BookMe Chapter 468: How can my Beast God lose, when you tell me this?
Chapter 468: How can my Beast God lose, when you tell me this?
The entire Grand Sky Sect was busy preparing to enter Spirit Beast Island.Given the size and scale of the Grand Sky Sect, it was impossible for everyone to enter Spirit Beast Island at once, so they had to go in batches.
But who would go first and who would go last was a matter to be decided later. The Ouyang Family was definitely going to be last.
Others were entering Spirit Beast Island for the Nebula Spirit Cat... and so was the Ouyang Family. Although their starting points were the same, their purposes were somewhat different.
For safety's sake, it was best to place the Ouyang Family last.
As the Grand Sky Sect was fervently preparing to enter Spirit Beast Island, the Beast God in the Beast God Talisman revealed a sinister smile.
Spirit Beast Island was connected to the Beast God's soul, and all spirit beasts had a mysterious link with him.
Even in a soul state, the mighty Beast God was still the Beast God.
In his peak era, he controlled the entire Spirit Beast Continent, and all spirit beasts were his subjects, entirely under his command.
No matter the spirit beast, their power belonged to him; he was the supreme ruler of all spirit beasts.
Although now he only controlled Spirit Beast Island, even in a soul state, the connection between the Beast God and the spirit beasts remained unbroken. He had even found a new way to control them.
Every spirit beast born on Spirit Beast Island bore the mark of the Beast God, visible only to him.
This mark allowed the Beast God to merge invisibly with each spirit beast.
Over the years, maintaining Spirit Beast Island with his soul consumed enormous energy.
Yet, the Beast God's soul remained at the Main God level, thanks to Spirit Beast Island.
Every time a spirit beast on the island advanced, a portion of the absorbed power would silently transfer into the Beast God's soul, maintaining its strength.
Unfortunately, without a body, the Beast God, in pure soul form, couldn't leave Spirit Beast Island on his own.
For years, he sought a host to possess, using the power provided invisibly by other spirit beasts.
When he failed to possess Chu Xinghe, instead becoming bound to him in the Beast God Talisman, the proud Beast God couldn't simply submit.
"I am the mighty Beast God, and who are you, Chu Xinghe?"
"You think you can control my soul? You have no idea how terrifying my soul is."
"Today, I acknowledge you as my master and am sealed by you, but that's just a temporary compromise due to my failed possession and energy depletion."
"Hiding in the Beast God Talisman, as long as the spirit beasts on Spirit Beast Island continue to advance, they will provide me with endless power..."
"As this power merges with my soul, I will return to the Main God realm. When I do, I will utterly destroy you, Chu Xinghe!"
"Only then can I wash away my shame."
However, the Beast God was cautious. Chu Xinghe was the most formidable opponent he had ever faced. If they were from the same era, the Beast God suspected Chu Xinghe might surpass him.
So, when recommending spirit beasts to Chu Xinghe, the Beast God didn't dare play tricks and suggested normal spirit beasts to gain his trust, planning to regain strength and eventually kill Chu Xinghe.
But the Beast God never imagined that Chu Xinghe would demand a Nebula Spirit Cat on a whim.
The Nebula Spirit Cat not only required massive resources to tame but also to advance!
The more resources these spirit beasts absorbed, the faster they advanced, and the quicker the Beast God recovered!
"Chu Xinghe, Chu Xinghe!"
"You've miscalculated!"
"You, with your lofty ambitions, only think of the Nebula Spirit Cat's future power, willing to expend vast resources... but do you know that all those resources will invisibly enter my body, becoming the power I will use to kill you?"
According to the Beast God's calculations, with the world gradually cultivating demonic beasts, in three to five years, he could return to his peak, break the master seal, and kill Chu Xinghe without a scratch.
But now, with the Grand Sky Sect's massive investment in Nebula Spirit Cats, his recovery speed had doubled...
In just one or two years, he could return to his peak, break the master seal, and kill Chu Xinghe!
"Chu Xinghe, Chu Xinghe... you've handed me the knife to slay you!"
"Even though you aren't suppressed by the Four Saints' power, I will directly destroy your soul. Then, I will take over your body and return to this world as its sole ruler!"
"I congratulate you on your fortune! Congratulations on your brilliance!" The excited Beast God couldn't help but sing a song Chu Xinghe often sang these days.
"You're still happy, Chu Xinghe... do you know you're on the brink of death?"
"You have no idea you've fallen into the trap I've set... death is already beside you!"
Amidst the Beast God's excitement, the first batch of Grand Sky Sect disciples selected to go to Spirit Beast Island was announced.
Apart from the Artifact Refining Palace, disciples from all other palaces were chosen.
The Great Elder personally led the first batch of five thousand Grand Sky Sect disciples to Spirit Beast Island.
With the Grand Sky Sect's arrival, all attention was drawn to them.
The news of the Nebula Spirit Cat couldn't be hidden these days.
Various forces learned through different channels that the Grand Sky Sect's target was the Nebula Spirit Cat.
Everyone knew about the Nebula Spirit Cat's power, but the Grand Sky Sect's taming method seemed a bit outrageous.
Yet, some tried the method released by the Grand Sky Sect.
To their surprise, it worked!
Ling Su was among the first to try it, and when he confirmed the method could tame the Nebula Spirit Cat, he was thrilled!
He immediately ordered all Cloud Soar Sect disciples to be equipped with Nebula Spirit Cats.
But as soon as Ling Su issued the order, other elders vetoed it.
"Elder Ling... are you a spy from the Grand Sky Sect planted in our Cloud Soar Sect?"
"What makes you think we can afford to equip everyone with Nebula Spirit Cats?"
"Do you know how many resources it takes to tame one Nebula Spirit Cat?"
"That's enough to cultivate a Seventh Grade Martial Artist!"
"Even though we were once the third in the world, and we have some resources, we'd have to sell everything to equip a few Nebula Spirit Cats!"
"And that's just for taming; we still need to cultivate them... are we not going to live?"
"Look at Martial Emperor City; Zheng Yu tried it too, but after trying, he just sighed and continued taming other spirit beasts."
"The Nebula Spirit Cat is powerful and tamable, but you need money!"
"Our Cloud Soar Sect is currently in a period of strategic withdrawal, or to put it bluntly, tightening our belts."
"We have to hold on until the Three Sacred Inheritances arrive..."
"If we follow Elder Ling's method, we might not even make it through the year..."
Ling Su was dumbfounded by the elders' scolding.
Ling Su, with tears in his eyes... this time, the Grand Sky Sect didn't trick us... but the problem is, we don't have the capability...
So, although it was painful, Ling Su had to accept the result.
In the entire world, the only sect daring to say they would equip everyone with Nebula Spirit Cats was the Grand Sky Sect... after all, they were insanely rich!
They didn't treat money as money... it's said that for this expenditure, the heads of each palace in the Grand Sky Sect held meetings with their disciples.
The palace heads stated that they couldn't squander sect resources anymore... the Nebula Spirit Cat project was too costly, so they had to slightly reduce resource supply.
It's said that the Spirit Crane Palace led the resource reduction initiative, changing from unlimited supply to limited supply, with each disciple's monthly rare material consumption not exceeding ten thousand items!
After this announcement, many Spirit Crane Palace disciples had complaints...
"Ten thousand items? That's too much of a reduction... look at Martial Emperor City's disciples, they get over a hundred items a month... we used to have unlimited supply, and now it's just a hundred times that of Martial Emperor City. People might think we're too poor to survive!"
Not just the Spirit Crane Palace, but other palaces also tightened their belts, yet the palace heads understood their disciples' difficulties.
So, they kept the resource supply at about a hundred times that of other major sects, and the disciples, though finding it ridiculously low, were open-minded, saying it was good to experience poverty occasionally!
"Remembering past hardships makes one appreciate sweetness..."
Ling Su didn't know what kind of poverty the Grand Sky Sect was experiencing, but he knew... our Cloud Soar Sect Master Xing Yushen's resource share at its peak was equivalent to a deacon's share during the Grand Sky Sect's "poverty" period...
"So, you call this tightening belts? You call this poverty?"
The first batch of Grand Sky Sect members entered Spirit Beast Island, each carrying abundant resources.
Someone calculated that robbing this batch of Grand Sky Sect disciples would be enough for a top-tier sect to squander for over ten years!
But the problem is... if you dare to make a move... forget about success, could any top-tier sect survive ten years after robbing the Grand Sky Sect?
Do you have the life to spend what you rob?
Chu Xinghe didn't know how the outside world viewed the Grand Sky Sect's full-scale Nebula Spirit Cat deployment; he only knew he was about to ascend on the spot!
Seeing the resources taken from the sect's treasury, Chu Xinghe was moved to tears...
"I, Chu Xinghe, swear to the heavens, if I knew the Spirit Beast Island opening would consume so much, I would never have thought of causing trouble!"
"I never dreamed I'd have a day of consuming sect resources like this!"
"Credit to the Beast God, a Main God's touch shows its worth!"
Seeing the excited Chu Xinghe, although he didn't understand why Chu Xinghe was so thrilled, the Beast God was even more excited...
"Hurry... consume these resources... the more you consume, the faster the Nebula Spirit Cats advance, and the quicker I, the Beast God, recover, and the sooner you, Chu Xinghe, die!"
"Tell me, how can I, the Beast God, lose this time?"