Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 750 The Saintly Grandson's Strength [Please Subscribe]

Qinglian Mountain Range.

The war had now come to an end.

After the trump card [Blood Demon Horn] failed, the beast army, affected by the horn's sound, had exhausted their physical and mental strength and were no longer able to continue charging into battle.

Without the assistance of these beast armies, the nine demon kings, including the Fire Dragon King, would obviously find it difficult to defeat the [Heavenly Azure Dragon Formation], which had a total of ten fifth-tier combatants defending it!

Although the Fire Dragon King was unwilling, he did not lose his mind. He knew that if he continued to attack recklessly at this point, he might give Zhou Chun another chance to counterattack and cause even greater losses.

Therefore, a temporary ceasefire was necessary to wait for the beastmen to recover their strength.

Fortunately, with a large number of demonic beasts dead, the remaining beast army no longer had to worry about food.

Freezing the corpses of those dead monsters would be enough to feed the remaining beast army for several days.

Seeing that the demonic beast army outside had temporarily given up its attack, Zhou Chun and the others inside breathed a slight sigh of relief.

The experienced Zhou Mingde said with a relieved expression, "In a beast tide, the first wave of attack is always the hardest to withstand. Now that we've made it through, unless reinforcements from the demon army arrive, holding the formation shouldn't be a problem!"

Hearing this, Zhou Chun nodded repeatedly, saying, "That's right. The demon army has suffered heavy losses, so their subsequent attacks will definitely not be as fierce as before. Our chances of holding out are very high!"

Then, turning his gaze to Zhou Daoyi, he said, "Grand Uncle, please put in a little more effort and immediately arrange for someone to conduct a comprehensive overhaul of the formation, trying to restore it to its complete state before the next wave of attacks from the demon race!"

In a sense, formations are also consumables. Each time they are subjected to high-intensity attacks, some formation equipment will be damaged. If they are not replaced or repaired in time, they will be completely damaged and fail. This will create a huge flaw in the formation, or even cause it to fail completely!

Therefore, in high-intensity warfare, it is necessary to inspect and repair the formations after each major battle.

The Zhou family's [Heavenly Azure Dragon Formation] was largely set up by the clan's own formation masters, and some core components may not be able to be repaired or replaced by those formation masters now.

However, they still have the ability to replace and repair ordinary parts, and the family treasury already has the corresponding replacement parts prepared in advance.

Therefore, upon hearing Zhou Chun's words, Zhou Daoyi immediately replied, "I understand. I will personally oversee and handle this matter properly!"

He then personally went to handle the matter.

Zhou Chun then went to visit the severely injured Nascent Soul cultivator surnamed Chen and had Mu Sang use the [Life and Death Mystic Light] to treat him.

The man's arms were severed. Although he had prepared elixirs to regenerate the severed limbs, the recovery process would still severely deplete his vital energy.

The [Life and Death Mystic Light] was able to infuse him with vital energy, accelerating his recovery.

This action greatly increased the Chen surname Nascent Soul cultivator's goodwill towards Zhou Chun, and the resentment he had accumulated due to the severe injury caused by the severed arm also dissipated considerably.

After finishing all this, Zhou Chun returned to his cave to rest.

He was actually the one who expended the most energy, both in terms of magic power and mental strength!

The battle situation at the Azure Lotus Mountains was quickly reported to the commanders-in-chief of both the human and demon races.

"Uncle Fire Dragon was too impulsive. He used such a trump card as the Blood Demon Horn so early, and it didn't even have the expected effect. How is he going to conquer the Azure Lotus Mountains now?"

After learning about the battle situation of the Eastern Route Army, "Golden Profound Grandson" shook his head, feeling very disappointed with the Fire Dragon King's defeat.

However, the Fire Dragon King was, after all, a direct descendant of the Dragon Clan and a highly respected figure. Even if he was disappointed, he couldn't send someone to reprimand the other party right now; he could only let the other party make his own mess for the time being.

He should only lend a helping hand when the Fire Dragon King can no longer save face and asks him for help; that way, he can truly demonstrate his abilities!

In contrast to the somewhat disappointed and dissatisfied "Golden Profound Saint Grandson," Venerable Yuanyang was slightly surprised after learning about the battle situation in the Azure Lotus Mountains.

"The combined attack formation set up by four fifth-tier low-grade demon king spirit pets actually managed to trap a fifth-tier high-grade flood dragon king, and his own strength is comparable to that of a fifth-tier mid-grade flood dragon king. This kid's outstanding achievements in Tianman Plains are not entirely due to luck!"

He muttered to himself, and after thinking for a moment, he sent a message to Zhou Chun, praising their achievements in the Qinglian Mountains and encouraging them to maintain their gains while waiting for reinforcements.

After sending this message, he turned his attention back to other battlefields.

Compared to the achievements made on the Qinglian Mountain battlefield, the situation on other battlefields was more complicated.

The western battlefield is doing well, with the offensive and defensive forces evenly matched, and the demon army won't gain any significant advantage for the time being.

The situation in Feng Kingdom is more complicated because the defensive area there is large and there are many places to defend. Two of their strongholds have already been breached, and a Nascent Soul cultivator has fallen!

The most intense battle was fought in the central route. With the "Golden Profound Saint Grandson" personally overseeing the battle, the morale and desire to win of the central army were at their peak. Moreover, this army was superior to the other routes in both quality and quantity.

Even with Master Xuanzhen personally overseeing the operation and the support of cultivators from the Moon Wheel Sect, the human race's central position was teetering on the brink of collapse under the attack of the demon army, and could fall at any moment!

Even if the central position is lost, they can still retreat to the Moon Wheel Sect's mountain gate in the rear.

However, given the importance of the central position, if it falls, half of the Jing Kingdom's territory will be occupied by the monsters, and the morale of other battlefields will be severely damaged.

Furthermore, once the central position is breached, the demon army can then surround the Moon Wheel Sect's mountain gate and then divide its forces to support other battlefields.

This would further increase the risk of losing other battlefields.

Therefore, Venerable Yuanyang now needs to weigh the options and see where he can give up and where he must hold on to the death.

Furthermore, after Zhou Chun received the commendation from Venerable Yuanyang, although he didn't take it too seriously, he still immediately notified all the cultivators to boost morale.

If the battle continues for a long time, the fighting spirit of the cultivators below will also be extremely important.

With all the outer strongholds lost, many of the low- and mid-level cultivators who came to help defend the Zhou family were actually feeling frustrated and disappointed, and it was hard not to feel a sense of shared sorrow.

Although Zhou Chun was aware of this, he had no better way to appease her.

Against the backdrop of the great war between the two races, let alone some mid-to-low-level cultivators who haven't even formed a Golden Core, even Golden Core cultivators are just slightly higher-level cannon fodder, the kind that can be discarded at any time.

To survive in such a war between two races, one's own strength is certainly important, but luck is even more important.

If you're lucky enough to follow the right person, you'll naturally turn misfortune into good fortune and escape danger unscathed.

If you're unlucky and follow the wrong person, no matter how strong you are, you can easily perish on the battlefield!

Under the current circumstances, those with cultivation levels below the Nascent Soul stage are nothing but ants—this is no exaggeration!

For the next three days, the eastern battlefield remained quiet.

Those demonic beasts whose strength and energy were exhausted by the [Blood Demon Horn] will not recover easily; three days is far from enough.

Therefore, after learning that the Fire Dragon King had used the [Blood Demon Horn] trump card so early, "Golden Profound Saint Grandson" said that he was too impulsive and did not think he could conquer the Azure Lotus Mountain Range again.

However, after three days of rest, the Fire Dragon King and the other demon kings had all recovered.

He naturally didn't want things to remain silent, so he quickly led a group of demon kings and dozens of fourth-tier demon beasts to attack the Zhou family's mountain gate.

Zhou Chun and the others were not intimidated by this and immediately used their respective methods to resist the demon race's attack.

With the powerful defensive capabilities of the [Heavenly Azure Dragon Formation], coupled with the efforts of Zhou Chun and his demon king pets and the second Nascent Soul incarnation, no matter how the Fire Dragon King and other demon kings attacked, they still could not truly threaten the formation. At most, they could only wear down the durability of some of the formation's equipment.

However, just as the situation on the eastern front reached a stalemate, the central front had reached its most intense moment.

Having failed to capture the human race's central battlefield stronghold within three days as expected, "Golden Profound Saint Grandson" seemed to feel somewhat embarrassed.

So, he, who had been watching the battle, now personally joined the attack.

A hundred-foot-long golden dragon soared through the sky, its mouth emitting countless rays of golden light.

Golden beams shot down like arrows toward the protective array below. More than half of them were scattered and destroyed by the magical treasures and supernatural powers that flew out from the array. However, the golden beams that landed on the array's protective shield were often able to penetrate the shield and enter it.

Many cultivators in the strongholds, including some Golden Core cultivators, were struck directly by the golden light without any warning.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the golden light is only a thin beam; any cultivator struck by it, unless their cultivation level is below the Nascent Soul stage, will instantly perish without any chance of being saved!

This is because even a small ray of golden light contains a trace of the "Golden Profound Saint Grandson's" innate malevolent energy, which will immediately attack the mind and brain of any living being it strikes.

Even a Nascent Soul cultivator in the early stages who accidentally gets tainted by this evil energy would have to expend a great deal of magical power to counteract and refine it.

After such an attack, all the cultivators in the stronghold whose cultivation level was below the Nascent Soul stage were in a state of constant fear.

But the Golden Dragon's supernatural powers certainly go far beyond this.

He quickly swung his dragon claw again, and a huge golden dragon claw slapped away a top-grade magic weapon flying sword, imprinting it on the array's protective barrier and leaving a hole several feet in diameter on the barrier.

The spot where the golden dragon claw landed was a key point of an array formation, where several Golden Core cultivators, along with some Purple Mansion and Foundation Establishment cultivators, were channeling their magical power into the array.

As a result, these people were instantly blasted into bloody pulp by the golden dragon claw, and even the mountain below was pierced through, leaving a claw-shaped crater!

It can only be said that even though they are both fifth-tier superior-grade dragon kings, there will still be a difference in strength.

"Golden Profound Saint Grandson" is the most powerful golden dragon in the dragon clan and a descendant of a sixth-order dragon saint. It is normal that his supernatural abilities are stronger than other fifth-order superior dragon kings.

But this means that the human stronghold in the central region will obviously be unable to hold out!

The formation was completely unable to withstand the dismantling by "Golden Profound Saint Grandson", so this place was essentially indefensible.

Therefore, not long after, the Nascent Soul cultivators, including Xuanzhen Zhenren, rushed out to meet the demon kings, including "Jin Xuan Shengsun".

While they were entangled with those demon kings, one after another, flying boats full of cultivators took off from the stronghold and scattered in all directions to escape.

However, it seemed that "Golden Profound Saint Grandson" had anticipated this, and two fifth-order demon kings who had not appeared before suddenly appeared, leading some fourth-order demon beasts to pursue the fleeing flying boats.

By the time Master Xuanzhen and the others realized this, it was too late for them to intervene.

As a result, nearly 80% of the flying boats were blown up in mid-air, and all the cultivators on board perished at the hands of the demon race.

Even the few ships that managed to escape were chased by some extremely fast fourth-tier flying beasts, and whether they could escape was still unknown!

Soon after, news of the collapse of the human stronghold in the middle lane reached Zhou Chun, and his expression immediately turned serious after reading the news.

After sharing the news with the two family elders, Zhou Mingde immediately said, "We can't just sit here and wait to die. The situation is either that Senior Yuanyang Venerable sends reinforcements immediately, or we need to initiate the retreat plan in advance. We can't wait until the final battle breaks down to make a decision!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Daoyi immediately echoed, "Uncle is absolutely right. Most of our Zhou family's elite forces are here now. If we wait until the formation breaks before making any plans, who knows how many of us will actually manage to escape!"

Hearing the words of these two elders, Zhou Chun frowned deeply and said, "I also know about this matter, but if we retreat before the battle even begins, and if Senior Yuan Yang punishes us, none of us will be able to withstand it. Moreover, those demon kings outside are eyeing us covetously, and it will be difficult to move a large number of our clansmen without alerting them!"

Upon hearing these words, Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi fell silent.

They had only considered the interests of their families, and had somewhat overlooked the special circumstances at hand.

During wartime, regardless of family or sect, all must obey the orders and commands of the Nascent Soul stage experts of the human race; those who disobey will be executed!

If the Zhou family were to evacuate their clansmen before the mountain-protecting formation showed any clear signs of collapse, it would undoubtedly be a violation of the order to defend the mountain gate.

If Venerable Yuanyang does not punish this matter and make an example of it, other forces will surely follow suit.

"So what should we do now? Are we really just going to sit here and wait to die?"

After a long silence, Zhou Mingde let out a low growl, his face full of resentment.

He rarely shows such emotions, which shows how much resentment and anger he feels right now.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun hesitated for a moment before whispering, "There might be a way to take a shortcut!"

"What method? Zheng Chun, tell me quickly!"

Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi's eyes lit up, and they looked at Zhou Chun with anticipation.

"We'll manipulate things a little, deliberately creating openings in the protective array under the attacks of those demon kings outside, giving them hope of breaking through. Ideally, we can lure them inside, then use the array to temporarily trap them, creating an opportunity for the others to retreat!"

Faced with the earnest expectations of his two elders, Zhou Chun spoke in a low voice about his plan.

After hearing his words, Zhou Mingde and the other man's expressions changed, and they remained silent for a moment.

After a while, Zhou Mingde said in a low voice, "If we do it this way, it's like inviting a wolf into the house. Once something goes wrong, there won't even be a chance to fix it!"

"Yes, that's why I don't entirely agree with using this method either. Let's wait for news from Senior Venerable Yuanyang!"

Zhou Chun nodded, taking the matter very seriously.

"Let's see how Senior Venerable Yuanyang has arranged things!"

Zhou Mingde sighed softly, not in a hurry to make a decision immediately.

On the other side, Venerable Yuanyang also frowned slightly after suffering a defeat in the central battlefield.

In his heart, even if the entire Jing Kingdom were to fall and be occupied, it wouldn't be unacceptable.

But that shouldn't be happening now!

After all, this time they had made ample preparations and precautions beforehand, unlike when Heng Kingdom faced the invasion of the Tianman Plains alien race, when they had not taken any precautions.

If Jingguo is lost too early, and the demon army is allowed to use it as a springboard to invade other Tianling countries in the rear, the entire Tianling region will be severely damaged!

If all of this were to happen to Venerable Yuanyang, he would lose face among the other Nascent Soul cultivators and lose his voice in important human affairs in the future.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but frown and mutter, "That grandson of the Golden Horn is indeed troublesome. With his cultivation level and strength, plus the treasures bestowed by the Golden Horn, even if this junior, Cang Yue, were to activate the [World-Destroying Moon Wheel] to attack, I'm afraid it would be difficult to harm him!"

"It seems we'll have to ask Fellow Daoist Tai Geng to send his avatar over to help. At this moment, only his avatar is available to provide support elsewhere!"

Having made this decision, he did not delay and immediately contacted the Tai Geng Divine Lord using a secret method to express his request.

"I understand. I will send my avatar over immediately."

After receiving Yuan Yang Venerable's request, Tai Geng Divine Venerable readily agreed and immediately sent his avatar on the journey.

After reading Tai Geng's reply, Venerable Yuan Yang breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Then, just as he was thinking about how to take advantage of this opportunity to turn the tide, Zhou Chun's message arrived in his hands.

He glanced at the message and then ignored it.

There is no immediate threat on the eastern front, so he certainly won't send anyone to provide support.

However, not long after, a piece of intelligence from the Feng Kingdom battlefield caused his expression to change slightly.

He quickly couldn't help but curse out, "What a waste! They got beaten up so easily!"

It turned out that a detachment of the demon army from Feng Kingdom had used a clever trick to break through the mountain gate of the Jingyang Sect in Feng Kingdom and crush the largest resistance force in Feng Kingdom!

As a result, Feng Kingdom had no natural defenses left, and the surviving Nascent Soul cultivators and some of the remaining troops had no choice but to retreat to other countries and rely on the sects of those countries to rebuild their defenses.

After defeating the resistance forces of Feng Kingdom, the demon army split into two groups. One group was left to guard Feng Kingdom and rest, while the other returned to support the western army.

"With the fall of Feng Kingdom, the Yan Yang Sect is now besieged on two fronts. Even if they manage to hold on, it will be meaningless; they will no longer be able to restrain or threaten the demon army!"

After calming down and making this judgment, Venerable Yuanyang immediately recalled the distress message he had received from Zhou Chun, and then thought of the incarnation of Venerable Taigeng who was coming to his aid.

"Fine, since that's the case, let's abandon the west and save the east, and rescue that junior!"

He muttered to himself and quickly sent a reply to Zhou Chun.

"Great! Senior Yuanyang has agreed to send reinforcements!"

On Qinglian Peak, Zhou Chun, who had been anxiously waiting for a reply but had not received one, was overjoyed upon receiving Yuan Yang Venerable's reply and exclaimed "Good news!" repeatedly.

"This is wonderful! At least our family's ancestral temple can be saved!"

When Zhou Mingde heard the news from Zhou Chun, he was overjoyed and shouted with delight, feeling a great sense of relief.

Zhou Chun naturally wouldn't keep this good news a secret, and quickly spread the word so that everyone knew about it.

Instantly, cheers erupted throughout the Zhou family's mountain gate, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

In contrast to the Azure Lotus Mountains, the Yan Yang Sect, upon receiving the message from Venerable Yuan Yang, caused both True Person Zi Yang and True Person Bai Yang to faint and turn deathly pale.

In the message, Venerable Yuanyang not only told them to prepare for retreat, but also to activate the trump card left by their sect's founder: to self-destruct the mountain-protecting formation to draw out the poisonous aura of the earth fire below, in order to kill or severely injure several demon kings!

If this is done, even if the mountain gate is regained in the future, this place filled with the poisonous energy of earth fire will not be suitable for cultivation, unless a powerful being is willing to help purify it.

"How could this be! How could Senior Yuanyang do this!"

Master Ziyang gasped in a trembling voice, his heart filled with both shock and anger.

He would accept even having to temporarily abandon the sect.

Based on past experience, it is highly unlikely that the demon race can occupy this place indefinitely; they can return in the future.

But if we follow Venerable Yuanyang's orders, what will become of the Yanyang Sect in the future?

"Fellow Daoist Ziyang, there's no need for that. Since Senior Yuanyang has done this, he must have his reasons. Perhaps in the future, he will personally help you purify the poisonous energy of the earth fire!"

Nangong Wuqing felt some sympathy for Master Ziyang and the Yanyang Sect, but he said something completely different.

He was there to help anyway. His sect was far from the battlefields, so as long as it could kill the enemy without harming himself, he was happy to support Venerable Yuanyang's approach.

Not only him, but the other Nascent Soul cultivators who were assisting in the defense also spoke up to persuade and advise True Person Ziyang and True Person Baiyang, implying that they should do as Venerable Yuanyang instructed.

Faced with these people's words, which were ostensibly persuasion but were actually coercion, Master Ziyang and Master Baiyang, despite their immense anger, could only grit their teeth and dare not utter any disrespectful words to Venerable Yuanyang.

"So be it! Since my Flame Sun Sect is destined for this calamity, then let this old man be the sinner!!"

In the end, it was Master Ziyang who first accepted the result, and stood up with a heart full of despair to express his attitude.