"Fight!"
Patriarch Seven sighed helplessly when he got the news. He had thought he could stall for half a day, but the enemy had already launched an attack.
He made up his mind to stop Liu Yi from asking Lu Li to come out and gave the order to fight to the death.
This time, three armies of bandits came. Patriarch Lu had a rough idea. There was only one warrior of the Fate Wheel Realm. The leaders of the other two armies were all at the Soul Pond Realm.
There were many Inhibition Formations on the island which could hold on for some time. Hunchback Tian and the 20 Green Dwarfs were a force to be reckoned with. Even though it would be difficult to win, they could hold on for some time.
Hunchback Tian had made a move. If Patriarch Lu didn't, it would be hard to hold on.
Patriarch Lu went to one direction, ready to kill all the warriors of the Soul Pond Realm there and then help the other two sides.
Patriarch Nine and the other patriarchs split up. They took the 20 Green Dwarfs with them, ready to fight with their lives.
What surprised Patriarch Seven was that the three armies of bandits didn't go all out. They only sent out more than 1000 warriors each. There were not many powerful warriors either. There were only two or three warriors of the Soul Pond Realm leading the teams.
In this way, things would be much easier. Hunchback Tian suppressed the team leader of the Soul Pond Realm and killed him. Then, Hunchback Tian used his Fate Wheel to crush hundreds of warriors to death. The rest were defeated.
The other two sides successfully defended against the two armies with the help of Inhibition Formations and Green Dwarfs.
Patriarch Seven also sent out a message to not fight back too fiercely and to try to stall for time.
Hunchback Tian didn't make any more moves. The fight was in a stalemate.
"Report, there are too many Inhibition Formations on the Blood Evil Island. It is difficult for our warriors to move forward. We have suffered heavy casualties!"
"Report, the Blood Evil Island sent out 30 Green Dwarfs. Our Second Commander is fighting with his life on the line. He has killed 15 Green Dwarfs and 12 warriors of the Soul Pond Realm. But there are still many powerful warriors on the other side. It is difficult for us to attack. We have lost more than 3000 warriors."
"Report, Third Commander is asking for reinforcements. The Blood Evil Island sent out another 40 Green Dwarfs. We have lost more than 5000 warriors …"
"…"
More and more messages were sent to White Beard. Xu Sihe and Xu Yaoyang felt pain in their balls.
The Blood Evil Island didn't have one warrior of the Soul Pond Realm. They only had 20 Green Dwarfs at most. According to the report, White Beard had killed dozens of Green Dwarfs and more than a dozen warriors of the Soul Pond Realm …
"Young master Xu, Elder Xu!"
White Beard, on the other hand, had a sad look on his face. He said to the two of them, "This time, the reward for coming here is only 10 million Xuan Crystals. Now the enemy is so strong, and we have suffered heavy casualties.
I'm afraid that these ten million Xuan Crystals are not even enough to compensate the deceased. If we continue to fight, I'm afraid that the morale of the soldiers will be completely destroyed. "
"Hmph!"
Xu Yaoyang snorted. White Beard's skin was thicker than the city wall. It was obvious that he wanted Xuan Crystals. Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent anyone.
Suppressing the anger in his heart, Xu Sihe said in a deep voice, "We can understand Boss Bai's difficulties. How about this? I'll make the decision on behalf of the Patriarch and give you 5 million Xuan Crystals as military expenses.
Boss Bai, let all our brothers move out. Take down the Blood Evil Island and capture Lu Li alive. You will be rewarded handsomely! "
"Five million?"
White Beard's snow-white beard trembled. There was a trace of disdain in his eyes. He casually waved his hand and said, "Someone, send my order. Lord Four has given us the resettlement fee. Let us work harder and take down the Blood Evil Island."
Seeing that White Beard didn't do anything himself, Xu Yaoyang looked at him coldly and said, "Boss Bai, if you go in person, we can have fewer casualties."
White Beard was at the Fate Wheel Realm, and at the middle stage. If he were to take action, he could suppress Hunchback Tian in an instant and break into the Blood Evil Fortress.
"No need!"
White Beard waved his hand and said, "Young Master, you must have faith in us. These useless people of the Blood Evil Island are no match for us. We can take them down easily.
Just wait for my news. In less than one day, you two can go to the Blood Evil Island for tea … "
"One day?"
Xu Sihe and Xu Yaoyang looked at each other. A trace of anger flashed in the depth of their eyes.
Clearly, White Beard didn't want to give them enough Xuan Crystals so he wouldn't go all out. If they dilly-dallied like this, they would have to fight for several days.
What would happen by then?
No one knew.
It was just that …
Xu Sihe and Xu Yaoyang didn't urge White Beard anymore. White Beard was stubborn unless the Xu Family offered more Xuan Crystals.
Judging by White Beard's greedy behavior, this hungry wolf would not be satisfied without tens of millions of Xuan Crystals.
As soon as White Beard gave the order, the three corps of bandits indeed sent out many warriors.
But the previous attacks were fierce. As soon as White Beard gave the order, all the bandits started to pretend to attack.
They would fight for a while and then retreat. Then they would attack again and then retreat to rest …
Patriarch Seven and Patriarch Nine were delighted to hear the news. They cooperated with the bandits to put on a show.
One moment, they would shout and the next moment, they would stop. It was as if the two sides were practicing.
After dark, the three corps all retreated. They claimed that they were tired after a day of fighting. They had suffered heavy casualties and needed to rest.
The reports were getting more and more exaggerated. According to the reports, the lake bandits had suffered more than tens of thousands of casualties. More than 100,000 warriors of the Blood Evil Island were killed and 1000 of them were at the Soul Pond Realm …
Bandits would always be bandits!
Xu Sihe and Xu Yaoyang gnashed their teeth in hatred. But what could they do?
They couldn't keep adding more Xuan Crystals. What if White Beard was still not satisfied after they gave him tens of millions or even 100 million?
Xu Sihe left the battleship after some thoughts. He secretly sent a message to Xu Chen and then to the family that controlled White Beard.
He asked that family to come and suppress White Beard. Otherwise, it would take them 10 days or even half a month to conquer the Blood Evil Island.
…
A day had passed, but Lu Li still hadn't reached the Soul Pond Realm.
He had built his Soul Pond, but the Golden Threads of the Soul were not integrated.
This was the most critical moment. As long as he could integrate all the Golden Threads of the Soul into his Soul Pond, his Soul Pond would be stabilized and Lu Li could reach the Soul Pond Realm.
Patriarch Seven didn't interrupt him. White Beard's characteristics as a bandit had given Lu Li time. Unfortunately, Lu Li ran into a problem!
This was because he discovered that there were a few Golden Soul Threads that he couldn't fuse. The rest of the Golden Soul Threads were easily fused except for these few.
"Is the method Hunchback Tian gave me wrong?"
Lu Li was having a headache. Theoretically speaking, this shouldn't happen.
Hunchback Tian wouldn't dare to harm him. The method he gave him to cultivate his Soul Pond should be fine.
If that's the case, then where did the problem lie?
Lu Li couldn't figure it out. He had to integrate the rest of the Golden Threads of the Soul first and then deal with the few Golden Threads of the Soul later.
At midnight, all the Golden Threads of the Soul were integrated except for the last few.
Lu Li struggled for two hours but he still couldn't integrate them.
There were only two explanations. Either there was something wrong with the method given by Hunchback Tian, or there was something wrong with Lu Li himself.
Everyone's physique was different. Some could cultivate fast, some slow. Some couldn't cultivate, and some were deformed. Therefore, it was understandable that anything could happen.
Lu Li was having a headache!
He had taken two Holy Soul Pellets. At this rate, he would have to take the third one.
What if he still couldn't succeed after he used up all three Holy Soul Pellets?
His Soul Pond might collapse and all his previous efforts would be in vain.
While Lu Li was having a headache, something strange happened —
The animal tooth pendant suddenly glowed and heated up. It was not the kind of glow that was flickering when he was consuming pellets.
Rather, it was the kind of glow and heat when he was awakening his Bloodline. The animal tooth pendant was even trembling a bit.
When the animal tooth pendant changed, the Bloodline mark on Lu Li's back began to glow as well. The silver dragon started to move around, which gave Lu Li a bad feeling.