Chapter 1098 - 1198: Spiraling Ascension

Everyone believed that with the intervention of Taichu Zhenren, this creature from beyond the wall had been completely eradicated.

The crowd relaxed their vigilance, thinking that although Taichu Zhenren had acted once again, it indirectly proved the immense strength of these creatures from beyond the wall.

After all, during the previous incident, the organization's people had merely used the corpses of wall creatures for research, but managed to throw the entire cultivation world into chaos.

Now, as they truly faced these creatures from beyond the wall, they realized that although those creatures in the past had been modified from the corpses of field creatures, they still had opportunities to attack in the incident, and could even annihilate all enemies. Though those enemies could resurrect immediately, at least they couldn't instantly kill these cultivators; instead, the cultivators could instantly kill them, but they could infinitely resurrect.

Yet now, even their attacks had no effect. This creature from beyond the wall had power so terrifying, truly born for battle. Moreover, after years of absorbing and slaughtering, these creatures had extremely rich combat experience, and during battle, they could think about maximizing their benefits, minimizing losses, and even when they had the upper hand, they could mockingly toy with these cultivators.

Seeing all this, Ye Tianfan couldn't help but feel a shadow over his heart, wondering if he had oversimplified the situation before, hastily heading to the outside world, but neglecting the power disparity between the outside and inside.

Actually think about it, if the cultivators inside the wall had power comparable to these creatures, they would have long since moved to outside battles. The real barriers for cultivators were not the Demonic Qi and Evil Qi, but the strength of the creatures.

After all, the Demonic Qi and Evil Qi outside can be easily countered. Just set up an Array to isolate these gases. Then, like having the Chaos Treasure Lotus, slowly expand the Array outward step by step. Owning the Chaos Treasure Lotus makes expansion relatively easy; without it, expansion must be slow and incremental.

Of course, only some larger sects can achieve this. Minor sects simply do not have the resources to build Arrays.

Moreover, the main point previously was that even if cultivators moved towards the outside, it was pointless because even if they occupied a territory, it was meaningless; they were guarding an empty land devoid of Spiritual Power, always at risk of creatures reclaiming it, and continuously wasting resources to replenish the Array as negative qi constantly eroded it.

Before Ye Tianfan obtained the Chaos Treasure Lotus, attacking the outside world was a loss with no real benefits. But once Ye Tianfan had the Chaos Treasure Lotus, things changed because it could convert energy, a function enticing enough for anyone, since there was an abundance of negative qi outside. Converting it all into Spiritual Power could elevate dozens to the immortal realm.

When Taichu Zhenren heard Ye Tianfan had the Chaos Treasure Lotus and understood its true function, he became eager to attack the outside world because its resources were incredibly rich and tempting, regardless of the reason.

And such temptation is not ordinary—after all, the richness of resources beyond the wall is tens or hundreds of times that inside the wall.

Like being a millionaire in a country, but outside the country, gold is everywhere, and no one stops you from taking it, allowing you to unobtrusively collect wealth.

Previously, nearby were Demon Beasts preventing access to the gold, but now things are different; you can acquire the gold. What will your choice be? Surely, grabbing that free gold.

Furthermore, you would collaborate with others to acquire the gold, as Demon Beast Guardians still exist, but you qualify to obtain it.

There's a saying: with 20% profit, a merchant becomes active; with 50%, he takes risks; with 100%, he tramples laws; with 300%, he risks execution.

Yet resources beyond the wall far exceed 300%, reaching tens of thousands, and with others acquiring them too, your safety factor is greatly improved; why wouldn't you go?

But while everyone cheered, preparing to explore further ahead.

Suddenly, they found in the place where the wall creature died, a mild red sand began to spread in a spiral.

This discovery put everyone back on guard, as it was surely related to the dead creature.

Seeing this, Taichu Zhenren's face truly changed, as even the Power of Purification on the Xiao Yao Sword was ineffective, they could only rely on Ye Tianfan's Chaos Treasure Lotus to convert the energy within the creatures.

However, the downside is Ye Tianfan's power is insufficient to convert a large number of creatures.

After all, Ye Tianfan merely converted the leg of a creature, already consuming much Spiritual Power and some Spiritual Power.

If he were to convert an entire creature, wouldn't it exhaust Ye Tianfan completely?

Yet the realized truth quickly suited Ye Tianfan's power for troublesome creatures' abilities, as if facing difficult creatures, Ye Tianfan could instantly convert the energy within them.

This would quickly resolve weak but troublesome wall creatures' abilities.

However, after resolving one creature, Ye Tianfan's Spiritual Power and Spiritual Power would be drained, requiring protection for him, and reasons to not occupy subsequent territories.