Chapter 553: Longshot
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Chapter 553: Longshot
As he fled, Sage had traveled through a massive forest. Up hills and down into ravines and canyons. The ground cover had obscured his position and reduced the tortoises accuracy. He had to keep moving forward to prevent the other groups from catching up and taking shots at him. Unfortunately, the terrain started to change for Sage. The huge forest suddenly came to an end and spilled into a vast plains. There was no forest canopy or thick bushes to conceal him and the grass was sparse. It was not the right season for the grasses to be tall enough for him to hide within.
He started to change direction, ready to face his pursuers in order to stay within the tree cover, but they werent having it. They came in force, pushing forward to bottle him in and attack him from two sides. One of the molten boulders landed among them and caused a few deaths and injuries, but he already counted a few hundred cultivators with various musical instruments, glowing violet lights on their fingers, white staves, and the black masks of the Fu Clan. He would have to face them all head on to stay in the forest. With time running out, he checked on the progress of the Inner World.
Can those with you be counted on to fight to the death?
Ruanfus voice came through, with a saddened tone, Not all of them. Only the cultists would do that. The others would probably flee and take their chances with a broken oath. A few of them might try and help the enemy capture you.
Sage didnt want to do such a thing in the first place, but he was still curious if the option was available. Hed wondered if it was possible to use all those Core Formation Cultivators to help him cut through the resistance and stay on track in the forest. Such a move would likely lead to some of their deaths, but if they all worked together they would probably be able to breakthrough. The problem was that if they didnt act in unison they probably couldnt push through while outnumbered. If they saw the odds against them and didnt give their full effort, ran away, or worse, betrayed them it would be disastrous. Theyd be stopped in place and would die in droves.
The huge swarm of thousands of giant insects he released did little more than annoy the giant tortoise, but they accomplished Sages goal. They took the tortoises attention and bought him some time to recover. A swarm of thousands of giant insects bought him only a few minutes, but as soon as they were all dead, he just released a few thousand more. Wave after wave until hed had a couple hours to restore his Qi and restore the protective layers of the Blacksilver King around his body. That bought him another few hours against the tortoises attacks and then he repeated the tactic again. Night eventually fell and in the dark he could easily avoid the tortoises attacks again.
The next few days repeated the same way, it required three iterations of the insect swarm tactic to make it to the night. A day here was nearly a year on the Inner World, but even so he was slowly running out of bugs. He had half a world to grow them on, but for them to reach the third rank naturally still required time and resources. It took time for them to mature and there was a limit on how many of them the land could support at a high rank. As he threw out the big ones, the younger ones could take over their territory and grow larger, but the rate they were being sacrificed exceeded their rate of replenishment.
He was running out of time and there were still no improvements or big developments among the cultivators that the Tiankong Siblings were training. Theyd started using crazy methods to try and make them understand laws, lighting them on fire, tying them to rocks and pushing them into the sea, trapping them in caves for weeks at a time, injecting them with powerful poisons, and many other harsh treatments. None of them seemed to work.
As the days passed and the plains continued on without end, Sage had to put his hope into one last card. He used up the last of the mature insect swarms to push his strength to the peak one last time, stopping his escape and turning to face the giant tortoise flinging fire to destroy the huge horde of bugs. The swarm was quite large this time, splitting into three parts to give his other enemies something to occupy themselves with.
He needed a bit of time for this. His eyes flickered, vibrating at a strange resonance as he turned the Hypnotic Eye upon the tortoise. It barely slowed the monster down, but it did get him some eye contact for just a moment and that was when Sage reached out, calling upon one of the Spirit Powers he learned on that Psychic World. His mind connected to that of the massive beast and a rush of memories traveled back and forth between them.
Soul Resonance!
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Chapter 553: Longshot
As he fled, Sage had traveled through a massive forest. Up hills and down into ravines and canyons. The ground cover had obscured his position and reduced the tortoises accuracy. He had to keep moving forward to prevent the other groups from catching up and taking shots at him. Unfortunately, the terrain started to change for Sage. The huge forest suddenly came to an end and spilled into a vast plains. There was no forest canopy or thick bushes to conceal him and the grass was sparse. It was not the right season for the grasses to be tall enough for him to hide within.
He started to change direction, ready to face his pursuers in order to stay within the tree cover, but they werent having it. They came in force, pushing forward to bottle him in and attack him from two sides. One of the molten boulders landed among them and caused a few deaths and injuries, but he already counted a few hundred cultivators with various musical instruments, glowing violet lights on their fingers, white staves, and the black masks of the Fu Clan. He would have to face them all head on to stay in the forest. With time running out, he checked on the progress of the Inner World.
Can those with you be counted on to fight to the death?
Ruanfus voice came through, with a saddened tone, Not all of them. Only the cultists would do that. The others would probably flee and take their chances with a broken oath. A few of them might try and help the enemy capture you.
Sage didnt want to do such a thing in the first place, but he was still curious if the option was available. Hed wondered if it was possible to use all those Core Formation Cultivators to help him cut through the resistance and stay on track in the forest. Such a move would likely lead to some of their deaths, but if they all worked together they would probably be able to breakthrough. The problem was that if they didnt act in unison they probably couldnt push through while outnumbered. If they saw the odds against them and didnt give their full effort, ran away, or worse, betrayed them it would be disastrous. Theyd be stopped in place and would die in droves.
The huge swarm of thousands of giant insects he released did little more than annoy the giant tortoise, but they accomplished Sages goal. They took the tortoises attention and bought him some time to recover. A swarm of thousands of giant insects bought him only a few minutes, but as soon as they were all dead, he just released a few thousand more. Wave after wave until hed had a couple hours to restore his Qi and restore the protective layers of the Blacksilver King around his body. That bought him another few hours against the tortoises attacks and then he repeated the tactic again. Night eventually fell and in the dark he could easily avoid the tortoises attacks again.
The next few days repeated the same way, it required three iterations of the insect swarm tactic to make it to the night. A day here was nearly a year on the Inner World, but even so he was slowly running out of bugs. He had half a world to grow them on, but for them to reach the third rank naturally still required time and resources. It took time for them to mature and there was a limit on how many of them the land could support at a high rank. As he threw out the big ones, the younger ones could take over their territory and grow larger, but the rate they were being sacrificed exceeded their rate of replenishment.
He was running out of time and there were still no improvements or big developments among the cultivators that the Tiankong Siblings were training. Theyd started using crazy methods to try and make them understand laws, lighting them on fire, tying them to rocks and pushing them into the sea, trapping them in caves for weeks at a time, injecting them with powerful poisons, and many other harsh treatments. None of them seemed to work.
As the days passed and the plains continued on without end, Sage had to put his hope into one last card. He used up the last of the mature insect swarms to push his strength to the peak one last time, stopping his escape and turning to face the giant tortoise flinging fire to destroy the huge horde of bugs. The swarm was quite large this time, splitting into three parts to give his other enemies something to occupy themselves with.
He needed a bit of time for this. His eyes flickered, vibrating at a strange resonance as he turned the Hypnotic Eye upon the tortoise. It barely slowed the monster down, but it did get him some eye contact for just a moment and that was when Sage reached out, calling upon one of the Spirit Powers he learned on that Psychic World. His mind connected to that of the massive beast and a rush of memories traveled back and forth between them.
Soul Resonance!
Chapter 553: LongshotAs he fled, Sage had traveled through a massive forest. Up hills and down into ravines and canyons. The ground cover had obscured his position and reduced the tortoises accuracy. He had to keep moving forward to prevent the other groups from catching up and taking shots at him. Unfortunately, the terrain started to change for Sage. The huge forest suddenly came to an end and spilled into a vast plains. There was no forest canopy or thick bushes to conceal him and the grass was sparse. It was not the right season for the grasses to be tall enough for him to hide within. He started to change direction, ready to face his pursuers in order to stay within the tree cover, but they werent having it. They came in force, pushing forward to bottle him in and attack him from two sides. One of the molten boulders landed among them and caused a few deaths and injuries, but he already counted a few hundred cultivators with various musical instruments, glowing violet lights on their fingers, white staves, and the black masks of the Fu Clan. He would have to face them all head on to stay in the forest. With time running out, he checked on the progress of the Inner World.Can those with you be counted on to fight to the death?Ruanfus voice came through, with a saddened tone, Not all of them. Only the cultists would do that. The others would probably flee and take their chances with a broken oath. A few of them might try and help the enemy capture you.Sage didnt want to do such a thing in the first place, but he was still curious if the option was available. Hed wondered if it was possible to use all those Core Formation Cultivators to help him cut through the resistance and stay on track in the forest. Such a move would likely lead to some of their deaths, but if they all worked together they would probably be able to breakthrough. The problem was that if they didnt act in unison they probably couldnt push through while outnumbered. If they saw the odds against them and didnt give their full effort, ran away, or worse, betrayed them it would be disastrous. Theyd be stopped in place and would die in droves. The huge swarm of thousands of giant insects he released did little more than annoy the giant tortoise, but they accomplished Sages goal. They took the tortoises attention and bought him some time to recover. A swarm of thousands of giant insects bought him only a few minutes, but as soon as they were all dead, he just released a few thousand more. Wave after wave until hed had a couple hours to restore his Qi and restore the protective layers of the Blacksilver King around his body. That bought him another few hours against the tortoises attacks and then he repeated the tactic again. Night eventually fell and in the dark he could easily avoid the tortoises attacks again. The next few days repeated the same way, it required three iterations of the insect swarm tactic to make it to the night. A day here was nearly a year on the Inner World, but even so he was slowly running out of bugs. He had half a world to grow them on, but for them to reach the third rank naturally still required time and resources. It took time for them to mature and there was a limit on how many of them the land could support at a high rank. As he threw out the big ones, the younger ones could take over their territory and grow larger, but the rate they were being sacrificed exceeded their rate of replenishment. He was running out of time and there were still no improvements or big developments among the cultivators that the Tiankong Siblings were training. Theyd started using crazy methods to try and make them understand laws, lighting them on fire, tying them to rocks and pushing them into the sea, trapping them in caves for weeks at a time, injecting them with powerful poisons, and many other harsh treatments. None of them seemed to work. As the days passed and the plains continued on without end, Sage had to put his hope into one last card. He used up the last of the mature insect swarms to push his strength to the peak one last time, stopping his escape and turning to face the giant tortoise flinging fire to destroy the huge horde of bugs. The swarm was quite large this time, splitting into three parts to give his other enemies something to occupy themselves with. He needed a bit of time for this. His eyes flickered, vibrating at a strange resonance as he turned the Hypnotic Eye upon the tortoise. It barely slowed the monster down, but it did get him some eye contact for just a moment and that was when Sage reached out, calling upon one of the Spirit Powers he learned on that Psychic World. His mind connected to that of the massive beast and a rush of memories traveled back and forth between them.Soul Resonance!
