Global Catastrophe: I Begin to Evolve from an Ancient Tree-Chapter 273: Striking Straight at the Heart

"Just wait! As long as this old man is alive, you will pay the price!"

Saint Jiu Shan spoke with resentment and then suddenly unleashed a formidable force, forcibly repelling Chu Shan and the others before taking flight.

He’s fled!

Saint Jiu Shan’s sudden retreat caught them all off guard.

No one expected that this powerful figure who established Nine Mountains Sacred Land would choose to abandon it at this moment.

But in Saint Jiu Shan’s view,

If he could establish Nine Mountains Sacred Land once, he could create a second one, as long as he remained alive.

Moreover,

having awakened in this era, there’s still a chance in the future to realize his ambition of becoming a Quasi-Emperor.

If he could calmly cultivate and step into the Quasi-Emperor realm, he might reach even greater heights someday.

If he could break through to the Quasi-Emperor realm, Saint Jiu Shan could establish an even more powerful force than Nine Mountains Sacred Land, using this force to gather resources and prepare for his eventual attainment of the Great Emperor.

Indeed.

The Great Emperor.

Every Saint has the ambition to achieve the Great Emperor realm.

Saint Jiu Shan was no exception.

Though for him, the probability of achieving the Great Emperor realm seemed extremely slim, there’s always that tiny chance.

Moreover,

it was clear that Nine Mountains Sacred Land had no chance of winning; remaining would be in vain.

Hence,

Saint Jiu Shan naturally would not accompany Nine Mountains Sacred Land to its grave.

"Enough, cornered foes shouldn’t be chased; let’s first destroy Nine Mountains Sacred Land!"

Yang Yan’s gaze followed the departing Saint Jiu Shan and, with a slight frown, he spoke.

Once a Saint-level expert decides to flee, not even other cultivators can stop them, and at least an expert of the same level is needed to intercept him.

The others had no objections to this.

Saint Jiu Shan’s strength was formidable, surpassing many Saints, but he was too cautious for his own survival and often prioritized self-preservation in battles.

If it weren’t for that,

the outcome of this battle would still be uncertain.

Now that Saint Jiu Shan has fled, Nine Mountains Sacred Land no longer has the ability to withstand the army.

...

On another front,

when Saint Jiu Shan fled, the remaining cultivators of Nine Mountains Sacred Land showed expressions of utter despair.

To them, Saint Jiu Shan was their spiritual pillar, the sky above everything.

But now, with the most powerful Saint having fled, the morale of the remaining cultivators plummeted, and their resistance was not as fierce as before.

Soon after.

With another portion of Nine Mountains Sacred Land’s cultivators falling, the remaining disciples finally broke down mentally, laid down their weapons, and surrendered.

"We are willing to surrender, hoping that Cyan Yang Divine Court would show mercy and give us a chance to live!"

Saint Master of Nine Mountains was covered in blood, his expression bleak.

He didn’t want to surrender either.

But the current situation left no room for refusal.

If they didn’t surrender, Nine Mountains Sacred Land would face complete destruction.

If Saint Jiu Shan had fought to the death, then Saint Master of Nine Mountains would rather die than surrender, but with the former escaping first, the latter had no will left to resist.

After all, enough disciples of Nine Mountains Sacred Land had fallen already; they couldn’t continue fighting.

Seeing this,

Yang Yan nodded: "Surrender is possible, but all the secret techniques of Nine Mountains Sacred Land must be transcribed for my Divine Court, half of the Sacred Land’s current resources must be offered to the Divine Court, and all Daoists and above must make a blood oath with their essence blood.

Only in this way can Nine Mountains Sacred Land survive.

If any condition is refused, Nine Mountains Sacred Land will be destroyed today!"

Hearing this,

Saint Master of Nine Mountains’ expression was changeable, as if struggling internally.

Sacred Land’s secret techniques!

Half the resources!

These are the foundation of the entire Sacred Land, and sacrificing any part would shake its roots.

Not to mention the blood oath.

Once a blood oath is made,

even a Quasi-Emperor cannot break it.

Otherwise,

they would suffer the backlash of the blood oath and fall on the spot.

Breaking the blood oath requires attaining the Great Emperor realm; otherwise, one would be bound by it for life.

Unfortunately, the current situation does not allow Nine Mountains Sacred Land any refusal.

Saint Master of Nine Mountains understood that if he uttered a single word of refusal, Nine Mountains Sacred Land would face annihilation.

Thus.

He bowed his head in humiliation and led the remaining experts to swear their loyalty with a blood oath.

Seeing this.

Yang Yan also stopped in accordance.

After all, if they could be subdued, there was no need for a battle.

War inevitably results in casualties.

If they forcibly destroyed Nine Mountains Sacred Land, the opponent’s counterattack would surely have a significant impact.

Therefore.

If Nine Mountains Sacred Land was willing to surrender, it was the best outcome.

Anyway, as long as the secret techniques of Nine Mountains Sacred Land were transcribed and sacrificed to the Divine Kingdom chat group, they could still gain corresponding contributions.

It’s just that once Nine Mountains Sacred Land joined the Divine Kingdom chat group, they wouldn’t be able to sacrifice these secret techniques again.

After all,

each secret technique can only be sacrificed once and never again.

...

As Yang Yan led the experts to subdue Nine Mountains Sacred Land, other Cyan Yang Divine Court armies also swept through the Divine Wilderness with overwhelming force.

The only difference between Cyan Yang Divine Court and the Immortal Extinction Realm’s forces was the absence of ancient experts overseeing it.

However, excluding ancient experts, the power wielded by Cyan Yang Divine Court was stronger than many Great Emperor-level influences.

Now,

this power has been fully unleashed, making sweeping through the Divine Wilderness an easy task.

Anyone who resisted was crushed, their sects destroyed, and they were utterly eradicated by Cyan Yang Divine Court.

Those who surrendered, like Nine Mountains Sacred Land, were required to have all their sect’s experts make a blood oath, swearing allegiance to Cyan Yang Divine Court.

Acquiring the corresponding resources, Cyan Yang Divine Court sacrificed everything to the Divine Kingdom, exchanging for contribution points, and subsequently exchanged them for Realm-Breaking Elixir to nurture new experts.

This method.

Was akin to rolling a snowball.

In just a few days since the war began, the strength of Cyan Yang Divine Court had increased rather than decreased.

At this time.

Other forces also responded.

Experts from Immortal Spirit Sacred Land, Divine Martial Dynasty, Danyang Sacred Land, and the remaining three major Sacred Lands of Divine Wilderness joined forces, forming a massive army marching toward the Ancient Wilderness.

They did not attack other Cyan Yang Divine Court armies but aimed directly at the Ancient Wilderness, intending to strike deep and destroy the foundation of Cyan Yang Divine Court by breaking through Cyan Yang Realm.

On another front,

Central Province’s forces adopted a similar approach.

Several Great Emperor-level forces dispatched their top experts to the Ancient Wilderness, while the remaining forces entered Divine Wilderness to assist other forces in intercepting various Divine Court armies.

When this news broke,

Cyan Yang Divine Court was shaken from top to bottom.

Despite Cyan Yang Divine Court’s current momentum being strong, sweeping half of the Divine Wilderness in just a few days,

facing these top-tier forces head-on, even if consolidating all their armies and cultivators, it would be difficult to resist.