Ye Sisi was calmly adjusting her breathing when she sensed someone approaching, and it was someone she knew.
Fu Yuanyuan arrived at the Demon-Slaying Land a step ahead of everyone else. Although she looks cute, she is also a ruthless person. She loves to bicker with Gao Mu and is one of the most lively characters in the Tianjianyuan group.
At this moment, she was absent-minded, her face was pale, and her breath was extremely weak. If she remembered correctly, Fu Yuanyuan was already at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm when she parted ways with them, but now, her cultivation level had actually dropped to the Nascent Soul realm.
Ye Sisi quickly exited her cultivation state, already having a general idea of what was going on.
But what could she do but sigh in her heart? This was a battlefield, not a game. Not to mention others, she herself could die at any moment.
When Fu Yuanyuan saw Ye Sisi open her eyes, she walked to Ye Sisi's side and sat down in a daze, saying in a hoarse voice, "Sisi, Gao Mutou is dead."
Ye Sisi patted her shoulder, not knowing what to say. Her impression of the boy named Gao Mu was that he was a smart aleck and an arrogant person.
But even a fool could see that Gao Mu was different in Fu Yuanyuan's eyes. Whether it was their background or their talents, the two were a perfect match.
"Sisi, if I had told him earlier that I liked him, would he have valued his life more and wouldn't have died?"
Ye Sisi remained silent; what could she say?
"I was just being dramatic, Sisi, don't mind me. I was just venting. By the way, you know the Demon Clan released a kill list, right? Our names are all on it. Your name and your two senior brothers' names are quite high up. Even though you have a high cultivation level, you can't let your guard down. What if our Heavenly Sword Abyss team is wiped out before the battle even officially begins?"
Ye Sisi knew that the Hunting List was specifically designed for cultivators with great killing power or potential on the battlefield. It was expected that they would be on the list. Mr. Xu probably had other plans for asking her to hold off the two Void Refinement cultivators named Bai Jin and Yu Lu.
The risk was actually quite high, but she knew that Xu Mo had asked her if she could do it, and even if she said she couldn't, Xu Mo would still make her go, even if it meant her death.
She really had no objections. People were dying here every day, and some cultivators even risked their lives to infiltrate the Demon-Slaying Land to gather intelligence. If others could die, why couldn't she? However, whether the other party had the ability to kill her depended on their ability.
Ye Sisi nodded, and then spoke her first question: "How did Gao Mutou die?"
Fu Yuanyuan proudly laughed, "He perished together with a demonic cultivator who was hiding in a suicide squad. He was similar to the one you killed. He held a high position in the demonic race. How about that? Isn't my Gao Mutou amazing!"
Ye Sisi nodded: "They are indeed very impressive."
She pretended not to see the tears sliding down Fu Yuanyuan's cheeks, and instead handed her a bottle of pills: "Although it can't restore your cultivation level directly, it won't leave you with any aftereffects, and you'll have a chance to start over."
Fu Yuanyuan didn't stand on ceremony. She reached out and took the pill, immediately popping it into her mouth. She wasn't one to be sentimental. Crying was useless; it was better to kill more demonic cultivators to avenge that blockhead. If she accidentally died too, even better—a pair of doomed lovers, that sounded more festive.
Ye Sisi was somewhat uneasy. Gao Mutou's combat strength was not weak; ordinary Void Refinement cultivators were no match for him. Ouyang Yanyu was on the same level as him. She hoped there would be no unexpected events.
Seeing that Fu Yuanyuan had entered a meditative state, she quickly composed herself. With so many treasures around her and her third senior brother secretly taking care of her, her second senior sister would definitely be fine.
Once she was in peak condition, Ye Sisi swaggered off to the battlefield designated by Xu Mo.
She hadn't been on a killing spree for long when she was stopped by a man and a woman.
The male cultivator held a sword, while the female cultivator held a konghou (a type of Chinese harp). If nothing unexpected happens, they are Bai Jin and Yu Lu, as Mr. Xu Mo guessed.
There are no more than three hundred Void Refinement cultivators in the Demon Subduing Land, since it's just one domain, and it's impossible for it to have more than the two domains of the Spirit Realm combined.
While the cultivators of the spirit realm are being targeted by the Heavenly Dao, similarly, the cultivators and demonic beasts of the demon race are also being suppressed by this world.
The karmic backlash from the collapse of the Heavenly Dao will not only target the human and demon cultivators who died in the war, but also the demon race that started the war. Even if the Heavenly Dao wanted to favor one, it would be powerless to stop it. That is the rule.
Nevertheless, the demons' frenzied attacks would still cause great losses to the spirit realm, and the cultivators of the spirit realm were not as united and fearless as they seemed.
Especially for rogue cultivators, most of them are alone. If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. Even if chaos comes, they can just hide themselves. Anyway, the big benefits won't be theirs. It's better to hide like this. The most hateful ones are those evil cultivators who take advantage of the sect's weak fighting power to cause trouble. They are even more hateful than the demons.
Of course, this situation doesn't only happen to rogue cultivators. In previous wars, some sects refused to send cultivators to the Demon-Slaying Land. They all had the same idea: their territory was far from the Demon-Slaying Land anyway, and they would take action when the demons attacked. This war was no exception. Even when they were criticized, they still did what they wanted.
You can't expect everyone to follow the trend. The alliance of independent cultivators and the major sects can tolerate it, otherwise what can they do? Waste manpower and resources to hunt them down and then forcibly take them to the battlefield? In a more peaceful world, perhaps someone would do such a thankless task, but now we can only say that we have the will but not the power.
But those sects that deliberately stayed out of the way weren't so lucky. They were really forced to conscript soldiers and levy taxes. Otherwise, if this trend spread, it would be disastrous.
Of course, not all situations are so extreme. As long as you have money, you can use money to offset part of the quota. Special circumstances require special measures, but being too rigid will easily lead to failure.
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