Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

"Reporting to the city lord, I killed that fifth-tier Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan leader last time and obtained some information about this Blood Eye Altar from the bone ring he left behind."

"This is the highest-level altar of the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan, which is divided into the Blood Altar and the Soul Altar."

"The Blood Altar mainly condenses essence blood to maintain the operation of the entire altar, while the Soul Altar condenses blood souls and has extremely terrifying combat power."

Zhou Ling cupped his hands in greeting to City Lord Chen.

As for the source of this information, we can only make one up.

I imagine the effects observed and analyzed after upgrading the two talents are correct.

Upon hearing Zhou Ling's words, everyone's eyes turned to him.

Everyone present knew that Zhou Ling had successfully killed Jin Gu, the fifth-tier Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan leader, last time.

Therefore, this information is highly credible.

They all listened attentively.

"This blood altar contains the essence of blood from many humans and demons, enough to sustain a great war."

"The Soul Altar is connected to the Soul Domain and can summon many blood souls to come."

"Moreover, the Blood Soul Domain that is formed is no less than the Soul Domain of a Void Refinement expert. Our Cloud Sea Immortal City's defensive array may not be able to withstand it."

Based on the information observed and analyzed, Zhou Ling spoke slowly.

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions grew even more solemn.

Once Cloud Sea Immortal City is breached, everyone will likely have little chance of survival.

Given Zhou Ling's current status, his words carry considerable authority in Yunhai Immortal City.

"Zhou Zhishou, do you have a plan to deal with this?"

City Lord Chen asked.

"The best course of action now is to strike first and breach this altar. Otherwise, once the altar is fully set up, it will pose a huge threat to Cloud Sea Immortal City."

"The key to attacking the Blood Eye Altar is to destroy the Blood Altar itself."

Zhou Ling thought for a moment, then cupped his hands and said.

This is one approach provided by [Advanced Analysis].

He also directly mentioned to City Lord Chen that it was up to them to decide how to arrange things for City Lord Chen and the others.

Upon hearing Zhou Ling's suggestion, City Lord Chen picked up his teacup, took a sip, pondered for a moment, put down the teacup, glanced at the others, and asked, "Does anyone have any opinions?"

Originally, most people thought that with the defensive array in place, it would be enough to block the blood domain attack of the blood altar.

In the early stages of the battle, the focus will be on attrition warfare against the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan.

After all, the Blood Altar is built in the Mist of Evil, so if a full-scale attack is launched, it does not offer much of an advantage to human cultivators.

According to Zhou Ling, this Blood Eye Altar has the power to break through the defensive array of Cloud Sea Immortal City.

Then it would be impossible to wage a war of attrition.

After all, once the defensive formation is breached, the attack of the evil mist will be even more dangerous.

"We will obey the city lord's orders!"

The group bowed to Lord Chen, their faces showing decisiveness.

In this situation, there is no other way out.

“Alright, let’s do as Zhou Zhishou said, take the initiative and destroy this Blood Eye Altar.”

Lord Chen said solemnly.

After a moment's thought, he turned to Zhou Ling and asked, "Chief Zhou, since you are familiar with this Blood Eye Altar, tell me how to break through it?"

His words revealed his extreme trust in Zhou Ling.

Furthermore, he himself lacked a sound battle plan.

If a forced attack is launched, it is foreseeable that the casualties will be considerable.

If we fail to breach the Blood Eye Altar, it will be a huge blow to morale.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling glanced at everyone and said calmly, "City Lord Chen, we will split into two groups. You will lead the main attack on the Soul Eye."

"I will take responsibility for the bloodshot eyes."

Upon hearing this, everyone else was taken aback, not expecting that Zhou Ling would personally lead the attack on the altar.

Although everyone now acknowledges Zhou Ling's strength, he has only just recovered from his injuries, so how much combat power can he exert?
That's a problem.

However, everyone showed admiration for Zhou Ling's courage.

"You've only just recovered; do you need anyone's assistance?"

Lord Chen turned his gaze and said in a deep voice.

He was also concerned that Zhou Ling's strength would be affected, but at the moment he was the only one who knew something about the Blood Eye Altar.

Therefore, this operation naturally cannot be separated from him.

However, it would be more likely to succeed if two Nascent Soul cultivators were arranged to assist him in the attack.

"City Lord, judging from the image jade, the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan has heavily fortified the Soul Altar, so we still need to concentrate our forces to attack the Soul Altar."

Zhou Ling glanced at Wu Daoyuan and the others, and said confidently, "On the Blood Altar side, there are only two fifth-order Golden-Eyed Spirit Race members."

"We, the four trial cultivators, will be responsible for breaking through."

"What do you say?"

Upon hearing Zhou Ling's arrangement, City Lord Chen turned his gaze to Wu Daoyuan and the other two and inquired.

Although he was the city lord, he had no right to order these trial disciples around.

"I will obey the city lord's orders!"

Qin Yi was the first to cup his hands in greeting.

Xia Ruohe hesitated for a moment, then cupped her hands and said, "This junior will follow the city lord's arrangements."

"I agree too!"

Seeing that the other two had agreed, Wu Daoyuan could only bow and accept as well.

But he was very depressed.

Since he and Zhou Ling were in the same position, he would have to obey Zhou Ling's orders.

But he couldn't refuse this situation.

This great battle, which concerns the life and death of Yunhai Immortal City, is undoubtedly the best test for them.

"Okay, if no one has any objections, then let's settle on this."

"All Nascent Soul cultivators present, follow me to attack the Soul Altar."

"Trial cultivators will follow Zhou Zhishou's command to attack the Blood Altar."

"No one shall retreat in the face of battle or disobey orders."

Lord Chen said in an unquestionable tone.

The objective this time is to destroy the altar, and not many people need to participate in the battle.

We must act swiftly and decisively.

Once the threat of the Blood-Eyed Altar is eliminated, dealing with the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan army will be much easier.

"Lord, when shall we launch our attack?"

Qin Yi, with a solemn expression, cupped his hands and asked.

Although this trial is extremely crucial, the life-or-death battle against the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan is equally important.

There are many things that need to be prepared.

Lord Chen then looked at Zhou Ling.

"Judging from the image jade, the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan's defenses around the Blood-Eyed Altar are not very tight."

"It seems that we dare not launch an attack rashly because we believe there is evil mist present."

"I'll refine a few fourth-tier aura-absorbing stones first, then remove the aura mist around the Blood Eye Altar before we make our move. This will also reduce unnecessary casualties."

Zhou Ling said this.

Without removing the evil mist, he wasn't very confident he could break the blood altar.

Moreover, the Blood Eye Altar is not yet fully constructed, so there is still enough time.

Upon hearing this, City Lord Chen admired Zhou Ling even more and nodded, "If we can win this battle, Zhou Zhishou will be the one to deserve the greatest credit."

He then glanced at everyone and said seriously, "In the next few days, if you need any pills, please get them from the Affairs Hall. Keep your energy up."

"Awaiting Chief Zhou's orders."

The other Nascent Soul cultivators all bowed and accepted the order.

Wu Daoyuan's eyes flashed, sensing that he was likely to lose this trial.

With just over a month left, he was still 40,000 points behind Zhou Ling.

You would need to kill at least three fifth-tier Golden-Eyed Spirit Race members to have a chance.

But that's almost impossible.

Moreover, they must obey Zhou Ling's orders for now.

If he makes things difficult for himself, that would be troublesome.

With this opportunity, Zhou Ling naturally didn't stand on ceremony and said directly to the three, "Fellow Daoists, this attack is of utmost importance and absolutely cannot be lost."

First, put the big hat on and watch as the three of them listened.

Zhou Lingcai continued, "This blood altar is the most crucial part of the entire altar. Once it is breached, the Blood Eye Altar will be unable to maintain itself and will eventually collapse on its own."

"However, at present, this altar is controlled by two early-stage fifth-tier Golden-Eyed Spirit Race members." "Therefore, our four teams will split into two groups and launch an attack on Blood Eye from two directions."

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, I will join your team."

As soon as Zhou Ling finished speaking, Xia Ruohe said with a smile.

She didn't want to be on the same team as Wu Daoyuan, and Qin Yi's strength was clearly weaker than Zhou Ling's.

Therefore, Zhou Ling is the natural choice.

“Alright, then I’ll team up with Fellow Daoist Xia, and Fellow Daoist Wu and Fellow Daoist Qin will team up.”

Zhou Ling nodded and said.

Xia Ruohe's skill in formations is quite high, and being on her team wouldn't be a disadvantage for me.

Wu Daoyuan and Qin Yi nodded in agreement.

Lord Chen admired Zhou Ling's abilities even more for his quick success in getting the three prodigies to accept the arrangement.

After arranging the upcoming battle, Zhou Ling went to the affairs hall to collect some pills, ores, and other items.

Since this is a rare opportunity, I naturally want to collect some materials to replenish my supplies.

After all, refining a fourth-order Absorbing Stone is an extremely costly process for the outside world.

Moreover, there's a major battle to come.

It's reasonable for me to take more than my share.

After returning to the camp, Zhou Ling gave Qi Jianzhi and the others some instructions, telling them to be prepared.

What follows will be a life-or-death battle.

He then went into seclusion to refine the evil-absorbing stone.

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Two days later.

On the massive city wall of Yunhai Immortal City, City Lord Chen personally led twelve Nascent Soul cultivators to stand.

In addition, there are thirty-one cultivators participating in the trials of the Four Great Grotto-Heavens.

Led by Zhou Ling and others, they stood aside.

“Lord Chen, these are three fourth-tier evil-absorbing stones, enough to clear away the evil mist within a radius of four or five hundred miles.”

Zhou Ling took out three shimmering flame-lit Absorbing Stones and handed them to City Lord Chen.

In the past two days, he has successfully crafted five fourth-tier Absorbing Stones.

The other two were reserved for use against the Blood Altar.

Five Tier 4 Absorbing Stones are enough to clear a radius of 700 li, enough to clear the combat area around the Blood Eye Altar.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Chief Zhou."

Upon receiving the absorbing stone, City Lord Chen praised it.

These three small aura-absorbing stones are even comparable to three Nascent Soul cultivators.

"set off!"

Lord Chen collected the three Absorbing Stones and waved his hand.

Immediately, dozens of people split into two teams and flew towards the evil mist.

City Lord Chen and his Nascent Soul cultivators were on the right.

Zhou Ling and the others were on the left.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, Fellow Daoist Qin, you deal with the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan on the left side of Blood Eye. You must keep that fifth-order Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan member occupied."

Zhou Ling gave instructions to Wu Daoyuan and Qin Yi.

The Blood Eye Altar of the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan is now half-built.

We don't know how powerful it is yet.

But the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan has several thousand members.

There were over a hundred Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan members right there in their blood-red eye alone, including two fifth-tier Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan members.

They only had about thirty people.

Therefore, this battle must be won quickly.

We must never allow the battle to become a stalemate with the opponent.

Although the main force will be restrained by Lord Chen and others.

But such a great battle can change in an instant.

No one knows what trump card the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan will have next.

Therefore, as long as this blood-red eye is successfully destroyed, humanity will have already won.

"I'll deal with this fifth-tier Golden-Eyed Spirit Race member. Fellow Daoist Qin, lead your men to take care of the other Golden-Eyed Spirit Race members!"

Wu Daoyuan said directly.

Qin Yi frowned, wanting to say something, but looking at the billowing evil mist before him, he nodded and said, "Okay!"

"If Fellow Daoist Wu cannot withstand it, then I will make my move."

He also knew that Wu Daoyuan was eager to gain points and catch up with Zhou Ling.

He had the same thought in mind, but with his own strength, he might not be able to kill a fifth-tier Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan member.

Wu Daoyuan said so, and he readily agreed.

If Wu Daoyuan is unable to kill a fifth-tier Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan member, then it's not too late for him to make his move.

"Let me state first that this battle concerns the life and death of Cloud Sea Immortal City, and we must not be careless."

"As for the trial points, that's secondary."

"If we win this battle, I can give you 10,000 points!"

Zhou Ling glanced at the two of them and said in a very magnanimous manner.

The current situation is quite risky, and he doesn't want the two of them to make any mistakes for the sake of these points.

As for the 10,000 points, that's just an excuse.

It's already his points, and he can't give them to anyone else.

Upon hearing Zhou Ling's words, the two fell silent.

Zhou Ling's vision is far superior to theirs.

Wu Daoyuan did not respond. He waved his hand and led the Heavenly Palace cultivators to speed up.

Qin Yi and the others followed.

"Feng Lan, you should use a sword formation to fight the enemy."

"Fellow Daoist Xia, you will lead the others to deal with the other Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan members."

Zhou Ling then gave Feng Lan and Xia Ruohe some more instructions.

Because they had never cooperated against the enemy before.

Therefore, Zhou Ling still advised everyone to fight their own battles.

This will prevent chaos.

They are better able to unleash their individual combat capabilities.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, rest assured, my Seven Luminaries Sword Formation is enough to deal with a fifth-order Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan."

Xia Ruohe said with a relaxed expression.

She did not mention taking action against the fifth-tier Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan.

In this situation, I decided to follow Zhou Ling's arrangements.

"If we can deal with a fifth-tier Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan member, then things will be much easier!"

Zhou Ling nodded, a look of delight on his face.

This is equivalent to having an extra trump card.

This will allow for more flexible arrangements in the overall battle.

After all, defeating two fifth-tier Golden-Eyed Spirit Race members wouldn't be enough to break the Blood Eye Altar.

Moreover, they may receive reinforcements along the way.

He then smiled at Xia Ruohe and said, "Fellow Daoist Xia, we'll need to cooperate more in the next battle."

"This is natural!"

Xia Yuhe nodded in reply.

Although the four great grotto heavens are competitors, they are absolutely united in dealing with alien races.

As for points, that depends on your own ability.

"go!"

Zhou Ling immediately waved his hand, and everyone sped up and flew towards the evil mist.

Upon entering the malevolent mist, everyone could feel a distinct suppressive force.

The speed also slowed down a bit.

Zhou Ling did not rush to activate the evil-absorbing stone.

This place is still hundreds of miles away from the Blood Eye Altar.

He planned to activate the Absorbing Stone halfway through his preparations, so that while removing the evil mist, he could also launch a surprise attack on the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan, thus achieving the best results. (End of Chapter)