1062 Mountain Siege (2/2)
”If you remain on the Holy Mountain, you'll face near-certain death. But you might be able to survive on this mission. What's your choice? It's your call!” Mo He waved his sleeve.
”In that case, I'll be a decoy!” Fang Yuan nodded as his gaze turned introspective.
A peerless genius at the Materialization realm, huh. The likelihood of both shouldn't be high, so it might be that young man named 'Bamboo'!
If so, I must join the mission and at least inquire about some information!
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The peak of the Holy Mountain.
The five barbarian patriarchs gathered together, all with gloomy expressions.
Other than Brutal Emperor, Brutal Child, and Brutal Extinction, Patriarch Dark Essence and Patriarch Rising Sun were present as well.
The black-robed Patriarch Dark Essence said, ”The Revenant Soul Sect's Immortals are really powerful, and they are refining a treasure. It's a shame Patriarch Rhino fell to them…”
The other patriarchs felt equally sorrowful. ”Seems like the outside cultivators are planning to thoroughly eliminate us!”
Immortals that transcended the lightning tribulation shared lifespans as eternal as the heavens. Could you fathom what kind of carefree existences they were?
And those who presided over an entire clan or became a sect's grand elder, how prestigious and honored were their statuses?
But at this time, they were about to suffer defeat. The cultivators were clearly determined to eliminate the barbarians!
”The Hundred Thousand Mountain is our root. These damned outsiders want to take it all…” Patriarch Brutal Extinction gritted his teeth. ”I will defend the Holy Mountain to my last breath!”
”No, no! At this time, we must preserve our vitality!” Patriarch Rising Sun said. ”Each of us has selected two 'core seeds', and we're ready to send them out. By using several diversion teams, we should be able to retain some of our vitality. But a race's rise depends solely on the strongest!”
”Rising Sun, your words indeed ring true!” Patriarch Brutal Child continued, ”Before considering victory, we must consider defeat first. At the very least, we can't suffer a fatal blow and must have the possibility of turning the tables. But our barbarian spirit is here. We will defend the Holy Mountain!”
If these Immortals wanted to escape, not many could stop them. They could even take their disciples with them.
However, give up the Holy Mountain without a battle? The barbarian spirit would inevitably fall to an unimaginable level. If that happened, they would not be able to recover no matter what.
Furthermore, the barbarians had some hidden cards as well. They might end up in a stalemate with the cultivators.
As such, no matter how many preparations they had made for their defeat, the barbarian patriarchs were unwilling to leave. They did not wish to leave their native land and roam the world.
”Good! We'll let go and kill for once!” Brutal Extinction laughed heartily.
”In that case, we'll do as you say, Brutal Child!”
Rising Sun and Dark Essence did not object. In any case, they were confident in their life-saving abilities. If things turned south, they were certain they could escape.
”So, why don't we open that seal?” Brutal Child looked around with a hint of mystery on his face. ”The outside cultivators think that this is a blessed land where they can escape the Demonic Tribulation. Haha, they don't know how wrong they are!”
”Sss…” The patriarchs sucked in a cold breath at the same time. To elicit a reaction like this, it had to be a horrifying secret. ”If we do that… the barbarians' Hundred Thousand Mountains will turn into a paradise for otherworldly demons!”
”If the Hundred Thousand Mountains is still going to be where the barbarians live, then whoever does this would be a sinner!” Patriarch Brutal Child stepped forward. ”But if the Hundred Thousand Mountains is going to change hands, why should we think for the people afterward?”
He seemed to understand the importance of the matter and was not obstinate about it. ”But… it all depends on how the battle unfolds. If we can enter a deadlock or attain a small victory, I naturally won't do it. But we won't have any other considerations the day we're close to extermination.”
”It's feasible. But before that, we should threaten the outside cultivators with it. We might be able to turn the situation around!” Brutal Emperor said.
The true threat was not in the future, but the present!
The Immortal Patriarchs understood this truth.
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Seven days passed by in a flash, and the nightmares continued.
Both the cultivator army and the demon cultivator army advanced like a hot knife through butter. Finally, they met at the foot of Holy Mountain. Cultivators filled the battlefield like locusts. There was no less than two hundred thousand.
When the barbarians on the Holy Mountain saw this scene, their expressions darkened, and their hearts seemed to accept their deathly fate.
”Tsk… With a two-hundred-thousand-cultivator army surrounding tens of thousands of barbarians, rivers of blood will flow on the Holy Mountain!”
In the distance, Fang Yuan could not even see Holy Mountain, but he could sense the terrifying aura surrounding it and could not help sighing.
”That's not certain…” Gold Ingot's voice came from the white jade ring. ”You can cut off the food and water of mortal soldiers, but cultivators don't have such worries. Unlike the previous camp, the Holy Mountain has been the barbarian's ancestral ground for thousands of years. Its defensive arrays are well fortified and without a single flaw. Even if cultivators want to invade, it's troublesome… Furthermore, do you think the barbarians have ruled the Hundred Thousand Mountains for so long with only five or six Immortals?”
”That's right. There must be something else. We just don't know if it's enough to stop the cultivators outside!” Fang Yuan smiled. ”The final defense on the Holy Mountain is a chance for survival. And for us, it will also be a narrow escape! But I prefer to take the initiative and at least be in control of my life and death!”