Chapter 1943: Chapter 1936: Predicament
Mount Yushen, one of the eighteen superpowers currently existing, is the most mysterious and ancient force. It is said that in the ancient times, Mount Yushen was ranked among the top three superpowers.
For Mount Yushen, formations are merely the most basic discipline. Their most important ability is using all kinds of external forces for battle. These external forces include not only energy but also every flower, wood, grass, tree, the power of laws, World Force, and the power of human hope and faith!
Legend has it that ancient Mount Yushen inherited a divine technique that could harness everything. They used various energies to gather a formidable Illusory God, which could even incorporate several laws and World Force. Once activated, its power was enough to destroy heaven and earth.
However, during the current era, the essence of this divine technique has been lost, leaving only a fragmented portion.
Mount Yushen is a mountain range extremely rich in Spiritual Energy, and beneath it lies a thick vein of Divine Vein. With the painstaking efforts of the predecessors of Mount Yushen, the entire Mount Yushen has been transformed into an Illusory God.
Furthermore, various powerful formations are deployed to assist, making Mount Yushen the most easily defensible yet hardest-to-attack place among the eighteen superpowers.
After conquering several superpowers, Divine Profound Hall fully tore apart diplomatic relations, igniting an all-out war. Relying on their own foundations and seized resources, they dominated single-handedly, making it difficult for other superpowers to resist.
Eventually, the remaining five superpowers, along with whatever they could carry, temporarily relocated to Mount Yushen. Based on the terrain here, they managed to barely contend with Divine Profound Hall for the time being.
Divine Profound Hall couldn’t break through, and Mount Yushen couldn’t effectively retaliate, leading to a brief stalemate.
Yet, this was not a long-term solution. Divine Profound Hall encircled the entire area surrounding Mount Yushen, severing their communication with the outside world, effectively cutting off their supply sources.
Though the Illusory God is powerful, it demands a significant cost to be driven. The ancient Phantom Body had its own consciousness and protective target, but due to the loss of complete inheritance, the current Illusory God is like a puppet, requiring human manipulation.
Human manipulation inevitably consumes energy and spiritual power.
The people of Divine Profound Hall would frequently harass them; each battle left those manipulating the Illusory God utterly exhausted. Even with the resources of five superpowers, they quickly became stretched thin under such consumption.
Although Zhang Menglong provided the method to construct a complete Illusory God to the Sect Master of Mount Yushen, it was even harder to comprehend than Martial Arts Techniques. Three years yielded no significant breakthroughs.
Several attempts granted the Illusory God a semblance of self-awareness; however, this awareness was vague and unstable, sometimes failing to distinguish friend from foe. It possessed great instability, even less effective than pure human manipulation.
Perhaps seeing this, Divine Profound Hall chose the strategy of encirclement.
Not coming out, are you? When your resources run out, someone will inevitably come out seeking ways to acquire resources. If they can’t, the Illusory God and Formation Mechanisms cannot be sustained, rendering Mount Yushen no different from any other superpower’s mountain gate.
Leaders of the five superpowers, along with several highly esteemed elders, were discussing pressing matters in a room, their expressions grim. A year’s resistance had left them somewhat exhausted.
A closer observation reveals that these five sect master-level figures appear somewhat dispirited; they all have injuries!
In fact, these five sect masters’ power didn’t differ much from the Hall Master of Divine Profound Hall, at best slightly superior.
In a one-on-one duel, the Hall Master of Divine Profound Hall could suppress any of them but could at most repel, not kill! If two teamed up, they could probably hold him to a draw.
Initially, the five united, intending to directly overpower the Hall Master of Divine Profound Hall. Defeating him would have naturally dispelled the crisis he brought.
But unexpectedly, after looting other superpowers’ treasures, Divine Profound Hall acquired many valuables, incurring significant losses.
From Yujian Villa, they obtained something similar to the ancient scroll Zhang Menglong once found in the Skyless Realm. Of course, this didn’t seal as many Heroic Spirits, only a single swordsmanship technique—a life-saving trick the Villa Master gifted his most beloved disciple during Yujian Villa’s peak!
That technique was a full-strength move by the Villa Master back then, far superior to the current Sword God Manor Lord. When the Divine Profound Hall Hall Master fell to a disadvantage under attacks from the five united, he decisively unleashed that sword strike!
That strike not only severely injured the five but also destroyed several key formations in Mount Yushen, even affecting the underground Divine Vein, significantly weakening the Illusory God’s combat effectiveness!
At the Beast Taming Sect, they acquired an even more terrifying creature.
An ancient Warcraft, rumored to have cost the sect master half his life to seal at that time.
The Warcraft was sealed inside a Crystal Palace, which could change size freely. Despite being sealed, its aura still covered the entire Beast Taming Sect!
When disciples of the Beast Taming Sect subdued powerful Warcrafts, they’d return to the sect, using the creature’s suppressive aura to tame the Warcraft’s violent nature, eventually claiming it.
Though the Crystal Palace was lost then, until Zhang Menglong found and returned it to the Beast Taming Sect.
And this item unexpectedly became Divine Profound Hall’s strongest weapon against Mount Yushen, because the Warcraft could be released!
Imprisoned for long, the Warcraft’s violent aura not only didn’t diminish but intensified. Without energy input, its strength reduced significantly, yet still surpassing any superpower’s current leader!
In that battle, Divine Profound Hall’s Hall Master directly released the Warcraft, engaging in an earth-shattering combat with Mount Yushen’s Illusory God!
The battle concluded with the Warcraft retreating, returning to the Crystal Palace to recuperate. However, the Illusory God did not fare well; its form was nearly dispersed. If the Warcraft’s power recovered more, the consequences would be unimaginable.
This was only the two items Divine Profound Hall had displayed so far.
Who knows what else they have not revealed!
This is why Zhang Menglong, when meeting disciples from Shennong Valley, was accused with "It’s all your fault."
Perhaps, if Zhang Menglong hadn’t returned those items to the superpowers, they wouldn’t have fallen into Divine Profound Hall’s hands. Some impulsive individuals would think this way, but one cannot entirely blame them.
"I have some bad news," Mount Yushen’s Sect Master said weakly, "Our remaining resources are stretched thin, and the Formation Mechanisms guarding the mountain gate can last only a month. Without replenishment, they cannot be activated."
"Used so quickly?" sighed the Palace Master of Inviting Moon Palace. "But all routes out are blocked, and the teleport stations are unusable. We have no way out. Even if we manage, returning here carries great risks."
"Should we fight our way out?" The master of War Soul Palace said just before coughing up blood; among the five, his injuries were the most severe.
"In our current state, even the Vice Hall Master of Divine Profound Hall may be unbeatable; think of another way."
"What alternatives? Is there any force that can contest Divine Profound Hall now?" The attitudes were bleak.
"No!" Elder Tianji from Tianji Valley suddenly brightened, and the Jade Slip used for divination emitted a shallow green light. "I just performed a divination, and there might be a turning point!"
