Chapter 206: The Power of the Jiang Family in Lingzhou [Subscribe Requested]
Yunzhou, Yunyue Mountain Range.
At this moment, at the "Hundred Clans Conference" arena, after a fierce battle, the Fang Family of Yunzhou still managed to achieve victory at the Purple Mansion Venue, directly earning three points.
However, in the subsequent battle at the Foundation Establishment Venue, the Fang Family, being one person short, was unfortunately defeated by the Kong Family from Yanzhou.
But fortunately, in the Qi Refining Venue, they managed to turn the tables and earned one more point.
The victory of this local family made many Yunzhou Cultivators who had come to watch the battle cheer loudly.
The sense of regional pride is unavoidable anywhere.
The "Hundred Clans Conference" being held in Yunzhou was naturally because the three major sects were preparing to launch a military campaign against the Dragon Transformation Sect.
However, to the local Cultivators of Yunzhou who were not privy to the inside information, this was seen as their victory.
Just like in Zhou Chun's previous life where every country and city competed to host certain well-known events.
Now that the Yunzhou families had a good start in the "Hundred Clans Conference," it was only natural for the local Cultivators to cheer for them.
After the competition ended, regardless of their feelings, Cultivators from both families swiftly transitioned to the area with the Spirit Cleansing Formation to meditate and recover their Mana.
With dozens more battles waiting for them, they had to quickly restore their Mana, or it would be difficult to achieve good results later on.
"To be able to win multiple times in such intense continuous battles and rank within the top six, irrespective of their top-tier combat power, means at least their war potential exceeds the other eliminated families," Zhou Chun remarked thoughtfully, watching two families from Group A entering the arena.
The outcome of a battle depends not only on who has higher Cultivation Levels or better Magic Artifacts but also on the will to fight and experience.
Some, relying on superior Cultivation Levels and exquisite Magic Artifacts, may perform very well at the start of a battle.
But if they lack strong and resolute combat will, they certainly won't be able to maintain victory after consecutive high-intensity battles.
And real warfare truly tests a person's will to fight.
On the battlefield, enemies often won't give you time to rest and recover; they will come at you wave after wave.
At the same time, sometimes in pursuit of the enemy or conducting long-range raids, you need a very firm will to sustain the chase.
The three major sects organized the "Hundred Clans Conference" to select excellent warriors, so the will to fight is naturally a key criterion for them.
Continuous fighting without rest assures that they do not overlook any outstanding fighters.
Zhou Chun could guess that there must be specialized personnel secretly observing the state of the Cultivators from each family.
As the conference progresses to its later stages, those Cultivators with resolute will to fight will become one of the warriors dispatched against the Dragon Transformation Sect, regardless of whether their family ranks in the top thirty.
When engaging in a battle of life and death, the three major sects won't allow the Cultivation families to fill the ranks with the old, weak, sick, or disabled—they will undoubtedly deploy the most elite Clan Members.
But as much as one might guess, the idea of deliberately losing the fight out of concern for this is impossible.
"Under a collapsing nest, there are no intact eggs. If the three sects of Jingguo are victorious in their campaign to the south against the Dragon Transformation Sect, that's good; the major families might even have a chance to benefit from the aftermath. But if they lose, I'm afraid the days ahead will be hard for all," Zhou Mingde sighed deeply, striking at the heart of the matter.
You should know that the reason the various Cultivation families of Jingguo have been able to develop smoothly is that they are repressed by the three major sects, which prevent the Golden Core families and mid-sized or small sects from arbitrarily swallowing up other families to grow more powerful.
If the three major sects fail in their campaign against the Dragon Transformation Sect, Jingguo will undoubtedly fall into turmoil. By then, families like the Zhou Family, not directly related to the three major sects, may not remain under their protection!
However, considering that the three major sects now have core secret intelligence about the Dragon Transformation Sect, the three of them, including Zhou Chun, still believe that Jingguo has a much greater chance of victory.
Therefore, they are serious about this "Hundred Clans Conference"; they intend to showcase their family's strength and, in the subsequent campaign against the Dragon Transformation Sect, are prepared to gamble their family's fate and fight with all their might.
As time slowly passed, one after another, the families of Group A took turns to compete. A variety of Spells and Magic Artifacts were continuously displayed, and even someone as experienced in battle as Zhou Chun opened his eyes to new sights.
There are too many unusual Spells and Magic Artifacts in the Cultivation World; if you haven't seen them before, you won't know what makes them formidable.
Sometimes, owing to the lack of vigilance against such unfamiliar abilities, one might carelessly fall victim to disaster.
For instance, in one of the Foundation Establishment Venue battles, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator brought out a very unusual copper gong Magic Artifact. When he struck the gong, terrifying sounds emerged, trembling the Divine Soul and Divine Sense of the Cultivators.
Divine Sense and Mana are two abilities that elevate Cultivators above the mundane; if the Divine Sense is disturbed, a Cultivator's manipulation of their Magic Artifact becomes troublesome, and their ability to cast Spells is significantly affected.
Hence, when that Foundation Establishment Cultivator suddenly revealed this Magic Artifact, he alone managed to affect all five opponents by himself, while his side was well-prepared and had taken protective measures.