PHS Chapter 192 (Patreon)

Chapter 192: The War That Swept the World (Two-in-One)

"It is enough."

Li Yun glanced over the ten storage rings and spoke softly.

Great Saint-level items were indeed priceless and rare, but that was only in the context of the outside world. To the System, everything had a quantifiable value. As long as the quantity was sufficient, it could match the worth of a single Great Saint-level item.

"That is a relief."

Yang Qiu let out a long breath. Most of the items he had just produced were from the former heritage of the Shimmering Light Sacred Land. For the Nine Nether Demon Sect, while it was a painful loss, it wasn't unbearable.

So long as they could recoup their losses after this war, everything would be restored!

Having presented his payment, Yang Qiu stood in the grand hall with his hands clasped behind his back, his gaze falling upon the other five. Though he said nothing to rush them, his eyes said it all.

Three Great Saint-level items. The other five weighed this in their minds.

They had all considered the same possibilities as Yang Qiu.

If they acquire this information and learn the true strength of the Bloodfiend Clan, it would grant them a significant advantage. They would seize the initiative before the battle even began! As long as they could crush their enemy in a single, decisive war, everything they lost today would be reclaimed in full!

They might even turn a considerable profit!

A moment later, their minds were made up. They acted in unison, each producing three Great Saint-level items. Even the Kunpeng and Chaos Luwu clans didn't hold back. While they couldn't participate in the war directly, the clans and factions that had sworn allegiance to them over the years were numerous.

It would be enough to send them.

"Senior, you may now tell us. How many experts from the Bloodfiend Clan have crossed the boundary?" Ye Changming asked, cupping his fists.

"Mm."

Li Yun grunted in acknowledgment and asked in his mind, ‘System, query the number of experts at the Saint King realm and above who have crossed the boundary from the Bloodfiend Clan this time!’

[Ding!]

[Deducting 660,000 Heavenly Secrets Points. Query successful for Bloodfiend Clan experts at the Saint King realm and above who have crossed the boundary.]

[Six Great Saints (click for detailed information), one Quasi-Emperor (click for detailed information).]

‘A Quasi-Emperor has come?’

Li Yun clicked his tongue.

He reviewed the information for each one. After the entry for the Quasi-Emperor, he saw a line of annotation, which clearly stated that this Quasi-Emperor had brought an Imperial Weapon. As for what kind of Imperial Weapon it was, whether it targeted the divine soul or the physical body, or how terrifying its power was—none of that was mentioned.

‘Information on a single Imperial Weapon still costs Heavenly Secrets Points. System, you never change!’

Li Yun couldn't help but feel grudging admiration.

When it came to scraping together Heavenly Secrets Points, Li Yun felt he was still a step behind the System.

"This is the information on all the experts the Bloodfiend Clan has sent across the boundary this time."

Li Yun flicked his wrist, sending six jade slips flying into the hands of each person.

Six Great Saints, one Quasi-Emperor, and one Imperial Weapon.

Reading this, the hearts of the six first sank, then smiles touched their lips.

A Quasi-Emperor was certainly formidable.

An Imperial Weapon was a synonym for invincibility.

But...

The information recorded in the jade slip was exceptionally detailed. It not only listed the identities of the six Great Saints and the one Quasi-Emperor, but it also detailed the divine abilities and cultivation methods they practiced.

It even described their individual temperaments and dispositions.

With this, they could formulate a targeted strategy. Knowing their opponents' ultimate techniques, they could dispatch peers of the same level who could perfectly counter them. The final result would be guaranteed victory!

"No Great Emperor has come. Only a single Quasi-Emperor, carrying an Imperial Weapon across the boundary..." Yang Qiu murmured.

This was practically a delivery service!

If they could seize that Imperial Weapon, no amount of Great Saint-level items could compare to its value.

It was safe to say that the Imperial Weapon alone was worth more than the price all six of them had just paid!

And what if they managed to kill the Bloodfiend Clan's Quasi-Emperor? He must have a Quasi-Emperor Weapon of his own, right? That would be another priceless treasure! And if they performed a Soul Search and obtained his cultivation methods, this transaction would be massive, overwhelming profit!

"And there are six Great Saints and nineteen Saint Kings..." Ye Changming added grimly.

Individually, none of their six powers stood a chance against the Bloodfiend Clan. Even with this information, they would be utterly defeated.

But if all six of them attacked together, they had a chance of winning.

At the very least, they all possessed Imperial Weapons.

Even the Nine Nether Demon Sect could bring out the Imperial Weapon of the Shimmering Light Sacred Land and clash with the Bloodfiend Clan.

"The Bloodfiend Clan is in for difficult times," Li Yun remarked, having glimpsed the thoughts of the six. He could already predict the Bloodfiend Clan's fate, assuming no Great Emperor intervened. The outcome was unlikely to change significantly.

As for the remaining information on the Bloodfiend Clan, worth one million Heavenly Secrets Points, he glanced at the system panel and saw that they also possessed a Quasi-Emperor Formation. The method to break this formation would probably fetch several hundred thousand Heavenly Secrets Points.

But it was a pity.

The six had already resolved to use their Imperial Weapons. A mere Quasi-Emperor Formation would likely not withstand a barrage from multiple Imperial Weapons. Whether they bought the information or not was of little consequence.

Even if he told them, it was unlikely to move them.

The remaining Heavenly Secrets Points were accounted for by the vast number of Bloodfiend clansmen—hundreds of millions of them, from the Body Tempering Realm to the Sacred Lord level. The information on so many people, added together, was barely worth a few hundred thousand points.

And these six would probably not buy it. It was meaningless. What good would it do to know their names and the divine abilities they cultivated?

A single Saint or Saint King could obliterate them all with a finger. Only a fool would spend countless resources on such information.

Ultimately, the value of information lay in the wealth it concealed.

If the two weren't equivalent, no one would spare a second glance, no matter how secret the information was.

"Pavilion Master."

At that moment, the Golden Crow Clan Head was the first to cup his hands in salute. "The Bloodfiend Clan ambushed and tried to kill the descendants of this junior. This is a debt that must be repaid. This junior will forever remember the grace of Senior's information today."

"After this matter is concluded, this junior will come again to pay respects."

"Mm."

Li Yun nodded, giving the Golden Crow Clan Head an extra look.

He hadn't expected that in such a short time, the man would have learned some manners, even restraining a great deal of his arrogance.

"We juniors shall also take our leave for now."

With the Golden Crow Clan Head's departure, the other five also cupped their hands and departed.

Having grasped all the information on the Bloodfiend Clan, they didn't wish to delay any longer. Everyone understood the principle that delays could lead to unexpected complications.

What if, after some time, a Great Emperor from the Bloodfiend Clan descended? The information they held wouldn't be completely useless, but its value would be greatly diminished.

Li Yun watched them depart, a satisfied smile on his face. He said softly in his mind:

"System, open the panel!"

Swish!

A light blue screen materialized before his eyes, displaying his various details. In the bottom right corner, a long string of numbers was almost dazzling.

2,030,000 Heavenly Secrets Points!

He had just earned nearly five hundred thousand points in that one transaction.

The information on an entire clan hadn't earned him as much as a single Creation Mystic Realm. To be honest, Li Yun was a little dissatisfied, but when he considered the difference in the number of buyers, he felt at ease.

"System, purchase the complete portion of the Heavenly Emperor Scripture that can be cultivated to the Great Emperor realm!" Li Yun commanded in his mind.

[Ding!]

[Deducting 1,690,000 Heavenly Secrets Points. Purchase of the latter part of the Heavenly Emperor Scripture was successful!]

With a great rumble, Li Yun felt a profound and mysterious scripture appear in the depths of his mind. Its characters shone with golden light, each one filled with the rhythm of the Dao, incomparably deep and abstruse.

"From this day forward, I too am a man who possesses an Emperor's Scripture!" Li Yun said with delight.

The further one progressed in the Heavenly Emperor Scripture, the more expensive it became. The portion from Quasi-Emperor to Great Emperor cost nearly as much as all the previous sections combined. It was outrageously expensive.

"Thirty-four thousand Heavenly Secrets Points remaining..."

Li Yun glanced at his balance.

Though he hadn't become a pauper again, he wasn't far off.

This amount would make it difficult for him to even become a Great Saint, let alone a Quasi-Emperor or Great Emperor.

But he now had the cultivation method; all that was lacking was the strength. After saving for a little while, the power of a Great Emperor would likely be within his grasp.

"I hope the next one is a big fish," Li Yun thought to himself.

Only a big fish could be fleeced a few more times, allowing him to achieve Emperorship.

While Li Yun was plotting his path to becoming an Emperor, outside Great Desolate City, Yang Qiu and the other six stood on a small hill. They hadn't left, but were discussing. After more than four hours of heated debate, they finally reached a consensus.

The Bloodfiend Clan had attacked all six of their powers simultaneously. Naturally, all six would act together to suppress them. How many people each side would send out, and how the spoils would be divided after their success, had to be decided in advance.

What if, after the Bloodfiend Clan was annihilated, the six powers started fighting amongst themselves over the uneven distribution of resources?

The losses would be immense.

And they would become a laughingstock.

After the six came to agreement, they each took out a jade slip and sent a message back to their clan.

Soon, within the Ye Imperial Clan, divine radiance of ten thousand zhang erupted, illuminating the surrounding void in splendid display.

A tall, indistinct figure shot into the sky, wielding a great black halberd that seemed capable of annihilating all things. His gaze was like a heavenly blade as he looked toward the location of the Bloodfiend Clan.

Behind him, several other majestic figures appeared, their auras equally terrifying, though slightly inferior to the one in the lead.

Elsewhere, within the Nine Nether Demon Sect, a withered, gaunt figure rose from his coffin. He stepped out of his small dimension, a great road paved with demonic qi extending to the ends of the sky beneath his feet. His aura was terrifying. With a single step, ten thousand layers of blood-clouds appeared beneath him. A distance of ten million li was crossed in the blink of an eye.

"You wish to cut off this old man's path to life? Then this old man will first cut off your Bloodfiend Clan's path to life!"

Meng Qingzhi was terrifying beyond compare, his voice ice-cold, his killing intent soaring to the heavens!

Within the Golden Crow Clan, an ancient, dilapidated black banner that seemed to have stood for countless ages suddenly began to shake violently. A strange fluctuation swept out. In an instant, throughout the entire territory of the demon race, divine light shot to the sky. A vast army of the demon race rapidly converged on the Golden Crow Clan.

Every demon possessed soaring blood qi and murderous intent. Clouds roiled, a dense black mass like storm clouds pressing down, stretching as far as the eye could see.

One after another, ancient warships lined up in the sky, forming a great torrent, their momentum shaking the heavens!

Countless people had thought the Golden Crow Clan was in decline, but when this scene was transmitted, the myriad clans of the world instantly understood.

Even a declining imperial clan of the demon race still possessed a terrifying foundation.

With a single shake of the Demon-Summoning Banner, the entire demon race answered the call.

In an instant, they gathered beneath the black banner.

Such a grand spectacle made countless demons feel as if they had returned to the ancient era when the demon race ruled this world.

"What is happening?"

Many people still didn't understand the situation. They only knew that in a single day, the Ye Imperial Clan, the Lin Imperial Clan, the Nine Nether Demon Sect, the Golden Crow Clan, and others had all undergone great change. Terrifying figures had emerged from seclusion and stepped into the depths of the void, their whereabouts unknown!

These people were too powerful. Their destination couldn't be divined by anyone. Perhaps only after the event could they learn a fraction of the truth.

"Is the human race going to war with the demon race?" someone guessed.

A mysterious power had ambushed the prodigies of various clans, and no accurate news had yet been released. Now that news had finally emerged, it filled their hearts with unease.

If the human and demon races were to go to war, it would undoubtedly be a conflict that swept the entire world!

At that time, no one could remain uninvolved!

Because the populations of the human and demon races were simply too vast, and the number of hidden experts was not small. The number of lives that would fall in a war between the two races would be calculated in the trillions!

"That shouldn't be, right? Didn't the leaders of their six powers all go to the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets?"

"Perhaps the information the Pavilion Master told them was that it was a faction from the demon race or the human race that made the move?"

"What a pity. If I had countless resources in my hands, I would definitely go to the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets and buy information, asking the Pavilion Master just what in the world happened!"

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