Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 247 Attack on Jiufeng Ridge [Please Subscribe]

Zhou Jiahe is back!

Inside the Zhongping Hall, Zhou Chun and the other two were overjoyed when they heard the sudden sound outside.

Although Zhou Jiahe was leading people to clear out the monsters that had invaded the heart of Lanzhou at the time, he was not at the front-line stronghold.

However, once the frontline stronghold is breached, she may encounter a massive beast tide at any time.

Therefore, Zhou Chun and the others were very worried about her before she returned.

Now that they know she has returned safely, the group breathed a sigh of relief.

"Jiahe, come in quickly, let's talk about what's wrong inside."

Zhou Daoyi immediately spoke up and summoned Zhou Jiahe into the hall.

"Thirteenth Aunt, you just said you had something important to report. What is it?"

As soon as Zhou Jiahe entered the hall and finished paying his respects to the two elders, he heard Zhou Chun bring up the important matter.

Upon hearing this, her expression instantly turned serious, and she solemnly stated, "On my way back to the clan, I discovered an elite beast tide moving towards the clan's direction, including several third-tier demonic beasts and twenty to thirty second-tier demonic beasts!"

"What?! Is that true?!"

The three members of the Zhou family inside the hall were all shocked by the news.

Then Zhou Mingde asked solemnly, "Jiahe, where did you discover that beast tide? How far are they from the clan now?"

"They're about 400 li away from the family. They don't know the route as well as I do, so they should be much slower than me, but I estimate they're no more than 200 li away from the family now!"

Zhou Jiahe recounted the details in a low voice, clearly realizing something as well.

Upon hearing her answer, Zhou Daoyi's expression immediately turned grave. He said, "It seems they're most likely heading straight for our Zhou family. There might even be cultivators from the Dragon Transformation Sect hiding among them!"

As for why he believed that the elite beast tide was coming for the Zhou family, it was naturally because of the grudges between the Zhou family and the Dragon Transformation Sect, as well as his spirit pet, the Azure Dragon.

Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun shared the same judgment, believing that the elite beast tide could only be targeting the Zhou family.

Therefore, after a moment's hesitation, Zhou Mingde immediately issued the order.

"Immediately send someone to Hongyafang City to deliver a message saying that an elite beast tide is attacking my Zhou family and requesting support."

"Then send someone immediately to inform the civilian tribesmen outside the mountains that those who can run should run, and those who cannot should take refuge in the underground tunnels and not linger on the surface!"

"Pass on the order... never mind, let's not make a big commotion at the family level, lest those rogue cultivators escape prematurely!"

As Zhou Mingde issued his orders, the Zhou family's senior members immediately sprang into action.

Based on the intelligence provided by Zhou Jiahe, Zhou Mingde personally left the mountain gate to investigate the whereabouts of that elite beast tide.

Zhou Chun, on the other hand, began to adjust the personnel within the family who were carrying out various tasks, so that when the beast tide truly attacked the Zhou family's mountain gate, those cultivators with combat capabilities could participate in the battle.

Less than two hours later, Zhou Mingde, who had gone out to investigate, returned and reported the results of his investigation.

"We guessed correctly; that elite beast tide is indeed heading towards the clan's direction, and it's already over a hundred miles away!"

"Furthermore, according to my observation, there are at least five third-tier demonic beasts in the beast tide, including two high-grade third-tier demonic beasts. There are also twenty-four second-tier demonic beasts and over four hundred first-tier demonic beasts, all of which are high-grade first-tier demonic beasts!"

"As for the cultivators from the Dragon Transformation Sect, although I failed to locate them, the fact that the beast tide was able to head straight for the Zhou family so precisely indicates that someone was secretly guiding it!"

Upon hearing this result, both Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun became grave.

The Zhou family is not as strong as it used to be. With the mountain-protecting formation as their support, even three or five ordinary Purple Mansion stage cultivators might not be able to break in.

However, if there were more than twenty second-tier demonic beasts and more than four hundred first-tier demonic beasts to assist, the Zhou family's protective mountain formation would probably have a hard time withstanding such a fierce attack from so many demonic beasts.

"The beast tide has come from afar and will definitely need to rest before attacking. If the Red Cliff Market provides timely support, we only need to hold off the first wave of the beast tide's attack."

Zhou Chun spoke his opinion in a low voice, but his somber tone indicated that he was not entirely confident.

"There's no point in saying anything else now. Tell the people to prepare for battle!"

Zhou Daoyi shook his head slightly, not wanting to comment on the matter any further.

The enemy has already reached the gates of the clan's mountain, and now all they can do is fight back with all their might.

As expected, when they learned that a beast tide had appeared outside Jiufeng Ridge, the rogue cultivators who were still cultivating and working inside the Zhou family's mountain gate immediately wanted to escape Jiufeng Ridge.

They have no affection for the Zhou family and will not stay to help defend against the beast tide for the sake of the Zhou family.

But just as they gathered at the entrance of the mountain gate, clamoring for the gatekeepers to let them leave Jiufeng Ridge, Zhou Chun appeared.

He hovered in mid-air, looking down at the dozens of rogue cultivators below, and said in a deep voice, "Fellow Daoists, please be quiet and listen to what I have to say!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the noisy rogue cultivators fell silent and shut their mouths.

Just as Zhou Chun was about to speak, a discordant voice suddenly emerged.

"Vice Clan Chief Zhou, this junior has no desire to hear your words right now. I only wish to leave before the beast tide attacks the mountain. Please have someone allow this junior to depart!"

In the crowd, an old man with white hair was seen anxiously bowing to Zhou Chun. The words he had just spoken were from him.

Upon hearing his words, several rogue cultivators also began to make a fuss.

"That's right, we just want to leave now, so please, Vice Clan Chief Zhou, don't delay any longer!"

"Vice Clan Chief Zhou, if you require help to guard the Zhou family, you may simply say so. This junior only wishes to leave now, so please grant me permission to proceed!"

"I only paid rent to cultivate at Jiufeng Ridge. Now that I have matters to attend to, why is the Zhou family trying to stop me?"

These independent cultivators who didn't go to the front lines weren't the kind of people who had the courage to fight the beast tide, and they were all very shrewd.

They certainly knew Zhou Chun's purpose in appearing at this time, but they had no interest in listening to Zhou Chun's nonsense and just wanted to leave the dangerous place of the Zhou family as soon as possible.

"Fellow Daoists, you've misunderstood. If you wish to leave, the Zhou family will naturally not stop you. However, I must remind you, once you leave this mountain gate, the Zhou family will no longer be responsible for your safety. If you happen to run into the approaching beast horde, don't blame me for not warning you!"

As Zhou Chun said this, he indeed ordered the entrance and exit of the mountain gate to be opened.

But then, the rogue cultivator who had been shouting that he wanted to leave immediately hesitated. Looking at the open entrance to the mountain gate, he couldn't move his feet for a moment.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun ignored these guys and immediately continued, "According to our Zhou family's intelligence, this beast tide is only a small one, with no more than a thousand beasts, which is well within our Zhou family's ability to handle."

"Furthermore, my Zhou family has already used a long-distance communication talisman to notify the senior of Qinglian Temple who is stationed in Hongyafang City. Reinforcements will arrive at my Zhou family soon. After all, my Zhou family will be in Lianzhou from now on, and Qinglian Temple will not sit idly by and watch the beast tide enter Lianzhou!"

"Therefore, fellow cultivators, if you choose to stay with the Zhou family, we will not only provide you with free magic talismans to fight your enemies, but also give you a daily reward of spirit coins. You only need to reach the late stage of Qi Refining to receive ten spirit coins per day!"

After saying this, Zhou Chun waved his hand and said, "Alright, I have finished speaking. You have only half a quarter of an hour to decide whether to stay or leave. After half a quarter of an hour, the great formation will be completely closed and will not be opened for anyone again."

As soon as he finished speaking, he landed on the ground, sat down cross-legged, and closed his eyes to rest.

Seeing this scene, the rogue cultivators were also caught in a dilemma.

But half an hour is not a long time, and it doesn't allow them to hesitate or agonize for too long.

Therefore, one of the more decisive cultivators quickly made a decision on the spot.

"Damn it, I refuse to believe I'll be that unlucky!"

A middle-aged man cursed and immediately rushed towards the entrance of the mountain gate, quickly leaving the Zhou family's mountain gate.

With such a leader, other cultivators who were usually quite confident in themselves followed suit and left.

By the time half an hour had passed, almost half of the independent cultivators present had left.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun, who had been standing still with his eyes closed, immediately stood up and looked at the cultivators who had chosen to stay, saying, "Alright, half a quarter of an hour is up. Since you fellow cultivators have chosen to stay, my Zhou family will not treat you unfairly. Please go to the clan's external affairs hall to register your personal cultivation information and receive the rewards and compensation from my Zhou family!"

He then sealed off the entrances and exits of the formation and notified the clan leader Zhou Daoyi to fully activate the mountain-protecting formation.

The Zhou family's protective mountain formation is called the "Five Directions Miro Formation," an extremely profound and forbidden formation.

This formation integrates attack, defense, and illusion functions, possesses various mysterious variations, and its power can vary greatly.

If it were placed on a high-level spiritual vein, with a Golden Core cultivator who understands the changes of this formation controlling the formation, and with the assistance of four or more Purple Mansion cultivators, even if four or five Golden Core cultivators attacked, they would find it difficult to shake the formation in the slightest.

Unfortunately, although the Zhou family's Nine Peaks Ridge is also rich in spiritual energy, its spiritual vein level is still only in the mid-level spiritual vein category.

Moreover, due to the scarcity of resources, the materials Zhou Chongshan used when setting up the "Five Directions Miro Formation" were not of the highest quality, and even after years of improvement and replacement, it has never been able to be fully completed.

Therefore, even with Zhou Daoyi, a cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage, presiding over the formation, and Zhou Chun, Zhou Jiahe, Zhou Jiapeng, and Zhou Zhengyuan assisting, Zhou Chongshan, the one who set up the formation, dared not guarantee whether they could withstand the beast tide's onslaught.

However, no matter what, when the "Five Directions Miro Formation" was fully activated and the colorful array shield completely enveloped the Zhou family's mountain gate, it still reassured the cultivators inside, making them feel much more at ease.

Then, under the command of Zhou Chongshan, who was unable to participate in the battle due to injury, one by one, the Zhou family cultivators and the hired rogue cultivators moved to the most suitable positions for attack at the edge of the formation.

Just as the cultivators inside the Zhou family's mountain gate were preparing for battle, the figures of hundreds of demonic beasts appeared in the sight of the Zhou family cultivators inside the mountain gate.

When they saw that there were fewer than five hundred demonic beasts, many of the rogue cultivators who had chosen to stay and help the Zhou family breathed a sigh of relief.

Having cultivated within the Zhou family for a long time, they had a general idea of ​​the Zhou family's strength and believed that with the protective mountain formation as their reliance, these few demonic beasts could not possibly break through the Zhou family's protective mountain formation.

At this moment, several rogue cultivators who had previously chosen to escape returned to the Zhou family's mountain gate in a panic, crying and begging the Zhou family to open the formation and let them in.

However, no matter how much they pleaded, Zhou Daoyi, who was in charge of controlling the formation, did not respond.

At this moment, Zhou Daoyi, Zhou Chun, and the others focused their attention on the few third-tier demonic beasts in the horde.

The five third-tier demonic beasts were a black-purple giant tiger, a black-haired giant bull with golden horns, a one-horned fire wolf, a blue giant eagle, and an earth-yellow giant scorpion.

Among them, the black-purple giant tiger and the black-haired giant bull are both high-grade third-tier demon beasts, the unicorn fire wolf and the blue giant eagle are mid-grade third-tier demon beasts, and the earth-yellow giant scorpion is a low-grade third-tier demon beast.

Such a lineup is truly luxurious!

"I didn't expect that one-horned fire wolf to be among them!"

Zhou Daoyi's gaze swept over the five third-tier demonic beasts one by one, finally settling on the one-horned fire wolf.

Looking at the wounds on the unicorn fire wolf that had not yet fully healed, he was certain that this was the same unicorn fire wolf that had escaped from Golden Rooster Mountain that day.

ow~~

With a deafening roar of a tiger, the demonic beast army outside Jiufeng Ridge launched an attack directly on the Zhou family's mountain gate.

Don't they need to rest?

Zhou Chun's expression changed slightly, as if he had sensed some kind of danger.

Outside the formation, the black-purple giant tiger roared and gave the order to attack. It then flew forward and spat out a black-purple fireball that blasted towards the formation's protective shield.

Not to be outdone, the black-haired giant bull let out a bellow, golden light emanating from its horns, and charged through the air, crashing into the array's protective barrier.

With these two top-grade third-tier demonic beasts leading the way, the other demonic beasts dared not stand idly by any longer and roared as they launched an attack on the Zhou family's mountain gate.

Boom!

Violent explosions rang out one after another above Jiufeng Ridge. Various spells landed on the five-colored array shield formed by the "Five Directions Miro Array," causing the array shield to flicker and sway incessantly.

On the five most important array bases on Nine Peaks Ridge, Zhou Daoyi, the person in charge of the array, and four Foundation Establishment cultivators including Zhou Chun, were using their full magical power to control the array flags to draw spiritual energy from the spiritual veins to maintain the operation of the array's protective shield.

At this moment, none of the five of them could launch any attacks on the monsters outside. Only Zhou Mingde was doing his best to harass the third-tier monsters, preventing them from fully unleashing their supernatural powers to attack the formation.

As for the Azure Dragon and the Fire God Jackal, these two third-tier demonic beasts, they are currently waiting inside the mountain gate, and will not be sent out to fight unless it is a critical moment.

First update, one more tonight.

(End of this chapter)