Chapter 772 - 766: The War Breaks Out - Head-on Confrontation between Spiritual Beasts and Monsters
War had erupted!
For the wizards, this war came so unexpectedly and suddenly!
It was directed specifically against them.
The initiators of the war were the invading cultivators and the plant spirits of the Canglan Realm, who had been in hostile confrontation just the day before.
Even at the moment war broke out, there were still Human Clan Cultivators and plant spirits engaged in mortal combat, an occurrence the wizards hadn’t anticipated would suddenly spread to themselves.
Since entering the Canglan Realm, Human Clan Cultivators had demonstrated formidable war power and fierce momentum. After crushing the initially gathered large army of plant spirits, the cultivators occupied a large area spanning hundreds of thousands of miles in a very short time, making it their main battleground; countless plant spirits including the wizards in that area had no choice but to retreat early.
Those who failed to escape in time inevitably faced the cultivators’ suppression and pursuit, with numerous tenacious plant spirits being slaughtered and even more becoming captives.
Under these circumstances, the wizards couldn’t have imagined that the conflict would suddenly turn towards them!
So much so that when the cultivators and plant spirits coordinated and suddenly appeared outside the various hidden locations of the wizards, it caught all wizards off guard!
Even the Truth Wizard was somewhat bewildered.
What they didn’t know was that the two ancient ancestors of the Human Clan had already communicated with the Divine King, who had identified some territories of divine beings who had secretly defected to the wizards and those who disregarded him as their king. These were areas the cultivators could attack at will before the two sides fully coordinated, as they still needed to use battle to conceal their true intentions and prevent the wizards from becoming aware beforehand.
For the Divine King, whether they were traitors who had defected to the wizards or divine beings dominating a region, none were good.
Even if he would later subdue those scattered divine beings, letting the cultivators teach them a lesson now was also beneficial, serving to further confuse the wizards.
As for those of his direct lineage who remained loyal, they had either already evacuated under the command of All Gods, dividing their forces to prepare for an ambush against the wizards, or they were confronting the cultivators. Even if conflicts arose between them, they were skirmishes of a small scale, seemingly cautious of each other’s strengths, as if to retreat upon contact.
In fact, the subordinates on both sides also felt somewhat awkward and didn’t understand why the higher immortals didn’t allow them to fight until the moment the great battle erupted, when they could fully engage only to discover their opponents had surprisingly become the wizards.
And their former opponents had now become their comrades-in-arms in battle!
Few things on this earth were as bizarre as this!
Let alone the armies of cultivators and plant spirits who hadn’t anticipated this, the attacked wizards were even more shocked by this drastic turn of events.
However, the Truth Wizard, after all, was formidable in strength and extremely perceptive. When he sensed the Divine King uprooting himself from the Divine Mountain and flying towards him, and also sensed the two great powers from the Human Clan Cultivators’ camp rushing towards his location at a tremendous speed, he immediately knew the situation was dire.
However, when beings of great power travel, their speed is extremely fast, and with their location already locked by the Truth Wizard, should he dare show himself, his aura would be firmly locked on by them, making it impossible to break through the world barrier and escape from the Canglan Realm.
After all, even a great power needs time to break a world barrier.
As for the Space Gate, the Divine King was certain that the wizards had not established one!
Otherwise, they would have long amassed countless wizards to conquer Canglan, rather than lurking like mice in the shadows for so many years, covertly capturing a few monsters for fear of being discovered.
Previously, both sides had their reservations and could only act covertly, thus ordinary plant spirits were unaware of the wizards’ existence.
But this moment displayed a clear confrontation, with the gods under the Divine King shedding all reservations, dispersing in various locations alongside the Human Clan Cultivators to encircle the wizards.
They had to act together with the Human Clan Cultivators. Otherwise, even though the plant spirits were numerous, their methods were somewhat rudimentary. Facing the wizards with their bizarre powers and mysterious witchcraft, it was difficult for the plant spirits to retain them.
Moreover, the plant spirits loyal to the Divine King made up less than thirty percent of the total in the Canglan Realm. Since most divine beings dominated a region, the elite forces the Divine King could currently mobilize were only comparable to those of the cultivators. Moreover, in terms of war power, they were distinctly weaker than the cultivators.
The Divine King was well aware of his limits; he knew that his subordinates could handle the monster army altered by the wizards without issue, but capturing all the wizards was out of the question!
To capture all the cunning wizards, they would need the equally powerful and resourceful cultivators from the Great World.
Especially the immortals from various sects, whose battle achievements of slaying numerous divine beings not only revealed the gap between the forces to the Divine King, but also his dealings with Qin Feng, the Human Clan Envoy, informed the Divine King about the strengths of many Human Clan Cultivators.
That was one reason why the Divine King was willing to give the Dao Rhythm Spirit Mechanism in the Spiritual Lake as an opportunity to Qin Feng, hoping to keep him at the Divine Mountain.
Qin Feng, having received such a large favor, naturally could not give nothing in return. Even though he only spoke of relatively simple matters that didn’t touch on secrets, it still excited the Divine King greatly, making him eager to find an opportunity to experience Biluo himself.
However, at present, he had no chance, unless Biluo faced a dire calamity or a war erupted between major worlds. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, it would be impossible to invite other world powers into the realm.
A great calamity from ancient times made the elders of various sects extremely cautious. Even though the Divine King was a top-level divine being from a medium world, the elders would not readily invite him to Biluo.
“Kill, kill, kill…”
Screams, roars, the sounds of combat, cries of agony, wails of pain, and the spraying of blood tore through the air.
The war had erupted without any preamble, instantly plunging into fierce combat the moment the two sides engaged.
The Divine King’s All Gods had harbored hatred for the wizards for thousands of years, and this moment provided them with a long-awaited outlet. Their frenzied combat astonished even the Cultivators.
Led by the All Gods, their subordinates, the Plant Spirits, followed suit, charging fearlessly into the fray.
The soul of the army lay in its leader, and the courage of the soldiers stemmed from their commander—when the leading Divine Spirits showed such valor, how could their armies not fight desperately?
When the wizards realized the tide was turning against them, they quickly reacted. Unbeknownst to them, the Divine King’s faction had formed an alliance with the invading Cultivator army to jointly annihilate them.
Upon this realization, the wizards responded swiftly.
They immediately commanded all the Monster Army to counterattack and disrupt the battlefield.
If they could achieve victory, it would be ideal; if not, it would at least buy them a chance to escape!
At that moment, the number of monsters the wizards unleashed exceeded the Plant Spirits’ wildest imaginations.
Even though the All Gods were prepared and had forewarned their subordinate Plant Spirits, they were still taken aback when they faced the vast Monster Army.
This was because the wizards had dispersed their forces widely—if the wizards had gathered all the monsters at one place, their numbers might even surpass the Plant Spirits’ estimation of the Monster count.
This was because wizards not only enhanced the monsters to strengthen their combat abilities but also conducted various experiments to boost the monsters’ reproduction rates, causing the population of several monster species to increase by dozens of times under their manipulation.
Moreover, the wizards’ Monster Army included a significant number of Plant Spirits.
Mostly, these were transformed into beings that could only obey the wizards’ commands.
Discovering this ignited an intense fury in the All Gods and their armies, unleashing even greater combat power.
Meanwhile, the All Gods began to feel a sense of relief.
Thankfully, the Divine King had not allowed his will to be swayed by Divine Spirits like Iron Pine and had decisively chosen to ally with the Human Clan Cultivators.
Otherwise, based solely on the Divine King’s forces, they might not have withstood the onslaught of so many Monster Armies, let alone claimed victory.
The strength that the wizards had silently developed over thousands of years was far greater than they had anticipated!
At this moment, the formidable prowess and adaptability of the Cultivators in facing various wars became evident.
Except for those large tree Spirit Monsters, the smaller Plant Spirits, unless they possessed unique and powerful racial talents, did not fare well against the Monster Army and were at a disadvantage.
But the Cultivators were different; each one was equipped with Magical Treasures and Spiritual Artifacts, their Flying Swords were sharp, their Magical Treasures powerful, their Talismans convenient, and their spells and Divine Skills were endlessly diverse, catching those monsters, who had never faced such opponents, completely off guard.
And that was not all.
After all, these were just the common methods of ordinary Cultivators.
For the Beast Taming Sect, Five Poisons Sect, and Ghost Controlling Sect, besides common tactics, they also possessed additional powerful aids.
The Monster Army was numerous, but the Beast Taming Sect, being the most adept at taming beasts, also commanded a vast number of Spiritual Beasts.
Moreover, the Beast Taming Sect’s methods of nurturing Spiritual Beasts were even more sophisticated than the wizards’—not that the wizards’ methods of altering monsters were ineffective; in fact, the combat power of monsters modified by wizards generally saw substantial increases.
However, the wizards’ experimental modifications were external interventions, forcibly transplanting limbs or abilities not inherent to the monsters, which, although enhanced their combat capabilities, violated the natural laws of Heavenly Dao and evolution, reducing the potential for future growth.
This was because the wizards only needed these monsters as disposable frontline troops, never considering the monsters’ development.
The Beast Taming Sect was different; their nurturing of Spiritual Beasts was an internal process, enhancing the creatures’ potential through bloodline modification. Although slower to show results in the short term, it offered greater potential progression in the long run.
When these two forces collided, an intensely thrilling battle ensued.
Countless Spiritual Beasts roared, and numerous monsters shrieked.
However, under the command of the Beast Taming Sect Cultivators, the various races of Spiritual Beasts cooperated ingeniously, a stark contrast to the disorganized, swarm-like charge of the Monster Army!