Chapter 1975: Defending Alone!

Chapter 1975: Chapter 1974: Defending Alone!

“So strong, so goddamn strong!!”

Qi Ling stared at the Nanli Divine Fire filling the sky, utterly shaken.

She hadn’t expected that with the Divine King Power blessing it, the Nanli Divine Fire would become so terrifying, its power spreading over a full hundred li!

Like a massive fire cloud hanging over an entire city.

Of course.

The cultivation of the Upperworld Immortals was all ridiculously high; the actual damage it caused them wasn’t that great, it just broke up their formations, and Qin Feng once more gripped the Life and Death Blade and charged into the sky to slaughter!

Blades of light flashed, like chopping vegetables!

Immortals of the Upper Realm were sliced clean in half and fell from the sky; it was like an autumn breeze sweeping through a forest, dead leaves constantly drifting down.

Time ticked by bit by bit.

The sun slowly began to set.

Out of the three million Upperworld Immortals, only fifty to sixty thousand were left!

They stared blankly at Qin Feng, infinite terror already plain in their eyes.

“Run, run for your lives…”

No one knew who shouted it first, but the fifty to sixty thousand scattered in all directions, some fleeing across the four seas, some rushing toward the Space-time Tunnel.

Seeing this, Qi Ling frowned and said, “Not good! They’re Upperworld Immortals—if they escape to the mainland where ordinary civilians live, it’ll definitely cause a massive slaughter!”

“No need to worry!”

Qin Feng said lightly, then swung his arms, channeled his power, and shouted, “Qin Martial Tai Chi, Sixth gravity—Ten Thousand Dragons Hand!!”

As his words fell.

Tens of thousands of dragon claws burst out from his body, streaking out to seize those trying to flee in all directions, even grabbing those who wanted to rush back into the Space-time Tunnel; then he shouted again, “Qin Martial Tai Chi, Eight Layers of Force—Heaven and Earth Reversed!!”

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

He caught those fifty to sixty thousand people, flung them high into the air, then smashed them down brutally onto Ice Island!

Fifty to sixty thousand people were instantly dashed into mangled flesh and blood…

At last.

The sun sank beneath the horizon.

The gate of the Space-time Tunnel also closed.

The area fell completely silent.

A light breeze swept past, and the air was thick with the stench of blood…

“So incredible!!”

Qi Ling said, utterly shocked.

One man soloing three million Upperworld Immortals—such power was simply unbelievable, it felt like a dream!

However.

Just as she finished speaking, the aura of Divine King Power on Qin Feng’s body surface rapidly vanished, and she and Qin Feng both started falling from midair.

Fortunately, the Fire Cloud Bird caught the two of them.

“Qin Feng, Qin Feng? Are you okay?!” Qi Ling asked worriedly.

She’d been too busy being shocked and only now remembered that sustaining the Divine King’s power for a full day had already overdrawn his body terribly. Under normal circumstances, lasting an hour would’ve been impressive. It was only thanks to her Power of Resurgence that he’d been able to hold on for a whole day.

“This is bad!”

After taking his pulse, Qi Ling realized that his meridians were almost completely severed, and the power in his Dantian was utterly dried up!!

Only now did she truly grasp that Qin Feng had been relying on his terrifying willpower, using sheer consciousness to forcibly control the Divine King Power. His body had long since been torn to pieces by that power’s backlash!

“Hang in there, we’re heading back right now!”

Qi Ling hurriedly took out a Teleportation Talisman, pouring Power of Resurgence into his body as she activated it, and rushed back toward Vine Dragon Mountain.

At this moment.

Vine Dragon Mountain was in chaos.

The more than two million people from before, plus the previously heavily injured, were all either receiving treatment from the medical team led by Su Ruolan, or slumping there, voicing their dejected thoughts one after another.

“Sigh, there really is no hope. We’re already in this state, and those Upperworld Immortals are still coming in endless waves.”

“Yeah! Never mind strength—even just in numbers and scale, we’re not on the same level.”

“Even if we somehow hold Ice Island in the end, then what? We’re all seriously injured now, none of us has any strength left to keep fighting.”

“Sigh…”

Everyone was sunk in depression.

Just then, someone noticed Qi Ling returning with an unconscious Qin Feng, and their emotions surged again.

“Damn! Even Lord Qin is injured like this…”

“Yeah! If even Lord Qin’s been severely wounded, then isn’t our hope basically gone?”

“If we’d known, we should’ve tried harder to persuade Lord Qin not to fight so hard. We should have talked things over with them earlier, or just opened up a Sumeru World or something.”

“Exactly! With Lord Qin’s cultivation, plus the strength of all of us, opening a larger Sumeru World isn’t hard. By then, even if the Upper Realm destroys the Earth World, so what? We could still keep living in the Sumeru World.”

“Who says not? It’s a pity Lord Qin is too stubborn…”

“…”

Hearing their defeatist talk, Qi Ling’s brows drew together in fury. She stood up, swept her gaze around them, and said, “Do you even understand what you’re saying?”

“…”

Everyone instantly fell silent.

They were still very, very wary of Qi Ling’s overwhelming presence.

“Hmph!”

Qi Ling snorted coldly, then continued, “Qin Feng is gambling with his life, and you’re all sitting here wallowing in negativity—are you worthy of his efforts? Do you even know that to protect Ice Island, he put all of you beneath Ice Island at the bottom of the sea, while he alone stood above Ice Island, using his own strength to withstand the Light Ball’s attacks!”

“Do you know that after you all retreated, wounded, back to Vine Dragon Mountain, he alone faced three million Upperworld Immortals, and even when he was utterly exhausted, he never took a single step back!”

“You really think that after saying things like this, you can still live with your own conscience?!”

“…”

Qi Ling spoke each word clearly and forcefully, and when everyone heard her, they were filled with deep shame.

Yeah!

No matter what happened, no matter how great the hardship, they had never seen Qin Feng show even a hint of backing down. Qin Feng had always charged forward without hesitation, never once caring about life or death.

“But Lord Qin is already like this… who can we still rely on?”

One person spread his hands helplessly.

The others all began talking at once: “That’s right! We want to fight too, otherwise we wouldn’t have stayed here. But the gap is just too huge now. Even Lord Qin has been injured like this—if we keep fighting, won’t it just be a pointless sacrifice?”

“Yeah! Even Lord Qin said before, it’s fine not to fear death, but making a meaningless sacrifice is just stupidity.”

“…”

The crowd chattered noisily again.

Qi Ling felt helpless. She wanted to refute them, but the reality before her eyes was just like they said—to anyone looking, this really was like an egg smashing into a rock, pure stupidity.

Just then.

Qin Feng forced his eyes open and rasped to everyone, “I’ll say it again… as long as I’m alive, we absolutely cannot give up hope…”

As soon as he finished, he passed out again.

“…”

Hearing this, everyone fell silent, their faces filled with shame.

Qin Feng was already injured to this extent, yet he was still speaking about holding on, while they themselves kept looking for excuses to fail. They really shouldn’t…

At this moment, Su Ruolan arrived with several members of the medical team.