Seeing the crowd's excitement, Gu Fang calmly delivered a sobering message.
"Though the senior mentioned the Ten Thousand Heavenly Courts would offer assistance, he didn't specify if he would personally descend. The Qingyang Celestial Tree has bestowed upon me a formation technique. With this formation, we can invoke the power of the Ten Thousand Heavenly Courts."
"However, this formation requires a base of a hundred jin of fourth-tier spirit stones and must be constructed with specific array nodes."
"By my estimation, setting up this formation will cost at least two million contributions."
As Gu Fang's words fell, the smiles on the surrounding faces froze instantly.
Yang Yan furrowed his brows. "Besides the Qingyang Celestial Tree, are there other powerful entities within the Ten Thousand Heavenly Courts?"
The Ten Thousand Heavenly Courts are renowned due to the protection of the Qingyang Celestial Tree.
Without the Qingyang Celestial Tree, the Ten Thousand Heavenly Courts would lose their significance.
However,
Previously, no one knew whether there were other powerful entities hidden within the Ten Thousand Heavenly Courts besides the Qingyang Celestial Tree.
Though the others remained silent, their expressions mirrored their shared doubts.
Gu Fang continued, "When I visited the Ten Thousand Heavenly Courts years ago, I sensed the presence of other ancient trees within. However, the exact number and strength of these ancient trees remain unclear to me."
"But considering the formation's cost of two million contributions, it's clear that the summoned entities must be exceptionally powerful, at least above the fourth tier."
In this,
Gu Fang had no doubt.
After all, the senior wouldn't have the alliance pay such a hefty price just to summon a few third or even second-tier ancient trees.
The cross-realm invasion posed a threat not only to the alliance but also to the Ten Thousand Heavenly Courts.
However,
Gu Fang firmly believed that the Ten Thousand Heavenly Courts wouldn't deceive them, based on his trust in Lu Qingyang.
As a top-tier cultivator, Gu Fang never doubted Lu Qingyang.
In the ensuing silence,
Ji Xuan was the first to nod. "Two million contributions aren't insurmountable. If the eighteen alliances pool their resources, each alliance only needs to contribute around one hundred thousand."
"Gu Shuai's words make sense. If this formation is worth two million contributions, it must have its unique efficacy."
"With the cross-realm portal about to open, we must complete the formation before it fully activates."
"No objections!"
"Agreed!"
After Ji Xuan spoke, the alliance leaders all expressed their agreement.
Soon, Gu Fang gathered the two million contributions and exchanged them for the necessary items in the Heavenly Court marketplace.
Finally,
He arrived at a spacious area and, guided by his memory, began meticulously setting up the formation.
...
Three days passed,
The cross-realm portal became increasingly clear, and everyone could feel that its activation was imminent, perhaps within a day or two.
Faced with this,
All the alliance cultivators gathered there were fully prepared, their expressions solemn.
On the other side,
Gu Fang was entirely focused on setting up the formation, ignoring the happenings outside.
...
"They're coming!"
Within the Ten Thousand Heavenly Courts, Lu Qingyang's gaze locked onto the cross-realm portal deep within the Northern Territory.
At this moment, the chaotic space had stabilized.
A massive door, seemingly forged from bronze, appeared, emitting a deep darkness that instinctively invoked fear.
As the agent of the Heavenly Dao, Lu Qingyang keenly sensed the repulsive aura from the other realm.
This was the aura from another world.
Simultaneously,
Everyone in the Northern Territory also focused on the darkness beyond the portal.
Suddenly,
An extremely terrifying aura erupted from the darkness.
It felt as if something dreadful was about to burst forth, and all fourth-tier cultivators wore grave expressions.
"They've finally arrived!"
"Everyone, be on guard, prepare for battle!"
Roars echoed through the skies, and the cultivators of the Qingyang Realm were filled with high morale.
"Boom!"
A terrifying aura surged like waves, and a burly figure stepped out from the cross-realm portal!
With a rugged face and eyes sharp as a tiger's, he emanated a powerful presence.
"8@#@&*@#&…"
The figure spoke in a strange language, unintelligible to others.
However,
Understanding his words was unnecessary.
The cross-realm portal had opened, and this humanoid figure was the invader!
Since he was an invader, the only choice was to kill him.
Moreover,
Everyone sensed that more auras were approaching from behind the portal.
"Kill him!"
Zhang Ming roared, stepping into the air, his powerful spiritual energy surging like a river.
Thick spiritual power surrounded him like an awakened dragon, exuding immense might.
His punch, infused with boundless spiritual power, fiercely struck the opponent, its force distorting the surrounding space.
The foreign entity's expression changed slightly, seemingly discovering something astonishing about Zhang Ming.
Immediately, the entity also erupted with overwhelming blood energy, faintly accompanied by dragon roars.
"Boom!"
Their fists collided, instantly unleashing a shocking energy wave.
Zhang Ming's body shook, nearly falling from the void, as he looked at the foreign entity with shock in his eyes.
"Dragon Transformation Stage!"
The entity before him had also reached the Dragon Transformation Stage.
This meant,
The cultivation systems of the two realms were similar.
Moreover, both being Dragon Transformation Stage cultivators,
Zhang Ming could sense that the opponent's blood energy far surpassed his own. This foreign entity was likely in the mid or even late stages of the Dragon Transformation Stage.
Despite his shock, Zhang Ming's battle intent burned even stronger.
So what if he was in the Dragon Transformation Stage!
He had yet to truly battle an equal opponent. Among cultivators, strength alone wasn't the sole determining factor; combat experience and secret techniques were equally crucial.
Therefore,
Upon confirming the foreign entity's cultivation level, Zhang Ming instantly launched another attack.
The foreign entity roared in response, counterattacking fiercely.
Simultaneously,
A sword light pierced the sky.
Lin Lin leaped into the air, his flying sword emitting cold sword energy, launching a sneak attack from behind the foreign entity, creating a pincer attack with Zhang Ming.
As Lin Lin moved, other alliance fourth-tier cultivators exchanged glances and launched their attacks without hesitation.
Though this might seem like ganging up, fairness was irrelevant in a war between realms.
Since the foreign entity dared to step into the Qingyang Realm first, they would eliminate him first.
Given the turbulent aura of the cross-realm portal, more foreign entities could appear at any moment.
Killing one now would indirectly weaken the other realm's strength, adding to the alliance's chances in the upcoming battles.
"%7&*@#&…"
Surrounded by dozens of fourth-tier cultivators, the foreign entity raged, cursing.
However, before his voice could fully dissipate, it was drowned out by a torrent of overwhelming power.
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