Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Chapter 844: The Golden Horned Demon King Defeats the Demonic Beast Army
The "Zhen Yang Sect" is a Jindan sect with a history of thousands of years. There are still five or six Jindan monks in the sect, and nearly ten thousand disciples.

Although its strength in the Floating Cloud Mountains' cultivation world is not as strong as that of top-level Nascent Soul sects such as the Xiaoyao Sect, it is definitely not comparable to that of ordinary Golden Core forces.

Upon hearing the shocking news brought by Shen Tongzhou, Li Wutong and others on the side all showed expressions of shock.

It was hard for everyone in the "Xiaoyao Sect" to believe that the "Zhenyang Sect" that had been passed down in Pei State for thousands of years had its Lingshan conquered by the demon tribe so quickly.

“There is a three-level high-grade mountain protection formation on Zhenyang Mountain. You and I both know the strength of Wei Xuanping and his men. How could the Zhenyang Sect lose the sacred mountain so quickly?

Junior Brother Shen, have you confirmed it clearly? "

Seeing that everyone still didn't believe what he said, Shen Tongzhou immediately explained seriously:
"When I arrived near Zhenyang Mountain yesterday, I saw that there were monsters all around and it was difficult to get close to it, so I found a place to hide and sent a message to Great Elder Wei Xuanping, hoping that they would pick me up.

I didn't expect that after I sent the message, I didn't get any response from the Zhenyang Sect.

It was late at night and they still hadn't replied to my message, so I took advantage of the monsters' relaxed state and quietly sneaked to the side of Zhenyang Mountain.

Only then did I realize that the mountain was full of monsters, and the mountain protection formation had already been breached by the monster army. "

"They were able to break through the Zhenyang Mountain Protective Formation so quickly. It seems my worries were correct. It must be the Demon King who made the move!"

Hearing a worried voice coming from not far away, everyone in the "Xiaoyao Sect" turned around and found that the sect's supreme elder Bai Yuxian, who had been staying in the cabin of the flying boat, had already flashed to the side.

"Greetings, Uncle Bai!"

After everyone turned around and bowed to him, Li Wutong immediately asked:
"Uncle Bai, Zhenyang Mountain has been breached by the army of monsters. Should we still go there now?"

After hearing Li Wutong's question, Bai Yuxian thought for a moment and did not answer him immediately. Instead, he turned to Shen Tongzhou and asked:

"Nephew Shen, is there another teleportation array on Zhenyang Mountain? Do you know where it leads to?"

“Reporting to Uncle Bai, there is indeed a magic array on Zhenyang, and this array leads to Duanyangfang in the north.

If Fellow Daoist Wei and the others escaped, they would have headed here. I will go to Duanyangfang right away to see if I can find them!"

Hearing Bai Yuxian's question, Shen Tongzhou immediately remembered that there was a teleportation array on Zhenyang Mountain that few outsiders knew about, and hurriedly told everyone.

Like many large sects in the world of immortal cultivation, the "Zhen Yang Sect" also built a teleportation array on the mountain that can instantly lead to other places.

However, the "Zhen Yang Sect" has not made this formation public. Apart from the sect's disciples, only a small number of cultivators who have a good relationship with them know about it.

After Shen Tongzhou formed the elixir, he returned to Pei State's immortal cultivation world to visit a good friend from the "Zhen Yang Sect". It was during a casual chat with this friend that he accidentally learned about this matter.

After knowing that the monks of "Zhen Yang Sect" might have fled to "Duan Yang Fang" thousands of miles away, Shen Tongzhou immediately volunteered to go to "Duan Yang Fang" first to gather information.

But as soon as he finished speaking and had not yet had time to move, Bai Yuxian immediately waved her hand to stop him.

“Now there are monsters everywhere outside, and there are many high-level monster kings among them.

You just came back and your magic power has not yet recovered. If you encounter a powerful demon king, it might be dangerous.

Let's take a rest first. Let's let Junior Brother Zhang take care of this matter!"

Seeing that the sect ancestor Bai Yuxian had called out his name, Zhang Tieyang quickly stepped forward and said, “Uncle Bai is right, Junior Brother Shen, don’t worry.

I had been to Pei State once during my early travels and knew the location of Duanyangfang.

Please rest assured, Master, I will set off immediately and report back as soon as I get there safely."

After Zhang Tieyang finished speaking, he bowed slightly to everyone, then turned into a beam of light and left the flying boat heading northwest.

After arranging Zhang Tieyang to go to "Duan Yang Fang" first to inquire about the news, Bai Yuxian immediately ordered everyone to control the flying boat to turn north and slowly move away from "Zhen Yang Mountain".

Not long after Zhang Tieyang left, the people from the "Xiaoyao Sect" who were on the flying boat heard a noisy sound coming from behind, and a group of bird monsters caught up and surrounded the flying boat.

Seeing this, everyone rushed to take action and soon drove these low-level monsters away from the flying boat. Then they increased the speed of the flying boat and retreated northward.

About half a day later, the people from the "Xiaoyao Sect" who had been waiting on the flying boat for a long time finally received the sound transmission note sent back by Zhang Tieyang.

The situation was similar to what Bai Yuxian had guessed at the time. After "Zhen Yang Mountain" was breached by the army of monsters, some monks of the "Zhen Yang Sect" still escaped from the mountain.

Most of these people have now gathered in "Duan Yang Fang".

After hearing the news, Song Qingming and others looked a little better and hurriedly urged the flying boat to rush north, quickly rushing to "Duan Yang Fang" located in the northwest of Pei State.

Along the way, the surrounding monsters kept chasing and harassing the flying boat, which also made Song Qingming and others feel that after the monsters had fully broken through the "Zhenyang Mountain", they seemed to have begun to move gradually northward.

Although they knew that many cultivators from the "Zhen Yang Sect" had escaped, when Song Qingming and others arrived at the "Duan Yang Fang" and saw the tragic scene in front of them, they couldn't help but frown.

Just as everyone in the "Xiaoyao Sect" thought, a Nascent Soul monster that had never appeared before appeared in the army of monsters that besieged Pei State - the "Golden Horned Demon King".

This "Golden Horned Demon King" was also a monster in Taiyue Lake. During the monster turmoil hundreds of years ago, it and other monster kings led the water monster army to attack the territory of Pei State.

However, when they encountered a powerful opponent called "Zhen Yang Sect", the demon army led by the "Golden Horned Demon King" did not gain any advantage and retreated back to "Taiyue Lake".

Since then, this demon king at the peak of the Jindan stage disappeared for hundreds of years and never appeared in front of the cultivators of Pei State again. He did not even show up during the demon beast riots that occurred once every hundred years.

Unexpectedly, after hundreds of years of seclusion and cultivation, the "Golden Horned Demon King" actually broke through to the Nascent Soul realm in one fell swoop and became the third Nascent Soul Demon King in "Taiyue Lake".

On that day of the battle at Zhenyang Mountain, the battlefield was suddenly unbalanced due to the sudden appearance of the Yuanying powerhouse "Golden Horned Demon King". It can be said that the entire "Zhenyang Sect" was defeated miserably by the monsters.

After the war, the monks of the "Zhen Yang Sect" not only lost the sect's sacred site, Zhen Yang Mountain, but also suffered 60 to 70 percent casualties in the sect's disciples.

Even Wei Xuanping, the most powerful elder in the sect, was targeted by the "Golden Horned Demon King" and unfortunately died in the battle.

Fortunately, except for the great elder Wei Xuanping, the other four Jindan elders of the "Zhen Yang Sect" managed to escape through the sect's teleportation array in time and not all of them died in the battle.

However, two of them risked their lives to resist the siege of the Demon King in order to cover the evacuation of their disciples. They were seriously injured after the battle and lost their combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

Although the "Zhen Yang Sect" was not completely wiped out, some disciples managed to escape from the Zhen Yang Mountain where monsters were besieging it.

But the entire sect had already suffered heavy damage, and most of the remaining monks were injured, with almost no strength left.

Originally, after learning the news, the people of the "Xiaoyao Sect" were thinking of joining forces with the monks of the "Zhenyang Sect" and then heading south to counterattack the demon army and retake "Zhenyang Mountain".

Seeing that the monks of the "Zhen Yang Sect" were in such a miserable state and had no fighting power at all, everyone gave up the idea of ​​counterattack and could only shrink their forces and prepare to defend "Duan Yang Fang", the largest market town in the north of Pei State.

Now the army of monsters has occupied "Zhenyang Mountain", and almost the entire southern part of Pei State has fallen into the hands of the monsters.

If the "Duanyangfang" northern defense line is conquered by the army of monsters again, the human cultivators will have no place to stay in Pei State.

Once the entire Pei State falls into the hands of the demon clan, these high-level cultivators will still be able to escape at any time.

Those low-level cultivators below and the hundreds of millions of ordinary mortals living in Pei State will hardly escape the fate of falling into the mouths of monsters and becoming food.

Moreover, Pei State is the southern gateway of the "Xiaoyao Sect". If it is lost, if nothing unexpected happens, the demon army is very likely to go directly north to attack the Wei State territory.

Even if it is not for the greater good of the human race, the "Xiaoyao Sect" must find a way to stop the demon army here as much as possible.

Otherwise, once the war spreads northwards to the territory of Wei State, the "Xiaoyao Sect" will definitely suffer great losses, and the entire southern part of Wei State will be in crisis in the future.

As the largest market town in the north of Pei State, "Duan Yang Fang" is also a third-grade superior spiritual vein. However, the spiritual energy in the market town is slightly inferior to that of "Zhen Yang Mountain", the sect spiritual land operated by Zhen Yang Sect for many years.

The mountain protection formation of "Duan Yang Fang" is only of the third-level mid-grade grade, and its defensive capabilities are far inferior to those of "Zhen Yang Mountain".

After discussing the defense plan with the monks of the "Zhen Yang Sect", the monks of both sides immediately began to strengthen the defense of the market town, ready to respond to the demon army heading north at any time.

After the "Zhen Yang Sect" was trapped in the sect gate, although Wei Xuanping did not expect that the mountain gate would be breached, he still made some preparations in advance and transported a large amount of supplies in the sect to the "Duan Yang Fang" through the teleportation array in advance.

Utilizing the high-level materials stored in the market town by the "Zhen Yang Sect", and with the help of two high-level formation masters, Bai Yuxian and Song Qingming, the human cultivators lost no time in strengthening the market town formation, and soon upgraded the mountain protection formation of "Duan Yang Fang" to the third-grade superior grade.

In addition, the "Xiaoyao Sect" also sent letters to several small countries around Pei State, informing them of the changes in Pei State and asking them to lead their monks to come to "Duanyangfang" for support.

These small countries were also located near Pei State. Once Pei State was occupied by the demon army, they would suffer sooner or later. Everyone understood the principle of "the lips and the teeth are cold". After learning that "Zhenyang Mountain" was breached by the demon army, they immediately stepped up the deployment of the monk army to provide support.

Within a few days, two more large flying boats arrived at "Duan Yang Fang", bringing two Jin Dan and thousands of low-level cultivators in the foundation-building and Qi-refining stages to the human cultivators.

As the defensive strength in the market town gradually increased, people gradually felt more at ease.

However, the demon clan obviously didn't want to give them too much time to prepare.

Less than ten days had passed after the capture of "Zhenyang Mountain" when the "Golden Horned Demon King" immediately urged the demon army to march northward in a mighty force, and they soon arrived near "Duanyangfang".

After arriving here, the demon army was quickly blocked by human cultivators and was stopped near "Duan Yang Fang".

This time, although the number of the demon army is more than twice that of the human cultivators, there are also Nascent Soul cultivators on the human side.

The number of Song Qingming and other Jindan cultivators combined is equal to that of the Jindan Demon King leading the demon race. In terms of high-level combat power, the human cultivators are not much worse than the other side.

Although both sides suffered considerable losses after the battle, the demon clan did not gain much advantage in the battle and were repelled in the first attack by the human cultivators assisted by the "Fangshi Formation".

However, for nearly half a month afterwards, the demon army relied on their large numbers to continuously besiege "Duan Yang Fang", which still made the human cultivators feel great pressure.

In order to defend "Duan Yang Fang", the human cultivators tried almost every possible means. Even the high-level "Feiyun Crossbows" on several large flying boats were dismantled and installed on the city walls of the market to help fight the enemy.

Relying on the many spiritual objects accumulated by the "Zhen Yang Sect" in the market, although the market's "Mountain Protection Array" was in danger after being attacked by the demon army several times,
However, the human cultivators, with the support of the large formation, still struggled to stop the army of monsters and barely defended "Duan Yang Fang", preventing the army of monsters from advancing any further north.

The people below were fighting fiercely, but the two Nascent Soul cultivators above were looking at the battlefield below without engaging in much fighting.

Both the "Golden Horned Demon King" and Bai Yuxian are cultivators who have just broken through the Nascent Soul stage not long ago. The difference in their cultivation base is not much, and they are equally matched in their fights.

After several consecutive battles, both of them realized that they did not have the ability to defeat the other directly, so they agreed to stop fighting.

Whether it is the human race or the demon race, after reaching the Nascent Soul stage, each of them has stood at the top of the world of immortal cultivation.

After reaching this level of cultivation, many things are no longer worth mentioning to them. If it weren't for some life-and-death feud, both sides would never easily risk their lives in a fight.

After that, whenever there was a big battle, Bai Yuxian and the "Golden Horned Demon King" would stand in the sky and confront each other quietly until the battle below was over and then they would return.

After several battles, the cultivators above the Jindan level on both sides were fine. Although some of them had injured people, no one had died directly in combat for a while.

However, the cultivators in the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stages below suffered heavy losses.

On the "Xiaoyao Sect" side, of the more than 3,000 cultivators originally brought with them, as well as the thousands of reinforcements sent later, nearly half of them have suffered casualties after several battles.

The monks of the "Zhen Yang Sect" and several other sects who came to Pei State to reinforce also suffered heavy losses.

In addition to the shortage of monks, the more serious problem is that the market town has been fully activated in recent days to defend against the enemy's "Mountain Protection Array", and the many "Flying Cloud Crossbows" on the city walls have been in use for a long time.

There are not many spiritual stones left stored in the "Duan Yang Fang". The elixirs, talismans and other spiritual items needed by the many low-level cultivators in the war are also greatly consumed.

All kinds of strategic materials needed in the market began to be in short supply.

Compared with the increasing pressure on the human side's defense, the overall number of low-level monsters on the demon side far exceeds that of human cultivators, and the consumption of battle is far less than that of human cultivators.

As the battle progressed, the advantage of the demon clan became more and more obvious.

This also made the coalition of human monks in "Duanyangfang" feel a lot of pressure for a while, and they didn't know whether they could still defend this market!
Just when the army of human monks in the market town was finding it difficult to hold on, a stronger reinforcement arrived from the rear, bringing with them a lot of supplies.

This finally gave the human cultivators who were holding out in "Duan Yang Fang" a glimmer of hope for victory.

This reinforcement came from the monks of the "Xuan Yue Sect" of Youyun Country.

The Youyun Kingdom where the "Xuan Yue Sect" is located is not directly connected to the Pei Kingdom territory. There is a small country in between. Therefore, they received the conscription order issued by the "Xiao Yao Sect" later, and they were also much slower in collecting supplies.

The "Xuan Yue Sect" is similar to the "Bai Hua Palace" in that the sect's inherited skills are biased towards female practitioners, and most of the disciples recruited by the sect are female practitioners.

Among the two thousand monks sent to support this time, more than half are female disciples.

However, one should not underestimate this sect just because the female cultivators of the "Xuan Yue Sect" look delicate.

There are still four Jindan monks in the "Xuan Yue Sect". Although the overall strength of the sect is not as good as that of the "Zhen Yang Sect" in its heyday, the sect's inheritance is even older than that of the "Zhen Yang Sect".

It is also a powerful Jindan sect on the east bank of "Taiyue Lake".

Not long after the reinforcements from the "Xuan Yue Sect" arrived, Zhao Mengling, the Jindan elder from the "Xiao Yao Sect" in the rear, helped transport a batch of supplies to the front battlefield.

After seeing the arrival of reinforcements, the strength of their own high-level monks suddenly surpassed that of the demon clan.

Bai Yuxian, the leader of the human coalition, planned to launch a counterattack, hoping to take this opportunity to repel the demon army in front of him and ease the severe pressure outside "Duan Yang Fang".

In order to win this battle, Bai Yuxian will bring a third-grade top-grade "Tiangang Formation" to the front line and give it to Song Qingming, Zhao Mengling and two Jindan elders of Xuanyue Sect to use.

During the battle on the second day, Song Qingming and Zhang Tieyang first cooperated quietly to lure the enemy into their territory, and led the three demon king opponents of the same level to a corner of the battlefield.

Afterwards, they joined forces with Zhao Mengling and two other people who were hiding in the dark, and used the "Tiangang Formation" to instantly trap their opponents in the formation. In the end, they worked together to kill two great demon kings in the late Jindan stage, and finally helped the human cultivators break the deadlock on the battlefield.

Although other demon kings and low-level monsters below desperately rescued them, one demon king finally escaped and they were unable to completely wipe out the enemy.

However, the demon clan suddenly lost two great demon kings in the late Jindan stage, while the human clan gained three more Jindan masters including Zhao Mengling. The Jindan combat power of both sides on the battlefield suddenly lost balance.

Seeing that the human Jindan cultivators below were gradually gaining the upper hand and forcing the demon clan to retreat again and again, the "Golden Horned Demon King" knew that the situation on the battlefield was unfavorable, and hurriedly sent a message to notify the demon army below to temporarily withdraw.

Seeing that the enemy was finally repelled, the morale of the human cultivators was immediately boosted. They cast aside the frustration of being besieged by the demon army for many days and chased for more than ten miles before hearing the order to return to "Duan Yang Fang".

Although the battle was won against the demon clan, the overall strength of the human cultivators was not much greater than that of the demon clan. It was only because the high-end combat power of the Jindan cultivators temporarily overwhelmed the opponent that they won the victory.

In addition, the "Duanyangfang" market formation also played a major role in the war.

If it weren't for this third-grade top-grade "Mountain Protection Array" that helped to withstand the opponent's massive attacks, it would certainly be impossible for the human cultivators to repel the demon army so easily.

If the two sides were to start a battle in the wild, the number of human cultivators would be far less than that of their opponents, and they would still not have any advantage.

Therefore, everyone knew the truth and did not dare to chase too far.

However, although the results of this battle were not very high, it finally repelled the demon army's siege of "Duan Yang Fang" for several days, giving the human cultivators a chance to catch their breath.

In the following period of time, in order to prevent the demon army from counterattacking again, the human cultivators of "Duanyangfang" immediately began to repair the magic circle and continue to strengthen the defense force in the market.

What no one expected was that after being defeated in the previous battle, the "Golden Horned Demon King" knew that it could not break through the "Duan Yang Fang" in a short period of time, so it did not choose to stay and continue to confront the human monks.

Less than a month later, the main force of the monster army near "Duanyangfang" withdrew directly to the south, leaving only a small number of low-level monsters to monitor the movements of the human monks.

The human cultivators initially thought that the retreat of the monster army was just a trick to confuse the enemy and did not let down their guard.

It was not until several months had passed and they saw that the main force of the demon army had not appeared and had really withdrawn to "Zhenyang Mountain" on their own initiative that everyone gradually put aside their worries and began to withdraw to the rear in an orderly manner for rest and recuperation.

In this battle, although the coalition of human cultivators failed to completely drive the demon army out of Pei State, they still helped the "Zhen Yang Sect" to defend nearly half of the territory in the north of Pei State and prevented the demon army from continuing to expand.

However, the "Zhen Yang Sect" lost most of the territory of Pei State, and lost more than half of its disciples. Even if they could hold on to the remaining territory in the north, it would be difficult for them to recover to their original strength.

After going south and participating in several major battles, he lost a lot of time for cultivation. Seeing that Pei State had gradually stabilized, Song Qingming took the initiative to find Bai Yuxian and wanted to return to Wei State to continue his retreat and cultivation.

Knowing that Song Qingming was anxious to go back and practice and wanted to reach the Nascent Soul stage as soon as possible, Bai Yuxian did not stop him and immediately nodded in agreement.

After half a year of joint efforts by everyone, "Duanyangfang" has set up another high-level magic array and installed a lot of high-level city defense equipment, which has greatly strengthened the overall defense force.

As long as she, a Nascent Soul cultivator, is in charge, even if the demon army goes north again, it will not be able to break through the market in a short period of time.

Just as Song Qingming was rushing back to his family, another beam of light flew in from outside the Song family's "Funiu Mountain" and landed outside the "Mountain Protection Formation".

(End of this chapter)