Clan Cultivation: Starting with Plundering Demonic Beast Talents

"Enter the underground river, victory is assured!"

Lin Zongyue, a seasoned veteran of many battles, knew the importance of morale and led the charge.

Upon entering, the group discovered a hidden world beneath, a valley.

A huge deer demon looked up at them, its fur as green as jade, and its antlers as green as jade on its forehead.

"Human cultivators, kill them!"

Clearly, this is a second-tier demonic beast, the Azure Spirit Deer King!

This Azure Spirit Deer King was already quite intelligent, knowing that the human cultivators had come for the mineral vein, and that the Cold Iron Ore was the key to his bloodline advancement, something he absolutely could not back down from.

Therefore, in just a few breaths, it had already charged towards the Lin family with its sharp horns.

This deer king itself did not have a large herd, but it had gathered a group of water pythons. Under the pressure of the demon beasts, the lower-ranking demon beasts were powerless to resist, and dozens of demon beasts attacked them!

Lin Zongbo stepped forward first, raising his hand to release a second-tier array plate, "Activate the array, seal off the valley!"

Lin Qingyang was able to kill a Qi Refining Stage 7 cultivator, demonstrating his exceptional strength, and naturally, he was also allocated a formation flag.

Twelve pillars of light burst forth, and then, under the power of the array plate, they converged into a giant rock prison, firmly trapping the second-tier Azure Spirit Deer.

This formation continuously draws power from the earth to reinforce the prison, while simultaneously drawing away the water-attribute spiritual energy within.

Over time, even second-tier demonic beasts would be trapped and die within the formation.

The Azure Deer King naturally sensed the danger, and in just over ten breaths, its antlers collided with the barrier several times.

But how could a mid-grade second-tier formation be so easily broken?

Not to mention, the Lin family has other plans.

After the Azure Deer King attacked the formation for the fifth time, the barrier trembled. Just as joy was about to appear on its face, it felt a sharp pain behind it.

Before he could react, two axe shadows fell from nowhere!

"Mountain-splitting axe!"

Lin Zongyue seized the opportunity and left a deep wound on his right leg, from which bright red blood flowed uncontrollably.

"roar!"

The Azure Deer King, in pain and rage, suddenly turned its antlers and attacked the despicable human cultivator. It vowed to devour the other's flesh and blood to quell its anger!

However, Lin Zongyue had been hunting demons for many years and was very experienced. After his attack, he immediately withdrew from the formation's range.

The Azure Deer's attack finally struck the iron walls of the prison.

With Lin Zongyue keeping him occupied, Bi Linglu had 60% of his energy tied up and was unable to break through the giant rock prison.

However, the Azure Deer King was not alone. Sensing the danger, its water pythons and Azure Deer, with bloodshot eyes, frantically attacked the group in the formation.

There were dozens of demonic beasts, and at least ten of them were of the highest rank!

The number of demonic beasts is nearly twice that of human cultivators.

If it weren't for the support of magical artifacts, talismans, and elixirs, the human side would have been instantly overwhelmed by this small beast tide.

Even so, the Lin family was under immense pressure.

The battle had barely begun when they threw out talismans worth over a hundred spirit stones.

Dozens of wooden spike talismans and golden arrow talismans blocked the first wave of attacks for them.

Even worse, a flash of green light appeared above the head of the Azure Deer King in the rock prison, and its previously bloody wounds began to heal visibly.

Within fifteen minutes, the situation had reached a stalemate.

"I miscalculated. The bloodline magic awakened by this spirit deer is actually a healing power."

Lin Zongyue's face was grim. They were at a disadvantage. Their original plan was to quickly kill the second-tier demonic beasts and then deal with the low-tier demonic beasts on the periphery.

Now that things have changed, the dozens of demonic beasts on the periphery are no match for the dozen or so Qi Refining stage cultivators from the Lin and Xu families.

Thinking it over, he roared, "The inner and outer cultivators will switch places, allowing the late-stage Qi Refining cultivators to free up their hands to slaughter low-level demonic beasts."

Then, wielding a pair of giant axes, he charged in.

The Azure Deer King was prepared for this. Its antlers flew out from its head, breaking through gusts of wind, and the man and the deer had a head-on collision.

Lin Zongyue was knocked away, but the antlers were also left with a gap.

The formation shifted, creating a gap in the rock prison. Lin Zongyue had no choice but to suppress his injuries and continue fighting his way in.

In just a hundred breaths, the formation had been repositioned, and a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator took over the formation.

But Lin Zongyue had already turned into a blood-soaked figure. His proud Bone Armor was completely shattered and deeply embedded in his flesh. His spiritual power was less than 10%. It could be said that an ordinary Green Claw Crab could take his life!

Of course, this is already a miracle. If it weren't for the fact that he also cultivated body refinement, an ordinary late-stage Qi Refining cultivator would have died dozens of times over.

"Brother, you can't continue like this."

Lin Zongbo, who was in control of the array plate, decisively handed it over to a steward at the eighth level of Qi Refining. The steward caught his body, fed him a Rejuvenation Pill, and Lin Zonghong on the water's surface guided him back to the surface.

The Azure Deer King within the formation seized this opportunity to frantically attack the barrier, causing the entire formation to flash with spiritual light, on the verge of breaking.

Twelve silver and iron flying blades forced it back into the magic array.

"You beast, get back home!"

Lin Zongbo replaced Lin Zongyue, but he could not hide his worry. Without cultivating his body, he estimated that he could only hold them off for half an hour at most.

If they cannot deal with the surrounding monsters within this timeframe, they will have no choice but to retreat.

The next time, with the second-tier deer demons having taken precautions, it will be much harder for them to be trapped by the formation, making it difficult for the Lin family to take over this mine.

Lin Qingyang also understood this principle.

He was also swapped out; it was more effective for him to kill outside.

At this moment, their outer battle line was less than a dozen steps away from the formation, meaning they had nowhere left to retreat.

There were ten late-stage Qi Refining demonic beasts in total, and two of them had just been unlucky enough to die under the onslaught of the talisman sea.

At this moment, the only way to break the deadlock is in the duel at the late stage of Qi Refining!

The six late-stage Qi Refining cultivators from the Lin family each chose one to fight, and everyone was desperately activating their magical artifacts, trying to defeat the monsters in front of them as quickly as possible.

However, since they were underwater, the water python and the jade spirit deer were both water-type demon beasts, while there were fire-type cultivators in the cultivator camp. They were severely restrained and even put at a disadvantage.

The remaining two were kept outside by these mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators using magical artifacts and talismans.

"I must become the breakthrough point in the battle!"

Lin Qingyang formed hand seals, and flowing water armor covered him, water curtain unfolded, and a dark heavy water shield surrounded him.

Triple defense!

Without further hesitation, he stepped out of the defensive line, and the sharpness of the Azure Netherworld Mother Blade transformed into the most terrifying grim reaper, taking the life of a water python with each strike.

The larger Azure Spirit Deer were not spared either; the deadly poisons of the Netherworld Spider and the Azure Scale Serpent caused them to lose most of their fighting strength within moments.

In just over ten breaths, three mid-grade demonic beasts died by his blade.

The wounded demonic beasts attracted the attention of the last two high-grade demonic beasts, a Jade Spirit Deer and a Water Python. The two demonic beasts began to surround and kill Lin Qingyang from the front and the back.

The water python opened its mouth and spewed out six water arrows, each the size of a tree trunk. The Azure Spirit Deer used its natal antlers, which flashed with power comparable to a top-grade magic weapon.

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