Becoming an immortal and ancestor begins with the golden toad spitting out money.

Chapter 165 Su Ji's Plan: Breaking Out of the Desperate Situation!

This rescue mission is not only to rescue several cultivators from the Dragon Mountain Sect from behind the Golden Wind Canyon, but also to accelerate the exploration of the ruined fairyland of the Golden Cave Sect.

However, before the group of cultivators even left the Golden Wind Canyon, they encountered a colossal monster comparable to a god or immortal. Everyone felt extremely unlucky.

Moreover, this incident originally only affected some members of the first and second groups. The third group could have escaped, but because of the order from the Shackled Spirit General of Jiuxiang County to maintain the Azure Dragon Formation, they all fell into the mouth of the enormous monster.

Seeing that the white-robed cultivator of the Taibai Dragon Clan only managed to pierce the ground a little over a foot deep with his attack, many cultivators felt a sense of fear, and the formation inevitably fluctuated.

In response, the Ninth Elder, a master of formations from the Dragon Mountain Sect, advised, "In such a crisis, panic will not solve the problem. Only by maintaining the Azure Dragon Formation can we hold out longer until a path to survival is found..."

The monster, comparable to a god or immortal, is indeed very strong, but the cultivators have not cultivated for nothing all these years. Even ants can eat elephants, not to mention that there are top-tier or even invincible high-level cultivators among these cultivators.

Top-tier cultivators already possess the ability to harm immortals and gods, while invincible cultivators have methods comparable to low-grade minor immortal techniques.

If the monster before them hadn't been so enormous, this elite squad wouldn't have been afraid of ordinary immortals or gods. This was the source of their confidence in forming a team to rescue Long Teng even after learning that there might be immortal-level monsters in the snow mountain.

The only unexpected thing was that the monsters, at the level of immortals and gods, had been lying in ambush at the cave exit all along, so that all the cultivators had not even seen the monsters before falling into such a dangerous situation.

Knowing that the stability of the Azure Dragon Formation was a matter of life and death, the cultivators suppressed their fear and began to do their best to maintain the Azure Dragon Formation.

However, many cultivators still had many thoughts in their minds.

Some regretted joining the operation, realizing that the so-called mission rewards were certainly not as important as their own lives.

Some blamed the cultivators of the Longshan Sect, saying that if they hadn't failed in their previous rescue attempt on Long Teng and the others, alerting the enemy, they wouldn't have fallen into such a trap this time.

Su Ji kept analyzing the current situation, hoping to find a better escape plan...

If we attack from below using the strategy of the white-robed high-ranking cultivators of the Taibai Dragon Clan, we might be able to break through the jaw of the enormous monster, but most of the cultivators in the first group of the Azure Dragon Formation might have to sacrifice themselves.

Not to mention that the cultivators in the first group are all important high-ranking figures who are indispensable in various places, even the local deities Zhao Gong and Zhang Gong are Su Ji's partners and closest fellow Daoists.

However, if the third group were to evacuate directly, the first group would also perish.

But they were partners in a team, and their job was to do everything they could to ensure that every cultivator survived.

Unbeknownst to him, Su Ji had already flown upwards. Although the mysteries here could interfere with the Heavenly Soul Sensing of a Cave Profound cultivator, they had little impact on the Yan Tian Chou's ability to investigate.

However, Yan Tianchou did not give Su Ji the answer he wanted: "Based on the results of the investigation, the monster's head is not within attack range..."

While everyone else was thinking about how to escape, Su Ji wanted to kill the god-like monster to solve the problem at its root. Unfortunately, the monster was too huge and didn't give him the chance.

Therefore, Su Ji looked at the chilling aura flying towards him like countless high-grade spells, but his gaze fell behind the chilling aura.

"The monster's method of supplying itself is not by swallowing, but by attacking with the cold air in its throat, intending to gradually freeze us over time... Perhaps it is safer inside the monster's belly than here."

Of course, Su Ji did not rule out the possibility that the monster's feeding method was as it was now, and if he were to enter the monster's stomach, he might very well find himself in an even more dangerous situation.

As for the idea of ​​leaving from the rear, it had long been ruled out by the cultivators. The rows of thick ice spikes blocked everyone's escape route like teeth, not to mention the monster's lips behind them... which was far more difficult than piercing the monster's chin.

So Su Ji found the leader of the team, Jiu Xiangxian Shackled Spirit General, and told him his plan.

"Now, if we want to save as many people as possible, the monster's belly is obviously a safer option."

In fact, Su Ji was not the only one who thought of this, but this method was very risky.

If they continue along the pit dug by the white-robed cultivator, they will lose at most one-third of their manpower and escape from the monster's jaws.

Even if the news spread far and wide, other cultivators wouldn't say much, at most offering a few words of regret, after all, they had encountered a monster akin to a god or immortal.

However, rushing into the monster's belly might offer a chance for everyone to escape, but it also carries the risk of heavy casualties or even total annihilation. The Shackled Spirit General of Jiuxiang County cannot bear this responsibility.

"General Jianling, this plan is too risky. What if it fails..."

The gods are like the government in the mortal world; they don't strive for perfection, but only for stability. They consider themselves successful when no one can find fault with them.

However, Su Ji could not let the first group of cultivators die or be injured. He stepped forward and said, "Shackled Spirit General, I can take full responsibility for this plan. If it fails, the responsibility will be mine; if it succeeds, you will also have a share of the credit!"

Su Ji's confidence not only startled Jian Ri Ling, but also made all the cultivators take notice.

Someone wondered, "No matter how strong the sunlight is, it's only a means to suppress evil spirits. It's even difficult to use it to break through the ground. I'm afraid even if we used up all the sunlight, it would be difficult to open a safe passage through the cold, yin energy..."

The power of the Sun's Radiance lies in its level of power, not the amount of power. As early as when the Cai family's pseudo-ascended individuals ambushed Su Ji, the news that the Sun's Radiance was restrained by earth and stone had already been known. Now, many people are not optimistic about Su Ji's plan.

Of course, a glimmer of hope appeared in the eyes of some people.

The most excited among them was Zhang Gong, the local earth god. He was not only Su Ji's mentor in cultivation but also witnessed Su Ji's growth all the way and knew the most about Su Ji's abilities.

"Fellow Daoist Golden Toad, are you perhaps preparing to personally intervene and use mystical arts to pave the way?"

The path of deviation is the way Su Ji relied on to become an immortal. Although the local earth god Zhang Gong did not comprehend much of it, he still used this mystery to increase his cultivation speed.

Not long ago, Su Ji displayed combat power comparable to top-tier cultivators. Even though he could only use the Earth Yang Lotus cultivated by the Earth Yang Mystic Seed to unleash three attacks, it still greatly shocked Zhang Gong.

It should be noted that even with Su Ji's selfless discourse and the nurturing of the land deity system, Zhang Gong, the local earth god, is only considered powerful at present.

When Su Ji came to the dilapidated fairyland alone this time, the local earth god had some guesses, and now it seems that he is about to get the real answer.

Despite seemingly exchanging words for a long time, the transmission of sound actually lasted only seven or eight breaths. Although the chilling aura exhaled by the god-like monster was like a series of high-grade perfect spells, it was still within the range that the Azure Dragon Formation maintained by the cultivators could withstand.

Su Ji nodded confidently: "Passing through the monster's throat, which is filled with icy air, is no problem. Now we should consider how to deal with it once we're inside!"

If monsters are like wild beasts, digesting their food with stomach acid, then the icy cold energy can actually be very useful.

If the monsters are like birds and beasts, grinding their food with stones after eating, the Azure Dragon Formation will face an even greater test.

If the monster's body is like a freezing cave, the cultivators might be trapped inside...

Although Su Ji had already had Yan Tianchou deduce and analyze, it would be too monstrous for him to reveal everything. Besides, it's always good to gather ideas from many sources; other cultivators might also point out situations that Yan Tianchou hadn't anticipated…

With Su Ji taking the initiative to assume responsibility, the Shackled Spirit General of Jiuxiang County had no objections. Seeing Su Ji's confidence, the other cultivators also chose to believe in the plan.

Just then, the Taibai Dragon Clan's high-level cultivators encountered a problem in their attack plan below. The monster's jawbone was like a thick metal wall, and even with their best efforts, they could only leave a small pit on it.

Perhaps some cultivators could hide in the pit below, but that would definitely affect the Azure Dragon Formation, and who would live and who would die would be another question... Before they could break through the monster's jawbone, most cultivators would freeze to death first.

Now that Jian Ri Ling is about to propose a plan to delve into the monster's belly, the white-robed high-ranking cultivator of the Tai Bai Dragon Clan immediately voted in favor. The other conflicted cultivators also stopped thinking about it and chose to follow the majority opinion.

So Su Ji moved from the third group at the very back to the front, and then took out a palm-sized metal ball from the Five Aperture Heart Stone.

Of those present, only the local earth god Zhang Gong knew a thing or two, and exclaimed with delight, "I heard that Fellow Daoist Jin Chan went to Fellow Daoist Mo to forge a spiritual artifact, but I didn't expect it to have been completed so long ago..."

The large deflecting spirit artifact is a very large spirit artifact. Zhang Gong did not expect that Su Ji would forge his natal spirit artifact into a spherical shape in such an unconventional way.

Under the watchful eyes of many cultivators, Su Ji pointed at the metal sphere, and a vast, distorted mystic realm appeared in front of him. Most of the cold air parted to the sides, leaving a vacuum area in the middle.

Even though the cold air disperses as it continues to advance, its power is greatly weakened. Even at the tail end of the Azure Dragon Formation, only the power of a high-grade introductory spell can be felt.

Immediately, many cultivators were overjoyed.

The leader of the group, Jiujiang County Shackled Spirit General, was overjoyed, and the white-robed high cultivator of the Taibai Dragon Clan also couldn't help but light up.

It should be noted that when they attacked the Cai family's large water vein spiritual realm, the white-robed high cultivator had heard of the Golden Toad from the White Turtle Spirit General. At that time, Su Ji was already famous for his Blazing Crystal Treasure.

Later, during the incident involving the Jushan Demon, many cultivators witnessed Su Ji's combat prowess and were deeply moved by Su Ji's accidental exposure of the demon's cultivation of the Insect Mother.

After all, if Su Ji hadn't had the ability to break through the membrane of the spiritual realm, it's unknown how long it would have taken for the Qiu family's spiritual realm to open, and by then the power of the evil spirits within would probably have been far beyond what the Qiu family could handle...

At this moment, even the white-robed high-ranking cultivators from the Taibai Dragon Clan could only protect themselves in the yin and cold aura, but Su Ji was able to open up a safe passage in the yin and cold aura, which was truly a model of the mutual generation and restraint of the mysterious magic of heaven and earth.

With the efforts of the cultivators, the Azure Dragon Formation continued its journey through the safe passage created by Su Ji, and soon arrived at a distance not far from the monster's throat.

At this moment, Yan Tianchou hurriedly reminded them, "According to the investigation, the chilling aura ahead has reached the level of a low-grade Great Perfection Immortal Technique. Even after the influence of the [Deflection Mystic Realm] and the Deflection Mystic Pearl, the power that the third group will endure will still reach the level of a high-grade Perfection Spell..."

Ultimately, Su Ji's [Deflection Mystic Realm] is still some distance from being a high-grade mystic technique. If he didn't possess the high-grade flawless spiritual artifact, the Deflection Mystic Pearl, he wouldn't be confident in opening this safe passage.

Even so, Su Ji still used the Earth Yang Lotus to protect the Deflection Profound Pearl from the influence of the Yin Cold Qi, otherwise even a top-grade flawless spiritual artifact might be frozen and cracked by the Yin Cold Qi.

"Charge with all your might!"

If the cultivators in the third group were exposed to this environment for a long time, some would inevitably die or be injured. Fortunately, the Ninth Elder of the Dragon Mountain Sect activated the Azure Dragon Formation with all his might and rushed towards the monster's throat.

Just then, after devouring the group of cultivators, the monster launched its second attack.

"boom!"

In an instant, a thick tongue shot out from the monster's throat, like a dragon of earth and stone several dozen feet long, and slammed towards the Azure Dragon formation.

However, many cultivators were not surprised at all; on the contrary, they were delighted.

Since this monster resembled a wild beast, the monks had always wondered where its tongue was.

Some people thought the monster's tongue was soft and retracted it to avoid getting hurt;
Some believe that the monster's tongue is hidden in the cold air, or even formed from the cold ice.

Now they realized that the monster's tongue was made of earth and stone, and although it was an obstacle to entering the monster's belly, it was still much better than the worst-case scenario they had imagined.

At least, the monster's throat was not blocked, but passable, which made the plan of the Sun-Watching Spirit to capture the Golden Toad extremely feasible.

At this moment, the cultivators unleashed their full potential, bombarding the monster's earthen, stone-like tongue with countless spells and supernatural powers.

"The autumn wind is bleak, and all things wither!"

"Taibai Sword Shadow!"

"The Spear of Earthly Yang!"

"The shackles of all beings!"

"Azure Dragon's Breath!"

"..."

The enormous monster didn't want to stick out its tongue because it was afraid that the cultivators would use it as a weakness to attack. Now, even though it suddenly popped out, it still couldn't escape the fate of being severed.

Of course, the monster's goal of blocking the group of cultivators was about to be achieved. In addition to the long, dragon-like tongue, there was also a chilling aura flying from all directions from its throat.

"This is bad! The Guardian Spirit can only open one safe passage from the front. If the chilling aura from all sides comes in, the third team will definitely not be able to hold out for long!"

Previously, the cold air spewed out by the monster was condensed but only in one direction. Now, with the group of cultivators in the narrow space of the throat, the danger they face has greatly increased.

The first group has the strongest defense, the second group can also defend against attacks, and the third group is the group of cultivators with the most combat power.

Moreover, Elder Jiu of the Longshan Sect in the third group is also the one in charge of the Azure Dragon Formation.

Once the Ninth Elder of the Dragon Mountain Sect dies, the Azure Dragon Formation will collapse, and everyone will be plunged into a desperate situation in an instant.

As soon as the Shackled Spirit General of Jiuxiang County moved, he headed to the third group at the rear, with the aim of protecting the Ninth Elder of the Longshan Sect.

Just then, Su Ji suddenly smiled and pushed forward, shouting, "Superior-grade Mystic Technique [Penetrating the Netherworld]!"

In an instant, a passage appeared in front of the Azure Dragon formation.

Su Ji grabbed the Deflecting Mystic Pearl and led the Azure Dragon Formation maintained by the cultivators into the passage.

(End of this chapter)