Chapter 609: Chapter 609: The Situation
The Purple Heart Sacred Place sprouted from the Purple Heart Sect.
As for the words 'Purple Heart', it was derived from the name of a spring water in the Sun Mountain. Its name was Purple Heart Spring.
As this incomparably clean spring water flowed through the Sun Mountain, it would fuse with a very special type of mineral resource that was unique to the area. As a result of that, the spring water would have a distinctive purple glow. It was said that anyone who drank the water from the Purple Heart Spring would live healthily and strongly their whole life and would not get sick, even once.
At that time, the Purple Heart Sect was also a small second-grade sect. However, under the pressure from the other races, the Purple Heart Sect had been forced to continuously merge with other human sects, until they finally grew into a larger sect, effectively becoming the most important refuge for humans.
The Purple Heart Spring had now become the sacred spring water of the Purple Heart Sacred Place. Although this spring water didn't have much effect on warriors, the numerous humans of the Purple Heart Sacred Place were still honored and proud to be able to drink from the Purple Heart Spring!
Three human men stood beside the Purple Heart Spring.
One of the three men wore a purple crown, and he looked very handsome and attractive. No one could tell how high his cultivation base was. His name was Miguel Situ, and he was the current leader of the Purple Heart Sacred Place. He had already reached the Soul Sea Realm.
The other two were elderly men. Although they looked weathered and old, their eyes were sharp like lightning and they looked energetic.
These two old men were also the masters of the Soul Sea Realm. They had a long lifespan—some warriors of the Soul Sea Realm who had lived for a long time could even live up to nine thousand years or even over ten thousand years and become eternal. Those were the ancient masters.
“Right now, the people in the sacred place are all panic-stricken. If the ogres still do not let their troops retreat and move away, I'm afraid our sacred place would fall into unprecedented chaos...” Miguel Situ bent down, and drank water from the spring.
“They wouldn't dare attack,” one of the old men said affirmatively.
“If they really want to do it, they would have done it already.” With a deep sigh and a glint of defeat in his eyes, he continued, “If our Purple Heart Sacred Place is thrown into disarray just because we are all scared by the ogres, it will just be very ridiculous and we will be laughed at by other races!” His defeated demeanor quickly turned into rage.
Miguel Situ shook his head and said, “There's nothing we can do about it. The human race has been weak for so many years. Now that we're suddenly facing the threat of the ogres, we cannot just say that we are not scared or worried. That would be a total lie.” Miguel Situ got up and looked directly at the two old men. “The ogres are going to come over here to try and fight with us. That's what would happen. The thing is that the number of warriors in the Tower of Sin is small. Do you think others would believe that the ogres can win against the Purple Heart Sacred Place or they would just trust Zen who doesn't come from the Purple Heart Sacred Place?”
At that period of time, the Purple Heart Sacred Place had been sending people to the Tower of Sin.
At the same time, Fabian and Jarrod had also shuttled back and forth between the Tower of Sin and the Purple Heart Sacred Place's transmission gate.
Fabian was so confident that he swore that the ogres would not dare attack the Purple Heart Sacred Place, and that the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place would definitely take action against the ogres.
At the beginning, Miguel Situ was still a bit hesitant. After all, rather than trusting Zen, who he had never met and who was just a first-level war general in the Tower of Sin, he believed in his own skills and strengths more!
But no matter how strong Miguel Situ was, he still wouldn't be able to fight against the numerous Soul Sea Realm masters of the two sacred places of the ogre.
Just as the Purple Heart Sacred Place was preparing for battle, some warriors of the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place were sent to help the Purple Heart Sacred Place and to share some strategies.
Because of that, when the two ogre sacred places made their move, the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place also took action...
When that happened, Miguel Situ finally understood that regardless of whether he was willing or not, the fate of the Purple Heart Sacred Place had already been tied to the mysterious guy from the Tower of Sin.
From Miguel's point of view, the Purple Heart Sacred Place currently held a considerable advantage. The ogres were only putting on an act, and up until now, other than destroying a second-grade sect on the outer perimeter of the Purple Heart Sacred Place, they hadn't taken any other action. The ogres had not dared to take a step closer to the Purple Heart Sacred Place, mainly because Amber was bringing her warriors into the range of the two ogre sacred places.
Despite Miguel Situ not being worried, the humans of the Purple Heart Sacred Place were still worried.
Majority of those people were still unwilling to tie their fate to Zen who was just a first-level war general!
The warriors with the lowest ranks in the Purple Heart Sacred Place and even some strong war sages couldn't trust Zen!
This was considering that Miguel Situ had already spread the news of what had happened in the Tower of Sin. When people heard of that, instead of being comforted and excited for the future of human race, many chose not to believe it and called Zen a fraud. Many war lords and war sages even began evacuating their families away from the Purple Heart Sacred Place! ŕАƝộΒЁS̈
That made Miguel Situ very upset, but there wasn't much that he could do. He couldn't enter the Cursed Land, and it was even more impossible for him to go against an ogre master of the Soul Sea Realm. The only thing he could do at that time was to wait.
As long as they survived a whole month, they would be able to see the results!
If it would be just what Fabian had said, the moment Zen successfully expelled all the ogres, the humans would not just get five seats in the Tower of Sin—they could gain all the other seats abandoned by the ogres! And even if Zen decided to give some seats to the Demon Night, the humans would be able to keep at least a dozen seats.
In this way, the humans would grow very powerful and prominent within a very short time. They would even become the second most powerful force in the Tower of Sin!
The Tower of Sin was a mini version of the Sea God Continent. The strength of the various races in the Tower of Sin was a replica of the powers that existed in the Sea God Continent!
If humans would be able to occupy so many seats and the number of human masters would only continue to grow larger and larger, before long, the Purple Heart Sacred Place would also become very strong and influential. By then, humans would truly rise to prominence in the Sea God Continent.
And Miguel Situ was still very young. As long as he didn't die anytime soon, he would be able to witness this resurgence in person! Under his leadership!
If this happened, and if the human race and the Purple Heart Sacred Place truly prospered, Miguel Situ would surely be happy.
“No matter what, we have to face what's coming and try our best to fight the ogres!”
“Well, I think it would be best if Zen comes to the Purple Heart Sacred Place...”
The two elders continued to come up with ideas.
Suddenly, a bitter smile appeared on Miguel's lips. “It is hard to invite that guy to come here. I've already told Fabian to invite him twice, but he just won't come! If all of us can get through this month, I hope that he can make a trip to the Purple Heart Sacred Place...”
In all actuality, it wasn't just the humans who were panicking.
The ogres' situation was not any better.
The Tower of Sin was the cultivating place for talents and masters, and it was also a place that most of warriors fought for!
If the ogres really were driven out of the Tower of Sin by Zen, they might not only be in trouble for a short period of time, but for a long time, and the decline of the ogre race would be unimaginable.
The two ogre sacred places didn't have much interest in the Purple Heart Sacred Place, but right now, only the Purple Heart Sacred Place could be used as a threat to Zen. In order to persuade Zen to change his mind and not to drive the ogres out of the tower, the two ogre sacred places had no choice but to declare war on the Purple Heart Sacred Place.
The problem was that after the two ogre sacred places had just declared war and their warriors had just set out, the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place also declared war on the ogres. Amber personally led the troops into the surrounding area of the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place.
All the ogres found themselves between a rock and a hard place.
Would they really destroy the whole Purple Heart Sacred Place? Even if they killed all the human race, it still couldn't change the situation in the Tower of Sin. What was even more troublesome was that the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place would definitely take the opportunity to attack and ruin the ogre sacred places. That would mean that the two ogre sacred places would be destroyed and the ogres would forever lose the Tower of Sin. And if those happened, their extinction would be inevitable.
On the other hand, though, would they be willing to let the Purple Heart Sacred Place off that easily? If so, after one month, the ogres would still lose the Tower of Sin, a very important place for cultivation. What awaited the ogres was a slow death. It was easy to conclude that the ogre race would slowly decline, and eventually wither away.
Once upon a time, there had been a few powerful races that had been eliminated from the Sea God Continent. No one had been able to resist the force of natural selection which made sure that only the fittest would survive and breed.
Many of the powerful ogre warriors at the Soul Sea Realm were also at a loss as to what to do next...
They only wanted to use the Purple Heart Sacred Place to threaten Zen, but now, not only was it difficult to threaten Zen, but they themselves were about to be in danger.
Amidst all the chaos and uncertainty, the most relaxed person out of everyone was Amber.
Dressed in purple clothes, Amber was sitting on the top of a black mountain. Black smoke was continuously coming out from all around her.
The entire area around the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place was the same. There were thousands of active volcanoes of varying sizes everywhere, which was why the name of this sacred place contained the word “flaming”.
The mission that Amber was given was very simple: she only needed to bring her warriors there and observe. If the ogres wouldn't attack the Purple Heart Sacred Place, then Amber wouldn't act against the two ogre sacred places.
Over two hundred years ago, Amber entered the Tower of Sin. At that time, she had accumulated a lot of enmity with the ogres, and the ogres were always against her.
Amber had always wanted to find a chance to destroy the ogres. Unfortunately, no such opportunity had ever presented itself to her. Although the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place was a seventh-grade sacred place, if Amber forcefully fought against and destroyed the two ogre sacred places, the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place would also suffer huge losses. By then, the other races might take the chance to attack the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place.
However, right now, Amber realized that Zen's appearance had created the perfect opportunity for her to weaken the ogres without sacrificing a single soldier. What was better was she could even see the ogres slowly die out.
Even if Lavender did not give this order, Amber would still choose to make a move—this move. She was not particularly friends with the humans, but in her eyes, the enemy of her enemy was her friend!