Chapter 488 Four Elements Sword Formation
Looking at the mountain rats fleeing in front of him, Qingyang breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that his estimate was still very accurate. A group of a hundred mountain rats would not pose too much danger to him, but this was almost his limit. If the number of mountain rats in this group was dozens more, he would have to ask the Iron Arm Monkey or the Alcoholic Queen Bee to come out to help.
The mountain rats blocked him here, which meant that their nest was not far away. Wasn't it for this moment that he tracked the injured mountain rat? Now Qingyang's true energy has not yet reached the bottom, and he has only suffered some minor injuries. The decline in strength is not too much. He still has the strength to fight, so he naturally cannot delay. So he jumped and chased in the direction where the mountain rats fled.
The underground mine is like a maze. Qingyang used his divine thoughts to firmly lock the leading second-level mountain rat. He was not afraid of getting lost. The mountain rats seemed to be scared by Qingyang and could no longer organize defense. Occasionally, he encountered a few blocking the way, and they were easily solved by Qingyang.
The rats were very fast, but Qingyang was not slow either. With his late Qi training strength, it was easy for him to track a second-level rat. After chasing for about an incense stick of time, he finally blocked the rats in a narrow mine.
This mine was different from other mines. The entrance was extremely narrow and the space inside was not very large. From the traces dug out around it, it seemed to be the work of the rats. More importantly, there were many stones with spiritual light piled up inside the cave.
Qingyang had a lot of spiritual stones on him, so he would not make a mistake. Anyway, the stones with spiritual light were the low-grade spiritual stones commonly used by cultivators. There were at least hundreds of them in such a large pile.
Next to the pile of low-grade spiritual stones, there were two more spiritual stones with more concentrated spiritual power. The spiritual power contained was dozens of times that of other low-grade spiritual stones. Needless to say, these were definitely mid-grade spiritual stones.
After nearly twenty years of cultivating immortals, Qingyang carried thousands of spiritual stones on him at most, but all of them were low-grade, and there was not a single medium-grade spiritual stone. It can be seen how rare medium-grade spiritual stones are. I didn't expect that this time, I could find two medium-grade spiritual stones in this place.
Qingyang couldn't help but be overjoyed, not because these medium-grade spiritual stones are so valuable, but because they are rare and have more uses than low-grade spiritual stones.
For example, when a cultivator restores his true energy, the effect of low-grade spiritual stones is much better than that of elixirs. If the situation is critical, using spiritual stones can greatly improve efficiency. However, the spiritual energy contained in low-grade spiritual stones is limited after all. It is okay for low-level cultivators to use it, but it is more troublesome for high-level cultivators to use it. At this time, high-grade spiritual stones are needed.
For example, when controlling puppets, low-grade spiritual stones can only support the consumption of low-level puppets. High-level puppets require much more energy, and low-grade spiritual stones can't support it at all. This requires the installation of high-level spiritual stones. It's impossible for the puppet to stop and replace the spiritual stone every few times, right?
The spiritual stones in front of them were not very valuable, but they also explained a problem, that is, there must be spiritual stone veins nearby, and as they had predicted before, there were high-level spiritual stones here. As long as they killed this group of mountain-shaking rats, found spiritual stone veins nearby, and went back to receive the reward from the Spiritual Mine Academy, the mission would be almost completed.
The spiritual stones were stored here. There was no need to guess. This must be the nest of this group of mountain-shaking rats. The second-level mountain-shaking rat seemed to be forced into a desperate situation and was ready to burn its boats and block the entrance of the mine cave, screaming wildly around.
The mountain-shaking rats received the order and no longer cared about being afraid. They gathered from all directions. After a while, a large group of mountain-shaking rats gathered at the edge of the cave.
There were only more than a hundred mountain-shaking rats in this group. Dozens of them were killed in the huge mine cave before. After that, they fled all the way and were easily dealt with by Qingyang. Now, even if all those who were wandering outside were called back, the number would be less than eighty.
Qingyang had not fully recovered from the fierce battle he had experienced before. It was difficult to deal with this number, but it was not impossible to win, so Qingyang gritted his teeth and launched an attack.
For Qingyang, this battle could only be won and not lost. He had spent so much effort and delayed for seven or eight days just for this moment. How could he return in failure? And he had to fight quickly because he was worried that the noise would be too loud and would attract other mountain rats. By then, thousands of mountain rats would rush over together, and even if he had three heads and six arms, he would not be able to cope with it.
For the mountain rats, this battle could not be lost. They had been killed by the enemy at the door of their nest. It was a battle of extinction. How could they not fight hard?
The mountain rats forgot their fear and attacked Qingyang one after another. This fearless charge caused great interference to Qingyang. Several times, he was rushed in front of the fearless mountain rats and his eyes were almost dug out.
In a blink of an eye, more than 30 dead mountain rats fell to the ground, but the remaining mountain rats did not flee, and the battle became more intense. Qingyang wanted to recover his true energy, but the continuous attacks from the surroundings did not give him any chance, and he could not free his hands.
The mountain rats were really terrible when they fought for their lives. Seeing that Qingyang's true energy was about to run out and his physical strength was exhausted, his movements were not as crisp and agile as before. The second-level mountain rat could not help it, and suddenly jumped up from the ground and rushed towards Qingyang.
Qingyang had been on guard against the second-level mountain rat. Seeing that he was finally willing to show up, he moved his mind and another magic sword suddenly rushed out, forming a dazzling sword formation with the previous three magic swords. A large group of sword shadows blocked the second-level mountain rat and Qingyang.
This sword formation is the four-element sword formation that Qingyang has cultivated in recent years. It is more than twice as powerful as the three-element sword formation, but it consumes more true energy and mind to use, so Qingyang dare not use it easily. The leading second-level mountain rat was quite timid and had been hiding behind the rat group before. Now that it finally showed up, Qingyang decided to use the four-element sword formation and strive to kill it with one blow.
The four-element sword formation was so powerful that the second-level mountain rat crashed into the sword shadow and turned into a bloody rain before it could even scream. Even the seven or eight mountain rats following behind were affected by the sword formation and were chopped into pieces. There were countless injuries.
Although the Four Elements Sword Formation had been completed long ago, this was the first time it was actually used in combat, and Qingyang had not expected the power of the sword formation to be so great. The remaining mountain rats were also frightened by the power of the sword formation and immediately stopped attacking. The entire battlefield suddenly became quiet at this moment.