At this moment, countless Corpse Kings were fighting with humans on the Second Matrix Plains. The battlefield covered the entire plains, and even the strange metal beneath their feet was scratched.
In the dark universe, planets shattered one after another as Envoys were sent flying out of the Astral Source Universe and into the Astral Source Universe.
The Second Matrix Plains originally had a teleportation device that could send people from the headquarters over, but it was now damaged. Otherwise, Xia Yan would not have ordered everyone to reinforce the Second Matrix Plains.
Aside from the damaged teleportation device, the sourcebox array was also damaged, and a group of Lockbreakers was trying to repair it.
Outside of the Second Matrix Plains, reinforcements were arriving one after another.
On the top of the tree, cultivators were coming to provide support. Below the tree, countless Terror Ants were climbing up.
There was a loud boom as the blood-colored energy swept towards the group of Lockbreakers who were busy repairing the sourcebox array. An Envoys had blocked the blood-colored energy, but they had already been injured. Now that they had forcefully withstood the attack, half of their body was torn apart, and they crashed to the ground.
Not too far away, a group of Lockbreakers paled.
"Song Shi, we can't hold on any longer!" a Lockbreaker cried out in panic.
The leader of the Lockbreakers was dressed in extravagant clothing, just like Master Zan. His face was pale, and beads of sweat dripped down his forehead as he stared at the damaged sourcebox array.
As the Lockbreaker spoke, Song Shi became even more anxious.
Above them, the void tore open as a Corpse King charged down. Its body was covered in blood-colored energy, and it roared as it swung its arms downwards. The blood-colored energy descended like a meteor.
The Lockbreakers' legs trembled. Although they had been on the front lines all this time, they had never encountered such an urgent situation like the Second Matrix Plains. When they saw the blood-colored energy descend, they did not even have time to escape.
Suddenly, the blood-colored energy was torn apart by an invisible slash. In the distance, a giant slash swept out and slashed towards the Corpse King.
The Corpse King raised a hand and grabbed the slash before crushing it. At this moment, multiple attacks suddenly appeared from the Astral Source Universe, and the Corpse King was forcefully torn to shreds.
The void distorted as multiple figures walked out. All of them had solemn expressions as they immediately attacked.
"It's the Star Alliance! The Star Alliance has appeared!" the Lockbreakers cheered.
Song Shi panted heavily and gritted his teeth. "Continue repairing the sourcebox array. Don't get distracted."
"Yes, Song Shi."
In the starry sky, a huge flag fluttered in the wind. A man appeared beside the flag and tore it apart. A formless energy swept across the Second Matrix Plain, causing everyone's emotions to surge. They forgot about life and death, so there was no need for them to make a move.
This person was the Left Commander, and the flag was his innate gift. It was a type of innate gift called the Commander's Innate Gift, and it was most suitable for the battlefield.
In front of the Left Order Master, the scarlet vertical eye made everyone tremble. The void exploded, and the corpse king appeared, vainly attempting to tear apart the flag.
The Left Commander snorted coldly, and a Divine Martial Qi appeared around his body. Together with the appearance of the flag, he pushed the Corpse King away. At the same time, he looked down and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the reinforcements from the Star Alliance.
With the appearance of the Star Alliance, the situation could be temporarily stabilized. They just had to wait for the Chief Commander to arrive.
Originally, the second array's original teleportation device would not have such an emergency. Who would have thought that some time ago, the Ancestor Realm Corpse King would make a move and break open the Tree Realm. It was unknown what it did, but it actually damaged the second array's original teleportation device and sent in countless fear ants. Even he did not notice it at first.
By the time he realized that the teleportation device was damaged, it was already too late.
Now, he only hoped that a Half-Ancestor Realm Corpse King would not appear.
Just as he thought of this, a vast power swept past. The Left Order Master's pupils shrank as he looked into the distance. There, a bamboo appeared. It was dark green, crisp, and looked full of vitality.
It should have been a very comfortable scene, but at this moment, in the eyes of the Left Order Master, it was like a death god. It was the Green Bamboo Marquis.
Humans and these monsters had fought for countless years. The monsters understood humans, and humans naturally understood the monsters.
These monsters were all Corpse Kings, and they called themselves the Eternal Race. They believed in the One True God, and below the One True God was the mysterious Seven Heavenly Gods. No one knew what the Seven Heavenly Gods' cultivation level was. Some said that they were Half-Ancestor Realm, and some said that they were Ancestor Realm. Below the Seven Heavenly Gods were the Twelve Marquis.
The Twelve Marquis were all Half-Ancestor Realm, and they were the greatest enemies of humans on the battlefield.
As for the Ancestor Realm Corpse King that appeared before, they did not understand. Perhaps it was not the Seven Heavenly Gods, or perhaps it was the Seven Heavenly Gods.
At this moment, the one who appeared was the Green Bamboo Marquis of the Twelve Marquis.
The Twelve Marquis were all Half-Ancestor Realm powerhouses, and only Half-Ancestor Realm Corpse Kings could contend against them.
The moment the Green Bamboo Marquis appeared, the Left Order Master did not hesitate to activate the only Half-Ancestor Realm Treasure in the Second Array Domain, a broken blade.
The moment the Green Bamboo Marquis appeared, countless green bamboos surged out from the Second Array Domain and pierced through countless cultivators. Even the Corpse Kings were pierced through, as this was an indiscriminate attack.
The green bamboos clearly represented vitality, but at this moment, they brought death.
The emerald green bamboos were dyed red with blood, and the metallic plains of the Second Array Domain, which even Enlighters would find difficult to leave behind, were now riddled with holes.
Song Shi stared in horror at the green bamboos that were less than a meter away from him. He had almost been pierced through, and nearly half of the Lockbreakers who had been surrounding him had been pierced through by the green bamboos, and they all died miserably.
Fresh blood flowed from the soles of his feet and gathered into a river. Song Shi gritted his teeth and suppressed his fear as he continued to repair the sourcebox array.
The Green Bamboo Marquis had only attacked once, and just as he was about to attack again, the Left Order Master's broken blade released a sharp killing intent that distorted the void and isolated the entire Second Array Domain from the Green Bamboo Marquis. The broken blade pointed directly at the Green Bamboo Marquis, as if it would unleash a thunderous attack if he attacked again.
The Green Bamboo Marquis was also a Corpse King, a Half-Ancestor Realm Corpse King. However, his appearance was no different from a human's, and he even looked quite handsome. His long hair was tied up, and there was a strand of hair on his forehead. He looked very confident, and he held a bamboo flute in his hand, which gave him a scholarly air. Even the scarlet vertical eyes that were unique to Corpse Kings seemed much more lively, and there was even a tinge of green in them. They did not seem deathly still like ordinary Corpse Kings, but rather playful.
"This broken blade contains a familiar blade intent. It should have been used by one of Xia Shang's nine clones when he was still a Half-Ancestor," the Green Bamboo Marquis said as he twirled his bamboo flute and placed it behind his back. He smiled as he looked at the Left Order Master, who was less than ten thousand meters away from him.
The Left Order Master's palms were sweating. Only a Half-Ancestor could contend against a Half-Ancestor, and the person in front of him was an ancient figure who had experienced the era when the Astral Tree Domain had been split apart. Even though he had not broken through to the Progenitor realm, his background and bearing left behind by time was something that not even the Left Order Master's master, Grand Marshal Xia Yan, could compare to.
In front of this person, all of them were juniors, and even the Four Way Scales' ancestor might not be able to compare to him in terms of seniority.
"It is indeed Ancestor Chen's blade from back then," the Left Order Master said in a low voice with a vigilant look in his eyes.
The Green Bamboo Marquis laughed, and his scarlet vertical eyes were filled with intelligence. "You humans are really interesting. Back then, when Xia Shang cultivated the Nine Clones Technique, one of his clones was an outsider, and your Daosource Sect deemed him to have committed a crime of disobedience and sent people to capture him. But after he defeated everyone in his generation and even defeated many of the older generation's powerhouses, you people started worshipping him. Humans are really contradictory creatures."
The Left Order Master carried the flag on his back and stared at the Green Bamboo Marquis. "I don't know what happened back then, but I do know that our ancestors had their own karma. Only monsters like you don't care about karma and just do whatever you want."
"Isn't that good?
Don't you humans pursue freedom?
Out of ten people, nine of them hope to live forever. That's a basic human desire. "The Green Bamboo Marquis smiled.
The Left Order Master sneered. "If I become a monster like you, so what if I live forever?
I might as well just die. "
"That's because you don't have the chance to live forever," the Green Bamboo Marquis replied. He then raised his hand, and a transparent crystal bottle appeared in his palm. There was a liquid inside. "This is a medicine for immortality. Believe it or not, once this item reaches the Tree of Heaven, you humans will start a war over it."
The Left Order Master's expression changed. He wanted to refute this, but he couldn't find the words. Everyone was greedy, and this was normal. Greed was the reason why these monsters had been suppressing humans for so long.
The Green Bamboo Marquis put away the crystal bottle and smiled. "This isn't a medicine for immortality. How could a medicine for immortality be developed so easily? This is poison, and a single drop is enough to destroy an entire world."
"Life Poison?" the Left Order Master blurted out.
The Green Bamboo Marquis smiled but didn't say anything. He then looked down. "How long do you think the second matrix can last?
How long can that broken blade last?
Even if one of Xia Shang's clones had used a blade to fight me, it might not have been able to defeat me. "
"You can try," the Left Order Master said in a low voice. "Since we've come to this battlefield, we don't plan on leaving alive. We humans are greedy, but we also have obsessions. Monsters like you can use greed to your advantage, but our obsessions can also resist you."
The Green Bamboo Marquis' lips curled up, but he didn't say anything else. He didn't attack either, as if he was afraid of the broken blade.
Progenitor Chen's might had been unparalleled throughout the ages, and even an ancient powerhouse like the Green Bamboo Marquis was afraid of Progenitor Chen's broken blade.
The broken blade had to be controlled by the Left Order Master to block the Green Bamboo Marquis at all times. On the second matrix, the remaining cultivators were still fighting against the Corpse Kings. Outside of the broken blade, more cultivators joined the battle, and more Corpse Kings appeared.
The battlefield entered a stalemate that lasted for three days. Three days later, Lu Yin's group arrived.
Along the way, Lu Yin had recruited two more teams, bringing the number of cultivators to the second matrix to more than fifty. Of course, this was only a drop in the bucket for the entire battlefield, but that was all he could recruit.
The grandeur of this battle far exceeded Lu Yin's expectations. He had thought that the battle between the Endless Weaves and the Sixth Mainland was already grand enough, but after arriving at the second matrix, he realized that those battles were just child's play.
In the Endless Weaves, there were at most ten Envoys, and the top powerhouses were Yuan Shi and the Sixth Mainland's Cosmic Imprinter. Here, however, there were more than ten Envoys on the human side, and it was the same for the Corpse Kings. Above their heads, they had a half-ancestor variant treasure to fight against the Corpse Kings.
In a battlefield where even Half-Ancestors were present, Envoys were like ants.
Lu Yin's group was scattered after arriving at the battlefield. Lu Yin used his full strength with his Emptiness Palm and destroyed a dozen Corpse Kings, which finally attracted the attention of a powerful enemy.