Chapter 2914: Chen Yueying Strives for the Great Vehicle Stage

Seeing this scene, Yifeng breathed a long sigh of relief. Fortunately, the Human Race and the Spiritfire Race were hostile towards each other. If Sword Master Tianhe and Yan Que had joined forces, they wouldn't have been able to defend themselves at all and would have had to resort to their last desperate measure.

“Issue the order: keep eighteen strongholds, and withdraw everyone else, including women, children, and the elderly,” Yifeng commanded.

He had originally intended to keep thirty-six strongholds, but after this battle, he could only further consolidate his forces. Guarding just eighteen strongholds would suffice, leaving the relinquished territory for the Human, Yaksha, and Spiritfire Races to contend over.

The Human, Yaksha, and Spiritfire Races were sworn enemies. Their assault on the Lizard Race was originally aimed at seizing cultivation resources. With the Lizard Race yielding territory, it was impossible for them to coexist peacefully. Each would want more, naturally leading to conflict.

“Patriarch, should we really withdraw the elderly, women, and children? What use are they? They’ll only be a burden, and the Heavenly Lizard Mountain Range cannot accommodate too many outsiders,” Bodan said with a frown. An affiliated race easily comprised millions of cultivators. They had already taken in one group of elderly, women, and children, and taking in more would be too great a burden.

“Just clear out some space; carry out the order!” Yifeng commanded unceremoniously.

Bodan’s brows furrowed deeply. He didn’t understand why Yifeng wanted these elderly, women, and children. Holding descendants of high-level cultivators as hostages was understandable, but what was the point of taking in those with no background and low cultivation? It seemed like a waste of resources; it would be better to kill them or abandon them to the Human, Yaksha, and Spiritfire Races, turning them into a burden for the three factions.

Yifeng held high prestige within the Lizard Race, and no one dared to defy his orders. They promptly went to execute them.

In the Jade Dawn Mountains, the Sea Stabilizing Palace had an inland branch. Golden Dawn Peak was where the external teleportation array was located, and Chen Yiming was responsible for guarding it.

Chen Yiming was currently at the early Void Refinement stage. He had ascended from the Eastern Lychi Realm, originating from the Taiyi Immortal Sect. Thanks to Wang Changsheng’s assistance, he was able to ascend to the Profound Sun Realm and join the Sea Stabilizing Palace.

He had been transferred to the Jade Dawn Mountains by order to guard the teleportation array.

One day, Chen Yiming was cultivating in his residence as usual. Four flying swords of different colors circled him erratically, their gentle vibrations emitting a clear sword hum.

His stone chamber shook violently, and an alarm blared loudly.

Chen Yiming took out a light-gold magical disk, cast a spell, and asked, “Junior Nephew Li, what’s going on?”

Silence was his only answer, as his stone chamber shook even more violently. With a loud bang, the stone chamber’s door was blasted open, and Yilei rushed in, his face filled with murderous intent.

They had invaded Golden Leaf Island, annihilated the Li family cultivators there, and obtained a substantial amount of cultivation resources. After a period of concealment, they emerged once more to cause trouble.

Their target was the strongholds controlled by the Sea Stabilizing Palace. In the last racial war, the Spiritfire Race led a large number of masters to attack the Sea Stabilizing Palace’s main base, Drifting Cloud Island, but failed to conquer it, suffering heavy losses.

They dared not cause trouble at the Sea Stabilizing Palace’s main base, but taking down the strongholds controlled by the Sea Stabilizing Palace was not an issue.

They captured several Spirit Transformation cultivators from the Sea Stabilizing Palace and, through soul-searching, learned that Sea Stabilizing Palace disciples were transporting cultivation resources to the Jade Dawn Mountains, reportedly guarded by an elder at the Integration stage.

With an Integration cultivator present, this stronghold must contain very important cultivation resources. Yixin planned to capture this stronghold.

They first infiltrated another stronghold of the Sea Stabilizing Palace, eliminated the cultivators guarding it, then used its teleportation array to transfer here. Their plan was to destroy all teleportation arrays and then, with an inside-outside attack, seize this stronghold.

As soon as Yilei appeared, Chen Yiming turned pale with fright. He quickly formed a hand seal, and his four flying swords glowed brightly, striking towards Yilei.

Yilei’s body surged with lightning, and countless silver electric arcs erupted, striking forward. With a thunderous roar, the four flying swords were sent flying back, and the blinding lightning engulfed Chen Yiming.

At the same time, the alarm blared, and some disciples rushed out of their residences to attack the invading enemies.

Yixin and five other Integration cultivators, along with over forty Void Refinement cultivators, attacked the Sea Stabilizing Palace disciples. The suddenness of the assault, coupled with the Lizard Race’s immense power, left the Sea Stabilizing Palace disciples completely outmatched, and most of them were killed.

In the northwest corner of the Jade Dawn Mountains, Zhao Yunxiao and Qin Tianxue flew out from a steep golden mountain peak. Qin Tianxue held a shimmering blue pipa in her arms.

Zhao Yunxiao formed a hand seal, and the nearby void vibrated and warped. Countless blue water vapors surged forth, transforming into a vast expanse of azure seawater that submerged an area of several tens of miles.

“All disciples, heed my command and leave this place immediately!” Qin Tianxue’s voice echoed for thousands of miles. Her fingers swept across the pipa strings, and a shimmering blue sound wave swept out, heading directly towards Yixin and the others.

Upon seeing Zhao Yunxiao and Qin Tianxue, Yixin’s expression darkened. According to their intelligence, Zhao Yunxiao and Qin Tianxue practiced a joint attack technique, and the Sea Stabilizing Palace’s version was very powerful.

The Lizard Race had one mid-Integration stage cultivator and four early-Integration stage cultivators, while both Zhao Yunxiao and Qin Tianxue were at the early-Integration stage. Yixin still believed they had a chance of winning.

“Five Integration cultivators dare to cause trouble at our Sea Stabilizing Palace? Truly courting death.” A cold male voice resounded. Xiao Wentian flew high into the sky, his expression icy.

“Late Integration stage! Run!” Yixin cried out in alarm, terrified out of her wits.

Based on the intelligence they had, they only knew there was an Integration stage cultivator present, not that a late-Integration stage cultivator was guarding the place. Otherwise, even if given a hundred times the courage, they wouldn't have dared to attack this stronghold.

“Only thinking of running now? I haven’t agreed to that.” Xiao Wentian’s face grew cold. He cast several spells into a yellow formation disk, and the ground shook violently. A vast amount of yellow mist surged forth, enveloping an area of ten thousand miles.

He had long anticipated this situation; the enemies had walked right into his trap.

Yixin and her companions felt a blur before their eyes, suddenly appearing above a vast, boundless yellow desert, where fierce winds howled and yellow sand filled the sky.

“A formation!” Yixin’s face turned pale with deep regret. This late-Integration stage cultivator was also a formation master?

“Follow me to break the formation,” Yixin commanded the cultivators to break the formation, some controlling Dharma Idols, others manipulating treasures.

“Junior Nephew Zhao, Junior Nephew Qin, go and eliminate them! Make it quick!” Xiao Wentian instructed. He could also eliminate these five Integration cultivators by fully activating the formation, but it would take a long time, and if the enemies possessed treasures to break formations, it would be difficult to say.

The enemies were already trapped by the formation, like turtles in a jar. With Zhao Yunxiao and Qin Tianxue joining forces, aided by Xiao Wentian, eliminating the invaders would not be an issue.

Zhao Yunxiao and Qin Tianxue acknowledged the command, agreed, and soared into the formation.

Just then, the sky suddenly changed color. The clear sky abruptly became covered in dark clouds, fierce winds gusted, and a colossal thundercloud appeared out of nowhere. A hazy yellow female phantom also materialized, flickering with spiritual light as if it were solid.

From within the dark clouds, a silver lightning bolt emerged, quickly followed by a second, then a third…

A massive thundercloud appeared high in the sky, churning violently and vaguely separating into eight thunderclouds of consistent size.

“Eighty-Nine Thunder Tribulation!” Xiao Wentian’s face grew serious.

Spiritual energy from tens of thousands of miles around uncontrollably surged towards Chen Yueying’s location, forming a massive spiritual cloud.

The female phantom opened its mouth and suddenly inhaled. The spiritual cloud flew into the phantom’s mouth, and its body rapidly expanded, spiritual light flickering incessantly around it.

Thunderous roars sounded, and a thick silver lightning bolt struck down, heading directly towards a certain mountain peak.

Numerous green saplings burst from the ground, rapidly growing into towering trees over a hundred zhang tall.

As the silver lightning struck, dozens of towering trees snapped in half, bursting into raging flames that shot high into the sky.

The thunderous roars and explosions continued without cease.

Xiao Wentian and the others were far from Chen Yueying’s residence, so they would not affect her breakthrough to the Mahayana stage.

With enemies infiltrating the stronghold at this time, Xiao Wentian was still somewhat concerned.

“Junior Nephew Sun, Junior Nephew Li, immediately teleport back to Drifting Cloud Island for reinforcements. Tell them we’ve been attacked and request support,” Xiao Wentian instructed. The teleportation array back to Drifting Cloud Island was in his residence, and Yilei had failed to destroy it.

The two Sea Stabilizing Palace disciples acknowledged the command and flew towards Xiao Wentian’s residence.