CHAPTER 1937: CHAPTER 1937: FIVE SECTS JOIN FORCES

The colossal corpse of the Bixie Immortal Beast stood as majestically as a small mountain. Though it seemed lifeless, it still stood proud, emanating a vast pressure that deterred anyone from approaching.

The Golden Lion Sect, having spent millions of spirit stones, was the first to locate the Immortal Beast’s corpse. But despite trying numerous methods and paying a heavy price, they could not take the Bixie Immortal Beast’s corpse away.

The Sect Master of the Golden Lion Sect, He Qiufeng, was frustrated and disheartened, unable to do anything but gaze at the corpse helplessly.

"If my Golden Lion Sect can’t have it, then no one else should think about getting it either!"

With this mindset, He Qiufeng ordered tens of thousands of disciples to encircle the Bixie Immortal Beast’s corpse, allowing no other powerful figures to touch it.

Initially, hundreds of thousands of strong individuals around were unwilling to come forward and publicly confront the Golden Lion Sect, a top-tier sect. But as time passed and they saw the Golden Lion Sect struggling with the beast’s corpse, some influential figures began to express dissatisfaction.

"He Qiufeng, if your Golden Lion Sect can’t handle the beast’s corpse, then let us try!"

"The treasure belongs to the fated. If you can’t get it, it means there’s no destiny! Accept it!"

"Exactly! Don’t just occupy the latrine and not do anything! That’s the most hateful!"

"If you really provoke everyone, they will all rush forward. Can your tens of thousands of Golden Lion Sect disciples stand against our hundreds of thousands of strong figures?"

"You should step aside and not block everyone’s path!"

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Some high-ranking figures from strong sects began to condemn the Golden Lion Sect led by He Qiufeng.

The hundreds of thousands of onlookers, almost every one wanting a share of the Bixie Immortal Beast’s corpse, were initially deterred by the Golden Lion Sect from openly turning against them. However, when they saw people condemning the sect, the masses quickly joined in.

In a moment, a wave of denunciation against the Golden Lion Sect surged among the hundreds of thousands of powerful individuals. Many began striding forward towards the formation of tens of thousands of Golden Lion Sect disciples.

Among the tens of thousands of disciples of the Golden Lion Sect, including Sect Master He Qiufeng, everyone was somewhat panicked, constantly retracting their formation inward as they looked at the black mass of people surrounding them.

Cheng Danfeng, the Sect Master of the Flame Phoenix Sect, stepped forward and faced He Qiufeng, saying, "Sect Master He, obtaining this Immortal Beast’s corpse is not something a single sect can accomplish. Why don’t we join forces and after it’s done, we’ll divide it based on our contributions? What do you think?"

Before He Qiufeng could respond, the other major sect leaders had already expressed agreement, nodding in approval.

After all, the Golden Lion Sect was a top-tier sect. If they could avoid completely breaking ties and engaging in a fierce battle, that would naturally be the best outcome.

Moreover, the aura emitted by the Immortal Beast’s corpse was astonishing. It seemed that only by joining forces with the major strong sects could they suppress that terrifying aura.

"Alright, as Sect Master Cheng suggested, let’s join forces. However, too many sects participating isn’t ideal, or else each sect won’t get much of the Immortal Beast’s corpse!"

He Qiufeng quickly considered the situation and realized that the only way out was to ally with the Flame Phoenix Sect and other sects, thus avoiding widespread outrage and the prospect of emptying out with nothing, offering some hope of obtaining a part of the Immortal Beast’s corpse.

"Had I known this earlier, why did we waste tens of millions of spirit stones in Immortal Beast City buying the news about this Immortal Beast’s corpse?"

He Qiufeng thought with a heartache, realizing that those strong figures who sold them the information had long since disappeared without a trace.

Seeing He Qiufeng agree to the alliance, Cheng Danfeng, the Sect Master of the Flame Phoenix Sect, smiled slightly, thinking that the Flame Phoenix Sect would likely gain a share in the competition for the Immortal Beast’s corpse without any cost. This was indeed a worthwhile deal.

Later, Cheng Danfeng invited three other top-tier strong sects at the scene to form a temporary alliance of five sects.

This alliance of five sects also included the Zhaixing Pavilion.

The five strong sects joined forces, gathering nearly ten thousand disciples, surrounding the Immortal Beast’s corpse tightly, and forcefully drove away other small sects and many loose cultivators.

Fang Bai and Xiang Chong retreated voluntarily to a mountain peak dozens of miles away, watching with arms crossed from a distance.

"If our Green Bamboo Sect’s headquarters were in the Eastern Desolate Continent, would we allow those five small sects to run wild like this?"

Xiang Chong, feeling displeased, snorted coldly.

"Steward Xiang, no need to be angry. Let’s just watch. Even with those five sects joining forces, it will be difficult to gain anything from the Immortal Beast’s corpse!"

Fang Bai said with a smile to Xiang Chong.

Driven away by the five major sects, the small sects and loose cultivators knew that the five wanted to monopolize the Immortal Beast’s corpse. Though angry and furious, they deemed themselves no match for the five major sects and could only curse silently.

Li Jinding, the Pavilion Master of the Zhaixing Pavilion, had his right fingers severed by Fang Bai’s Blood-Drinking Mad Blade, but it wasn’t a serious injury. After swallowing a spirit pill, they could regenerate. Upon being invited by Cheng Danfeng to join the alliance, he was secretly excited, temporarily setting aside his vendetta against Fang Bai and getting together with the leaders of the other four strong sects to discuss how to dismantle and carry away the Immortal Beast’s corpse.

To dismantle the Immortal Beast required a forcible attack. Previously, the Golden Lion Sect had attempted this, but possibly due to insufficient attack strength, nearly a hundred elite disciples were seriously injured by the aura unleashed from the Immortal Beast’s corpse, suffering heavy losses.

After discussions among Cheng Danfeng, He Qiufeng, Li Jinding, and the leaders of the five major sects, they decided to gather dozens of high-ranking members from the five sects and launch a full-force strike. As long as they could successfully suppress the aura released by the Immortal Beast, there was hope of dismantling the beast.

The combined might of dozens of experts in the eighth and ninth levels of the Heavenly Tribulation would make even a Demi Immortal flinch. They were confident that they could suppress the aura released by a mere Immortal Beast’s corpse.

"Attack!"

Once the dozens of high-ranking members of the five sects arranged their formations, they launched an attack simultaneously.

This strike was not their full force but a test. Yet its power was still terrifying enough to flatten a small mountain.

Dozens of streams of spiritual energy merged into a massive spiritual energy sphere, spanning several tens of feet. Almost skimming the ground, it sped towards the Immortal Beast’s corpse, sweeping everything in its path with a terrifying force.

As the spiritual energy sphere passed, it plowed a trench several feet deep that stretched all the way to the Immortal Beast’s corpse.

The Immortal Beast’s corpse sensed the incoming powerful force and autonomously released its aura to counterattack.

"Bang!"

With a muffled boom, the massive spiritual energy sphere collided with the invisible aura. The resulting shockwave spread outward like ripples on water, leveling everything within a thousand feet except for the dozens of strong figures of the five sects, reducing everything else to dust, gone without a trace.

The dozens of strong figures from the five sects were all sent flying by the terrifying aura. Fortunately, they were prepared, and the damage they sustained was minimal.

Even the corpse of the Immortal Beast trembled at this moment, as if shaken by the combined attack force of the dozens of strong figures from the five sects.