Chapter 384: An Immortal Clan’s Way of Life (1/2)
Sun Wentai bit his lower lips as he didn't like the timing.
He had been planning to take the initiative by attacking Yuan Shaoqing's camps by surprise at night. However, Yuan Shaoqing forced their hands, launching their attack at Siren City first.
Sun Wentai panicked. He worried about Sun Yun's safety, and he decided to attack Yuan Shaoqing during the chaos.
And he now regretted it.
Behind them, Huang Hansheng and 10 battleships were flying toward their fleet. Their intention was obvious.
Jiangdong White Tiger Sect's flying island would be flanked from the east while Yan Liang and Wen Chou might come for them from the north.
Their side would surely suffer a lot of casualties. In the worst-case scenario, they might be wiped out today!
”Tell the reserve ships to transport non-combatants to Siren City. As for the rest of the ships, rush west! We'll crush Zhang Ren Army and open a way out for our army!”
Sun Wentai sent out an order to evacuate his men right away. He also decided to blitz Zhang Ren, hoping to create a space for their troops and unite their forces with Siren City's men.
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While Sun Wentai's battleships bombarded Yuan Shaoqing's volunteer army with the insect bombs, they flew west at the full speed, charging at Zhang Ren Army, which was moving toward Siren City from the south.
”Dammit, Sun Wentai!!”
Unlike Yuan Shaoqing's troops, they didn't have any 8th-stage cultivator to protect them. Even if they had a nascent soul cultivator as their protector, those battleships could instantly annihilate them in an instant with their cannons.
This didn't include Sun Wentai's domain power, the Ghost Fleet. Had the sect master summoned the spiritual troops, the battle would have gotten more complicated.
”All units, retreat! Don't engage in combat or those battleships will destroy us!”
Having no answer or no means to retaliate against the flying ships, Zhang Ren ordered his men to retreat before they could even get closer to Siren City.
The men from the south widened their eyes and stared at the incoming battleships in frustration. They turned around and flew south, leaving the battlefield.
Like cunning hyenas, they avoided direct confrontation when they were at disadvantage.
Still, while Zhang Ren's men were fleeing, he took out his phone and texted to his fellow clansmen, who had been residing in Aves Continent.
There were several noteworthy names, which also existed in Miaomiao's previous world.
Zhang Jue
Zhang Liao
Zhang Yide
Zhang Junyi
Other stronger cultivators from the Zhang Clan were also included, but these people were present on the same continent.
The message was quickly passed to the clansmen, telling them that Sun Wentai, his sect, and his family had become their enemies.
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”Whoa!”
Zhang He, who inherited the backup phone of Zhang Junyi, received the text message as well.
Currently, Zhang He had been shutting himself inside a cave inside an underground cave under the centaur's prairie. Because of Yuan Hua's quests and the recent encounter with a perverted horseman, this transmigrator got stuck in here.
”Sorry, can't help you. I'm only a weak 4th-stage cultivator. How can I join the war against a fucking clan?”
Zhang He turned off his phone and closed his eyes, resuming his meditation session. Until he could digest the Soul Pill that he had just obtained from an underground ruin city, he wouldn't move from here.
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Meanwhile, Zhang Yide looked at his phone and laughed. He showed the message to his older brother, Liu Xuande.
”Bro, my clansman just declares war on the Sun Clan on his own! He's fucking crazy!”
Liu Xuande read the text and grinned, ”Will you join them?”
”Nah. Why should I? He wants to start a clan war on his own, so it's his responsibility. He doesn't pay me or my father.”
”Hahaha! True. Now, with this message, we can confirm that the Sun Clan has switched side as planned.”
”So, is this part of your plan?” Guan Yunchang was interested in this war, which Liu Xuande had rigged.
”Yeah. Had we left Yuan Shaoqing be, Sun Wentai would have raided that bastard's camps tonight or tomorrow night, and Siren City would have emerged victorious with minimum casualties. I forced Yuan Shaoqing to move so that Sun Wentai and Siren City will be forced to fight in an attrition war.”
”And you will weaken your potential enemies at the same time.”
Liu Xuande winked and pointed his index fingers at Guan Yunchang, ”CORRECT!”
”So, we're fishing in the troubled waters,” Guan Yunchang nodded as he fully understood what Liu Xuande had done. ”What now? Do we sit and wait until the battle resolves itself?”
”Nay. As I said, we're going to get Wei Huang involved too! Let's hurry back home and have a talk with Zhang Jue. Jian Yong, Jian Meng, both of you should come with us. Bring all your disciples and elders, so we can merge our forces for the time being.”
Jian Meng and Jian Yong, who had exposed their identities as agents from Poison Pavilion, nodded and followed their new lord to their home.
This villainous group had done enough damage here. It was time for them to move on to the next target.
However, as Liu Xuande and the gang continued to fly northeast, they had goosebumps as if several eyes had been watching and listening to them.
”!!!”
Guan Yunchang and Zhang Yide were more sensitive than Liu Xuande. They instinctively took out their glaive and spear. Then, they looked around and scanned everything in a radius of 10 kilometers.
They found nothing, but they clearly sensed two pairs of eyes focusing on their direction.
”B-Brother, we're being watched! I sense Soul Essence from two sources,” Zhang Yide had a chill running down his spine. His jaw chattered as if he was panicked in fear.
Guan Yunchang sweated profusely while he gazed toward the southwest and the southeast, ”One of them is definitely an immortal, but the other one is a monster! Anyway, both of them are bad news. We have to get out of here ASAP!”
Liu Xuande and the poison sect's men nodded. They increased their paces, rushing home without looking back.
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RUMBLE
Not only Guan Yu and Zhang Fei sensed that they had been being watched, but Wen Chou, Yan Liang, and Huang Hansheng also felt the glare from two different immortals.
Wen Chou and Yan Liang were frozen in fear despite being in the middle of a battle. As for Huang Hansheng, he gulped and told the 10 battleships to turn around and abort their mission.
A massive black cloud from the southwest quickly approached Siren City and everyone nearby like a massive ID4's alien saucer flying over Washington DC. Many tribulation eyes also led the storm cloud as if they had been escorting someone.
Above the massive cloud, an elderly man with short silver hair and a goatee stood on top of the cloud as if he had been riding it. He looked a bit chubby, but his muscle underneath the fat was toned and tougher than it looked.