To Be Celestial's Emperor II
The War Begins
“Master Zhen, what are our chances of victory?”
Zhen Yuan briefly thought then briefly said, “Nothing! If a miracle does not happen then it is impossible for us to win against them”
Duchong smiled smugly at it, although he had guessed it but hearing it directly made him a little helpless.
“Did bad luck really happen to my leadership? I can't even maintain the Poisonous Insect sect under my leadership” Duchong is really crying this time. Zhen Yuan immediately covered it up so as not to be seen by others.
“Patriark Du, rest assured I will do my utmost to help the Poisonous Insect sect escape this crisis!” Zhen Yuan promised.
He originally only wanted to help the Poisonous Insects to obtain their strongest technique. But because the technique was only learned by him made Zhen Yuan feel guilty and felt he was obliged to help the Poisonous Insect sect with all his might to atone for his guilt.
Patriarch Duchong overcame Zhen Yuan's promise with a sincere smile, “I trust you master Zhen. You are a person who keeps your promises, but you also have to pay attention to your own safety! I don't want you to fall with us here”
“Patriark Du was so worried. You'll see how much power I have now! Although I do not believe I can face you but face one of the 5 insect elders I am sure I can balance with them” Zhen Yuan said confidently.
Duchong thought of Zhen Yuan's words as just a tranquilizer to him, he really couldn't believe it if it happened. Because 3 years ago when he met Zhen Yuan, his strength was only limited to a Soul cultivator of the 2nd layer. It was impossible for him to become a peak Soul cultivator in just 5 years.
Meanwhile, Patriarch Yiqian was in the middle of his army staring at the Thousand Insects valley. He did not immediately order his troops to attack because the Valley of the Thousand Insects was, after all, a forbidden place on the plain of Origin. Only members of the Poisonous Insect sect could enter it easily.
“Master, will we stay here waiting for the people from the Poisonous Insects to come out?” One of the Peak Soul elders wearing the Lightning Sword uniform spoke.
Yiqian glanced at him for a while then replied quietly, “If you are impatient then bring your troops to advance and attack the thousands of insects guarding the entrance there! I will have the leader of the Lightning Sword sect to raise you to become a grand Elder if it manages to get out of there the living-” Elder was speechless, he no longer doubted Yiqian's words.
Although he was the weakest among the five of them, his status in the family was very high. Even so, he still spoke respectfully before the Yiqian patriarch.
“I think you are the only one who can destroy the Thousand Insects formation protecting the Poisonous Insect sect! Take it easy, as long as we succeed you will get 20 grains of Mortal pills for yourself”
The elder's face widened without feeling as patriarch Yiqian mentioned his promise. The Zhen family annually only gave him one to two Mortal pills due to their rarity and extremely expensive cost.
If he managed to obtain 20 mortal pills at once then he was confident that his strength would have shot up to reach Mortal Master if not the Early layer. His strength would be on par with the Grand Elder of the Zhen family.
“Good master! I will do my best to destroy the Thousand Insects formation!”
The elder then advanced and stood closer to the formation, he stretched out his hand and prepared to exert his full strength to destroy the formation.
Zhen Yuan and the patriarch Duchong standing closest to the formation looked a little worried. Although legend had it that even Mortal cultivators were difficult to break through but for many years, the strength of the formation must have decreased.
“We don't know if the formation will be destroyed or not but for sure we have to prepare for the worst! Patriarch, we will use the first attack formation to disturb their concentration!” Zhen Yuan advised.
Patriarch Duchong nodded in agreement, he immediately prepared the first attack formation. Together with the five insect elders and the monk Aswin.
Previously Zhen Yuan and his six had prepared several grade-7 formations consisting of attack and defense formations.
Zhen Yuan became the center of the formation with all six of them helping him to drain soul energy so that the young man would not run out of energy in the midst of his assault.