Chapter 1219: Chapter 357: Twenty Venerables Submit! (Part 2)
When the Venerables from the Outer Realm just initiated the Domain War, the entire Southwest Administrative District was in chaos, and the human leadership was extremely pessimistic.
But as time passed, the human race gradually and surprisingly found… the situation was not as they had imagined:
Apart from the initial wave of casualties, when the hundred military bases of the human race mobilized, along with “Fang Ze’s” harassment raiding everywhere, the offensive of the Outer Realm Demigods was completely suppressed.
The human leadership was initially concerned about the Outer Realm Demigods using attrition warfare: sending batches of Demigods into the Real World continuously, depleting the human race’s living forces.
However, they discovered that because Fang Ze led a team of Absolute Pinnacle Divine Fiends to attack the Outer Realm Demigods everywhere, the Demigods dared not come to the Real World anymore.
The human leadership was initially worried that multiple Venerables would attack together and destroy the human race directly. The Venerables did indeed intervene, but not against the human race; instead, they were always besieging Fang Ze, barely affecting the human world.
If that was all, one could only say the Domain War’s damage to the human race was limited, not that it changed the situation. But… during the Domain War, statistics from the Federation revealed a mass Awakening of civilians in the Southwest District during this month.
Many who previously had no talent suddenly possessed Awakening Abilities.
Moreover, these people didn’t breakthrough in life-and-death situations; they awoke simply after a nap or a sip of water.
In addition to that, the top combat forces of the human race, including Ascension Level, Absolute Pinnacle, and Demigods, started to loosen up in their ranks.
The most dramatic case was the Ascension Pinnacle Demigods.
Theoretically, after becoming Demigods, their power was locked and couldn’t break through further; however, these Ascension Pinnacle Demigods surprisingly broke through to Absolute Pinnacle Demigods—they had accumulated enough Power of Faith over the years.
As for other realm experts, their strengths have all increased too.
Moreover, during the Domain War, the human leadership found that the gathering speed of the Power of Faith also increased significantly.
This unexpected turn of events made the Federal top leaders question if there had been a mistake somewhere.
After all, with this rate of growth, the human race could potentially generate hundreds of Demigod-level combat forces, and with the human race’s current strength, adding a hundred Demigods could at least fend off the Outer Realm’s invasion concerning ordinary Demigods.
As for the Venerable level above that…
This kind of strength, where one race can only give birth to one powerful entity, leaves the human leadership without other solutions. They can only hope Fang Ze can bridge this gap.
….
Meanwhile, while the Domain War raged fiercely.
In the Outer Realm, Heaven Beyond the Heavens.
Exiting from the palace built on a floating stone, Fang Ze looked up at the sky, feeling somewhat like a lifetime had passed.
These days, Fang Ze tirelessly captured and subdued Venerables. In a month’s time, he successfully subdued 14 Venerables in total.
Including the Yuan Gu, Moon Rabbits, Blood Crocodile, Mystic Leopard, Ya Wen, and Shen Yuan six Venerables previously imprisoned by him in the Demigd Prison, he now controlled a total of 20 Venerables!
This also explains why the Blood Crocodile Venerable’s control over Divine Fiends dwindled—the prison spaces were occupied by Venerables, left by Fang Ze.
Of course, these replaced Divine Fiends were neither obliterated nor released by Fang Ze, rather he buried them directly in the Flower God’s Demigod Secret Realm, intending to resurrect them for future use.
Fang Ze’s “irresponsible” approach provoked Aunt Teng extensively. The woman who treated the Flower God as her biological daughter worried daily over the past month that once these Divine Fiends revived, they would dismantle the Flower God’s Secret Realm.
The Flower God was merely a Mortality-Shedding stage Demigod; her strength within the Demigod Secret Realm was indeed formidable, but she faced no less than six Absolute Pinnacle Divine Fiends and a Dual Soul Divine Fiend at Ascension Pinnacle! A mishandling could truly blow up the entire Demigod Secret Realm!
Thus, Aunt Teng kept watching over the Flower God’s Demigod Secret Realm without rest during this time, simply to prevent unforeseen events, providing more convenience for Fang Ze’s actions….
Recalling these experiences from the month, Fang Ze’s determination became exceedingly firm: his current strength had grown unprecedentedly.
With 20 Venerables, plus himself and two Demigd Prison assistants who could also transform into Venerables, Fang Ze had control over combat forces equivalent to 23 Venerables.
Such strength was enough to handle most crises.
Moreover, capturing these 20 Venerables not only gave Fang Ze their combat power but also a great deal of intelligence about the Venerables.
For example, Fang Ze learned that the true number of Outer Realm Venerables was unascertainable—since who knows how many ancient monsters are in deep sleep within the Outer Realm—but the number of battle-ready Venerables roughly remained between 140-180.
This was due to Venerables’ life expectancy of about 100,000-110,000 years. The time for each world’s preparation before reincarnation and the Domain War were both lasting around 600-1,000 years. Therefore, the number of Venerables under 100,000 was roughly 140-180.
Among these 140-180 Venerables, about 30-40 were entering the final stages of their life, beginning to hibernate and retire.
So, truly combat-ready Venerables were only about 110-140.
Eliminating those with a Buddhist approach, and those maintaining the Spirit Realm Mountain breaches, only about 80-110 could truly be mobilized.
Adding the Real World’s limited bearing capacities, Fang Ze, now with 20 Venerables, might not have won the Domain War, but it wasn’t much of a problem to help the human race defend themselves and keep the Outer Realm Demigods outside the Real World.
If Fang Ze could kill a few more Venerables or capture a few more, thus shifting the balance, winning the Domain War wouldn’t just be a dream.
Therefore, Fang Ze didn’t intend to continue lying low: he felt it was about time he stopped the Outer Realm Demigods from rampant destruction in the Southwest District, and the human race should start to fight back!
Thinking thus, with everything sorted out, Fang Ze couldn’t help but gaze at the Nine Dragons District in Heaven Beyond the Heavens.
He intended to find his most crucial ally: Bai Zhi, and then commence the counterattack….
……
At the same time.
As Fang Ze began preparing for a desperate counterattack.
At the Spirit Realm Mountain breach.
Compared to a month ago, when the Blue Blood Venerable and others were so arrogant and optimistic, the atmosphere had now become silent.
A month had passed, and not only had they failed to break the human race’s defensive lines, they hadn’t even caught Fang Ze. This was beyond any Venerable’s expectation.
Although Venerables had a life expectancy of 100,000 years and a month was just a blink of an eye to them. However! The current situation wasn’t something time could change: these Venerables could clearly feel that their side’s offensives were stuck as if in a quagmire, extremely difficult to advance.
Having experienced many Domain Wars, the Venerables knew that without a strategic shift, continuing like this would only provide more opportunities to the human race, without any other effect.
Thus, in such circumstances, one of the Venerables slowly proposed, “I think we should stop letting the Water Curtain Venerable and others tail Fang Ze aimlessly. It’s a waste of time and doesn’t serve any purpose.”
“In my opinion, they should directly crush the human race’s defenses to force Fang Ze to come and rescue.”
“This way, if Fang Ze does appear, he can’t avoid the battle. But if he doesn’t appear, then let the Water Curtain Venerable take the entire Southwest District and advance towards the Central District.”
“If Fang Ze still doesn’t show up, we might even end the Domain War early.”
“Once the human race is annihilated, Fang Ze, who hasn’t become a Demigod yet, will naturally be destroyed along with the world, saving us further concern.”
Hearing this, another Venerable objected, “No way. The Water Curtain Venerable and others didn’t reach the Real World through sacrifice or summoning, but by forcibly entering through the breach. This method will be suppressed by the World Origin.”