Chapter 1611: Where the Blade Points to

Under the same moonlight, some were filled with joy while some were devoid of it.

While the Ancient Wasteland Camp was celebrating Lin Xun’s triumphant return, the other eight camps were covered in thick, dark clouds.

The utter defeat several days ago of their allied force was still fresh in their minds when the bad news of the occurrence in the Flying Immortal Battle Realm came back.

The eight camps instantly became restless and terrified!

Their army had gone all out but still failed to shake the Ancient Wasteland Territory’s City of Protection. And now, they learned that their leaders had joined hands but still failed to kill a single Lin Xun, and instead suffered great casualties at his hands!

In the end, only Kun Shaoyu, Zhu Yingkong, and Xue Qingyi were lucky to have escaped with their lives. Such news was like a bolt from the blue to them.

“How can Lin Xun…be so powerful?” Countless people trembled in fear.

Lin Xun was simply an invincible demon god whose hands were covered in blood. He was so powerful that it made one despair.

“No! How could someone of Prince Chi Wushu’s caliber die in the Flying Immortal Battle Realm?!”

That was the furious roar of Chi Wushu’s clansmen who were still unable to accept the cruel reality.

Chi Wushu, Lie Qian, Shi Pohai, Hua Hongxiao, Jian Qingchen… Each of them was the leading figure of a domain with matchless power and courage. Like the blazing sun in the sky, they proudly peered down on the world and covered an entire domain with their radiance.

And yet, these heavenly figures, who were supposed to continue shining for a long time to come, had all died at the hands of Lin Xun alone!

This was undoubtedly horrifying enough to shake anyone to the core.

“It’s over… First, our allied army went out at full force and returned in defeat with heavy casualties. Now, our party was crushed in the Flying Immortal Battle Realm. Is the power structure in this domain conflict…really going to change like this?”

Many paled, looking as if their souls had wandered off.

In the previous two Conflicts of the Nine Domains, countless of their predecessors had trampled the Ancient Wasteland Camp with destructive momentum. One could only imagine such a spectacle.

Could it be that their glory would end today?

Many were mad with indignation. “Damn it! It’s all because of Lin Xun! That damned bastard! If it wasn’t for him, how could those two-legged sheep achieve the power they have today?!”

At the beginning of Nine Domains Battlefield, they hadn’t taken the Ancient Wasteland Camp seriously at all, treating the other party as two-legged sheep that they could trample, abuse, and slaughter at will.

As a matter of fact, the Ancient Wasteland Camp had indeed been hopeless and weak then. Its cultivators had been left with no choice but to sneak around and hide themselves because just surviving was already incomparably difficult.

Their transformation had only begun with Lin Xun!

Initially, he had been trapped in the Blood Demon Territory, but he had managed to pave a bloody path of tens of thousands of miles through slaughtering his foes. His feat had thrown the Blood Demon Territory into turmoil and spread his name throughout the eight camps.

Later, he had rebuilt the City of Protection and eradicated the allied force of the seven domains. This, in turn, had forced the eight camps to pay attention to him and put their guard up.

Because of this, Xue Qingyi had united with a group of supreme Saints and laid a dragnet along the shores of Black Cliff Sea in order to kill Lin Xun.

But in the end, they had failed miserably!

The situation of the Nine Domains Battlefield had also begun transforming from that time onward. Among the Ancient Wasteland Domain supreme experts who returned from the Origin Magnet Secret Realm, there was a group of supreme Saints, which had enabled the Ancient Wasteland Camp to reverse their situation.

It had been then that the other eight camps had truly become wary and started to regard Lin Xun as their number one enemy. Thus, they had gathered almost all of their force to exterminate him.

Unfortunately…

They had failed once more!

They had lost in the Flying Immortal Battle Realm. The all-out attack of their grand army had also been defeated!

By this point, with the power of one person, Lin Xun had turned the Nine Domains Battlefield upside down and rewritten the rankings of the nine camps.

And the other eight camps, as a result, were plunged into turmoil!

……

“Lost… Lost to a woman of unknown origin…”

In the Absolute Yin Territory, Zhu Yingkong collapsed in his chair. His eyes had lost focus.

Upon learning about the news of the eight domains’ army, he felt as if he was struck by lightning.

He, Kun Shaoyu, and Xue Qingyi had pinned their hopes on the idea that their army would trample the Ancient Wasteland Territory’s City of Protection and establish their camps in an unassailable position.

To think that the grand alliance of the eight domains had also lost!

Zhu Yingkong clenched his fists tightly. His eyes seemed to want to burst out, and his breathing was ragged. His entire body showed that he was on the verge of going berserk.

“Elder Brother!” Zhu Yingxue entered the grand hall.

“Scram! All of you get out!” roared Zhu Yingkong.

In the past, he had always doted on this younger sister of his the most, but right now, his eyes were like that of a hideous beast. Zhu Yingxue was so scared that she half crawled out of the hall.

“Finished, we’re really finished this time… If I had known... I should have listened to Xue Qingyi and killed that little scumbag before his rise!

“Unfortunately, it’s too late…”

Zhu Yingkong trembled from head to toe in rage.

……

“Withdraw all of our forces into the city. Without my order, no one is allowed to take one step out!”

In the North Sea Territory, Kun Shaoyu’s face was livid and cold to the extreme.

After being informed of all the bad news, his heart was dripping blood. The only thing he could do at the moment was assemble all troops and prepare for the worst.

“At least our City of Protection is still here. It was built with the effort of countless sages. Hopefully, it will be able to protect the North Sea Camp…” mumbled Kun Shaoyu woodenly.

He had a premonition that there would soon descend a period of darkness!

……

In the Blood Demon Territory.

Xue Qingyi was calmly drinking wine. No one could tell what was on his mind from his expressionless face.

However, the atmosphere in the hall was suffocating. It made the high-ranking officials jittery.

After a long time, Xue Qingyi put the cup down and sighed softly, “People who fail to see the potential of a tree can only lament when it grows to blot the sky… It’s too late now, too late to do anything…”

His voice was desolate and despondent.

“Young Master…” Someone wanted to speak.

Xue Qingyi waved his hand and cut them off. “Listen to me, run as far as you can while you can now, and perhaps…you may have a chance to return to the Blood Demon Ancient Domain alive when the Nine Domains Battlefield closes.”

“Young Master, it’s not like the eight domains don’t have the power to keep fighting!” said a person through gritted teeth, still unwilling to accept this fate.

Xue Qingyi was not upset. Picking up his cup, he took a sip of wine and savored it slowly. In the end, he finally said, “When a house collapses, everyone inside panics. Those who are panicking cannot be relied upon.”

His voice lowered at the end of the sentence, within which one could feel hatred that was suppressed to the extreme.

“But even so, we still have the City of Protection!” said an official.

None of them was willing to admit defeat and flee like a frightened dog.

“Heh,” laughed Xue Qingyi derisively. “No matter how solid this city is, can it compare to the one in the Ancient Wasteland Territory that blocked the full-scale invasion of the eight domains’ army?

“Stop underestimating Lin Xun. Anyone in this Nine Domains Battlefield who has done so is either long dead or, like me, can only wallow in self-pity at the moment.”

After a short pause, he stood up, scanned the crowd, and waved his hand. “If you guys want to stay, then stay.”

With that, he walked out the hall, looking indescribably lonely with his back slumped.

Someone called out, “Young Master, where are you going?”

“Where can I go? I’m fleeing, of course! Hahahahaha…” Xue Qingyi didn’t look back. His laughter was filled with mockery as he disappeared from view. It was unknown whether he was mocking himself or the others.

The crowd in the hall looked at each other in disbelief.

……

Early the next morning.

Above the City of Protection in the Ancient Wasteland Territory, the Grand Universe Ark was floating high in the sky.

Lin Xun, Xia Zhi, Shaohao, Ruowu, Toady, A’lu, Xiao Cangtian, and the other supreme Saints had all gathered.

In the distance stood countless Ancient Wasteland Domain cultivators. They watched from afar, preparing to send off the army that would soon deploy!

The atmosphere was solemn, and anticipation was written on everyone’s face.

After two years of being oppressed and violated, today, they were finally launching a counterattack against the other eight camps!

This was simply a miracle that had been next to impossible in the previous two Conflicts of the Nine Domains.

Today, the impossible was finally becoming possible!

It was time to wash away all the shame and humiliation that the Ancient Wasteland Camp had suffered!

The hearts of the supreme Saints stirred with emotions, and their blood boiled with passion. It hadn’t been easy at all to finally have a chance to return the blood feud of countless predecessors with blood.

Lin Xun’s eyes zapped like electricity as they swept the entire field. He uttered, “Depart!”

Depart!

To feast on the enemy’s flesh to satisfy their hunger, and drink the enemy’s blood to quench their thirst!

Boooom!

With a rumble, the Grand Universe Ark carried Lin Xun’s group and sailed through the clouds under the gazes of countless comrades.

“Victory!” roared a person, their voice shaking the sky.

“Victory!

“Victory!”

No matter their identity or their cultivation level, everyone in the huge City of Protection was raising their voice. Their expressions were fervent and full of the desire for victory.

Heaven and earth kept buzzing under their thunderous shouts.

Zhao Jingxuan stood atop the city wall and watched as the Grand Universe Ark disappeared into the horizon, murmuring:

“O’ Ancient Wasteland Domain, lacks no heroes, fears no battles. Glory flows in the blood of our warriors, and bravery fills our hearts of steel. Watch as we split the sky with our hands!”

……

In the Absolute Yin Territory.

The Grand Universe Ark took but an incense stick of time to make an uneventful trip and arrived at this region that was under the control of the Absolute Yin Ancient Domain.

On the treasure ship, Lin Xun was still and silent as a statue as he closed his eyes in meditation.

Sitting next to him, Xia Zhi was quietly taking bites from the array of delicacies on the side table.

The speed of the Grand Universe Ark was extremely fast. It traveled in a straight line without having encountered any obstruction along the way.

Before long, the outline of a city appeared on the distant horizon!

The city stretched long, was undulating and majestic. Its color was a blinding scarlet.

This was the City of Protection of the Absolute Yin Camp. It was magnificent in scale with high and expansive walls. Every piece of masonry was paved with white bones drenched in blood.

The blood and bones of countless Ancient Wasteland Domain predecessors!

At this moment, Zhu Yingkong was standing on the cloud-reaching city wall tower with a livid face. His eyes were wide open in disbelief.

He hadn’t expected that Lin Xun would actually come, and he had chosen the Absolute Yin Camp as the first target at that!

“Young Master, it’s Demon God Lin!”

The expressions of the people around Zhu Yingkong changed drastically. They all freaked out and acted like they were sitting on pins and needles.

“Do not panic. As long as we defend this city, we won’t be taken down!” Zhu Yingkong breathed in deeply. A cruel glint flashed in his eyes as he ordered in a deep voice, “Pass my order: activate the city’s protective grand array!”