Chapter 1279: Chapter 1279: The Final Battle
Above the main hall of the Ancient Abyss Sect, a group of people are discussing how to deal with the Evil Spirits.
Compared to ten years ago when the Wandering Dragon Alliance was established here, many familiar faces are missing among those present, while quite a few new faces have appeared.
Sect Leader Lin An stands at the head of the hall, loudly encouraging the morale of those present below.
Once mighty and heroic, Lin An now carries deep fatigue in his eyes, with more white hair on his head.
"Everyone, the Wandering Dragon Star is now in a precarious situation after years of conflict! For ten years, we’ve retreated again and again, and now there is little untainted land left unpolluted by Evil Qi on the Wandering Dragon Star."
"However!" Lin An suddenly raises his voice, speaking with a magnetic sound, "This is our homeland. We were born here, grew up here, and in the future, we must die here!"
Immediately afterward, a wave of cheers erupted like mountains and seas inside and outside the hall.
In truth, they cannot clearly see where tomorrow’s path leads, but they are willing to give it their all, for themselves, and for the future of Wandering Dragon Star.
Yang Yan’s gaze slowly swept over everyone, unable to hold back his sigh at the vicissitudes of life and the changing of people over time.
Among the sect leaders of the ten great sects back then, now besides Ancient Abyss Sect Leader Lin An, Pill Sect Leader Dan Xuan, and Lingying Sect Leader He, the rest have all fallen one after another.
However, years of warfare have led everyone’s cultivation and demeanor to undergo earth-shaking transformations.
Compared to the prior scattered formation, the current Wandering Dragon Alliance now clearly resembles an organized army.
Nobody dares to disobey orders, and everyone acts with discipline.
Every face carries a certain martial sternness, exuding a natural aura of authority.
Moreover, in the life-and-death struggles which end with precarious survival, many have broken through realms.
Among them, Yang Yan’s advancement has been the most prominent, having consecutively broken through from the initial stage to the peak of the Golden Core Realm.
The mainstay of the Wandering Dragon Alliance, Lin An, along with the Exotic Beast Cold Flood Dragon, have even advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm.
Additionally, other exotic beasts like Cyan Scale Eagle, Black Death Tiger, Flying Mantis, and Wolf King have all reached the Half-step Nascent Soul Realm.
Conversely, Xu Caomu and others controlled by evil entities continuously devour other Evil Spirits to advance, reaching the mid-Nascent Soul stage long ago.
Yang Yan withdraws his thoughts; in this tribe-destroying war, no one can stand idly by.
After the conference, he allows the audience to dismiss, while he sits calmly at the head seat and rubs the grip, suddenly frowning in silence.
"Alliance Leader, what troubles you so?" Lin An asks beside him.
In the ten years of warfare, Yang Yan has repeatedly led the sect leaders to battle all around, repeatedly achieving great victories.
Now, in the Wandering Dragon Alliance, no one disbelieves him, and everyone respectfully calls him the Alliance Leader.
Even Lin An, who used to address him this way only in front of others, now uniformly refers to Yang Yan as Alliance Leader too.
Yang Yan turns around and sincerely says, "Sect Leader, you are aware that in these ten years of warfare, we have launched large-scale attacks against the Evil Spirits several times, but each time we’ve encountered only one of the three Xu Caomu individuals. They are constantly recuperating, while the only unpolluted land remaining is the one that once belonged to Lingying Sect."
"Though all resources and items of Lingying Sect have unified with the Wandering Dragon Alliance, it is precisely because of this that I believe the Lingying Sect area will soon fall. Subsequently, this war between the Evil Spirits and Wandering Dragon Star people will truly explode upon our Wandering Dragon Alliance!"
Hearing this, Lin An frowns, but then relaxes, "What does it matter? All members of the Wandering Dragon Alliance are fully prepared for a perilous struggle, just awaiting this last stand!"
Yang Yan does not answer.
As a sect leader, he knows far more than others.
Past raids encountered only one of three, yet even with Lin An and Cold Flood Dragon and countless Golden Core cultivators, they could not restrain them; this alone illustrates their formidable nature.
Moreover, if the last piece of untainted land falls, the three will certainly mobilize fully with overwhelming force to attack the Wandering Dragon Alliance.
And as he knows, wherever they go, the already fearless Evil Spirits become even fiercer.
In such a way, as one gains strength while the other weakens, how then to defeat the enemy?
Yang Yan ponders for a while, then shakes his head and chuckles lightly; even if unable to win, then what?
I Yang Yan, though aspiring to eternity, am not one to break my word.
If determined to be the Wandering Dragon Alliance’s leader, it must be with many heroes sharing life and death!
Besides, if that day truly arrives, where Wandering Dragon Star is occupied by evil entities, he will have nowhere else to go.
This is a fight with one’s back against the river; succeed or meet a hero’s end!
"Report! Alliance Leader! A massive Evil Spirit army has been found hundreds of miles outside Wandering Dragon Star; wherever they pass, it’s like locusts ravaging the land, leaving not a blade of grass. Our Wandering Dragon Alliance youths were all slain upon contact!"
Yang Yan and Lin An exchange a look, the final untainted land has already fallen, the ultimate battle is about to explode!
Yang Yan smiles bitterly; he anticipated the fall but didn’t imagine it would happen so swiftly!
The matter just discussed with Sect Leader Lin An now becomes reality!
"Notify all heroes and youths outside to immediately return to the Wandering Dragon Alliance; all Golden Core and above experts, lead the entire military to assemble before the main formation."
"Yes, Alliance Leader!" the reporting disciple replies.
Yang Yan walks outside the Ancient Abyss Sect; from miles away, he spots countless columns of Yin Evil Qi soaring, permeating around the Wandering Dragon Alliance.
Endless Evil Qi washes against the Nine Heavens Star Formation; unable to breach its limits, the tide constantly pounds the formation’s exterior.
The formation continuously self-repairs at the corroded spots.
"Report, Alliance Leader, all Golden Core and above experts have gathered, hundreds of heroes and disciples scattered outside have died, but most have returned, ready for the Alliance Leader’s command!"
Yang Yan tidies his clothing, shouting loudly, "All Wandering Dragon Alliance disciples, follow me to face the enemy outside!"
"Yes, Alliance Leader!" the crowd responds loudly.
Yang Yan heads the line, squinting to observe the Evil Spirit Army outside the formation, seeing Xu Caomu among the three flying over the army, directing its progress.
Within this Evil Spirit Army, there are countless Evil Spirits dressed in various sect uniforms.
Several sect leaders following Yang Yan had eyes slightly red; these were once their disciples!
Yang Yan pauses in thought; in the nurturing of evil, Xu Caomu and the three are already in the initial Nascent Soul stage, their cultivation unfathomable; even a siege might yield no advantage.
Thus, only top experts can battle effectively, while others are but mere fodder.
"All Golden Core experts lead assigned teams for battle! Sect Leader Lin An, Dan Sect Leader, Sect Leader He, and the Five Beasts join me to confront Xu Caomu and the three!"
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