Chapter 1285

Sure enough, after a while, hundreds of black dots suddenly appeared in the distant sky, flying swiftly toward this side, and that strange crying sound came from among these black dots. WWW. feiazw. COM

The people on the city wall immediately reacted, and amid the sound of horns, they hurriedly took up defensive positions, and under the officers' command, they immediately prepared for battle.

Almost at the same time, on a tall building in the city center, over a hundred beams of various 'colored' light shot out, racing straight toward the city wall where the black dots had appeared.

These were precisely the cultivators in the city.

Most of these cultivators were at the Foundation Establishment stage, and their flying speed was not slow; in a moment, they arrived at the city wall ahead of the others, turning into clusters of spiritual light hovering in the high air.

The two leaders were a bald, burly man standing on a disc, and the other was indeed the gold-robed man from the Golden Jade Sect.

Both of these two were at the late Foundation Establishment stage, in the False Core realm, making them the highest among the aerial cultivators.

The distant black dots had already flown to a place several li outside the city wall, but suddenly stopped and began to hover uncertainly in the low air.

At this moment, standing on the city wall, one could clearly see the true form of these black dots: they were actually leopard-headed, eagle-bodied demonic birds, each with a pair of yellow-and-white feathers, purple-red flashing eyes, and their bodies displayed a splendid, colorful appearance, quite gorgeous.

These demonic birds were only a few feet in size, small and elegant in build; at first glance, they truly did not look frightening.

However, the cultivators above the city wall all had solemn expressions, as if they dared not underestimate them in the slightest.

From the demonic birds in the distance came several short, urgent, strange cries; on the ground below, the air 'surged' 'surged', and suddenly, hissing sounds rose loudly, and clouds of dust and mist rose from nowhere.

Following this, one red 'colored' python after another burst from underground, raising their heads and flicking their tongues; in an instant, a sea of pythons formed, and as far as the eye could see, red 'colored' waves rolled endlessly, with no end in sight.

Seeing this, those who had just arrived on the city wall gasped in shock.

It seemed they had truly drawn the unlucky lot this time; Fang Yi had just rushed to reinforce them when they encountered the combined attack of the leopard beasts and the red pythons. Fortunately, the cultivators were there to deal with the troublesome demonic birds, otherwise they could not possibly have resisted the simultaneous assault of both beast groups.

Just as the body cultivators on the city wall felt some relief, the demonic bird flock in the distance suddenly split into two, one large and one small demonic bird flying out from within.

The smaller one was only about a foot in size, its entire body enveloped in a layer of bright blue spiritual light; as its wings fluttered, faint thunderous sounds could be heard. The larger one, besides being several times the size of an ordinary leopard beast, showed no obvious unusual features, but between its purple flashes, a gloomy and severe aura seemed to 'leak' out.

At the very moment these two demonic birds appeared, one after another, the python herd below also rolled violently, and similarly, two large and one small monstrous pythons burst out from within.

One was over ten zhang in length, its entire body covered in bowl-thick scales, with a pair of blood-coral silk horns on its head, actually resembling the Red Flood Dragon by ** parts. Another was seven or eight zhang long, its entire body black and scaleless, yet it simultaneously possessed three ordinary triangular skulls, appearing extremely poisonous.

As for the smallest one, it had a human head and a serpent's body, with a pair of arms, each holding a bone spear; it was indeed the snake demon that had appeared and attacked Han Li in the Qingluo Desert that day.

Although these five demonic beasts were obviously the highest-ranking beasts in the herd, the five beasts glanced toward the city wall, then communicated with extreme spirituality through cries and hisses for a few moments, and immediately returned to their own kind, vanishing once again.

Afterward, whether the aerial demonic birds or the ground-based red python army, it seemed they had simultaneously received orders, and amid the rumbling sounds, they began to fly and pounce toward the city wall.

The leopard beasts' speed far surpassed that of the ground pythons, so naturally they approached An Yuan City first.

They emitted loud strange cries from their mouths, and their bodies began to emit a faint green 'colored' demonic mist; at first it was just a thin layer, but soon it became a thick mass, completely enveloping each demonic bird's body.

A vast expanse of green 'colored' demonic mist, several mu in size, instantly formed, rolling toward the city wall with tremendous momentum, a sight most astonishing.

"Demonic wretch, seeking death!"

Under the bald man's angry shout, the human cultivators in the air no longer hesitated and took the lead in advancing; other cultivators also hurriedly activated their magical tools and followed.

Before even touching the green 'colored' mist, they all raised both hands, and one talisman after another shot forth.

With loud bangs, countless clusters of various 'colored' thunder and fire appeared in the void, then sank into the green mist, and then burst apart one after another.

The explosion sounds rose loudly, and much of the green mist instantly shattered and vanished.

The human cultivators without hesitation then all brought forth their own spiritual tools!

Flying knives, flying swords, magical beads, Zen staffs, short spears, and various other things immediately appeared in dense numbers, and all rushed to attack the green mist.

At the same time, the green mist rolled violently, and countless demonic feathers shot out, turning into a sky-full of green light, which instantly intertwined with these spiritual tools, showing no sign of weakness!

The human cultivators naturally formed seals with their hands, chanted incantations, and as their spiritual tools turned, they shattered those green lights into fragments and dispersed them. However, the demonic feathers flying out from the green mist seemed endless, and the human cultivators appeared to greatly fear the green mist, unwilling to approach it lightly. Thus, for a time, the battle in the air was hard to distinguish, and they actually reached a stalemate in midair.

At this moment, at the city wall below, those red pythons had finally arrived beneath the wall.

Immediately, over a dozen red pythons formed a group, biting each other's tails to connect into a single giant object over ten zhang long; then, with a bow, they actually sprang up from the ground like crossbow bolts, shooting toward the city wall. But in midair, all the red pythons suddenly released their mouths and regained their freedom, then twisted their bodies and fiercely lunged at the human soldiers on the city wall.

Thus, the city wall, tens of zhang high, seemed utterly insignificant to these red python beasts.

Those newly arrived supporters, although most had killed red python beasts before, had truly seen few who had witnessed this strange attack method of the python herd.

They instantly fell into great 'chaos', quite somewhat flustered.

On the contrary, those ordinary An Yuan City soldiers seemed to have long had experience dealing with this; they immediately gathered together, some raising their hands to fire crossbows in unison, while the others held shields with one hand above their heads and waved weapons with the other, guarding tightly beside them.

For a time, their defense was actually quite strict!

The giant crossbow on the city wall mountain also burst forth with a "susu" mournful sharp cry, one after another zhang-long large crossbow bolts, shot out at astonishing speed.

Only see the cold light flashing; the red pythons linked together had not yet had time to fly up to the city wall's airspace when they were pierced through by the crossbow bolts and fell down to the city below, over a dozen pythons simultaneously flung down, their flesh and blood mangled.

After the initial some 'chaos', the body cultivators who came to reinforce also finally steadied their footing; as their weapons in hand flew and danced swiftly, they easily cut each python in half.

They each had extraordinarily strong bodies and astonishing strength; ordinary pythons could not possibly resist them in the slightest.

Han Li stood at a corner of the battlement, his feet unmoving, but as cold light flashed continuously in the air, the pythons lunging at him all flew backward upside down, turning into over a dozen segments.

Snake blood sprayed downward.

With Han Li's current attainment in the Diamond Sutra, plus the blinking sword technique and other mortal martial arts he had practiced in his mortal days, an ordinary thick-backed blade in his hand naturally came into use with miraculous effect.

A single swing of the blade was not only incredibly fast and silent, but the strength contained within was unmatched. Let alone ordinary pythons, even a genuine low-grade spiritual tool could probably be cleanly cut in half by a single blow.

Therefore, Han Li's thoughts were not at all on these ordinary pythons falling like raindrops, but rather he narrowed his eyes slightly and gazed toward the distant python herd.

He was still quite interested in those three snake demons.

But just then, suddenly a loud boom came from nearby, followed immediately by several human cries of pain from the vicinity.

Han Li startled, and involuntarily swept his gaze over.

Only see, over ten zhang away, an astonishingly huge mutant python,, actually mixed among the linked pythons, leaped up to this spot on the city wall. This python, as soon as it landed, bit down half of an ordinary soldier's body with one mouth, and simultaneously swung its tail, sending another charging body cultivator flying, who struck a broken battlement on the city wall.

This person's chest was caved in more than halfway, and it looked as if he could not possibly survive.

At this moment, the giant python's small eyes flashed with a cold green light; as its skull moved, it fixed its gaze on Han Li, who was looking over.

Han Li coldly glanced at the giant python, furrowed his brow, then lifted his foot and strode over with large, confident steps.

This giant python seemed to also sense that Han Li was not easy to deal with; it immediately arched its body, opened its mouth wide, and shot out like lightning, fiercely biting toward Han Li's head.

Han Li's expression remained unchanged, but his large blade in hand moved slightly forward; in an instant, countless cold rays appeared amid a humming sound, completely enveloping the giant python's head, and then vanished in a flash.

Only see the giant python's body paused, and on its head appeared countless fine blood lines; then the python's head inch by inch cracked open, turning into a mist of blood that vanished without a trace.

Han Li's seemingly casual slash actually severed the head of this mutated giant python with a chaotic blade.

Han Li expressionlessly looked at the headless python corpse that had heavily fallen to the ground, sheathed the broadsword on his back, and was about to turn and leave.

But just then, an accident suddenly occurred!

The python's corpse suddenly twisted its rear half, and the tail snapped up with the speed of thunder, lashing fiercely at Han Li's body.

The tail whipped up a howling wind, as if an incredibly thick iron rod were sweeping across the waist, extraordinarily fierce.

The soldiers of An Yuan City and several other body refiners who witnessed this scene couldn't help but cry out in alarm.

With a "thud" sound.

Han Li's golden radiant fist smashed into the python's tail, punching through a bowl-sized blood hole, forcibly sending it flying. But at this moment, the headless front half of the python's body strangely twisted and also came crashing fiercely toward Han Li.

Han Li's face darkened, he raised his broadsword horizontally, his form flickered, and he advanced toward the python with a trail of afterimages.

A flash of piercing cold light appeared, and he flickered into view behind the python like an illusion, then slowly turned his body around.

The python's massive body burst with blood light, instantly breaking into seven or eight segments that crashed to the ground.

This blow, no matter how tenacious the python's vitality, it could not die any more thoroughly!

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