243 Chapter 243 (1/2)

They all were kind of bored and not really keeping much attention to what was happening around them. It was nothing new, they did this multiple times for years. There was no reason to push themselves, doing the bare minimum was enough.

Due to this, they were all a bit slow on the uptake when it happened. They heard a strange rumble and then the whole place began to shake. The thick bricks on the walls started cracking from some kind of pressure.

This was indeed strange as these walls were reinforced and had lasted without taking any damage for multiple years. The soldiers looked around while moving their spears and bows forward. Soon they saw something in the distance.

”W-what is that? Quick, we need to alert the elder!”

Before they could react they felt a massive oppressive force wash over them. This was clearly a nascent soul aura and it was coming off from the approaching object.

The soldiers on the walls were mostly cultivators in the foundation establishment realm. They were even on the weaker side of that. People that were forced to perform tasks like this were mostly ones that failed to advance further.

This was a border region between two sects and they were the first defense as well. They were mostly here to man cannons that had a power similar to core formation elders.

But now they were a bit preoccupied with trying to resist this massive pressure. They were even unable to fire at the fast-moving object that was speeding towards them.

Suddenly an elder appeared that could actually move. He looked out into the distance and narrowed his eyes. The moment he realized what was coming his way he started to sweat.

”M-make way!”

He called out while flying to the side. He realized who the faction coming was and had decided to let them through.

A massive iron fortress that was covered in golden energy pushed on without stopping. There were no words exchanged between the people at the border wall and the passing forces.

The moment they flew over the wall it started crumbling apart and even more, cracks appeared. No attacks were needed, just by being there this object was causing massive destruction in its wake.

”E-elder… we need to report back to the sect, our Demon Subduing Sect is being attacked!”

A man on a sword appeared and flew over to the only nascent soul cultivator that was there. The elder looked at the core formation master and narrowed his eyes. He moved his hand up and promptly smacked the other man's head.

”S-senior?”

The man held his hurting noggin while being flabbergasted.

”You fool! Do you know who that was? Do you want to get me killed like that idiot Zhan Jie?”

He received the notice that Zhan Jie had intercepted Zhang Dong from the United Element's Sect. Both of them had thought but who won was now clear.

This left the Demon Subduing Sect in a bind. Should they aid the Limitless Sword Society and go against the new rising power? Or should they wait this out and take a more passive approach?

This was also what the Dragon Gate Sect Patriarch was thinking about. While the decisions were being made in the background Zhang Dong was still seated in the engine room.

They had just arrived at this Sect's territory. If they flew through it they would arrive faster at their home turf. He was slightly worried that they might have gotten attacked, he felt the nascent soul cultivator on the outside. He backed off quite quickly and didn't even shout at them, this kind of showed him this sect's stance.

While giving it all to power this power-hungry beast of an engine he was looking at his system screen. His wife was part of his sect so he could see her status. It showed him various things along the lines of potential and devotion.

This wasn't what he was interested in though. She had a certain trait in that large table which was the indication for her pregnancy. The worrisome thing was that it had 'Imminent' written next to it.

He wanted to teleport there right this instant but was afraid to leave the people of this ship alone. He was in the territory of a sect he had shaky relations with. If he just left the Argonaut could be captured. The ship had a lot of firepower but that was against other large targets.

Hitting even an early stage nascent soul cultivator was hard. Even worse when there were multiple cultivators firing back. This sect had at least ten of those nascent soul elders flying around in these lands. If they let them be like the one at the border region was debatable.

Zhang Dong needed to force it through with all his might. He took out a handful of pills from his spatial ring and munched them down.

He felt invigorated after swallowing these high grade pills that he himself had made. With the boost of spiritual energy, the ship flew even faster.

The people on board weren't having such a grand time. The ship wasn't constructed to take this much power. The gravitational forces that the huge ship had to go against also exceeded the advised limits.

Most of them were glued to the floor and unable to move. The Captain was still sitting in his large chair but his whole body was sinking into it. His cheeks looked squished and his eyes were closed as he tried not to pass out.

The people weren't in danger but some of them were passing out while unable to handle the increased speed.

The ship turned into a blur in the sky, stopping it now was practically impossible.

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