Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan-Chapter 1982 - 1460: Sneak Attack

The scene of death and destruction that everyone had expected never appeared; instead, the figures of the Water Devils shattered like bubbles.

Moreover, as the attacks struck the sea, they instantly stirred up layers of waves, and as those waves spread outward, you could see more and more Water Devil figures collapsing.

Only a handful of figures, caught unprepared, were swept far away by the giant waves, but even they weren’t injured.

"What is going on?" Li Guangxing stared in astonishment at the distant scene; everyone around him wore expressions of utter shock.

Someone suddenly woke from their stupor, shouting in frustration and anger: "These Water Devils are just illusions, not their actual bodies! We’ve been deceived by the Sea Clan!"

"Why would the Sea Clan do this? Is their real attack not aimed at the Ten Thousand Spirit Sea Area?"

"Could the Sea Clan be plotting an even bigger conspiracy with this tactic?"

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Every cultivator present fell into confusion, voicing all sorts of guesses, but none got it quite right.

On the Sea Clan’s side, the few thousand Water Devils saw the cultivators break through their disguise and immediately became frantic, instinctively diving deep to avoid being targeted.

The attack from earlier landed on the front of the ’Beast Tide,’ while the real Water Devils were behind; so none were injured—only a few were affected.

But they feared that once their disguise was exposed, large numbers of cultivators would charge forward, and with so few numbers and strength, they stood no chance; thus, they hid without thinking.

"What should we do now? Will these cultivators spread the news and wreck the Ancestors’ plans?"

The reason they disguised themselves as a Beast Tide was to make every faction in the Primal Spirit Realm believe the Sea Clan was focusing all their power against the Immortal Tao, with none to spare, thereby lulling the Demonic Tao into letting their guard down.

But this current situation was something they hadn’t anticipated!

It wasn’t that they thought the ploy would fool all beings forever, but being exposed this quickly—after only a few days—was faster than they’d imagined.

Originally, they thought the deception would last at least ten days, maybe half a month.

"The initial news should have already spread. Even if the truth gets exposed now, it’ll still take time for word to get out, and that should be enough for the Ancestors to lead the army and seize the initiative in the Western Sea."

After a while, the Earth Immortal Realm Water Devil leading the Sea Clan here calmed down and gave his opinion.

"If that’s the case, then it’s the best we could hope for!"

The other Water Devils all breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

Meanwhile, at the other end of the Primal Spirit Realm in the Western Sea, raging flames of war were ignited at dawn today!

Millions of Sea Clan troops surged out in force, following several Heavenly Immortals and multiple Earth Immortals, heading toward the sea regions occupied by the Demonic Tao.

From the sky, you would glimpse a terrifying sight—the once azure waters had been turned pitch-black by the vast numbers of Water Devils converging.

And this wasn’t a phenomenon in just a small patch—it was as if a thousand miles of sea regions were darkened all together!

As they spread apart, you could see the black waters moving swiftly.

In fact, the Demonic Tao really had heard about the Sea Clan’s move on the East Sea and did loosen their guard, withdrawing some Demon Cultivators from the sea.

Nothing could be done; in the Immortal Demon Battlefield, they were the losing side, and the Immortal Tao still had a steady stream of cultivators rushing from the rear.

If they didn’t react soon, they’d face utter defeat, and the power of their faction would take a massive hit!

Moreover, the Demonic Tao had pulled back their Demon Cultivators just yesterday!

As fate would have it, the timing was perfect.

So, when the Demon Cultivators left behind in the sea region saw the overwhelming Beast Tide of the Sea Clan coming at them, their first reaction was shock and terror, their second was realizing they’d been duped. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Despite their desperate resistance, the gap in strength and numbers was simply too huge; they were like ants shaking a tree, praying mantises trying to block a cart—in the face of overwhelming force, their struggle was pointless, utterly futile, and even somewhat pitiful to witness.

The Sea Clan’s massive Beast Tide wasn’t just to reclaim the sea region; they also had another equally important goal!

To seize the opportunity and invade the Western Continent, capturing the water systems on land!

The Sea Clan had never managed to breach the Immortal Tao’s iron defenses, but now—surely they could defeat a power-drained Demonic Tao?

The Demonic Tao was truly unlucky: in the east they faced a tough Immortal Tao, now from the west a ferocious Sea Clan!

And even in corners they couldn’t see, another faction was quietly preparing, planning to bite off a bloody chunk from the Demonic Tao!

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Back to the story!

Above the East Sea, Li Guangxing looked at the remnants of ’Water Devils’ on the surface, knowing they were all phantom images—the real Water Devils were just the few thousand that fled earlier.

"Looks like we can’t launch a large-scale war with the Sea Clan."

Thinking of this, Li Guangxing sighed softly and said, "Let’s return and report to the Hongsu Ancestor and the other Elders, and see what arrangements the family has next."

He then led everyone back to the Pearl Island Chain, reporting to Li Hongshi that the bulk of the Sea Clan’s Beast Tide was just an illusion.

"Illusion?!"

He almost thought he’d misheard and asked again.

"Yes, the Beast Tide was just a disguise by the Sea Clan; there were never really that many Water Devils."