Chapter 2449: Return!
"Huff..."
Taking a deep breath, everyone stood up.
Compared to the Divine Dream Sect, the people of the Phoenix Sect no longer showed any trace of fear on their faces.
Their increased Cultivation Base gave them a huge boost of confidence in facing these Extraterritorial Demons.
"Let’s use the Demon Crystal Cannon on the Starry Battleship."
Just as everyone was about to take action, Su Han suddenly spoke, "As long as there aren’t any Extraterritorial Demons above the Seventh Level appearing, we’ll use the Demon Crystal Cannon for attack. As for the Spirit Crystals consumed, our Phoenix Sect will cover part of it."
Upon hearing this, the Divine Dream Sect naturally had no objections.
Extraterritorial Demons below the Seventh Level could almost all be dealt with by the Demon Crystal Cannon, so why go out looking for death?
Moreover, since Su Han said the Phoenix Sect would share part of the Spirit Crystals, they had no reason to refute.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Before long, enormous booming sounds started erupting.
One astonishing Light Pillar after another, driven by the Spirit Crystals, came shooting out from the Divine Dream Ship’s Demon Crystal Cannon.
The entire ship hadn’t even completely left the teleportation passage when these Light Pillars began clearing a path for the people of both sects.
Under those Light Pillars, countless Extraterritorial Demon bodies disintegrated, turning into Blood Mist and then condensing into Blood Crystals.
Occasionally, giant hands formed by the Power of Cultivation would extend from the Starry Battleship, seize those Blood Crystals, and then retract.
These giant hands were almost all created by the people of the Phoenix Sect.
The Divine Dream Sect, on the other hand, seemed uninterested in acquiring the Kunpeng Sacred Body.
Thus, only individuals who were interested would reach out and grab some of the Blood Crystals.
...
Returning to the Qianyi Continent would take a month.
This time, they didn’t encounter any Extraterritorial Demons above the Seventh Level, and the special Extraterritorial Demon that Su Han was worried might surpass the Eighth Level didn’t appear either.
Therefore, the speed of the Starry Battleship wasn’t reduced.
A month passed amidst those booming sounds.
In the distance, a vast landmass appeared in their sight.
Everyone could see a giant statue located to the south.
Above this statue, a light emerged, turning into a gigantic Light Barrier that shielded the entire landmass.
The Qianyi Continent!
"We’ve finally returned..."
Seeing the Qianyi Continent, everyone felt a complex wave of emotions rise.
Currently, the Lower-Class Star Region was nearly overrun by Extraterritorial Demons, and for cultivators, only this Qianyi Continent felt like home.
It was like the apprehension of returning home...
However, before all their emotions could fully surface, they were immediately suppressed by the numerous silhouettes standing on the edge of the Qianyi Continent.
Looking out, they saw countless figures densely packed around the edge of the Qianyi Continent. A sweep of Divine Sense revealed there were at least a billion of them.
They wore various garments, but it was evident they all belonged to the Three Teachings, Nine Schools, and Seventy-Two Sects!
These numerous figures formed clusters, distributed across various areas, seemingly based on Formations.
Familiar silhouettes could be seen sitting cross-legged in the Void, resting with their eyes closed.
"Are these guys waiting for us?" Du Tianlin’s face looked somewhat grim.
"What do you think?"
Su Han sneered, "Besides us, who else would be worth them putting up such a grand display?"
"They’re really a bunch of disgusting clowns!"
Ling Xiao said grimly, "I had just felt a touch of warmth from returning, only for it to be shattered by them."
"What are they doing here? Are they planning to attack us once we return?" Xiang’er frowned.
"I don’t think so."
Su Han shook his head, "When we left, they had tracked us. They know both our sects almost deployed all our top experts this time, and looking at these people, they are almost all ordinary Disciples, with less than twenty in the Heavenly Emperor Realm. As for Sub-Immortal Level, it’s just Dark Sorcerer Supreme, Guifeng Immortal Sovereign, Wind Bell Battle Sovereign, and Great Emperor Yushuang—only these four."
"In the dark, there shouldn’t be any hidden experts besides the Supreme Honor of the Sect of the Supreme Void. Nobody else could hide under our noses."
This was a modest statement.
In fact, even the Supreme Honor of the Sect of the Supreme Void couldn’t silently mask their presence in front of Su Han and the others.
"They clearly know this lineup can’t stop us, so why are they here?"
Su Han rhetorically asked, then snorted coldly, "I fear their fundamental aim isn’t to attack and kill us but to... block us out in this Starry Sky, preventing us from returning to the Qianyi Continent!"
"Hmm?"
Upon hearing this, a chill swept from everyone.
"To banish us outside? Not let us return?"
"They’re simply delusional, thinking the Qianyi Continent is theirs?"
"Three Teachings, Nine Schools, and Seventy-Two Sects, they’re all truly scoundrels, trash!"
"They think brilliantly, using the Extraterritorial Demons to get rid of us effortlessly?"
"They probably don’t know how powerful we are now!"
...
Above the Qianyi Continent, in the Void.
Dark Sorcerer Supreme and the other three, each occupied a region, their eyes closed, but their Divine Sense constantly scanning.
Suddenly——
"Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!"
Four pairs of eyes simultaneously opened!
They immediately lifted their heads and looked through the Light Barrier toward the distant Starry Sky.
There, only hideous faces were roaring and howling at them.
𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
By now, they were used to it.
But their Divine Sense could see through these hideous figures into the far distance, spotting a Starry Battleship slowly approaching!
"They’ve returned!" Dark Sorcerer Supreme’s face immediately turned grim.
"So they really did return!"
Guifeng Immortal Sovereign added, "Ten years have passed. I thought they had died outside, yet they truly survived and came back!"
"Where have they been in these ten years? Were they in the Starry Sky all this time? Their strength doesn’t seem enough to survive ten years in the Starry Sky, right?" Great Emperor Yushuang furrowed his brow.
"Not just them, even if the Three Teachings, Nine Schools, and Seventy-Two Sects united, surviving ten years in the Starry Sky would be nearly impossible, let alone one year!" Wind Bell Battle Sovereign snorted.
"No matter where they’ve been, their return isn’t good news for us!"
Dark Sorcerer Supreme spoke again, rising as he did so.
"Boom!!!"
The pressure of the Sub-Immortal Level erupted instantly.
It swept in all directions, causing countless Disciples from the Three Teachings, Nine Schools, and Seventy-Two Sects to open their eyes at this moment.
"Everyone, heed my order!"
"The traitors of the Phoenix Sect and Divine Dream Sect have emerged. Immediately form an array to keep them from entering the Qianyi Continent!"