The dark blue seawater was clearly not ordinary; it possessed extremely strong corrosive properties.
The defensive Barrier Light Shields on the outer layer of Zhenhai City were being corroded at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Following this, amidst violent roars, the hundreds of thousand-zhang giant waves surrounding Zhenhai City surged towards the city with overwhelming force.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
With a series of loud explosions, in the blink of an eye, over twenty powerful outer defensive Barriers were directly crushed and pulverized by these giant waves.
These city-protecting Barriers, at least Fourth-grade, were utterly defenseless against these giant waves.
On the high tower platform, some Spirit Transformation Cultivators couldn't help but prepare to act.
At this moment, Venerable Jizhao said with a solemn expression, "Everyone, hold your actions for now."
As soon as he finished speaking, a green light tree, about a foot long, appeared in his palm, spinning rapidly and appearing quite mystical.
Venerable Jizhao suddenly tossed it into the air, and the light tree dissolved into countless light spots, disappearing.
Immediately after, a muffled roar was heard. The four hundred and ninety Myriad Dragon Trees scattered throughout Zhenhai City seemed to be ignited, all emitting a brilliant green light and radiating astonishing Spiritual Energy.
The branches on the trees began to grow wildly at several times their normal speed, extending rapidly and ferociously, directly piercing into the Void.
The next moment, on the outer perimeter of Zhenhai City, amidst flashing green light, countless green branches appeared, intertwining to form a green net that enveloped the entire Zhenhai City.
This green net was indestructible, and it actually withstood the crushing force of the hundreds of thousand-zhang giant waves that were surging menacingly.
This was not the end. The green branches, as if possessing sentience, began to pierce into these giant waves.
Although the dark blue seawater had extremely strong corrosive properties, it had no effect on these branches. Instead, it was as if the branches were absorbing nutrients, and they began to grow wildly.
Where the branches spread, the dark blue color in the seawater quickly receded, eventually turning into gray-white sand that scattered with the wind.
These unstoppable thousand-zhang giant waves were being rapidly dissolved by the countless green branches.
The precarious situation of Zhenhai City was immediately alleviated, and thunderous cheers erupted from within the city.
"Your sect's Myriad Trees are truly miraculous."
On the high tower platform, Lu Chenyuan of the Qianyuan Merchant Alliance clapped his hands in admiration.
Other Spirit Transformation Cultivators also breathed a sigh of relief, smiles appearing on their faces.
On the other side, the triumphant expressions of the enemy Spirit Transformation Cultivators faltered.
However, Elena, a favored follower of the Sea Race, showed no change in her expression. Instead, a smile that seemed like mockery or disdain curved her lips.
She raised her right hand, and a transparent crystal triangular tower, about the size of her palm, appeared. She casually threw it down, and the crystal triangular tower submerged into the seawater and disappeared.
The next moment, the crystal triangular tower appeared within the thousand-zhang giant waves. Initially, there was only one, but in an instant, it multiplied from one to two, two to four, four to eight...
In the blink of an eye, these crystal triangular towers were dense and countless.
The tips of these triangular towers shot out rays of light, and adjacent triangular towers connected with each other, forming countless seemingly slender threads of crystal light.
The crystal towers, connected in pairs, began to spin rapidly like tops. Wherever they passed, the previously unstoppable green branches were easily cut by the crystal light threads between the crystal towers.
For a time, countless green lights flashed within these thousand-zhang giant waves. Although new green branches continued to sprout, they could not keep up with the speed of being cut.
Soon, the green branches within these thousand-zhang giant waves were cleared. These crystal triangular towers flew out and began to cut towards the green net formed by branches on the outer perimeter of Zhenhai City.
"Not good!"
Venerable Jizhao above his head's expression changed slightly. His hands moved like dancing flowers, and Hand Seals of various colors shot out.
The green net began to tremble violently. Countless green leaves sprouted on its surface, growing from buds to full leaves in an instant and fluttering out, heading towards the dense crystal towers.
For a time, the entire outer perimeter of Zhenhai City flashed with dazzling spiritual light, accompanied by roars like rolling Heavenly Thunder.
At the same time, the thousand-zhang giant waves, now unimpeded, crashed down fiercely, causing the formidable green light leaves to be quickly annihilated.
This was not the end. Shouts of killing could be heard.
Numerous Sea Race cultivators rushed out from within the giant waves. They formed orderly formations and, under the command of their leading Sea Race cultivators, unleashed long-range attack spells, bombarding them with the ferocity of a storm.
For a time, the green net on the outer perimeter of Zhenhai City flashed with light and was rapidly weakened under the multiple attacks.
"Junior Brother Wen, it's time to act," Venerable Jizhao above said quickly.
Wen Yuchen, who had been preparing beside him, immediately took out a special Magic Tool that resembled a blue sphere.
Under his Hand Seal activation, a beam of deep blue starlight was emitted, shooting upwards.
The next moment, a series of rumbling muffled sounds could be heard.
Thousands of feet in the air, nine massive circular objects resembling stars began to rotate, emitting various beams of light that connected with each other, and a terrifying pressure rapidly escalated.
"Not good, the Nine Palaces Vast Star Array has been activated, retreat quickly!"
Dario, the President of the Tidal Council, who had been smiling and stroking his beard on the Sea Race side, suddenly changed his expression and shouted.
Having been in conflict with the Nine Dragons Sea's Human Race for countless years, he was deeply aware of the power of the Nine Palaces Vast Star Array.
Elena's expression also changed slightly. She quickly cast a Hand Seal, and then the Sea Race cultivators in the giant waves retreated rapidly as if receiving an order, but it was already too late.
A waterfall of starlight descended from the sky, layer upon layer, enveloping the entire Zhenhai City and those thousand-zhang giant waves.
From afar, it looked like a colossal peak condensed from starlight, causing even the enemy Spirit Transformation Cultivators to change their expressions.
"This Human Realm is indeed extraordinary. No wonder it was once a powerful realm, ranking among the top one hundred subordinate interfaces of the Spirit Realm.
Even after so many years of spiritual energy imbalance, it still possesses such deep foundations."
A Sea Race cultivator with graying temples spoke, a hint of apprehension flashing in his eyes.
The other Spirit Transformation cultivators beside him remained silent.
At this moment, Mattis, a Spirit Transformation cultivator with a pair of large, fleshy wings, sneered, "The Human Race merely relies on external items like magic tools, array formations, and talismans. But these are ultimately minor paths, only allowing for temporary displays of strength. They actually hinder their own progress in comprehending the Great Dao, posing no real threat."
The elder Sea Race cultivator glanced at him faintly. "Mattis, you need to change that arrogant habit of yours.
Although the Human Race is considered a weak race in the Spirit Realm, a significant part of their ability to establish a foothold there is precisely due to the external items you dismiss.
Furthermore, despite lacking powerful racial talents, the Human Race has an extremely strong reproductive capacity and a vast population.
This frequently leads to the emergence of powerful Dao Bodies and Spiritual Bodies. Such individuals, once they mature, become powerhouses among their peers."
Mattis's thick brows furrowed, anger appearing on his face as he was about to retort.
Just then, Elena raised her delicate right hand, her beautiful face displaying undeniable authority. "All of you, be silent. Now is not the time to discuss this."
As she spoke, the starlight outside Zhenhai City slowly dissipated, along with the thousand-zhang-high tidal waves and tens of thousands of elite Sea Race cultivators.
Cheers erupted from within Zhenhai City once more.
Elena tilted her head back, looking at the nine star phantoms in the sky, which resembled great suns, a look of solemnity on her face.
She formed a special hand seal with her right hand, which transformed into a phantom and merged into the enormous vortex.
The seawater flowing from this vortex no longer surged downwards but instead spread out in the air, quickly forming a massive crystal shield covering over a thousand miles.
Then, the nine great stars in the sky once again unleashed cascading starlight, fiercely striking this enormous blue-black crystal shield.
Amidst the brilliant spiritual light, the crystal shield was weakened layer by layer, but an endless supply of seawater was replenished from the vortex.
"It seems we must bring down those nine things in the sky. Otherwise, our Myriad Ruins Sea Eye will not be of much use.
If we manage to conquer this city in the end, our casualties will be heavy.
Since that's the case, let us make our move."
Elena said, and a dazzling escape light erupted from her body as she unhesitatingly flew towards the sky.
The other Spirit Transformation cultivators immediately followed, their auras erupting as they charged towards the heavens.
Behind them, the countless Sea Race armies also began to move rapidly upon receiving their orders, like dark clouds covering the sky, pressing down on Zhenhai City.
"They've finally lost patience. Let's go too."
Gu Zun, clad in a profound robe, his eyes flashing with brilliance, shouted. He then took the lead, flying out from the top of the tower.
With whistling sounds, the other Human cultivators at the Spirit Transformation stage also took flight, heading towards their chosen opponents.
At this moment, Lord Xuanyi took out a Spirit Beast Bag from his waist. A blood-red light flashed before him, and a blood-colored vine appeared, its blood aura soaring into the sky.
Strangely, the top of the vine bore human-like facial features.
As soon as it appeared, its blood-red eyes rolled, flashing with ferocity and cunning. Its body then exploded, transforming into hundreds of vines that fled in all directions.
Lord Xuanyi, with a blank expression, grabbed with his right hand. Sword light, like fine hairs, appeared at his fingertips. Instantly, the fleeing vines retreated at an even faster speed, reforming into the blood-colored vine.
It trembled all over, as if undergoing extreme torture, its face contorted in pain.
After the pain slightly subsided, it glared fiercely at Lord Xuanyi, but could only obediently fly towards an enemy Spirit Transformation cultivator.
This was the special Spirit Plant that the Demon Sea Alliance had previously tried to secretly tame – the Abyssal Demon Vine, possessing Spirit Transformation stage strength, now tamed by Lord Xuanyi.
On the other side, before the imposing Lord Liyang, a peculiar Demonic Beast also appeared.
Its appearance was indistinguishable from an ordinary ox, but it was only a few feet long, appearing small and exquisite. Its entire body was pure gold, like a toy crafted from golden crystal.
The only special feature was that it had three eyes. The third eye on its forehead was closed, while the other two looked bewildered, like a young beast.
At this moment, it showed no ferocity at all; instead, it exuded a sense of cuteness.
Ning Fa, flying in the air, couldn't help but glance at it again, as this beast's origin was not simple.
This was an Ancestral Beast from the Yuanshou Ancestral Court, another major Human Race power in the Nine Dragons Sea. It descended from the upper realm through a mysterious ritual after the Ancestral Hall was constructed.
It should be known that the Yuanshou Ancestral Court had been planning to build the Ancestral Hall for thousands of years without success, not only due to a lack of crucial resources but also because of the Tianshu Alliance's obstruction.
Now, facing pressure from the Sea Race, the Tianshu Alliance not only relented but also provided resources. As a result, the Yuanshou Ancestral Court successfully constructed the Ancestral Hall, and this Ancestral Beast smoothly descended.
Ning Fa looked at this somewhat cute Ancestral Beast without any contempt.
Although its Spiritual Pressure was unstable, it had reached the genuine Spirit Transformation level.
Moreover, judging by its appearance, even in its juvenile state, it possessed such strength. Its future growth would be unimaginable.
No wonder the Tianshu Alliance was so wary before.
In addition, Lu Chenyuan of the Qianyuan Merchant Alliance also released two giant tigers, one black and one white.
Both had enormous wings, and their Spiritual Pressure reached the peak of the Fourth-grade, far surpassing that of Demonic Cultivators of the same rank. They appeared to be ancient beasts, thus unable to shapeshift.
The two tigers roared and transformed into black and white vortexes, also heading towards an enemy Spirit Transformation cultivator.
Yue Long of the Nine Immortals Association also released a silver humanoid puppet, about ten feet tall. The puppet's Spiritual Pressure fluctuations also reached the Spirit Transformation level; this was a rare Fifth-grade puppet.
With this, the numerical disparity between the four Human Race Spirit Transformation Cultivators was eliminated.
However, inevitably, two Early Spirit Transformation Human cultivators would have to face Mid Spirit Transformation cultivators from the opposing side.
But during the prior discussions, the major powers had all provided precious treasures to aid these two cultivators.
Coupled with the assistance of the Barrier now, the Human Race did not appear to be at a significant disadvantage on the surface.
Soon, the enemy Spirit Transformation cultivators were intercepted one after another. Both sides, with tacit understanding, pulled away from each other and formed individual battle groups.
After all, in the eyes of the Sea Race and Demonic Beast Race Spirit Transformation cultivators, they held a significant advantage against Human cultivators of the same rank, making one-on-one duels exactly what they desired.
Below, Zhenhai City began to echo with continuous rumbling sounds.
The armies of the Sea Race and Demonic Beast Race had commenced their full-scale assault on the city. Naturally, the numerous Human cultivators within Zhenhai City were not to be outdone, forming various formations and counter-attacking with the aid of the city's defensive Barriers.
For a time, Zhenhai City was submerged in waves of spiritual light.
"Kid, what are you looking at?" At this moment, a displeased voice came from across Ning Fa.
The speaker was a tall, broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted young Sea Race cultivator.
Even by Human aesthetics, this Sea Race cultivator could be considered quite handsome.
His slightly curly long hair was casually tied back, and he wore a luxurious formal outfit. In his right hand, clad in a white glove, he casually held a slender, silver-white rapier, giving off an incredibly elegant aura.
However, the expression on his face was one of extreme arrogance, as if merely looking at Ning Fa soiled his eyes. Furthermore, he was angered by Ning Fa's action of being distracted by observing the surrounding battle.
Ning Fa withdrew his gaze and carefully examined this Sea Race Spirit Transformation cultivator.
He could clearly sense that this Sea Race cultivator had not advanced to Spirit Transformation stage for too long. His Spiritual Pressure was not very stable, and the pressure he exerted on Ning Fa was significantly less than that of Ying Xiao, whom he had fought before.
But Ning Fa naturally wouldn't be careless; after all, his opponent was a genuine Spirit Transformation cultivator.
Previously, when fighting Ying Xiao, due to the counter of his Five Elements Thunder Body, Ying Xiao's strength had been sealed by more than half. This time, such an advantage wouldn't exist.
Yet, Ning Fa's eyes blazed with fighting spirit. This was a perfect opportunity to use his opponent to test his true strength.
After all, his current strength had improved considerably since his battle with Ying Xiao.