"When the Baixing Holy War is won, our Six Great Empires will rule the world! The vast seas will belong to us!"
Lin Li's heart surged with excitement as he heard these words, filled with anticipation!
The Sword Nascent Soul Technique was a rare combat-focused cultivation technique for Nascent Soul stage cultivators. On top of that, Lin Li had Ye Fan, his demon sword, as his trump card!
Because of this, Lin Li had every reason to believe that, despite just stepping into the Nascent Soul stage, he would stand out in the upcoming Nascent Soul battles!
Moreover...
How much feedback energy would he gain from killing a Nascent Soul stage cultivator?
Lin Li couldn't help but feel eager for what was to come!
Of course, Ye Fan shared this anticipation.
"Just from killing Core Formation cultivators, I've gained tens of thousands of evolution points!"
"Now that I've evolved into a mid-grade treasure, I only need a few hundred thousand more evolution points to become a high-grade treasure."
"It's very possible…"
"That just one Nascent Soul cultivator will give me enough points to evolve into a high-grade treasure!"
"Let the Nascent Soul battle begin… and soon!"
...
Three months later!
Now that Lin Li had reached the Nascent Soul stage, there was no need for him to engage in the lower-level skirmishes anymore.
Soldiers face soldiers, and generals face generals!
Currently...
At the junction where Baixing Kingdom clashed with the Boundless Empire and the Holy Empire, the skies were stormy and tense!
Nearly thirty Nascent Soul cultivators floated in the air, divided into three camps, all glaring at each other with palpable hostility!
Lin Li's camp had thirteen Nascent Soul stage cultivators—this was the foundation of the Five Great Kingdoms of the Baixing alliance!
The other two camps had seven Nascent Soul cultivators and nine Nascent Soul cultivators, respectively.
The camp with seven Nascent Soul cultivators belonged to the Boundless Empire.
The camp with nine Nascent Soul cultivators belonged to the Holy Empire.
Although neither of these factions had more Nascent Soul cultivators than Baixing individually, together they had sixteen Nascent Soul cultivators—three more than Baixing's thirteen!
Moreover...
This count included Lin Li, who had just entered the Nascent Soul stage.
Without Lin Li's breakthrough, Baixing's situation would have been even more dire!
"Hmph... I must say, you people of Baixing Kingdom are overly ambitious!"
In the Holy Empire camp, a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator with white hair and beard, resembling an immortal, sneered, "Did you really think that a few ancient puppet scrolls from the Sky City would be enough to swallow up our two nations?"
"Arrogant!"
From the Boundless Empire camp, a middle-aged late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator with a long sword and a goatee bellowed, "Those ancient puppets may be strange, but they don't include any at the Nascent Soul stage!"
"If we win this Nascent Soul battle, your Five Great Kingdoms of Baixing will suffer a crippling loss! No matter how strong your advantages in the lower and middle-tier battles, it will all turn to nothing!"
On the Baixing side, the Violent Thunder King personally led the charge!
Each of the Five Great Kingdoms had sent two Nascent Soul cultivators into the battle.
Including Lin Li and the Violent Thunder King, Baixing had a total of twelve Nascent Soul cultivators.
Adding the president of the Baixing Commercial Alliance, the total was thirteen.
This time, the Violent Thunder King smiled and shook his head. "Do you think I would launch the Baixing Holy War so easily without proper preparation?"
"In the battles between Nascent Soul cultivators, I too have a trump card!"
"Oh? Is that so?"
The leader of the Boundless Empire's Nascent Soul cultivators, the swordsman with the goatee, snorted coldly, "Then show us what you've got!"
The Boundless Empire had suffered the most losses in the Baixing Holy War, and their Nascent Soul cultivators were in the foulest moods.
Driven by their hatred, they all unleashed their techniques, launching a fierce assault on Baixing!
At the same time...
The Nascent Soul cultivators of the Holy Empire exchanged glances and nodded. They moved to support the Boundless Empire, surrounding Baixing.
In that moment!
The Violent Thunder King produced a round orb, which he crushed in his hand. Immediately, violent lightning surged from his body!
At the same time!
His expression turned manic, and his voice rang out wildly: "The Ten Thousand Tribulations Heavenly Thunder Formation, activate!"
"What?!"
The Nascent Soul cultivators of the Sacred Boundless Alliance were shocked, their faces filled with disbelief!
"The legendary Ten Thousand Tribulations Heavenly Thunder Formation—is it real?!"
The Ten Thousand Tribulations Heavenly Thunder Formation was said to be an ancient formation passed down to the Violent Thunder Kingdom from an immortal during ancient times!
Once activated, it could summon the Ten Thousand Tribulations Heavenly Thunder, a calamity typically only faced by tribulation-stage cultivators!
The tribulation stage was four major realms beyond the Nascent Soul stage!
One could only imagine how terrifying it would be for Nascent Soul cultivators to face such a calamity!
It was, in essence, a technique that would harm both the enemy and the caster!
The most frightening part was...
Until the core of the formation was deactivated, no one could leave the ten-mile radius covered by the Ten Thousand Tribulations Heavenly Thunder Formation!
Boom!
The sky was instantly filled with dark clouds, and deafening thunder roared!
Bolts of lightning as thick as dragons crashed down from the sky!
Simultaneously...
At the boundary of the ten-mile radius, walls of lightning formed a barrier, preventing the Nascent Soul cultivators inside from escaping.
"Hahahaha!"
The Violent Thunder King laughed maniacally, "The Ten Thousand Tribulations Heavenly Thunder Formation indiscriminately targets everyone. Though Nascent Soul cultivators can dodge the strikes, your numerical advantage will be useless as you scatter to avoid the lightning—you won't be able to overwhelm us with numbers!"
"On the other hand, including myself, the Violent Thunder Kingdom has sent two Nascent Soul cultivators!"
"We will be unhindered within the formation and will even have our strength amplified!"
"You will all be destroyed right here!"
Upon hearing this, the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Sacred Boundless Alliance were filled with fear and anger.
"Damn it!"
"We've been tricked!"
"If we had known, we wouldn't have fought here but in separate battles!"
As everyone reacted with mixed emotions, the thunder continued to roll!
They had no choice but to scatter and dodge the lightning.
While avoiding the strikes, one-on-one battles between Nascent Soul cultivators broke out across the battlefield!
"Heh heh heh!"
At that moment...
A sinister voice rang out next to Lin Li.
Turning his head, Lin Li saw a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator from the Boundless Empire.
Dressed in black robes, the man looked like an evil cultivator. He released dark mist as he sneered and said, "You look quite unfamiliar, little brother."
"I assume you're the newcomer to the Nascent Soul stage from Baixing?"
"Heh heh heh, unlucky for you, I'm Black Wind Ancestor."
"I'm a fifth-level Nascent Soul cultivator, and I've already killed at least three early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators."
"You… will be my fourth!"
"Hahahaha!"