Chapter 172 Plane Attack
Since he could deal with the first clone, then dealing with the second clone wouldn't be that difficult either. After dealing with the second one, dealing with the remaining two clones wouldn't be that difficult either.
After Qi Xiuyuan dealt with the four clones, Nangong Bingyan and Zhu Huaqiang were slightly injured, but not seriously. As for the overall losses of the others, it was still acceptable.
The actual number of deaths was not large, most of them were injured.
When they learned from Qi Xiuyuan that those people were actually clones, and they were clones of the same person, both Nangong Bingyan and Zhu Huaqiang's faces turned extremely ugly.
Because they all understood that this represented how strong that person was.
Qi Xiuyuan was also asking this question at this moment. Nangong Bingyan thought for a while before saying, "I think this level of strength is at least in the late third realm, or even the fourth realm."
Zhu Huaqiang said from the side, "Yes, I think it might be the fourth realm. Otherwise, there would be no way to create so many powerful clones. But what I don't understand is, if that person is so powerful, why would he send so many clones to such a low-level plane? The level of this plane is really not high. Logically speaking, no one, especially such a powerful person, should come to this low-level plane."
"Aren't you here too?" Qi Xiuyuan said in a faint voice.
These people came from the top opposite side. Although their cultivation was not among the top ones, they were all chosen by heaven. Didn’t they also come to such a low-level plane?
Nangong Bingyan and Zhu Huaqiang were speechless for a moment. They really didn't know how to refute this.
Qi Xiuyuan already knew that these people came for the magic mirror. The mirror was now in his hands, but because he had obtained so many more resources in this life than in his previous life, he was unable to use the mirror now.
If it were his past life, Qi Xiuyuan probably couldn't have imagined the day when he would have so many resources. After all, the path to godhood in his past life was infinitely more difficult and took infinitely longer than this one.
Nangong Bingyan said awkwardly, "I was wondering if that person was also because of the prophecy about this place. After all, that's how it is in the Jiufeng plane."
Qi Xiuyuan was thoughtful about this.
Zhu Huaqiang nodded beside him. He looked at Qi Xiuyuan and said, "This is indeed very possible."
Nangong Bingyan frowned. "If this is really the reason, then this plane has probably attracted more attention. If too many people come to this plane, then this is definitely not a good thing. However, if that powerful being is really interested in this plane, he can just come down in person and not send so many clones, right?"
"It may be that the powerful person himself does not have that much time, and he may think that if a few clones come down, it will be enough." Zhu Huaqiang analyzed.
After all, for some powerful people, they are rather arrogant, so it is possible that such low-level planes are unwilling to come in person. Or maybe the powerful person himself has something to do and cannot come in time, so he created so many clones.
These clones have all died, and they have not been able to obtain any information from them. This is a pity, but it is already good enough that there is no way to eliminate these clones, let alone extract memories from them. There is no such good thing.
In fact, this is indeed the case. It is not that Qi Xiuyuan does not want to extract memories from these rumors, but that he cannot extract them because he cannot do it.
Or am I just too weak? Qi Xiuyuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
"I just don't know if that person has other clones here now. Besides the imperial capital here, are there similar clones in other places?" Nangong Bingyan felt that this was the most important question.
Zhu Huaqiang also felt that this question was important, but it was impossible to be sure. So the two of them couldn't help but look at Qi Xiuyuan, wondering if he could confirm this question. After all, several of his clones had died at his hands, so perhaps he might have a different perception in this regard.
Qi Xiuyuan shook his head. "I can't be sure yet, but from now on, we must defend the space crack well to prevent cultivators from appearing in large numbers from other places."
Both of them nodded to show that they understood.
After saying this, Qi Xiuyuan did not stay there for long. His retreat had not yet completely ended, so he had to continue now.
After Qi Xiuyuan returned to the room, Nangong Bingyan and Zhu Huaqiang continued to guard the space crack.
Although Qi Xiuyuan captured those clones, he had a bad premonition that something would happen in the space crack, so this time he did not dare to immerse himself too much in the room.
The Qi family patriarch, upon seeing his son retreat to his room, immediately realized that he had disturbed him before, but now, there was nothing he could say. He only hoped that his son could retreat peacefully this time, but perhaps his worries were truly his.
Those who left the Imperial Capital are still waiting and watching. Although the Qi family has issued a notice saying that the enemies who attacked everyone before have been killed, no one dares to go to the Imperial Capital now. Everyone is waiting and watching.
Soon, many people were glad that they did not go back, because on the third day after the Qi family issued the notice, suddenly, the crack on the other side of the space crack became bigger, and everyone saw many balls of light falling from the crack.
Having previously seen those balls of light, everyone in the Imperial City knew they represented beings from other planes. Nowadays, the matter of planes was no longer a secret; anyone with a bit of common sense and connections knew there were many other planes beyond their own.
The appearance of space cracks means that there will be invasions from those planes.
They also knew the situation of their own plane: in their plane, the highest level of cultivation was God-level, but in other planes, God-level cultivation was nothing. There were many people more powerful than God-level cultivators, and a plane would have many such powerful cultivators!
You have to know that the most powerful here are only Martial Saints. No one has become a god in thousands of years, so how could they be a match for those from other planes? Some who fear death naturally don't want to stay in a place as dangerous as the Imperial City. However, there are also some who are more perceptive. They know that no matter how powerful the enemy is, the Imperial City must not fall. Otherwise, it means the fall of the entire Xuanhuang Continent, or even the entire plane.
No eggs can remain intact when the nest is overturned.
Many people can understand this truth. After all, no one is a fool. If they cannot even understand such a truth, then they will not be able to cultivate to such a high level.
Therefore, in the past two days, some families have still left the imperial capital, but some people have also come here.
When a ball of light appeared in the space crack, everyone knew it was an invasion from the outside plane, so more people ran outside, but many also went in. These were all people who came to the Imperial City to help, knowing that the Imperial City must not fall at any cost.
At this time, Nangong Bingyan and Zhu Huaqiang both looked unhappy.
"With so many people, I think it's very likely that they are not from the Jiufeng plane."
"I also don't think it's from the Nine-Edge Plane." The masters from that plane had almost all arrived, and even if there were still a few left, they wouldn't be too many. Although the cultivators in these light balls couldn't be seen from here, their cultivation levels could still be vaguely sensed. Therefore, everyone could see that such a large number of cultivators, mainly those in the Second Realm, couldn't be from the Nine-Edge Plane.
In fact, this is indeed the case. These cultivators are not from the Jiufeng plane. They come from the Shanhai plane, which is next to the Jiufeng plane and is of the same level as the Jiufeng plane.
The people of the Shanhai Plane and the Jiufeng Plane are old acquaintances. The cultivators of the two planes often compete, especially in the plane level upgrade assessments. For the past 20,000 years, the two planes have been sworn enemies. Last time, one plane tripped the other up, allowing the other to advance a level while the other remained at level two. People on both planes believe that if the other hadn't tripped them up, their own planes would have reached level three. While levels one through three are considered low-level planes, just like cultivation levels, the numbers represent levels. Higher levels confer different privileges upon the plane.
You should know that some secret realms can only be entered by planes that have reached a certain level. And in the entire universe, although there is no creator god, some rules still exist. For example, the higher the level of the plane, the richer the spiritual energy.
At the God level and above, while cultivation still utilizes Dou Qi, this Dou Qi has undergone a qualitative change, and it's more appropriate to call it Spiritual Qi. This Spiritual Qi is the same energy that Qi Xiuyuan and Shen Yichuan had previously absorbed from the Supreme Flowerbed.
However, if one wants to transform all the Dou Qi in their body into spiritual energy, according to legend, one must reach the fifth level. Therefore, Nangong Liuyun and the others can only absorb the spiritual energy in the plane for their own use, allowing the spiritual energy in the plane to improve their bodies and thus make their Dou Qi more powerful.
The lower the plane, the less spiritual energy there is.
It's like the real spiritual energy in the plane where Shen Yichuan and the others are now is very little. Because of this, when Qi Xiuyuan and Shen Yichuan were the first to come into contact with the spiritual energy, their cultivation base grew rapidly.
Once a cultivator gets used to the spiritual energy, I'm afraid that the spiritual energy will not have such a great effect on him.
Back to the present, the reason why this Shanhai plane is hostile to the Jiufeng plane is because of the last level dispute.
We are enemies, so both planes have spies for the other. The Nine-Front Plane's operation was so large this time that, even though they tried their best to conceal it, the other Shanhai Plane still discovered some clues. Therefore, the Shanhai Plane also mobilized its entire force.
Moreover, before the people from the Mountain and Sea Plane came to this space crack, they had already swept through the Nine Edges Plane based on the power of their own cultivation.
So now the Jiufeng plane can be said to be full of wailing.
But those people in the Jiufeng plane who are here now don’t know yet.
When one of Nangong Bingyan's servants recognized the people from the Mountain and Sea plane, Nangong Bingyan and the others also confirmed the identities of the people in these light groups.
Regardless of whether their identities were confirmed or not, the strategy for dealing with them would remain the same. It was the same strategy used when someone attacked from the Nine-Edge Plane.
If there was any difference, it was that they had far fewer people this time than last time.
But even so, Nangong Bingyan and the others did not show any anxiety or nervousness when dealing with it. It can be said that they were very calm. Perhaps it was because they had had this experience before, so now there was really nothing to be nervous about.
There were more than a hundred people coming from the Mountain and Sea Plane, but no matter how many people they had, the space crack was only so big. Although it was made a little bigger by them, it only allowed at most two of them to come down together.
This means that they must queue up during the process of coming down.
If we take advantage of this opportunity, we can kill as many as we can.
Except for a few cultivators left at the Qi family, the rest of the cultivators above the god level were arranged to the space crack, and are now waiting in the formation below.
Therefore, the more than one hundred god-level cultivators in the mountain and sea plane, who were below the forty third realms, and those who arrived here first all entered the same formation.
Nangong Bingyan only said one word.
"kill!"
Just as the battle here began, Qi Xiuyuan, who was in seclusion, opened his eyes.
This time he can really come out of seclusion.
Although he hadn't left the room yet, Qi Xiuyuan could already sense the situation on the other side of the spatial rift. During this retreat, his spiritual power could be said to have reached a certain level.
So even though he is in the room now, he can feel the situation on the other side of the space crack through his soul perception and understanding of the power of rules.
And through this retreat, his understanding of the power of space has naturally deepened. For example, now when he disappears in the room, he only takes a step forward, but he has already appeared outside the imperial capital.
That’s right, he didn’t appear at the space crack, but outside the imperial capital.
This was certainly not because Qi Xiuyuan was crazy, but because he sensed the arrival of other people.
Sure enough, just as Qi Xiuyuan appeared here, not long after, several figures appeared here. They were the powerful people in the Void Realm sent by Shen Yichuan.
When he was in that divine domain space before, Shen Yichuan felt that those powerful people in the Void Realm might be needed outside. With them staying with Qi Xiuyuan, Shen Yichuan felt that he could feel more at ease.
"Young Master Qi." These powerful men in the Kongming Realm saluted Qi Xiuyuan.
Qi Xiuyuan nodded.
"If you don't come with me, don't resist."
Qi Xiuyuan's appearance here was not without reason, nor did he come here specifically to pick up these people. He came here just to make his next plan go more smoothly.
The powerful men in the Kongming Realm nodded, then followed Qi Xiuyuan and disappeared into the void.
At this time, the powerful men in the Kongming Realm from the Jiufeng Plane above the space crack were no longer here. Two of them were seriously injured and escaped, and the rest were killed.
Therefore, those who are here now are all powerful people in the Void Realm of the Mountain and Sea Plane.
Since this mountain and sea plane and the original Jiufeng plane are at the same level, their strength is naturally comparable to each other. Even the number of powerful people above the god level in the plane and their cultivation strength are similar.
At this time, the powerful people in the Void Realm of these mountain and sea planes were talking to each other.
"I don't know if we can get some broth to drink after we go down."
"I think it's very likely that the Nine-Edge Plane hasn't been able to discover the secrets below. Although it shouldn't be difficult to find a plane's most fortunate person, if it were easy to find, then this plane would probably have disappeared long ago. Also, look at those people who went down and came back up. It's been quite a while, but now this plane above is almost empty, and no one has come up, not even one. So I think there might be something wrong down there."
"Do you think there's something wrong down there?"
"It's probably a hunch. Anyway, if the problem below is easy to solve, I don't think it would have taken so long for the people from the Nine-Front Plane to come up."
The others couldn't help but start to think about it.
Regardless of whether there is a problem down there or what the situation is like in the Jiufeng plane down there, since they have already come here, they cannot give up easily. This is impossible.
So, after the rest of the people went down, all of these powerful people in the Kongming Realm went down together. Anyway, they didn't have to guard the crack here, so they might as well go down together. They were not from the Jiufeng plane, so why did they need to guard the crack?
As for the method of leaving, as long as they can enter the plane below, they don't worry about the method of leaving.
So there were a total of eight powerful people in the Kongming Realm who went down.
Even if these powerful people in the Void Realm thought that there might be something wrong, they would never have thought that this problem would come so quickly and be so serious.
When these powerful people in the Kongming Realm realized that they were probably trapped in an illusion, it was no longer easy for them to escape from the environment.
And all these strong men were separated.
Zhou Tonghua's cultivation to the Kongming Realm was definitely not something that could be summed up by luck. It involved various means, schemes, and examples, and these were what he was proud of.
Of all the practitioners who had cultivated with him at the same time, some had passed away, while others were no more advanced than him. In short, he was the one who had cultivated to this day, the one with the highest cultivation level and the leader among them.
Therefore, he has always been looked up to by others.
Zhou Tonghua didn't think it was a big deal to come to such a low-level plane of only level one this time.
But Zhou Tonghua never imagined that this would be the place where he would die. He thought it was just a place to go on vacation, but he didn't expect it to be the place where he would die. He didn't even know who killed him.
Trapped in a prison cell, he couldn't dodge the oncoming sword no matter what he did. When the sword fell on him, he realized that it was not just one sword, but countless swords.
So he was actually torn to pieces and died, and even his soul could not escape.
This kind of death was something Zhou Tonghua had never imagined before, so it can be said that he died with his eyes open at the moment of his death.
However, Zhou Tonghua was not the only one who died with his eyes open. Many of those who came from outside the mountains and overseas could also be said to have died with their eyes open.
They were already strong men in the second realm of the Void Realm, and were only one step away from entering the third realm. Coming to such a low-level plane, no one had ever thought they would die here.
This time, Qi Xiuyuan found it much easier to kill these powerful Kongming Realm masters. It was different from his previous cooperation with Dongfang Yang and the others. At that time, because Dongfang Yang and the others were far away from the Kongming Realm, they had a hard time themselves, not to mention cooperating with him.
But now he has several powerful Kongming Realm warriors at his disposal, and he only needs three to deal with one of them. As long as he creates an opportunity for himself to create a prison, as long as the powerful Kongming Realm warriors on his side unite and can force the enemy's Kongming Realm warriors into the prison, even if it is only for a few seconds, Qi Xiuyuan can use the power of rules to kill people.
Because although those people were powerful in the Void Realm, they could only exert the strength of the first realm here. If they fought them in a direct battle, Qi Xiuyuan might not be their opponent. But if they attacked them by surprise and killed them with the power of rules, even if these people were powerful in the Void Realm, it would be useless.
Therefore, the battle in Kongming Realm was over in just over an hour.
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