Chapter 279 - 278: Successfully Repelled, Spirit Seed

The group of giant beasts that were sent as vanguards through space were very powerful, all positioned in the Six Realm, and mostly in the late stage of cultivation.

At first glance, each hefty health bar is easily over 8500.

The size of this vanguard is about forty or so in number.

This many late-stage Six-realm beasts, crossing space with malice, are indeed imposing.

The power they have when formed together is also quite terrifying.

You see, they came as a surprise attack.

As soon as the spatial crack opened, they traversed space and were already battle-ready.

The Ghost Clan was caught unprepared, so they could cause a great deal of chaos.

The mission of these Six-realm beasts was to create confusion.

According to the original plan.

They should roar once and immediately charge recklessly in all directions, trying as much as possible to avoid the Seventh Realm and strike whoever they encounter.

However, unfortunately for them, they encountered Li Jing...

Facing the 30,000 heavenly sword shadows hanging above their heads, the Six-realm beasts that arrived as the vanguard froze in unison, long strings of question marks appeared above their large heads.

This method of attack...

Something isn’t quite right!

They came to ambush, so how did it turn into walking right into the enemy’s line of fire?

At this moment, there were 30,000 heavenly sword shadows overhead, each one making them feel the threat of death.

30,000...

It’s not just them, even if there were 400 of them they would probably all be completely annihilated!

Did the one responsible for opening the spatial passage betray them?

As soon as Li Jing finished casting Moon Shadow, he saw more than forty Six-realm beasts crossing the sky and appearing out of nowhere, feeling indifferent.

These more than forty beasts.

They have a powerful lineup and high quality.

If he encountered them under normal circumstances, he would have to take a detour.

But the experience they provide is not worth much...

What he needs...

Is quantity!

It was a pity that he had anticipated the opportunity to farm experience and his magic skill had critically hit, but only this little came?

This...

It’s like using a cannon to kill mosquitoes!

Those 30,000 heavenly sword shadows, even if that God-Human female came, she wouldn’t be able to stand it!

If there were a hundred more beasts of the same caliber, he would have the confidence to get them all with one shot!

Today is not like the past.

After the Flying Sword Blue Edge had achieved the status of Immortal Item, there was an Immortal aura within Li Jing’s body.

Even without a magic skill critical hit, the magic skills he now possesses are quite different from those he had previously.

Despite his complaints, Li Jing didn’t hesitate.

He caught the opponent off guard. If he gave them time to react, it would lose its meaning.

If these Six-realm beasts were allowed to charge out in all directions, it would be very difficult to block them.

In the Ghost Clan Holy City, once these beasts scatter, Li Jing’s Ten Thousand Remnants Absolute Shadow could easily cause collateral damage.

"Slash."

With a detached word spoken, 30,000 heavenly sword shadows turned in mid-air, descending in an instant.

"Boom!"

More than forty Six-Realm beasts, who had been frozen in place, didn’t even have a chance to let out a grunt. They were torn apart by the full 30,000 sword shadows.

"Experience +394274."

No one could tell whether it was because the vanguard was small in number or because Li Jing’s "exercise" had increased the statistical capabilities of the panel, but the experience count prompt came up immediately.

Li Jing didn’t level up, and was unsatisfied in many ways.

At this moment, eight streaks of light shot out from various parts of the Ghost Clan Holy City.

Eight Seventh Realm members who had scattered throughout the city gathered, revealing their figures.

Catching sight of the pile of shredded meat at the spatial rift from a distance, all eight members of the Seventh Realm were surprised as they glanced at Li Jing, then subsequently focusing their attention on the Flying Sword Blue Edge landing back down.

The power of the Immortal Item sent shivers down their spines.

On one side, Quan Huai also couldn’t help but take a look at the Flying Sword Blue Edge.

From the moment Li Jing retaliated against the intruder who tried to ambush him, he had witnessed everything.

He deeply recognized how incredibly powerful Li Jing was, despite appearing weak.

Instantly killing Seventh Realm beings and slaughtering over forty invading Six-realm beasts were indeed demonstrations of his power.

But the real terror...

Without doubt, it’s the Flying Sword Blue Edge!

However, now is not the time to be taken aback.

The more than forty beasts that Li Jing slaughtered were only the vanguard.

The purpose of these troops was not for mass killing, but to stir up chaos and pave the way for the subsequent main force!

What comes after, that’s where the key lies!

Li Jing has bought precious time for the Ghost Clan, and their efforts can’t be wasted!

If it were just him, Quan Huai, might have been ambushed or at the very least wouldn’t have been able to kill so many Six-realm beasts in a single strike.

As a Seventh Realm Ghost Clan member, Quan Huai is very powerful.

The problem is that he is a body refiner, and area-effecting magic skills are not something he possesses.

Upon suddenly encountering more than forty Six-realm beasts, all he could do is block a few of them at a time, he couldn’t kill them all with one blow.

If he couldn’t kill them all instantly, then the enemy’s purpose would be achieved.

It wouldn’t take much time for Quan Huai’s Seventh Realm companions to gather.

But if Li Jing hadn’t wiped out all the invading vanguard, they would have to rush around to kill those Six-realm beasts.

Now, though, the situation is different.

Quan Huai stamped his foot heavily on the ground, letting out a long cry as he rose into the sky.

The eight fellow Seventh Realm beings who had gathered turned their heads at the sound, and without paying any more attention to Li Jing or the Flying Sword Blue Edge, they decisively joined Quan Huai in facing the spatial passage.

At the same time, Li Jing heard Quan Huai’s voice in his ear.

"I’ll need you to guard the Sacred Temple for me."

"Okay!"

Li Jing promptly replied, pulling back to stand in front of the Central Holy Temple.

He understood that the special Sacred Temple behind him definitely needed someone to guard it.

That’s one reason.

The second reason was that he never intended to continue being the "whistleblower."

He didn’t understand how to set up an army.

However, it didn’t take a genius to know that after the vanguard, there would be even stronger troops arriving to pave the way for a grand invasion.

The first wave was the Sixth Realm.

The second wave would undoubtedly be at the Seventh Realm level.

How many would come was unknown.

But no matter what, the situation wouldn’t be something he could resolve with a single strike of Ten Thousand Remnants Absolute Shadow.

On one hand, he couldn’t achieve a critical strike whenever he wanted. It was all about luck.

On the other hand, even if he did manage to achieve a critical magic skill attack, with the support of the Moon Shadow at night, he could at most try to catch two or three Seventh Realm creatures by surprise and kill them, and he wasn’t even sure if he could pull it off.

Would the opponents only send two or three beings?

Absolutely not.

Once Li Jing understood that the God-Human Race had been sealed by other clans led by the Ghost Clan, it became clear to him.

The ultimate goal of the God-Human Race in trying to open the spatial passage from the Ghost Clan Holy Land was to immediately return and overthrow the Ghost Clan who had sealed them and take control of the Ghost Clan Holy City, which served as spatial coordinates leading to all the habitats of the Ancient God’s Descendants!

Taking on the Present World Forces was only planned after overthrowing the Ghost Clan.

Only by controlling the Ghost Clan Holy City can they rest easy and gather their power upon returning.

Moreover, in Li Jing’s view.

The God-Human Race has never considered the Present World Forces seriously. To them, the Present World Forces were merely a side show.

The Ghost Clan Holy City, acting as spatial coordinates and similar to a transportation hub, was their main focus.

If the God-Human Race had such a plan, how could they slack off when it came to overthrowing the Ghost Clan, a critical step?

Next, it should be showtime for Quan Huai’s group.

Just as Li Jing predicted.

He had barely retreated when about ten alien figures around two meters tall crossed the spatial rift.

Among them, two were bird people with wings growing from their ribs.

Then, there were three snake bodies with human upper bodies, three ram-horned humans, and five snake-headed humans.

A total of thirteen alien species.

All were Seventh Realm!

Seeing this line-up, Li Jing twitched at the corner of his eyes.

Good fellow!

A whole bunch of thirteen Seventh Realm beings had just arrived, and who knows how many more will follow!

Can the Ghost Clan really hold on?

Li Jing understood quite well.

Secretly infiltrating into the alien who died, triggering the Space Blood Sacrifice only opened a spatial passage. At the moment, the interior of the passage is extremely unstable.

These two waves of the Sixth Realm and Seventh Realm that arrived one after another.

To put it nicely, they’re the vanguard. To put it bluntly, they’re death squads.

They were just trying to seize the opportunity. They never planned on surviving!

Traveling through the passage before it stabilizes risks falling into a different space.

The real main force of the God-Human Race has not yet moved.

Apart from the main force.

Behind these first and second waves, there have to be a large number of giant beasts and aliens waiting to cross the space, trying to take over the Ghost Clan Holy City.

Over there.

The moment the thirteen aliens from the Seventh Realm crossed space, they immediately faced Quan Huai and eight other stern-faced Ghost Clan members from the Seventh Realm.

In the blink of an eye, the thirteen of them were stunned.

What’s going on?

Why are all the powerful Ghost Clan members at the entrance of this spatial passage?

Where did the vanguard go?

Before they could figure out what’s going on, the nine Ghost Clan Seventh Realm members led by Quan Huai launched their attacks.

The conflict erupted instantly.

The Ghost Clan members of the Seventh Realm, led by Quan Huai, took the initiative and wisely avoided the two bird people who were ranked second in their clan, like them. Their iron fists targeted the other eleven Seventh Realm beings.

One per person, with one or two handling those with a health bar exceeding tens of thousands.

Just right.

The thirteen Seventh Realm aliens just arrived didn’t have time to react and were completely blindsided.

In an instant, five of the snake-headed human aliens were obliterated by a single punch.

Yes.

One punch.

Just one punch.

The Seventh Realm, was obliterated.

Seeing the situation, Li Jing was utterly stunned.

One punch for each...

Are the Ghost Clan Seventh Realm really that powerful?

When he instantly killed the infiltrating Seventh Realm being earlier, he entirely relied on the unrivaled strength of the flying Sword Blue Edge which had become an Immortal Item.

Now, the nine Ghost Clan Seventh Realm members didn’t even pull out their spirit weapons...

Seeing that the ones blown up were just the five snake-headed humans who were ranked lowly among the aliens, while the three snake people with human upper bodies and three ram-horned humans who had a decent ranking in the alien clan were only heavily injured and retreated, Li Jing realized something.

The purity of the bloodline not only affected how many innate abilities the descendants of the ancient gods had but also directly impacted their combat power.

For the same Seventh Realm.

The Ghost Clan, which is second in line, is simply unmatched by alien species other than the God-Human and the bird people who are also second in line.

No wonder the infiltrator who seemed like a snake person was so weak earlier...

Although their talents have mutated, their bloodline is too inferior.

Understanding the situation, Li Jing suddenly felt eager to act.

There were six heavily injured, relatively weak Seventh Realm beings on the scene. Could he take advantage of the situation?

There were still two Seventh Realm bird people who hadn’t been taken care of. As they’re also second in line, should it take Quan Huai and the others some effort to deal with them?

On the battlefield, the situation changes in the blink of an eye.

Should he snatch some...

Ahem!

Should he step in to help them ease their burden? It would be justified, wouldn’t it?

Just as he was contemplating, the only two bird people who hadn’t been attended to turned their heads and flew into the spatial rift without a moment’s hesitation upon seeing the five Seventh Realm snake people killed instantly.

Their speed of escape was astonishing.

Li Jing twitched at the corner of his mouth.

These two bird people really abandoned their teammates a little too swiftly.

Wasn’t that part of his plan going down the drain?

Two Seventh Realm Birdmen fled back to the Spatial Passage. Quan Chang and the rest of the Ghost Clan’s Strong Ones didn’t even give a glance to those areas. They launched joint Thunder attacks, one by one slaying the six Seventh Realm Alien Species who were severely injured.

Unlike the Snake People who couldn’t even rank in the clan hierarchy, these six Seventh Realm beings had a bit of resistance against the Ghost Clan.

But, that was just a bit.

They were severely damaged and the situation reverted from many versus few to few versus many. Those who were cruelly abandoned couldn’t even reveal any of their capabilities before they crumbled under the iron fists of Quan Chang and the other nine Ghost Clan’s Strong Ones.

Indeed, it must be said that Quan Chang and the other Ghost Clan’s Strong Ones were incredibly formidable.

It didn’t take much effort for them to kill Seventh Realm beings with a single punch.

If one punch didn’t work, then two punches would do the trick.

There wouldn’t even be a chance to run...

If it were creatures from the present world...

Even if they lost in a same-rank fight, they still would have a chance to flee.

From Li Jing’s personal perception, Quan Chang and the Ghost Clan Strong Ones even surpassed the God-Human Race in combat prowess.

He has once clashed with the God-Human female.

Although the God-human female only lusted after his body and never intended to kill him, it was only after he touched her that she revealed her full combat form and then directly fled.

Yet, he was certain.

The God-Human female was incapable of killing Seventh Realm beings with her bare hands; she needed to rely on external forces.

From his senses, Li Jing did not feel such a strong oppressive power from the God-Human female who was in her full combat form.

In terms of their physical power, the first on the list, the God-Human female, was much inferior to Quan Chang and the others.

The Ghost Clan, it seemed, was born for battle.

Considering that the Ghost Clan were the final guardians, sleeping in the Big Secret Realm and safeguarding the Holy City, Li Jing concluded that his guess was almost certainly correct.

In the processes of internal warfare and sealing the God-Human Race, the Ghost Clan’s Strong Ones were undoubtedly the main force within the main force.

Setting all of these aside...

After Quan Chang and the other nine Ghost Clan’s Seventh Realm creatures killed all the invading Seventh Realm beings, they let out a resounding roar with blood all over them.

Roars echoed throughout the Ghost Clan’s Holy City. As they roared loudly in response, one beam after another came shooting towards them. In the blink of an eye, almost two hundred beams were near.

As the brightness faded, Ghost Clan figures, each around fifty meters tall, appeared one after another.

There were nearly two hundred of them, all of them from the Sixth Realm.

Seeing this, Li Jing blanked out for a moment.

Where did all these Ghost Clan’s Sixth Realm creatures come from?

It’s one thing to say that there were only seventy-plus Sixth Realm creatures available for mobilization, but not many of them were actual members of the Ghost Clan. Most of them were Giant Beasts.

Before Li Jing could collect his thoughts, hundreds more light beams came shooting in.

One by one, the brightness faded to reveal Ghost Clan figures that were just over a hundred meters tall.

At a glance, there were at least five hundred of them.

They were from the Fifth Realm.

Upon seeing this situation, Li Jing furrowed his brow.

Having repelled the first two waves of attackers and with two Birdmen having escaped to alert their people, there likely wouldn’t be any more until the Spatial Passage stabilizes.

The God-Human Race is not naive.

After a failed surprise attack and now that the Ghost Clan is prepared, they won’t be foolish enough to send more people to their deaths.

Things have reached this point, and now it’s just a matter of waiting for the main force of Sinners to have a head-on confrontation after the passage stabilizes.

The multitude of Ghost Clan’s Fifth and Sixth Ream creatures gathering here was clearly a defense line under the leadership of Quan Chang and others.

Therefore...

Why are there only Ghost Clan members?

Where are the Giant Beasts?

Looking around...

Within visible range, not even one Giant Beast was approaching.

At this, Li Jing was astonished.

Faced with the Sinners’ invasion, despite the bloodline difference, even the strongest Giant Beasts may not be much help, no matter how powerful they are.

That is true.

But at least when high realm Giant Beasts face low realm Giant Beasts, they are reliable forces. Moreover, the God-Human Race’s invasion would inevitably involve the Giant Beast Corps.

It seems like the Ghost Clan wants their pure-blood forces to bear the pressure alone, without using their Giant Beast Corps to reduce the losses?

Whether it’s humane or not is another matter.

The Ghost Clan had few numbers left.

If they lose one, they have one less. Aren’t they afraid of this battle wiping out their clan?

Granted...

The numbers of the Ghost Clan aren’t so few as to only amount to what’s in front of him.

But Li Jing could be certain.

The beings present were the core strength of the Ghost Clan.

If they were gone, it would make no difference to a Ghost Clan on the brink of collapse.

While he was thinking, the grand door behind him of the Central Holy Temple suddenly opened.

Li Jing heard the noise and instinctively turned his head.

Upon laying eyes on a Ghost Clan woman under one meter forty, who was walking out slowly with her hands behind her back, with Quan Chang respectfully following after her, Li Jing’s heart skipped a beat.

The stronger they were, the smaller their bodies.

This was a characteristic of the Ancient God’s Descendants.

Seeing this Lolita Ghost Clan, she was of Eighth Realm.

The Health Bar over her head had a value of 11389.

Mid-Eighth Realm.

As Li Jing stared at her, the Lolita Ghost Clan stopped, smiled slightly, and a voice echoed in his ear.

"Human, you gave the Ghost Clan the news about the Sinner’s release from the seal, and also provided us an opportunity to catch our breath. We should thank you."

As she said this, she casually took out a piece of milky white jade stone and handed it over.

"Take this."

Li Jing was slightly startled upon seeing this.

The Lolita Ghost Clan had just met him and she thanked him, then directly handed him a white jade stone.

Well...

This was indeed straightforward.

As Li Jing took a good look at the Lolita Ghost Clan, he reached out and took the jade stone.

"Thank you, Elder."

He was not looking for a reward for this trip.

But if there was one, there was no reason to avoid it.

This time around, he played a significant role for the Ghost Clan indeed.

People willing to give; he was ready to receive.

People directly handing things over to him; it wasn’t a problem for him to refuse.

Upon receiving the jade, Li Jing glanced at it.

On this jade, he could not feel any fluctuations of Spiritual Qi that resembled either spiritual objects or spiritual materials.

Is this just an ordinary piece of jade?

That certainly can’t be.

A move by the Eighth Realm, could it be something ordinary?

So...

What is the use of this thing?

He was hesitating about asking when the Lolita Ghost Race reached out and ripped the space apart, stepping into it.

!!!

Li Jing.

What kind of ability is this?

Tearing apart space, traversing the void!?

Can the Eighth Realm do such a thing?

Or is it...

Is this the innate ability of the Ghost Clan?

Just when he was doubting, the voice of Quan Chang’s consciousness sounded in his ear.

"Our Ghost Clan inherited the spatial talent from the Mother God, but it can only be practically applied in the Eighth Realm. It is because of this talent that our Ghost Clan Holy City exists as such a unique spatial coordinate."

Quan Chang’s explanation was very considerate.

Li Jing was stunned, then nodded, understanding at last.

The innate ability of the Ghost Clan was quite useful.

At the same time, he also thought.

If the Ghost Clan possessed such a talent, the God-Human race must also possess it.

Having such a talent, they didn’t rip open the space and they directly returned to the Big Secret Realm. It seems that this talent has limitations and requires spatial coordinates like the Ghost Clan Holy City to function as a springboard.

With this speculation, Li Jing instantly guessed that the Lolita Ghost Race, who ripped the space to leave, directly went to other living spaces of the Ancient God’s descendants to ask for reinforcements.

Glancing at Quan Chang, Li Jing held the White Jade and asked.

"This jade..."

Before he could finish his words, Quan Chang sent her telepathic voice.

"This is the Spirit Seed left by the Mother God before her Divine Fall, and we, the descendants of the Ancient God, rely on it to establish our survival space. The one in your hand is the last one in our Ghost Clan."

"The Spirit Seed requires fresh blood with divinity to germinate. The Ancient Gods that once existed in the Chongyuan Holy Realm have perished in the God War. For us, the Ghost Clan, this thing has become useless. Even if there are Ancient Gods in the Chongyuan Holy Realm, the degraded Ghost Clan now does not have the ability to take its fresh blood."

"If you are lucky enough to encounter an Ancient God or a creature with divinity in the future, you can let it sprout and plant it in your independent space. When it grows into a Consonance Jade Tree, that piece of space can foster life."

Quan Chang’s series of speeches had left Li Jing stunned.

The Spirit Seed, the fundamental building block to create a survival space!

Even though he didn’t know what divinity was, and he also didn’t think he had a chance to obtain such a thing.

But that doesn’t hinder his understanding of the value of the Spirit Seed.

This sort of thing...

They just give it away?

The Ghost Clan Ancestor has quite the generous spirit, hadn’t she?

Never mind that it’s the last one in the Ghost Clan’s hands, even if it never has a chance to germinate, they usually wouldn’t just give it away to people, right?

While feeling a bit dazed, Li Jing’s favorability towards the Ghost Clan increased considerably.

Compared to the other descendants of the Ancient God he had encountered, the Ghost Clan was not only extremely humane, but they were also very practical in their dealings.

At this moment, Quan Chang sent her telepathic voice to him.

"The Ancestor thinks very highly of you, why don’t you consider it?"

???

Li Jing.

Consider what?

After a moment of confusion, Li Jing realized what she meant.

TM...

Turns out he has caught someone else’s fancy?

Li Jing instantly felt that things were not looking good.

The Ghost Clan Ancestor, Eighth Realm cultivation level.

This, was not something he could resist even if he was given cheats.

If she doesn’t care and uses force, he might be unable to resist.

Moreover, thinking of the Ghost Clan Ancestor’s small 1.4-meter-tall body, Li Jing couldn’t help but feel a chill run down his spine.

This wasn’t simply a cross-species issue, but also a test of his character.

He felt that it might be necessary to leave the Ghost Clan Holy City sooner, otherwise, if something really happened, he might not even have the chance to regret it.

But wanting to leave now might be too late.

Nevermind the massive amount of "experience" that will come when the spatial passage stabilizes. Now that he has accepted a significant gift and the Ghost Clan might be facing destruction, it wouldn’t be seemly for him to just leave.

How does the saying go?

Bread eaten is soon forgotten; one who receives a kindness forgets it.

Give back the jade?

That’s impossible!

Such a good thing, even if it hadn’t gotten into his hands it would be alright, but now it’s in his hands, there’s no reason to return it, right?

If he gets lucky in the future, he will have an independent survival space!

Flipping his hand and putting the Spirit Seed into his storage space, Li Jing coughed.

"We humans are very different from you, the descendants of the Ancient God, mainly in terms of ideas. Some things can’t be dealt with casually."

Upon hearing this, Quan Chang glanced at him. Her voice transmitted via telepathic means.

"I can’t understand this. The humans in the Chongyuan Holy Realm in the past were not as troublesome as you. But you can rest assured, we of the Ghost Clan never force anyone. I have spoken to the Ancestor about your attitude towards uniting with our Ghost Clan, and she did not mention it to you because of that."

Having said this, she sent her telepathic voice to him again.

"Alright, let’s end the idle chat here. The God-Human race’s surprise attack was dissolved thanks to your presence, and for the time being, they won’t attack again. The final battle will begin soon, and I need to oversee the evacuation of our people. We can abandon the Holy City, but the heritage of the Ghost Clan cannot be extinguished. You stay here and keep an eye on the Sacred Temple for me, and I will come to find you after I’m done."

After saying this, Quan Chang used Sky Control and rose from the ground.

Seeing this, Li Jing blinked his eyes, looked at Quan Huai, who was discussing something near the spatial passage with other Seventh Realm Ghost Clan members, picked up a chair, and sat down.

Everyone was gone now.

Apart from Quan Chang, Quan Huai, whom he was rather familiar with, was busy and had no time for him. With nothing else to do, he could only wait in front of the Sacred Temple.