“Within the Vast Habitat, still in the Ten Thousand Soul Lamp Room. Yuanmeng’s face was cold as he sat at the elevated area.
There were forty to fifty people squeezed into the hall all around him.
Their faces were extremely ugly, their expressions dark and sunken.
“We can’t vent our hatred towards him even with a million cuts! When Great Senior Master Huayun returns, he needs to smash him into pieces and capture his soul, send him to the flames of hell and let him burn…”
“What is the use of saying such vicious words now? Great Senior Master Huayun and Longxuan need at least half a month to return. The battle with this Blood Sword Monster Lord is right ahead of us. We need to think of a way to force him back!”
“That’s right! Even if Zong Shou spends one more day in front of our Vast Habitat is a huge insult! The core of our Taoist Faction expanded for ten thousand years but we can’t handle one person. If this news spreads out, where will all our face go?”
“In the past when those sects were wiped out, we could say that our Taoist Faction was unable to save them in time. Now this Blood Sword Monster Lord found his way right over but there is nothing we could do about him. If that happens will there be any of the three thousand Taoist Sects that would be willing to listen to us?”
“Then what should we do? Not to mention us, even in the entire Cloud World, less than ten people could take a sword from him.”
“We only have less than forty Spirit Realm cultivators here. During the Yugang Ping An Temple battle, he killed more than that. With such little strength, if we all go out to fight, the outcome wouldn’t be much different…”
Qingming was listening on from the side, eyes filled with a depressed look.
A few days ago Zigui’s plan to split up and retreat was effective.
Even with the pursue of Blood Cloud Cavalry and interception from Zong Shou, around ninety Spirit Realm experts made it back. There were hundreds of Grade-9 ones. They didn’t lose much.
However most of them had their own sects and didn’t work directly for the Vast Habitat. As they were worried about the safety of their own sect, they all returned.
At that time Zong Shou was still sweeping, unrestrained, around the core Central Continent area. No one expected that he would directly search for Daoling Vast Habitat.
Since the Sword Sect split off, during these ten thousand years no one dared to challenge the dignity of Daoling Vast Habitat.
However this Blood Sword Monster Lord wasn’t afraid of anything…
She thought about this point when she was on the lone mountain.
That person really found the best opportunity to strike them!
“The best plan today would be to call back the Spirit Realm cultivators from all the sects back to the Vast Habitat.”
“Call them back? How long would that take? Moreover, how many of the three thousand sects would follow the Vast Habitat’s orders?’
“If our Vast Habitat falls to the level when we need to ask from help from the various sects, then how will we be able to command them? If it really reaches that stage then all of us here should just kill ourselves!”
“…However we can’t just sit still and watch that Zong Shou be so leisure and arrogant right?”
“A few days ago didn’t we already decided to temporarily have peace talks with Zong Shou? To drag out the time for Great Senior Master to return? Why did such a change occur?”
The room suddenly became silent. Many people recalled that the person who was in charge of those peace talks was the person seated at the elevated portion of the room.
Not long ago he had come into contact with Zong Shou. In just two hours, such a change occurred.
The person who spoke just now obviously didn’t have good intentions.
Yuanmeng’s eyes were totally dark, his gaze like a blade as he swept all the people around. He scoffed coldly and closed his eyes once more, not bothering at all.
This change was due to him and he wouldn’t push the blame to others.
In the depths of his heart, he felt a bit of regret. He really underestimated that kid…
He actually dared to directly challenge the Vast Habitat, he was really bold!
Ten Thousand Soul Lamp Room was silent for just a moment before they entered deep discussion once more.
“Do you remember that we still have three thousand Purple Qilin Flame Spear Cavalry here…”
“It was just built not long ago, how strong could they be? Zong Shou, a year ago fought against an army alone. A year later, he killed three gods. He most probably wouldn’t be afraid of three thousand of them.”
“This person came alone, even if we suffer slight losses we would still be losing face…”
“Dozens of Spirit Realm and thousands of cavalry killing him, don’t you think he would retreat?”
“Won’t that Zong Shou just leave? Moreover during the battle of Yugang Mountain, weren’t we all so confident? But in the end what happened? That person has many amazing protector beasts with him, their combat strength greatly increased. During the Yugang Mountain battle, he didn’t have those eighteen Natural Variants which could compare to Spirit Realm cultivators!”
“Our Vast Habitat has tens of thousands of disciples and we can’t deal with this one person?”
“So what if we even have a million? This person grasps the laws of space and if one isn’t strong enough, one won’t be able to hurt him. Unless one had even deeper and stronger space dao to force him into the Cloud World. Or if we set up a formation, how are we going to force him into that formation?”
“Do we have to ask for support from Tailing Sect?”
“Heh! Those Shrines and other sects are glad to see that happen. It is already not bad if they don’t help Zong Shou…”
“That’s right! Brother Feixiang, doesn’t your Chengri Temple want to take over the Vast Habitat Head position? At this moment the Vast Habitat is in trouble so shouldn’t you go all out to help. Chengri Temple has three Spirit Realm and seven Grade-9 cultivators. Seven thousand miles can be covered in just a few hours. Brother won’t push this responsibility aside right? If not, how can you make the masses listen to you?”
The moment those words were said, another voice rang out. It was also filled with a mocking intent.
“My Chengri Temple naturally won’t sit still and do nothing. However this Blood Sword Monster Lord has always been fierce and domineering. At this moment he is sealing up our Vast Habitat. My Chengri Temple has limited strength and before we assist, we need to think of a suitable method to enter. We can’t just send them to their death. As for your Taihua Sect, three days ago when Huimeng Temple was destroyed, you were just three hundred miles away but you didn’t save them. Is this your so called righteousness? You have the face to fight for the position of Palace Head?”
At the start, it was still okay but it sounded worse and worse as Qingming heard on. They were originally debating about how to deal with Zong Shou’s challenge.
However slowly it became them attacking one another.
Yuanmeng’s aura was ice cold, it caused the atmosphere within the room to become more and more suppressed.
In the end he couldn’t take it anymore, waving his sleeves and disappearing from the room.
Qingming was also furious as she looked outside the door with a dazed expression.
Her face was really solemn and thought to herself, did Zong Shou expect the Vast Habitat to end up in such a situation?
Just because of one person it was forced into such a state!
Daoling Vast Habitat was a lone world in the void outside of the Cloud World and there was no other place they could go to.
At this moment Qingming’s eyes seemed like it could look through the layers of space and ‘see’ that arrogant and delighted face.
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“It is already night!”
Zong Shou looked up at the sky, his eyes filled with confusion, “Weird! Junior Sister why did half a day passed and they still haven’t done anything?”
The area opposite them was totally silent. He was also unable to see how he could enter or exit that place.
He couldn’t help but thought that the Daoling Vast Habitat was afraid of all the killing that he had done.
Originally based on what he had planned, even if Daoling Vast Habitat did so for face, they just needed to send some people over to die. Or maybe to talk some random words with him.
On the contrary, there were more and more cultivators that gathered around.
There were Spirit Realm ones and also Grade-3 and below ones. Who knows which side and powers they belong to?
“Why do you ask when you know the answer? That Vast Habitat is probably in chaos…”
Shui Lingbo scoffed coldly, her face filled with disdain.
Following which she saw the smile on Zong Shou’s lips and felt annoyed by the arrogance of the fellow.
“Don’t be so quick to be happy! If you really force those people too much, they might work together to delay the fight for the position and deal with you first.”
Zong Shou didn’t bother at all, so what if they all worked together?
He was still able to attack and retreat as he wanted.
“It is possible for them to work together! However if they suffer too many losses under my sword then they might not have the ability to fight for the Palace Head position in the future…”
Nodding his head slightly, his face was filled with a sinister smile. He didn’t mind making the Vast Habitat situation more chaotic.
“If I was the Yuanmeng I would make the person who kills you the one that takes over Wu Xu!”
Although she said that but she also knew that the situation wouldn’t be that easy.
The Daoling Vast Habitat situation was much more complicated than their Common People Path.
Even if Yuanmeng wanted to do that, he would need to discuss with the many Saint Realm elders within the Vast Habitat.
Moreover whether or not they could kill him would also be a problem.
Following which he scoffed and started to count the powers of the Vast Habitat to try to scare Zong Shou.
“If Daoling Vast Habitat goes all out, they can at least gather two hundred Spirit Realm and a thousand Grade-9. Based on what I know, they still have two Celestial Realm God Lord Incarnations that they could utilize. Along with around thirty to forty thousand Purple Qilin Flame Spear Cavalry…”
Zong Shou broke into laughter when he heard that. He didn’t reply and didn’t bother about it.
Shui Lingbo seemed like she was talking to herself and slowly felt disinterested.
Two hundred Spirit Realm experts were not bad but needed time to shift them over. Not to mention whether or not they were able to do so. Even if they did, the current Zong Shou might not fear them.
He would fight them in a guerilla style, as long as they weren’t able to coordinate and work together properly then he would win.
As for God Lord Incarnations there should be more than two. However since the Spirit Wave is about to arrive, Daoling Vast Habitat wouldn’t use all their trump cards without having total confidence?
As for the cavalry, even if all forty thousand were sent out, it was the same theory as those Spirit Realm cultivators. Were they going to give up on all their foundations over to the Central Continent?
Although the Demon Path stopped fighting but with their personality if they saw the chance they might turn right away.
Thinking about it carefully, Shui Lingbo couldn’t help but shake her head.
“What if Yuanmeng really goes all out?”
“Of course we run!”
Zong Shou laughed, answering really clearly.
He wouldn’t say that his little puppy was not only a Qilin but the Qilin King Race blood.
