Chapter 170: Section 171: Send the Divine Artifact or the Person First?

“Father?” Hei Juan looked incredulously at the Magic Beast corpses scattered on the ground.

“It was me!” Jia Sha’s voice came through, and he laughed with pride, “I’ve gained control over the Central Tower’s authority to manipulate the island’s weather, and this was just a small test.”

“Lord Jia Sha, you’re fantastic!”

“We’re safe…” Some people slumped to the ground, completely relieved.

“We won!!” Others cheered with joy.

But the cheers had barely begun when suddenly an immense pressure arose, and space twisted instantly.

A teleportation had occurred!

On a much larger scale than before, legions of man-made magical beasts filled the entire central space in an instant, tightly encircling the Central Tower.

Roar!

The next moment, countless Magic Beasts attacked again.

Everyone was struck with sudden fear.

Jia Sha’s voice, filled with shock and anger, came through: “It’s the Tower Spirit, it’s the one with the teleportation authority, it transported all the man-made magical beasts from the surface over here!”

“Cast lightning!” someone shouted.

Jia Sha didn’t need the reminder, as he was already in action.

Lightning burst forth, once again causing massive casualties among the Demon Beast Army.

But for every Magic Beast struck down by lightning, an equivalent number was teleported in to continue their assault on the Central Tower.

The lightning began to lessen rapidly.

“Father, what’s happening?!” The crowd was filled with uncertainty.

“It’s no use, this way the Mana Pool will dry up completely. Both lightning and teleportation share the same Mana Pool. Without mana, we can’t open or maintain the Teleportation Gate! Don’t forget, we still have to bring back these Divine Artifacts, and the mana consumed for teleportation will be massive!”

Both Divine Arts and Spells involved teleportation.

But Jia Sha’s teleportation Divine Technique was incapable of even saving itself; the teleportation distance was too short.

The survivors had to use the Teleportation Gate in the Alchemy Factory. This gate was far more powerful than Jia Sha’s Divine Technique, and even the War Merchants’ personal teleportation paled in comparison.

However, the Teleportation Gate required mana to activate; each teleportation consumed mana proportional to the number of people, life levels, items, and the items’ Levels.

The more people, the higher the life levels, the more items, and the higher the Levels of the items, the more mana was consumed by the teleportation.

To take away the Green Jade Gold Coffin and Mermaid’s Fairy Tale, two Divine Artifacts, the mana consumption would be terrifying.

“At a time like this, you’re still concerned about the Divine Artifacts!”

“Then what do we do?”

The crowd found themselves in a predicament once again.

Although they had lightning, they were unable to eradicate the Demon Beast Army.

Because for every beast they defeated, the Tower Spirit would teleport in another one.

Who knew how many man-made magical beasts remained alive on the island?

Once the mana reserves in the Mana Pool were exhausted, everyone’s situation would be dire. Only the Tower Spirit was unfazed, or rather, it had no instinct for self-preservation at all.

The range covered by the lightning quickly shrank until it vanished completely.

Without the lightning’s strikes, the Demon Beast Army swept forward, immediately covering the areas around the Central Tower that had been cleared before and then surged inside.

Jia Sha exclaimed, “From now on, unless absolutely necessary, I won’t cast lightning again. I will do my utmost to combat the Tower Spirit and snatch the teleportation authority from its grasp! So, you all must fight with all your might and hold back these Magic Beasts!”

Jia Sha was deliberately controlling the scale of the battle.

He couldn’t let too many Magic Beasts die since the Tower Spirit would teleport an equal number in, each of whom also consumed mana.

The Tower Spirit spared no thought for itself and sought only to kill the invaders. But the survivors all wanted to escape and had to save mana.

The people hurriedly reformed their lines on the first floor, establishing the first line of defense.

Close combat ensued!

Big guys like Zhenjin, Zong Ge, and others stayed at the front lines.

Jia Sha’s Divine Technique, Holy Light, also showered down, shielding and bolstering everybody.

Unlike the previous fight, this time, Zhenjin and the others aimed to harm but not kill the beasts.

The difficulty of the battle had doubled at least.

Weapons with strong lethality, like alchemical arrows, were almost out of the question now.

Most people were naturally inferior to Magic Beasts of the same Level in physical ability, strength, defense, and so on. Fortunately, with the support of Divine Arts, everyone had just enough to keep fighting.

But this initiative felt puny once the Golden Magical Beasts charged the front lines.

Previously, the man-made magical beasts that emerged from the coffins were not of Gold Level. It seemed that the higher-level man-made magical beasts had all been exhausted in combat against the powerful fighters of the Blood Light Sanction Court.

But now, many Golden Magical Beasts were mixed in with the teleported Demon Beast Army.

Zhenjin kicked with all his might, toppling a Monkey-tailed Brown Bear.

Its bear paws had been severed by Zhenjin, greatly reducing its threat, but it fought fiercely without backing down.

Every time Zhenjin repelled it, he used its bulky body to block the other Magic Beasts behind it.

But then, a Molten Giant Turtle charged through.

Its massive elephant-like legs crushed the severely wounded Monkey-tailed Brown Bear, and then it opened its mouth to bite at Zhenjin.

Zhenjin gritted his teeth and withstood the attack with all his strength, but the collision nearly sent him flying back, causing him to retreat several steps and disrupting the formation.

“Retreat!” Zhenjin spat out a mouthful of blood and hastily ordered a withdrawal, realizing that the enemy’s power was not something he could withstand.

The survivors quickly pulled back to the second floor.

During the retreat, they lost the bodies of several more comrades.

The Molten Giant Turtle penetrated the first floor, but it had difficulty trying to enter the second floor.

It didn’t know how to climb stairs, and the stairwell was too narrow for a creature of the Molten Giant Turtle’s size.

The group made it back to the second floor, and the pressure dropped sharply as a result.

The Molten Giant Turtle occupied a large space, preventing other Magic Beasts from breaking through.

After several unsuccessful attempts, Zhenjin’s worst fear happened.

Large and small black holes on the Molten Giant Turtle’s shell began to emit thick smoke, which drifted into the second floor, causing everyone to start coughing incessantly.

The air temperature rose sharply, and magma began to spurt out amidst the dense smoke.

The second floor was filled with smoke, causing violent coughing among the people, who also heard the agonizing cries of other Magic Beasts burned by the magma.

“This won’t do, the magma will rise.”

“Quick, block it with that coffin!” Bai Ya came up with a good idea.

Zong Ge dragged the Green Jade Gold Coffin over and pressed it directly against the stairwell.

Although there were still small gaps, the smoke and the rise in air temperature were mostly blocked.

Bang bang!

The Molten Giant Turtle began to ram its head against the Green Jade Gold Coffin, which nearly got knocked away.

Zong Ge, Zhenjin, and the others hurriedly moved it back in place and suppressed it with all their might.

After holding out for a short while, the survivors reached their limit.

The Green Jade Gold Coffin was scalding hot, hot enough to cook an egg. The heat could not be stopped, and the second floor became so hot it was difficult to breathe.

“Lord Jia Sha!” Hei Juan called out loudly for help.

Jia Sha sighed and lightning struck once more.

The crackling sound filled the air, and the vicinity of the Central Tower was cleared. The Molten Giant Turtle took the brunt of the lightning strikes and eventually died.

The Teleportation occurred, and the replenished Demon Beast Army charged into the Central Tower once more.

The group relied on the defense at the stairwell, but they couldn’t hold on for long.

This time, the Golden Magical Beast that attacked was a deer.

It resembled a moose, with antlers made of huge white bone that intertwined like branches, and it also had huge white wings on its back.

This was the Golden Magical Beast that Cang Xu and the others had accidentally glimpsed near the snowy mountains, which Cang Xu named the White Bone Winged Deer.

The White Bone Winged Deer couldn’t get through the stairwell either, but it attacked with its antlers.

The antlers were not sturdy; after they broke, they disintegrated and turned into a surge of frost that severely eroded the survivors.

Several survivors were caught off guard and got frostbite, resulting in amputations, but they were saved by Jia Sha’s Healing Divine Technique.

The second floor soon became filled with the cold, almost turning into an ice cave.

“We need support, priest!” In desperation, the group cried out once again.

But there was no response from Jia Sha.

“What’s going on?”

“Could it be that some Magic Beast has teleported to the fourth floor?”

While everyone was in a state of shock and suspicion, Jia Sha’s excited voice suddenly rang out, “Look what I’ve found!”

Amidst his speech, the Magic Beasts outside the tower suddenly descended into chaos, starting to fight amongst themselves.

“I’ve managed to seize part of the control from the Tower Spirit; it’s the method of controlling these Magic Beasts.”

“They are actually manipulated by scent.”

“Although I haven’t completely taken over this part of the control, I have already shut down the scent dispersing device here, haha!”

Jia Sha laughed.

The pressure on those defending dropped drastically, but the White Bone Winged Deer continued to stab at the Green Jade Gold Coffin with its antlers.

Such Golden Magical Beasts stand out among the rest, and even with the man-made magical beasts regaining their autonomy, the vast majority went out of their way to avoid Golden Level Magical Beasts.

The cold grew worse, leaving a layer of white frost on everyone’s hair.

Left with no choice, the group retreated to the third floor.

They finally caught their breath.

The survivors avoided the Heart Core floating in mid-air, gathered around the stairwell, and as the oppressive cold continued to seep upward, they blocked it again with the Green Jade Gold Coffin.

“This will turn the third floor into an ice cave too.”

“Quick, kill it with lightning.”

“Lord Jia Sha, do you have control of the teleportation authority yet?”

The group, exhausted, spoke over one another.

“No, we have to conserve mana. That stupid deer is stuck at the stairwell, blocking the other Magic Beasts. You are temporarily safe,” Jia Sha’s voice came down.

“Xiong Dun, Chai Zha, bring me the coffin and the large shell first,” Jia Sha suddenly ordered.

Most people were stunned, but Zhenjin, Zi Di, Zong Ge, and Cang Xu were the first to react, their expressions changing slightly.

The two Guardian Knights reacted and gritted their teeth as they moved towards the Divine Artifacts, but Zhenjin and Zong Ge immediately stepped forward to stop them.

“What do you mean by this, Father Jia Sha?” Zhenjin glared at the Guardian Knights in front of him and demanded in a low, cold voice.

Jia Sha sighed, “The Divine Artifacts cannot be used indiscriminately; they’re too important. The Tower Spirit is too wounded to be my opponent. I’m about to succeed. After the Teleportation Gate forms, we’ll first send out these two Divine Artifacts.”

Zhenjin flatly rejected the proposal, “No, we send people first, then the Divine Artifacts!”