Two Realms Shuttle Gate: Don't Call Me a Demon!-Chapter 449 - 301: Before the Battle (First Update)_2

Chapter 449: Chapter 301: Before the Battle (First Update)_2

“Your task is arduous, if you cannot accomplish it, just stay by my side.”

Zhang Junwei hoped that Su Jie, the Immortal Seed, would be able to take on more responsibilities, but he also feared causing his own premature demise. Hence, the assignment he arranged was somewhat more difficult than usual for the Elders, but not exceedingly so.

“Thank you for your concern, Sect Master, but it’s just five camps, those Righteous Sects are not so frightening,”

Su Jie shook his head. He too needed to make a name for himself within Ghost Ridge Palace so that he could have significant leverage, whether in conducting affairs within the palace or in the growth and expansion of the Puppet Hall.

“Be extra careful and retreat immediately if there’s danger. Send out a distress signal.”

While Su Jie was walking back, Taoist Qiu reminded him on the side.

Taoist Qiu and a group of Elders were not assigned assault missions but followed Zhang Junwei as a reserve force, ready to provide assistance wherever danger arose.

Su Jie nodded and said with a smile, “I understand, Master, don’t worry. I haven’t lived long enough yet and won’t die young like that.”

After all the appointments had been given, Zhang Junwei looked at the dozens of Elders and said solemnly, “Gentlemen, you are the pillars of our Sect, and this battle will determine whether Ghost Ridge Palace can continue its legacy. I hope you all will fight bravely, unite against the Righteous faction, and break the siege on our Sect.”

“Kill all those Righteous scum.”

A fierce look crossed Taoist Qiu’s face.

“Protect our Holy Sect.”

The many Elders bowed in respect, and for a moment, the grand hall seemed to be filled with the shadows of demons, exuding an ominous aura that felt like being in hell.

…….

After the sect conference ended, the entire Ghost Ridge Palace entered the final frenzy before the great battle.

The Black Market of Ghost Ridge Palace was closed off, and its meager inventory was conscripted to create materials for the war effort.

Every department within the Sect, especially the Alchemy Pavilion’s production of elixirs, was focused on making all varieties of healing and combat-enhancing elixirs.

The Refining Hall prioritized offensive and defensive Magical Artifacts, while all support-cultivation ones were put on hold.

Places like the Puppet Hall labored day and night to produce Rocket Artillery, with each rocket being mounted on carts, ready for the final transportation preparations.

Regarding the disciples, each one was conscripted, and large quantities of elixirs, Magic Artifacts, and talismans were freely distributed by the Sect to all disciples.

The inner disciples received even more attention; Ghost Ridge Palace had never been so generous in the past.

If the disciples were treated this way, then of course the Secret Realm Elders were no exception. Each Elder could independently choose a certain amount of precious elixirs, talismans, and Magical Artifacts.

Su Jie didn’t choose elixirs or artifacts but instead exchanged everything for the most common Spirit Stones.

In Su Jie’s mansion, the Thousand-Handed Centipede returned to its original form, sprawling on the ground at a length of 120 meters. Its mountainous body made any ordinary person standing before it acutely aware of their insignificance.

In front of Su Jie were neatly piled Spirit Stones, amounting to five hundred thousand.

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These Spirit Stones included Su Jie’s personal savings, earnings from selling Rocket Artillery to the Sect, and rewards converted from the Sect’s distribution.

Su Jie took them all out in one go, ready to use them on the Thousand-Handed Centipede.

“Xiao Qian, I’ve invested all five hundred thousand Spirit Stones in you; you better strengthen well for me!”

Su Jie patted the head of the Thousand-Handed Centipede, with the brutal Sect war looming, he would not save Spirit Stones but sought to enhance every bit of his strength. These Spirit Stones would ultimately increase Su Jie’s chances of survival on the battlefield.

Sizzle, sizzle.

The Thousand-Handed Centipede roared excitedly, opening its gaping mouth and swallowing the Spirit Stones greedily.

As each Spirit Stone fell into the bottomless belly of the Thousand-Handed Centipede, Su Jie also climbed onto its head, crossed his legs, and sat down, beginning to channel his Qi with the centipede. Using the strength-enhancing ability for poisonous insects he obtained after reaching the Secret Realm, he started to remodel his Lifebound Poisonous Insect.

Previously, Su Jie had already enhanced the jaws of the Thousand-Handed Centipede once, vastly increasing its biting force to the point where it could crush Top Grade Magical Artifacts.

The thousand-hand centipede is now a Mid Grade Six Refinement poisonous insect, and enhancing it has become more difficult than before.

However, with the use of a full 500,000 Spirit Stones, the body of the thousand-hand centipede gradually began to change under the massive influence of the Spirit Stones.

Plus, since the thousand-hand centipede is Su Jie’s Lifebound poisonous insect, it cooperates with Su Jie tacitly in the transformation, actively utilizing the tremendous energy from digesting the Spirit Stones to purify its body jointly with Su Jie.

This process took an entire week, and when the enhancement was complete, the thousand-hand centipede had again become different from before.

The insect armor of the thousand-hand centipede had turned into a beautiful sky blue, resembling the azure sky dome, with patterns like scattered stars on it, reflecting the sunlight.

Additionally, the limbs and feet of the thousand-hand centipede, those pale corpse hands, had become even thicker and stronger, as if cast from steel.

Awakening from its enhancement slumber, the thousand-hand centipede immediately sensed the changes in its body.

It raised its pale corpse hands and then twisted its head to look at the insect shell behind it, trying to activate the transformations from the recent enhancements.

In the next moment, its sky-blue insect shell emitted a faint light; Su Jie tore several talismans, and various magic attacks such as Thunder Strike, fire, Corrosive Poison, Sword Qi, and Ice Frost descended upon it.

As these magic attacks neared the glowing insect shell of the thousand-hand centipede, they seemed to encounter some resistance, slowing down more than tenfold before finally landing on the centipede, disappearing without causing a stir, as if sinking into the ocean.

This was the Anti-magic Insect Shell that Su Jie had specially tailored for the thousand-hand centipede, inspired by a type of poisonous insect with extremely high resistance to magic.

Considering that the thousand-hand centipede was about to enter the battlefield, in a sect skirmish that involved thousands, even tens of thousands, its huge body was sure to become a target for many enemies.

Even though the physical defenses and regenerative capabilities of the thousand-hand centipede were impressive, it would still be overwhelmed by saturated strikes.

However, with the advent of this Anti-Magic Insect Shell, the thousand-hand centipede could now highly resist magic attacks, especially against the spells from Yunling Realm disciples and those low-grade talismans and magical artifacts, significantly reducing the damage it received.

With this, the thousand-hand centipede could run rampant on the battlefield without fear of the enemy’s attrition warfare or the ‘death by a thousand cuts’ tactic.

When the insect shell transformed, the dense pale corpse hands beneath the thousand-hand centipede’s belly began to detach continuously from the body. These corpse hands could fly, circling around the centipede like a ring of meteors orbiting their mother star.

Upon spotting an enemy, these pale corpse hands would actively charge at them and multiply during the assault, enveloping and twisting the enemy.

And beneath the thousand-hand centipede, new pale corpse hands would quickly regenerate, effectively allowing the centipede to inflict widespread damage by using them like expendable ammunition until it could no longer sustain the loss.

After trying out its new abilities, the thousand-hand centipede was visibly elated by its own changes, vehemently hissing at Su Jie to express its feelings.

“This time, we’re relying on you,” Su Jie said.

No sooner had Su Jie spoken than a voice floated over from behind him.

“Little bug has grown quite a bit, hasn’t it!” remarked Han Ruyan as she walked over, evaluating the greatly transformed thousand-hand centipede.

Sizzling sounds.

The thousand-hand centipede rose up on its hind legs, staring down Han Ruyan with a ferocious demeanor, as these two had never gotten along.

“You two would do better to save your energy for the battlefield,” Su Jie said exasperatedly, not really understanding how an insect and a ghost had come to be at odds.

“Speaking of the battlefield, I hope the fear there won’t disappoint me,” Han Ruyan’s eyes brightened slightly at the mention; she enjoyed the atmosphere of the battlefield, as had been the case on Blue Star, and even more so in Tianyuan World.