Chapter 238: Changes
Chapter 238: Changes
Translator: Panda_Penn Editor: Chrissy
"Come on, let’s go!"
Patriarch Seven helplessly sighed when he got the news. He had thought that he could have another half a day, never expecting that the bandits would launch the assault now. He made up his mind and refrained from telling Liu Yi to ask Lu Li to come out. Rather, he had given out orders that they would fight till their last breaths.
Three armies of bandits had come this time. Patriarch Lu had made it clear that there was only one warrior at the Fate Wheel Realm. The other two army leaders were only at the Soul Pond Realm.
There were many Inhibition Formations on the island which could buy them some time. Hunchback Tian and the Green Dwarfs were powerful forces. Hard as it was for them to win, they could manage for a while.
Hunchback Tian had made his move. It would be difficult for the Blood Evil Island to defend if he didn’t do anything. He went to one side first, ready to kill all the warriors of the Soul Pond Realm there and then go to support the other two sides.
Patriarch Nine and the other patriarchs split up with the 20 Green Dwarfs. They prepared to fight back the attacks from their enemies with their lives.
What became a delightful surprise for Patriarch Seven and the others was that the three armies of bandits didn’t resort to their full strength. They only sent out 1000 warriors each with few powerful warriors. Only two or three warriors of the Soul Pond Realm were leading the teams.
It was much easier. Hunchback Tian dealt with one army, killed the warrior of the Soul Pond Realm on that side, and smacked several hundred warriors to death with his Fate Wheel. The rest escaped at once.
Thanks to the Inhibition Formations and the Green Dwarfs, the attacks of the other two armies on the other two sides were suppressed down. Patriarch Seven even said that they didn’t need to fight back too violently and that they should try to buy some more time. Hunchback Tian freed himself from the fight which was going nowhere.
"Report, there are too many Inhibition Formations at the Blood Evil Island. It is difficult for us to move forward and we have many casualties!"
"Report, the Blood Evil Island sent out 20 Green Dwarfs. Our Third Commander is fighting desperately, and 12 warriors of the Soul Pond Realm and 15 Green Dwarfs were killed. But there are still many powerful warriors on their side. It is hard for us to press on and more than 3000 warriors are either dead or injured."
"Report, our Third Commander is asking for reinforcement. There are another 40 Green Dwarfs coming out of the Blood Evil Island. More than 5000 warriors are dead or wounded on our side now…"
"…"
Message after message were reported back to White Beard, making Xu Sihe and Xu Yaoyang feel anxious.
The Blood Evil Island had no warrior of the Soul Pond Realm and 20 Green Dwarfs at most. Now, according to the reports, warriors sent by White Beard had killed more than dozens of Green Dwarfs and more than 10 warriors of the Soul Pond Realm…
"Young Master Xu, Patriarch Xu!"
White Beard looked gloomy as he spoke to the two, "We are only awarded 10 million Xuan Crystals this time, but our enemy is too powerful and our casualties are great. I don’t think the 10 million Xuan Crystals are enough to comfort the families of the deceased and the injured. I think we will lose all the morale if we continue like this."
"Hmm!"
Xu Yaoyang humped coldly. White Beard knew absolutely no shame. He was clearly asking for more Xuan Crystals. If he was not satisfied, he would not send out another warrior.
Xu Sihe tried hard to swallow down his anger and said in a deep voice, "We understand it. How about this? I will make this decision on behalf of our Family Patriarch and give you another five million Xuan Crystals as military expense. Ask all your men to participate, White Beard. If you can conquer the Blood Evil Island and capture Lu Li, you will be rewarded!"
"Five million?"
White Beard’s beard twitched. A glint of disdain appeared in his eyes. He casually waved his hand and said, "Send my word. Lord Sihe has given us the money. Tell our guys to work harder and take the Blood Evil Island down."
Seeing that White Beard did nothing himself, Xu Yaoyang glanced coldly over to him and said, "Lord White, if you go there in person, I think many your warriors’ lives can be spared."
White Beard was at the Fate Wheel Realm, and the middle stage, no less. If he could go to the fight in person, he could defeat Hunchback Tian instantly and fight his way into the Blood Evil Fortress in no time.
"That is not necessary!"
White Beard waved his hand and replied, "Young Master, you must have faith in us. None of the useless warriors of the Blood Evil Island is a worthy opponent for us. We can take the Blood Evil Island easily. Just you wait. You can be drinking tea at the Blood Evil Island in less than a day…"
"A day?"
Xu Sihe and Xu Yaoyang looked at each other. A trace of fury emerged from the depth of their eyes. White Beard was evidently signaling that the amount of Xuan Crystals was not enough, so he wouldn’t put all his cards on the table. If the fight continued like this, days would soon pass. What kind of change would happen? Nobody could foretell.
However…
Xu Sihe and Xu Yaoyang could not pressure White Beard any more. He was stubborn, unless the Xu Family was willing to offer him more Xuan Crystals. But nothing short of more than tens of millions of Xuan Crystals would do the trick of satisfying the greedy wolf that White Beard was.
The three groups of bandits really sent out more warriors after White Beard gave his words. That being said, in the first round of fight, the warriors were attacking somewhat violent, but now they were all just pretending. The bandits would go to a place, take some actions and then ran back. They would go back to rest after several moves…
When Patriarch Seven and Patriarch Nine got the news, they were pleased. They were cooperating with the bandits in putting on a show. For a while, the noises of the battle would rise to the sky, then all activities would cease. It was like they were in a military drill.
After the night came, the three groups of bandits all retreated, claiming that they were exhausted after a day of fight and that they had suffered a great toll of lives so they needed time to rest.
But the news of the battle was getting more and more exaggerated. According to the messages sent back, tens of thousands of bandits were killed or injured and more than one hundred thousand warriors of the Blood Evil Island died, among which 1000 were at the Soul Pond Realm…
Bandits were called bandits for a reason!
Xu Sihe and Xu Yaoyang clenched their teeth in hatred. But what could they do? They couldn’t offer more Xuan Crystals. What if tens of millions or hundreds of millions of Xuan Crystals still weren’t enough to satisfy White Beard?
After some thoughts, Xu Sihe left the battleship and had someone to send a message over to Xu Chen and the family that had control over White Beard. He wanted that family to put some pressure on White Beard, otherwise, they could spend 10 days or half a month in fighting but still wouldn’t be able to conquer the Blood Evil Island.
…
A day had passed but Lu Li still hadn’t made it to the Soul Pond Realm.
The Soul Pond had been constructed, but not all the Golden Silks of Soul had been integrated together. This was the most crucial moment. As long as all the Golden Silks of Soul could be integrated into the Soul Pond, it would be stabilized. By that time, Lu Li would be at the Soul Pond Realm.
Patriarch Seven didn’t interrupt him. The nature of bandits of White Beard had granted Lu Li more time. It was a pity that Lu Li now was in a conundrum!
He found some of the Golden Silks of Soul could not be merged together. All the others were already integrated apart from the remaining few ones.
"Did Hunchback Tian give me the wrong method?"
Lu Li didn’t know what to do. Theoretically speaking, this wasn’t supposed to happen. Hunchback Tian wouldn’t harm him so the method of building Soul Pond must be right.
If so, then what had gone wrong?
Lu Li could not figure this out. He had to finish merging all the other Golden Silks of the Soul first before he deal with the remaining ones.
By midnight, all were done expect for the last few ones. Lu Li had been struggling for two hours, which had yielded no result.
There could only be two explanations. Either Hunchback Tian’s method was wrong, or there was something off in Lu Li himself.
Everyone’s constitution was different. Somebody could cultivate fast, somebody slow, somebody couldn’t cultivate, and still some others had mutated bodies. Any occurrences would be within reason.
Lu Li was at a loss!
He had taken two Divine Soul Pellets. He would have to take the third one at this rate. What if he still could not make it after all the three Divine Soul Pellets were consumed? His Soul Pond might collapse and all his previous efforts would go to waste.
While Lu Li was scratching his head for ideas, changes emerged—
The animal tooth pendant suddenly glowed and became warmer. It was not flickering like when Lu Li was consuming pellets, but glowing and emitting heat like when Lu Li was in Bloodline Awakening. The animal tooth pendant was even shaking.
After the changes happened to the animal tooth pendant, the Bloodline mark on Lu Li’s back started emitting light as well. The Silver Dragon started moving around, which gave Lu Li an ominous feeling.
He found he could not move his body, as if everything had spun out of his control…