Counterattack System appeared when I'm already At The Mahayana Realm

Chapter 625: Chapter 624: Who is the Master and Who is the Subordinate?

“Such a thing happened?” Qian, the master of the Desolate Land, rose to his feet, considering this as the biggest gain of the day.

“So, can you think about it, have you encountered any odd occurrences?”

Qian pondered for a moment and said, “If we’re talking about the strangest event, it has to be the collision of worlds. In the past six thousand years, our world has collided with three other worlds.”

“Usually, the probability of a world collision is very small, but your world has suffered three consecutive collisions. This shouldn’t just be bad luck; someone must be facilitating it from behind the scenes.”

Qian conceded to Jiang Li’s point, “We initially thought it was just bad luck, but after hearing your insights, I now suspect there’s more to it than meets the eye.”

“What happened to the worlds after the collision?”

“The three worlds voluntarily became part of the Eight Desolate Land. After discussions, we agreed to this. The current Eight Desolate Land is actually a composition of four worlds, several times larger than our original.”

Jiang Li then had a sudden realization, “I was wondering earlier why the Eight Desolate World seemed unreasonably vast when I saw it. This explains it.”

Qian said, “Perhaps there’s something amiss with these three worlds. Once we return, we should examine them carefully. I would like to thank you, Jiang Li, for providing us with this valuable information.”

Jiang Li waved his hand, “The Immortal Realm harbors ill intentions towards the Ten Thousand Realms. At this critical period, we should put aside our differences and help each other.”

Qian looked fervently at Jiang Li, “That’s what I was thinking. When the Ascension Stairway still existed, the ascension predecessors from your land and our immortals from the Eight Desolate had good connections and made their names in the Immortal Realm. How about we seize this opportunity and merge our lands of Jiuzhou and Eight Desolate together? What do you think?”

“I don’t mind. We already have established contact with more than ten worlds in Jiuzhou and reached mutual aid agreements. But wouldn’t this require the consent of your three immortals?” Jiang Li asked curiously.

“No, the three immortals only intervene when there is a crisis threatening the survival of the world. Bothering them about this would just cause unnecessary trouble.” said Qian.

At this point, Qian shrunk his neck a little, evidently frightened of the three immortals.

“What does it mean that you have established contact with more than ten worlds?” asked Qian.

“Ever since we discovered the truth about the Immortal Realm, we’ve been sending people to explore other worlds to uncover the Immortal Realm’s scheme. To guard against the potential resurgence of the Immortal Realm, we’ve established spatial channels with these worlds. We not only protect them, but also engage in deep exchanges in areas such as economy, culture, and the like.”

“You are indeed benevolent. If it were me, I wouldn’t be able to accomplish this sort of feat.”

Qian continued, “As the old saying goes, ‘without rules, there is no circular field’. Since our two worlds will unite, we ought to decide who would be in charge.”

Jiang Li nodded and asked, “So, who, in your opinion, should be in charge, Qian?”

Without hesitation, Qian said, “Naturally, it should be us, the Eight Desolate. We have three immortals: one near-Heavenly Immortal and two Earth Immortals. The immortal power in our Storage Rings is enough for several people to ascend to immortality, whereas in Jiuzhou, I believe only you and Commander Liu possess immortal-level power.”

“Jiang, it is clear who is superior here.”

As soon as Qian finished speaking, the other masters agreed with him.

Sword Lord frowned, displeased with Qian’s words. He wanted to unsheathe his sword and fight the opposition, but was restrained by Bai Hongtu.

“Wait and see.”

Although Sword Lord didn’t understand Bai Hongtu’s intentions, he did not unsheathe his sword again.

Jiang Li crossed his arms, resting his chin on his hand, and asked with a smile, “Since that’s the case, would Master Qian like to test the strength of this master at the Mahayana Realm?”

Despite Jiang Li’s calm tone and lack of anger, Qian was sweating coldly from fear.

A Transcendance Tribulation Stage practitioner has the ability to sense disaster, and at this moment, Qian sensed a looming life-threatening crisis.

The remaining seven masters had similar feelings.

The eight masters realized that although the Eight Desolate was powerful, they were only at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage. In the face of a pioneer who had opened a new realm, they had no right to be proud.

Only their quasi-Heavenly Immortal posed a threat to Jiang Li.

Qian calmly said, “Jiang, you must prioritize the bigger picture. Our common enemy is the Immortal Realm. Internal disputes won’t do us any good.”

“We need to work together in the future. If we fight now, it will cause animosity, making it difficult to cooperate. As it happens, I have a proposal that I think the Transcendance Tribulation practitioners from Jiuzhou might like to hear.”

“Go on.”

“Although we have decided to unite, this is, after all, a matter between two worlds and we do not fully understand each other yet. So, how about this? We can build friendship through martial contests. Both Jiuzhou and Eight Desolate each send out a team to fight in the human, Qi Cultivation Stage, Foundation Establishment Stage, Golden Core Stage, Nascent Soul Stage, Divinity Transformation Stage, and Body Integration Realm. There will be precisely seven matches in total – four out of seven wins. The winner will take the lead.”

“However, as the Eight Desolate has now formed a new alliance with three other worlds, cultivators from these three worlds can also participate in the contest. To maintain fairness, since Jiuzhou is in contact with more than ten other worlds, you can also choose participants from these worlds.”

“What do you think?”

“Agreed.”

Jiang Li then asked, “What cultivation level do you mean by ‘human’?”

Qian was caught off guard by the question. What was that supposed to mean? If a human had a cultivation level, how could they still be considered human?

“Humans are naturally without cultivation.”

“Then, we can only send off untrained eight-year-old children to fight.”

Qian was surprised, “Does every person in Jiuzhou practice cultivation?”

“At least to the Middle Stage of Qi Cultivation.”

As the “Five Elements Qi Cultivation Art (First Part)” spread throughout the lands, all humans in Jiuzhou had already stepped into Middle Stage of Qi Cultivation. Given some time, they could all advance to the Sixth Level of Qi Cultivation.

Qian seemed to see the hope of victory in the human group and let out a triumphant smile, “It’s a real pity, Jiang Li. If there are no humans in Jiuzhou, then you can only send an eight-year-old child to the battleground.”

“I wonder if an eight-year-old child can withstand our martial arts-trained humans.”

Jiang Li calmly said, “Master Qian, there’s no need for your concern.”

Seeing Jiang Li’s demeanor, Qian thought of it as a sign of weakness, as if he was giving up on the human group.

A victory claimed even before the fight commences.

“Should we then return to select our contestants and hold the contest five days from now?”n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

“Sure.”

Qian, with the other seven, left the Imperial Palace. Seeing that the Body Integration practitioner from the Eight Desolate did not dare to accept Liu’s hospitality and was trembling with fear, he yelled, “Useless lot, all of you get back!”

Like receiving a pardon, the Body Integration practitioners of the Eight Desolate World left with the eight masters.

Upon returning to the Eight Desolate World, Qian sternly instructed the Body Integration practitioners, “All of you are field masters and are familiar with your respective fields. So, select one person, ranging from human to Divinity Transformation Stage, to fight in front of me. Only the winner can represent the Eight Desolate in the contest in Jiuzhou.”

“If I find out that any of you aren’t taking this matter seriously, don’t blame me for being ruthless!”

“Yes, sir!”

…

“What do you think?” Jiang Li asked the others.

“The Eight Desolate is trying to test our strength.” Yu Yin furrowed his brow.

Bai Hongtu sneered, “Let them test and see what they can find.”