Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 238 Killing a Thousand Enemies, Losing Eight Hundred of Your Own [Please Subscribe]

it's over!

everything is over.

Although the Golden Core stage cultivators of the Dragon Transformation Sect later abandoned martial ethics and bullied the weak, they also dragged the middle and low-level cultivators of the Jing Kingdom into the Golden Core battlefield, causing the Jing Kingdom's allied forces, which had not suffered much damage to begin with, to suffer heavy losses.

However, this still could not change the fate of the Hualong Sect's failure.

In the end, the Dragon Transformation Sect not only lost this battle, but it was a very crushing defeat.

Enraged by their unsportsmanlike sneak attack, the Golden Core cultivators from the three major sects, including Liu Yiping, were truly furious. Even after they began to retreat, they relentlessly pursued and killed them.

When they finally reached the beast tide and joined up with the fourth-tier demonic beasts within it, four Golden Core cultivators had died in the pursuit. At the same time, the fourth-tier low-grade demonic beast, the Earth-Splitting Dragon Elephant, which had killed the most people, was also killed by Qing Su Dao Gu with a single sword strike.

Besides the four humans and one demon who died, the Golden Core cultivators of the Dragon Transformation Sect, such as Di Long and Zhang Bailang, also suffered serious injuries to varying degrees. Even the ferocious fourth-order high-grade black dragon had one of its claws severed by Liu Yiping.

After this battle, most of the fourth-tier members of the Dragon Transformation Sect were crippled and would be unable to return to the battlefield for some time.

In comparison, the Yasukuni Alliance, with its numerical advantage, suffered a significant victory, though many were wounded, at least no one perished.

After the pursuit ended, Liu Yiping and the others quickly returned to the White Dragon branch altar, gathered the scattered survivors, and began cleaning up the battlefield.

"Alas, this is Yu Futong, a fellow Daoist from the Yu family of Lianzhou. I fought alongside him when we attacked the Black Dragon branch altar, but I never imagined he would perish here!"

At the foot of a mountain inside the White Dragon Branch Altar, Zhou Mingde, who was ordered to clean up the battlefield, saw a corpse that had suddenly died while vomiting blood. He immediately recognized the person's identity and background, and a sad expression appeared on his face.

He was quick to seize the opportunity. After escaping from the White Dragon Branch Altar, he quickly led Zhou Chun and the others back to the temporary camp, taking Zhou Chongshan and Zhou Jiarui, who were recuperating there, with him as well, and they fled to a distant place together.

This approach allowed them to successfully avoid retaliation from the Golden Core stage cultivators of the Dragon Transformation Sect, and no one died in the chaos.

Only when Liu Yiping and other Golden Core cultivators returned did they dare to obey the summons and return to the shattered temporary camp. Then, they were assigned to collect the bodies along with the other survivors.

After feeling a pang of sadness looking at the corpse on the ground with its eyes wide open and dead, Zhou Mingde stepped forward and closed its eyes, while also checking the cause of death.

Sure enough, the cause of death was the same as the other corpses he had examined before: their internal organs and souls were shattered by the "Mountain Shattering and Earth Splitting" divine power of the fourth-tier demonic beast, the Earth-Splitting Dragon Elephant.

Under the bombardment of this fourth-tier demonic beast's fourth-tier innate divine power, the lives of cultivators in the Purple Mansion stage were as worthless as weeds.

However, as Zhou Mingde continued to delve deeper into the White Dragon branch altar, he soon discovered that Yu Futong's death was relatively pleasant compared to those who died near White Dragon Peak.

Among the dead near White Dragon Peak, the vast majority no longer had intact corpses; many had their bodies shattered into many pieces by the "Mountain Shattering and Earth Splitting" divine power.

Some Foundation Establishment cultivators with lower cultivation levels were even directly shattered into piles of minced meat.

Within a ten-mile radius of White Dragon Peak, not a single corpse was found. Only traces stained with blood were visible, along with fragments of bone and broken magical artifacts.

Clearly, the bodies of those who died in this area could not even be preserved; they were shattered into dust.

These horrific scenes filled Zhou Mingde, Zhou Chun, and the others who were collecting the bodies with immense fear and relief.

Fortunately, they managed to escape, otherwise they might have been among those corpses.

After more than two hours of cleaning, most of the bodies and belongings were taken to the temporary camp by the body collectors and piled up together.

There may still be corpses and relics left on the battlefield, but they no longer have time to continue searching.

The beast tide will arrive here in half a day at most, and they must leave immediately.

Several Golden Core cultivators waved their hands, collecting the corpses on the ground into several large storage bags, and then also collecting the corpses' belongings.

After completing all this, Commander-in-Chief Liu Yiping waved his sleeve and said, "Let's go back to China!"

After saying that, he summoned a silver-white curved sword magic weapon, which swept up dozens of Moon Wheel Sect cultivators and sent them flying into the sky.

Seeing this, the other Golden Core cultivators also activated their magic weapons to bring the remaining people on board, and then flew in formation behind them.

Zhou Chun stood atop Li Jingxuan's crimson-gold gourd magic weapon, his gaze fixed on the receding White Dragon Branch Altar behind him, his expression momentarily dazed.

He had just counted them, and of the nearly two hundred Purple Mansion stage cultivators who had gathered here at the beginning, only a little over one hundred and thirty remained!

Of the more than one thousand Foundation Establishment cultivators, less than six hundred remain!

Judging solely from the number of casualties, the losses suffered by the Yasukuni Alliance in this great battle were no less than those of the Hualong Sect.

This perfectly illustrates the old saying: "To kill a thousand enemies, you lose eight hundred of your own."

How fortunate that only two members of the Zhou family were injured!

On their way back to China, they saw the Zhou family of six on top of the Crimson Gold Gourd, and then they looked at the dozens of spirit beast bags that they had stored in a large wooden box.

Li Qinghe, a Purple Mansion cultivator from the Li family who was traveling with them, couldn't help but show an envious expression and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, your family not only didn't lose a single person this time, but also gained so many merits and captured so many demonic beasts. You've truly reaped a bountiful harvest!"

He couldn't help but feel envious.

Compared to the Zhou family, even with the protection of their Golden Core stage ancestor Li Jingxuan, the Li family still lost three Foundation Establishment cultivators and injured four more in this southern expedition. Even he and another non-family Purple Mansion cultivator were injured.

Moreover, although they also gained a lot, he felt inferior compared to the Zhou family, who had obtained most of the demon beasts in the White Dragon Branch Altar Beast Garden.

Faced with his envious words, Zhou Mingde sighed with a worried expression, "Alas, this was all luck. If we hadn't happened to be at the edge of the White Dragon Branch Altar's gate, we would probably all have died under the divine power of that Earth-Splitting Dragon Elephant!"

"If I had a choice, I would rather forgo these gains and ensure the safety and well-being of my two juniors!"

This statement sounded rather untrue, leaving Li Qinghe momentarily at a loss for words.

He couldn't very well say that the lives of Zhou Chongshan and Zhou Jiarui were worth less than the gains the Zhou family had made!

However, he was also a quick-witted person. After a moment of silence, he looked at Zhou Mingde meaningfully and said, "This time, the Zhou family has obtained the Dragon Descendant Spirit Beast, a specialty of the Dragon Transformation Sect. I imagine that the Zhou family's Beast Garden will once again be filled with the magnificent sight of hundreds of beasts living together. At that time, Fellow Daoist Zhou, please take good care of us old friends!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mingde readily agreed, saying, "Fellow Daoist Li, rest assured. Our two families have a thousand-year-old friendship. Even if you hadn't said anything, my Zhou family would never have forgotten this. When we successfully breed a herd of beasts, we will definitely give priority to Fellow Daoist Li!"

Zhou Chun, who was standing to the side, listened to the conversation between the two but did not feel comfortable interrupting.

In fact, Li Qinghe was not the only one who had his eye on the Zhou family and reaped the rewards!

When the Zhou family returned with dozens of spirit beast bags, many cultivators watched intently, easily discerning what they had done.

If Liu Yiping hadn't made it clear beforehand that all the harvests from the White Dragon branch could be disposed of at their own discretion, there would probably have been calls for the Zhou family to hand over these harvests.

Although Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun knew that these gains would easily arouse envy, they could only "act tactlessly" this once because these demonic beasts were too important to the Zhou family.

Fortunately, Li Jingxuan remembered Zhou Mingde's previous tip and stepped in to help the Zhou family again, taking the initiative to lead the Zhou family members away, which dispelled the other Golden Core cultivators' ideas.

Thinking of the other Golden Core cultivators, Zhou Chun couldn't help but look towards a certain streak of azure light in front of him.

It was a turquoise bamboo staff magic weapon called the "Azure Light Immortal Staff," a powerful magic weapon passed down through the Zhou family.

The current owner of this magical artifact is Yu Jinghua, the traitor whom the Zhou family cultivators deeply despise.

During this southern expedition against the Dragon Transformation Sect, the Spirit Beast Manor founded by Yu Jinghua naturally could not escape the fate of being conscripted.

Not only was Yu Jinghua himself conscripted to the battlefield, but two cultivators in the Purple Mansion stage were also conscripted, and twenty-three cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage were conscripted as well.

Apart from Yu Jinghua, a Golden Core cultivator who was unharmed, the Spirit Beast Manor suffered heavy losses, with one Purple Mansion cultivator dead and the other injured, as well as seven Foundation Establishment cultivators dead and five injured.

After seeing that the Zhou family had acquired many demonic beasts from the White Dragon Branch Altar Beast Garden, Yu Jinghua had frequently looked towards the Zhou family, clearly having designs on them.

However, after Li Jingxuan spoke up for the Zhou family, Yu Jinghua withdrew his attention.

But this still made Zhou Chun a little worried, afraid that this guy might have some other ideas.

Golden Core cultivators are incredibly fast. Led by these Golden Core cultivators, Zhou Chun and his group returned to Xianyun Market in Yunzhou from the White Dragon Branch in less than half a day.

"The beast tide is coming on strong; only by combining the strength of all the cultivators in the Jing Kingdom can we stop it!"

"Next, you can send the wounded back to their families to recuperate, replenish their supplies with medicine and talismans, and patiently await further orders!"

"Of course, you can rest assured that the war is not over yet. We will not forget or ignore your merits and losses. After the war, we will definitely reward you according to your merits and never let your efforts and sacrifices be in vain!"

Inside Xianyun Market, after setting down the many cultivators he had brought, Liu Yiping, on behalf of the three major sects, announced the arrangements for Zhou Chun and the other family cultivators.

Yes, the war is far from over!

Although the Hualong Sect has been crippled and suffered great losses, it still has a chance to make a comeback.

Moreover, the scale of the beast tide heading straight for Yasukuni is still unknown, and it is uncertain whether the Dragon Transformation Church will also use the beast tide to launch a counterattack.

These unknown factors will all bring uncertainty to the end time and outcome of this war.

So there's nothing to be happy about right now.

After making arrangements for the various cultivation families, Liu Yiping led the Golden Core stage cultivators away.

With the beast tide approaching, Zhou Mingde, Zhou Chun, and the others could go home first to resupply.

However, those Golden Core cultivators could not leave lightly. After resting for a while, they would go to the wilderness to investigate the situation of the beast tide and find out the details of the beast tide as soon as possible.

After Liu Yiping and the other Golden Core cultivators left, Zhou Mingde immediately said to Zhou Chun, "Zhengchun, you and Daoquan stay in the market for a day or two. I'll take Chongshan back to the family first!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun was slightly taken aback at first, but then quickly understood his meaning and immediately nodded in response, "This junior understands. Elder, please also take care of your safety."

Then I watched as Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chongshan left the market.

"Let's go, we'll go to the inn to rest for a while."

Turning his gaze away from the departing Zhou Mingde, Zhou Chun narrowed his eyes and glanced around before waving his hand and leading Zhou Daoquan, Zhou Jiarui, Zhou Jiapeng, and the three beast tamers from the Dragon Transformation Sect toward the market inn.

He carried the wooden box containing the many spirit beast pouches in his own hands.

As they watched the Zhou family members split into two groups and leave one after the other, many of the cultivators who had returned with them followed Zhou Chun and his companions to the inn.

Zhou Chun naturally noticed the people following behind him, but he pretended not to see them.

This Xianyun Market is the territory of Qinglian Temple, and now there is a Golden Core cultivator in charge. Even if someone is incredibly audacious, they wouldn't dare to make a move against them here.

So after they opened a courtyard in the inn, they settled in and rested.

For the next two days, Zhou Chun and the others did not leave the house at all, and stayed in the courtyard they rented to rest.

Until Zhou Mingde brought Zhou Daoyi over.

"Congratulations, Clan Chief, on the opening of your Purple Mansion! A Golden Core is within reach!"

In the courtyard, Zhou Chun saw Zhou Daoyi coming with Zhou Mingde and immediately congratulated him with a joyful expression.

Zhou Daoquan and Zhou Jiapeng, who were standing nearby, did the same.

However, compared to Zhou Chun and Zhou Jiapeng, who were purely happy for Zhou Daoyi's successful opening of his Purple Mansion, Zhou Daoquan's happiness was tinged with envy, and his feelings were quite complicated.

Faced with their congratulations, Zhou Daoyi smiled and waved his hand modestly, saying, "It was just good luck that I succeeded. I owe it all to your help."

After speaking, his expression turned solemn, and he bowed respectfully to the group, saying, "The Supreme Elder has told me about the course of this southern expedition along the way. Thank you for your hard work!"

At this point, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and he nodded slightly to Zhou Chun, saying, "Leave the rest to me. I want to see just how foolish some guys are to think they can fool the Zhou family!"

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