Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 226 News of a Great Victory, Shifting the Battle to Black Dragon [Please Subscribe]

In less than three days, the Red Dragon branch of the Dragon Transformation Sect was breached.

As the largest sect in the Jing Kingdom, the strength of the Moon Wheel Sect is evident.

In this battle, three of the five Golden Core stage cultivators from the Crimson Dragon Branch of the Dragon Transformation Sect were killed on the spot. Only one deputy hall master and one second elder managed to break through the encirclement and escape alive.

Of the twenty-one Purple Mansion stage protectors who were trapped inside the Crimson Dragon branch altar, eighteen perished on the spot, with only three escaping with serious injuries.

The rest of the missionaries and ordinary believers were either killed or captured, with only a very few lucky ones surviving.

On the other hand, none of the Golden Core cultivators from the Moon Wheel Sect died; only one was seriously injured, and two others were slightly injured.

Despite minor injuries, the only one who truly withdrew from the war was the heavily wounded Golden Core cultivator.

However, due to those two crimson divine lights, the Moon Wheel Sect still lost as many as seven Purple Mansion stage cultivators and dozens of Foundation Establishment stage cultivators.

Compared to the other two, it can still be considered a great victory!

News of this great victory quickly reached Zhou Chun and his rear-area sweeping teams, and then spread to Jingguo.

Upon learning this news, the cultivators of Jingguo, including Daoist Mingjing, were overjoyed and their morale soared.

However, Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun were both happy and a little worried at this moment.

Words cannot describe the complex feelings the two of them were experiencing at that moment.

Upon hearing the news that the Crimson Dragon branch altar had been destroyed and that most of the Dragon Transformation Sect protectors and elders had been killed, the two were wondering whether Lin Hongyu was alive or dead.

They secretly hoped that Lin Hongyu would die, so that the Zhou family's cooperation with her would be completely buried.

But there was also a sliver of a thought that he didn't want to die.

After all, if Lin Hongyu really died, the Zhou family would not be able to obtain the various treasures she promised, nor her loyalty.

Amidst these complex and unpredictable feelings, a new order suddenly reached their ranks.

"I just received orders from my sect's senior uncle, instructing us to temporarily halt the dismantling of strongholds and immediately rush to the Black Dragon branch altar to set up defenses. Reinforcements from other branches of the Dragon Transformation Sect have already arrived!"

On a hillside, Daoist Mingjing looked solemnly at the dozens of cultivators below and spoke in a deep voice the instructions he had just received.

Upon hearing his words, the expressions of all the cultivators present changed.

The battles of the past few days have made everyone realize that eliminating the Dragon Transformation Sect's stronghold is an easy opportunity to earn battle merits.

With overwhelming force, they destroyed the Hualong Sect's stronghold. As long as they were careful, they would hardly be in mortal danger, and might not even be injured.

But it's a different story when you go to the front lines to fight.

Even though the Jingguo side still holds a numerical advantage in direct combat with the Hualong Sect, the casualties will definitely not be much better.

Unfortunately, things did not change according to their will.

An order is an order, and whether they like it or not, they dare not disobey it in any way!

So, at Mingjing Daoren's command, all the Purple Mansion cultivators and Foundation Establishment cultivators in the stronghold set off immediately, abandoning the stronghold altogether.

However, before setting off, Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun secretly wrote down the team's destination in a letter and left it behind.

In this way, if Lin Wan'er does manage to contact Lin Hongyu later, she can find their new location through letters and re-establish contact with them.

After traveling at a breakneck pace for nearly two days, Zhou Chun and his team finally arrived at the outer perimeter of the Black Dragon branch of the Hualong Sect.

According to the division of labor among the three major sects, it was Qinglian Temple that attacked the Black Dragon branch altar. This strongest branch altar of the Transformation Dragon Sect is definitely a tough nut to crack.

Despite having gathered fourteen Golden Core stage cultivators, Qinglian Temple launched a three-day and three-night attack but failed to break through the Black Dragon Branch Altar's protective formation.

Just as Zhou Chun and his group arrived, four more Golden Core cultivators from the Golden Dragon Branch and Blood Dragon Branch arrived and stormed into the Black Dragon Branch.

Currently, the Black Dragon Branch Altar has as many as ten Golden Core cultivators from the Dragon Transformation Sect, as well as two fourth-order flood dragons and a fourth-order low-grade demon beast, the Black Water Xuan Turtle.

If it weren't for the fact that after the Red Dragon branch was destroyed, the Moon Wheel Sect quickly sent six Golden Core cultivators to support them, the Dragon Transformation Sect's forces might have been able to defeat the Azure Lotus Temple!

Even though the number of Golden Core cultivators on the Jing Kingdom side had reached twenty, it was still difficult to quickly take down the Black Dragon branch altar, which had received assistance.

So when Zhou Chun and his group arrived, Qinglian Temple had already changed its battle plan and began to besiege the Black Dragon branch altar without attacking, seemingly preparing to wait for more reinforcements to arrive before launching an attack.

Twenty Golden Core cultivators sat around the Black Dragon Branch Altar's gate, preventing any bird from flying out of the altar.

Meanwhile, the Purple Mansion stage cultivators and Foundation Establishment stage cultivators of Qinglian Temple had already built a temporary camp less than fifty miles away from the Black Dragon Branch Altar, and set up a purification array and a protective array.

After Zhou Chun and his group arrived, they went directly into the temporary camp.

"Fellow Daoists, please rest here for now. I'm going to pay my respects to my sect's senior uncles and see what instructions they have for us!"

Inside the camp, after talking with his fellow disciples from Qinglian Temple who were in charge of camp management for a while, Mingjing Daoist led Zhou Chun and the others to a rest area, gave them a few instructions, and then hurriedly left.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun and the others could only do as they were told and meditate in the rest area to recover their magical power while waiting for further orders to be given.

They weren't kept waiting long. Daoist Mingjing was only separated from them for less than two hours before returning to convey the orders from the Golden Core cultivators of Qinglian Temple.

The man spoke with a serious expression: "As instructed by our sect's senior uncles, you fellow Daoists will continue to be under my command. If there is anything we can do to help you, our senior uncles will send us a message."

"Of course, if any fellow Daoists have any thoughts or suggestions, you may discuss them with me in detail, and I will report them to my senior uncles as appropriate."

No one was surprised to hear him say that.

In war, most Golden Core cultivators are engaged in battles with other powerful individuals of the same level. They have no time to distract themselves and command the Purple Mansion and Foundation Establishment cultivators below them.

Delegating command authority and only issuing orders for attack and retreat is the proper way to wage war in the cultivation world.

So after expressing their willingness to obey Mingjing Daoist's orders, everyone dispersed to rest.

No one knows when the great battle will break out, so keeping oneself in the best possible condition at all times is the most important thing for every cultivator currently on the battlefield.

……

"Phew, I finally survived!"

In a desolate wilderness, Lin Hongyu, who was meditating with her eyes closed, suddenly coughed up a large pool of dark red blood. She then wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth with her sleeve and sighed with relief.

She was one of the three protectors who escaped from the Red Dragon branch altar at that time.

During her escape, a cultivator in the early Golden Core stage suddenly attacked her with magical powers.

Although it was just a spell or supernatural power casually cast by a Golden Core cultivator, it was not a magic treasure.

However, that attack still severely injured Lin Hongyu, who was virtually invincible within the Purple Mansion stage, and she almost couldn't escape the pursuit.

Because the spiritual power of that Golden Core cultivator remained in her body, Lin Hongyu was afraid that the other party would sense it and chase after her. She gritted her teeth and ran for thousands of miles before daring to stop and rest to heal her injuries.

Fortunately, she is now at the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm, and the cultivation technique she practices is also extraordinary. After a lot of hard work, she finally refined and expelled the foreign spiritual power remaining in her body.

However, after a brief moment of joy, she felt her own weakness and her face fell, and she no longer showed any joy.

When she broke through the encirclement, she used every means at her disposal. Not only did she consume many of the third-tier magic talismans she had accumulated, but she also broke and lost several magic artifacts. She also used a secret technique to stimulate her potential.

Her current condition is only slightly better than it was before Zhou Daoyi rescued her.

In this situation, she should have immediately found a place to rest and recuperate.

But she knew very well that once she returned to the branch altar or stronghold of the Hualong Sect, she would probably not have much time to rest before going back to the battlefield.

"It's a pity that damned dragon didn't die in the branch altar, otherwise I could have flown far away and avoided getting involved in this mess!"

She cursed through gritted teeth, filled with resentment towards the fourth-tier Crimson Fire Dragon that held her life and death in its hands.

The existence of the "Dragon Soul Seed" allowed the fourth-tier Crimson Fire Dragon to easily pinpoint her location, determine her life or death status, and end her life at any time.

So before that fourth-tier Crimson Fire Dragon died, no matter how bad her condition was or how unwilling she was, she could only return to a branch altar or stronghold of the Dragon Transformation Sect as quickly as possible, so that the higher-ups of the Dragon Transformation Sect could know her latest situation.

Otherwise, given the current state of war and her prolonged absence from home, the higher-ups of the Hualong Sect might very well conclude that she is passively avoiding battle or has defected to the enemy.

She didn't want to lose her life so inexplicably!

So despite her cursing, after taking some medicine to recuperate, she could only make out the direction and headed towards the Blood Dragon branch altar that was not under attack.

Before the Red Dragon branch altar was destroyed, she had already contacted her goddaughter Lin Wan'er through special means and learned that the Zhou family had agreed to help her.

So her next step should be to follow the plan, find a way to stay with the leader of the Crimson Dragon Hall, determine the location of the fourth-tier Crimson Fire Dragon, and then re-establish contact with Zhou Mingde and the others.

Without mentioning how Lin Hongyu narrowly escaped death and managed to survive.

After resting for two days at the camp outside the Black Dragon branch altar, Zhou Chun and his group quickly joined the assault on the Black Dragon branch altar.

At this moment, most of the Purple Mansion cultivators and Foundation Establishment cultivators who had set off from the Azure Mang stronghold had arrived at the Black Dragon branch altar.

At this time, when the battle to conquer the Black Dragon branch was underway, these people were all assigned to the same group.

In the sky and on the ground, cultivators were seen unleashing spells and magical powers, or unleashing sword energy and blade light from their magical artifacts, all striking at the black water curtain shield in front of them.

The Black Dragon branch's protective array is stronger than the Crimson Dragon branch's in terms of defense. The black water curtain shield formed by the array's power is not only incredibly flexible but also possesses strong corrosive properties.

Previously, when Qinglian Temple attacked this protective array, many cultivators, not understanding its power, directly used flying swords and other magical artifacts to slash at it.

As a result, the third-tier flying sword was severely corroded and its spiritual power was greatly damaged after it came into contact with the black water curtain.

As for magical artifacts below the third rank, they immediately lost all their spiritual power and were rendered useless.

After suffering this great loss, everyone learned their lesson and only attacked the water curtain shield from a distance with magical spells and supernatural powers, never using the magic artifacts themselves to make contact with it.

Because of this constraint, Qinglian Temple encountered far more resistance than Chilong Branch when attacking the mountain-protecting formation.

"This formation is truly formidable. It not only corrodes the physical artifacts themselves, but it also seems capable of corroding and dissolving magical spells and supernatural abilities. If you unleash your full power, I'm afraid less than half of it will actually have any effect!"

In mid-air, Zhou Chun rode the Golden-Winged Tiger, hovering in the air. He activated the "Golden Cauldron Mystic Light" to attack the water curtain shield with sword energy, while also marveling at the protective array of the Black Dragon Branch Altar.

He wasn't very knowledgeable about formations and couldn't see what was so mysterious about this formation.

However, the power of this formation is truly visible.

Thanks to the arrival of reinforcements from all sides, the number of Jingguo cultivators gathered outside the Black Dragon branch altar has now exceeded one thousand, most of whom are cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage or above, with as many as sixty or seventy cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage.

Even with such a massive lineup and so many people attacking together, they couldn't shake the black water curtain shield.

"This formation is indeed powerful, but the fact that it possesses the strength we are witnessing now must be largely due to the cultivators of the Dragon Transformation Sect inside!"

Forty or fifty feet away from Zhou Chun in mid-air, Zhou Chongshan, his eyes gleaming with spiritual light, surveyed the great formation ahead. He spoke in a low voice, "Have you noticed? Up until now, it's been us attacking, while the cultivators inside haven't made a single move to intercept us. What does that mean?"

"What does that mean?"

Zhou Chun couldn't help but ask a question following his words.

Then Zhou Chongshan replied in a deep voice, "This situation arises either because the formation is truly so powerful that it's unshakeable, and the cultivators inside are confident that we cannot break it. Therefore, they are conserving their strength, using the formation to wear us down, and then waiting for an opportunity to break out!"

"Either their power is being used to maintain the operation of the great formation, leaving them with no energy to intercept our attacks!"

As soon as he said that, Zhou Chun understood instantly.

"If the power of this great formation comes from the combined strength of all the cultivators of the Dragon Transformation Sect, then that makes sense."

Is it normal?

Zhou Chongshan shook his head slightly, but didn't say anything more.

Zhou Chun was unfamiliar with formations and did not understand how difficult it was for a formation to contain the power of so many cultivators.

But he knew it all too well.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look up at the twenty Golden Core cultivators in the sky who had not yet made a move.

If he can see it, then those Golden Core cultivators can certainly see it too.

Those people haven't made a move yet, which suggests they already have a plan.

"Everyone should take elixirs to restore their magical power, and always keep their magical power above 80%!"

Soon, everyone in the Zhou family received a message from the Supreme Elder Zhou Mingde.

I'll only post one update today, and two updates tomorrow. I plan to post three updates every two days for now to take a break, and then resume two updates a day when it's not so serious!

(End of this chapter)