Chapter 299: Chapter 3: New Discoveries about the Tianyuan Pig, Insect Nest Queen_3
The oldest True Immortal nodded. "Support is not a problem, but Junior Jin, you are the most likely candidate from White Tiger Peak to become a Core Disciple in recent years. Isn’t this operation too risky?"
"I will bring one hundred White Tiger Guards with me; there won’t be any problems."
The White Tiger Guards are True Immortals specially cultivated by White Tiger Peak within the Infinite Star Sea. Each guard possesses formidable strength beyond measure and is essentially designed for slaughter.
"Alright then, this old one will arrange the support ahead of time," the old Immortal said, somewhat relieved by these words.
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Chen Jiuge, of course, had no idea what was happening in Deep Chaos. Nor did he know that Jin Xiao was also in the Infinite Star Sea, let alone that his Butterfly Star was actually a dominion of White Tiger Peak in the lower Infinite Star Sea.
My goodness, this Second Senior Brother of mine is growing too fast! Chen Jiuge stared in utter astonishment at the Second Senior Brother before him, which already stood ten meters tall at the shoulder.
"How about this? My research into the Super Grain Avoiding Pill—a single pill concentrates the nutrition of thousands of worm flesh portions. Combined with the incredible digestive abilities of the Tianyuan Pig, it can definitely grow rapidly," Yue Meng said proudly.
Amazing, amazing! Chen Jiuge couldn’t help but be impressed. This is even faster than inflating something!
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Chen Jiuge took out the ringing Communication Talisman and saw it was from Huang Kui!
This shameless guy is actually calling me? Despite his disgust, Chen Jiuge answered the communication.
"Junior Chen, a batch of Rune Cannons has been sent from above. An Insect Nest Queen has emerged from an Insect Nest! This is our support. Come to the Scripture Pavilion now and pick them up," Huang Kui said quickly.
BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.
The call had already been disconnected. Chen Jiuge’s mouth twitched. Can’t he even feign politeness? He could at least tell me what an Insect Nest Queen actually is!
Although angry, Chen Jiuge felt he had no choice. Previously, Bai Ya had secretly observed the strength of the Spiritual Beasts guarding the other side of the city wall. They were indeed very strong. This strength wasn’t in their Bloodlines or innate talents but in their Divine Skills and combat experience.
He wasn’t necessarily doomed to lose, but there was no guarantee of winning either. Chen Jiuge wouldn’t make a move without absolute confidence. If he did act, he had to resolve the situation quickly and leave no lingering troubles.
「Scripture Pavilion」
Huang Kui had already used his authority to take the batch of Rune Cannons belonging to him and had left. So, when Chen Jiuge arrived, no one was there.
There were twelve Rune Cannons in total. Each was capable of unleashing a full-strength attack comparable to that of an ordinary True Immortal, though firing them required a Cultivator to expend a huge amount of Mana.
They can’t be powered by Spirit Stones, but I can assign some Great Mahayana Spirit Beasts to specifically control these Rune Cannons. I just don’t know how many Spirit Beasts are needed to fire one shot, Chen Jiuge immediately formulated a plan for the cannons.
Spirit Stones are mainly used by Cultivators to replenish their Mana. However, Spiritual Power and Mana are not the same thing. The Heavenly Realm does have cannons powered by Spirit Stones, but the conversion process wastes too much Spiritual Power, making it inefficient. It’s better to have cannons directly powered by Mana.
In any case, the Myriad Beasts Sect had an abundance of Work Beasts, if nothing else. It would be better to specially train a few as Cannon Charging Beasts. This method was not only simple, economical, and convenient but also solved the problem of Spirit Beast overpopulation. Truly an ideal solution.
After stowing away the Rune Cannons, Chen Jiuge was about to leave when he suddenly thought of his now taller and stronger Second Senior Brother. He then searched for Second Senior Brother’s price on the Altar.
Tianyuan Pig Younglings: 10,000 Merit or 30,000 Top Grade Spirit Stones each.
I never would have thought Second Senior Brother would be so expensive, Chen Jiuge grumbled.
After hesitating for a long time, Chen Jiuge, with a pained expression, ordered one thousand Second Senior Brothers. This purchase nearly depleted the Merit he had stored over many years. Looking at the mere three hundred thousand-odd Merit points remaining on his Disciple Token, Chen Jiuge felt like crying but had no tears. Second Senior Brother is so expensive!
Shopping in the Heavenly Realm was very fast. Three seconds after placing the order, the goods arrived.
It would be great if Cultivators could also be teleported, Chen Jiuge grumbled, somewhat discontented.
In the Infinite Star Sea, apart from its native creatures, beings from the Heavenly Realm could not be teleported, which was very inconvenient.
After extracting the Bloodlines from these one thousand younglings four times each, Chen Jiuge released them into the garrisoned area, letting them roam freely.
Two months was enough time for Chen Jiuge to figure out why his Second Senior Brother had previously exploded. It was mainly because too many Star Remnants were missing from its Bloodline nebula, leading to instability, Bloodline fragmentation, and causing Second Senior Brother to rupture and die.
As for why Star Remnants could stabilize Second Senior Brother’s Bloodline, yet enhance its strength and meat quality after extraction—that was not something that could be researched and understood in a short time.
Chen Jiuge tossed the extra four thousand pieces of Star Remnants next to the dark-green bamboo shoot core and watched as it devoured them piece by piece. As the Green Bamboo Realm expanded by several meters, a satisfied smile touched his lips. Excellent. At this rate, the Green Bamboo Realm might eventually surpass Eden Garden in size.
It’s just that this bamboo shoot is growing a bit slowly, Chen Jiuge thought, looking at the Pocket World Core that had grown less than a centimeter taller, feeling somewhat frustrated.
A Pocket World Core, upon maturation, would automatically produce a Heaven and Earth Holy Weapon. Otherwise, Ao Tian wouldn’t have been so generous as to give him the Vajra Lock as a reward previously.
I should install the Rune Cannons first. This thing is too heavy to be pushed around. After installation, I also need to test how many Mahayana-level Spirit Beasts it will take to power them.
There were five sections of the city wall. Sections three and four had the strongest defenses. So, Chen Jiuge directly assigned the twelve cannons to the other three sections, four cannons per section. This level of defense should be adequate.
Next, he needed to find suitable beasts for charging the cannons. After extensive comparisons, Chen Jiuge found that Fire Flood Dragons possessed the most abundant Mana. Only five were needed to fire one shot. Although the price was that these five Fire Flood Dragons would be left without a single drop of Mana, it was absolutely worth it.
In that case, the Martial Rat mobile team can directly defend sections three and four of the wall. The Fire Flood Dragons can become wartime charging beasts. With the support from the Rune Cannons, that should be enough.
As for the Spiritual Beast gap on sections three and four of the wall, Second Senior Brother can fill it. It’s a good chance to test how strong Second Senior Brother has become after its transformation.
There are about three days left; there shouldn’t be any major issues. If worse comes to worst, I can have Da Bai and Yue Meng come up to defend the wall too.
After adjusting the defensive layout of the city wall once more, Chen Jiuge nodded with satisfaction.