Chapter 731: As the Battle Grows in Intensity

If not for the fact that they were taking turns to intercept the experts of the Spirit Abundance, Shang Xia wouldn’t have known they had 9 full squads of 5 Martial Dipper Realm experts each. They managed to gather a terrifying 45 experts in the Martial Dipper Realm!

Shang Xia thought that if everything went smoothly, they wouldn’t have to fight since they were at the very rear. Who would have thought that they would be called to arms so quickly?

Their squad was located closer to the central region and they were in charge of stopping the experts pouring in from the spatial tunnel in the middle. The other squads had also arrived at their respective positions as they prepared to welcome the next wave of experts.

While they were flying to their position, Shang Xia glanced at the other squads who had already fought.

Of the squad who had already dealt with their opponents, every single expert present was in the third element of the Martial Dipper Realm or higher. Even so, they weren’t completely unaffected. In one of the squads, one of them had a pale face as blood stained his clothes. It was clear he suffered pretty serious internal injuries.

There was another who lost a limb and was trying to grow a new one with the assistance of his inner qi.

Clearly, the 3 experts from the Spirit Abundance World who led the charge were true elites. Even though they were suppressed by a 5 man battle formation, they managed to force their opponents to pay a heavy price.

If the experts in their formations could utilize their abilities fully and drag the battle out, it was possible for them to not suffer at all. Unfortunately, time was of the essence. They had a limited number of experts and if they couldn’t kill their opponents in the shortest amount of time, they might be overwhelmed by those pouring out from the spatial tunnels. If the number of experts from the Spirit Abundance World increased steadily, they would eventually be able to suppress everyone present!

As such, they had no choice but to conclude the battle as quickly as possible, even if it meant that they had to suffer multiple injuries.

The second group of squads who intercepted their opponents were made up of experts in the second and third element of the Martial Dipper Realm. They were a lot more fortunate than the first group as the opponents they had to face were in the second element of the Martial Dipper Realm. There might be 2 of them, but it was nothing they couldn’t handle. They quickly killed one of them while heavily injuring the other.

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When Shang Xia was observing the rest of the battles, the squads also noticed them.

“Do not meet them head-on. It’s fine if you manage to hold them off for some time. The others will provide assistance when it’s possible!” The experts from the first group could easily tell the cultivation level of Shang Xia and the others. Understanding that they were newly promoted experts, one of them sighed and gave one final piece of advice.

“Just try your best!” The leader of the squads in the second group yelled at Shang Xia and the others from another direction.

If it wasn’t obvious, neither of them felt that Shang Xia’s squad would be able to deal with their opponents. From that they could see, Shang Xia and the others might have just stepped into the Martial Dipper Realm. They might not even have developed their rank five martial arts and might not be able to fully circulate their inner qi.

Actually, most of them were mistaken about one thing. They thought that Shang Xia was the latest to enter the Martial Dipper Realm because of his age, but they couldn’t be more wrong! In terms of time in the Martial Dipper Realm, Shang Xia was considered their senior in every way!

He was the only one to enter the Martial Dipper Realm before the fusion of the worlds. The other 4 took advantage of the overflowing world origin back then to step into the Martial Dipper Realm. They even had to use the reward of the World’s Will when their respective factions completed their integration of their islands from the Manyu Continent.

The only difference Shang Xia had from them was that he had to develop his rank five martial arts from scratch. His combat abilities were severely limited.

The others fared slightly better. At the very least, Yi Jingzi and Shen Baisong were geniuses from their respective Holy Lands. They would receive the inheritance and past experiences of those who came before them so they could start training. Gong Xinlan and Lady Yu weren’t nobodies either.

That was why Shang Xia only chose to reveal a portion of his abilities to them earlier.

Everything he was thinking of flew through his mind and in the blink of an eye, they arrived in their position close to the spatial tunnel.

At almost the same instance, a powerful light emerged from within. Formless spatial fluctuations spread through the area and 2 powerful auras emerged from within.

“There are 2 of them! They are in the second and third element of the Martial Dipper Realm!”

It wasn’t time to hide his abilities and Shang Xia quickly revealed their opponents’ strength.

After hearing about the other side’s cultivation levels, the others felt their expressions sinking.

Obviously, the Spirit Abundance World had a gauge of their strength after the series of probes from before. They sent 2 experts at the same time and they realized that it would work best when 1 was in the third element of the Martial Dipper Realm while the other was in the second element of the Martial Dipper Realm.

“Attack! We’ll focus on the weaker one!” Gong Xinlan yelled as she led the offensive.

The others didn’t say anything else as they agreed with her completely.

When facing experts who far outclassed them in terms of cultivation, they could only choose to attack the weaker one with everything they had. Only then would they have the ability to hold off the stronger one.

With a slight thought, Shang Xia released his Five Elements Dipper Qi. It transformed into a giant ring of five colored light and made a slight connection with the inner qi barriers around the others. With the connection, all of them could borrow each other’s energy and strengthen their abilities.

Gong Xinlan took the initiative and sent a punch forward. A tyrannical fist intent tore through the void and flew at the expert in the second element of the Martial Dipper Realm who emerged from the spatial tunnel.

The same time she did, the connection of the 5 elements created by Shang Xia did its thing. A dense stream of Wood Element Qi fused itself with her fist intent. Like adding fuel to a flame, her fist intent strengthened by close to 50 percent. It burned with even greater intensity.

Shen Baisong and Yi Jingzi made their moves as well and Shang Xia completed the transformation of qi almost instantaneously.

The Wooden Ruler in Shen Baisong’s hand ripped space apart and became a lot more flexible the next second. His moves became a lot more unpredictable.

Yu Jingzi’s golden short knife moved with greater power. It allowed her strikes to become much more fearsome and quick.

Back when the Spirit Abundance World managed to create the third opening in the glass barrier, the sealed space was no longer a mystery to the upper echelons of the Spirit Abundance World.

After the first 3 waves of experts entered, they gained an even better understanding of the situation.

𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

The 6 Martial Dipper Realm experts they sent in the fourth wave paired up and every pair was made up of cultivators of the same level.

When the pair who were facing Shang Xia’s squad emerged from the spatial tunnel, they heaved a sigh of relief and thanked their lucky stars they were facing such a weak group. At the same time, they understood that their opponents were at their limits. They had to send out weaklings who just entered the Martial Dipper Realm.

The Spirit Abundance World knew that their target had experts in the Sixth Order of the Primary Realm and knew that their expedition would result in many sacrifices. In order to motivate their experts to give it their all, they even listed out rich rewards for anyone who was the first to breach the defensive lines.

Shang Xia’s squad’s attacks arrived the moment they stepped out of the spatial tunnel.

The expert who was in the third element of the Martial Dipper Realm couldn’t contain his laughter and sniggered softly.

“Looks like we’ll gain the credit for breaching their defensive line!” The pair looked at each other and noticed the look of delight in each other’s eyes.

“Hahaha! Are you really thinking of them as weaklings? Well… Regardless, Brother Xie, all you have to do is to destroy their battle formation. Remember to leave that mature-looking lady to me… Her figure is just amazing!” The expert at the second element of the Martial Dipper Realm stared at Lady Yu the moment he arrived. Lust shone in his eyes.

“Hehe, Brother Wu, go ahead and play with these kids. Remember to thank me… Wait! Be careful!” Brother Xie’s expression changed while issuing a loud roar.

It was a shame it came too late. The careless Brother Wu had already lost the best chance to dodge the attacks.

Brother Xie wanted to make a move to help his companion, but a huge screen of water surrounded him.

“Preposterous!” Brother Xie growled as he released his inner qi in an attempt to shatter the screen of water.

He didn’t expect the screen of water to be so resilient. Lady Yu, who received Shang Xia’s power amplification, created a powerful water screen that far surpassed what a first element Martial Dipper Realm expert could produce.

They were still too far apart in terms of cultivation at the end of the day. After getting over his initial shock, Brother Xie shattered the water screen before him. He used less than 2 breaths of time to do so.

2 breaths of time might seem like a short time, but it was more than enough!

Gong Xinlan’s fist intent slammed heavily into Brother Wu and directly shattered the space around him. Despite the effective strike, Gong Xinlan suffered a powerful backlash. She felt the world spinning around her as the blood drained from her face.

Shen Baisong followed up quickly and his Wooden Ruler tore through the void. It ripped the protective barrier around him and Yi Jingzi’s golden short knife slashed diagonally down from his right shoulder, tearing him in half.