

Mo Xu looked at the surrounding mountain range, a flash of sharp light appearing in his eyes:

"Since we cannot conquer the Mysterious Mall, why not take this opportunity to surround and annihilate the human cultivators within the mountain range?"

"As long as the human cultivators within the two mountain ranges suffer heavy losses, the mysterious marketplace will become insignificant."

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

"Exactly. With so many Nascent Soul clan members gathered here now, we can completely hunt down other human cultivators."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let us act quickly."

"Yes. If too much time passes and the human cultivators detect us, all our efforts will be in vain."

Compared to besieging the mysterious marketplace, these Nascent Soul members of the Green Demon Clan were far more eager to hunt human cultivators within the mountain ranges.

Human cities possessed teleportation arrays as a final escape route.

Breaching a human city would yield little beyond some discarded items left behind by human cultivators; they would gain no substantial rewards.

But hunting humans within the two mountain ranges meant the corpses of human cultivators were tangible, solid rewards.

Thus, Mo Xu's proposal quickly gained the approval of every Green Demon present.

After a brief discussion, Mo Xu extended a hand, and a purple-black net appeared, hovering in his palm.

"This is the Secret Treasure Space-Locking Net. Its rank is equivalent to a High-Grade Spirit Artifact. When fully expanded, it can cover a circular area with a radius of ten thousand li."

"If I were alone, I fear I could not unleash the full power of this Secret Treasure."

"But with over a hundred Nascent Soul cultivators here, we can fully maximize the power of this artifact."

"The Space-Locking Net possesses inherent spatial attributes and is extremely concealed when expanding."

"Once the Space-Locking Net seals off most of the area within our mountain range, the cultivators in that region will be unable to escape, leaving them at our mercy to hunt."

Seeing the Space-Locking Net in Mo Xu's hand, every Green Demon present wore expressions of delight.

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

"Very well. Let us act."

(End of this chapter)