Modern World's Martial Dao Human Immortal

Chapter 158 Battle Achievements

"Unless Xuanming Sect has the guts to wage a full-blown war against Nine Cauldrons Sect, committing warriors of the Great Cultivator level, the area around Posuo Island will be stable,"

Alkaid smiled faintly.

A battle of 32 against 20 from the Nine Cauldrons Sect had concluded with a 32 to 0 loss. If this news were to spread back to Xuanming Sect, it would utterly crush their morale.

Moreover, as more and more improved Purple Cloud 12 flying swords are put into service, and people become increasingly familiar with their performance, the higher-ranking sword cultivators of Xuanming Sect could no longer be called sword cultivators; they might as well be considered moving military targets.

All sword cultivators from Nine Cauldrons Sect must zealously patrol the skies above the Eastern Sea, seeking and sniping any Xuanming Sect cultivator they come across.

He glanced over at the workbench and swiftly activated a function module with a flick of his divine sense, with a virtual projection quickly appearing above it.

This was an information projection from within the Void Divine Realm.

It prominently featured news of the Great Sun Sword Sect's cultivators gathering on Sea Cabinet Island.

"More than fifty at the Primordial Spirit Realm, over two hundred Great Sword Cultivators, an additional hundred Technique Cultivators, not to mention tens of thousands of high-rank professionals from various occupations lending support from the sidelines."

The numbers alone were not worrying.

The key concern was their equipment.

Especially the Great Sword Cultivators responsible for penetrating fortifications and tearing through defensive lines.

All were equipped with Second Generation treasures.

The rate of Third Generation treasure equipment had also surpassed 30%.

Amongst these treasures, those of superior grade accounted for more than 20%.

As for the disparity in treasure equipment between Nine Cauldrons Sect and Great Sun Sword Sect, it would not be less significant than the current gap in spiritual artifacts between Nine Cauldrons Sect and Xuanming Sect.

Having just defeated Xuanming Sect with a score of 32 to 0 thanks to their spiritual artifact superiority, if they were to engage in battle with Great Sun Sword Sect...

A score of 32 to 0 might not be feasible, but a recent drill resulted in a score of 40 to 7, which was quite telling of the situation.

Alkaid absorbed these pieces of information, careful not to misjudge the situation.

Strength at the level of spiritual artifacts is not to be flaunted. Whoever dominates the market of treasures will hold sway over the sword cultivator system.

After browsing for a while, he quickly came across a piece of news.

"Jiang Senfeng, the Campaign Hall Master of the Great Sun Sword Sect, declared that if a war breaks out with Nine Cauldrons Sect, the Great Sun Sword Sect is confident it could annihilate all of Nine Cauldrons Sect's Foundation Establishment Sword Cultivators within 15 days."

A supplementary statement followed.

The reason for the 15-day period is that Nine Cauldrons Sect is vast, and it would take the Great Sun Sword Sect 15 days to encircle it.

Below this piece of news, naturally, there was a heated debate.

There were endless disputes between members of Nine Cauldrons Sect and Great Sun Sword Sect, as well as spectating factions such as Primordial Yang Sect, Star Sea Sect, and Brahma Heavenly Kingdom, not shying away from magnifying the situation.

Alkaid glanced at it and withdrew his gaze.

"We will soon see whether the Great Sun Sword Sect will be deterred by the battlefield achievements of Nine Cauldrons Sect and Xuanming Sect, resulting in a premature end to these drills,"

Regardless, with this score of 32 to 0 on record, the upcoming sales of his spiritual artifacts were unlikely to lack for orders.

"Get the external sales version of Purple Cloud 12 ready as soon as possible, and also, the improved variant of Purple Cloud 12... there needs to be a version for sale too. After all, it was the Purple Cloud 12 improved that achieved these battle results. That's what people will be after,"

Musing, Alkaid shut down the endlessly debated information within the Void Divine Realm.

He continued to busily work on improving the flying swords at the workbench.

...

While Alkaid was busy enhancing flying swords,

in the headquarters of the Nine Heavens Domain's sub-sect at Nine Heavens City,

Domain Master You Qianshan, Sect Master Zhao Siliang, Campaign Hall's Zhao He, along with several Deputy Domain Lords, Deputy Sect Masters, and other high-level officials, were engaged in a meeting to discuss their response to the Great Sun Sword Sect's drills.

Even though it was just a drill by Great Sun Sword Sect, this world had seen numerous instances where exercises suddenly escalated into invasions.

Particularly since Sea Cabinet Island, the drill site, was less than 20,000 miles away from the mainland of Nine Cauldrons Sect.

Nine Cauldrons Sect had to be on their guard.

"In the direction of Great Sun Sword Sect, we have laid formations on three islands—Fangyuan Island, Wanzhang Island, and Penghai Island. Not only do we have defensive formations, but we also include offensive formations, especially on Fangyuan Island.

With the Sixth Level Nine Heavens Vast Sea Formation that we invested heavily in and Elder Canghai from the Main Sect presiding over it, he can suppress all divine senses within thirty thousand miles by leveraging the formation's power. Once the Great Sun Sword Sect approaches, we will be able to detect them immediately,"

Zhao He was the one speaking.

"The Fifth Level Heaven and Earth Wujiless Formation on Wanzhang Island has also been completed. Using this formation, our Technique Cultivators can project their spells up to ten thousand miles away,"

Another Vice Campaign Hall Master in charge of formations added.

"Is the Sixth Level Heaven and Earth Wujiless Formation on Penghai Island yet to be completed?" asked You Qianshan.

The terrain and ley lines of Penghai Island, including the external movement of stars, do not meet the requirements for setting up the Heaven and Earth Wujiless Formation. Unless we can manage to shift the position of these three subordinate worlds, relying on external forces to continue modifying the terrain and reshaping the formation environment, it is feared that it would still take a decade,"

the Vice Campaign Hall Master replied.

"Ten years!"

Zhao Siliang frowned, "Over these past thirty years, we have invested no fewer than six hundred thousand spirit stones into the construction of Penghai Island. Ten years ago, they said it would be completed within ten years, and now, we need another ten years?"

"The Great Sun Sword Sect's interference with the construction of Penghai Island has been too significant, especially in the last ten years. After the sixth Patrol Heaven Warship successfully took off, their sword cultivators have flown past Penghai Island over a hundred times, each time disrupting the ley lines."

The Vice Hall Master said with a wry smile.

This statement left You Qianshan with nothing more to say, he simply responded, "Transfer the personnel from Posuo Island as soon as possible. We must concentrate all our strength to cope with the threat of the Great Sun Sword Sect."

Zhao Siliang nodded.

Reluctant as he was to admit it, that was the truth.

At that moment, Zhao He seemed to have received some news, first showing a slight startle, and then he couldn't contain his laughter in front of so many people, "Good! Good! Good! Well done! I will personally commend those warriors!"

As all eyes focused on him, he did not pause for a moment, but stood up and announced with exhilaration, "Just now we have received great news from Hall Master Bai Lu. They and twenty elite disciples encountered eight elite teams led by Ma Ke from the Xuanming Sect.

Relying on the superior performance of the upgraded Purple Cloud type-12 flying swords, they achieved an astonishing battle result of 0 to 32! With only a few people slightly injured, they annihilated thirty-two elite sword cultivators led by Ma Ke!"

"How many!? 0 to 32!?"

You Qianshan was slightly stunned.

"Ever since the Xuanming Sect suffered defeat near Posuo Island a few months ago, to boost the sect disciples' morale with good combat results, they have equipped their disciples with superior grade spiritual artifacts without considering the consumption of spirit stones. Moreover, many of them were using superior grade second-generation spiritual artifacts.

Under such circumstances, how could they achieve such results!?"

"I know of Ma Ke; although he does not dare to enter the Purple Cloud Divine Thunder Layer, he is still someone who can easily withstand the Scorching Sun Heavenly Thunder. He's at most half a step behind Bai Lu. How could he possibly be defeated by Bai Lu to such an extent!?"

Other Sub-domain Lords and Sub-sect Hall Master level figures also began to speak up.

"Is the performance of the upgraded Purple Cloud type-12 really that impressive!?"

Zhao Siliang was the first to grasp the key issue, though his face still showed some amazement, "This... surely surpasses the level of ordinary third-generation flying swords, doesn't it?"

"According to the news and data sent by Bai Lu, as long as our Primordial Spirit Realm Great Cultivators can prevail, the effect of the upgraded Purple Cloud type-12 flying swords is indeed superior to the third-generation, and even without the support of Primordial Spirit Realm cultivators, they are the bona fide performance data of third-generation flying swords."

Zhao He said with a beaming smile, "Maybe... the upgraded Purple Cloud type-12 can be considered a three-and-a-half generation flying sword?"

At this moment, it seemed he had received some message, and he quickly said, "Bai Lu has already sent the battle situation over through Divine Sense simulation."

After manipulating something, a stream of light soon projected onto the platform in the center of the meeting room.

The dozen or so attendees, all at least at the level of a Star Master, released their Divine Intent, Divine Sense, and Divine Sense to perceive the information within.

Once they "personally" sensed the battle through "Bai Lu's" perspective, no matter whether it was Zhao Siliang, the Sect Master, or You Qianshan, the Domain Master, or any other ordinary Vice Hall Master, they all exclaimed with invigoration.

"Brilliant!"

"To think that a battle could actually be fought like this!?"

"Hahaha, a great victory! A great victory! This is the biggest victory for our Nine Cauldrons Sect against the Xuanming Sect since the conflict on Posuo Island!"

Voices of jubilation continued to rise in the meeting room.

Even though the combatants were only Qi Refining Stage sword cultivators and not Foundation Establishment Realm Great Cultivators, they still felt vicarious joy in this victory.

"They won so beautifully! When they return, I want to personally receive them and reward them!"

Zhao Siliang, the Sect Master of the Sub-sect, stated emphatically.

"Indeed, they should be handsomely rewarded, and also be held up as exemplary to inspire confidence among the disciples."

You Qianshan immediately nodded in agreement.

And hearing him mention propaganda…

Zhao Siliang also keenly captured the key point.

He immediately said, "Propaganda! We must promote this vigorously, and additionally, I will send this news to the Main Sect at the fastest speed, and even present it to Sect Master Li!"

As he spoke, Zhao Siliang, the Sect Master of the Nine Heavens Domain Sub-sect, took a deep breath, "If we handle this victory well, the crisis brought by the Great Sun Sword Sect's exercise could be easily overcome."

Zhao Siliang's words quickly brought the others to realization.

The Great Sun Sword Sect held this exercise to distract the Nine Cauldrons Sect, so that the Xuanming Sect and Nine Cauldrons Sect would engage in a fierce battle, ideally crippling the ranks of high-ranking sword cultivators.

However, as this battle record spreads, the Great Sun Sword Sect will soon realize that the Xuanming Sect is in decline.

Unless they dare to completely break with the Nine Cauldrons Sect and have Great Cultivators take action, sending more high-rank sword cultivators to battle would only mean more casualties.

And the Xuanming Sect, without full support from the Limitless Star Palace, will not have the courage to let Great Cultivators take action against the Nine Cauldrons Sect.

This contest of strength has effectively ended, with the Nine Cauldrons Sect emerging victorious.

In such a scenario, the Great Sun Sword Sect's exercise becomes meaningless.

"The Chief of Purple Cloud actually managed to refine such flying swords... remarkable, with this, our Nine Heavens Domain might stand out in the Sect."

You Qianshan said with a smile.

Zhao Siliang too nodded, "If we truly manage to weather the storm brought by the Great Sun Sword Sect unscathed, the Chief of Purple Cloud should be credited with the greatest contribution."

In the meantime, they wasted no time in quickly reporting this news up the chain.