525: Chapter 525 Ten-Man Squad

[You ask directly: "Are there any who act alone?"]

[He frowned and glanced at you: "Are you crazy? Acting alone? Aren't you afraid of being besieged?"]

[Hearing this, the people nearby all looked over.]

["A Clone, right? Not afraid of death?"]

["What about a Clone? I heard last time that a Void Refining Clone had its Life Origin directly severed, and the main body perished along with it."]

["Sigh, in a great war like this, even Void Refining Cultivators have become cannon fodder."]

[Ignoring the discussions of others, you listened to the explanation and roughly understood.]

[The entire military organization on the front lines was actually quite simple.]

[One is the official organization composed of first, second, and third-rate forces subordinate to the Immortal Sect.]

[The other is temporary teams formed by various major forces or Loose Cultivators.]

[As for those low-level Golden Core and Nascent Soul Cultivators, they aren't responsible for the front-line battlefield; they handle all the logistics.]

[Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment Cultivators cannot participate in the war, but there are some who aren't afraid of death, coming in small groups to scavenge corpses.]

[After all, the resources scavenged from just one corpse are enough to last a lifetime.]

[The Immortal Sect doesn't stop this; they even encourage it.]

[You thought for a moment and said, "I choose the second option."]

[He glanced at you and said slowly, "We're currently short of a captain. Take this jade token and wait for now."]

[As he spoke, he handed over a jade token—it was pure white and specially crafted, with functions like star maps, messaging, and image recording.]

[You took it, cut your finger, and dripped a drop of essence blood into it.]

[The jade token vibrated slightly, and information flooded into your mind.]

[You probed it with your Divine Sense, and a star map of the nearby immortal domains instantly unfolded in your mind.]

[On the star map, there were eight points of light—your eight Void Refining teammates.]

[You noticed that these eight points of light were currently gathered together on a nearby Shattered Star Continent.]

[You did not hesitate and set off immediately.]

[This Shattered Star Continent wasn't far; it only took you three days to arrive.]

[As soon as you landed, eight figures appeared before you.]

[They sensed the jade token on you, knew you were a teammate, and all came over to greet you.]

[The first to speak was an old man, hale and hearty, with a voice full of vigor.]

["This old man is Yu Tiankuo!"]

[You nodded, but your heart stirred slightly. The Aura on this man was identical to that of the Yu Siblings. You secretly guessed that Yu Tiankuo likely had a connection with them.]

[The second to step forward was a middle-aged man with a resolute face, carrying the Aura of a high-ranking individual in his every gesture.]

["This old man is Huangfu Zhanming!"]

[Hearing this name, you understood—he was Elder Huangfu of the True Spirit Immortal Dynasty.]

[After the Wuji Immortal Sect's manifesto was released, the True Spirit Immortal Dynasty began preparing for evacuation. Given a choice between the two, they chose the Immortal Sect's side.]

[The third to speak was an old man in greyish-white hemp clothes, with a thin face and lowered eyes, carrying a sharp Sword Intent.]

["Sword Nameless."]

[You were slightly stunned in your heart, but your expression remained normal.]

[Sword Nameless of the Heavenly Sword Sect had also come.]

[Although the flames of war hadn't reached Ziyang Star yet, many forces on the nearby Star Continents had already begun to take sides.]

[The Heavenly Sword Sect and the Immortal Sect share the same Origin, both belonging to the path of the sword, so it wasn't surprising they chose this side.]

["Grandmother Tianyin!"]

[A young girl barely a meter tall spoke with a calm expression.]

[You looked at her and smiled slightly.]

[Once you knew Sword Nameless had come, you guessed she was the Grandmother Tianyin.]

[After all, she was too conspicuous—looking seven or eight years old, wearing a red bellyband covered by a layer of thin gauze, barefoot, and carrying an ancient zither taller than herself.]

[Looking at your "wretched" smile, the Grandmother Tianyin frowned and gave a cold snort.]

[In truth, yours wasn't a "wretched" smile, but one carrying a hint of closeness.]

[It was just that she didn't know.]

[After everyone had been introduced, you scanned the group and had a clear idea.]

[Among these eight, the one with the weakest Aura was a female Cultivator named "An Ya," an Early Stage Void Refining Cultivator who seemed to have just broken through recently.]

[Only you were at Void Refining Perfection.]

[However, without exception, all were Clones.]

[You also cupped your fists and gave a fake name: "Qin Tian."]

[Yu Tiankuo looked you up and down and nodded: "Not bad, not bad, our team has gained a powerful asset."]

[Huangfu Zhanming also looked at you with a scrutinizing gaze: "Such a young Void Refining Perfection Cultivator must not be a nameless nobody. How is it that I've never heard of you?"]

[Before you could speak, Yu Tiankuo laughed and said, "Now, Fellow Daoist Huangfu, aren't you being a bit too serious?"]

[You smiled, suddenly remembering the Immortal Wanling, so you looked at Sword Nameless and the other and asked, "I heard you two come from Ziyang Star. What about the Immortal Wanling?"]

["Him?" The Grandmother Tianyin smiled, "He went to be a lackey for the Heavenly Palace."]

[You nodded with a smile and asked again, "Why are you all staying here instead of going deeper?"]

["Go deeper?" An Ya said with a smile, "Better not. It's easy to get ambushed."]

["It's better to wait until everyone is here," someone nodded. "We'll try going deeper then."]

["That's true. Moving when everyone is here is safer than now."]

["Then let's wait. A few days won't make a difference anyway."]

["Exactly. Without a Body Integration Cultivator with us, our Divine Sense range is only a few hundred thousand miles. It's easy to be ambushed," another person chimed in.]

[They all began talking at once.]

[Through the information they provided, you roughly understood the current situation.]

[The Star Continent closest to Tianyang Star is Tianxuan Star, which belongs to the Heavenly Palace side.]

[Now that there is no grand teleportation array, flying normally from Tianyang Star to Tianxuan Star takes several months.]

[Of course, if one doesn't care about the consumption, one could keep teleporting through the Void Realm. While that's fast, the consumption is high and the risk is great.]

[And there might be ambushes along the way.]

[Void Refining Cultivators have a Divine Sense range of hundreds of thousands of kilometers. If they encounter an ambush led by a Body Integration Cultivator, whose Divine Sense range far exceeds theirs, they could easily suffer.]

[So, both sides are currently at a stalemate and can only advance step by step—taking one Star Continent and then pushing forward another step.]

[There's no way around this stalemate.]

[The strongest Mahayana Cultivators on both sides have already fought countless times, and no one can best the other.]

[Since the Mahayana Cultivators can't make a move, they have to rely on those below to chip away at the Star Continents one by one.]

[When a war reaches this point, it's a contest of who has more lives, who has deeper foundations, and whoever can't hold out first loses.]

[You looked up, watching the countless stars twinkling in the night sky.]

[Tianxuan Star might be one of them.]

[Soon, half a month passed.]

[A figure suddenly appeared on your Shattered Star Continent.]

[The newcomer was exactly the last person you were waiting for.]

[You looked and were slightly stunned in your heart—it was Lin Feng.]

[He had already broken through to the Body Integration stage.]

[Your appearance was different now, so he likely didn't recognize you.]

[At the same time, your squad received a mission—advance gradually and surround Tianxuan Star in preparation for a general offensive.]

[A mission like this surely involved all squads moving simultaneously, with Mahayana Cultivators also leading attacks; otherwise, Tianxuan Star couldn't be taken.]

[Once the mission was confirmed, you all shifted your thoughts and restrained your Auras.]

[In the next second, ten figures soared into the air, turning into ten streaks of light and flying toward Tianxuan Star.]

[Countless stars twinkled in the starry sky, and your ten figures were like ten meteors streaking across the firmament.]