Chapter 112: Great Victory over Monsters
Everyone on the battlefield quickly felt that the pressure was far stronger than the dozen or so foundation-building masters present. They all knew instantly that a Jindan-level warrior had arrived, but they didn't know who was coming.
"Don't be afraid, this is the Jindan ancestor of the sect. Follow me and kill them quickly. The end of these monsters has come."
A Xiaoyao Sect foundation-building cultivator who was still fighting a second-level bear monster above the battlefield saw a spirit boat flying in the distance, and shouted excitedly to the many Qi-refining cultivators below.
The giant python that had just been killed by the blue light, with two pieces of its huge body more than ten feet long, fell to the ground, scaring away many nearby low-level monsters. The leading dozen of the second-level monsters saw the power of the Jindan cultivator, and immediately let out a long roar, leaving their opponents behind and fled backwards. The remaining first-level monsters received the order to retreat, and quickly turned around and began to retreat northward.
A moment later, a blue spiritual boat flew over the battlefield from far to near. On the spiritual boat stood more than a dozen monks wearing Xiaoyao Sect costumes, and the leader was Xiaoyao Sect's Jindan Elder Lü Boyang.
After Lü Boyang arrived at the battlefield in the spiritual boat, he saw that the monster army had begun to retreat, so he did not choose to chase them. He waved and put away the blue magic weapon that had just killed the second-level giant python, and then asked more than a dozen foundation-building monks on the spiritual boat to go down to help, and he went directly to Huoyun Mountain.
Seeing that the monster began to retreat, everyone also began to cheer up and chase forward. They had just fought with the monster for a long time and did not gain much advantage. Now they suddenly had the opportunity to beat the drowning dog, so naturally everyone would not let it go. Seeing the reinforcements coming, the monks stationed on Huoyun Mountain also took the initiative to open the formation and kill them.
After chasing northward for more than ten miles, many monks let go of the monsters that escaped quickly. When they returned to Huoyun Mountain, Song Qingming found that there were hundreds of corpses lying on the battlefield at the foot of the mountain. Most of them were monsters that came to attack. The bodies of a few human monks who died in the battle had been moved to the side, waiting for the monks from various families to claim them.
On Huoyun Mountain, dozens of law enforcement monks have been arranged to collect and sort out the corpses of monsters on the battlefield. These are the spoils of this battle. Next, they will be taken out to reward the monks who have contributed to this battle.
Long before the previous battle started, the foundation-building monks on the upper ground had discussed the rules for the distribution of spoils. In order to ensure that the performance of all monks participating in the battle is not affected, they issued a strict order that the monks participating in the battle cannot stop fighting privately in the main battlefield. The materials collected from the corpses of dead monsters must be collected and sorted by the law enforcement monks organized by Huoyun Mountain after the battle, and then distributed according to merit.
However, when they chased the monsters later, the monster materials they killed alone could belong to each of them. Song Qingming killed a middle-grade monster when he chased the monsters and earned dozens of spirit stones.
In this battle, the cultivators of Huoyun Mountain killed nearly 200 first-level monsters and four second-level monsters. They only lost more than 20 Qi-refining cultivators. According to the battle loss ratio, it can be regarded as a great victory.
After this great victory, the cultivators of Pingyang County finally swept away the haze of their disastrous defeat in Jinshanfang a few days ago and restored some of their low morale.
However, the victory of Huoyun Mountain this time was also because reinforcements came and caught the monsters off guard. This had a great impact on the entire battle situation. Otherwise, even if they could repel this wave of monster attacks, their own losses would definitely not be so little.
There were fifteen family cultivators from the Song family who came to Huoyun Mountain. Except for five people who stayed on the mountain and did not go to the battlefield, no one of the cultivators who went to the battlefield this time was killed. Only two family members, including the thirteenth uncle Song Changxiong, were injured. The two of them could not go to the battlefield next, and they had to recover for a period of time to heal their injuries.
In the meeting hall of the Cao family in Huoyun Mountain, Cao Wanjiang, who was at the ninth level of foundation building, had changed his seat to the lower position, and gave his main seat above to Lu Boyang, the Jindan Zhenren. In addition to the dozen foundation building cultivators brought by Lu Boyang, more than 20 foundation building cultivators on the mountain had gathered here.
Everyone looked at Lu Boyang sitting above. Unlike the previous meetings in the hall, which were full of noise, they all consciously shut their mouths and dared not make a sound. This also made Yuan Feng, who was sitting opposite Cao Wanjiang, feel a rare quiet atmosphere.
After Lv Boyang glanced at the people below, he said, "What's going on in Jinshanfang? Are you sure it's a level 3 white lion demon king that has come here? There has never been a level 3 white lion in the Floating Cloud Mountains. Could it be a demon king that came from somewhere else?"
Yuan Feng, who had been silent all this time, was the first to reply, "Reporting to Master, I and all the Taoist friends saw with our own eyes that day that it was indeed a white lion demon king that broke through Jinshanfang. This can be confirmed."
"According to the description of Taoist friend Chen who escaped from the market, the aura of this white lion demon king is not very strong. I think this white lion has many low-level demon beasts under its command, and there are dozens of level 2 demon beasts alone. It should not be from outside. It is estimated that this demon king should have advanced to level 3 in the last few decades, so it is unknown." The experienced Cao Wanjiang also quickly added his guess.
After sitting quietly and thinking for a while, Lu Boyang nodded to Cao Wanjiang, somewhat agreeing with his point of view.
"During this turmoil, several demon kings from the Floating Cloud Mountains have not yet gone away. I originally thought that the Nine-Pattern Dragon that has not yet appeared came here and came here to track this demon. I think the evil beast must have gone somewhere else. It doesn't matter. Since you are here, you can't make a wasted trip. You should organize your manpower in the next few days, and set out with me in five days to take back Jinshanfang."
"I will follow the orders of the senior."
After hearing Lu Boyang's instructions, the cultivators of Pingyang County, led by Cao Wanjiang, showed long-lost smiles. Since the white lion captured Jinshanfang, the low-level demon beasts under its command have attacked everywhere in Pingyang County these days, and have destroyed several Qi-refining immortals near Jinshanfang.
If the monster is not driven out, the northern part of Pingyang County will inevitably become a ruined land. Even if they can regain these territories after the monster riots end, it will take at least a hundred years to recover.
When the monster breaks through Lingshan, except for a small number of cultivators who can escape alone, most of the cultivators and mortals will fall into the mouths of the monsters. Once a large number of mortals are lost and fresh blood cannot be replenished, the number of cultivators in the county will naturally decrease in the next few decades. At that time, the overall strength of Pingyang County will decline. The next time the monster attacks, they will definitely have a harder time.
Lv Boyang's cultivation has reached the fourth level of Jindan, and his status in Xiaoyao Sect is not low. With his strength, it should not be difficult to repel the white lion monster king who has just advanced in Jinshanfang. For this, the many foundation-building cultivators present will naturally not doubt it.
Soon, the cultivators below received the order to prepare to attack Jinshanfang, and Huoyun Mountain also began to get busy, starting to prepare various materials and preparing to go out to retake Jinshanfang, an important market.