Chapter 100 - The Divine Cat!

Fwoooosh!

A massive surge of Spiritual Qi spread across the entire battlefield like a crashing wave, drawing the attention of many as they noticed a new presence entering the battle.

"WOOD..." Hengsheng's voice echoed, booming through the chaos.

Rumble… Rumble…

The ground trembled violently.

Thwoom!

The colossal wooden wall burst forth from the earth, surrounding the large area around the Golden Pagoda and separating the battlefield in two, with the majority of the God Spawn army blocked on the other side of the wall. This caused the fighting to stop in some areas.

"Meow?"

Yunsu, sensing Hengsheng's presence, instantly transformed back into her small house cat form. With a blink, she disappeared—only to reappear perched on top of Hengsheng's head.

"Meow…" she purred softly, rubbing her head against his cheek.

Hengsheng petted her while also using the Timbergrasp Cycle to turn the wood into a wood element essence to mend the red scar on her back.

Her wound did not seem to be as bad as it appeared, and Hengsheng sighed in relief.

"Fellow Daoist Lan, you're finally awake." Jian Zixuan appears before Hengsheng.

"Apologies for my delay," Hengsheng said.

"No need to apologize. If it weren't for your beast companion, we'd have been in serious trouble." Jian Zuxuan said.

Hengsheng was puzzled about what Yunsu had done on the battlefield while he underwent a state of enlightenment, comprehending the Dao.

"May I ask about the situation?" Hengsheng asked. Meanwhile, Yunsu, perched on his head, puffed up proudly, standing on her hind legs and tapping her paw against her chest.

Jian Zixuan ignored Yunsu's silly act and slowly told Hengsheng about the situation from the beginning of the battle until now.

...….

The battle had started seven days ago, the same day Hengsheng entered the state of enlightenment.

The first part was the same thing he had heard from Blue: an unknown attack tore apart the Golden Pagoda, and then the God Spawn's army showed up, swarming the place with its massive numbers.

They held the line well against the God Spawn's army with cultivators, treasures, and formations.

Many young cultivators had made their name in battle. One of them was the group from the Lan Clan. They had displayed exceptional skill in slaying the God Spawns, with their kill count nearly a tenth of the entire battlefield.

After the fighting continued for five days, Then the change happened.

The enemy cultivator army appeared, unlike the God Spawns, whose mindless nature made their behavior predictable.

Although the enemy cultivators were weaker than the Golden Sword Sect disciples, their cooperation with the God Spawns shifted the tide of battle. With the monsters no longer acting on instinct alone but under the control of the enemy cultivators, casualties began to occur.

The Golden Sword sect side is being pushed back to their base ground.

The danger level reached a critical point.

When the God Spawns swarmed and crowded around the Golden Pagoda, the Golden Sword Sect decided to play their trump card. They deactivated the control formation of the Dao Field, intending to unleash the concentrated Dao aura within the Golden Pagoda at once to wipe out the God Spawn army.

They succeeded. When the Dao aura was unleashed from the Dao Field, it swept across the entire battlefield, and a concentrated Dao aura spread burning the God Spawn army to ash.

However, it was all a trap when the Golden Sword Sect disciples thought they had succeeded in protecting the Five Elements Seal from the God Spawns and traitors.

The new army of God Spawns and traitors emerged at the edge of the horizon. If the previous army was 5,000 God Spawns in size, then the new army had more than 30,000 God Spawns, and they came from all directions, cutting off the escape route completely.

It was not only their numbers that cast despair through the Golden Sword Sect disciples' minds, but the appearance of the God Spawns also varied. They knew what it meant—the early God Spawns they fought were just the basic form of the God Spawns, who were born from the Wu God's aura.

The God Spawns with a variety of appearances were the evolved ones. These God Spawns consumed the essence of other beings and evolved, powering up like cultivators reaching higher cultivation realms.

If the base form's overall strength was equal to a Qi Gathering realm cultivator, then these evolved ones were equal to Spiritual Foundation realm cultivators or higher!

The one who led this terrifying army was someone Jian Zixuan knew; he was Jin Da-Shan, the ninth prince of the Jin Dynasty of the Golden Kingdom.

This kingdom used to have a close tie with the Golden Sword Sect since their ancestor was the sect's disciple. But the tie did not last forever, as the later generation did not want to be under the Golden Sword Sect. Some incidents happened, and after that, they cut ties completely.

The battle was resumed.

Despite the terrifying army, the Golden Sword Sect was not without advantage. Since the Dao Field's area covered the whole battlefield, the power of the God Spawns was reduced to the point where it was no different than normal Demon Beasts.

They grew weaker as they stayed inside the Dao Field for long and they would die with their bodies cut into pieces. There is no more unreasonable regeneration ability within the Dao Field's area.

The problem was not their weird nature anymore but became the numbers, which overwhelmed them, and the traitors, who seemed to be stronger than the first enemy cultivator group. Especially Jin Da-Shan, who seemed to have reached the strength of a True Body realm cultivator.

Jian Zixuan could not let Jin Da-Shan slaughter his juniors, so he stepped in himself. He intercepted Jin Da-Shan, not letting him advance. He knew that his action might open the way for the traitors among the Golden Sword Sect disciples, but he did not have much choice.

The battle between the two was epic. Their strength was beyond anyone in this place, and the power of a True Body realm cultivator was much stronger than that of a Spiritual Foundation realm cultivator. Each crash caused an impact throughout the whole battlefield, They could destroy the city of the mortal with their one attack.

Then, Jian Zixuan noticed that Jin Da-Shan possessed the same regeneration ability as the God Spawns, but unlike them, he was not weak against Dao. This made the situation harder for Jian Zixuan, as he could not put Jin Da-Shan down in a short time, which could trigger the inside traitor to act.

Other than Jian Zixuan, the other core disciples of the Golden Sword Sect also joined the battle. To become core disciples in a peak faction like the Golden Sword Sect, their talent must exceed that of many among the billion young cultivators on the continent.

The minimum requirement is at least possessing a Divine-grade Spirit Core; if they do not, they must have something exceptional in another aspect, whether it be Dao comprehension talent or an extremely rare and powerful-type Spirit core.

The 14 core disciples stepped onto the battlefield, each of them equally matching the strength of hundreds of cultivators in the same realm as them. Their strength helped the Golden Sword Sect hold the line and not collapse easily.

However, the number of God Spawns did not seem to decrease; instead, it grew higher as they kept coming nonstop from behind.

This put the pressure on the Golden Sword Sect to the limit, as they thought it was only a matter of time before they failed.

When the situation reached a desperate point.

Suddenly, a being appeared on the battlefield. few could recognize this being, for example, Cao Feng and the Lan Clan group.

The massive being, as large as a small mountain, emitted a powerful aura.

The Divine Cat.

At first, most of the Golden Sword Sect's side had already collapsed on the ground in despair.

Because they sensed the Divine Cat's aura, it was so potent that even the combined strength of Jian Zixuan and Jin Da-Shan could not hold a candle against this one.

Fortunately for them, the first thing the Divine Cat did was to annihilate the surrounding God Spawns. At that time, they finally knew this one was an ally, not a foe.

The situation shifted once again with the unexpected presence of the colossal Divine Cat.

The God Spawns were slaughtered by the Divine Cat, as if the cat took it personally, seeking vengeance against the God Spawns. She only pursued them and did not care about the human traitors at all.

The traitor side was completely defeated, and they slowly retreated, with the help of the God Spawn's swarm.

Jin Da-Shan, who had separated from Jian Zixuan for a second, took the opportunity when the Divine Cat mindlessly slaughtered the God Spawns to ambush her, leaving a large wound on her back before he and the rest of traitors were gone into the wood.

After that day, the God Spawn's army came from time to time, never stopping, as if they were respawning endlessly.