Chapter 196 Raid (Two Chapters in One)
After hearing the words of the Great Cave Master, the people of the Biluo Cave Sect who had already lost their bearings and were like headless flies finally found their backbone. They stopped fleeing in disorder and followed some foundation-building monks in small groups. They gathered towards the three main peaks.
Yuan Ming looked towards the mountain gate again and found that Wulu's figure had completely disappeared.
He originally wanted to return to the Huolian Hall and take the opportunity to slip away, but when he saw the sinister eyes of the Great Cave Master scanning the whole place, he simply followed the retreating disciples and rushed over there.
By the time he arrived, more than two hundred people had gathered in the open square. Many of them had a look of relief on their faces, as if they were surviving a disaster, and at the same time, they were also worried. There were even many people who had not completely returned. Come to your senses.
Not long ago, Biluo Cave was one of the five major sects in southern Xinjiang north of Shiwanda Mountain. There was a great elder who was at the peak of the mid-stage Dan Jie, and there were three abbots of the cave in the mid-Jie Dan stage. Their strength was comparable to that of the other four sects. No matter how much concessions are made, even if a registered disciple in the sect meets mortals when traveling, he has the status of "Shangxian". In front of other casual cultivators, he is superior to others. When others hear that he is a monk of Biluodong, they dare not make a mistake.
Now, someone suddenly attacked the mountain gate and was caught off guard. The elders in the foundation building stage that he originally needed to look up to were all dead and injured, and even the sect-protecting formation was broken.
Many people felt a bit depressed. If it weren't for the Great Cave Master who stabilized the situation and the image that the mysterious Great Elder had established in their minds in the past, they would have simply fled away without caring about anything.
The second cave master was leading seven or eight foundation-building stage monks, orderly directing the disciples who arrived one after another to gather in different areas. This scene somewhat stabilized the emotions of these Qi-refining stage disciples.
At a glance, Yuan Ming saw that the entire square and the area in front of the back mountain were deliberately divided into nine different assembly points.
The second cave master led nearly a hundred people in the center of the square, and there were eight other foundation-building monks, with varying numbers of elders and disciples, sitting around everywhere, forming a large circle of nearly a thousand feet.
And under everyone's feet, I don't know when there were more circles of somewhat complicated and obscure runes, connected with each other, and some middle-grade spiritual stones of different colors were inserted in some places. It was a large and fully carved rune. Magic circle.
Although Yuan Ming wanted to return to Huoliantang, he couldn't escape under the circumstances, so he was assigned to join a gathering point with about ten people.
Most of these people are registered disciples. The foundation-building monk in the middle is tall and has a scar under his right eye. He is Wu Luo, the direct disciple of the Second Cave Master.
After he arranged for Yuan Ming and others to stand around, he turned his attention to the second cave master in the middle of the square, seeming to be waiting for the next order.
But not long after, there was a loud noise in the distance, and the people from the Dawn Organization were chasing them more than a hundred feet away.
"No more waiting, let's start!" The big cave master, who was hanging in mid-air, gave the order and called out a roc bird and headed towards several battle groups in the distance. It seemed that he wanted to meet the active forces there. .
The second cave master took the lead and took out a palm-sized square stone and threw it into the ground. The stone turned into a square stone tablet about ten feet high. He pressed the body of the tablet with both hands and channeled his magic power into it.
The runes on the square stone tablet suddenly lit up, and a beam of light shot straight into the sky.
The other eight foundation-building elders surrounding him all took out a smaller stone tablet, turned it into a stone tablet, and channeled their magic power into it. Soon, eight more beams of light shot straight into the sky.
Nine optimizing light pillars stood, and the cyan light spread out from each other to connect with each other, and then formed a cyan magic circle that covered the entire square and blocked the back mountain.
The rest of the people in the magic circle were mainly responsible for protecting the person who controlled the magic circle. These people felt the strong fluctuations coming from the magic circle, and their panic finally eased a little.
But more disciples were still uneasy and confused.
Even some of the elders in the foundation-building stage looked panicked, not knowing what they would face next or when the mysterious great elder would appear.
The members of the Daybreak organization who arrived first did not pause at all and immediately began to attack.
The methods used to bombard the sect-protecting formation were all used here again.
However, no matter how they attacked, the entire formation only showed ripples of spiritual power, appearing very stable.
Yuan Ming noticed that as the light and fluctuations of each bombardment lit up, a layer of red light appeared on the surface of the stone tablets held by several elders, accumulating little by little, and the color became darker and darker.
At this time, seven foundation-building monks from the Dawn Organization formed a circle. The person in the middle had a palm-sized black inkstone hanging above his head, and the rest of them were simultaneously hitting the inkstone with spells.
As the dark inkstone slowly rotated, circles of runes danced around the surface, emitting bursts of black light.
Not long after, the person in the middle chanted a few words, raised a magic weapon and struck it out. The inkstone suddenly rose to the sky and grew to the size of a house. With the power of a Mount Tai, it moved toward the big building below. The formation smashed down.
The disciples of Biluo Cave looked at this scene, the black shadow covering it like a dark cloud, they all felt panic in their hearts, and could not help but show fear.
There was a loud "boom"!
The huge black inkstone hit the cyan light curtain and stopped steadily.
There was no sign of collapse on the blue light curtain, but a moment later, a dazzling light burst out.
As the light burst out, a strong resistance force rose from all parts of the magic circle and rushed up.
The next moment, the black inkstone was repelled by the huge force and flew out, smashing on the bodies of many members of the Dawn Breaking.
Seeing this, the monk surrounded by six people hurriedly urged the magic formula to try to take back the inkstone.
However, his black inkstone was completely out of his control at this moment, and it staggered and smashed towards the people on the ground, causing everyone to dodge.
A loud roar!
A large pit of dozens of feet was smashed out where the Dawn Breaking people were standing, and smoke, dust and gravel were everywhere.
"Stop it." At this time, a crisp female voice suddenly sounded, stopping the attack of the Dawn Breaking people.
It was the female formation master who could wave her hands to form a formation.
The female formation master's status in the entire Dawn Organization is obviously quite special. As soon as she spoke, everyone immediately obeyed and temporarily stopped the tide-like attacks.
At this time, the clown walked to the female formation master and whispered: "Sister, what is the mystery of this formation?"
"This formation is not a simple defensive formation. It can absorb the power of external attacks and release it in an instant as a means of counterattack. This should come from the Luo family of Wu State." The female formation master replied.
"So that's it." The clown said.
"It's not difficult to break this, but it still takes some effort. This mission is so troublesome. I wouldn't have come earlier." The female formation master said.
"Oh, sister, it was you who wanted to come at the beginning, and now you have to regret it, but I am happy to kill." The clown laughed.
"Xiao Yao! I tell you, don't rush so far, you can't remember every time. We are just going through the motions." The formation master whispered.
"I know, I know, I will deal with it casually later." The clown said casually.
"Let me think of a way to break it." said the female formation master.
At this time, Ouji, the helmsman of the Southern Xinjiang branch of the Dawn Organization, also walked out of the separated crowd, and glanced at the temporary defense line built by Biluo Cave, with a slightly condensed expression on his face.
"Listen, everyone in Biluo Cave, the mission we received this time is to destroy Biluo Cave, but not to massacre you all. We will only kill the main culprit. As long as you are willing to give up resistance, we can let you go and leave you a way out. But if you resist firmly, you must be killed without mercy." He announced in a cold voice.
"Is their target this time just the elder?" Yuan Ming heard this, and his heart moved. For some reason, he always felt that something was a bit strange, but he couldn't say the details for a while.
Many ordinary elders and disciples heard this, and there was also an uproar. Many of them began to show timidity. The Biluo Cave, which was already in a trapped beast situation, suddenly had some people's hearts shaken, and there was a faint state of disintegration.
At this time, the cave master who came back from a distance to meet the disciples, while controlling the big roc to fly here quickly, shouted loudly:
"Don't believe in other people's sweet words. If you give up resistance and choose to surrender now, even if you don't die now, what awaits you in the future will be the fate of being a mining slave for life, living a life worse than death, and it will be difficult to turn over from now on."
As soon as these words came out, the square suddenly became quiet.
Yuan Ming had also heard about mining slaves. They refer to the slaves who dig ore in the mine tunnels of various mines controlled by the major sects or families in southern Xinjiang without seeing the sun all day long.
Compared to them, becoming a beast slave of Biluo Cave is already a great gift from heaven.
When the disciples of Biluo Cave heard this, they were more accustomed to believing in their own sect, not to mention that it came from the mouth of the cave master.
But faced with such a situation, they instinctively felt that there was no hope of winning and wanted to surrender.
However, no matter how they thought, the turbulent military morale could no longer be restored.
The Great Cave Master brought some people and landed in the center of the formation easily, and joined the Second Cave Master and others.
"Everyone, the Great Elder just sent a message that the Great Elder is in a critical moment of retreat. When he comes out of retreat smoothly, he can lead us to destroy these mobs in one fell swoop." The Great Cave Master comforted everyone.
When the thought of the Great Elder, who was like a pillar of the mountain, was about to come, the Biluo Cave monks who had lost their fighting spirit had some confidence. In addition, with the protection of the magic formation, the turbulent situation was slightly stabilized.
"The Great Elder..."
The Second Cave Master saw the Great Cave Master coming to his side and couldn't help but lower his voice to ask, but he was a little hesitant.
"The Great Elder has reached the last moment of the late stage of the attack, and it will take some time. Once successful, my Biluo Cave will be the only one in the North Region, and these scoundrels are no match." The Great Cave Master said so.
"We can only hold on until the Great Elder comes out of retreat?" The Second Cave Master said worriedly.
"The elder sent a message to me, asking me to stabilize the situation ahead and temporarily hold back Ouji and Xuezhan. As long as no Jindan-stage cultivator goes there to cause trouble, it won't matter. When he comes out of retreat, it will be the death of these people." The Great Cave Master glanced at the people outside the Dawn and said.
After that, he asked again: "How long can this Qingliu Huanzhuan formation hold out?"
"Even if Ouji and Xuezhan attack together, the formation will not break for a while. The attacks of others cannot break through the defense limit of the formation, so they can only help the formation to replenish its power, which is not a concern at all." The Second Cave Master said so.
Hearing this, the Great Cave Master's eyes flickered for a moment, but his brows frowned even tighter.
At present, the second cave is mainly responsible for controlling the Qingliuhuanzhuan formation, so it is naturally impossible for him to leave the formation to help. If he wants to stop Ouji and Xuezhan, he can only rely on him.
"It's a pity that Ling Songhua is not in the sect at this time..." The second cave master said half complaining and half angry.
"It's useless to say these things now. Let's do our best." The big cave master sighed and said so.
He suddenly looked up and saw Ouji and Xuezhan flying up, intending to cross the square formation and go to the back mountain, so he immediately flew out of the formation.
"You two, we haven't decided the winner yet, do you dare to fight for another 300 rounds?" The big cave master stood in the air with his clothes fluttering, a purple long sword was suspended beside him, his face was solemn, and he said slowly.
"Why do you insist on working so hard for Chen Cangqiong? Let's see the situation." Ouji looked at the middle-aged man in front of him and said.
"The elder has done me a favor. It can be said that without him, I, Mao Lihong, would not be where I am today. Now that I am the master of Biluo Cave, I must guard the sect. I also advise you to leave early. When the elder leaves the mountain, you can't leave even if you want to." The master said slowly.
"In that case, don't blame me for being ruthless." Ou Ji heard it and said.
"No need to waste words with him anymore. Brother Ou, don't be restrained!" Xuezhan licked his lips, blood flashing in his eyes.
"Okay, a quick battle." Ou Ji whispered.
After speaking, the two flew out at the same time and went straight to the master.
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On a big tree a hundred feet away from Biluo Cave in the back mountain, the silver cat Xiying was lying motionless on a branch. His body had merged with the leaves. If you don't look carefully, you can't see his figure at all.
The heterochromatic eyes were staring at the direction of Biluo Cave without blinking, and he kept muttering: "Xi Cangqiong, your disciples are almost dead, why don't you come out? If you don't come out, you will be alone in the future, and all your hard work in this life will be in vain."
"Come out, come out, come out quickly."
"Come out, come out quickly."
After chanting for a while, he felt tired, so he simply stopped looking at the movement at the cave entrance and paid attention to a group of ants fighting on the ground.
He released two sparrows at the same time, and the two sparrows chased each other and had a lot of fun.
...
In a valley somewhere in the Shiwan Mountains, in a canyon surrounded by mountains on three sides, there is a lake as blue as jade.
A silver-haired old man wearing a bamboo hat was standing on the edge of the cliff, with his hands behind his back, looking at the lake below, his face was unusually calm.
The valley was crescent-shaped, and looking down from the sky, it was like a blue moon inlaid in the valley.
The breeze was gentle, the waves were sparkling, and with the mist floating above the lake, it was a paradise.
At this moment, with a loud cry, a fiery red figure swooped down from the air and landed on the open space behind the old man. It was a fiery red bird about three feet long.
On the back of the bird, a slender fiery red figure jumped down and stood not far from the old man, motionless.
The old man in the bamboo hat slowly turned his head and looked at the beautiful woman with a gentle temperament in front of him. There seemed to be a trace of reminiscence and a trace of relief on his face.
The two looked at each other silently, and at this moment, the original mountain wind seemed to stop.
I don’t know how long it took, but they suddenly laughed at the same time.
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Above the Biluo Cave Square.
The cave master raised his hand and slapped the spirit beast bag on his waist. A group of red fire shadows immediately emerged beside him, and then turned into a huge fire falcon more than ten feet long, flapping its wings, emitting strong spiritual power fluctuations all over its body.
When its wings were flapped, there was a rolling heat wave, which made people feel dry and hot.
"What a strong aura!" Yuan Ming looked up and couldn't help thinking.
Someone beside him couldn't help but whispered: "Is this the Great Cave Master's spiritual beast, the Fire Spirit Falcon? The aura is really huge and terrifying, and that long sword should be the Great Cave Master's real magic weapon, the Bitter Wheel Sword!"
"I heard that the falcon was hatched from an egg that the Great Cave Master found from the Tari Volcano. It was fed with natural materials and treasures since childhood and cultivated bit by bit."
"I once heard from my master that this Fire Spirit Falcon has reached the top level of the second-level demon beast, and is one step away from opening its spiritual wisdom and advancing to the third level. It is a powerful spiritual beast that can compete with the Jindan stage cultivators!"
Generally, spiritual beasts are not like cultivators. They can control their own magic power freely. As long as they enter the combat state, they will release powerful spiritual power fluctuations to deter the enemy, so the onlookers feel it very strongly.
The Great Cave Master jumped on the back of the spiritual beast and led Ou Ji and the other person to the west, tacitly avoiding the crowded places on both sides of the square.
Yuan Ming's sight did not stay on the Great Cave Master and the others, but from time to time he looked at the situation of the members of the Dawn Organization.
At the same time, the two soul crows he sent out were also providing him with vision, exploring the situation in various parts of the sect, and helping him to make arrangements for the retreat.
At this time, he suddenly noticed that the female formation master who seemed to have a very special status in the Dawn Organization had not looked at the three Jindan cultivators since the beginning, and seemed to be thinking about something.
But just when Yuan Ming's eyes fell on her for less than a moment, she clapped her hands and showed a proud smile on her face.
Then, she quickly took out various formation flags for setting up the formation and arranged them on the ground.
This scene made Yuan Ming's heart tremble: Could it be that there is a way to break the formation so soon?
After everything was in place, the female array master took out a black iron can and began to pour out some kind of black powder inside, using it to draw lines to connect all the array flags and bone pieces, and then formed a complex array.
"Is she going to use the array to break the array?" Yuan Ming thought to himself.
After the array was completed, the female array master retreated behind the array and immediately cast a spell to activate it.
At this time, a man in black suddenly walked out of the Dawn members, slapped the storage bag on his waist, summoned a giant bull over two feet tall with scales all over his body, and walked into the array.
"What is this for?" Yuan Ming frowned.
In his understanding, this kind of array is most likely some kind of powerful attack method to break through the defense line of Biluo Cave, but looking at the current situation, it seems a little bit unlikely?
While Yuan Ming was thinking, a roar sounded in the air, followed by a dark red figure falling from the air.
It was a bloody battle, and the Great Cave Master used the bitter wheel sword to hit him in the back and fell to the ground injured.
"The Great Cave Master is mighty!"
This scene cheered up all the Biluo Cave monks below.
However, Yuan Ming only glanced at the top and immediately returned to the female array master. He saw the woman pinching her hands together, looking far away, and a light flashed on her palms, hitting the array on the ground.
The next moment, the ground array lit up with a yellow halo, and a ray of light flashed, engulfing the figure of the scaled giant bull, and then disappeared.
Yuan Ming subconsciously felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly turned around to look back.
At this time, a yellow halo appeared out of thin air in a crowd gathering a little away from him, and then the light expanded, and a huge figure emerged in it, which was the scaled giant bull.
"Teleportation array?" Yuan Ming was immediately surprised, and then he became a little curious, wanting to go to the array to see what was going on.
The moment the scaled giant bull appeared, it lowered its head with a clear goal and rushed towards the elder who was holding the stone tablet at the foot of the formation with both hands in the middle of the crowd, with its sharp horns on its head glowing with golden light.
The surrounding disciples did not react for a while, and hurriedly activated their magic tools, spells, and talismans to bombard the giant bull.
However, the giant bull ran with amazing momentum, and its scales were extremely hard. It was bleeding under the bombardment, but it did not fall down, and rushed straight to the elder.
Its horns glowed with golden light, and it suddenly stabbed at the stone tablet in the elder's hand, but it was going to destroy it.
Even though the elder himself was originally concentrating on activating the formation, he was caught off guard for a while and could not respond in time.
Just as the horns were about to pierce the stone tablet, a flying knife with red light came from the side and hit the horns.
The huge force directly cracked the horns and flipped the giant bull to the ground.
Before it could make any other moves, another flying knife stabbed in and pierced through the giant bull's head.
This spirit beast was ultimately unsuccessful and died in the Qingliu Huanzhuan formation, at the hands of the second cave master who acted in time.
Yuan Ming looked over and saw that after the two flying knives completed their mission, they flew back again and hung on the side of the second cave master, and lined up with the other five identical flying knives to protect their masters.
However, after a scaled giant bull fell, another giant spirit beast suddenly appeared at another formation center, aiming to destroy the formation center there.
It was just that after the previous incident, the people of Biluo Cave also became alert. When a spirit beast broke in again, the others were no longer as panicked as they were at first, and were able to deal with such an invasion calmly.
Four or five level 4 spirit beasts that entered the Qingliu Huanzhuan formation through the teleportation formation were killed in succession, and the female formation master seemed to be discouraged and temporarily stopped casting spells.
Seeing this, the morale of the people in Biluo Cave was slightly boosted.
However, no one noticed that a dark red shadow appeared beside the teleportation array at some point, and then jumped into the array. As a yellow halo flashed by, the dark red figure flashed away.