453: On the eve of the war

Chapter 453: Eve of the Great Battle

Cover that mountain?

What does that mean?

Liu Daming was a bit confused, and the opera troupe disciples behind him were also very confused.

Lu Ran understood, nodded, looked at Liu Daming, and said, "If you want more people, I have people too."

Or, to be precise, not people, but Undead!

In terms of quantity, we've never lost!

With that said,

Lu Ran waved his hand casually.

The pet panel opened directly, and a large number of Undead creatures were directly thrown out by Lu Ran.

Skeleton Soldiers, Ancient Golems, Skeleton Tyrants, Abyssal Bone Dragons, and Banshees...

Countless Undead creatures spread out densely, covering the entire mountain in a blink of an eye!

But this was only a drop in the bucket of Lu Ran's Undead Army!

Liu Daming and the others were stunned.

What is this?

They had thought that those few Abyssal Bone Dragons earlier were Lu Ran's formidable summons.

But they didn't expect...

Lu Ran had an entire mountain of such summons!

Liu Daming's scalp tingled as he recalled how he had tried to challenge Lu Ran and underestimated his strength.

Now it seemed,

Before Lu Ran, he, Liu Daming, was just a small ant!

"You... you this... these..." Liu Daming stammered, his tongue feeling thick.

Cen Yu Nuo, standing by, added astonishingly, "Lu Ran's main profession is an Undead Mage. These are all Undead creatures summoned by Lu Ran, and Lu Ran has even more of these Undead creatures. What you see is just the tip of the iceberg."

Gulp~

Liu Daming and the others swallowed hard.

These were just a small portion of the Undead creatures Lu Ran could summon?

Liu Daming's entire face suddenly turned red.

In that case, it was more than enough to contend against the entire Buddhist Sect!

Lu Ran's previous words were not bragging, nor were they empty boasts; he truly had the ability!

Gathering Taoism disciples to go to Mount Sumeru was not to sacrifice Taoism, but genuinely to let them watch the spectacle, to witness the downfall of the Buddhist Sect, and the rise of Taoism!

They didn't need to lift a finger at all!

"I was ignorant. It seems that sending you away through the Taoism alliance was the ultimate solution, Lu Ran. When are we going to Mount Sumeru?" Liu Daming asked.

"In three days, no, to be precise, in two days, we will go to Mount Sumeru. These two days, I will gather as many Taoism sects as possible," Lu Ran said.

The real purpose, of course, was to get rewards for completing the mission then.

But Liu Daming didn't know any of this.

Instead, in Liu Daming's view, Lu Ran clearly had the ability to resolve the entire Buddhist Sect by himself, yet he still painstakingly gathered the various Taoism sects to let them witness it firsthand.

To be honest, Liu Daming was tearfully moved at this moment.

"Good, good, good!" Liu Daming exclaimed three times.

He had so much he wanted to say, but the words wouldn't come out.

At the same time,

Cen Yu Nuo reminded, "Bandmaster Liu, you said you could contact several Taoism sects. I'll trouble you with that, so our speed will be faster."

"Okay, I'll contact them now!" Liu Daming immediately nodded in agreement.

Indeed, Liu Daming's ability to mobilize people was quite strong.

A few hours later, seven Taoism sects gathered at the opera house where Liu Daming was located.

Lu Ran was very satisfied.

He didn't even bother to pursue the details of which Taoism sects these were.

Anyway, when the time came, he would receive rewards one by one, and Lu Ran would know everything.

And then,

Lu Ran would become the number one person in Taoism!

One person, leading the entire Taoism!

"Taoism is the true native force of Dragon Xia. It's a pity that unlike Sakura, the Daoist profession was not awakened as a primal profession for the professionals, which is a bit regrettable," Lu Ran said with regret.

Otherwise, given the number of professionals in Dragon Xia,

If the Daoist profession could be awakened, the number of Daoists nationwide gathered together would definitely be a terrifying force!

What a pity...

And if that were truly the case, the so-called Buddhist Sect would be nothing.

Of course,

The premise was to give these Daoists enough time to grow.

Otherwise, even the first echelon would not be a match for the Buddhist Sect powerhouses on Mount Sumeru.

The level suppression was still too severe.

Thus, including Da Luo Palace where Cen Yu Nuo was, Zhai Xiaoying's Tengshan Sect, and Fire Virtue Sect, and Liaodong Tiangang,

Lu Ran had now gathered eleven sects!

Of course,

Lu Ran had already received rewards for Liaodong Tiangang and Fire Virtue Sect, so they could temporarily be excluded.

The remaining Taoism sects must also be dealt with as soon as possible!

And after that,

To facilitate matters and increase persuasiveness, Lu Ran brought along those who held influence in these Taoism sects.

This was indeed more troublesome, as there were many people.

But since he had to bring Cen Yu Nuo anyway, Lu Ran couldn't just teleport around the world by himself.

Since bringing one Cen Yu Nuo was bringing, and bringing others was also bringing, then it was better to bring them all together. In terms of time, there wasn't much difference.

But bringing these people along, the effect when persuading other Taoism sects was simply excellent!

After all,

Lu Ran didn't want to idly find a place to display his abilities every time.

That was too much trouble.

Thus, the progress was much faster than Lu Ran and Cen Yu Nuo had anticipated.

By the evening of the second day, Lu Ran had gathered all the Taoism disciples!

Within the Tiandao Alliance,

All the various sects were gathered here. Some had many people, some had few, with some even having only a single remaining descendant.

But fortunately, all the sects could be gathered.

There truly wasn't a single one that had completely died out.

While it was called coincidence and good fortune, in Lu Ran's view, it seemed more like part of the rules.

Although Lu Ran didn't know why it had already been integrated into the rules before being digitized.

He didn't think much about it.

Now, all the various sects were gathered together.

The Thirty-Six Factions of Taoism, all present and accounted for.

Many of them had also lost their orthodox lineages.

That didn't matter.

What Lu Ran was most curious and suspicious about now was...

He wondered if his mission process would be sufficient to obtain so many lineage rewards.

At the same time,

Across the country,

In the upgraded undeveloped maps, people from the Buddhist Sect also began to gather in large numbers, heading towards Mount Sumeru!

The overall number of people in the Buddhist Sect was simply too, too many.

Liu Daming's previous concerns were not unfounded.

The entire Taoism now gathered, the Thirty-Six Factions of Taoism combined, did not even reach a thousand people.

As for the Buddhist Sect,

Especially the Four Great Esoteric Sects, any one of them could easily number in the thousands!

The entire Buddhist Sect's Chan Guan Seven Gates, Four Great Esoteric Sects, and Mount Sumeru combined, amounted to at least tens of thousands of people!

The numerical gap between Taoism and the Buddhist Sect was still too large!

Moreover,

Most critically, on Mount Sumeru, the highest-cultivated Holy Monks of the Chan Guan Seven Gates and Four Great Esoteric Sects over the years were all there!

That was the core strength of the Buddhist Sect!

A force capable of sweeping through the entire Taoism!

"It's a good thing that Taoism has been scattered and spread out over the years; otherwise, it would have been very easy for the Buddhist Sect to clear them out," Lu Ran muttered thankfully.

Then he said to everyone:

"Rest well tonight. Tomorrow morning, at Mount Sumeru, the Buddhist Sect and Taoism will have their reckoning!"