CHAPTER 960: CHAPTER 729: DIVINE SENSE SWEEPS PAST

A few days later, Li Yi left No.8 Survival Base and set out for the Earth Defense Line.

However, he wasn’t traveling alone; Ye Jingtian was accompanying him.

Due to the presence of more Cultivation Experts in the survival base, the safety level has greatly improved, allowing the survival base to deploy more personnel to support the Earth Defense Line.

From Ye Jingtian’s description, the situation on Earth is very dire, with frequent attacks by the experts from the Demon God Realm and Xuanxian Continent teaming up to slaughter cultivators. If this situation cannot be turned around quickly, the earth might be forced to retreat.

"Actually, quite a few Evolvers have already escaped across worlds. Those willing to stay and salvage the situation are few, and if this continues, when Earth’s last bit of combat power is depleted, it will be a total collapse of the situation."

Ye Jingtian stood on Li Yi’s Xiangyun, looking forlornly into the distance.

Li Yi said, "There should be a contingency plan for that moment, right?"

"Of course." Ye Jingtian turned to smile and said, "You must have heard about the complete Miracles in the survival base, right? In ordinary times, these complete Miracles power the survival base, but in moments of existential crisis, they are the keys to open the Cross-border Gate."

"The entire survival base will cross borders, and the cross-border coordinates are the most confidential, even I don’t know which world they’ll go to, but what is certain is that the ten survival bases will have different coordinates."

Li Yi’s expression shifted, "You mean, if Earth can’t be defended, the ten survival bases will escape to ten different worlds?"

"Exactly, after all, it’s the old tradition of our country not to put all eggs in one basket, and it’s also the best way to preserve the fire of Earth’s civilization. Additionally, the base has long recorded the coordinates of Earth, and when we are powerful in the future, we will definitely cross borders to come back and retaliate." Ye Jingtian said.

"So that’s how it is." Li Yi immediately understood.

Why gather people together to establish this survival base.

It turns out this is also a Cross-border Base.

If the situation turns dire, two hundred thousand people will cross borders together, to live in a new world.

Ye Jingtian then added, "But hearts are fickle, and after truly escaping across borders, living a few years or a decade of stable life, how many Evolvers would want to reclaim Earth is hard to say, so this plan will only be implemented when absolutely necessary. Right now, as long as we can fight, we will keep fighting. Historically, people died defending their land, there’s no abandoning land for survival."

Li Yi nodded slightly in agreement.

While Earthlings may inherently tend toward evil, in times of crisis, they have their pride and valor, which is why after the Sky Tipping incident, the situation on Earth has held until now.

If everyone were spineless, Earth would have already been abandoned the moment the Cross-border Gate opened.

While talking.

As Xiangyun passed over a mountain range, the scenery suddenly changed dramatically, the land was severely scarred, and no piece of ground was intact. Dust and rocks flew in the air, and fierce winds howled. The sky alternated between lightning storms and torrential downpours.

The climate and environment couldn’t be worse.

Even the Cosmic Energy here was extremely violent, mixed with various forces. Li Yi felt the pervasive Demon Qi, and the remnant Spiritual Energy from cultivators, and even the residual Qi-Blood flavor on the ground from Martial Artists.

On an Earth where Spiritual Energy is reviving, all things evolve; even the poorest desert would be full of life, a place like this should not exist.

"This is a battlefield." The realization hit Li Yi’s mind immediately; this is why the place turned out like this.

It must be battles among strong opponents, over and over, destroying this land’s veins, causing permanent climatic changes here, desolation everywhere, with no sign of life.

"The environment has worsened since the last time I came here." Ye Jingtian exclaimed, indicating he had been here before.

"The Sky Demons and Great Demons from the Demon God Realm are gathering in the north, and cultivators from Xuanxian Continent are in the east, while the Earth Defense Line is directly ahead. Additionally, some worlds connected with Earth also have strong figures appearing; some stand with us, others against us."

Li Yi said, "It seems that other worlds do not want to get involved in a chaotic war, wanting to delineate Earth’s ownership in this way, or perhaps to affirm their position in the food chain."

"That’s right, although triggering a large-scale inter-world war would indisputably end us Evolvers, it wouldn’t be much better for them either; no one knows what terrifying things might emerge from any corner, so the best way is to determine each other’s status through battle after battle, thereby deciding many future things."

Ye Jingtian nodded and said, "In essence, it’s local war, testing national power, which was a common occurrence before the Sky Tipping incident, nothing surprising. However, once in the battlefield, we are in danger because Evolvers are currently weak. If targeted by the enemy, they will immediately suffer attacks, so Li Yi, let’s not die on the way to the Earth Defense Line."

Saying this, he drew out the Purple and Blue Twin Swords from his waist, ready to respond to any enemy.

"Entering the battlefield is serious, not child’s play, I understand that." Li Yi said no more, only took out the Red Gold Shattering Star Spear, and for safety, also took out a Red Gold Divine Sword and hung it on his waist.

In addition, wearing Red Gold Purple Feather Armor, he was fully armed.

Moreover, his Five Elements Bracelet contained the Treasure Moon Bow and the Red Gold Arrow, which were also deadly weapons.

But given this battlefield is inhabited by Great Demons from the Demon God Realm, his Treasure Moon Bow was inconvenient to take out, lest recognized and pursued by the Demon God Realm, so only at critical moments would Li Yi take out the Treasure Moon Bow to confront the enemy.

"Let’s go."

The Xiangyun beneath Li Yi trembled once more, then quickly carried Ye Jingtian towards the direction of the Earth Defense Line.

Upon entering the battlefield, he immediately sensed something was amiss.

Several Divine Senses came from afar, scanned across, but were isolated by Li Yi’s Supreme Treasure Red Lotus, yet Ye Jingtian, beside him, wasn’t so fortunate, and was caught by the Divine Senses.

"Did you feel it?" Li Yi asked.

Ye Jingtian’s face darkened: "It’s the Divine Sense of a cultivator, and there are three of them. With a Divine Sense covering such a large area, the opponent’s cultivation must be at least at the peak of the Mahayana Stage. They are formidable opponents. It seems the situation at the Earth Defense Line is much worse than I imagined. There are even strong figures from the Xuanxian Continent eyeing us on our support route."

"Li Yi, quickly leave, don’t hesitate. The opponent is stronger than us. If they really intend to intercept and kill us, we would have no power to resist."

Upon hearing this, Li Yi’s expression turned serious. He didn’t want to linger on this dangerous battlefield, so he performed the Cloud Riding Technique to its utmost, and Xiangyun transformed into a Divine Light, swiftly streaking across the sky.

However, neither of them pinned their hopes entirely on this, so they were also prepared to engage in battle at any time.

"This flying speed is truly outrageous." At this moment, seeing Li Yi’s Escape Technique, Ye Jingtian couldn’t help but be secretly shocked. At such speed, even a Mahayana cultivator probably couldn’t catch up if he were to escape.

But just as this thought appeared in his mind.

Suddenly.

The speed of the Xiangyun beneath their feet abruptly slowed down, then stopped, hovering motionlessly in the high sky.

"Hmm?" Ye Jingtian did not immediately ask Li Yi for the reason, as he felt a peculiar energy fluctuation in front.

In addition, his soul inexplicably issued a warning, as if some danger was imminent.

Compared to other cultivators, evolveers, though they have many shortcomings, possess a strong ability to sense danger.

"It’s a formation; there’s a killing array ahead, layered and extremely dangerous. It should be a killing array set up by cultivators." Li Yi’s gaze slightly focused: "Moreover, the killing array even seals off high altitude. It seems the array was intentionally set up on the route of evolveers heading to the Earth Defense Line."

"How about going around it?" Ye Jingtian asked.

"If we go around it, we’ll have to pass through the area occupied by Great Demons." Li Yi glanced over: "I guess they have also prepared countermeasures over there, just waiting for evolveers to walk into the trap."

"Moreover, it’s just a killing array, destroy it and it’ll be clear for us to pass in the future."

He extended his palm, and the Mana of sixty acupoints was mobilized.

A terrifying energy wave surged from his body.

Then, using this Mana, he performed a Tao Skill.

"Flipping Rivers and Seas." Li Yi raised his hand and just waved it. Under the execution of this top-tier Tao Skill, the world before them instantly darkened. The earth was overturned by an immense force at this moment.

The entire world suddenly plunged into chaos.

Accompanied by the terrifying eruption of power, the hidden killing array in front was triggered. In an instant, countless brilliant energy explosions occurred in the air. Tao Skills and the killing array collided, causing the entire area in front to become extremely dangerous and terrifying.

But due to Li Yi’s strike, the killing array arduously set up by the cultivators was completely destroyed.

The commotion here was immediately sensed by the master of the array.

At this moment.

Hundreds of miles away,

in an underground cave dwelling.

The master of this killing array was a Mahayana cultivator, along with several experts at the Transcendence Tribulation Stage.

The moment the array was broken, the experts at the Transcendence Tribulation Stage immediately suffered a backlash, nearly spitting blood.

"Damn it, the killing array was forcibly broken with powerful strength." One of the Transcendence Tribulation Stage cultivators couldn’t help but say, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"The opponent’s strength is formidable. The array was destroyed with just one attack, definitely a Mahayana-level evolver, no, even stronger."

"Don’t panic. The opponent discovered the formation before taking action to break it. The array’s power was not fully activated, so their strength might not be as strong as expected. But their keen awareness makes them a formidable enemy. Elder Xuan Yang, how do you think we should handle this?"

The others looked towards not far away.

An elder with an immortal demeanor was sitting cross-legged on a high platform, unmoving with closed eyes.

This Elder Xuan Yang was a Mahayana realm cultivator, one step away from becoming a Human Immortal, his strength naturally goes without saying, very formidable.

"Earlier, my Divine Sense swept over. There should only be one person on the other side, and such arrogance deserves a lesson."

Elder Xuan Yang slowly opened his eyes, revealing a hint of killing intent in his calm gaze.

Suppressing evolveers on Earth was decided by the True Immortals of Xuanxian Continent. They must prevent the appearance of top-tier experts on Earth. Once discovered, they must be swiftly eliminated.

As these words fell.

Elder Xuan Yang suddenly disappeared from his original spot.

This was not an escape technique but instantaneous teleportation.