Chapter 1717 - 1716: Diverting the Catastrophe?
The Holy Daughter and the others frowned upon hearing this.
Ling’er, Mei Niang, and others knew that during this period, the Holy Daughter had been working hard, disregarding life and death, exerting all her strength, running across the small worlds of Vine Dragon Mountain, setting up arrays to prepare for the transfer of catastrophe.
Even though everyone knew that for an enormous catastrophe, those small worlds were far from enough.
But she kept trying, never giving up.
The reason she was severely injured was due to the long-term battles with monsters in the small worlds to seize their territories.
Up until now.
She had conquered seventy-two small worlds and set up explosive arrays in them, planning to detonate and destroy them along with the small worlds once the alien beasts were transferred inside.
The small worlds gathered by Vine Dragon Mountain were roughly the size of Lake City.
For example, the Immortal Medicine World and Desert World that Qin Feng had visited before.
That is to say, the Holy Daughter had conquered an area equivalent to seventy-two Lake Cities. Although it was unclear how enormous the catastrophe was, seventy-two Lake Cities’ worth of space could already mitigate a small portion of the catastrophe’s power.
Unexpectedly.
They were all destroyed by the people of the Inner World!
This was unacceptable to the Holy Daughter; all her efforts over such a long time were completely ruined!
"Heh."
The people outside mocked again, "If you ask me, it’s because you’re too naive. Perhaps because you were born in the Lower Realm, your vision is also very limited. Describing you as someone peeping at the sky from the bottom of a well is not an exaggeration. The small worlds you conquered probably aren’t even worth a speck of the catastrophe’s fingernail!"
"Exactly! In the Golden Mountain Inner World, people have been to the Upper Realm and inquired about the catastrophe. Once it descends, your entire Lower Realm, the entire Earth World—including all the oceans combined—would still not be able to accommodate all the alien beasts. Why else would it be called a catastrophe?"
"Therefore, you’re still too naive, thinking that just a few small worlds would suffice?"
"..."
The people outside sneered.
In the courtyard, the brows of the Holy Daughter and the others furrowed even tighter.
Especially Ling’er.
She was aware of how much sweat and effort the Holy Daughter had put into conquering those small worlds, and she understood the high hopes the Holy Daughter had for them.
However.
The words of those outside completely doused them with cold water.
Even if they hadn’t destroyed those small worlds, facing the immense catastrophe, they were merely a drop in the ocean and wouldn’t make the slightest difference.
This means.
Everything the Holy Daughter did, all the sweat she shed, was all in vain!
"Miss..."
Ling’er, afraid the Holy Daughter might be heartbroken, wanted to comfort and console her.
The Holy Daughter, though, as always, said, "We have no choice; even if it’s like the Foolish Old Man moving mountains, or the myth of the bird filling the sea, there’s only this one path to take!"
"...Yes!"
Ling’er couldn’t hold back her tears.
Qin Feng also felt a sourness in his nose.
He knew that everything the Holy Daughter did was for his sake, knowing full well that this might be a road with no return and utterly meaningless, she still held firm in her belief!
"Don’t worry!"
Qin Feng walked to the Holy Daughter’s side, gazing into her eyes, and said, "With me here, everything will be alright."
Mei Niang, standing aside, said, "Now is not the time to talk about this. The question is what to do next—continue holding the position or evacuate first. Let me say this first, I know Xing’er will surely stay, but this is not a rational decision nor a correct one."
"..."
Everyone fell silent.
Indeed.
According to what those outside said, regardless of whether the small worlds were destroyed, it was meaningless.
So staying also holds no meaning.
"I’ll stay!"
The Holy Daughter spoke firmly, her gaze still unyielding.
"No, come back with me first, let’s think of another way!" Qin Feng said.
The Holy Daughter shook her head.
Qin Feng insisted again.
The Holy Daughter shook her head once more.
Qin Feng continued to insist.
Seeing this, Mei Niang shook her head and sighed, "The most important thing now is to figure out the next step. Previously, it was about transferring the alien beasts into the small worlds, but now this method doesn’t work. Is there any other way?"
After she finished speaking, everyone began to ponder.
Qin Feng frowned deeply, pinching his chin, saying, "If I’d known, I wouldn’t have destroyed those Sumeru lands. Otherwise, we could transfer the catastrophe into them, lessening the burden of the alien beasts a little."
"The Kunlun Mist Cloud space isn’t small, but it’s already collapsed," Shuiyun Immortal sighed, "Even if it hadn’t collapsed, given the catastrophe’s massive volume, it still wouldn’t be enough, and there’s not enough time."
"Yes..."
Everyone became gloomy.
Even if a new Sumeru land is discovered, it would still require setting up arrays to transfer the alien beasts.
And the catastrophe’s arrival is less than a month away.
"Transfer the catastrophe?"
At this point, Mei Niang’s eyes suddenly lit up as she muttered to herself, "Those four words... I seem to have heard them somewhere..."
"Weren’t we just discussing this?" Qin Feng said.
"No, I truly feel like I heard them before coming here..." Mei Niang pondered carefully, and finally, her heart trembled as she said, "I remember now, Old Lady Liang!!"
"Oh? Old Lady Liang? What do you mean?"
Qin Feng was puzzled.
Mei Niang looked up and said, "Back on Shu Mountain, when you helped us Tang Sect and made me the first in Shu Mountain, giving me the qualification to inherit immortal power, I remember asking Old Lady Liang what the purpose of inheriting the immortal power was."
"I also asked this question; she seemed to only say it was to fulfill Purple Cloud Immortal’s last wish to continue resisting the catastrophe." Qin Feng said.
"That’s right!"
Mei Niang nodded, and then added, "Back then, I asked her how to resist the catastrophe, and she said four words—transfer the catastrophe! Could it be that her method is the same as Xing’er’s? Only Xing’er’s method was to transfer the catastrophe into the small worlds of Vine Dragon Mountain. Where would her method transfer it to?"
When finished.
Qin Feng’s interest was also piqued, and he said, "Indeed! I’d forgotten about Old Lady Liang. She said the Five Elements Immortal Power was for combating the catastrophe. I’ve been so busy recently that I completely forgot about her! Currently, I know of four people who have inherited the immortal power, only Tianshan is missing!"
"So much time has passed, and the last one hasn’t been chosen?"
Mei Niang became curious.
Qin Feng also felt puzzled, saying, "Indeed, since I inherited from Qinling, the second was Ning Tingxue from Changbai Mountain, the third was you from Shu Mountain, and the fourth was Ni Chang from Kunlun. It didn’t take us very long, yet so much time has passed without news of the last inheritor. It’s quite unusual!"
Qin Feng recalled that after leaving Kunlun, he participated in the Round Table Conference, destroyed the three Sumeru lands, visited the Upper Realm, participated in guarding the Black Mountain Grand Canyon, then went to the Big Snake Castle and defended Lake City.
So much time has passed, and the last Five Elements Immortal Power inheritor has yet to be chosen.
It’s absolutely unusual!