Chapter 1122: Despairing Contrast
Chapter 1122: Chapter 1122: Despairing Contrast
Ming Ye stroked his beard and said:
"You want to ask, how were the Ancient Giants born, right?"
"The origin of the first Ancient Giants has become untraceable."
"It is generally accepted that during the great battle between the two realms, the Ancient Giants did not exist."
"They only mysteriously appeared after the great chaos in the Heavenly Realm."
"Some say they are the result of a curse cast by the creator of the Heavenly Realm, unwilling to accept defeat and sacrificing their own spirit to punish all invaders."
"Others speculate they are foreign creatures that took the opportunity to invade amidst the chaos in the Heavenly Realm."
"Still, others guess they are the dark evil spirits drawn by you Central Earth Realm people."
He glanced at Jiang Fan and said heavily:
"In any case, after they appeared, they quickly came to dominate the Southern Heavenly Realm."
"All living creatures became their prey."
"If it weren’t for the highest amongst them replacing the creator of the Southern Heavenly Realm and reinstating the rule of hunting once every hundred years."
"The Southern Heavenly Realm would have long lost any trace of us Hell creature descendants."
Jiang Fan fell into deep thought.
The origins of the Ancient Giants remain incredibly mysterious.
He frowned and asked, "Then, Shan Feng once said you cannot escape the fate of becoming an Ancient Giant."
"What does this mean?"
Ming Ye sighed and said, "That was a matter from a thousand years ago."
"A millennium ago, another great hunt of the Ancient Giants began, which nearly led to the extermination of your Central Earth Realm."
"The Ancient Giants suffered heavy losses, and their numbers greatly reduced."
"Just as the remaining forces of our Hell creatures thought we could launch a large-scale counterattack and overthrow the rule of the Ancient Giants."
"A massive earthquake swept across the Southern Heavenly Realm."
"At the epicenter of the earthquake, an Ancient Sky Pit appeared."
At this point, he sighed deeply: "Whether it was the will of heaven or man-made is unknown."
"The Ancient Giants’ fate was not to perish."
"Within that Ancient Sky Pit, there was mysterious bloody water."
"Throw any of our Hell creatures into it, and there was a chance they would be transformed into an Ancient Giant."
"They were no different from the regular Ancient Giants."
"The difference was that their cultivation would be fixed at the moment of transformation, unable to progress further."
"The Ancient Giants quickly expanded their tribe using the Sky Pit."
"Not only did they avoid the crisis of extinction, but they also surpassed their former peak."
He looked at Jiang Fan, eyes filled with sympathy.
"You people of Central Earth, this time there is likely no chance of survival."
"The current Ancient Giants are much stronger than those a millennium ago!"
Jiang Fan’s gaze grew grave.
It was just when the Ancient Giants were weak that the Ancient Sky Pit appeared.
And those Hell creatures entering it, coincidentally, happened to transform into Ancient Giants rather than some other creatures.
How could this be the will of heaven?
It was some unknown entity secretly aiding the Ancient Giants.
"Now, how many Ancient Giant armies are there in the entire Southern Heavenly Realm?"
Jiang Fan asked the question he most wanted an answer to.
Ming Ye replied, "Ten thousand."
"Spread across the Central Earth Nine Provinces, each province has roughly a little over a thousand troops."
Jiang Fan frowned.
He looked towards Bai Xin and asked, "Bai Qianhu, have we ever tallied the number of martial artists at Nascent Soul Middle Stage and above in Taicang State?"
Bai Xin responded without hesitation, "If the numbers reported by each sect half a year ago were not concealed."
"Across over a hundred sects in Taicang, martial artists at Nascent Soul Middle Stage and above total over five hundred."
Jiang Fan’s expression changed slightly.
"Only this many?"
"It shouldn’t be. I’ve seen the Jian Family’s Eight Orifice Nascent Souls, and there were more than a dozen."
"Thus, by inference, shouldn’t Seven Orifice Nascent Souls, Six Orifice Nascent Souls, Five Orifice Nascent Souls, Four Orifice Nascent Souls increase in number stepwise?"
"How could there only be seventy to eighty of them?"
"Plus, the Three Divine Sects and Seven Great Sects should be no weaker than the Jian Family."
"Yet they can’t gather a thousand Nascent Soul Middle Stage?"
Bai Xin calmly replied, "Sixty years ago, your calculation would’ve been correct."
"But you forgot, the Hell Beasts manifested over sixty years ago."
"At that time, Taicang State foresaw the imminent reemergence of the Ancient Giants."
"Therefore, each sect concentrated precious resources on the then strongest, hoping to create a Venerate before the catastrophe struck."
"Because of this, an outbreak of Eight Orifice Nascent Souls occurred."
"Other levels of martial artists did not receive this treatment."
"So, their numbers don’t represent the strength of other tiers."
Jiang Fan was taken aback in realization.
He nearly forgot that the Hell Beasts manifested over sixty years ago.
It’s just that they were subdued by the Tiger Demon Emperor.
Then, thinking about it, whether it was the Ten Thousand Tribulations Holy Temple, Sanqing Mountain, or the Jian Family.
In each faction, the Seven Orifice Nascent Souls he had encountered were no more than two.
And Bai Yu of the Five Apertures Nascent Soul had once been known as a hugely renowned powerful figure.
It was conceivable.
The Nascent Soul Middle Stage is much rarer than Jiang Fan had imagined.
Bai Xin asked, "Did you find out any information?"
Jiang Fan said, "Of the known Ancient Giant armies in the Southern Heavenly Realm, there are over ten thousand."
Bai Xin’s fingers lightly trembled.
Even she, with her typical composure, was startled by the enormous disparity.
She whispered, "We’re in trouble."
Jiang Fan said in a deep voice, "More than just trouble."
"It’s utterly hopeless!"
"Ancient Giants are immune to supernatural powers and spells. This alone makes them superior to martial artists of the same level from Central Earth."
"Coupled with their overwhelming numerical advantage."
"And our Nine Aperture, Eight Orifice Nascent Souls, compounded by madness factors."
"Overall, the Nascent Soul level is doomed to be defeated."
Thinking of this.
Jiang Fan asked again, "And what about the Giant Kings? How many are there in the Southern Heavenly Realm?"
Ming Ye shook his head, saying, "That’s hard to say."
"The Southern Heavenly Realm is divided into nine domains, with different numbers of Giant Kings in each."
"Among them, the Black Sun Royal Court was the domain that attacked your Taicang State last time."
"I know there are ten Giant Kings, including one Five-star Giant King."
Jiang Fan’s heart sank once more.
Taicang State only has a few Venerates?
The well-known Three Gods and One Bodhisattva.
The Great Wine Sacrifice from the Qintian Bureau.
And counting the mysterious War Corpse from the Jian Family.
The red-faced old man from the Fire Worship Sect.
Altogether, only seven!
And the red-faced old man from the Fire Worship Sect is not from Taicang State, so he may not be willing to fight for Taicang State.
In contrast, the Black Sun Royal Court has no less than ten.
Among them is a Five-star Giant King who defeated the Three Gods and One Bodhisattva and wiped True Word Venerable’s memory and Divine Ring!
He seldom felt despair.
Even on the day of Boundary Mountain, when a mere two hundred faced tens of thousands of the Dead Corpse Army, he had not despaired.
Yet now, he was overwhelmed with suffocating pressure.
Regardless of the Nascent Soul level or the Venerate level.
They had no chance of winning!
Ming Ye’s eyes slightly shimmered, saying:
"Your Taicang State need not be overly pessimistic."
"I have a method, which might be able to help you."
"My grandson is but a Three Aperture Asura, yet he was pursued by a Nine Aperture Giant and a Giant King one after another."
Did you ever find that suspicious, my young friend?"