Chapter 729: Invasion!

Relying on Shang Xia’s ability to amplify their combat abilities, Gong Xinlan and the rest modified the battle formation passed down by the 3 Elysiums.

As the experts of the Spirit Abundance World could come at any time, time was of the essence. They tried their best to get used to the battle formation while making their modifications.

They made significant progress and it might have something to do with the pressure for them to work together. It might also be because of Shang Xia’s extremely versatile inner qi. Whatever it was, their practice went really smoothly.

Throughout the process, Shang Xia was also becoming more familiar with the transformation of his inner qi to correspond to that of the others.

Originally, Shang Xia was only able to amplify Gong Xinlan’s Heart Flame Fist Intent by close to 30 percent. After several rounds of familiarizing themselves with each other, he was able to superimpose his inner qi onto hers to increase her strength by close to 50 percent.

Naturally, the sharp increase would only happen when Shang Xia was able to focus and give it his all to transform his dipper qi to resonate with her. He would be unable to fend for himself if that was the case and when that happened, their battle formation would only be left with 4 experts.

Throughout the process, Shang Xia used himself as the core of the battle formation and slowly built a formless cycle of the 5 elements among the group.

In order to do so, he had to gather the dipper qi of the Metal, Wood, Water, and Fire Elements from the others. After that, he would transform his inner qi to that of the Earth Element. He would circulate the 5 elements in a complete cycle according to the framework of his rank five martial arts.

Under such circumstances, Shang Xia discovered the speed at which he could complete each cycle increased bit by bit. He had a vague feeling that he would be able to gather dipper qi from others that corresponded to the 5 elements to cultivate if things were to keep up.

That was what he was truly concerned about.

It only served to prove the tyrannical might of his martial path. The more he refined his rank five martial arts, the further he would be able to progress on the path of cultivation. The difficulty he would face when cultivation would decrease greatly with the ability to absorb different types of dipper qi.

It didn’t take long for him to restrain his greed. He no longer absorbed dipper qi from the others to strengthen himself directly. Instead, he made use of the resonance between the 5 elements inside his body and the elements that surrounded him to further improve and refine his rank five martial arts.

He knew how rare it was for him to be able to do that. Every time he completed a full circulation of his inner qi, Shang Xia could feel that the time taken was decreasing. Originally, he needed close to 10 hours to complete a single cycle. After several rounds of improvement, he shortened it by an hour…

It was a shame he wasn’t able to stay in his current state for long. A strange spot of light grew larger in the distance and it fell like a giant sun towards the region of sealed space. The invasion from the Spirit Abundance World had finally begun.

“Fellow cultivators, please protect the region around you. We cannot allow these foreign cultivators to enter our world!” A boundless voice rang through the region of sealed space, into the minds of the Martial Dipper Realm experts present.

With the start of the invasion, a dim six-sided barrier that resembled colored glass materialized and resisted the power of the blinding ray falling towards them. Both sides started to grind away at each other’s power.

Creaking and groaning came from the empty void around them as cracks slowly formed on the glass barrier around them. A formless stream of energy passed through the next moment and the cracks were sealed.

The powerful ray of light seemed to crash into the barrier in waves. After the initial impact was neutralized, yet another powerful blast arrived. It slammed heavily into the glass barrier.

That was an exchange between powers of the Sixth Order of the Primary Realm!

The sound of rushing waves was heard as the ray of light slammed into the barrier again and again. Cracking sounds filled the air and it seemed to directly affect the souls of those within. Every time the ray of light would crash into the barrier, their hearts would thump heavily in their chests.

Experts with strong foundations in the Martial Dipper Realm weren’t too affected, but the same couldn’t be said for weaker cultivators. The longer they observed what was going on, the more likely they would be swayed. Their morale would take a huge hit and their inner qi would start to get restless.

“Everyone, calm yourself! Don’t worry needlessly about the glass barrier. An exchange between experts of the Sixth Order of the Primary Realm isn’t something you can make sense of!” A powerful voice came from the front of the sealed space. The person who spoke wasn’t in the Sixth Order of the Primary Realm, but it was clear he was an expert in the Martial Dipper Realm with thick foundations.

Gong Xinlan and the others quickly averted their gaze from the barrier and the ray of light so as not to allow their emotion to be swayed by what was happening up there. They even went as far as to not extend their divine will over to observe the situation.

Shang Xia’s Five Elements Dipper Qi could greatly reduce the mental impact of the exchange out there, but it obviously wasn’t time to attract attention to himself. He lowered his head obediently but his divine will was firmly locked onto the exchange.

The Spirit Abundance World was a higher world and it didn’t matter what level of experts they tried to compare. The number of experts they had in the Sixth Order of the Primary Realm and the Martial Dipper Realm far surpassed the experts of the Azure Origin World and Azure Spiritual World.

Even so, the expert of the Spirit Abundance World projected his energy through space and no one knew how far it had to travel before reaching its intended target. A good portion of the power contained in the ray of light had already dissipated.

The new world formed by the fusion of the Azure Origin World and Azure Spiritual World might only have 3 Elysiums, but the situation was in their favor. They were defending, and they had the geographical advantage. They were able to hold off the attack coming from the depths of space for the time being.

Unfortunately, the Spirit Abundance World wasn’t a higher leveled world for nothing. Even with countless miles between them, they held the initiative in their offensive. As time passed, the advantage they held became more and more obvious.

The clearest sign was the lowered rate of recovery of the cracks forming in the glass barrier.

The sound of glass cracking filled the ears of those present and the speed of recovery was slowly unable to match up to the speed of destruction. If things kept up, it wouldn’t be long before the barrier was destroyed!

An unavoidable clash with the experts of the Spirit Abundance World was about to happen!