Chapter 1439 Heavy Casualties
According to the records on the wall of the stone chamber at the bottom of the Yellow Spring River, there is basically no danger after passing the Red Smoke Valley, and the area where the God-Pregnant Fruit grows is not far away. At this time, the others had been walking for nearly a day. In order to avoid missing the opportunity to obtain the God-Pregnant Fruit, Qingyang did not dare to delay too much in this place. After identifying the road, he quickly headed towards the God-Pregnant Orchard.
Qingyang controlled his speed and walked forward all the way. After half a day, when he was about to reach his destination, a broken formation suddenly appeared in front of him. According to the records on the wall of the stone chamber at the bottom of the Yellow Spring River, this formation was used to protect the God-Pregnant Orchard.
The formation was just destroyed. You don’t need to guess that it must have been done by the giant ghost king in front. Judging from the degree and time of the destruction of the formation, the giant ghost king’s gang had just left here for two or three hours, that is to say, they were delayed for seven or eight hours just in the formation. In this way, it would be easier for Qingyang to catch up with them.
With someone clearing the way ahead, Qingyang, who was behind, naturally saved a lot of trouble. Passing through the destroyed formation, he hurried along the way, hoping to catch up with others as soon as possible.
It was similar to Qingyang's guess. This formation was indeed broken by the giant ghost king and others. This formation was used by the Five Elements Sect to protect the God-Pregnant Orchard. The level was naturally not low. Although it had gone through countless years, it was not easy to break. After the giant ghost king and others arrived here, they immediately organized people to take turns to break the formation. In the end, it took a full seven or eight hours to succeed.
Of course, this was also related to the large reduction in their manpower. When they encountered the Huangchen Earth Spider Group in Huangchen Hill, everyone fled separately, and many weak cultivators were trapped inside. According to the agreement, the giant ghost king and others waited outside for three days, and finally only waited for eighteen people.
When they entered Huangchen Hill, they were a team of twenty-nine people. Only eighteen people were waiting, which means that eleven people had problems, including two Yuanying cultivators and Qingyang. The loss was not insignificant. As for the eighteen people who crossed the Huangchen Hill, almost everyone was injured. The more serious ones lost an arm and half of their face. Fortunately, they finally saved their lives. Compared with those cultivators trapped in the Huangchen Hill, they were relatively lucky.
Among these eighteen people, in addition to the nine hall masters and ghost kings, there were six Yuanying ghost cultivators, and only three Jindan cultivators were left. These three people were not because of their high strength, but mainly because they were lucky enough. This is how immortal cultivation is. It is not just about cultivation. Sometimes luck is also one aspect. However, Jindan cultivators are a little weaker after all. According to the ratio, the loss is still very large.
On the third day, these eighteen people had almost recovered, and they started to cross the Yellow Spring River together. The large army was different from Qingyang's single fight. It was easier to attract groups of Yellow Spring Winged Snakes. However, their group was well prepared. After a fierce battle, only one Jindan cultivator was lost, and the remaining seventeen people crossed the Yellow Spring River safely.
These seventeen people were a huge force. A small number of Yellow Spring Silk Snakes did not pose much threat to them. Moreover, they could take care of each other, advance and retreat in a reasonable manner, and attack and defend in an orderly manner. They did not appear to be chased like Qingyang and had no way to escape, so naturally there were no accidents.
The situation in Wanfeng Mountain afterwards was different. The heavy burden on their heads made them breathless, and the sharp aura everywhere also constantly consumed their strength. In this case, let alone the Jindan cultivators, even the nine hall masters and ghost kings were somewhat powerless. Although the seventeen people gathered together to act in a group, in fact, everyone could only take care of themselves first.
So after encountering the iron-eating beast, the scene was extremely tragic. It was difficult for the cultivators to hurt the iron-eating beast, but the iron-eating beast could attack them at will. Not long after, the cultivators lost three Yuanying cultivators and one Jindan cultivator. Even the Baimei Ghost King and the Qianshou Ghost King were seriously injured. If they did not have enough treasures on them, they might have been killed by the iron-eating beast.
As a result, only thirteen of the seventeen cultivators remained. In addition to the nine hall masters, there were only three Yuanying cultivators left, and only one Jindan cultivator left.
When they entered the Shenying Garden, there were a total of fifteen Jindan cultivators and nine Yuanying followers. Unexpectedly, there was only one Jindan cultivator left, with a casualty rate of 95%. There were still three Yuanying followers, and the casualty rate was nearly 70%. The loss was so great that people dared not look directly at it.
As for the few Jindan cultivators who stayed outside the Shenying Garden, if they had followed everyone in, they would have become cannon fodder long ago. Now it seems that these people are relatively lucky.
After a fierce battle, the iron-eating beast finally left. It was not driven away by them, but the iron-eating beast had eaten enough and had enough fun. It felt that there was no point in continuing, so it let the remaining giant ghost king and others live and returned to its nest with satisfaction.
Thirteen monks survived the catastrophe and supported each other to cross the Wanfeng Mountain. After going down the mountain, the pressure and sharpness disappeared. After a short rest, they came to the Red Smoke Valley together.
At this time, even if they had not read the records on the wall of the stone chamber at the bottom of the Yellow Spring River, they could roughly guess that the Red Smoke Valley was probably the last level. Only by successfully passing through the Red Smoke Valley, the God-Pregnant Fruit would not be far away from them. So they used their magical powers and showed their strengths, enduring the high temperature and toxicity of the red smoke, and carefully walked forward along the Red Smoke Valley.
In the Red Smoke Valley, they also encountered those red birds, but the number was more than Qingyang's, more than 200. After a fierce battle, 50% to 60% of the red birds were killed, and the remaining ones were finally scared, so they dared not bother these people again. Later, Qingyang only encountered a hundred or so red birds, thanks to the people in front of him. If he entered the Red Smoke Valley first, even with the stone tablet, his strength would not be able to withstand the attack of more than 200 red birds.
This time the situation was better. Neither the Yuanying followers nor the only remaining Jindan cultivator were lost. Thirteen people successfully passed through the Red Smoke Valley. Only the Thousand Hands Ghost King was unlucky. He was accidentally surrounded by more than a hundred red birds during the battle. More than a dozen flames spit on him at the same time, and his body instantly caught fire, which could not be extinguished.
The Thousand-Handed Ghost King had not yet fully recovered from the injuries he received at Wanfeng Mountain last time, and now he was burned by the fire. The scene was extremely tragic. If it were not for the timely rescue by other hall master ghost kings, the Thousand-Handed Ghost King might have become the first hall master ghost king to die in the Divine Infant Garden with his injuries compounded.