Chapter 2991: Looking at it, something's off

Seeing that the Iron Peak Clan Chief had something on his mind, Ye Zhangqing asked with a smile.

Upon hearing that, the Iron Peak Clan Chief hesitated for a moment, then still spoke cautiously.

"Young Ye, there are some things I don't know how to bring up, but since you asked, I'll just speak plainly."

"Senior, just speak plainly."

"Young Ye, to be honest, we've never heard of this so-called Xiāntiān rénzú; we don't know their strength or where they come from, and no one can say how this battle will go."

"What I mean is, if in the end it truly cannot be done, you kid, don't act foolish; although we should all retreat together to the Shenjie.........."

The Iron Peak Clan Chief's concern is the battle; the opponent is also a primordial tribe, but the key is we don't know where they came from.

We've never heard of any Xiāntiān rénzú before.

Everything about their strength is unknown, and even facing the weakest of a primordial tribe, it's far beyond what the current Human Race can handle.

Therefore, in this battle, we still rely on the Barbarian God Tribe.

Given the relationship between the two tribes, plus Ye Zhangqing, the Barbarian God Tribe will naturally not refuse to help.

But the problem is, if we truly cannot win, the Barbarian God Tribe obviously couldn't fight to the death; frankly, they have no reason to fight to the death.

Although nothing is certain now, this battle isn't necessarily a loss; don't forget there's also help from the Feather God Tribe.

But we fear the worst; if things truly reach an impossible point, others may not care, but whatever Ye Zhangqing says must be preserved.

Upon hearing the Iron Peak Clan Chief's words, Ye Zhangqing's expression didn't change, as if he had already guessed he'd say that, merely grinning.

"Thanks, senior, but we haven't even clashed yet—who knows? My Human Race isn't without means."

"I know, I mean when the time truly comes, Young Ye you.........."

This time, without waiting for the Iron Peak Clan Chief to finish, Ye Zhangqing directly interrupted.

"I understand your meaning, senior, but when that time comes, as a member of the Human Race, I'll have nowhere to go, right?"

Among the Human Race, there are one's dao partner, elders, brothers; when that time comes, where could one possibly go?

Seeing Ye Zhangqing's smiling face, the Iron Peak Clan Chief opened his mouth, but in the end still didn't continue speaking.

He already understood this kid's meaning; saying more would be pointless.

Ye Zhangqing's face showed little pressure; what he could do wasn't much, but it wasn't nothing.

Elsewhere, outside the Immortal City Beyond the Heavens, Qi Xiong, Hong Zun, Yun Xiantai and others were directing the placement of traps.

After just a few operations, the Heavenly Palace crowd looked on in astonishment, still able to pull this off?

Especially, the Heavenly Palace strong person holding a ninth-grade talisman eyed Xu Jie dubiously.

"Young Master Xu, are you sure you want to use even a ninth-grade talisman?"

Such a low-grade talisman, in the Immortal Realm it's merely a common consumable, barely better than nothing; placed in the Beyond the Heavens, it goes without saying.

What strength do the major Beyond the Heavens foreign tribes have? Even a saint-grade talisman has little effect; only immortal-grade can be somewhat useful.

But this time, they're facing a primordial tribe, and you're taking a ninth-grade talisman to deal with a primordial tribe?

That Heavenly Palace strong person looked speechless, somewhat dumbfounded.

As for that, Xu Jie's reply was also simple; he said with a smile.

"Whether it's useful or not is another matter; just hearing the sound isn't bad either. Besides, with so many ninth-grade talismans combined with the formation disk, the power shouldn't be small."

"Huh???"

Upon saying that, the Heavenly Palace strong person fell silent, scanning the surroundings.

Seeing the tens of millions of talismans and formation disks, he fell silent for a moment.

Though that's how it sounded, the reasoning was indeed sound; for a moment he actually couldn't refute it.

With tens of millions of talismans and formation disks, even if they're ninth-grade, that would surely be a scene of destroying heaven and earth.

Before, I thought this quantity was too exaggerated; over these many days, the talismans and formation disks shipped from the Immortal Realm were unheard of.

The major powers really emptied their reserves; most importantly, the Dao One Immortal Sect's people accepted anyone for this.

They didn't care about grade at all; if you brought it, I'd dare to take it.

And facing the outside, the various powers of the Immortal Realm truly had no hidden reservations.

Daily grudges had long been set aside; everyone understands that when the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact.

This time, they covet the entire Immortal Realm; if the Immortal City Beyond the Heavens falls, the fate of the whole Immortal Realm goes without saying—no one could remain unscathed.

By then, without the Immortal City Beyond the Heavens, the Immortal Realm's fall would merely be a matter of time.

Therefore, under the Heavenly Palace's order, not a single power in the Immortal Realm refused.

Talismans and formation disks are these basics; batch after batch of strong cultivators also continually rushed to the Immortal City Beyond the Heavens.

Regardless of what tier these people's strength belongs to in the Beyond the Heavens, within the Immortal Realm they are absolutely among the first echelon of strong cultivators.

The Human Race truly gathered all usable strength.

Likewise, the Barbarian God Tribe and Feather God Tribe are the same; those who previously besieged the Feather God Tribe never left, likewise remaining inside the Immortal City Beyond the Heavens.

Moreover, the Feather God Tribe's Second Ancestor also brought many Feather God Tribe strong cultivators.

With such mighty power gathered together, no one dared to relax in the slightest.

As the Iron Peak Clan Chief said, the strength of this whatever Xiāntiān rénzú is, to everyone, it's just a mystery.

Never heard of it before, so naturally we don't know the opponent's depth.

All necessary preparations have been made; outside the Immortal City Beyond the Heavens, it's indeed been covered completely with talismans and formation disks.

That's absolutely layers upon layers, making onlookers' scalps go numb.

Every day, many people are out scouting.

One day, news came back saying they'd seen a mysterious fleet, unsure if it was those Xiāntiān rénzú.

However, when mentioning this, that Heavenly Palace strong person's expression turned somewhat strange.

That fleet, at first glance, appears mighty and grand, but the problem is they're all wounded; looking at them, they don't seem like invaders at all, more like refugees fleeing.

Hearing this, Yue Linxian, Zhao Tianqing, Tianhe and the others also found it strange—they were all wounded, yet they still came?

However, they did not dare to let down their guard; instead, they carried out even stricter reconnaissance.

Every day, the latest news came back, and as time passed, on this day the fleet finally arrived outside the Immortal City Beyond the Heavens.

Everyone stood on the city walls, already able to see the fleet's silhouette in the distance; but the longer they looked, the more doubtful their expressions became.

Just as the intelligence said, how come every warship is wounded?

Some of the warships even had incomplete formations.

Most importantly, the entire fleet gave off a feeling of lifeless lethargy.

Standing beside Ye Zhangqing, Bai Hua Xianzi and the other women all frowned and said.

"Husband, this fleet doesn't seem to have come to fight; it feels like they suffered a defeat and fled here."