Unfathomable Senior

Chapter 668

‘They are really making me work... I wonder if someone suspects something by now...’

Zhang Dong looked at the passed-out man in his grasp. Just a moment ago the two had been exchanging blows in the air but now the previously strong man looked like someone’s grandpa. This was already his tenth battle at the border region and the enemies weren’t really letting up.

Just as he previously expected, the man that escaped had called for some reinforcements. Even though their counterattack was quite sloppy it wasn’t the end of it. A full-on war for the control of the border was now raging in the empire. The other forts and strongholds didn’t go unnoticed and within a week's time, the Long Clan had sent out their troops to stop the creation of these castles.

Their enemy seemed to have less manpower than their side on the surface but this was nothing more than a pretense. The Long Clan’s roots ran deep, a lot deeper than he anticipated. It wasn’t just the fear of the royal family that drove them, a lot actually believed that they were part of it all. For others, this was the chance they were waiting for, with enough merits they could be promoted to proper clan members.

However, his side was still managing to hold out. One of the reasons was that he was taking it a lot more seriously than his competition. Even now, not many of the nascent soul masters from the main sect showed themselves. This was the key to their victory, an unorganized opponent that lacked a proper structure in their army.Follow the latest novels at novelhall.com

The battles he was going through were actually easier than the ones against the Phoenix emerald empire or the demi-humans. Those people actually had one central figure leading them, even the demi-humans that were divided into tribes had more control over people. They at least didn’t mix their tribes up together too much which lessened their need for cooperation.

Here on the other hand it was a mix-up of various clans and sects together. This was a recipe for disaster as cultivators were very headstrong and didn’t really like to cooperate with outsiders. Without a proper divide between officers and soldiers there was bound to be problems. No one wanted to be the vanguard and suffer casualties and even now during his battle, there were similar problems.

‘They tossed this elder at me just so they could get away...’

It was actually a tactic that worked. The time it took him to take out this nascent soul master, his friends had managed to escape. They weren’t faster than him nor were they stronger but still they got away. All of this was due to one thing, strange teleportation talismans that somehow every master above the core formation level was equipped with.

‘I guess this is what the Long Clan thought up to conserve their forces... but not sure what they will do with all those demoralized nascent soul masters...’

The whole thing was somewhat annoying. Whenever there were more than one nascent soul master on the battlefield, they would run the moment they realized there was no way of winning. Sometimes they would even do it before he could initiate combat. His fame of being a powerful master at the great circle level was spreading through the front like wildfire. The legend of the dark master Lei Yinglo was already reaching the middle regions.

“Elder Yinglo, thanks for your work!”

“Ah? Make nothing of it, just doing what I was hired for.”

He waved his hand while dangling a passed out late stage nascent soul master in his other arm. The people that were bowing in his direction were people from his own sect. He had taken the recently created teleportation gate in his fortress and traveled to this location as a backup elder. After the Long Clan figured out that these structures were being assembled they sent out many soldiers to sabotage the endeavor. Now he was swapped with more work as he showed everyone how competent of a fighter his alter ego was.

“Elder, we need you at the gate.”

“Again? What is this, the eleventh time?”

“S-stop him!”

“W-who is he... oh no, it’s that man!”

It seemed that these branch members knew about him. The moment he appeared between the flying vessels they started pelting him with spirit cannons. It seemed that he was a more important target than the whole stronghold. However, this meant that they would be getting bombarded back by the members of his sect.

The explosions covered the sky and turned it black. Yet even if one of the spirit cannon shots collided with his body, there would be no damage to his enhanced body. Body Refining made anything below the great circle level of power ineffective. He wouldn’t even get scratched if he remained in one spot and became a target dummy.

Soon his target came into view, the largest ship from the group with its master on board. He could feel three people of the nascent soul variety on board. They were all sitting together and powering up their defensive formation while using their cannons to shoot. Hitting such a small target in the air wasn’t an easy task so they found themselves with an old man ramming their flying ship.

Splinters flew everywhere as he burst through the side and collided with their main engine. It took one hit and then promptly exploded. A cascading effect was soon created as the whole giant boat blew up with the people in it. To his surprise, the three nascent soul masters that were inside didn’t really do much to protect the crew of the ship. Instead, they used the smoke and blast to hide their presence in an attempt to attack him.

Yet this didn’t matter, he had grown too powerful already. Even when three of them worked in unison they were just not fast enough to land any blow. Instead, they suffered a counterattack that sent them flying in three different directions and into smaller flying vessels that were on their side.

“We must escape, he is too powerful for us!”

“Yes brothers, we must retreat... huh?”

“What is it?”

“The talisman... it’s gone?”

“Gone? Wait... mine isn’t here either.”

“Are you looking for these?”

After so many run-ins with these nascent soul masters, he knew that they would try to escape the moment they had the chance. To keep them from it, he decided to strip them of their teleportation talismans that he managed to pinpoint with the help of Bob and the system.

“You three aren’t going anywhere but into the spirit stone mines, now surrender and I might show mercy...”

Zhang Dong smiled while giving Bob another mission. With these three talismans in his possession now he had something to work with. Now what he needed to do was find where these people were escaping to and give them a visit...