Volume 5: Return to Donghua Chapter 20: Onward
In the morning of the next day, six more airships arrived over Kurumu Town.
Qi Ji was in the room taking stock of his gains from the Tower of Transcendence last night, when he was called out by Yu Xujiang's men, ready to follow him to meet the allied forces from Jiange.
On the way, he looked at his transcendence panel, wondering whether he should upgrade the skills he acquired last night.
[Medium Advent: A special ability possessed by the strongest creatures in the Netherworld, which can project their will and some of their abilities into a suitable body over a long distance]
A very magical and exaggerated ability.
Speaking of this ability, we have to mention the terrifying opponent he faced in the Secret Records of Rebirth last night.
At present, since he has already thoroughly gathered all the secret records of the past lives in many world views, he now only has two world views to choose from.
The last level of the absolute class - the worldview of the Berserker "Guts".
And the worldview of "Kuang", the first level of the Kuang class - the user of the Nameless Kamikaze Style.
Considering that the Berserker class was more likely to get stuck, he naturally gave priority to Guts' worldview.
But he ended up running into an opponent who was so strong that he completely surpassed Guts's level.
The opponent called herself "Slan, the Hand of God". She was a beautiful yet evil and terrifying woman with two pairs of bat wings and a head full of strange hair that looked like a snake's tail.
Moreover, when she appeared in front of Qi Ji, it was not her original form, but she was born from a piece of flesh and blood.
How can I describe the opponent's strength?
To put it bluntly, the feeling she gave Qi Ji was even stronger than that of Merlin.
The clone that was created merely by projecting ordinary flesh and blood is already comparable to Merlin. Her original body should be even more terrifying than Merlin's.
If this woman did not have a kind of morbid madness, as if she was always longing for Qi Ji to inflict great harm on her and was addicted to the pain of such harm, Qi Ji would probably not have been able to kill her so easily.
But it was also this contact that made Qi Ji feel deeply wary of this worldview.
Even the enemy "Mad" at the first level of the Mad Rank, although his strength far exceeded Guts, did not cause him such a feeling of fear and terror.
If the next time he encounters an opponent of the same level as the "God's Hand", he will most likely be stuck for a very long time with no hope of winning.
He decided to temporarily close off this worldview, and try to come back and challenge again when he is strong enough.
Return to the present.
Qi Ji thought about it and temporarily gave up the idea of improving his newly acquired skills. The reason was simple - this was a functional skill. Maybe it could be convenient in some situations, but it would have almost no effect on improving his combat effectiveness.
The degree of transcendence is never enough, and everything should be prioritized towards improving strength.
He turned his attention back to reality and asked a question to Yu Xujiang, who was smiling: "Master, who are the allies who came to support our Jiange operation this time?"
Yuxu Jianglang smiled and said, "Although there is competition among the seven major forces in Donghua Continent, they are generally of the same blood. This time, Jiange was attacked, and the opponent also had the notorious old rival Mirage, so the other six forces all sent support."
He added: "There are even two forces that have always been on good terms with Jiange and each sent a top-level fourth-rank expert. The strength of these experts is comparable to Yu Chengen."
Qi Ji was surprised and said, "Every one of the masters who can compete with Old Man Yu is a pillar of the force second only to the Sect Master."
Yu Xujiang nodded and smiled, "Of course, with the help of these two extra fourth-level top masters, plus the strong players of our Sword Pavilion, we have a total of nine fourth-level masters this time. Even if the Xuan family and Mirage have the special technology you mentioned that can enhance ordinary fourth-level masters to top-level fourth-level masters, it is enough to deal with them."
He had an extremely confident look on his face: "With me here, you don't need to kill the enemy's top masters. You just need to contain them and don't let them affect my duel with the Xuan family ancestor. Once I kill them, I will naturally have time to deal with all the rest."
Qi Ji looked at Yu Xujiang's extremely confident face and couldn't help but silently guess his level of strength.
Being able to be confident that he can kill the ancestor of the Xuan family who is also at the fifth level, our pavilion master must be a very powerful person among the fifth level, right?
As they were talking, Qi Ji followed Yu Xujiang to the outside of Kurumu Town, where the newly arrived airship had already landed.
Two top-level fourth-level experts walked down from the airship and came to Qi Ji and the others in a low-key manner.
"Master Yu, I've been waiting for a long time."
"Mercy, Pavilion Master Yu has been waiting for a long time!"
Both of them greeted Yu Xujiang respectfully.
Yu Xujiang also greeted them calmly and said with a smile: "Thank you both for coming to support Jiange when it was in trouble. Jiange will not forget the kindness today and will definitely repay you in the future."
After a round of greetings, Qi Ji also learned the names of the two seniors who came to support him through Yu Xujiang's introduction.
Chen Yuan, the top fourth level in Longchang, who is known as the "Lord of the Heart", is a middle-aged man with a refined temperament like a teacher.
Qingjingzi, the top fourth level of Wuxiang Temple, who is known as the "Taoist Lord", is an old Taoist who wears a coarse Taoist robe and has a calm temperament.
Qi Ji thought of Yu Chengen's title, which was also called "Sword Lord", so he had reason to guess that the one who used "Lord" as a title might be referring to a well-known strong man who had reached the peak of the fourth level on the Donghua Continent.
The "Lord of Heart" Chen Yuan and the "Lord of Tao" Qingjingzi who came to support were both in good condition and quickly responded to Yuxujiang's strategic arrangements.
In addition to the top powerhouses sent by the two friendly forces, all six forces also provided corresponding support with a large number of low-level extraordinary people.
Now, in addition to the top-level fourth-order combat power, the number of extraordinary people gathered in Jian Ge has reached more than two thousand, filling the entire Kurumu Town.
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An hour later, everyone arrived outside of Kumu Town under the leadership of Yuxujiang.
Yu Xujiang led the charge, followed by nine fourth-level masters.
Behind them were more than two thousand low-level transcendents.
Two thousand people were orderly arranged into nine teams according to the combat requirements, and they stood in neat formations behind their respective fourth-level strongmen, waiting quietly for orders.
Yu Xujiang began to make a pre-war mobilization with a serious face: "I won't say anything extra. You are all veterans who have been to the border to resist foreign demons and know the cruelty of war. You should understand our combat strategy."
He took a deep breath and said, "It's very simple. When fighting, you must be brave and fearless, but you must also protect yourself at all times. Don't get carried away and fight your opponent to death. As long as you are alive, there is still a future. Once you die, everything will be over."
"The main thing is to entangle the opponent. As long as I can kill the opponent's main force, victory will naturally belong to us!"
"Is everything clear?!"
"clear!"
More than two thousand people agreed loudly.
"Then, let's go!"
The target is Xuan family’s old nest, Xuancheng, forty kilometers away!
