“Swish! Boom!”
A silver-white beam of light fell from the sky, exploding a cloud of smoke on the ground.
When the smoke gradually cleared, two masked girls in black clothes appeared in the smoke.
They were Hua Jian and Linglong.
This time, Hua Jian landed surprisingly smoothly and successfully!
For as long as Hua Jian could remember, this was the first time she had landed on the ground of a secret realm in an upright standing position.
Before, she was always spat out by the space passage, rolling on the ground a few times before stopping, and she would always suffer a minor injury at the start.
Now, although she was still spat out when leaving the space passage, her strength had increased, and she no longer had to fall.
What was the principle behind this? Hua Jian was still in the dark for now. Maybe it was because of her physique?
In any case, every time she entered a secret realm through a space teleport, this happened, and she couldn’t figure out why.
“The landing point is very precise. It seems the plan didn’t go wrong.”
Hua Jian tried to sense the things she had left behind in the secret realm and confirmed the current situation.
At the edge of the secret realm, the Colored Foliage had almost finished consuming that area.
The structure of the secret realm had already suffered irreversible damage.
With the Colored Foliage pushing things along, the secret realm’s future was already sealed.
Inside the secret realm, Hua Jian had also arranged some hidden plants that could act as eyes, used to spy on the movements of the cultivators in the secret realm.
Within her perception, she could already see several teams of cultivators about to meet at the resource points.
These cultivators were rather obedient. They followed the battle strategy that Wanhuagu had prepared for them and all bought Passage Cards.
Plus, due to the spawn points Hua Jian had set, their speed to reach the target points was almost the same.
In other words, the opening blitz and encounter battles were about to begin.
“Come, let’s see how these demonic cultivators perform in the first round.”
Hua Jian took a round, glass bead-like object from her Storage Pouch and held it in her hand.
This wasn’t a very precious Spirit Tool, but rather a kind of projector-like prop.
The price was very affordable, and cultivators basically all had one.
Its use was also very simple: to convert images from the mind into real-world images.
It was the kind of Spirit Tool that had basically no combat power but was very practical.
Combined with Hua Jian’s ability, it became a high-definition camera with an extremely wide distribution range.
“According to my arrangement, those cultivators will meet at this place and then start fighting.” Hua Jian pointed at a spot that was still calm for now.
She had designed the secret realm and arranged the spawn points, so of course she knew where this battle would most likely break out.
This was the battlefield she had carefully designed!
After about ten minutes, two teams of cultivators spawned in nearby Position 1 arrived at this area at the same time.
Upon seeing each other, they almost didn’t hesitate for a moment and struck out fiercely.
At about the same time, similar battles broke out in several other resource zones. The flames of war were ignited in an instant.
“Not a single one chose to coexist peacefully?” Linglong saw this and couldn’t help but feel curious.
“If they were Righteous Path Cultivators, in this situation, they most likely wouldn’t fight at once. Instead, they would choose to bicker and negotiate, trying to see if they could resolve the resource distribution of this resource point peacefully.”
Fighting is a last resort. Of course, this only happens when facing opponents of similar strength and status.
If they encountered cultivators from a small faction, many Righteous Path Cultivators would also choose to suppress them with their power, trying to drive the other cultivators out of this resource point.
Heavenly Dao Sect Cultivators are best at this. This often makes them looked down upon by cultivators from other Saint Sects, who scold them for being petty.
But even the Tiandao Sect only drives people away and is done with it.
They don’t kill everyone, nor do they start fighting directly upon meeting like these demonic cultivators, with every move aimed at the enemy’s vital points.
It seems that negotiation and compromise have never been in the vocabulary of these cultivators.
“Of course. None of the demonic cultivators who can enter this secret realm are easy to get along with. And the battle strategy we planned for them is to eliminate other competitors in the resource point as quickly as possible, monopolize the entire resource zone, and then use the terrain advantage to deal with the subsequent cultivators who follow.”
These cultivators who started fighting directly all received a customized service from Wanhuagu.
All the Wanhuagu cultivators who gave them customized strategies made them firmly believe that only by fighting like this could they gain the maximum benefit.
Moreover, demonic cultivators know very well what demonic cultivators are like. They won’t trust each other.
The reason Righteous Path Cultivators can trust each other to some extent, like Saint Sect Disciples being a gold-lettered signboard, is that this identity carries a lot of weight once it’s shown.
That’s also the reason Righteous Path Cultivators can maintain a certain level of peace and restraint in the secret realm.
But demonic cultivators are different. They all know what demonic cultivators are like.
They know that even if they coexist peacefully now, those enemies are definitely thinking about how to stab them in the back.
Because they are thinking the same way.
In that case, rather than guarding against cold knives that could appear at any time and dying extremely aggrieved, it’s better to settle the outcome with strength.
That way, they don’t have to play too many tricks.
Most demonic cultivators actually don’t like playing tricks. They prefer straightforward methods, and the battle plans provided by Wanhuagu suit their tastes.
Fight on sight, eat after fighting, then fight again after eating. How satisfying!
“As expected of someone who goes straight for the resource point from the start, their strength is indeed impressive.”
Watching the 3v3 battle breaking out in the resource point, Hua Jian only wished she had a bucket of popcorn in her hand.
This was much more exciting than the sci-fi movies she had watched in her previous life. The special effects, the visceral feel of the punches—way too awesome!
Linglong also entered serious mode. Although Hua Jian’s broadcast image wasn’t particularly clear, she could still see many details of the battle.
These demonic cultivators who blitzed at the start all had sufficient confidence in their own strength, and the facts proved that their confidence was not arrogance.
Arrogant demonic cultivators usually don’t live long. The ones who have stayed confident up to now must have some real skills.
Their fights had their own unique styles, but they were quite unified in one point: they never held back, aiming every move at vital points.
The various combat methods of demonic cultivators had the core purpose of killing, which was clearly different from the spells of the Right Path.
While watching these fights, Hua Jian looked at Linglong. “When fighting them, you absolutely cannot have the thought of holding back.
If you have that thought, the demonic cultivators will likely seize the opportunity to combo you into a disadvantage.
After all, you hold back, but the demonic cultivators won’t.”
“Don’t worry, I’m not that naive.” Linglong nodded. She had dealt with demonic cultivators before and knew how terrifying these desperate people were.
Back in Canghai, her Master always earnestly told her whenever mentioning the Magic Path: when encountering Magic Path cultivators, she must never adopt a mindset of mercy.
Mercy was something to consider only after confirming the opponent posed no threat.
Before that, every move and technique must be fully exerted, with the ultimate goal of killing the opponent.
Many demonic cultivators can no longer be considered human. They are ferocious beasts, monsters in human skin.
Killing them all is the best result for this world.
“That’s good…”
“What about you? Will you show mercy?” Linglong asked back.
Hua Jian laughed. “Probably not.”
Theoretically, she had killed quite a few cultivators, but she wasn’t sure if she would subconsciously not want to kill when facing these situations.
It’s easy to say, but once it comes to practice, all sorts of things pop up.
That’s why practical training like this is especially important. Getting tripped up here only loses face. Getting tripped up later might cost you your life.
Getting tripped up now only means losing some face. Getting tripped up later might mean losing your life.
“Probably?”
“I think I’m someone who’s easily soft-hearted, so I don’t know if I’ll dare to strike when I encounter these enemies.”
Hua Jian put on a weak expression, as if she were a little white flower raised in a greenhouse, never having seen wind or rain.
As the two were talking, casualties finally appeared between the fighting parties in the Treasure Pearl projection.
One side suddenly took out a Spirit Tool from their Storage Pouch, catching a cultivator from the other side off guard.
That Spirit Tool pierced through the arm of a Ling King from the other side, immediately putting the injured Ling King at a huge disadvantage.
The attacking side, seeing their sneak attack succeed, immediately pressed the advantage, beating the three opponents back step by step.
To protect their injured companion, the other side could only barely hold on, looking like they couldn’t last much longer.
“No, this is a trap. Those sneaky guys are in danger.”
But Hua Jian, as an observer, immediately realized something was wrong.
The seemingly disadvantaged three were actually luring the enemy deeper.
Before arriving at this battlefield, they had set up some traps not far behind them.
These traps, like Hua Jian’s plants, would activate as soon as they landed, and their effectiveness shouldn’t be bad.
Otherwise, why would those cultivators drop these traps on the ground?
Sure enough, when the pursuers entered the trap range, the traps buried in the ground activated immediately.
The fierce Spiritual Power impact caught the pursuers off guard.
Yes, the effect of those traps was very simple and crude—sheer lethality.
After a series of explosions, the pursuers, who thought victory was in their grasp, retreated in a sorry state.
Compared to their opponent, who only had one injured person, their current condition was much worse.
If not for their body-protecting Spirit Tools blocking most of the attacks, they might have died right in the traps.
While they were being bombarded, the cultivator with the injured arm had already taken healing pills, temporarily suppressing the injury.
Although his combat power had decreased, it was still much better than theirs.
Thus, the disadvantaged side became the three of them.
Without a moment’s hesitation, they chose a strategic retreat. If they fought any longer, they would be annihilated. What else could they do?
But their opponents wouldn’t let them escape. After a fierce chase, the original attackers had to flee separately.
In the end, at the cost of one life, the remaining two barely escaped.
And this resource point could only be left to the victors of this battle.
After watching the whole battle, Hua Jian let out a dissatisfied snort. “Only one died. Useless.”
She had thought more people would die, but after all that fighting, only one person dropped. How abstract.
The results of the battles in other places were similar. There was almost no team that was completely wiped out.
The worst was a two-for-one trade, and then the lone wolf successfully escaped.
“Without a numerical advantage, it’s very hard to kill an opponent of the same rank.” Linglong wasn’t surprised by this outcome.
Cultivators aren’t glass cannons that die after taking a few shots.
Their toughness and attack power are fairly balanced. Between cultivators of similar strength, it’s not easy to decide life and death.
It requires both cultivators to fight to the death with a suicidal mindset, with neither side cowardly running away, to produce a casualty.
So, in every sense, the advice Hua Jian gave to the demonic cultivators was good advice. Since they couldn’t win in quality, just pile up quantity.
Three against one, three ganging up on one, that was basically a guaranteed kill.
As long as the demonic cultivators could gather their teams, they could kill any team they encountered, letting the cultivators of the Magic Path experience the power of a sea of people.
“Is there any way to stop them from escaping?” Hua Jian frowned, thinking about what she should do in this situation.
She didn’t plan to kill every demonic cultivator she saw, but after watching the combat power and will of these cultivators, she realized she really needed to consider the problem of pursuit.
If she couldn’t kill the ones she wanted to kill, that was a big problem.
If this guy found the situation unfavorable and turned to run after a couple of exchanges, she seemed to have no way to chase after him and take his life.
She wasn’t worried about her frontal combat power, but the opponent’s escape was a difficult problem to solve.
“Yes. Hit them so hard they can’t escape before they think of running, or use traps to prevent their escape… There are actually many ways.”
Linglong indicated that this wasn’t a very difficult thing.
“The core point is this: don’t let the opponent have the ability to escape when they want to. For example, you can pretend to be weak, then suddenly burst out, catching the opponent off guard and hitting them so hard they don’t get a chance to escape.”
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