The Master of Beasts-Chapter 570 - 142:

"Forget it, Junior Brother. Since you've already reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm and came here, you probably want to contribute to the sect. Let me brief you on the situation first," Tian Yue said, shifting the topic.

"The current situation is that between us and the Thunder God Temple, the Golden Immortal Elders probably can't make a move. If they do, there's an eighty percent chance they'll be struck by lightning. That lightning power is unbearable for most, except for a few Elders."

"So, the Three Flowers Heavenly Immortals are the main force, and those of us who are One Flower Heavenly Immortals are considered the backbone."

"Right now, the sect disciples are mainly divided into two types: one is the elite squad, which goes deep behind enemy lines to sabotage those large-scale siege immortal weapons, cut off supplies, and perform these special tasks."

"The other joins the army for large-scale battles."

"What's the difference?" Chen Jiuge was quite interested in the battles of cultivators.

"There is a difference. Squad operations offer more spoils but fewer merit points, and the death rate is very high. Joining the army also comes with a high death rate, with fewer spoils, but more merit points," Tian Yue said casually.

Chen Jiuge frowned slightly, then shook his head and said, "I'd still take on tasks. I've never tried the army approach."

"Indeed, large-scale battles are different from fighting techniques. If you haven't experienced it, unexpected things can easily happen. But taking on tasks can also be different; some are quite safe," Tian Yue said with a wink.

"Like what?"

"For example, Junior Brother, you could help the army by cultivating powerful spiritual beasts."

.......

The strong wind stirred up a yellow storm. Chen Jiuge watched the sandstorm not far away, which carried the cries of low-cultivation, small-sized spiritual beasts.

The howling of the wind mixed with the wails of the spiritual beasts, seemed particularly bleak at this moment.

"Junior Brother, with the wind so strong outside, what are you looking at?" Qiu Ruo asked with curiosity.

"Nothing."

Returning to the warm and spacious tent, Chen Jiuge watched Tian Yue drinking, Qiu Ruo holding a white fox and stroking it, and Gu Zhengyu leisurely eating roasted meat, letting out a slight sigh.

It's been ten years since he arrived at No.1 City.

Back then, on Tian Yue's arrangements, his master, the Five Mountains Venerable, assigned Chen Jiuge a task with the Spiritual Beast Army, attempting to use the mountain of resources in the city to cultivate a powerful spiritual beast army to fight against the Thunder God Temple.

The result was mixed. If the spiritual beasts cultivated had their spiritual wisdom removed, once their numbers increased, chaos ensued, and they couldn't form an army.

If their spiritual wisdom wasn't removed, these spiritual beasts wouldn't willingly become cannon fodder, and there had been many spiritual beast riots.

Seen in this light, the initial attempt to use spiritual beasts against the Thunder God Temple seemed like a failure, but that was not entirely true.

Due to the overabundance of cultivated spiritual beasts, each battle resulted in a large number of spiritual beasts dying or being scattered, with some combining with the native spiritual beasts of the Golden Desert, while others were eaten and mutated.

Additionally, over these ten years, there were several clashes involving Golden Immortals, causing the great path to become increasingly chaotic, leading to a large number of space fragments in the entire pioneering area, with the time flow rate inside these fragments being different from the outside world.

In just ten years, many inexplicable factions emerged to claim territories, and although no Golden Immortal level great power appeared, there were many cultivators at the extreme of the Heavenly Immortal level, with countless others at the Heavenly Immortal level.

"Glug."

Downing a mouthful of Blood Wine, Tian Yue said angrily, "That Scorpion King in the north is really going too far, daring to attack our logistical team!"

Qiu Ruo said helplessly, "That Scorpion King's cultivation has reached the extreme of the Heavenly Immortal level. Apart from the Golden Immortal Elders, no one else can take him down."

"Senior Brother Gu, how is your cultivation progressing?" Chen Jiuge asked, looking at Gu Zhengyu.

After calmly swallowing the last bite of roasted meat, Gu Zhengyu said solemnly, "At the Two Flowers Realm, still a distance from the Three Flowers."

"Sigh, if only we could utilize the time flow in those space fragments," Qiu Ruo said, full of regret.

Since the Golden Desert hasn't yet assimilated with the True Realm, the laws within these space fragments are also incomplete. Breaking through using these laws would prevent further advancement.

However, it's still quite beneficial for those disciples with some potential, at least giving them hope to attempt the Heavenly Immortal Realm, otherwise unreachable for them.

While the four were chatting, they suddenly heard several curses from outside, followed by a series of explosions.

"It's a Heavenly Immortal battle!" Tian Yue said, narrowing his eyes slightly.

This was one of the Five Mountains Venerable's unique divine skills, the Mountain Range Heart, which could sense distant disturbances through the earth's veins, and with a slight spiritual energy fluctuation, the basic situation could be discerned.

"Oh, there's even a Heavenly Immortal fighting here?" Qiu Ruo said with some surprise.

Since the four of them have been stationed here, apart from some initial harassment by Thunder God Temple disciples and some reckless loose cultivators, the following years have been quite peaceful.

This is largely thanks to Chen Jiuge's powerful spirit beast nurturing abilities, with an absurd number of Heavenly Immortal Spiritual Beasts, even if a Three Flowers Heavenly Immortal were to break in recklessly, there would be no return.

"Let's go have a look," suggested Chen Jiuge.

Once the four were out of the tent, they saw a dark purple centipede, hundreds of feet wide, hovering in the distance.

"This is the Purple Centipede Divine Power of the Dark Centipede Elder. Strange, why is the Dark Centipede Elder here?" Tian Yue wondered.

"Why think so much? Let's just get closer and take another look."

Chen Jiuge slightly shook his head, released an Illusionary Great Roc, and the four of them leaped onto its back, flying towards the site of the battle.

...

"Cough, cough,"

Lei Mou covered his mouth and let out a cough, a dark purple shade of blood appearing on his palm, his face looking quite grim: "Dark Centipede Elder, are you courting death!"

The Dark Centipede Elder, with a face full of scars and hands like eagle claws, snorted coldly: "Courting death? I've thrived across the True Realm for a hundred thousand years and am quite fed up with life already. If you, a little brat from the Thunder God Temple, could slaughter me, it would be just what I want."

Though the Dark Centipede Elder's words were dismissive of Lei Mou, his hands never stopped moving and were even highly cautious.

As his hands continuously performed spells, the dark purple centipede Dharma image spiraling around him began to shift, with the purple shell condensed from spiritual energy continuously shedding to reveal the dark purple flesh within.

"Cry,"

Though it was merely a magical creation, it emitted a sound akin to a living being. Then, three pairs of massive dark red wings unfurled, and the centipede appeared like a bolt of lightning, instantly over Lei Mou's head.

The menacing mouthpiece gaped wide, and a tangible stench assaulted Lei Mou, making him dizzy and confused.

"Boom, boom, boom,"

At the last moment, Lei Mou finally snapped back to reality, and countless thunderbolts descended from the sky, the blue lightning engulfing both the centipede and himself. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"It's people from Thunder God Temple," Tian Yue cautiously said with a heavy hammer in hand.

"It's a Three Flowers Cultivator. I've sensed this aura before; it should be Lei Mou from the Thunder God Temple. We must be cautious," Gu Zhengyu said, nine blue Immortal Swords floating beside him, the sharp Sword Qi swirling with the current, forming a small river of Sword Qi.

As the dust settled, only the Dark Centipede Elder remained, fully protected by the spiraling dark purple centipede.

"Gone?" asked Qiu Ruo, whose cultivation was still in the True Immortal stage, as she searched around.

"Yes, it was the Blood Thunder Escape." After receiving the Shadow Demon's investigation information, Chen Jiuge explained.

"No wonder."

The Blood Thunder Escape, a unique escape technique of the Thunder God Temple, is incredibly fast, though costly, as it requires consuming a large amount of essence blood and can even affect one's foundation.

Looking at the four valiant figures before him, the Dark Centipede Elder thought to himself: "What a misery!"

"Four Fellow Daoists!" The Dark Centipede Elder was the first to clasp his hands in salute.

Despite being a famous Three Flowers Heavenly Immortal, the Dark Centipede Elder dared not underestimate the four individuals before him. In just a decade, quite a few Three Flowers Heavenly Immortals had perished under the guard of these four.

"Dark Centipede Elder, don't you think you owe us an explanation?" Tian Yue squinted his eyes and said.

Although the Five Mountains Venerable was a loose cultivator, he later accepted the Five Elements Sect's invitation to become a Guest Elder, and it was quite unfortunate that the Five Mountains Venerable deeply despised loose cultivators because, allegedly, his own descendants perished at the hands of loose cultivators.

As a disciple of the Five Mountains Venerable, Tian Yue's attitude towards loose cultivators was naturally no better.

Looking at Tian Yue's murderous expression, then glancing at the expressionless faces of the other three, the Dark Centipede Elder sighed inwardly, lowered his head slightly, and said, "I have important information to disclose."

Such demeanor somewhat surprised the four, for they knew the Dark Centipede Elder was no ordinary loose cultivator; he had risen step by step from the grassroots to become a Three Flowers Heavenly Immortal.

Despite being limited by resources and having barely ordinary cultivation techniques and divine skills, the Purple Centipede Divine Power had long reached perfection, even surpassing the original creator of this technique, making his battle prowess formidable.

After transmitting their opinions through Divine Sense, the four slightly nodded and said, "Then let's discuss it in our camp!"

"Alright." Since he had made up his mind, the Dark Centipede Elder wouldn't dawdle either.