Chapter 137: Where Did the Palm Thunder Come From?
“Reinforcements, reinforcements, we need reinforcements up front!”
“Mayday, Mayday!”
“Speak bird language and get out of Yunzhou Continent!”
As the First Order Demonic Beasts attacked, the Players weren’t exactly in a panic.
After all, most of them were now in the Mid Qi Condensation stage. If they were still flustered, it would be too clumsy to even play a game.
What’s more, the Flying Sparrow Sect disciples had already stepped forward to block them!
The Flying Sparrow Sect had disciples in the Late Qi Condensation stage, capable of holding the line.
It was just the initial wave that seemed a bit chaotic.
The Spiritual Fields cultivated by the Sect were also ruined.
Fortunately, they had known from the start that the area near First Mountain wasn’t very safe, so most of their Spiritual Fields weren’t developed there.
However, the biggest loss was suffered by Fan Guozhou.
After all, his assets were within that area.
The Flying Sparrow Sect disciples were somewhat surprised to see the Longevity Sect disciples charging to the front lines to fight the Demonic Beasts.
Generally speaking, as an affiliated Sect, the Longevity Sect disciples would naturally try to survive by any means necessary.
Yet, the Longevity Sect disciples here were all charging forward, consuming pills when their Spiritual Energy ran out, as if they had no worries at all.
Zhu Xiangchen, amidst the chaos, found a moment of respite and located Zhou Xiao, saying, “Your Sect’s disciples are so…”
He couldn’t find the right words to describe the Longevity Sect disciples and finally said, “So brave.”
Zhou Xiao blinked in surprise, “Why do you say that?”
Zhu Xiangchen’s expression was a bit complex, “Aren’t you afraid of death?”
Zhou Xiao: “…”
Afraid, of course, they were afraid.
But their fear was based on the premise of being utterly unable to win.
Players, in essence, didn’t have too many reservations.
After all, they could still win now.
Zhou Xiao could only say, “These are just First Order Demonic Beasts, everyone can still fight them. Plus, this is a good opportunity to train ourselves.”
Killing Demonic Beasts meant Points, and Players weren’t stupid.
Even for Life Players, being forced to fight outside was different from fighting at their doorstep.
Those who couldn’t fight could finally put their cultivated Cultivation Methods to use, at least against Demonic Beasts.
Zhu Xiangchen still couldn’t understand. He looked at the dense mass of Demonic Beasts behind them, his scalp tingling, and murmured, “Can we hold on?”
“Don’t be so pessimistic. At worst, we still have the Sect Token, right?”
It wasn’t just Song Jiulai who knew about the Sect Token; the Players had been in Wang’an County long enough to understand some basic information.
Zhu Xiangchen’s mouth twitched, “You guys are quite optimistic. The Sect Token can only be used if most of the Sect’s disciples have fallen in battle, otherwise, it’s impossible.”
“Huh?”
Zhou Xiao was shocked, “Shouldn’t you use it immediately when you can’t hold on?”
Zhu Xiangchen’s gaze was complex, “The Sect Token is just one chance. If you use it now, what about the future?”
“But, but this border…” Zhou Xiao didn’t know how to phrase it, “But this area is close to the Cave Demon Valley border, which is inherently a place where Demonic Beasts appear. With Demonic Beast invasions, with so many Mortals and Cultivators here, Myriad Immortal Sect should be managing this, right?”
After all, it was Myriad Immortal Sect’s territory; wasn’t maintaining border security their responsibility?
“Why?” Zhu Xiangchen seemed perplexed, “Myriad Immortal Sect gave us this token to give us a chance. What do these Mortals and Cultivators here have to do with them?”
Zhou Xiao was speechless.
She hadn’t been outside before and didn’t expect Myriad Immortal Sect’s management style to be like this.
Didn’t they also pay taxes?
Shouldn’t Myriad Immortal Sect be responsible after they paid taxes?
The Sect Token was a last resort, but what about the normal times?
Zhou Xiao’s thoughts were even more naive than Song Jiulai’s had been.
Even when the Spirit Fox Sect had an incident, the Players knew the Sect might be destroyed, but that was a Demonic Cultivator.
This Demonic Beast invasion should be considered an unexpected event. Shouldn’t Myriad Immortal Sect intervene?
But now she understood a bit more, and she was stunned, “If this Demonic Beast invasion is very serious, will Myriad Immortal Sect still not intervene?”
“Someone needs to notify them,” Zhu Xiangchen said. “Myriad Immortal Sect has a Teleportation Great Formation in Cave Demon Valley, but the Demonic Beast invasion might not be coming from that direction. You mentioned before that it might be related to that Demonic Cultivator from the Spirit Fox Sect. If it is related, Myriad Immortal Sect won’t intervene.”
“A Sect as large as Myriad Immortal Sect, how could they possibly care about these trivial matters? This Demonic Beast invasion, even if the people of our Wang’an County, including our Flying Sparrow Sect, were wiped out, as long as it doesn’t escalate to a large-scale Demonic Beast invasion reaching Liuxian City, Myriad Immortal Sect wouldn’t pay attention. However, if it reached that point, our Wang’an County would already be gone, unable to resist.”
Zhou Xiao was dumbfounded.
Huh?
You mean the scale is too small, and it’s not even worth Myriad Immortal Sect’s effort to intervene?
But precisely because the scale is small, it should be something Myriad Immortal Sect could resolve with a mere wave of their hand…
Demonic Beast invasion, Wang’an County, a county town, has thousands of people!
These thousands of people, aren’t they people?
So, it’s up to the Flying Sparrow Sect alone?
Zhou Xiao knew her game-like mindset applied to reality was naive, but this place was too real.
It was so real that if she had to compare it to real-world environments, she felt that this Cultivation environment was indeed a bit cruel.
It was fortunate that Song Jiulai had summoned Players in game mode from the beginning.
Therefore, after Players entered the game, even though they felt it was a game, the environment identical to reality allowed them to retain their modern societal values. Compared to the people of Yunzhou Continent, they appeared naive and innocent.
But sometimes, this innocence and naivety might not be a bad thing.
At least for the Mortals of Yunzhou Continent, it might not be.
Zhou Xiao’s thoughts were in disarray, and Zhu Xiangchen’s words kept hitting her, preventing her from overthinking, “Just hold on. Perhaps things aren’t that serious. Our Senior Brothers and Sisters are all on their way back.”
Zhu Xiangchen noticed Zhou Xiao’s uneasy expression and offered a few words of comfort.
Zhou Xiao shook her head, “Forget it. You’re right, it’s better to rely on ourselves than others.”
As she spoke, several Flame Birds flew towards Zhou Xiao.
Zhou Xiao unleashed a Palm Thunder with one hand while simultaneously throwing a Water Ball. Not only were the Cultivation Methods on Yunzhou Continent unscientific, but water conducting electricity also became scientific here.
The electricity mixed with water, causing the electrified Flame Birds to convulse continuously, their flames unable to withstand such damage.
Zhu Xiangchen watched, dumbfounded. He held back for a moment but couldn’t resist asking, “Where did you get your Palm Thunder?”
“Ah…”
Zhou Xiao suddenly realized that Palm Thunder was very expensive on the market.
Even among the Flying Sparrow Sect’s own disciples, very few knew Palm Thunder.
Yet, quite a few in their Longevity Sect knew it.
With the current emergency, it was impossible to hide. Zhou Xiao estimated that after this event, conflicts would arise with the Flying Sparrow Sect. She thought for a moment and said, “I’ll tell you after we finish fighting the Demonic Beasts.”
Zhu Xiangchen nodded.
Zhou Xiao’s cultivation was now higher than his, and she had a good temper, which was why he dared to ask.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have dared to ask where the Palm Thunder came from.
