Chapter 448: Confrontation
"Bastard!" A cultivator from the Raging Flame Mountain cursed.
"They are not taking us seriously." Another shouted.
At the same time, a third rushed towards Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen.
In his hand, he held a huge hammer and his fierce expression revealed that he desperately wanted to use his weapon.
"Who is afraid of who." Jiang Yue said and threw a formation disk at the rushing cultivator.
The formation disk was a level six illusion formation he engraved during his early days in the Boundless Mountain.
Although it was not lethal to a reincarnation realm cultivator, it was enough to trap one for several days.
[How many illusion formation disks do you have?] Yu Nianzhen suddenly transmitted.
[Not many.] Jiang Yue answered.
Since Jiang Yue was an illusion master, it was easiest to comprehend and engrave illusion formations.
Because of this, after practising a few times, he moved on to other formations and didn’t engrave many illusion formation disks.
[Do you want to trap the opponents in a formation?]
[What do you think of the idea?]
[It’s possible to trap one person for several days. However, trying to trap too many people won’t work.] Jiang Yue said with a frown on his face.
After all, his earlier formation disks weren’t perfect.
If a few people were trapped, there was a chance of bumping into each other and inadvertently waking up.
"I have given you a chance but you don’t appreciate it. In that case, don’t blame me for being rude." The leading person from the Raging Flame Mountain shouted.
"Destroy the formation." He ordered his cronies but his eyes were always on Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen.
"Are they going to fight?" Someone from the Three-Coloured Desert World whispered.
"It’s good if they fight." Another whispered back.
"How is it good? If they fight, we will have to deal with the demonic beasts by ourselves."
"This..., I hadn’t thought of that." The speaker said and turned to the demonic beasts.
While the two sides were confronting each other, the demonic beasts were watching and plotting.
At the fifth level, ordinary demonic beasts could already transform into human form.
However, due to the special nature of the Reincarnation World, the sixth-level demonic beasts could not transform.
Although this disadvantage affected the demonic beasts’ adaptability, it did not affect their power and thinking ability.
At this time, they were naturally looking for an opportunity to grab the initiative.
If the two sides began to fight, it was the ripe time for the demonic beasts to fish in troubled waters.
"If you want to fight, do it after we grab the red jade fruits." The female leader of the Three-Coloured Desert World cultivators shouted.
"Fellow Daoist, why don’t we work together to kill the two?" A cultivator from the Raging Flame Mountain countered.
Hearing this, the yellow-clothed young woman frowned and looked at Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen.
In such a situation, it was normal for people to panic.
After all, her group was an elite team from the Three-Coloured Desert World and the other team was from the Raging Flame Mountain.
However, when she looked at Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen, she didn’t see any panic.
All she saw was a bone-deep self-assurance that almost impressed her.
’Are they pretending or do they have a way to deal with all of us?’ She couldn’t help but wonder.
With narrowed eyes, she studied the two but no matter how she looked, she couldn’t see any clues.
In the end, she shook her head and refused the people from the Raging Flame Mountain.
After all, she didn’t have any grievances with the two.
In fact, the presence of the two was an advantage since it distracted the Raging Flame Mountain cultivators from troubling her people.
"Deal with your own problems." She finally said and directly looked away.
[She is a smart woman.] Jiang Yue said.
[Are you admiring her?] Yu Nianzhen questioned; his voice filled with grievance.
Hearing this, Jiang Yue rolled his eyes but his lips curled in a beautiful smile.
’Why is he becoming stingier with age?’ He thought.
However, he didn’t say anything.
Instead, he winked and secretly rubbed Yu Nianzhen’s plam.
[She is smart but can she be smarter than you?] Jiang Yue asked, his voice filled with disdain.
When Yu Nianzhen heard that, his lips twitched in amusement.
After so many years together, he was secure in Jiang Yue’s feelings for him.
However, he liked to cause trouble every now and then because he knew Jiang Yue would always stand up to support his stage.
’I want to forever guard this kind of ordinary love and happiness.’ Yu Nianzhen thought and subconsciously rubbed his husband’s hair.
Feeling the hand on his hair, Jiang Yue raised his head and smiled.
At this time, the illusion formation was finally broken and the trapped cultivator stumbled out, looking disoriented.
Seeing this, Jiang Yue nodded and smiled.
’Although the formation was one of the earliest versions, its power is commendable.’ Jiang Yue couldn’t help but praise himself.
"Wait until we get the red jade fruits." The leading man from the Raging Flame Mountain shouted.
Hearing this, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen only sneered but didn’t say anything.
"Our human side is outnumbered, why don’t we work together?" A cultivator from the Three-Coloured Desert world shouted.
"We can work together with the Three-Coloured Desert world but we won’t with them."
As expected, the cultivators from the Raging Flame Mountain refused to work with Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen.
However, this was just right.
Although working together sounded good, it was filled with complications.
Since Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen wanted to grab more than half the fruits, they naturally couldn’t work with others.
[Azhen, how about trapping them in your sword world?] Jiang Yue suggested.
[I thought about it.] Yu Nianzhen said, frowned, and then continued.
[I don’t want to expose my sword world for the time being.]
Hearing this, Jiang Yue nodded.
[Actually, the human cultivators are not a big problem. The demonic beasts are more troublesome.] Jiang Yue said and sighed.
[How about using a few formation disks? We only need to trap them for long enough to grab half the fruits.]
[We can do that but it will be cheaper for the foreign cultivators.] Jiang Yue grumbled.
[Not necessarily.] Yu Nianzhen said and then explained.
Although trapping the demonic beasts would benefit the foreign cultivators, it was not without benefits for the two of them.
Not only would they have an easier time grabbing the red jade fruits but any demonic beast corpses would be theirs.
[I don’t have enough illusion formation disks but I have plenty of killing formation disks. I will use those.]
[Good.] Yu Nianzhen nodded in approval.
After that, the two stopped talking and paid more attention to their surroundings and the red jade fruit tree.
In this way, half a day passed.
When the sun was at its highest, the red jade fruits began to emit an intoxicating fragrance.
"They are about to ripen." Someone shouted excitedly.
"The yellow fruits have already turned orange and are about to turn red." Another said.
"The demonic beasts have also noticed."
"Fortunately, the demonic beasts aren’t too powerful or we would all die here."
"The red jade fruit is a good thing but it’s not enough to attract the truly powerful demonic beasts. If it was, would it be our turn to get a share?"
"Talk about yourself. It would definitely be my turn."
"Stop putting gold on your face. Don’t I know who you are?"
"What do you mean?"
"It’s already been more than nine hundred years since you broke through to the reincarnation realm. Why haven’t you faced your first tribulation?"
"Isn’t it because my cultivation is not stable enough."
"Stop lying. Your cultivation has long been stable but you are afraid of the tribulation."
"You..., are you picking a fight?"
"I..."
"Shut up." A roar resounded and the two stopped fighting.
However, they were now at odds and couldn’t stop glaring at each other.
"One red jade fruit should be able to exchange for one hundred points. If you have time to fight over nonsense, you should focus on grabbing more fruits."
"We know." The two said and temporarily put aside their enmity.
At this time, the world seemed to shudder and the surrounding reincarnation qi was pulled towards the red jade fruit tree.
[It’s only a matter of time, be ready.] Yu Nianzhen said.
[I know.] Jiang Yue nodded and said.
At some point, they had drifted closer to the demonic beasts.
Now that the fruits were about to ripen, the two were ready to act at any time.
In tense silence, everyone watched as the red jade fruits enlarged and turned completely red.
When the qi movement stopped, everyone reacted.
Jiang Yue activated more than a dozen formation disks and threw them at the demonic beasts.
At the same time, he used the Infinite Moment illusions art and eight versions of himself rushed towards the tree.
Simultaneously, Yu Nianzhen used a few strands of sword intent to pluck eight red jade fruits which were readily grabbed by Jiang Yue’s copies.
