Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1490 - 1488: Unparalleled Island Under Attack

"Haha!" Chu Shen laughed, "The old man talks nonsense. Why must I part with something just because you fancy it? I fancy your wife too, are you willing to part with her?!"

The group of Constellation Early Stage cultivators recruited were sweating bullets, feeling that their Palace Master was really daring to speak that way to a Moon Jade Mid-Stage.

Little did they know, Chu Shen came from a prestigious background, his mother being a Sun Blaze expert. He had met many Moon Jades and felt no fear towards them. People like Nan Xingzhen couldn't overpower him.

Behind Chu Shen, the woman named Ban Ci frowned and glared at Chu Shen, seemingly perplexed as to how he could utter such reckless words.

Even if the opponent came with ill intent, some words could be spoken among cultivators in confrontation, and some could not. Many tragedies occurred merely due to reckless words.

"Insolence!" Nan Xingzhen shouted angrily, while the Moon Jade woman beside him gazed at Chu Shen with murderous intent.

"Insolence, my ass!" Chu Shen, showing no demeanor of a Palace Master, jumped and cursed, "If you want to fight, then hurry up and fight instead of putting on a pretentious act. You're just annoying!"

Nan Xingzhen nodded slightly, deciding not to waste more words with Chu Shen, and instead addressed the group of Constellations behind him, "Are you all ready to die with this ignorant brat? If anyone wishes to leave now, I'll grant them a path of survival!"

Attacking the enemy starts with attacking their morale. Nan Xingzhen, experienced as he was, knew this well. Even though his side greatly outmatched Unparalleled Island, divide and weaken the opponent, even if just verbally, and it would lessen unnecessary resistance for their side.

He was especially aware that the Unparalleled Palace had only been established recently, and these Constellations were mostly recruited from Zhaolai Island, with no real loyalty to speak of.

As he finished speaking, Chu Shen interjected, "Everyone, this old guy may look a bit ugly, but he's not wrong. If anyone wants to leave now, I'll open the big array for you to go. Of course, if anyone is willing to stay with me, Chu Shen, and share the same fate, that would be ideal. However, if you choose to stay and then act deceitfully or secretly sabotage us, don't blame me for being rude. Choose as you will; I, Chu Shen, won't force anyone!"

His words caught Nan Xingzhen by surprise. In all his years, he had never seen anything like this. At this moment, it's vital to rally people, even offering generous conditions to motivate them to stay and contribute. Yet here he was, offering people the chance to leave?

Truly still young and naive!

Some indeed hesitated, as the strength disparity was apparent. Even taking a defensive stance, victory seemed unlikely. If they lost and the protective array was breached, their fate would be dire.

So, after a moment of hesitation, one person shamefully spoke up, "I'm sorry, Palace Master!"

Chu Shen was not disappointed, merely nodding slightly, "It's human nature; no hard feelings, Fellow Daoist!" Pointing a direction, he said, "Go that way, and I'll open the big array for you to leave!"

The person hurried off towards the indicated direction.

Several others followed, bowing in respect before departing.

Seeing this, Nan Xingzhen struck while the iron was hot, "You have ten breaths. If you persist in futile resistance, once the island falls, it's your burial day!"

These words prompted a few more to leave.

Chu Shen remained expressionless, waiting until they reached the predetermined position before opening a gap in the array, allowing them to evacuate from Unparalleled Island.

"Anyone else wants to leave?" he asked.

Recruited about twenty Constellations from Zhaolai Island, yet only seven remained—more than half had left.

No one moved. Chu Shen found it curious, as he could clearly sense the anxiety and fear among those remaining, yet none were moving.

"Why aren't you leaving?" he asked, puzzled.

One person, with a stiff expression, spoke, "Where would we go, Palace Master? Go back to Zhaolai Island to make a living, living hand-to-mouth? I'm tired of that life. Better to stay and give it a shot!"

Chu Shen chuckled, "Aren't you afraid of being killed if the island falls?"

"Afraid!" The person wiped the cold sweat off their face, "But so what? The cultivation path is fraught with peril; there's danger everywhere. Besides, Palace Master, you seem so unyielding, as if you have plans in place. Your cultivation isn't much greater than ours, yet you're unafraid, so we can't be afraid either."

"Do you all think this way?" Chu Shen looked at the others.

Everyone nodded in unison, and someone asked, "Palace Master, do we have strong reinforcements hidden somewhere?"

Otherwise, why would Chu Shen act so calm and collected?

Chu Shen didn't affirm or deny, instead laughing heartily, "Good, from now on, you all are my life-and-death brothers. As long as I, Chu Shen, have a piece of spirit jade, you'll never suffer!"

He suddenly turned to look at the woman named Ban Ci, "Are you staying too?"

"Any issues?" Ban Ci countered.

"No problem!" Chu Shen beamed. Those at the Constellation Early Stage were willing to stay, speculating that he had some plan, so they decided to take a gamble. As for what Ban Ci was thinking, he couldn't figure it out, but it was a good thing for him. Ban Ci had cultivation at the Constellation Late Stage, not weak at all. Staying would add strength to their side.

"The world is full of fools, choosing the path of destruction when a way of survival exists. Since that's the case, I shall fulfill your wish!" Nan Xingzhen snorted coldly, waving his hand. Many Constellations behind him dispersed at once, and instantly, spirit force became chaotic, multicolored lights began to bloom fiercely, crashing towards the protective array.

Rumbling sounds continued to echo, the entire Unparalleled Island was shaking, ripples spurted up on the light screen of the protective array.

"Quite lively!" On one side of Unparalleled Island, Piao Ke took a sip from his wine gourd, "Didn't expect such a lively scene upon arriving!"

The specter teased, "You should still have time to leave now."

"This Spirit Island is nice, I'm planning to stay a bit longer." Piao Ke put away his wine gourd, "But if the Island Master doesn't have another backup plan, we might have to fight Moon Jade!"

As he spoke, his gaze turned towards the woman at Moon Jade Early Stage.

The opposition had two Moon Jade cultivators, while their side had only one. Tang Jun could hold off Nan Xingzhen, but as for the Moon Jade lady, they had no way to handle her. If she were to attack recklessly, no matter how strong the protection of Unparalleled Island was, it would be breached.

"I remember that Skeletal General now!" The specter wore a look of deep-seated enmity, "That guy wasn't even a real Moon Jade, and he almost led us to total annihilation. This woman is a real Moon Jade, we're definitely no match! And..." she glanced at Lu Ye, "He's no Fa Wuzun!"

Piao Ke nodded, "True, but this isn't that tomb, there's still more room for maneuver here."

"Decided?" the specter asked, "I have no choice, but you still have options."

She was brought here by Fa Wuzun, the brother of Chu Shen. If she didn't defend the island earnestly, Fa Wuzun would not let her off.

Piao Ke laughed, "When have you seen me indecisive?"

Lu Ye, who had been silently pondering, flipped his palm, revealing an item: "Who's leading?"

Their gazes were immediately drawn over, the specter exclaimed in surprise, "How do you have that thing?"

It was unmistakably an As-Close-As-Siblings Array Disc.

"Given by the Island Master!" Lu Ye casually lied.

The specter and Piao Ke did not doubt him. With Chu Shen and Fa Wuzun's relationship public, getting a few array discs from Fa Wuzun was no big deal.

"Now this could be interesting!" The specter nodded slightly. Although they originally thought that even joining forces, the three of them would not be the Moon Jade's match, only able to slightly impede her with great risk, if the array disc assisted, it might be possible to fight. "I'm a Ghost Cultivator, not suitable for the lead!" 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Piao Ke added, "You're a combat cultivator, you lead!"

Lu Ye planned for this, naturally he had no objections. Although battling the Skeletal General back then was tough, at that time he used the Crimson Dragon Saber, slightly hindering his potential, and had only Constellation Mid-Stage cultivation. Now his strength had improved, and with the three of them forming an array, facing a Moon Jade Early Stage... probably wouldn't be too much of an issue.

However, that woman seemed to be a magic cultivator, so they had to be wary of any strange secret techniques or magic treasures she might have.

On the Spirit Island, the buzzing continued. Nan Xingzhen looked surprised, because only now did he realize that the protective array of Unparalleled Island... was quite extraordinary!

He thought such a protective array would be easily breakable, but who knew their array was extremely high-level and had strong defense.

Setting up such a big array wouldn't come cheap. Who exactly are these people from Unparalleled Palace?

He didn't know that Chu Shen got five million spirit jades from Lu Ye, four million of which were invested in the array setup, leaving only one million spirit jades as a backup. Spending such a fortune to set up the array, how could it not be strong? It could be said that the current array of Unparalleled Island was entirely built with spirit jade.

Furthermore, the stellar space energy on the island was abundant. If there was more time for the array to absorb enough stellar space energy, the defense capability would be even more robust.

Currently, the array of Unparalleled Island might not compare to those occupied by major forces on high-class Spirit Islands in terms of level and scale, but it was certainly ahead among the low-class Spirit Islands. The only downside was that the array was set up too recently, with insufficient energy reserves.

Nan Xingzhen evidently understood this, so he concluded that the array wouldn't last long. As long as their side kept attacking, the array would eventually be breached.

Amid the buzzing, Chu Shen gathered those who stayed, counting the numbers, including Little Dumb and Little Crooked. In total, there were thirteen Constellation Early Stage cultivators.

With a flip of his hand, he took out several array discs and distributed them, "Just taking hits without fighting back isn't right. Find your own Array Eye; counterattack however you want!"

Everyone's eyes lit up, having received the array discs, they immediately split up and took action!