45: Extraordinary Siege

Xie Family.

Xie Shan looked at Xie Yunzhou, who had rushed back, covered in dust.

"Dad, where have you been these past few days? Couldn't you have told me, your Vice Legion Commander, before you left? Your sudden disappearance put me in a very difficult position."

Xie Shan said with a worried expression.

"Oh, so you, the Vice Legion Commander, are now trying to boss around the Legion Commander?"

After witnessing Xun Xiuyuan's excellence, Xie Yunzhou was even more annoyed with his son. Besides cultivating, he was good for nothing else.

"I went to a Shadow Demon's main city, fought Mu Tuo, and incidentally killed over a dozen Transcendent Realm cultivators."

Although he had issues with his son, he knew Xie Shan's question was out of concern, so he still answered.

And also showed off a bit.

Xie Shan was speechless upon hearing Xie Yunzhou's reply. His father's way of doing things probably wouldn't change; he just acted on a whim.

"Didn't you say you were going to visit Nan Qiao? How is Nan Qiao?" Xie Shan asked casually.

"If you're worried about your own daughter, go see her yourself. Why ask me?"

Xie Yunzhou said, giving no face whatsoever. After thinking for a moment, he continued:

"Xun Xiuyuan isn't dead. He's returned to Fortress 100. Nan Qiao isn't willing to come back. Don't interfere with her matters for now."

"Ah! Xun Xiuyuan is back. That kid has nine lives. But if he's back at the fortress, aren't you bringing Nan Qiao back? What if..."

"What if what? If Nan Qiao gets pregnant, it'll just be a good reason to call them back for marriage, you blockhead. Do you think bringing Nan Qiao back will stop anything?"

Xie Shan remained silent, feeling very annoyed. Finally, he remembered the main topic.

"Dad, this year, the Lingtian Relic will open again. What are your thoughts on Qianlong City's candidates?"

"The same as before. A maximum of fifty peak Immaculate Realm cultivators. The casualties inside are too great, and our number of Immaculate Realm cultivators is limited. Ask Xie Lin for his opinion. If he's willing, let him lead the team this year. He's been stuck in the Immaculate Realm for too long."

Xie Lin had reached the peak of the Immaculate Realm a long time ago, but his spiritual power had been stuck at 4999 for several years, unable to break through.

Xie Shan was surprised to hear Xie Yunzhou's plan.

"Dad, is little brother going in? The risks inside are quite high after all."

"With Xie Lin's strength, the danger inside isn't great. The Lingtian Relic is actually just a training ground. As long as he survives the first stage's arena, he'll be fine. The Ling Tian Pagoda trial in the second stage has little danger as long as he knows when to advance and retreat."

Xie Yunzhou answered Xie Shan, finally adding: "His own opinion is paramount."

Xie Shan nodded in agreement.

After a few days of interaction, Xun Xiuyuan and Xie Nanqiao's relationship quickly warmed up.

Looking at Xie Nanqiao cultivating, Xun Xiuyuan opened the system and started the lottery.

During the journey back to the fortress, Xun Xiuyuan had accumulated hundreds of lottery draws. He didn't hesitate to click "Draw All."

Since the last lottery system upgrade, he had performed no less than a thousand draws, but the lottery system hadn't upgraded again.

Either the number of draws wasn't enough, or it could only upgrade once.

This large number of draws yielded four rare items: Soul Pierce, soul stabilizing pearl, Blood God Body, and Super Burst Bead.

Soul Pierce: Condense one's spiritual power to form a Soul Pierce, directly attacking the opponent's sea of consciousness. It is invisible and formless, its power depending on the amount of one's spiritual power.

Spiritual power inherently relies on one's sea of consciousness, and spiritual power is also known as divine sense.

soul stabilizing pearl: A secret treasure that protects the sea of consciousness.

Still the system's characteristic, simple and clear.

Blood God Body: Body tempering technique.

This description is worse than having none at all.

Xun Xiuyuan looked speechlessly at the descriptions of the soul stabilizing pearl and Blood God Body, thinking he would have to research them slowly himself.

After clicking "Use," the soul stabilizing pearl disappeared directly, transforming into a ray of light that entered Xun Xiuyuan's mind.

The Blood God Body cultivation was instantly completed.

host: Xun Xiuyuan

Age: 16

Realm: Ninth-grade Immaculate Realm (124080000 / 1000000000)

Spiritual Power: 2640+

Martial Arts: Berserk Blade Technique (Mastered), Mystic Steps (Mastered), Explosive Ignition Art (This skill cannot be upgraded), Heaven Piercing Slash (This skill cannot be upgraded), Copper Wall Iron Barrier (Mastered), Blood Escape (This skill cannot be upgraded), Breath Concealment Technique (Mastered), Soul Pierce (This skill cannot be upgraded), Blood God Body (First Layer)

Equipment: Ding Guang, qiankun battle armor, five colors, hundred battle blade, illusory armor, wind cloud boots, void piercing needle, soul stabilizing pearl.

Lottery Draws: 0

Blood God Body (First Layer): Entry threshold, increases physical strength and defense by ten percent.

Seeing the description of the Blood God Body, Xun Xiuyuan thought it was just a technique similar to Copper Wall Iron Barrier, so he didn't pay too much attention to it.

The key was that upgrading to the second layer required five million exotic beast value, which was completely different from ordinary martial arts.

Looking at Xie Nanqiao's serious little face as she cultivated, Xun Xiuyuan also took out a soul stone to cultivate his spiritual power.

Before one soul stone was even used up, the alarm sounded again.

Xun Xiuyuan looked at Xie Nanqiao, who had opened her eyes: "It must be exotic beasts attacking the city again. Try not to leave the fortress, because your special status will affect the commander's judgment."

Xie Nanqiao knew Xun Xiuyuan was worried about her safety and didn't insist, just nodded.

When Xun Xiuyuan arrived at the city wall, Lu Wenxiu was already there.

Looking at the distant, pitch-black exotic beasts, Lu Wenxiu's expression was grim: "Is this a decisive battle?"

Xun Xiuyuan was also surprised. There were probably hundreds of exotic beasts flying in the sky.

Just like last time, soon after, a large number of exotic ghosts appeared again in the east, similar in number to the Shadow Demons.

After using the Investigation Art on the exotic beasts flying in the distance, Xun Xiuyuan's expression also changed: "Commander, there are Transcendent Realm Shadow Demons on the opposite side, and on the exotic ghost side as well. A total of two Transcendent Realm cultivators."

"This is simply not something we can handle," Lu Wenxiu murmured.

Lu Yuwen had already wisely requested reinforcements from within the city.

Xun Xiuyuan had already made up his mind. If they couldn't hold out, he would immediately take Xie Nanqiao and flee.

Xie Nanqiao was also on the city wall, looking at the exotic beasts and wondering: "Why aren't they attacking?"

The warriors were already standing by in strict formation outside the fortress, yet this time the exotic beasts slowed down their attack speed.

Lu Wenxiu shook his head and said: "I'm not sure, perhaps the exotic beasts have their own objective."

Lu Yuwen rushed over to report: "A total of forty fortresses are under attack by exotic beasts, and Transcendent Realm cultivators have appeared among the attacking exotic beasts at every fortress. The Special Operations Team says a squadron will arrive in ten minutes."

At this moment, the Transcendent Realm Shadow Demon on the opposite side stepped forward, facing the city wall of the fortress.

"If you hand over a person named Xun Xiuyuan, then this siege will be called off."

Everyone was stunned: Do exotic beasts now use psychological tactics? And they looked at Xun Xiuyuan with a knowing glance.

Lu Wenxiu happened to need time to wait for reinforcements, so he spoke up: "Why Xun Xiuyuan? And how can I trust that you won't attack the city if I hand him over?"

"I don't know why either, it's just written in the orders to ask before attacking, that's all. Xun Xiuyuan isn't really in this fortress, is he?"

The Transcendent Realm Shadow Demon looked indifferent.

Xun Xiuyuan was stunned when he heard the exotic beast's words: This time, he was really going to become famous. If all forty fortresses said something like that...