Chapter 1738: Chapter 1343: Plans Can’t Keep Up With Change! Watched by Many!
Through the videos in several posts, Jiang Dali discovered that Liao Rushen was being pursued by Sun Ren Tian Yin.
If it weren’t for the intervention of Dongfang Bubai, who had been lurking in the shadows, and the protective Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor he bestowed, Liao Rushen would likely have met his end on the spot.
Even so, Liao Rushen had already suffered serious injuries.
Despite escaping into the Holy Tomb under the cover of Dongfang Bubai, he faced a perilous situation with Sun Ren Tian Yin leading dozens of Hidden Sword Style experts, including Shen Ren, in pursuit.
Jiang Dali frowned and quickly exited the Jianghu Forum. Though startled, he remained calm, stamping a foot on the Demon Dragon, urging it to speed up and rush to the Holy Tomb for rescue.
Sun Ren Tian Yin’s sudden attack on Liao Rushen—was it ordered by the Great Master of Xuanhua Ship or one of the other masters? He had no time to ponder.
At this moment, the only option was to get to the scene as quickly as possible.
If he was not in transit at the time when Xuanhua Ship decided to make a move, he naturally wouldn’t have to act immediately to salvage it; he could just let Liao Rushen, a pawn, be captured by the opponents and then initiate a backup plan from another angle.
Because when he placed Liao Rushen as a pawn, he was ninety percent certain that the Great Master of Xuanhua Ship would not target this pawn.
This is like a situation on the chessboard where kings do not directly face each other.
If the Great Master of Xuanhua Ship attacked Liao Rushen, it would mean that they would confront each other directly, which was highly unlikely.
But unlikely doesn’t mean impossible.
Even this small possibility was worth sending Liao Rushen to test and gamble; he couldn’t do everything personally as the boss.
The only unexpected development was that a situation he considered almost impossibly small did indeed happen when he believed the overall situation was secure.
Moreover, another unplanned accident was that he happened to be en route to Ying Country, not far away, able to intervene in time and prevent further deterioration.
"Indeed, plans can’t keep up with changes, but fortunately, prior preparations were sufficient; Liao Rushen has the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor for decent protection.
Otherwise, this rebellious son might not have died by my hand but by someone else’s.
This time, Sun Ren Tian Yin’s move shifted the situation to my side. If I manage to capture Sun Ren Tian Yin quickly, it would mean taking down a major general of Xuanhua Ship’s Great Master, giving me control of the advantage."
Jiang Dali’s thoughts raced like lightning, and he accessed his personal panel, seeing that his Cultivation Points and Potential Points had already accumulated to over seven million and thirty million, respectively, and were continuously increasing at a visible rate.
With the World’s No.1 Martial Arts Tournament fully commencing at various Black Wind Village sub-branches, millions of Eight Desolate Disciples returned to participate and improve their Martial Arts skills.
Plus, a large influx of new players entering the village prompted a minority of newcomers to begin consuming accumulated Cultivation Points and Potential Points, learning basic Mortal Rank Martial Arts like "Tiger Evil Golden Ring Saber" and "Eight Steps to Catch a Cicada," leading to an inevitable surge in his Cultivation and Potential Points.
Currently, with a bit more accumulation, he would have enough to raise the Returning to Truth Ultimate Skill "Divine Demon Golden Body" from the 4th Realm to the 5th Realm.
By then, with his body’s strength under Divine Demon Golden Body, even battling experts like Xiao Sanxiao, his resistance against their peculiar Inner Strength of Palm Technique would see significant improvement.
Feeling the intense wind blow fiercely against his face as the Demon Dragon accelerated in flight, Jiang Dali tied up his disheveled long hair with a hairband, contemplating, "Although improving Returning to Truth Realm Martial Arts greatly boosts strength, it requires significant effort.
Enhancing Divine Demon Golden Body from the 4th to the 5th Realm requires 8 million Cultivation and Potential Points; to advance to the 6th Realm, it’s doubled. At the 9th Realm, almost more than a billion Cultivation and Potential Points are needed.
The ’War God Chronicles’ is similar; even my convenient enhancement method struggles to boost them... I wonder how much ’harvesting leek’ is necessary. After this World’s No.1 Martial Arts Tournament, I might collect over a hundred million Cultivation and Potential Points, barely supporting one martial skill’s advancement to the 9th Realm."
Despite the grand scale of this tournament, most participants are not Black Wind Village members or Eight Desolate Disciples. Only about a million are Eight Desolate Disciples and Mountain Village Players, eligible to learn or enhance some of their Martial Arts within the village.
Among them, only about 30% of players take the opportunity to learn and improve. It’s considered fortunate if this many are earnest in upgrading.
Additionally, new players entering the village need time to participate in various village missions, accumulating enough contribution, cultivation, and potential points to learn Martial Arts, taking time to develop, a period Jiang Dali calls ’Leek Cultivation Time,’ involving painstaking nurturing till harvesting, not done overnight.
"It seems saving Cultivation and Potential Points for quickly training several Returning to Truth Martial Arts involves either targeting Ying Country’s Holy Tomb or completing the main quest ’Holy Dynasty New Nobles.’
Upon completing this main quest, it’s possible to enhance any three martial skills by one realm and designate one martial skill for another realm-up, a bountiful reward which, if used wisely, can save billions of Cultivation and Potential Points."
Considering this, Jiang Dali abruptly sensed new notifications from his panel.
"Your breakthrough to the Returning to Truth 9th realm has updated your impact in the Martial World, drawing the attention of all Returning to Truth 9th realm and above experts worldwide, with numerous ancient and top-tier forces focusing their gaze on you.
Your reputation in the martial world has increased by 500,000, your Holy Dynasty reputation has increased by 30,000, reaching the respected level in Holy Dynasty, ensuring grand reception from Holy Dynasty Officials upon entry.
You have drawn intense interest from Han Country’s Han Emperor and Qin State’s Qin Shi Huang."
"Hmm? Just breaking through a minor realm actually caught not only Holy Dynasty Officials’ attention but also the elusive and low-key attention of Han Country’s Han Emperor?"
The Han Emperor of the Han Country likely hasn’t broken through to the Breaking Realm either. In the past, the strongest individuals of Han Country weren’t martial arts experts but strong men from the military, such as Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, and Li Guang, all top-tier experts of the Returning to Truth Realm. But nowadays, they’re probably all dead and gone... "
Jiang Dali felt strange inside. Suddenly, he sensed peculiar, spirit-disturbing waves emanating from beneath the Dragon Saddle. The Imperial Jade Seal and He’s Jade Disc from the Qin State were unexpectedly pulsating at this time.
"Old Qin is calling?"
Jiang Dali mentally connected with the sensor of He’s Jade Disc. In his mind, the highly esteemed and majestic figure of Qin Shi Huang, surrounded by Dragon Energy, gradually emerged.
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At the same time.
More than fifty experts of the Hidden Sword Style had mobilized under the leadership of Sun Ren Tian Yin and Shen Ren, gathering outside the blood-drenched Holy Tomb...
Earlier, numerous players who had intruded into the Holy Tomb under Liao Rushen’s lead had been entirely slaughtered.
Some stubborn invaders were killed twice, resulting in what was once a bustling Holy Tomb now being desolate, with only a mess of battlefield debris remaining.
Nearly sixty fully armed experts of the Hidden Sword Style were led by Sun Ren Tian Yin, the Big Boss Sect Leader, uniformly attired, guarding the area. Each was at least a Gang Qi Realm expert.
The overwhelming deterrence of such a lineup forced many angry players to calm down, especially after seeing Liao Rushen and Dongfang Bubai, who had fled into the innards of the Holy Tomb, not daring to surface. Players who initially held hope chose to retreat and observe from a distance, murmuring quietly.
"Damn! That Sun Ren Tian Yin is a shameless old turtle, guarding the Holy Tomb like a mad dog even though it’s not his father’s bones inside! Even the Ying Country Royal Family doesn’t care, yet he keeps blocking us from entering the dungeon to level up. It’s despicable!"
"Exactly! We barely had Liao Rushen, a Black Wind adopted son, backing us, shielding us from firepower, and then it’s all over in barely two days."
"Ugh! Don’t mention it, my Five Elements Unification Palm was almost at the 7th Realm, and now after dying once, it’s back down. I’m furious!"
"Those sinister, Heart Shadow-transformed stone sculpture puppets in the Holy Tomb are all great treasures for quickly leveling Martial Arts Realm. If one could practice inside for a month, they’d join the ranks of the top thousand player experts upon exiting. Damn it!"
Players beat their chests in frustration.
But grumbling aside, it was impossible for them to launch another suicidal assault.
Yet simply leaving wasn’t satisfying either.
They still held hope, wishing Liao Rushen and Dongfang Bubai would emerge to drive away Sun Ren Tian Yin’s evil cohorts, or that Black Wind Village would send more powerful reinforcements to resolve the stalemate.
"Brother, it seems Dongfang Bubai and Liao Rushen aren’t coming out anymore. Should we still go in...?"
Beside Sun Ren Tian Yin, a burly man dressed in a black ninja outfit asked, making a sharp slicing gesture across his neck, eyes filled with bloodthirsty killing intent.
"No need."
Sun Ren Tian Yin shook his head, scanning the distant forest for the many Abnormal People lurking, faintly sensing other clan experts. His lips curled into a disdainful sneer, speaking calmly.
"Liao Rushen alone isn’t much; he would have died at our hands just now. But with Dongfang Bubai... hmph! That supposed number one in Hezhou truly has skill, breaking through to the Heavenly Human 9th Realm strength so quickly. He clearly reaped considerable benefits from the last Holy Tomb visit, tasted the sweetness, and returned uncompromisingly this time."
With those words, a fleeting killing intent emerged in Sun Ren Tian Yin’s gaze.
He once contemplated taking out Dongfang Bubai, the Black Wind Village Chief’s close friend, to drive the chief insane against the Great Master.
But in their recent confrontation, even with Shen Ren’s assistance, he hadn’t gained much advantage, narrowly avoided being struck by the poisonous needle.
Fearing Dongfang Bubai’s deadly needle carrying Orochi venom, Sun Ren Tian Yin dispelled thoughts of pursuing and attacking in the unpredictable Holy Tomb depths.
Though his objectives weren’t fully achieved, the effect was close enough. It wasn’t worth taking personal risks anymore; next, he intended to immediately retreat with Shen Ren, evading the Black Wind Village Chief’s and Xuanhua’s accountability.
"Let’s go! Leave it to those cowardly clan samurai."
Sun Ren Tian Yin sneered insidiously, signaled the group, led the swift exit, ’generously’ surrendered the earned merits to lurking clan warriors around...
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(Will continue updating tonight! Seeking monthly tickets)

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