Journey to the head

They broke away from the main force and attacked on their own, and many airships began to open fire, which immediately caused chaos. Lu Qian suppressed his anger and had to give orders.

"Send a message to Wu Zhongweng, tell the rear troops to speed up and drive the beast tide back!"

He waved the command flag in his hand heavily.

"All troops attack!"

In an instant, the roar of the spiritual light cannon seemed to tear the sky apart. The rumbling explosions and the roars of the beast tides made the monks' ears buzz. At this moment, even the voices of their companions and the orders they received were completely inaudible. They could only mechanically repeat the actions in their hands, constantly filling-firing or firing the treasures, talismans and spells in their hands.

Millions of beasts became living targets in the eyes of the monks. The overwhelming attacks poured down on the beasts. The blood and body parts were evaporated before they could spread into the air under the various attacks of flames, winds, and thunder. The fallen monsters were quickly trampled into meat paste by their companions. Some hard bones tripped the companions behind them, and the chain reaction caused the beasts to collapse in large areas.

An Fanghe led the staff to observe the situation carefully, and hurriedly advised Lu Qian. Lu Qian nodded: "Order all units to keep their distance and maintain air strikes!"

As soon as this order was issued, tens of thousands of demons hidden in the tide of millions of beasts suddenly erupted!

Some of the airships were immersed in the slaughter and had already sunk too low, then they heard the roar of demons. Hundreds of demons suddenly stepped out deep pits on the ground, or crushed the bodies of wild beasts, jumped high, and bombarded like cannonballs, crashing into the airships!
In just a moment, more than a dozen airships swayed left and right as thousands of monsters clung to them, then burst into balls of fire and large amounts of black smoke, and plunged headfirst, causing a violent explosion in the beast tide.

The remaining airships panicked and immediately climbed upwards, but many demons had already climbed into the ships and began to fight in close combat with the monks on the ships. More and more roars and shouts began to be heard in the airships.

When the monsters on the ground were still trying to use the same trick again, eight golden elixir lights had already fallen heavily from the central army. Talismans and magic weapons flew together, supernatural powers and secret techniques flashed together, sweeping away all the monsters who were at most building their foundation and a large number of them were only practicing Qi like a peacock spreading its tail, and forming an insurmountable barrier.

The various sects took the opportunity to kill the demons that invaded the airship, and then, with lingering fear, they maintained a relatively safe height and continued to pour down their firepower.

Among all the golden elixirs, only Lin Le and An Fanghe remained by Lu Qian's side. Lin Le asked, "Master, are you going to release 'Spirit Snake No. 3'?"

Lu Qian shook his head: "This is just a warm-up exercise, there is no need."

As soon as he finished speaking, the left and right armies in front had completed the encirclement of the central army. Although Taoist Xichan and Lingxuan Lingjun were unwilling to take action, a total of one hundred Lingxu Zhenyuan divine ships and ten Jindan under their command all joined the battlefield.

The Jindan Zhenren of their side worked together to kill three Jindan demons of the enemy first, and then began to suppress the four directions. At the same time, the continuous roar of artillery fire became more frequent, completely connected into one, condensed into an all-pervasive and violent buzzing sound, and the monks had to protect their eardrums with spiritual power.

On the other hand, in the beast tide below, many wild beasts and demons with low cultivation were not directly blown to pieces. Instead, their meridians were broken by the continuous and pervasive violent vibrations. They fell down with blood gushing from their mouths and noses while running.

"Master, Wu Chongweng from the rear army reported that the beast tide is fleeing faster than expected. Even though they tried their best to stop them, there are too many of them. Some of the monsters still managed to escape from the encirclement." A disciple from the Communications Office of the Intelligence Department reported.

Lu Qian nodded expressionlessly, while An Fanghe sighed, "This is all because the independent sects just now did not wait for orders and launched a chaotic attack before the encirclement was completed. They must be severely reprimanded after the battle."

No matter what, the five armies have now formed a large net that spans the sky, trapping the beast tide that fills the mountains and plains. The Jindans are like sharks rushing into a school of sardines, sweeping left and right, and any signs of the beast tide gathering are dispersed by the real masters.

The outcome of this battle was no longer suspenseful. Lu Qian turned his attention to Gu Nishang and the giant monster who were fighting near the gate of the Jiuxian Sect.

The giant monster's innate magical power was very strange. Its long tongue shot out like lightning, not afraid of wind and fire, and it actually stabbed into the Golden Crow's fake body, directly tying up Gu Nishang. Then it sank its limbs and deeply buckled into the hard mountain. With a roar, it suddenly exerted force and actually pulled Gu Nishang out of the Golden Crow's fake body!

Immediately, the long and pointed jaw opened wide, and the second magical power was activated. It was like the formation of a black hole. An extremely strong suction force rose up, and the surrounding space was trembling faintly!
With a loud bang, the grass, trees and rocks in all directions were swept up by the terrifying suction force, twisted and rolled, and all thrown into the black hole.

It wants to swallow Gu Nishang directly!
The next moment, the cry of the Golden Crow was heard, and a virtual image of a Tang Valley with roiling molten lava appeared beside Gu Nishang. The sacred Fusang tree was twisted and stubborn, and although its long tongue was immune to the power of wind and fire, Gu Nishang received all-round blessings from her innate magical power Tang Valley. The approaching purple flames brought not only high temperature but also terrifying explosive power, which shook the ground and roared the mountains.

The giant monster roared, and it even felt that its long tongue could no longer restrain her! At this moment, it had no choice but to increase the suction power of its second magical power to pull Gu Nishang towards itself.

Gu Nishang was wrapped tightly in the gorgeous Golden Crow Flame Armor, with a pair of golden-red eyes emitting a hint of purple flame. She laughed loudly, gave up struggling, and followed the huge suction force to flash towards the long jaw.

"Want to eat me?"

With a loud bang, the sun rose over Tanggu, crows roosted on trees, and ten purple and blue suns rose up. In each sun, there was a three-legged golden crow, circling back and forth and crying loudly.

"Can you swallow the sun?!"

The second magical power: ten suns running in parallel!
In the giant monster's horrified eyes, at the moment when Gu Nishang was pulled into the black hole, ten brilliant sun wheels suddenly gathered together, a huge purple sun shone and twisted, and then exploded!

A mushroom cloud rose up!

The gate of the Jiuxian Sect was shaken. Zhenren Hailiang led a group of disciples to watch all this in great shock. They remembered the rumors that the four Yuanyings of the Yunshan Sect each had their own strengths. When it came to explosive power and ferocity, Fairy Jingxia was the best. She was truly a first-rate figure among the Yuanyings.

The rumors were true, and it was indeed the right decision for our family to move closer to the Yunshan Sect!
When the smoke and dust cleared, the roar of the beast was filled with pain and wailing. It was seen that the upper jaw of the giant monster had been blown to pieces, and only a short piece of the lower jaw remained. It was a bloody mess and looked horrible.

Gu Nishang, who triggered her magical powers at close range, also suffered some injuries, but she possessed the Golden Crow Taoist Seed, which gave her a strong resistance to fire. Plus, it was her own magical powers, so she looked much better than the giant monster.

She simply waved out a firework, frowned slightly, and sealed the wounds on her body with high temperature. Then she sank her body, and purple flames swirled around her, shooting directly into the giant monster's mouth that could not be closed. A ball of fire exploded in its throat!

The giant monster screamed loudly. Originally, Lu Qian wanted to take another look. Although the giant monster in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul was obviously defeated, it still had its third magical power to be used. However, his disciple's hasty report made him divert his attention.

"Master, several sects have begun to harvest the spoils!"

Looking down, the battlefield had already entered a period of massacre. The demons who dared to resist were quickly annihilated, and those underground beasts were nothing but fools in the face of the huge firepower of the monks.

The piles of corpses were like mountains, which were equivalent to pieces of points in the eyes of the monks. Finally, one monk could not hold back any longer. Seeing that they had almost killed all the monsters, he simply landed the airship again. The monks scattered, dug out the remains of the monsters from the mountain of corpses, and began to pick the monster cores.

Humans are the darlings of heaven and earth, with their limbs and acupuncture points all over their bodies responding to the myriad phenomena of heaven and earth, and they are born with Dantian and Qi sea. However, aliens do not have Dantian, and when they become demons to practice, they need to condense something similar to the effect of Dantian, which is the demon core, the place where the demon power is stored.

By taking out the monster core, we can verify the monster's cultivation level.

In this battle to eliminate demons, one hundred and fifty Qi-cultivating demons count for one point, one foundation-building demon counts for one point, one Golden Core demon counts for forty points, one Nascent Soul demon counts for eight hundred points, and one Spirit demon counts for twelve thousand points.
These monster cores are points!

Seeing more and more cultivators starting to scramble to dissect the monster cores, Lu Qian flew into a rage and shouted, "Order all sects to stop scrambling to dissect the monster cores immediately!"

"Keep up the firepower and destroy the beast tide first!"

"If anyone disobeys my orders again, don't blame me for being ruthless in my military law!"

The Yunshan Jindans turned around and began to shout loudly to convey Lu Qian's orders. Some cultivators stopped immediately, while some were reluctant to stop until the order was upgraded to "those who disobey the order will be beheaded."

An Fanghe looked at several cultivators who were knocked to the ground by Li Jing's wave of his sleeves, and covered his face with a headache. It seemed that strict military discipline was imminent, and it would take a lot of effort to truly integrate these independent sects.

At this moment, the giant Yuanying monster let out its last scream, and a pillar of flame formed by purple flames shot up into the sky. Gu Nishang, covered in blood, burst out from the giant monster's abdomen. Her body was covered with burnt internal organs and blood stains, making her look particularly hideous. Behind her, the giant monster fell heavily, shaking the mountains and sending rocks flying.

Gu Nishang killed a Nascent Soul demon in the formation!
After another cup of tea, the millions of beasts surrounded by the army were finally slaughtered.

At a glance, there was flesh paste and corpses everywhere. Blood gathered in one place like a mountain stream or a small river, running freely between the mountains and fields. Even the night sky was covered with a thick layer of blood mist. The bright moon and starlight could not shine in at all. The strong stench of blood made it impossible for people to open their eyes.

Millions of corpses were buried and blood flowed for thousands of miles!
At this point, the monks who were immersed in excitement slowly recovered. Many low-level monks looked at the bloody corpses all over the mountains and valleys, their faces turned pale, their limbs trembled, and they vomited violently.

"Go ahead. Aren't they going to collect corpse cores? Let them go now." Lu Qian sneered, "In two hours, send a message to the leaders or team leaders of each faction to gather on the Weiyuan Shenzhou!"

Tian Yuanzi issued an order, and the leaders of various factions did not dare to delay. Two hours later, in the dim morning light, they gathered in the meeting room on the Weiyuan Shenzhou.

First, listen to Lin Le announce the preliminary statistical results.

"In this battle, we killed more than 10,000 Qi training monsters, 83 foundation building monsters, 4 Golden Core monsters, and one Nascent Soul monster. The preliminary total points are over 1,100."

The leaders of each faction were calculating in their minds, thinking that if the battle went smoothly, they could earn more than a thousand points in one battle, and this was just the aftermath of the Qingzhou invasion. If they really entered Qingzhou, they would have to go through at least a dozen prefectures, right? If they fought one or two battles in each prefecture, the points would be much higher.
So everyone smiled and was very satisfied.

Lin Le also said: "A total of 16 airships were lost, and more than 500 monks were seriously injured or killed, not counting the minor injuries."

Everyone looked fine. Killing more than 10,000 enemies with only 500 casualties was already a brilliant victory. Besides, the losses were also because they had not figured out the monster tribe's attack methods. They just needed to keep their distance and not advance rashly.

Lu Qian spoke softly.

"It was made clear before the battle that the monster cores would be collected and distributed uniformly after each battle. Therefore, although I sent Fairy Jingxia to kill this Nascent Soul monster independently, it was also included in the points for the joint distribution."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone responded enthusiastically and praised Tian Yuanzi for his wise handling of the matter.

But Lu Qian changed the subject: "Since everyone agrees with this distribution plan, why do you still disobey the order and plunder the monster cores in advance?!"

His tone became heavier and heavier, and in the end his face was extremely cold. Several sect leaders looked embarrassed and stammered for a long time without daring to speak.

Lu Qian said coldly: "Also, at the beginning, some people opened fire without waiting for orders, causing some monsters to flee. During the battle, some people attacked blindly and were killed by the monsters."

"Can anyone give me a reasonable explanation?"

The four Yuanyings were all sitting in the first row. Gu Nishang needed no mention. Taoist Xichan and Lingxuan Lingjun all came alone. The elite troops of the Changqing Sect led by Wu Chongweng were also trained in the large-scale military exercises of the Chongming Alliance. They always followed orders and did not make any mistakes.

So now, the four Nascent Souls were undoubtedly standing on Lu Qian's side. The Nascent Souls' spiritual pressures were connected into one, and the atmosphere in the hall was cold. Many people lowered their heads, not daring to look at Lu Qian.

"Guangyao Sect, Wuxiang Sect, Taiyi Sect, Qixia Valley"

Lu Qian was not polite at all and directly pointed out the names of these sects. Those who were named all blushed and were very embarrassed.

Everyone just felt that the Nascent Soul's spiritual pressure became more concentrated, making people feel nervous.

There was silence for more than ten breaths before Lu Qian continued speaking.

"You are all county lords, not stupid people. I don't think it's necessary to explain why you should obey orders."

"Now, I'll give you two choices."

"Or, as punishment, you won't get any points this time. Learn from this lesson. You can give your opinions before the battle, but you must obey orders on the battlefield."

"Or, I'll distribute the points to you, and then you can leave."

"I don't need people who don't obey my orders."

Under the cold gazes of the Yuanyings, several sects that were named as having made mistakes lowered their heads and stepped forward to accept the punishment. No one proposed to leave.

However, Lu Qian's voice did not relax at all.

"In that case, we are still comrades. But let me be frank. This is just a warning. Don't blame me for being ruthless next time."

"On the battlefield, anyone who disobeys orders will be killed!"

Everyone was immediately horrified and expressed their determination to obey Tian Yuanzi's orders and would never dare to disobey.

Lin Le was also arranged to record the points distribution according to the contribution of each sect, and the atmosphere gradually became lively again.

After the meeting, a large number of masters from the Jiuxian Sect who witnessed the whole process stayed behind alone.

Lu Qian had guessed his intention, and sure enough, he saw him bowing all the way and saying with shame.

"Master Lu, our sect can no longer join the army in the expedition."

"Although we received timely rescue during the beast tide attack on Beichu County, our faction suffered heavy losses, and our territory also suffered heavy losses, making it difficult for us to withdraw and head north again."

"More importantly, a small number of demon beasts have escaped. We must reorganize the forces in the county and immediately pursue and suppress them, otherwise the mortals in the territory will suffer."

"There are still millions of animal carcasses that need to be burned immediately, otherwise a major epidemic may be more terrifying than the animal disaster."

Lu Qian smiled and helped him up: "Master, what you said is very true. I know the difficulties of the Wine Immortal Sect. Master, please focus on the territory."

"In addition, your sect suffered heavy losses. The several hundred points that my Yunshan sect obtained in this battle will all be given to your sect as compensation. Please do not despise them, Master."

Upon hearing this, Master Hailiang was stunned for a moment, then bowed down heavily.

"Tian Yuanzi is a gentleman of the time, I know today!"

"From now on, I will obey your orders!" (End of this chapter)