Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 413 Dabaomoudan
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Three crossbow arrows, each ten feet long and with great momentum, flew out one after another. Their speed was faster than the wind and they almost created fireworks in the sky.

A second-grade inferior Qingfeng Falcon in front of it thought for a moment and did not resist. It dodged and three crossbow arrows fell heavily into the herd of beasts. Red dust flew up along with the howling sounds, which made the thief bird a little dazed for a moment.

"Don't stop! Fire again!! Fire again!!!" The voice of Mo Wen, the lord of Qiaogong Fort, drowned out the howling of countless monsters inside and outside. After hearing the order, the disciples of Qiaogong Fort, who had never slacked off, now worked even harder.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Bang! Bang! Crack" In this situation, one of the star-shooting crossbows was operated too violently, and the crossbow string was immediately stretched. Several crossbowmen who were close to it immediately changed color and were randomly pulled away.

Fortunately, they had already activated the Vajra Talisman to save their lives, so they only suffered minor skin injuries. Even with such injuries, they did not rest. Without being urged, they walked up to the crossbow and began to replace parts and mix spiritual ink.

The monsters at this moment couldn't sit idle. The Qingfeng Falcon, which was temporarily uncontrollable, drew a beautiful arc in the air and flew closer to the formation.

The thief bird flew over the large number of low-level talismans that were shot at it. As two sharp wind blades seeped out from its wings, the eight pointed toes under its feet also stabbed towards the magic circle light shield.

His life-threatening posture seemed to be totally inconsistent with the habit of "especially cherishing one's body and not fighting against strong enemies" as stated in "The Initial Explanation of the Spiritual Creatures of Jackdaw Mountain" which had been passed down for generations in the Chongming Sect.

Two more "puff" sounds were heard from the village wall. The Green Wind Falcon spread its wings alertly, changed its position, and then its pair of black pupils looked towards the place where the sound came from.

Unexpectedly, with just one glance, the thief bird felt that the pair of sharp eyes that it was so proud of were pierced by a piece of icy light and it could not see anything.

Then a hint of coldness silently penetrated into its body which had long been immune to cold and heat. The coldness spread very quickly, and in just a few breaths, even sporadic ice spots formed on its feathers.

Two ice crystal spears came whistling one after the other. Qingfeng Falcon thought he could dodge them with his swiftness. But he didn't expect that the rune on the spear behind him suddenly appeared, and it sped up suddenly, hitting the spear's tail with the tip, causing the spear in front to speed up suddenly, and it was in front of him in a breath.

No matter how fast the thief bird flapped its wings, it still couldn't escape.

"Puff", "Cry!" Two flesh-piercing sounds and a loud cry rang out almost at the same time. One of the two ice spears cut off the Green Wind Falcon's right claw, and the other penetrated the bird's internal organs.

Fortunately, the Qingfeng Falcon is a second-level monster after all, and its body is much stronger than that of the cultivators of the same level. Therefore, even though it is seriously injured at this time, this beast is still alive.

After a few mournful cries, the Blue Wind Falcon, in severe pain, seemed to have just remembered its true nature. It spread its wings and was about to escape back.

Mo Wen was reluctant to let go of this opportunity, so he operated the crossbow himself and fired several arrows, but the thief bird, which had already been alert, still avoided them.

The Lord of Qiaogong Fort took down the crossbow with a look of regret on his face. He was about to say a few words to Lu Xingbei, who had a normal expression on his face, but he saw that the Qingfeng Falcon outside had not escaped.

The huge monster outside, which was looking at the bloody field with cold eyes, seemed to be very dissatisfied with the behavior of the Green Wind Falcon. It opened its mouth wide and a row of sharp teeth came out in formation, cutting the already shaky thief bird into a piece of rotten meat.

Large pieces of second-level monster meat fell from the sky, but it was a blessing for the red-maned boars that were nearby below. They temporarily forgot that they were in the midst of a dangerous battle and looked back at the meat from the front.

The "formation" that the second-level monsters had just arranged with great difficulty was disrupted, and their back feet were so fragrant with blood and fat that they could hardly move forward.

"Roar!" The second-level mid-quality Blood Shadow Leopard, with a back full of talismans and its charred fur, roared at the group of red-maned boars, finally making these foolish and stupid beasts forget the delicious food in their mouths and turn around and return to the battle formation.

However, they fell into the calculation of the monks guarding the village. Thunder patterns flashed on several flags in the formation, and sixteen mysterious thunders slammed into the group of red-maned boars that hurriedly returned to the formation. In just a moment, the three smells of burnt, stinky and fragrant began to linger in the field.

Correspondingly, Lu Xingbei on the top of the military camp found another opportunity. He aimed at the blood shadow leopard and two ice crystal spears flew out one after another.

This time Lu Xingbei's luck was a little worse, and only one of the swords pierced the Blood Shadow Leopard's shoulder blade. However, because the beast used the protective mysterious light around its body, it was unable to fully accomplish its goal.

The spear only penetrated halfway into the Blood Shadow Leopard's shoulder. Although it caused the beast's skin and flesh to burst and its bones to crack, it did not cause it serious injury. Instead, it aroused the beast's ferocity, causing it to run back to the front line even more furiously and attack again.

Lu Xingbei broke another pair of spears but failed to achieve any success. This time he failed to anticipate the beast whose strength far exceeded his, and there was nothing he could do.

He could only sigh that if his third brother Ji Yunsheng was still alive if he had gone to support the Ma and Lu families and landed on the northern city wall half an hour earlier, with the cooperation of the two brothers, even if he could not spare the Blood Shadow Leopard's life, he would at least make this beast suffer a great loss.

Crocodile Yuan, who wanted to establish his authority but ended up making matters worse, glared at this scene.

The beast raised its head to look at the sky again, only to see that the first-rank Blue Wind Falcons that had dared to approach the front of the military camp and were so frightened by the fate of their leader that their wings became weak and they stopped moving forward.

The eight-character comment "especially cherishing one's body and not fighting strong enemies" engraved in their bones was temporarily masked by the tyranny of the spiritual monster Crocodile Yuan.

But now he was frightened again by the scene in front of him. He began to temporarily rest his spiritual power and no longer dared to urge the sharp wind blades to attack the crossbowmen who were harassing the formation and operating the Star-shooting Crossbows.

Now this group of falcons dare not come close to harass, and the strength of other kinds of demon birds may be much stronger than them individually, but they are scattered and unable to work together, so the pressure on the crossbowmen is much smaller.

"If I had already refined the beast pill and achieved a third-level demon school, how could these fools dare to disobey me like this?!"

Worry arose in Crocodile Yuan's heart again. He had never thought that forcibly activating the demon pill left by the Purple Scaled Mountain Turtle in the Guanshan Cave would leave hidden dangers of making it difficult to refine.

This means that it is still lingering at the level of a second-class top-grade demon beast. If it wants to form a pill, it will probably need more than ten years of hard work.

After sighing, Crocodile Yuan recalled the days he spent with the other three beasts in the Green Lake. Although he was locked in the lake at that time, at least he still had someone to talk to.

Now that he was out, it was hard to find a spiritual monster to talk to. These unintelligent monsters were all stupid. Even a second-level monster like the Blood Shadow Leopard could only understand a little bit, so how could it relieve the loneliness in Crocodile Yuan's heart?

"The cultivators' methods are truly amazing. I besieged a small village with five times the number of monsters, and it lasted for ten days without stopping. I also lost several second-level monsters, but so far I haven't seriously injured any foundation-building cultivators."

As Crocodile Yuan savored the salty taste of the food he had just eaten, he looked at the crossbow machines, mechanical puppets, and countless dazzling arrays of elixirs and talismans on the Jiachou military camp, which made him feel envious:
"I heard that in the territory of the Venerable in the Lishan Demon Land, my demon race still has top-notch weapon masters who can make such military weapons. I just don't know if I will be lucky enough to cross the Jackdaw Mountains and pay homage to the holy land of the Demon Venerable in this lifetime."

The beast suppressed all thoughts in his mind and just looked towards the battle formation again.

The crossbow arrows and talismans of this group of monks guarding the village seemed endless, and they were sprinkled on the herd of beasts outside the formation like raindrops.

The monsters naturally would not just sit there and take the beatings. They had their protective spells prepared early. As long as they were not hit head-on by the crossbow arrows and second-level talismans, they could always withstand a few blows thanks to their thick skin and flesh.

The second-level monsters, as swift as the Blood Shadow Leopard, did not attack together with their more powerful counterparts. Instead, they used various spells to try their best to shield the heads of the lower-level beasts.

However, at this time, the crossbow on the top of the village wall could not withstand such operation and began to make sharp clicking sounds one after another.

Mo Wen knew that he couldn't stop now. Even if he wanted to repair the crossbow, he had to suppress the most violent attack in front of him.

Unexpectedly, this time the monster's attack would last much longer than he thought. "Crack" and "crackle", the two sounds that rang out in the field made Mo Wen frown and his face turned pale.

No one in the field was more familiar with the sound than him. Only eight of the ten star-shooting crossbows mounted on the west wall of the village could be used today, as the string of one of them had broken and had not yet been repaired.

Now one of them had its crossbow machine disintegrated and the other had its crossbow string broken. Doesn't this mean that the most powerful weapon on the wall that can suppress the beasts' attack has been reduced by half?

Mo Wen was extremely anxious, but E Yuan, who was watching intently from the foot of the wall, also noticed something was wrong.

The number of crossbow arrows fired at the beasts from the village wall was visibly reduced, which made the beast excited. Just as he was about to roar to urge them on, he saw that the Blood Shadow Leopard had already driven the two most eye-catching beasts, the Red Clawed Scaled Ox and the Red Maned Wild Boar, and finally rushed to the front of the formation, carrying the triple bombardment of talismans, crossbow arrows, and lightning.

The beasts, no longer suppressed, took advantage of the distraction of the monks guarding the village and charged forward without holding back.

A mixture of strong and sturdy bodies and various magic techniques that were difficult to distinguish between the five elements slammed heavily onto the light shield that already had fine lines appearing on it.

Even the group of green wind falcons that were originally hesitant to move forward seemed to be infected by this enthusiasm.

They temporarily put the death of their leader behind them and flew to the front of the formation together. Large, swift and fast wind blades fell like snowflakes, hitting several Chongming disciples who were guarding the crossbows and almost knocked them unconscious.

After the loud rumbling sound, the monks in the village seemed to be able to feel the undisguised joy from the cries of these ugly creatures below the village.

On the contrary, after being besieged by the beasts outside for more than ten days, Lu Xingbei and Mo Wen felt for the first time that the wall of the village under their feet seemed to be crumbling.

"Formation Master! Formation Master!! Formation. Puff!"

The disciple of Chongming Sect who was guarding the formation and shouting loudly suddenly vomited blood and fainted on the formation position. Soon after, his body and the formation flag behind him cracked apart.

"The secondary formation in the west has been broken! Formation Master, come to our aid! Formation Master, come to our aid!!"

"Move the Star Shooting Crossbow! Move it!!"

"Fill the artillery cart with fire bombs, bring the top-grade fire bombs over, don't be stingy at this time!!"

A gap in the light shield as tall as a person appeared outside the western wall of the village guarded by Mo Wen and Lu Xingbei. No matter how stupid the monsters were, they knew that this was a rare opportunity that appeared for the first time after ten days of fierce fighting.

Finally, without the need for the second-level monsters to urge them, they rushed into the gap like a tidal wave.

"We need to ask the leader for help as soon as possible! We..."

"Alliance leader, I'm afraid it's too late to rescue them. Abandon this secondary formation and seal it! We can still defend it if we retreat!"

Lu Xingbei's words were interrupted by Mo Wen's decisive decision, who was furious: "If we abandon the secondary formation, you and I can get away, but can these disciples of mine and you get away?!"

"Stupid! What will happen if we stay? Even if we can barely defeat the Blood Shadow Leopard, who can control the other monsters?! It is right to keep you while you are building your foundation!"

What disciples? They can be easily recruited by putting up a sign. What's so rare about them! If you die here, the inheritance of your Qiaogong Fort will be truly extinct. Even if Chongming Sect wants to help your family, it will be difficult for your family to get back on its feet! "

Lu Xingbei did not argue with Mo Wen too much, and really planned to abandon the large number of disciples on the top of the village wall and return to the middle of the main formation on the east wall. The master of Qiaogong Fort was not affected by him, and only released two second-level sword-wielding mechanical puppets that were still available, intending to use these two killing weapons to temporarily block the gap.

These Hanshan Sect disciples were also pitiful. They thought they had climbed up a high branch, and after listening to Lu Xingbei's scolding after Crocodile Yuan showed up, they were trying their best to reform themselves and fight desperately with the influx of beasts.

However, they didn't know that the sect leader had already abandoned them without hesitation, which made Mo Wen, who came to help, feel sad.

Mo Wen didn't know that Lu Xingbei hadn't actually gotten far. He had just walked a few steps with his back turned when he was stopped by Ji Yunsheng, who had rushed back from the north wall of the village after hearing the news.

"go back!"

"Third brother, it's not that I don't dare to fight, it's just that it's useless to stay. It's better to retreat to the back and wait."

"Shut up! Kang Dabao is behind me!!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Xingbei stopped talking immediately. Before he could even talk to Kang Dabao, he saw the latter holding a short spear and landing at the gap in the secondary formation with a solemn expression.

Mo Wen controlled two puppets, one holding a heavy sword and the other holding a sword and shield. Together with Mo Wen himself, there were three foundation-building cultivators, but they were overwhelmed by the three second-level monsters led by the Blood Shadow Leopard.

After fighting for a while, Mo Wen felt a splitting headache, which was a sign that he had used his spiritual power to the extreme. He knew that if he continued to fight, he would probably die.

"Friend Mo, don't move!"

Fellow Daoist Mo made up his mind, and used all his strength to endure the severe pain in his head and close his finger gestures. The sword and shield puppet shook off the flame-eyed tigers in front of him and used the shield to protect himself.

The blood shadow leopard tail was like pure gold, and it was as hard as an ordinary spiritual weapon. The beast just raised it and swung it, bringing with it a strong force. It directly cracked the sword and shield puppet's spiritual shield, and the spiritual pattern restrictions on the puppet's body seemed to fade a bit.

Before Mo Wen could feel heartbroken, he saw a large flash of black light in front of his eyes. The Blood Shadow Leopard, which seemed very powerful in his eyes, lost its huge head in an instant.

After his head rolled on the ground, Mo Wen heard the voice again, but this time it came from in front of him.

"Wei Gu, come and repair the formation!"

Wei Gu, who followed closely, saw that his master, with his halberd, could not take advantage of the two middle-grade monsters and their lower beasts. He felt proud, but also embarrassed: "Master, my ability is not up to par. This... This may take some time."

"Just do what you want. I will drive these beasts out first! Don't worry! The three Taoist friends, gather the disciples for now and prepare to form a formation for the next battle. They are just a bunch of beasts. How much can they do?"

As the last word "Nai" fell from Kang Dabao's mouth, Tu Jian, who had been silent for a long time before, suddenly became excited. Black flames burst out from the front branch of the halberd, burning the large number of monsters in front of him into black ashes in just a few breaths.

The remaining two mid-level monsters were not panicked when they saw a large space suddenly appeared around them, because more monsters were still pouring in from outside the formation, and it would not take long to fill up the space again.

Unexpectedly, Master Kang did not fulfill the two beasts' wishes. When he made his move, his fingertips touched the brocade bag on his waist, and the golden thread loosened. A large cloud of insects emerged densely, shocking the two evil beasts in front of them who were used to seeing the world in Jackdaw Mountain and were stunned for a moment.

As soon as the group of lion insects with silver armor on their backs appeared, the breeze created by their wings blew away the countless black ashes that were turned into by the dead monsters in the field.

The lionworms were like stars dotted in the Milky Way, dazzling everyone around them so much that it was difficult for them to open their eyes.

The "buzzing" sound of insects should have been barely audible, but after the swarm of insects that covered the sky and the earth gathered together, the chirping sound made the monster in front of it feel a little fearful.

"Open your belly! Eat!"

After Kang Dabao finished speaking, he swung his short spear. A gleam of light appeared on the tip of the spear, making it even more powerful.

His halberd skills are exquisite, his spiritual weapon is sharp, and his foundation is solid. The two monster leaders in front of him are not as powerful as the blood shadow leopard before, so there is no reason for him to be able to defeat them.

After a few rounds of fighting, blood gushed out in front of Master Kang, and then two huge heads fell to the ground one after another.

In Kang Dabao's eyes, the heads of these two monsters are much more valuable than the Blood Shadow Leopard's head.

Because one is an ox head and the other is a pig head. It happened to be the second Tailao used by Chongming Sect for ancestor worship, and was picked up by the busy Kang Da Sect Master.

When I looked up again, there was an empty space in front of me again.

Kang Dabao's group of lion insects was indeed the nemesis of these clumsy monsters. Not long after they appeared, they had chewed a path for their owner.

Sect Leader Kang did not miss the opportunity and rushed out of the formation. The tip of his halberd was extremely sharp, and with just a swing and a retraction, it was enough to kill a large number of monsters that were surrounding Kang Dabao.

Wei Gu and other formation masters who came casually finally got the chance to take action, and they raced against time to repair the gap.

Ji Yunsheng ordered Lu Xingbei to bring people here to protect the formation master, while he and Mo Wen gathered the disciples of the alliance who had already been in chaos and had no organization.

The two were quite capable, and just when Sect Leader Kang felt a little bit tired, the star-shooting crossbow on the village wall began to work again.

These not-so-dense crossbow arrows finally relieved some of Kang Dabao's pressure, but the tension in his mind had never been let go.

"Puff puff puff" the familiar sawtooth formation unexpectedly came from the middle of the beast herd. The bodies of these first-level monsters were not able to delay Crocodile Yuan's sawtooth formation at all, but only covered the direction of Master Kang's spiritual sense search.

According to E Yuan's expectation, Kang Dabao would not have enough time to use his defensive magic weapon this time, so he could at least take advantage of the situation by surprise.

Unexpectedly, although Kang Dabao did not have time to sacrifice the Yixian Plate, another brocade bag on his waist flashed.

"Xiaoqi!"

The silly-looking second son of Sect Leader Kang emitted mysterious light from his carapace, blocking all 365 saw teeth.

After a burst of sharp and piercing sounds, fine scratches instantly appeared on Xiaoqi's originally shiny carapace. It was so angry that it spewed out white steam, and its four legs emitted earth-colored spiritual light and stepped down together.

If it is said that what E Yuan obtained was eight or nine out of ten of the remains of the Purple Scaled Mountain Turtle, then Xiao Qi, who obtained the remaining one or two tenths, should not be underestimated.

Thanks to a number of rare opportunities, it has now become a second-level mid-grade spiritual beast. This speed of cultivation is actually quite astonishing.

Hundreds of earth spikes suddenly emerged from the ground in the field. Those who were less prepared had their intestines pierced and died.

E Yuan ignored the bloody wailing all over the ground, but stepped forward with a little surprise, looking at Kang Dabao who seemed to be much stronger, and sneered: "Huang Yan'er, I haven't seen you for many years, and you have become more powerful."

The latter was not afraid of him when he entered the arena, and only laughed and scolded: "Good beast, stick your head over here, the master is quick, it won't hurt!"

"My ancestor has been very polite. Now that we are done with greetings, it's time to take your life and comfort the spirits of my brothers in heaven." The crocodile leader's eyes were wide open, and his eyeballs, as big as copper bells, were filled with murderous intent.

Unable to suppress the murderous intent in his heart any longer, he dragged his huge body towards him.

Instigated by the beast, the bloodshot in their eyes grew even brighter, and they opened their smelly mouths and rushed towards Kang Dabao who was still sneering at them.

"If you hate me in your heart, then you hate me. Why bother looking for these high-sounding excuses? You beast, it's rare for you to speak human language. You should learn to behave yourself and stop being disgusting with those hypocritical people!"

The head of the Kang family laughed loudly, but his heart was not as calm as he showed. Instead, he was anxious and asked secretly, "Wei Gu, when will you be well?!"

"Master, my ability is low, this formation is..."

“When will it get better?!!”

"Disciple, I will sacrifice my life! Just half a minute will do!"

"Half a quarter of an hour?! I'm afraid it will cost me my life!" When Kang Dabao was complaining in his heart, several green glazed arrows shot out of E Yuan's mouth again. Xiao Qi wanted to stand up to block them, but was stopped by Master Kang with a wave of his hand.

The newly repaired Yixian Plate finally appeared in the hands of Master Kang. Although it still needed nourishment, it could not be easily broken by the Crocodile Yuan who had not yet formed a pill.

Kang Dabao's face darkened as he blocked this fierce attack. This beast has made a lot of progress over the years. Just this small green glazed arrow is three times more powerful than before.

"Damn it, I thought I had improved a lot and could fight this beast on equal terms, but now I'm afraid I'm going to be at a disadvantage!"

Kang Dabao sighed, and then he saw that the lion insect swarm that had covered the sky and the sun looked very thin against the background of the large group of beasts that were charging at him. He couldn't help but want to back out again, so he kept asking, "Wei Gu, can we abandon this secondary formation?!"

"Master, the formation we chose to set up here is interconnected, and we have arranged the formation plate. Compared with the large formation set up by relying on spiritual veins, its power is originally three times weaker."

“Can it be done?!??”

"No! If we abandon this secondary formation, with the strength of the monsters' attacks, I'm afraid that within ten days, the other secondary formations and main formations will be broken. By then, most of our disciples will die."

"Got it. If it's still not healed after half an hour, you should quit your job as the formation steward and go to Yulin Hall to help the boys with their toilets!"

After hearing Wei Gu's decisive answer, Sect Leader Kang stopped urging him and just held up the short spear in his hand to face the ferocious beast with its eyes wide open. He also felt a little reckless:

"Nai Gong would like to see if he can take the Purple Scaled Mountain Turtle's Beast Core out of your stomach again."

(I have an important meeting after get off work on the 7th, so please forgive me if I am unable to update!)

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