novelhk Chapter 854 All the unease stems from insufficient strength
Chapter 854 All the unease stems from insufficient strength
"Husband, isn't this going too far? We're not in a hurry at all, are we?"
Upon hearing Wang Bin's words, Huo Feng's eyelids twitched; this was far too radical.
Moreover, charging double or triple the price would completely disrupt the weapon crafting market and would incur the wrath of others.
At the same time, she also felt sorry for the spirit crystals in her family, so she robbed a batch of them on Spirit Crystal Island.
There's no normal way to obtain them; every piece used is one less available. If used sparingly, they could last the royal family for thousands of years.
The same applies to other fifth-tier refining materials; even with the largest commercial immortal city in the Canglan Realm, obtaining them is extremely difficult.
Other Nascent Soul Realm families aren't really that poor either.
Good things are stored in the family treasury and used gradually according to a plan.
"Ah! Fire Phoenix!"
You've also seen the recent battle reports on the war between humans and demons. Human cultivators are weaker than demons in the sea.
Especially now that the Demon Clan Alliance is stronger than us and is still in the deep sea area.
Humanity can only suffer repeated defeats. Now, the demon race's method of attack is to control the massive seawater to crash against our human formations.
If we send out Nascent Soul Realm experts to interfere, it will be exactly what they want.
If we hold our ground within the formation, even a level five formation cannot withstand such continuous, high-intensity attacks.
Besides, which Nascent Soul cultivator doesn't value their life? In the end, they still lose a stronghold every few months.
Look at these twenty-odd strongholds in the deep sea area; they will definitely be lost within ten years.
Unless the Nascent Soul cultivators on the human side are fearless of death and fight to the death with the enemy, even if they can't win, they can't escape by self-destructing and taking the enemy demons down with them.
Only after doing this ten or twenty times might the demon race have any reservations.
But thinking about it, I know it's unlikely. Anyway, the Human King Sect can let me guard the island.
Knowing full well that they can't win, they still want me to go out and self-destruct. I will not obey such orders.
This is only possible if the demon race has already invaded the True Spirit Continent and the human race has nowhere to retreat.
My calculations suggest that the final outcome will be that the demon alliance will drive the human race back to the shallow sea area, leaving the human race with nowhere to retreat, and the demon race will also lose its advantage in the shallow sea area.
Even the Nascent Soul stage experts of the demon race wouldn't want to fight to the death, so the final result would probably be a stalemate, and the demon race would have achieved its goal.
At that time, the demon race will most likely take action against my royal family.
The Dragon Clan hates me to the core, the Golden Roc King wishes he could devour me, and the Great Sage Equaling Heaven covets my Nine Hells Spirit-Slaying Tower, determined to possess it.
Do you think they will continue to fight the human race to the death in the Northern Sea, or will they turn their attention to Star Island?
Of course, the Human King Sect will definitely support us then, but I think it's better to take our own destiny into our own hands.
These things should happen within ten to twenty years, so we are very pressed for time.
What's the use of storing cultivation resources in the warehouse? Let's focus on increasing the family's strength first."
Fire Phoenix and the others immediately took out a map and looked at the distribution of forces on it.
He sighed inwardly. Now all the forces in the entire sea area had united.
Their number of Nascent Soul Realm experts is significantly greater than that of the human race. Coupled with equal strength, human cultivators are indeed no match for the demon race in the sea.
Even if an island outpost is protected by a fifth-order formation, it cannot hold out for long against a dozen or twenty Nascent Soul Realm demonic beasts.
Even if there are more than a dozen human Nascent Soul Realm experts guarding the formation, the opponent will create waves thousands of meters high to continuously pound the formation.
As the formation was left in place for a long time, the energy supply from the level-five spiritual veins could not keep up, and the human race lacked the courage to all rush out and fight to the death.
Even if one or two Nascent Soul cultivators wanted to rush out and fight desperately, it would be to no avail.
Both sides' Nascent Soul Realm experts had a tacit understanding: each stronghold would be used up for several months at a time, with the human race withdrawing from the strongholds and the demon race alliance continuing to follow up.
Seeing this trend, Fire Phoenix frowned.
The Demon Alliance now has the Great Sage Equaling Heaven and several human cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage, plus the Soul Slayer Venerable, who is a Nascent Soul cultivator specializing in space manipulation; all of them can set up teleportation arrays.
The demon alliance also uses teleportation arrays to connect various regions, which has significantly reduced the advantages of the human race.
The Nascent Soul stage forces on the human side have seized so much territory over the past few decades and plundered a lot of cultivation resources from it.
These cultivation resources are enough for them to cultivate for hundreds or even thousands of years.
His desire to fight was not as strong as it had been at the beginning.
The most important thing is that Nascent Soul Realm experts are not like those low-level cultivators and mortals.
If your superiors order you to be cannon fodder, you have no power to resist except to curse them in your heart, and in the end you can only bite the bullet and go.
The situation is different for Nascent Soul Realm experts. They have already reached the pinnacle of the Canglan Realm, and Wang Zong and his group would not dare to issue such death-sent missions to them.
Otherwise, if others don't follow through, they might directly join the demon alliance.
Fire Phoenix thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a good solution.
Unless a restriction is placed on the primordial spirit of every Nascent Soul Realm expert, they will die if they don't fight to the death!
This is basically impossible to achieve, and things seem to be going on as they are.
Having grasped the overall situation, Fire Phoenix no longer objected. Time was of the essence; it was best to strengthen the family's power first.
After hesitating several times, Fire Phoenix finally spoke.
"My lord, the strongest weapon-refining master in the Canglan Realm is actually Venerable Liehuo."
Besides his strength, his status as a master weapon refiner was also a major reason why he was able to become the third elder of the Human King Sect.
If we're just talking about forging flying swords, my second grandfather, the Sword Emperor, is the number one in the Canglan Realm.
Of course, all of this excludes the Samsara Venerable, after all, he has lived for ten thousand years, who knows how powerful he is.
If I had my second grandfather or the Venerable Fiery Blaze to refine it for me.
It shouldn't be a problem to forge thirty-six magical flying swords within ten years.
If they only forge spirit treasure sword embryos, one of them can achieve a speed comparable to three or five master weapon refiners.
"Which one of them do you think you can persuade? They hold important positions in the Human King Sect and are now a vital fighting force for the human race."
How could they possibly spare such a crucial ten years to refine spiritual treasures for our Wang family?
Wang Bin's eyes lit up at first, but after realizing what he had just realized, he immediately gave up on the idea.
Fire Phoenix smiled mysteriously and mimicked Wang Bin's tone, saying:
"Hehe! Money makes the world go round. My second grandfather is a sword cultivator with great strength."
Even at sea, it wouldn't significantly affect his strength; he needed to stay on the front lines to deter the enemy.
However, the Fiery Venerable is different; he cultivates the power of the laws of fire, which limits his strength in the sea.
If we pay the price that tempts him, what's ten years of forging weapons for us?
He can stay in the rear and only need to appear for a day or two after he finishes refining a magical flying sword.
Given his status and power, no one would say anything, as long as he wanted to.
"You mean?"
"That's right! At the level of Venerable Blazing Fire, there are very few things left in the Canglan Realm that can truly move him!"
"But treasures that can extend lifespan are definitely possible; it's just a matter of whether we're willing to take the risk!"
Upon hearing Huo Feng's suggestion, Wang Bin's eyes flickered as he quickly weighed the pros and cons in his mind.
If he possessed the Thirty-Six Heavenly Sword Formation, no one in the human race, except for the Reincarnation Venerable, would be his match.
Furthermore, the secret of the Nine Hells Spirit-Slaying Tower is known even to the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, and this secret could be exposed at any time.
The reason I am so afraid is because I am not strong enough. All my anxiety comes from my lack of strength!
We should prioritize strengthening our own capabilities now.
"Help me invite Venerable Flame to White Cloud City for a chat!"