"No way, we're separated from the Dark Gate by several moons!" Long Chen couldn't help but say.
"Actually, the place you chose is the door crack of the Dark Gate, and it's the first door crack.
You can think of the Forbidden Zone of Life as a labyrinth filled with gates, with the Dark Gate being a narrow passage.
The main door of the passage was sealed tight, but next to the door was a crack where the dark monsters squeezed their way through.
Door cracks also vary in size. In the three worlds we've fought in, the gaps are relatively small, so only King-level dark monsters can break through.
Only when the door crack expands does some god-level dark monsters occasionally squeeze in. Even so, there are so many dark monsters that sometimes thousands of god-level dark monsters rush at once at once, and a single careless move can cause massive casualties.
The most frustrating thing was that the cracks in the door surged like tides, sometimes wide, sometimes small. The dark monsters behind the doors were waiting for the right moment to strike, ready to launch a surprise attack at any moment, making it impossible to guard against.
And the world you choose often hosts god-level monsters. In human terms, they're equivalent to human-level beings.
And whenever they appeared, there were thousands, even hundreds of thousands. But that wasn't even the worst part, because when the door cracked wide, Earth Sovereign-level monsters would rush over, and even Heavenly Sovereign-level monsters might appear.
Perhaps we could capture it in one go, but capturing it is easy; holding it is harder than climbing to the sky.
Not to mention that place—even the three worlds we took often experience monster attacks, causing some casualties every year.
The number of dark monsters is endless, and we can't afford such casualties—we simply can't outlast them. Xu Jianxiong said.
It turned out that conquering a world wasn't difficult; the real challenge was whether you could hold onto a world. Each world had spatial passages, and dark monsters kept rushing in, with no fixed pattern.
As the saying goes, 'Only a thousand days of thieves can be thieves, but not a thousand days to guard against thieves.' Constant vigilance keeps people's spirits tense, consuming massive manpower and resources, and causing heavy casualties. The Moonwatching Clan simply can't bear it, so they never set their sights on that place.
Not to mention there, even the three worlds they conquered felt somewhat useless.
If not for strategic considerations, they might even give up these three worlds because they really can't hold out any longer.
Back then, they conquered three worlds and mined all their resources. Now, aside from strategic deployment, the three worlds hold little value. So, even if they gave them to Long Chen, they wouldn't feel sorry for him; in fact, they would be grateful.
"Also, because it's so close to the Dark Gate, if that world is occupied, the dark monsters from other worlds might be drawn here, and then we might have to face their attacks every day." An elder from the Moonwatching Clan said.
"Monster attacks every day?"
Long Chen was instantly tempted. Setting aside whether he could gain other benefits in that world, just the corpses of those monsters were already tempting him.
In Long Chen's chaotic space, both the Taiyin Wood and Fusang Ancient Wood require vast amounts of flesh and blood. The ancient giant corpses in the chaotic space have already been exhausted, barely reaching a height of ten thousand li.
When the supply of corpses was gone, Long Chen noticed that the Ancient Wood of the Moon and Fusang had actually started shrinking, and even became smaller. Now, it had shrunk to just over five thousand li.
Later, Long Chen found the cause: Huo Ling'er needed to cultivate and absorbed a large amount of Lunar Fire and Solar Fire, which caused their shrinkage.
At this point, Huo Ling'er's cultivation had reached a bottleneck. If she stopped, it might affect her future growth ceiling.
So Long Chen told Huo Ling'er to cultivate boldly and confidently, while he figured out the rest. Now, hearing about endless monsters, he was really dozing off and someone brought him a pillow.
"Yes, there are monster attacks every day, and they keep coming nonstop." The old man said solemnly; he didn't want Long Chen to take any risks.
"There's such a good deal?" Long Chen exclaimed in surprise.
"Good news?"
Including Xu Jianxiong, all the Moonwatching Clan experts could hardly believe their ears, thinking they must have misheard.
"Are you really going to take this place?" Xu Jianxiong said.
"Yeah, I want to give it a try." Long Chen nodded and said.
"Alright, give us six months to prepare. When the time comes, we'll concentrate all our strength. With the help of the pill, we should have a sixty percent chance of taking it down." Xu Jianxiong said in a deep voice.
"No, no, no, Uncle Xiong, I want to take this place myself. I don't need a single soldier from the Moon Watching Clan." Long Chen quickly shook his head.
"You... What do you mean by that? Are you looking down on my Wangyue clan? Long Chen's words instantly enraged Xu Jianxiong.
"Uncle Xiong, since I can call you uncle, I don't treat you like an outsider. If I want to borrow anything from you, I don't need you to say anything—I'll take it directly. If you don't want to borrow it, I'll take it.
But when it comes to conquering this world, I don't want the Moon Clan to get involved. If they suffer any casualties, I'll feel guilty for the rest of my life. Long Chen said.
Long Chen truly didn't want the Moonwatching Clan to get involved. If the Clan suffered massive casualties, he might never be able to repay that favor in his lifetime.
Long Chen's philosophy was simple: borrow an object for an object, borrow life for a life. Life and resources are incomparable, so when it comes to help with resources, he never refuses, but he dares not accept anything else.
"Brother Long, do you think my Moonwatching Clan is cowardly and afraid of death?" This time, even Xu Changchuan couldn't hold back his pride.
Long Chen hurriedly said, "That's not what I meant... "
You clearly look down on us..." Xu Changchuan couldn't help but say.
For a moment, Long Chen didn't know what to say. Fortunately, Yu Qingxuan stepped forward at that moment, shot Long Chen a look, and said,
"Long Chen, you're really something. Are you treating the elders of the Moonwatching Clan as if they were nothing?" To attack this place, of course we rely on the efforts of the clan leader and the senior Celestial Venerables present. Without them, we simply couldn't succeed. After
Yu Qingxuan said this, Xu Jianxiong and the others' expressions improved considerably. The Moonwatching Clan was proud too; having obtained the pill they had long dreamed of, they felt they owed Long Chen too much. If they didn't do something for him, they felt uneasy.
And Long Chen actually didn't want them to get involved, which made them feel disrespected, which made them angry.
Long Chen slapped his forehead, looking frustrated. He really was a fool. If the clan leader and these Celestial Venerable-level seniors had participated, there wouldn't have been any casualties. He was just overthinking it.
"I'm really sorry, I was wrong earlier. Of course I need help from you seniors, Uncle Xiong. What I mean is, those below Heavenly Venerable don't need it." Long Chen quickly forced a smile.
"Brother Long, you ...," Xu Changchuan immediately protested.
"You're the exception," Long Chen hurriedly said.
After Long Chen said this, a smile finally appeared on Xu Changchuan's face.
"When do you plan to make your move?" Xu Jianxiong said.
"Tomorrow!"
"What?"
The next day, Long Chen and the others, along with more than thirty Tianzun experts from the Wangyue Clan, including Xu Jianxiong, entered the forbidden zone of life and arrived before a massive dark vortex. This was the entrance to that world, quietly open like the mouth of a demon, as if waiting for food to be delivered to their door.