Chapter 256, Preparing for War
This manpower transfer on the Alliance side just stopped the Cult's plans and dealt them a head-on blow in the sealed land they chose to raid. Before the day of the cloudy day came, the alliance side of the Good God Worship Sect fought two battles outside the Sealed Lands, both of which ended with the alliance side winning.
The war on the mainland a few years ago was a surprise attack launched by the Worship God Sect for many years and when the various sects on the mainland were lax, which caused the various sects to kill each other and suffer heavy losses. And this time, the various sects on the continent gathered again and made preparations in advance. Although there is no way to deal with the sudden slaughter attack of the Cult, it is still possible to concentrate your men to resist their targeted raids. It is true that the Continental Alliance is not as good at playing intrigue and trickery as the Worship God Sect, and that is because the enemy is dark and I am clear. But in terms of arranging troops, the generals of the Tang Empire who have been on the battlefield for so long do not know what the Worship God Cult can compare.
After suffering two losses in a row, the Worship God Sect finally understood this truth. It's just that their manpower is also scattered all over the mainland, and they can't concentrate too many manpower, so they can't give full play to their advantages in numbers and strength. Of course, not all of the Sealed Lands have been stopped. Three of them happened to be haunted by a few demon generals near the sealed land, and with their assistance, the seals were still opened.
After this raid, the alliance of the various factions on the mainland and the God Worship Sect seemed to have made an agreement, and at the same time, they died down. The monks of the Cult of God disappeared without a trace again, and the men of the Continental Alliance also returned to prepare for the subsequent raid.
After these two raids, the Continental Alliance lost some of its manpower. However, after the massacre of the Cult, the monks who had been watching finally realized that even if they did not want to participate, they could not avoid the war, and even if they were left alone, they would be killed. You must know that at the time of the massacre that day, not only mortals, but also all the monks encountered by the Worship of God were not spared, after all, the negative energy generated by their death was much stronger than that of mortals.
This also led to the fact that things were expected by the top of the Alliance, after the massacre, the number of monks in the Alliance not only did not decrease, but increased a lot compared to before. Except for a very small number of monks who were greedy for life and afraid of death, all the other monks who had reached a certain level of strength gathered on the periphery of the four sealed places.
Qi Hua Mountain was originally the territory of the four major sects of the Zhao Kingdom, and at this time, almost all the monks above the third realm in the entire Eastern Nine Kingdoms had gathered. The number of people reached a terrifying 100,000 people, of which only a small half of the monks of the large sects, and most of them were casual cultivators or cultivators and small sects. In front of so many monks, there is not much of a mediocrity in personal strength, even if it is a monk in the Transformation Stage.
The original four sect territories on Qihua Mountain, plus the Wushuang Sect territories that had been destroyed, with the full cooperation of the ten master-level array mages, based on the original sect protector array, expanded the scope of their enveloping them several times. At the same time, it also increases the power several times, becoming a master-level formation in the true sense. At the same time, these Sect Protector Arrays are linked together in a special way, and to a certain extent, they can borrow from each other. And rebuild a teleportation array between them so that they can support at any time.
The formation based on the five major gate garrisons is the first line of defense on Qihua Mountain. Except for the territory of the Wushuang Sect, the territory of several other sects was guarded by 10,000 scattered cultivators led by the monks of this sect. The territory of the Wushuang Gate was presided over by the Soul Forging Sect, the first major sect of the Jin Kingdom, which was unanimously elected by the various sects.
As the largest sect in the Jin Kingdom, the Soul Forging Sect is not only powerful in itself, but they are also the most powerful refining sect in the east. The status in terms of refining weapons is equivalent to the status of Qingyunmen in the Dan Dao. It was with their powerful forging technology that they became the largest sect in the Jin Kingdom, and they were now the most powerful sects in the Nine Eastern Kingdoms.
There was also a line of defense behind the five gates, and the second line of defense was centered on the huge mountain range where the Shadow Labyrinth was located, a circle within a radius of fifty miles. In this line of defense, all the sect cultivators except for the original few large sects on Qihua Mountain, as well as the vast majority of the Fifth Realm cultivators, were gathered. In this second line of defense, a super huge formation was arranged, and the formation covered the entire defensive line.
On the periphery of the second line of defense, two teleportation arrays were also arranged. One of the teleportation arrays is the five defense points that connect the first line of defense. This teleportation array is a one-way teleportation array that can only be transmitted outward, not from the outside. This can also prevent the opponent from using this teleportation array to pass in after the outside defense point falls.
The other teleportation array is a cross-regional super teleportation array, this teleportation array is available in the four sealed places, and the four teleportation arrays are linked together to teleport to each other, and there is also a teleportation array dedicated to support.
At this time, Li Xiao's relatives and friends were also nervously preparing. The two sisters and brothers of Dongfang Xue of Qihuamen have successfully broken through the Jindan period, and they have also participated in this battle. When Li Xiao came back last time, he also taught them the Nine Mystery Tips, hoping that they could have more ability to protect themselves in this war. Chen Wu of the Heaven Splitting Gate had already reached the realm of the late stage of the Sword Pill with his perverted martial arts talent, coupled with the Nine Mystery Techniques that Li Xiao had taught him. Combined with his secret skills, his strength is no less than that of ordinary sword infant early stage powerhouses. In the Split Heaven Gate, he can be regarded as a master who can take charge alone,
As for Li Feng and his monks from Jiujiangmen, they gathered at the Seven Swords Gate one after another. Jiujiangmen, as one of the few remaining medium-sized sects in the Zhao Kingdom, took the initiative to choose to follow behind the Seven Swords Gate at this critical moment. Since Qian Yu'er's wedding, everyone has seen Li Feng's strong combat effectiveness. Although he has not yet reached the Yuanying realm, his strength is already stronger than that of ordinary Yuanying early stage monks. Therefore, after that day, Li Feng became the acting head of Jiujiangmen. As long as his realm reaches the Yuan Infant Stage, he can become the official head.
And the strength of Murong Xing, who was far away in the Western Regions, had also recovered to the third realm again. Originally, with his cultivation speed, he would not be able to recover the third realm so quickly, but before Li Xiao left, he used the high-grade pill as a condition to drag Huo Tianji of the Dan League to refine a high-grade pill for Murong Xing to restore his strength. With the elixir he had refined before, Li Feng's strength could recover so quickly. When his spiritual cultivation was restored, with the help of the Nine Mystery Techniques, his Buddhist cultivation also quickly advanced to the third realm. And he, a fellow practitioner of the Buddha Spirit, is equipped with the Nine Mysteries, and his strength is also the top in the third realm. However, he did not come back to take revenge, nor did he return to the Seven Swords Gate, but chose to continue to stay in the Western Regions to practice. Since Li Xiao cured him and talked to him once, he had given up his will to die and decided to practice hard according to Li Xiao's words.
Tian Ling, Li Fugui, Li Hu, and Li Xia had all lived in Li Xiao's cave mansion in the Seven Swords Gate at this time. They also hate God worship to the core, especially Tian Ling. She has seen with her own eyes what the Worship Cult does, and it is precisely because of the existence of the Worship Cult that she and Li Xiao will get together less and leave more. Since Li Xiao left again, Tian Ling has replaced Li Xiao as the soul of this group. Because she is already a veritable early Yuan Infant monk, although her strength is not as good as Li Xiao, if she encounters other Yuan Infant stage monks, even if the other party is a late Yuan Infant monk, she also has the power to fight.
At the same time, with Li Xiao's help, each of them raised their natal weapons to the level of spiritual weapons. And Li Xiao also taught them his soul melting technique, spiritual fire and blood armor technique, which made their strength improve a lot overall. If they underestimate them because of their realm, then their enemies will definitely feel what it means to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger.
As for Li Xiao's two masters, they are already very busy. Dongfang Kongzheng and several other master-level formation mages went around debugging and perfecting various formations to ensure that there would be no problems with these formations at critical moments. If there are any other ideas, I have to negotiate with other formation mages to see if they can be added to the existing formation, and if possible, they will be busy repairing the formation.
And the entire Qingyun Sect, where Qiao Renfang was located, was in full swing, and all the alchemists began to refine all kinds of pills with all their might, and then sold them to all the monks who participated in the war at a low price, and even the original inventory was almost sold out. This is also a decision made by Li Xiao after discussing with Qingyunzi and others before leaving. However, there are also restrictions on the sale of these pills, and everyone limits the number of purchases, otherwise it is inevitable that there will be a situation where individual people stock up and then sell them at a high price. Even with this limitation, there are still a small number of people who make multiple purchases using methods such as disguise.
For this practice of Qingyunmen, the people of the entire alliance are supportive, so once this kind of person appears, it will be noticed quickly. For this kind of person, everyone will naturally not be polite. Except for a few people who saw the opportunity early and took the initiative to take out all the pills they had hoarded, the rest of the people not only did not sell the pills, but even lost their lives.
There were also several other sects such as the Soul Forging Sect that had established a sect with a side business, and they also took out the various elixir spirit weapon talismans they produced one after another and sold them at a low price. For a time, the strength of the monks participating in the war in the entire Eastern Continent increased a lot as a whole.
Not only the Xiuzhen sects of the Nine Eastern Kingdoms, but also the royal family of the Tang Empire and even the princes and ministers of all parties took out many elixir artifacts in their own stocks for sale or exchange, and other sects also followed suit.
Needless to say, the Western Regions that advocate faith are not very strong, but their own refining and alchemy are not very strong, so relatively speaking, their improvement in this area is not so obvious.
While the alliance was actively preparing for battle, dozens of teleportation arrays on the open sea lit up with a strong light at the same time, and a large number of people shrouded in black robes disappeared into these teleportation arrays.