Demon, come and cultivate for me.

Fan Li wielded the double-headed spear, thrusting and stabbing with effortless ease.

Unlike Zhou Chu, who simply smashed the boar monsters' heads with brute force, he aimed straight for their vital organs, such as their navels, throats, and anuses.

The gun was fired with the speed and accuracy of a venomous snake emerging from its hole.

The second-realm wild boar monster couldn't last a single round against him before being killed by a single blow.

He pulled the spear tip from the belly of a second-realm wild boar monster in front of him and looked back.

However, he saw that more than a dozen of the martial artists who had charged up with him had already fallen.

And in front of him, countless wild boars were charging towards them.

Fan Li was not as ruthless as his junior brother, Daoist Ji Ling. Seeing that he had lost more than a dozen lives due to his misjudgment, he felt extremely ashamed.

So he picked up his spear and charged back to rescue the warriors who were already locked in a fierce battle.

No matter how fast he was, there were just too many wild boar monsters.

Left with no other choice, they had to send everyone back to Baishizhai Village.

Upon hearing Fan Li shout to retreat, Zhou Chu immediately grabbed Xie Ning and ran back.

Zhou Chu had realized early on that this battle was completely unequal; it was a stalemate.

He had never fought like this in a group fight in his previous life.

The group fought and retreated, eventually returning to Baishizhai Village, which was protected by the Nine Palaces Formation.

Zhou Chu looked around and saw that all the martial artists were injured or bruised, some more severely than others.

However, Xie Ning, whom he had always considered a burden, was completely unharmed.

Xie Ning understood what Zhou Chu meant with his eyes.

She sheathed her sword, retied her disheveled black hair into a ponytail, and said smugly:

"Didn't expect that, did you? Did you still think of me as a burden?"

Zhou Chu said, "You said that yourself. I never said you were a burden."

Xu Yuan bandaged the wound on his arm and leaned closer, saying:

"Could Miss Xie be from the Xie family of the capital?"

Xie Ning asked, "How did you know?"

Xu Yuan said, "What you just used was the Xie family sword technique. This sword technique has never been passed down to outsiders; only members of the Xie family can practice it."

"You do have good taste," Xie Ning said, glancing smugly at Zhou Chu.

"Is there anything special about the Xie family sword technique?" Zhou Chu asked.

Xu Yuan said, "Five hundred years ago, the Xie family patriarch went south alone to search for ancient cultivation techniques in the Hundred Thousand Mountains of Baiyue. Do you know what the Hundred Thousand Mountains are? It's a ferocious place where only one and a half people can return from a thousand trips..."

Zhou Chu interrupted him, saying, "Get to the point."

"The key point is that the Xie family patriarch walked out of the Ten Thousand Mountains unharmed and brought back the legendary sword technique."

With this swordsmanship, the Xie family of the capital became the most powerful clan under the royal family in the Yan Kingdom.

After Xu Yuan finished speaking, Zhou Chu asked curiously:

"How do you know so much about the Xie family?"

"Because my Xu family was once the second largest clan in the Yan Kingdom, second only to the Xie family in strength. It's just a pity that my great-grandfather, my grandfather, and my father were all disappointing... Sigh~"

When Xu Yuan mentioned his family background, he seemed to be kicking himself.

Zhou Chu almost laughed when he heard this. How could anyone blame their own father and ancestors for being useless? It was truly going against the natural order.

Once the Nine Palaces Formation is set up, an invisible barrier will be created to separate the inside from the outside of the formation.

Outside the formation, more and more wild boar monsters gathered.

These beasts seemed to have gone mad, violently ramming against the barrier.

"Zhou Chu, how long can this formation last?"

Fan Li stood at the edge of the formation with his back to everyone, and no one saw the dejected look on his face.

"These monsters are not as powerful as me. As long as I am here, the formation will remain," Zhou Chu replied.

"What if you're not here?" Fan Li continued to ask.

"I don't know," Zhou Chu answered truthfully.

The key to the Nine Palaces Formation is the person who sets up the formation; as long as the person who sets up the formation exists, the formation will always exist.

However, Zhou Chu hadn't tested how long or how far the person who set up the formation would leave before it disappeared, so he didn't know.

For Fan Li, he is now in a predicament where he cannot back down.

These wild boar monsters were numerous and all were in a bloodthirsty frenzy.

These martial artists might be able to fight their way out of here.

But once these martial artists leave, the villagers of Baishizhai Village, and even the entire surrounding area of ​​Guniu Mountain for dozens of miles, will be harmed by the wild boar monster.

It could even spread to Wuyang City, which is ten miles away.

Now that things have come to this, Fan Li can only blame himself for being too rash and eager to achieve quick results.

They intended to wipe out the wild boar monsters in one fell swoop, but ended up getting trapped by them instead.

The warriors had recovered somewhat by this time. They surrounded Fan Li, waiting for his word whether to stay or leave.

Many people are beginning to regret coming to Guniu Mountain to wade into this mess.

Isn't it better to live a carefree life in the city?

Martial artists have always obeyed orders but not summons; they could have easily found an excuse to refuse.

They came here out of respect for Fan Li, or perhaps for the reward money.

On the distant hillside, wild boar monsters continued to rush towards this place, their number already well over a thousand.

The death of a wild boar grandmother has attracted so many descendants to mourn and seek revenge.

It must be said that these black-skinned wild boar monsters have the strongest reproductive ability among all the monsters in Guniu Mountain.

Xu Yuan said, "Elder Fan, the wild boar monster's goal is nothing more than to reclaim the old wild boar's corpse. Why don't we just throw the corpse to them? If they retreat, we can reconsider our strategy."

With no better options available, we had no choice but to try anything, even if it seemed hopeless.

Fan Li accepted Xu Yuan's suggestion and had someone bring over the demon corpse of the Wild Boar Mother. He also asked Zhou Chu to open an opening in the formation and throw the demon corpse out.

After the demon corpse was thrown out, an unexpected scene unfolded.

All the boar monsters rushed towards the old boar mother, and those that were closest began to devour her.

Whether in the first or second realm, they began to kill each other in order to tear apart the demon corpses.

Moments later, the wild boar grandmother's demonic corpse, weighing six or seven hundred pounds, was completely devoured by her offspring.

Not even a trace of bone was left.

After these beasts finished devouring their own grandmother, they became even more frenzied, recklessly charging at the array barrier.

Fan Li now understood that they wanted more than just corpses; they wanted revenge.

He turned to face the crowd and calmly said:

"Gentlemen, this matter arose because of me, and it should be resolved by me. I only regret that I have lost more than a dozen brothers for no reason."

"You all wait in the formation. No matter what happens, do not come out. Let this old man wipe out these beasts."

After saying that, Fan Li turned around and tore off the black cloth covering his right eye, throwing it on the ground.

"Zhou Chu, prepare the formation for me."

Zhou Chu opened a gap in the barrier in front of Fan Li, and several wild boar monsters took the opportunity to crawl inside.

Fan Li thrust his spear three times, driving the enemy back and breaking out of the formation.

Enemies meeting are bound to be furious, and the boar monster surged toward Fan Li like a tidal wave, burying him in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, Fan Li swung his spear and swept away all the boar monsters.

Fan Li's body was changing visibly. His upper body swelled up until it burst through his clothes, revealing his bluish-green skin.

Not only his body, but even the skin on his face gradually turned bluish-green.

The most terrifying thing was Fan Li's right eye.

There was no white in its eyes, only a bright red, fleshy ball-like eyeball with a black pupil in the middle.

That pupil was like a portal to the void, swallowing up the soul and corpse of the wild boar monster that Fan Li had killed.

Zhou Chu exclaimed in surprise, "Such a brilliant technique, why didn't you use it sooner?"