Modern World's Martial Dao Human Immortal-Chapter 213 - 203: Return

The battle of the Heavenly Palace Cultivators concluded with the intervention of the Limitless Star Palace Heavenly Palace Cultivators.

The Great Sun Sword Sect and Limitless Star Palace had broken through the interference and blockade of the Nine Cauldrons Sect Heavenly Palace Cultivators and detected this area from above the Nine Heavens using their powerful Divine Sense.

But...

Nothing.

There was nothing left in this airspace.

The Sea Fortification Courtyard was gone, and so was the Patrol Heaven Warship of the Great Sun Sword Sect.

If it weren’t for the tsunami stirred up by the aftermath of battle still rushing relentlessly toward the islands in all directions, one might not even believe that a battle had taken place here.

When the news reached Chi Songzi, it almost made him think he was hallucinating.

"Gone!?"

This Vice Hall Master of the Campaign Hall abruptly stood up, looking at Bai Shi, the Hall Master of his own Heavenly Palace Hall, with disbelief in his eyes, "Such a huge Patrol Heaven Warship, with dozens of Great Cultivators and three thousand high-rank cultivators on board, and now, you’re telling me it’s gone!?"

"Yes."

Bai Shi spoke solemnly, "The purpose of telling you this news is for you to dispatch the Vajra immediately to search for it, while also having the Shenfeng Academy investigate the site of the battle to understand exactly what happened."

"The Vajra will take at least a day to get there, and as for the Shenfeng Academy… I just sent them to assist the Divine Fire Court…"

Chi Songzi spoke, looking at Bai Shi with dissatisfaction in his tone, "Can’t your Heavenly Palace Hall provide any useful information?"

"The battle of the Quicksand Sect seventeen years ago made the Nine Cauldrons Sect realize the importance of Divine Cultivators in the combat system. Over these seventeen years, they vastly developed their Divine Cultivation System. We originally thought, given the difficulty of the Divine Cultivation System, that it might take the Nine Cauldrons Sect thirty-five years to achieve any results, but we didn’t expect that in such a short time, their Divine Cultivators would develop so quickly, just as they overwhelmed Xuanming Sect previously, and now… again!"

Bai Shi spoke with a hint of unwillingness, "Whether we admit it or not, the result of this battle shows that they have surpassed us in the path of Divine Cultivation."

"Damn it!"

Anger flashed in Chi Songzi’s eyes.

A sect established less than a hundred years ago had the audacity to challenge the Great Sun Sword Sect!?

"The Vajra will immediately head to this sea area, and also, the Shenmu Academy will be deployed! We need to see people alive and bodies in death! Dig three feet into the ground in the Eastern Sea, even press close to the Nine Cauldrons Sect’s homeland if necessary, and find the Spring Rain Vessel back."

Chi Songzi immediately ordered.

"The Heavenly Palace Hall will try to provide you with some information support."

Bai Shi said.

As for how much "some" was, he no longer dared to specify.

...

Meanwhile.

Li Qingshan received the message from Alkaid, and even though he was in the critical moment of battling the Divine Fire Court, he still couldn’t help being distracted.

"Captured a Patrol Heaven Warship!? What do you mean by captured a Patrol Heaven Warship?"

"It’s exactly what you think it means," Alkaid responded.

As Alkaid spoke, he directly transferred the image of the Spring Rain Vessel over from the "Void Divine Realm."

And when Li Qingshan saw the tangible Patrol Heaven Warship, even though he had seen many fierce battles, he still gasped in shock.

"I will immediately bring this Patrol Heaven Warship to the Third Patrol Heaven Research Institute, and we’ll modify this warship as quickly as possible," Alkaid said.

"Modifying… might not mean much; the Great Sun Sword Sect can still recognize that this warship is their Spring Rain," Li Qingshan said.

"Them knowing is one thing, whether we admit it is another," Alkaid said, pausing for a moment, "Of course, doing this might provoke the Great Sun Sword Sect to not suppress their fury and start a full-scale war with us…"

"They wouldn’t dare!" Li Qingshan immediately said. "Our Nine Cauldrons Sect has Golden Core overseers, the Great Sun Sword Sect doesn’t have the guts, at most they’ll steadily encroach on the Eastern Sea and constantly press our living space, weakening our Spirit Stone production capacity until we can no longer maintain the old ancestor’s Golden Core state."

Alkaid nodded.

Li Hanqiu!

This Golden Core is the greatest protection of the Nine Cauldrons Sect!

While this Golden Core can maintain its state, no sect dares to wage a full-scale war against the Nine Cauldrons Sect easily.

"If the Great Sun Sword Sect takes over the entire Eastern Sea, it would significantly impact our development. The best way is to ensure the Great Sun Sword Sect doesn’t have the capacity to shift all their forces to our East Sea Archipelago,"

Alkaid said.

"The Myriad Beasts Sect and the Great Sun Sword Sect have disputes in the Stormy Sea, and even before the Northern Alliance dissolved, the Great Sun Sword Sect had completely sided with the Limitless Star Palace, creating irreconcilable differences between them. I will next contact the Sect Master of Myriad Beasts Sect, striving to stir up some action in the Stormy Sea, by then the Great Sun Sword Sect will have to guard against the direction of the Stormy Sea, surely they won’t have much force to put into the East Sea Archipelago," said Li Qingshan.

"Then that’s settled," Alkaid said with a smile.

His thoughts turned to the formations aboard this warship...

"With this Patrol Heaven Warship, we’ll be able to completely understand and reverse-engineer the layout of the Patrol Heaven Warships, creating our own Second Generation... or even bringing forth innovation, developing our Third Generation Patrol Heaven Warships, fully catching up with Cangwu’s leading standards."

"Third Generation Patrol Heaven Warships..."

Li Qingshan was filled with longing.

At that moment, Alkaid seemed to perceive something and said, "There’s new movement from the Great Sun Sword Sect, another Battle Courtyard has been called in, and the Vajra Patrol Heaven Warship has already been deployed, moreover, the Divine Fire Court’s reinforcements, Shenfeng Academy, are not far from you, to be safe, I will assist you in defeating and heavily damaging the Divine Fire Court, preventing them from forming an absolute advantage."

"Alright, I’ll contact Murong Hui right away for coordination!"

Li Qingshan nodded gravely, "When necessary, I will reveal the existence of the ’Elem Realm’."

Alkaid responded affirmatively.

The Nine Cauldrons Sect displayed overwhelming advantages in the Divine Cultivation path one after another, inevitably attracting the scrutiny and spying of major forces; secrets nearly at the "Dharma Phase" level couldn’t be hidden for long.

After all, there aren’t many foolish individuals who can hold high positions.

They just tend to habitually resort to violence to solve problems.

When violence fails, intelligence naturally comes back into play.

Like many matters, it’s often easier to deal with the person who poses the problem than to solve the problem itself.

Only when things get complicated, and no longer can be obscured, will they consider the problem itself.

Soon, Murong Hui, the Hall Master of Heavenly Palace Hall, once again displayed his divine might, his powerful force of Divine Sense weaving across the battlefield where Sword Execution Courtyard and Divine Fire Court clashed.

In this battlefield, Sword Execution Courtyard initially had the upper hand, while Divine Fire Court could only desperately hold on, waiting for reinforcements from the Spring Rain Vessel to turn the tide.

With "Murong Hui’s" immense force of Divine Sense arriving, as soon as the outside world lost perception with this battlefield, Li Qingshan’s led Sword Execution Courtyard suddenly seemed divinely assisted.

Not only did they instantly suppress the vigor of Divine Fire Court, but their swordsman’s accuracy also climbed to a new level.

In just a few exchanges, over a dozen swordsmen from Divine Fire Court were incapacitated.

From initially only three fatalities in over ten minutes, the death toll surged to ten within just one minute.

When two evenly matched forces clash, the advantage tends to snowball.

If it continued like this, in at most another ten minutes, Divine Fire Court even faced the risk of complete annihilation.

"There’s a problem! Definitely a problem!"

The Chief of Divine Fire Court keenly sensed the changes on the battlefield.

Primordial Spirit Cultivators!

Their Primordial Spirit Cultivators were being completely suppressed.

And this phenomenon seemed to have happened suddenly, which was extremely illogical.

There were only two possibilities for this change!

One was that a mighty figure had entered the battlefield in a way they couldn’t understand or perceive.

The other…

"Spiritual Treasure!"

The Chief of Divine Fire Court stared at the figure in the rear.

Li Qingshan, the Sect Master of Nine Cauldrons Sect!

Although according to the intelligence they had, Nine Cauldrons Sect had only eight Spiritual Treasures, but…

As a descendant of the Artifact Sect lineage, who would believe that their Spiritual Treasures were limited to only eight?

Now that Li Qingshan had led Sword Execution Courtyard into battle, akin to leading the charge himself, it was only natural to deploy a ninth Spiritual Treasure, especially one that enhances the power of Primordial Spirit Cultivators!

Despite prices being impacted, a Spiritual Treasure still commanded tens of millions of Spirit Stones.

Whereas the production cost of a Superior Grade Third Generation Treasure-Level Flying Sword was only about a hundred thousand.

From this, one could gauge the profound significance of such a treasure.

Considering the ability of Spiritual Treasures to alter a battle on a localized scale…

The Chief of Divine Fire Court immediately chose to sever the arm to save the body: "Retreat! Retreat while fighting! Regroup with Shenfeng Court!"

Following his command, Technique Cultivators and Primordial Spirit Cultivators were the first to rapidly withdraw.

Extremely agile sword cultivators then covered the rear, resisting the enemy.

Seeing the quick reaction of the Chief of Divine Fire Court, Li Qingshan didn’t continue to proceed slowly.

With a command, a dozen sword cultivators broke through the crowd, pursuing the fleeing Technique Cultivators and Primordial Spirit Realm cultivators.

Although the Chief of Divine Fire Court from the Great Sun Sword Sect tried his hardest to block, the remaining Sword Execution Courtyard swordsmen’s lifebound flying swords were so precise and sensitive that they provided no opportunity for rescue. Experience new tales on novelbuddy

Not only that, but their own situation also became perilously dangerous, forcing them to form defensive formations for protection.

Just as the entire Divine Fire Court was facing the risk of complete annihilation, Alkaid’s Divine Sense resonated with Li Qingshan, "We should retreat. The Divine Fire Court from the Great Sun Sword Sect has arrived, and moreover, Shenmu Academy is catching up fast. With the state of Sword Execution Courtyard’s members, once entangled by Shenfeng Court, they will ultimately exhaust their strength. Once Shenmu Academy arrives, the situation will be very perilous."

Seeing this, Li Qingshan felt regret.

If only every individual carried treasures that could rapidly rejuvenate their True Yuan...

Even just if at this moment, Nine Cauldrons Sect had another elite Battle Courtyard to support them by blocking Shenfeng Court, they would have had the capability to entirely annihilate Divine Fire Court here.

Rather than like now, where despite Divine Fire Court not having much strength left, they still couldn’t continue the pursuit to claim a complete victory.

"This victory is already enough; continuing the fight... the Great Sun Sword Sect might really start to resist fiercely..."

Alkaid noticed Li Qingshan’s regret and advised him.

"No."

Li Qingshan said, "Hall Master Alkaid, you don’t understand. The Great Sun Sword Sect, as well as people from other sects, aren’t like us from the Nine Cauldrons Sect; there is only one way to make them truly submit, and that is to thoroughly defeat them. Like now, we won, but it wasn’t a complete victory; instead, it might incite them to provoke us again... "

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Having said this, he didn’t continue.

Because it was pointless.

Nine Cauldrons Sect couldn’t rally another Battle Courtyard to hold off Shenfeng Court in support—that was the reality.

Otherwise, the situation wouldn’t have been so dire as to require him, the Sect Master, to lead the Sword Execution Courtyard into battle.

"Let’s return, the members of Sword Execution Courtyard have all performed well; next, let’s properly enjoy the fruits of our victory."