Chapter 473: Battle Against the Monster Army
After the law enforcement team had reported the fruitful results of the battle, Song Qingming immediately issued an order and began to reward the meritorious monks.
After a great battle, except for a small part of the materials of the monsters that were harvested to compensate the monks who died in the battle, the rest were all directly used as rewards and distributed to the monks who performed bravely in the battle.
Just as Jinshanfang was celebrating the victory of the first battle, in Huangling Valley, hundreds of miles away from Jinshanfang, a snow-white third-level demon king looked fiercely at the monsters that had just escaped from Jinshanfang and let out a terrifying roar.
This third-level demon king was the white lion demon king who led his army of monsters to break through Jinshanfang.
A hundred years have passed. Although the white lion demon king is still only at the early stage of the golden elixir, his strength has increased a lot compared to a hundred years ago. Now it is equivalent to the level of the second level of the golden elixir among human cultivators.
During this monster riot, the White Lion Demon King led the monster army south to defend the country. Now there are thousands of monsters gathered in Huangling Valley, which is even larger than the monster riot a hundred years ago.
Not far from the White Lion Demon King, there is a red bull monster with half of its head bitten off. It is the second-level middle-grade fire bull monster that just escaped from Jinshanfang after a great defeat.
This fire bull monster thought it had escaped the pursuit of the human cultivators, but it didn't expect that after finally returning, it was soon killed by the somewhat angry White Lion Demon King.
The reason why the White Lion Demon King stopped the army here and sent some monsters to attack Jinshanfang was to imitate the strategy of luring the tiger away from the mountain a hundred years ago. However, this time the human cultivators had learned the lesson of the last failure, and they all returned to Jinshanfang not long after chasing, and did not fall for the White Lion Demon King again.
After knowing that there was a Level 3 demon king among the demon beasts heading south, Song Qingming had already issued a death order to his monks, not to attack and chase the defeated demon beasts at will.
Although some monks in the market still did not quite understand this order, Song Qingming had also issued a strict order to the monks of the law enforcement team, no matter which family the monks were from, as long as they dared to disobey orders on the battlefield, they would be arrested and punished immediately.
Two Xiaoyao Sect disciples were convicted of chasing the fleeing demon beasts before. Not only did they not receive any merit reward after the battle, but they were also fined a year's salary from the sect, which was not worth the loss.
In the battle at Jinshanfang just now, although the demon beasts were defeated, the White Lion Demon King also saw that the defense force in Jinshanfang was not weak, and they were much more cautious than before.
Seeing that the strategy of luring the enemy had failed, the White Lion Demon King also knew that the human race would not be easily fooled again. After gathering all the demon beasts under his command, he immediately drove them south to kill Jinshanfang.
At dawn on the second day, the monks of Jinshanfang, who were still immersed in the joy of yesterday, saw a cloud of dust coming from the north.
"The monsters are coming, the monster army is coming!"
Seeing this earth-shaking scene, the monks of the law enforcement team who were monitoring the movements of the monsters at several hilltops outside the market rushed to the market to inform everyone of this important news.
"Fellow Daoist Zhao, go and arrange to activate the mountain protection formation."
"Fellow Daoist Cao, go to the city wall and notify all the monks operating the Feiyun Crossbow to prepare to meet the enemy immediately."
"Fellow Daoist Huang"
After learning that the monster army had come, the originally quiet Jinfang City suddenly became lively, and countless monks were rushing to their original positions, ready to start the next battle.
Half an hour later, the monks of Jinshanfang, who had just prepared, saw the monster army that was ten times larger than yesterday's. After seeing the huge momentum of thousands of troops rushing straight at them, they immediately felt an invisible pressure falling on themselves.
However, after yesterday's battle, most of the monks present did not show too much panic and nervousness. Everyone's mentality was better than when they first came into contact with monsters yesterday.
This wave of surging monster army was as many as three or four thousand, more than twice the number of defending monks in Jinshanfang. The sound of those larger monsters running alone was deafening to many monks a few miles away.
Most of the monster army were low-level monsters commonly seen in the Floating Cloud Mountains, and some came from the north of the Floating Cloud Mountains and were monsters that the defending monks had never seen before.
In addition to these low-level monsters, there are about 40 to 50 level 2 monsters or above, but the white lion monster king that drives these monsters has not yet appeared in the monster army.
"Quick! Activate the mountain protection formation."
When the monster army was only a few hundred feet away from Jinshanfang, a burst of spiritual light suddenly lit up outside Jinshanfang, forming a yellow light shield that tightly covered the entire market.
After this light shield appeared, many cultivators standing in the market also became nervous, fearing that this thin layer of mountain protection formation would not be able to stop the monster army that was already very close.
However, as low-level monsters hit the shield and bounced back, everyone immediately put their minds at ease. Even if there were many low-level monsters, it was still not easy to break through a second-level top-grade mountain protection formation so quickly.
After seeing the Jinshanfang mountain protection formation activated, those second-level monsters with more brains did not rush directly to the formation, but flew directly into the air and spit out spells, starting to attack the huge mountain protection formation in front of them.
This mountain protection formation was specially arranged by Song Qingming from the Xiaoyao Sect, and several second-level top-grade formation masters were invited to help arrange a defensive formation for Jinshanfang.
Since he advanced to the Jindan cultivator, Song Qingming's original formation level has also improved very quickly. Although he has not yet been able to refine a second-level top-grade formation by himself, he can barely help arrange the formation of the same level.
After the monsters in the front were blocked by the mountain protection formation, the monsters behind them kept rushing forward and were soon squeezed together. They soon became a mess after colliding and trampling on each other.
The second-level monsters above saw that the monsters below had caused a commotion, and hurriedly began to intimidate the low-level monsters below to prevent them from helping to attack the mountain protection formation in front of them.
Although this "thick earth and golden light formation" has no attack power, its defense ability is very outstanding among the second-level upper-grade ones. Song Qingming placed it on the front line outside Jinshanfang just to consume the spirit of the monsters first.
Just as the monster army began to attack the "thick earth and golden light formation", a row of more than a dozen "flying cloud crossbows" that had been installed on the walls of Jinshanfang also began to shoot sharp white arrows.
The power of each of these white arrows is almost equivalent to half of a foundation-building cultivator. Although it is not a big threat to those second-level monsters in the air, it is still very lethal to those first-level monsters attacking on the ground. Even those first-level top-grade monsters with strong physical defense can be easily penetrated by one arrow.
After a round of volleys of "Feiyun Crossbows", the monsters rushing in the front immediately screamed. These more than a dozen unlucky monsters died tragically outside the formation before they could touch the wall of Jinshanfang.
This wave of sharp attacks also frightened some low-level monsters that were attacking hard nearby and stopped attacking and shrank back. However, with the roars of the second-level monsters above, these low-level monsters were stunned for a moment and began to attack the mountain protection formation frantically again.
Although the attack ability of the "Feiyun Crossbow" is not bad, it is also very laborious to use. After each "spiritual light arrow" is fired, it takes some time to exchange for new spirit stones before it can start charging and attacking again.
Whether it is the mountain protection formation that is running in front of us, or the "Flying Cloud Crossbow" on the city wall that fights back against the monsters, they are all means that consume a lot of spirit stones. They can only play a temporary defensive role and cannot be consumed indefinitely.
In Jinshanfang, in addition to some spirit stones that are still left in the treasury of the market, the major immortal cultivation families in Pingyang County also voluntarily raised a batch of spirit stones.
After all, these immortal cultivation families have a lot of assets in Jinshanfang. Once the market is breached by monsters like a hundred years ago, they will also suffer huge losses. In any case, they have to take out this amount of spirit stones consciously.
Although the spirit stones in the market can still support for a long time, the main purpose of the "Thick Earth Golden Light Formation" is to consume the spirit of the monsters. Song Qingming does not want to consume too many spirit stones here at the beginning. After all, the duration of this monster turmoil will definitely not be short.
If too many spirit stones are consumed in the front, and the monsters come to reinforce, the fate of the entire Jinshanfang and the cultivators guarding the market will be very passive.
"First, remove the large formation outside and let the monsters in. Everyone, prepare to fight!"
With Song Qingyu's order, the "Thick Earth Golden Light Formation" that had lasted for nearly an hour suddenly turned into a yellow spiritual light and dissipated in the air.
Seeing the formation blocking the road suddenly dissipate, the monsters that had been desperately attacking the large formation were overjoyed and rushed directly to the Jinshanfang behind.
However, after the battle to protect the mountain just now, the attacking spirit of these monsters has been reduced by half, and the momentum seems to be far less powerful than before they came.
At the moment when the "Thick Earth Golden Light Formation" disappeared, a white spiritual light suddenly flashed from behind the monster army to the sky, turning into a huge white lion more than ten feet tall, and rushed directly to the Jinshanfang.
As soon as the White Lion Demon King appeared, the human cultivators on the city wall immediately discovered its figure. Seeing that the huge demon king had rushed directly towards them, these people immediately shouted out in fear.
"Oh no, the third level demon king is coming!"