796 Journeying Towards War! (1/2)

It was a bizarre sight to behold indeed. Half of the Golden Pool Legion battleships exuded a purple glow as they hovered in space. The cultivators onboard these battleships tried to wrestle control of them, to no avail. The battleships had become their cages and… Wang Baole's weapons!

It was a significant number of battleships. In addition to those battleships was the locust that was currently under Wang Baole's feet. Its original physical appearance, which was that of a dragonfly, had been completely transformed. It looked less dexterous but far more gruesome and savage. A loud buzzing, like many things rubbing against each other, could be heard from inside its body. It was a sound that struck fear into the soul of those who heard it.

The odds had been reversed suddenly. The edge that the Golden Pool Legion had was now turned against them!

Every Golden Pool Legion cultivator was struck with shock and fear, their breathing quickening. A few even gasped out loud. As for the commanders, their faces were pale, and they looked at a loss. They couldn't believe what had just happened. The loss of half of their fleet had sent them into a panic, and they quickly turned towards Yi Nianzi with pleading eyes.

The look on Yi Nianzi's face was thunderous. He fell silent under the pleading looks on the Golden Pool Legion commanders' faces. He had the ability to help them, but he needed a reason to do so. Unfortunately, they hadn't yet found one.

Long Nanzi hadn't activated his Divine Justice Shield at all. He had continued fighting with his battleships even when Yi Nianzi had acted out of turn and unleashed an attack. Long Nanzi had been playing by the rules of the game all along!

Should he choose to step in now, he would be labeled a bully who was pushing his junior around. He would be breaking the rules as well. Perhaps this wouldn't have mattered if he were doing this to someone else, but this was Long Nanzi, the man who currently had the patriarch's favor. His actions wouldn't be very proper.

The look on Yi Nianzi's face grew darker as such thoughts flooded his mind, and resentment stewed inside him. He was at the Spirit Immortal realm and could have easily beaten his opponent, but his opponent placed obstacles in his way each and every time. Murder began to color Yi Nianzi's eyes. He gave Wang Baole a long and deep look, then said in a low voice, ”Long Nanzi, hand over the beast… We'll declare you the victor for this challenge!”

”I'm sorry, Senior Yi Nianzi, but I'm taking this as my war trophy,” Wang Baole said with a slight smile. He could sense the other party's ill will. He harbored no goodwill towards the man either. He held the upper ground now in terms of battle odds and playing by the rules. Why should he hand over the spoils of his victory?

Yi Nianzi wasn't surprised by Wang Baole's reply. He knew that getting Long Nanzi to hand over the locust was an impossible feat. Regardless, he had to ask, and so he did. He gave Long Nanzi another long considering look before turning away and leaving the battlefield.

Since he had no excuse to step in and join the fight, there was no point in him staying. The Golden Pool Legion's defeat would definitely affect the Green Kraken Legion, but he wasn't the sole master and owner of the Green Kraken Legion after all. Still… he had suffered multiple failures in exacting punishment on Long Nanzi. Yi Nianzi wasn't going to just let this matter go. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly spoke.

”As expected of a master at artifact refinement. I've never encountered such parasitism techniques. When used wisely, such a technique could turn the tide in a large-scale battle. The Golden Pool Legion was defeated fair and square!” Having said that, Yi Nianzi strolled off into the stars without sparing a glance at the Golden Pool Legion.

As the Golden Pool Legion simmered bitterly, Wang Baole narrowed his eyes. Yi Nianzi's parting words were dripping with malice. He had intentionally drawn attention to Wang Baole's parasitism technique. He was trying to get the sect to confiscate Wang Baole's parasitism technique, just like how his Divine Justice Shield had been taken away from him. He wanted to rob Wang Baole of his trump card.

If the technique was bought over by the sect, the Green Kraken Legion could then get their hands on it easily. Having the technique in their possession would be akin to recouping any losses they might have incurred from the Golden Pool Legion's defeat. If they were to use the technique wisely, the Green Kraken Legion might even reap additional gains.

All these considerations flashed past Wang Baole's mind swiftly. His caution towards Yi Nianzi grew considerably. Yi Nianzi wasn't only skilled at keeping his emotions under control, his dark and sinister powers were also something to be wary of. Wang Baole had kept that in mind when he had decided to act. He had been prepared. As a result, while he had remained wary of Yi Nianzi, he wasn't overly affected by what Yi Nianzi had said.

Things turned out the way he had expected them to. The Golden Pool Legion was forced to yield in defeat. After the victorious challenge, Wang Baole immediately collated some peripheral information about the parasitism technique and sent it over to Fairy Ling You.