Chapter 2350: 2332 Facing the Alien Race

Most cultivators' Dharma Idols possess only a single attribute, meaning they only need to find single-attribute materials for refinement. However, five-spirit-root cultivators require materials encompassing all five elements. It is precisely for this reason that once a five-spirit-root cultivator reaches the Void Refinement stage, their divine abilities are somewhat more powerful than those of ordinary Void Refinement cultivators. If their Dharma Idol is fully condensed, their divine abilities become even more formidable.

"True Monarch Five Spirits is indeed formidable, and Five Elements Child's divine abilities are considerable as well," praised a slender young woman in a green dress. "However, that person has been missing for many years. I heard Five Elements Child also possessed a five-spirit-root. While a five-spirit-root is a symbol of uselessness in the lower realms, it's different in the Xuanyang Realm. If one cultivates diligently, a five-spirit-root can still achieve widespread fame."

Luo Yiheng nodded, "Indeed! One hundred thousand years ago, a five-spirit-root cultivator named Hunyuanzi ascended from the lower realms. He overcame countless obstacles, cultivating all the way to the late Integration stage and even slaying several Integration-stage foreign beings. Unfortunately, he perished during a grand heavenly tribulation; otherwise, he might have advanced to the Mahayana stage."

"Hunyuanzi, I've read about him in ancient texts," Lan Fukong chimed in. "It's said that he created a set of Five-Element cultivation techniques, the 'Five Elements Spirit Suppressing Tome,' and it seems Five Elements Child cultivated this very technique." He then changed his tone, smiling, "If you ask me, True Monarch Five Spirits will be the next Hunyuanzi – no, he should surpass Hunyuanzi and advance to the Mahayana stage."

"'Five Elements Spirit Suppressing Tome'?" Wang Qingshan's eyes showed a hint of surprise. If he remembered correctly, the cultivation technique Wang Yingjie was currently practicing was the 'Five Elements Spirit Suppressing Tome'.

"As expected of True Monarch Bragging," sneered a thin, withered old man in a green robe, "I've long heard you love to flatter people. In your words, everyone has the potential to reach the Integration stage and the Mahayana stage. If it were that easy, how would our human race only have two Mahayana cultivators?"

Lan Fukong gave an embarrassed smile. "Well, sometimes one can be mistaken, you know. Fellow Daoist Su, as a disciple of the Xuanqing Sect, will surely shine brightly in this racial war, and all of you fellow Daoists will certainly..." Before he could finish, a piercing alarm blared, echoing throughout Xuanguang City.

"Oh no, enemy attack! The foreign races are assaulting the city!" Lan Fukong's expression changed, and he grew tense. They had been in Xuanguang City for some time but had not yet engaged in battle with the foreign races.

"All cultivators immediately return to your residences and await deployment, at once," a majestic male voice boomed suddenly, resonating throughout Xuanguang City.

Wang Qingshan and the others' expressions hardened. None of them had ever fought against foreign races before, so they felt a little nervous. They left one after another, returning to their respective residences to await deployment.

Back at their residence, Wang Qingshan and Wang Qingfeng, along with others, sat chatting in a cyan stone pavilion. Wang Qingfeng and the others recounted their experiences from the past few days, mentioning how they had attended various gatherings, met a number of Spirit Transformation cultivators, and exchanged insights with others.

"True Monarch Blood Blade! He's in Xuanguang City?" Wang Qingshan frowned. In the Icy Sea Realm, a Blood Blade Sect existed, from which True Monarch Blood Blade emerged. This individual massacred all the high-level cultivators in the Icy Sea Realm, using them for blood sacrifice cultivation to reach the late Spirit Transformation stage before disappearing without a trace. Later, his grand-disciples, the Dual Sages of Blood Fiend, invaded the Eastern Lychee Realm, but unfortunately, they were slain by Wang Qingshan and Saber Emperor Seven Absolutes.

Wang Qingfeng nodded. "Yes, Fellow Daoist Qian came with his master. I heard his master is a late Void Refinement cultivator who has slain four Void Refinement foreign races."

"You should keep your distance from Fellow Daoist Qian and True Monarch Blood Blade; the cultivation techniques they practice are rather unorthodox," Wang Qingshan admonished them. If True Monarch Blood Blade was indeed the one he knew, they absolutely could not be too close to him. True Monarch Blood Blade had sacrificed all the experts of an entire realm to ascend to the Xuanyang Realm; his methods were too cruel. Such individuals would stop at nothing to achieve their goals, and befriending them meant one might be killed without even knowing why.

Wang Qingfeng and the others didn't think much of it and agreed.

Wang Qingshan seemed to sense something. He took out a shimmering cyan Dharma disk, activated a spell, and a majestic female voice suddenly rang out: "Fellow Daoist Wang, take your Wang clan members to the city wall immediately and prepare to face the foreign races. Everyone must go up.""Understood," Wang Qingshan replied, putting away the cyan Dharma disk.

"Let's go! Everyone be careful, look out for each other, don't stray too far, and stay alert," Wang Qingshan exhorted them, then led Wang Qingfeng and the others out of their residence.

As they walked down the street, they saw groups of cultivators rushing towards the city wall, most of them led by Void Refinement cultivators.

Upon reaching the city wall, Wang Qingshan saw a vast number of cultivators gathered, mostly Spirit Transformation cultivators, though there were also quite a few Void Refinement cultivators. Feng Xiaoyao was also on the wall. The defensive line was extremely long, with Integration-stage cultivators dispersed at various points, directing the other cultivators to meet the enemy.

Outside the city wall, densely packed monstrous beasts had gathered, along with vast numbers of foreign races: the Essence Flame Race, Spirit Race, Bone Race, Beastmen, and more. Wang Qingshan gasped. He had experienced a major beast tide before, but compared to the monstrous beasts outside the city wall, that previous tide paled in comparison. There were hundreds of millions of monstrous beasts outside the city wall, densely arrayed and stretching as far as the eye could see. Xuanguang City's wall extended for millions of miles, making the defensive line very long. With hundreds of millions of monstrous beasts spread out, the pressure wasn't overwhelming. Over a million cultivators had gathered within Xuanguang City, including several hundred Void Refinement cultivators and tens of thousands of Spirit Transformation cultivators. With proper command, they should be able to repel the foreign races.

Yan Ji sat on a hundred-zhang-long golden leopard, her gaze icy. "Attack the city!" Yan Ji's soft command echoed for hundreds of thousands of miles around. The order quickly spread, and the foreign races directed the monstrous beasts to assault the city.

One hundred thousand golden exotic beasts charged out of their formation. Their appearance resembled rhinoceroses, but they had a single golden horn on their heads and only one giant golden eye. These were Sound Rhinos, specialized in sound wave attacks. Almost simultaneously, these Sound Rhinos let out extremely bizarre roars, each spewing a shimmering golden sound wave directly towards Xuanguang City. The dense golden sound waves rushed towards Xuanguang City. Wherever they passed, the ground tore open, rocks exploded, and dust billowed. After a series of thunderous roars, the ground within a ten-thousand-mile radius exploded, sending dust everywhere with immense force.

Having been managed by the human race for many years, Xuanguang City was naturally not so easily breached. As the dense golden sound waves approached within a thousand miles of Xuanguang City, they abruptly halted, as if blocked by an impenetrable barrier, then successively burst apart, creating tidal waves of energy.

One hundred thousand Sound Rhinos charged towards Xuanguang City, including over a hundred sixth-tier Sound Rhinos.

"Engage the enemy!" Following a man's earth-shattering shout, the human cultivators sprang into action. The human cultivators did not attack randomly but formed battle formations: one team of sword cultivators, one of body cultivators, one of spell cultivators, one of formation masters, and one of sound cultivators. They attacked the monstrous beasts simultaneously, increasing their destructive power severalfold.

Over a hundred colossal sixth-tier puppet beasts appeared outside the city wall of Xuanguang City. These included jackals, wolves, tigers, leopards, monkeys, and giant bears, each employing their unique methods to attack the monstrous beasts.

Wang Qingshan's expression hardened; this was vastly different from the battles he had experienced before. Both humans and foreign races arranged their troops, attacked in an orderly fashion, and cooperated with each other, rather than engaging in a chaotic brawl. Of course, if the fighting became intense, the formations would inevitably be disrupted.