The wind blew very slowly.
It carried strands and strands of the smell of blood.
Five thousand five hundred years.
The attack on Heavenly Rain Realm that the realm had planned for nearly ten thousand years finally began. Boiling Water Great Saint took the lead, claiming it was under the call of the Lord of The Twelve Restricted Zones to attack Heavenly Rain Realm.
All the saints of the Sacred Hall had to go to the battlefield, and each upper-level sect of the realm also had to provide a cultivator above the fifth level of the Heaven Patching Realm.
The momentum was strong, the reputation was magnificent, and the well-known sects had to pay more, otherwise the saints would come to settle accounts in person.
Of course such a big battle could not lack Chen Xia, the chief of the Sacred Hall.
But he just didn't attend the meeting of the Sacred Hall, and didn't come no matter what was said.
Boiling Water Great Saint asked Wang Yangzi to invite Chen Xia to come. Wang Yangzi did go, but whether he invited or not was hard to say. He probably just played two games of chess and came back.
Later Boiling Water Great Saint asked in puzzlement: "Where is he?"
Wang Yangzi just smiled and replied: "I guess he's going through puberty and doesn't want to come."
"?" Boiling Water Great Saint frowned tightly, he really didn't understand these two, so he could only say,
"Let me go invite him myself after some time. You prepare first, refine more elixirs, they will definitely be needed when fighting with Heavenly Rain Realm."
"Um." Wang Yangzi nodded without saying anything else. He couldn't persuade Boiling Water Great Saint, nor could he influence the Lord of The Twelve Restricted Zones's idea, so since it was decided to fight, he could only accept it.
He turned around and was about to leave when Boiling Water Great Saint suddenly said:
"The random killing of Jia Saint last time actually displeased the Lord of The Twelve Restricted Zones. He wanted to confront you two face to face, but I persuaded him out of it, saying that you two are more important than Jia Saint, and can play a big role in the later fight with Heavenly Rain Realm."
"So I still hope that you two can really play a big role and make the Lord of The Twelve Restricted Zones recognize you."
Wang Yangzi stopped, standing at the door of the hall, shrouded in dim light. His expression was unclear as he simply nodded and said,
"Of course."
He lifted his footsteps and walked completely out of the hall.
This was the first time Boiling Water Great Saint had threatened him and brought up the Lord of The Twelve Restricted Zones.
From his understanding of Chen Xia, Chen Xia was definitely not afraid of the Lord of The Twelve Restricted Zones. If you provoke Chen Xia, he might blow himself up along with the Lord of The Twelve Restricted Zones. See the details in the example of when he was chasing the Ancestor in the Death Domain.
But Wang Yangzi would definitely not let Chen Xia and the Lord of The Twelve Restricted Zones blow each other up.
The Lord of The Twelve Restricted Zones represented the realm. The realm would only exist if the Lord of The Twelve Restricted Zones existed.
Wang Yangzi was a cultivator born and raised in the realm. The realm was his hometown. If the Lord of The Twelve Restricted Zones died, the realm would also be harmed, and Chen Xia would probably be severely injured too.
One was his old friend, the other was his hometown. Wang Yangzi didn't want conflict between the two no matter what. If there really was an irreconcilable conflict in the future, he hoped Chen Xia could give him some face and spare the Lord of The Twelve Restricted Zones, and not blow himself up with the Lord of The Twelve Restricted Zones.
Moreover, behind Chen Xia there was still the existence of the Vast Emperor, although it was unclear where he had gone, but he definitely wasn't dead. The Emperor could freely travel among the heavens and worlds, and would definitely come to the realm to find Chen Xia one day.
If by then Chen Xia had perished along with the Lord of The Twelve Restricted Zones, the Vast Emperor might really want to blow up the entire realm.
"Sigh." Wang Yangzi let out a soft sigh, hoping the two Great Saints and the Lord of The Twelve Restricted Zones could be sensible.
The realm's preparations were proceeding vigorously. Elixirs, treasures were all equipped to the best. First a saint and several quasi-saints took the lead, bringing a group of Heaven Patching Realm cultivators, crossing through the Star Gate and invading Heavenly Rain Realm's border areas by surprise.
The realm wanted to break through Heavenly Rain Realm's interface barrier first, so that after entering Heavenly Rain Realm they would not be restricted by the interface, suppressing their cultivation.
But the cultivators of Heavenly Rain Realm were not stupid either, and quickly reacted, sending saints to greet them in battle, not inferior at all to the realm's lineup; on the contrary, because the realm was invading across interfaces, their combat power was weakened, so they were suppressed by Heavenly Rain Realm.
The leading saint of the realm bore huge pressure, bitterly fighting at the edge of the void interface. Seeing the odds were low, he didn't continue attacking, but instead turned around calling for everyone to retreat.
The saint of Heavenly Rain Realm did not pursue them, standing high above the interface, disdainfully scolding:
"With just that bit you dare attack the interface, truly fearless inferior crap, run slower and I'll really flay your skins, take all your souls to light the heaven lanterns!"
The realm cultivators' first expedition could only be said to be not very ideal. Several saints leading a group of Heaven Patching Realm cultivators quickly came back through the Star Gate after just five days.
Boiling Water Great Saint stood guarding the Star Gate, waiting for them to come out and asked caringly: "How was the battle?"
The leading saint gave a dry laugh, he couldn't say they were chased and beaten, so he solemnly said: "Heavenly Rain Realm seems to have prepared early, sent out a huge force to wait for us, we were ambushed, and had no choice but to retreat first."
Boiling Water Great Saint's brows furrowed slightly. "Heavenly Rain Realm is so powerful? They were actually able to prepare in advance..."
"They should have progressed over these tens of thousands of years, so it was difficult to attack." The leading saint agreed.
Boiling Water Great Saint glanced at him but did not reply. Now that they had already made the first move, the entire realm's morale was high, and there was no turning back after drawing the bow. If they gave up now, the realm would never have the heart to attack other interfaces again.
Moreover, he really didn't believe that a Heavenly Rain Realm could be so capable, it was just a long-declined interface, how could it block the realm's great army from invading?!
That was what Boiling Water Great Saint thought, and indeed what he did. Less than three months after the first expedition, the realm's second expedition set out again.
Moreover, the lineup this time was much more powerful than the first time, led by Boiling Water Great Saint himself, bringing five saints to personally cross the Star Gate and fight.
Heavenly Rain Realm also made preparations early, with saints guarding the edge of the interface barrier.
Heavenly Rain Realm really hadn't expected that the realm would send back a Great Saint this time. The saints guarding the interface desperately resisted without retreating at all, fighting the realm's group at the edge of the interface.
This battle lasted half a month, mystic arts and dao were fully displayed. Heavenly Rain Realm's edge exploded with countless supreme mystic arts, the guarding saints fell in succession, saint blood dyed the blue sky, saint heads rolled into the interface's mountains and rivers, transforming into the landscape.
The realm side lost two saints.
All six Heavenly Rain Realm saints were annihilated, and the edge of the interface was punched through with a huge hole, making it proper and justified to enter Heavenly Rain Realm from here, reducing the interface suppression a lot.
In this battle, Boiling Water Great Saint beheaded two saints within the edge of the realm, and forcibly tore open a huge hole while resisting the interface limit with his Great Saint abilities, paving the way for the realm's future attack.
This was the realm's second expedition, obtaining victory at the cost of two saints, Boiling Water Great Saint led the saints back, preparing to launch the most ferocious third attack.
Just as they were still planning, a sudden change occurred.
Heavenly Rain Realm traced back the Star Gate, crossed the void, and counterattacked!
With the lineup of five Great Saints, they forcibly tore open the realm's barrier and descended on the upper layer of the realm!