Longevity Martial Arts: Starting from Inner Core Skill

Chapter 1015: Chapter 52: Another Lifeless True Saint?

After that massive surge of wraith appeared, Chong Xu knew that the strong warriors of the Conquest Sect would definitely go to handle it.

Unless the Conquest Sect didn’t even care about their own foundation.

Obviously, his guess was correct.

The terrifying aura of the wraith spread across more than half the starry sky, covering an entire star domain in no time. If this threat isn’t resolved, it will cause more trouble than they, the Devouring Sect, ever could.

And as he expected.

The Conquest Sect directly sent a top Saint Emperor to handle the wraith, preventing it from growing to a hard-to-manage Twelfth Realm level.

In an instant, the Conquest Sect lost a top combat power.

Even if it’s only for a short moment, it’s their opportunity.

It’s their time to counterattack.

The five top Saint Emperors of the Devouring Sect are not just for show.

Thus, Chong Xu launched an attack without hesitation.

He wanted to quickly take down a Saint Emperor of the Conquest Sect, so they could regain their advantage.

The plan was an open scheme from the start.

As long as the Conquest Sect cared about their foundation, they were bound to fall for it.

The end result was quite satisfying for him.

Under the siege, even someone as terrifying as Yuanhua, a top Saint Emperor, was completely defeated.

With a little coordination, they could kill him.

Once Yuanhua was dead, they could launch a large-scale attack.

However, they never expected the Lifeless True Saint, who was supposed to handle the wraith, to suddenly appear and attack their own Shi Ming Saint Emperor directly.

A top Saint Emperor was severely injured in an instant before even completing his objective.

– This was not good news for them.

Luckily, their coordination was strong, and they quickly pulled back to stabilize Shi Ming’s injuries.

Not to say a complete recovery, but at least to prevent the injuries from worsening.

At this moment, Shi Ming was exceedingly fearful.

He was fortunate to have kept a trump card hidden, precisely against such surprise attacks.

It was this move that allowed him to survive the recent attack.

If not, the terrifying strike earlier, though it might not have killed him directly, would have incapacitated him, ultimately leading to death.

This was the closest he had come to dying.

Chong Xu also showed a wary expression, looking grim.

“Wu Sheng, you actually showed up. Weren’t you supposed to handle the wraith? Or do you not care about its existence?”

The appearance of Wang Sheng completely disrupted his plans.

It must be understood that the plan to kill a top Saint Emperor was essentially using a power disparity to forcibly kill one, so as to keep that power imbalance which would then lead to a positive cycle.

But now the power disparity had disappeared, and even more so, because of Wang Sheng’s ambush, Shi Ming was heavily injured, leaving them weaker in terms of combat power.

The power imbalance was still there, only now they were the weaker ones.

“Why am I here, if not to wait for you to bite the bait? Look, as soon as I disappeared, you started a life-or-death battle with us, even sealing the space yourselves. You were waiting for an opportunity, and so were we.”

The Devouring Sect was waiting for the chance to eliminate a top Conquest Sect Saint Emperor, and Wang Sheng was doing the same thing.

Chong Xu’s face turned even grimmer upon hearing this, but faced with a life-and-death enemy, he quickly stabilized his expression and said: “What an honor, to set such a trap. However, if you can’t deal with the wraith in the end, it would just result in mutual destruction, which means nothing to us.”

Even though the Devouring Sect maintained its balance despite fewer cultivators, as a top expert and leader, Chong Xu knew that if things continued this way, they would almost certainly lose.

Hence, they seized this opportunity to find a breakthrough to end the deadlock.

Before this, he had prepared for the worst outcome.

If the Conquest Sect really sent no one to handle the wraith, at most they would all perish under its effect.

A little earlier or later, it didn’t make much difference to the current Devouring Sect.

Only if the plan was successful did they have a chance to survive.

In the beginning, the plan went smoothly. Everything proceeded according to his script.

But now it was clear that his script was being used by the Saint Emperor of the Conquest Sect to counterattack them instead.

Yuanhua no longer felt the initial pressure and said with a laugh: “You are confident that after dealing with us, you can handle the wraith issue, and why can’t we?”

Wraith usually targets the Devouring Sect first. Its growth isn’t good for them, and the reason they still chose to attack opportunistically is that they believed that after defeating the Conquest Sect, they’d still be able to deal with the wraith problem.

“Heh… Handle it, can you really handle it? Your Conquest Sect and our Devouring Sect are completely different.”

The Devouring Sect devours worlds to quickly boost strength, while the Conquest Sect has to nurture theirs slowly.

Moreover, the Conquest Sect’s absorption of Affiliated Worlds has long been restricted.

Logically, there are no quick ways to catch up with the wraith’s growth speed.

Based on these reasons, Chong Xu naturally didn’t believe Yuanhua’s words.

Clearly, neither Yuanhua nor Wang Sheng was inclined to explain any further.

“Now, it’s our turn to assemble and take down a top Saint Emperor, as we wish!”

The plans are different, but the goals are the same—

To at least eliminate one top Saint Emperor of the opposition.

In a flash, Wang Sheng wielded his spear once more.

With one thrust, it turned into specks of starlight, sparkling as it instantly reached the already heavily injured Shi Ming Saint Emperor.

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