Chapter 663 The Angry Old Mr. Zhou

Li An turned his head.Three figures appeared before him.Tong Zheng, Lin He, and Xiao Zhantian.Tong Zheng stepped forward and quickly said, "The enemy is making a big move. Xiao and Lin He have infiltrated the headquarters of the pillar in the Seventh State. They just received orders to surround the Fourteenth State with all their celestial army." A timely help!Li An nodded, "Great! I was just discussing this.""Tong Zheng, can your teleportation portal cross continents?"Tong Zheng asked seriously, "Do you want the kind of teleportation portal that can accommodate millions of celestial army?""I can't do that, but a few people crossing two states is no problem.""What level of heaven are you?" Li An looked at the young-looking Tong Zheng.Tong Zheng smiled, "Fifth level.""Impressive." Li An was secretly astonished. This was a true prodigy.Then, Li An took a deep breath and lowered his head, saying, "Let me think about what to do." He hadn't thought for long when he heard the voice of Elder Zhou Chongli.The voice sounded relaxed, as if he wasn't engaged in a fierce battle."If you need support from the laws of space, I can help you."Li An asked in surprise, "Aren't you fighting?""Yes, but the enemy isn't very strong, though not easy to kill. The adaptive force is a tough shell to break, but building a teleportation portal isn't a problem.""Okay, I'll contact you if I need anything, but... how do I contact you? How did you contact me?"Li An looked up, but couldn't see Elder Zhou at all, nor could he see the battlefield he was on.Zhou Chongli said calmly, "The Supreme Will, the Connection of Wills.""With your talent, try it yourself and you'll understand.""Okay." Li An nodded, his gaze returning to the star map of the Immortal Realm continent.Nine enormous spheres of light represented nine celestial legions. Aside from Li An's army, the other eight were all advancing towards the Fourteen Provinces simultaneously. Several smaller, scattered groups were also heading in the same direction, as if attending a grand feast.He hadn't given any orders to the other teams and couldn't contact them; in other words, everyone had fallen into the trap.But this wasn't a conspiracy, but a calculated move.Shen Ji's battlefield was crucial, because he was currently using the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation to attack the Great Fortune Pillar, using the celestial realm's fortune against the celestial realm's fortune.Many powerful figures in the celestial realm had witnessed this. If they didn't help Shen Ji, the celestial realm would eventually be drained, or even collapse.This caused those powerful figures to lose their rationality. They desperately wanted to protect their celestial realm, their home. No one wanted to win only to live in a desolate world—would that still be the celestial realm?They believed that as long as everyone worked together to destroy a single pillar, it wouldn't be difficult. Once destroyed, Shen Ji could easily defeat the Divine Pillar King, leading to a chain reaction and expanding their chances of victory.Psychological warfare.The Celestial Realm made everyone believe that a coordinated attack on the Fourteen Provinces was a sure-fire win.Will it be a loss?Li An began to deduce using his Dream.The first strategy, turning the tables and launching a massive all-out offensive, should give us a 60% chance of winning.But how long will this all-out offensive take to complete and dismantle the Great Fortune Divine Pillars of the Fourteen Provinces? That's an unknown.Li An had no experience with interdimensional warfare and didn't know how protracted this war would be.Right.Time.Right now, few of our top celestial warriors have the advantage. They're all using the power of the Great Dao to wear down the opponent's adaptive force, trading health for mana. The longer it drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be for us.Suddenly, Li An began to mutter to himself."The Celestial Realm... The Celestial Realm... The Celestial Realm..."No!Everything is wrong!!The Celestial Realm is a world with a very strict class order. The rule of that world is that the strong decide everything.Put yourself in their shoes!If we consider the course of this war from the Celestial Realm's perspective, then the Celestial Realm would never bet the decisive battle on a low-level battlefield!The only one who can decide the outcome is the strongest!Then, Li An thought of a crucial point.All the leaders of the Lu Clan cultivate the Killing Asura Path, but higher-level combatants like King Che cultivate the War God Path.Theoretically speaking, the War God Path is no less effective than the Killing Asura Path on the battlefield; the biggest difference lies in one thing:Asura Dharma Form!The Ancestor of Asuras once researched the Asura Dharma Form, a combined attack technique of the Asura race.Whether this technique came from the Celestial Realm or was researched by him is unimportant.The important thing is that the Celestial Realm will definitely!Once we all gather in one place...What kind of monster would be created if the Dao Fruits of hundreds, even thousands, of Divine Realm commanders on the opposing side were all fused together?Li An originally imagined that the opposing side might be luring us out to wipe us out in one fell swoop. The one making the move might be Lu Chen, but more likely it would be the Lu Clan King. After all, they had already witnessed in the Alliance Realm that a king could use the Source of the Great Dao to launch cross-realm attacks.Would they do that?Yes!But only if we can defeat their Asura Dharma Form!Not just the Asura Dharma Form, but probably also a super war machine!Mechanical warriors can combine!The two might even combine to create two monsters at the Thirteenth Realm.We must first possess the ability to kill these two monsters before the Lu Clan King can personally intervene.At least three weapons.The Asura Dharma Form, the war machine, and the Lu Clan King.If we choose to play along, there's no 60% chance of victory; it's practically zero!We absolutely cannot combine them.Still thinking about a head-on decisive battle with the enemy?They're planning to use a cheat code to wipe you out in one fell swoop!No wonder they didn't react much even after I killed a tenth of their forces with a single bolt of lightning.Because everything is still under their control.“Tong Zheng, come with me.”Then he pointed to the star map and said, “He, you and Xiao Xiao split up and contact these large forces as quickly as possible. Tell them not to go to the Fourteen Provinces, at least not to set foot within their territory.”Finally, he looked at Di Xian and said, “You all remain still. The entire army must not move. Wait for my orders.”Then he contacted the only person he could contact over such a long distance, his wife Ji Qing, because he was her destined companion.“Do not go to the Fourteen Provinces. Remain still.”After saying this, Li An pulled Tong Zheng along and began to move.How to counterattack was one thing; they could think about it along the way. But first and foremost, they couldn't let everyone fall into the enemy's trap.Meanwhile, on the most prominent side of the ultimate battlefield, Liu Sheng…As a powerful being at the fourteenth level of the Heavenly Realm, possessing the power of the Heavenly Dao, she was naturally beyond the reach of the five individuals between the eleventh and thirteenth levels.She had been conserving her strength, her primary role here being to keep an eye on the heavens above, preventing the Deer Emperor from launching a cross-realm attack.Mr. Tianming's overall strategic plan was clear:From the bottom up, to resolve this war with minimal casualties. Our slogan was to slaughter all the Celestials, but our true aim was to preserve our strength as much as possible, because the future was long, and the Immortal Realm still needed inhabitants.The Deer Clan couldn't fall too quickly; their survival and continued strength were of great strategic value to us.Because a friend named Li Xiaocao was about to become the Deer Clan's new Grand Preceptor.We had to plan ten steps ahead for every step we took. The most difficult thing in the future would be how, after the counterattack on the Heavenly Realm, we, as newly entered Celestials, could establish a foothold there. If everything went smoothly, the Deer Clan would become one of our allies in the future.Li Xiaocao and Zhuge Tianming will work together, one openly and one covertly, to fight the enemy—something the Heavenly Realm never anticipated.Cang Fu of the Ming Clan had calculated everything, only anticipating that Li Xiaocao might succeed Zhuge Tianming if he left, but he hadn't expected the two to join forces at this juncture.This is also why Li Xiaocao, despite being a top-tier fighter, has remained inactive.He cannot let the Heavenly Realm know that this person is alive, that he exists, to avoid putting them on edge. Therefore, he can only live like a ghost in the dark basement of the orphanage, venting his inner discontent by torturing sinners.He is the Supreme Being of All Ages, the former Lord of the World, the Creator God, not a stinking rat in a sewer.Therefore, the prisoners in Li Xiaocao's basement have also made a mistake.Torture them not to extract information, but simply as a form of pure venting.Now that Li Xiaocao has found his opportunity, he doesn't want to wait a single minute longer.Whether it's Zhou Chongli or Liu Sheng, what they truly need to keep an eye on is this Heaven.The demon army's silence was also a prelude to a counterattack.Counterattack whom?Reinforcements.A cornered dog will jump over the wall.If the Lu clan is desperate, they might seek help from the Yan clan to get troops from the Ghost Realm, or from the Heng clan to get troops from the Demon Realm, or even send reinforcements themselves.The demon army's counterattack strategy is to either intercept reinforcements if they arrive, or act as the final straw that breaks the enemy's back if they don't.They have a strategy to defeat the enemy when advancing, and ample reinforcements when retreating.The Lu clan believes everything is still under their control.But coincidentally, Zhuge Tianming also believes everything is under control.On the sacred mountain of the human realm, Zhuge Tianming doesn't resemble a traditional strongman, sitting leisurely like a hermit, eyes closed as if he were a recluse.On the contrary, he has been closely observing the changes on the battlefield.The pillars of the fifteen states were shattered by heavenly lightning, but Lu Chen didn't panic; instead, he chose to retreat as a strategic advance.He abandoned the defense of the remaining seven pillars, sending all his soldiers to the Fourteen Provinces. This was, in effect, a show of weakness to the Immortal Realm.The Immortal Realm warriors subconsciously felt that the Lu Clan's concern for the pillar in the Fourteen Provinces indicated they couldn't afford the consequences of its collapse.What the enemy couldn't accept was what we had to accomplish.A bait was thus formed.If our entire army went to the Fourteen Provinces, we would inevitably face a fierce encirclement and counterattack from the enemy.But that wouldn't be a problem.If the Killing Asura Dharma Form of the Thirteenth Heaven truly appeared, Mr. Zhou would happily send it to the ends of the earth.If the Lu Clan's king forcibly intervened, then Liu Sheng would retaliate.So there was no rush.But good news arrived.Li An, caught in the middle of the situation, realized this. He and Tong Zheng quickly traversed the portals, traveling between several continents to contact the commanders of other Immortal Realm armies, informing them of the situation.It was obvious that the powerful energy bodies stopped at every high-energy area Li An passed through, indicating that the celestial army was no longer advancing.But what happened next?Even if you don't attack the pillars of the fourteen states, they won't shatter; the situation remained tense.Right now, Li An had only pressed the pause button on this war, not giving the mortal realm a greater advantage.On the contrary."Time isn't on our side; don't pause for too long."Time ticked by.Finally, Li An made his next decision and moved.Mr. Tianming smiled slightly and said, "Smart, you know space is on our side."Above the heavens.The Valiant King suddenly looked up at the old man holding space in his hand.The Thirteenth Heaven.The laws of space gathered in Zhou Chongli's palm, and pure white light, like ethereal clouds, crossed the galaxy in an instant, appearing before Li An.The entire casting speed was too fast.So fast that the Valiant King didn't even have time to react.He abruptly raised his spear, unleashing a torrent of martial intent from the Martial God's Dao Fruit, smashing a large portion of Zhou Chongli's body to pieces.But the next second, a flash of light from the Law of Wood, and the shattered half of his body rapidly regenerated. The old man looked at the man before him with a weary expression and said, "What can you do to me?"The Valiant King had been beaten for days; from the start of the battle until now, he hadn't had a moment without being assaulted.At this moment, his anger reached its peak, and he uttered words that were enough to enrage Zhou Chongli."As the tyrant's master, you can't even kill me?""Does the tyrant really want to call a weakling like you his master!?"Zhou Chongli remained silent for a few seconds.The aura behind him unfolded within those few seconds, as if the world had been sliced ​​into countless, densely packed panes of glass.He raised his hand, his white hair whipping wildly in the wind, and a murderous intent flashed in the old man's eyes.The Sacred Mountain of the Human Realm.Zhuge Tianming patted the old man beside him and said, "There's no need to lower yourself to the level of such a person."Two Zhou Chongli.The one standing on the battlefield at this moment was merely an avatar.But the old man was not appeased.He knew his disciple's character. Although he was now a dragon-riding being, he still respected him greatly. Of the few survivors he had chosen, he had reserved one for him.Therefore, the old man's anger stemmed from his disciple's inability to help him much; it seemed he had truly held him back.The words of the Valiant King stirred up painful memories for the old man.But he did not go all out to eliminate the Valiant King. Instead, he established a mental link with Li An below, saying, "I'll open as many teleportation portals as you need."He wanted the Valiant King to witness the annihilation of his army and the defeat of the Lu Clan!Below!After much deliberation, Li An finally decided on the next strategic deployment.Except for the fourteen states, the remaining six Great Fortune Pillars of the enemy were wide open.At this point, Li An could easily destroy their pillars, decipher their mysteries with his divinity, and then use the magic given to him by Dean Cao to channel the fortune into powerful mortals.But the problem was...Their opponents had already demonstrated their ability to teleport freely between the Great Fortune Pillars. Even if he changed one of their marks, as soon as he left, they would arrive and redirect the fortune back to the enemy.Destroying the pillars directly would be too costly, especially since these pillars were third-tier Heavenly Martial Pillars, only Yu Shan's lightning could destroy them; he couldn't do that so easily.Everything revolved around the Heavenly Realm's soldiers.These soldiers, whom the Heavenly Realm didn't place much hope in, were now actually determining the future of the Heavenly Realm.Protecting the Great Fortune Pillars required them, and so did the siege of the Immortal Realm.Therefore, dealing with these soldiers was the best solution.With Tong Zheng's help, Li An crossed four teleportation gates, encountering two Immortal Realm armies and one Heavenly Realm army.At this point, he asked Old Master Zhou if there was a way to simultaneously open two teleportation portals, capable of accommodating a million-strong army for inter-state relocation.The other party simply replied, "No problem."Then things became simple.Urgent matters must be handled slowly.Time is not ours, but space is.We can easily mobilize an army of five or six million to face an enemy force with only two million soldiers.Right now, they are on their way to the fourteen states, not so fast, and presumably the teleportation portal that locates the other pillars can only accommodate a small number of people.In that case,Li An split his forces into two groups to begin encircling and annihilating their soldiers on their march.He himself led one group.Lin He led another.Lin He didn't have Tong Zheng, but he had speed.He was fast enough to traverse two continents in an unimaginable time for the enemy, pinpoint their location, and inform the two nearest Immortal Realm armies, allowing them to quickly advance and cross-encircle the enemy! No, things might not be that complicated.Lin He was also a rebel, possessing the same will and able to establish a will connection with Zhou Chongli.The enraged Old Master Zhou instructed Lin He to pinpoint the enemy's and their own positions, then open two teleportation portals and wipe them all out in the shortest possible time!On the ultimate battlefield.The Valiant King activated his bloodline awakening and launched a frenzied attack on Zhou Chongli, trying to stop him from opening the teleportation portal.But he couldn't do it at all.Most regrettably, he died without ever knowing that he was facing only an avatar. After all, Old Master Zhou's abilities were too crucial; he couldn't allow the real body to enter the fray under any circumstances.This was Tianming's style of operation—a cautiousness bordering on the outrageous, the complete opposite of Li Xiaocao, who readily risked his life at the gambling table.