Chapter 70: Annihilation

Lin Zhangqing helped clear the demon beasts in front of Father and Second Uncle, and the surrounding demon beasts constantly replenished. Sure enough, like a tide, they surged over wave after wave.

Lin Zhangqing took the time to look at the situation of the surrounding clansmen. Many had already used spirit talismans, Fireball Talismans, Wind Blade Talismans, etc. Fortunately, the array hadn't opened gaps to let the demon beasts in yet, so everyone's safety was still guaranteed.

The high-intensity battle lasted for an unknown amount of time. Lin Zhangqing had already consumed Qi Recovery Pills twice, and Father and Second Uncle were the same. There were also some attack spirit talismans usually given by his mother, which were also consumed quite a bit.

But they could only keep persisting. It felt like a long time had passed, and finally, one could clearly feel that the number of demon beasts began to decrease. At this time, Lin Zhangqing took the time to observe the battle situation of the clan's three Foundation Establishment cultivators.

He saw the Clan Leader near the edge of the array, and the surrounding First-Stage demon beasts consciously left their battle area, fearing being affected.

What was currently entangled with the Clan Leader was a Swift Wind Thunder Leopard. The good news was that the Clan Leader had absolutely suppressed that Swift Wind Thunder Leopard with Second-Stage late-stage cultivation.

This thing had very fast speed, and one had to be careful of the lightning spells it spat out of its mouth.

This kind of demon beast was quite good as a spirit pet. It was a wind and lightning dual-attribute demon beast, could fight and run, and had full potential. However, this kind of adult demon beast couldn't be tamed and could only be killed.

This Swift Wind Thunder Leopard already had three or four wounds on its body. Although none were fatal, the blood had already dyed half its body red, and its speed had slowed down. Its death was only a matter of time.

On the other side, Grandfather and Fourteenth Uncle joined forces to deal with a Second-Stage mid-stage red giant tiger. This should be the very famous Blazing Giant Tiger, right!

The body size of this demon beast was much larger than the Swift Wind Thunder Leopard, about one zhang two or three long and two meters high. Because it was red all over, it was also known as the Blood Flame Giant Tiger, and it looked incomparably fierce.

Fortunately, Grandfather and Fourteenth Uncle were helping, two Foundation Establishment cultivators besieging it, and the situation was quite good. The giant tiger also had several wounds on it, and taking it down should be a matter of time.

It made Lin Zhangqing want to summon the Eight Hundred and give the giant tiger a Geng Metal Divine Thunder to satisfy his craving, but he thought better of it; keeping a low profile now was the golden rule.

In other places on the city wall, the situation was about the same. The area responsible for defense by scattered cultivators was a bit chaotic, but fortunately, there were Foundation Establishment disciples of the Qingyun Sect helping to deal with Second-Stage demon beasts, so the situation was still within the controllable range.

Soon, after the Clan Leader suddenly sacrificed a flying sword and raided the Swift Wind Thunder Leopard, the battle ended. If he wasn't mistaken, the one that raided the Swift Wind Thunder Leopard should be the Second-Stage top-grade flying sword, the Qingming Sword, that the Clan Leader had auctioned at the Wanbao Pavilion last time.

It seemed the Clan Leader treasured this flying sword very much! He hadn't been willing to use it in the battle just now, and it had been taken as a trump card.

Since the Clan Leader had already freed his hands, the Blazing Giant Tiger was also doomed. Therefore, soon in the defense area responsible by the clan, all Second-Stage demon beasts were killed.

The three Foundation Establishment cultivators began to turn around to help the clansmen clear these First-Stage demon beasts. This speed was much faster, and thus accumulated a large amount of advantage, rolling bigger and bigger like a snowball.

Soon in the defense area responsible by the clan, First-Stage demon beasts were reduced by more than half.

The three of them accelerated their killing speed again, preparing to quickly clear the demon beasts in their area and go to the city wall to support areas in need.

Finally, after clearing the demon beasts in the clan's defense area, the Qi Refining cultivators were all so tired that they leaned against the city wall to rest, but the clan's three Foundation Establishment cultivators only recovered slightly.

They began to go and support other Foundation Establishment cultivators who were still fighting nearby. Joining forces, they also quickly achieved results.

Then these freed Foundation Establishment cultivators went to support other places. Not long after, all the battles on the city wall ended.

In this way, the vanguard of this beast tide was completely annihilated under the city wall of Red Maple Fortress.

At this time, all the cultivators standing on the city wall couldn't help but let out earth-shattering cheers, which continued until everyone vented this suppressed emotion in their hearts.

Next was sending people down to clean up the demon beast corpses. Everyone cleaned up the demon beast corpses in their own defense area, simple and clear.

Those demon beasts killed jointly were distributed by themselves. Cultivators' memories were quite good; they remembered clearly which ones they killed and which ones they didn't, so there wouldn't be any major disputes.

Lin Zhangqing and the others also went down to collect their spoils of war.

After a long time, they finally packed up. After Second Uncle finished counting, he said happily, "It's about equivalent to the harvest of ten days of hunting demons last time. This is also quite good. It won't be long before our own points are enough to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill."

Father also said, "The demon beast corpses hunted last time were exchanged for a total of 5,150 contribution points.

Divided among the three of us, we have 3,090 points. Adding the points left over from last time, we now have 5,314 points. If we count these demon beast corpses, it's almost enough to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill." "It's a pity we have to wait until we return to Qingyun City to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill, otherwise, maybe Big Brother could establish his foundation here," Second Uncle said regretfully.

Father shook his head and said, "You don't understand. This is protection for us. Otherwise, if a Foundation Establishment Pill is outside, it's very easy to be coveted by others, and killing for goods is also a common occurrence."

Lin Zhangqing also spoke up, "I also feel Father's words make sense. It should be mainly to protect scattered cultivators!"

At this time, Grandfather walked over, scanned the three of them, and said, "It seems you are all fine, then I can rest assured."

Lin Zhangqing said, "This time it was a bit easier than I expected."

Grandfather shook his head and said to Lin Zhangqing, "This is only the vanguard part. Who knows how many are behind. Qing'er, you must not be careless, do you know?"

Lin Zhangqing said earnestly, "I am most afraid of death and will not be careless. I still have to protect Father and Second Uncle to return home safely!"

Second Uncle laughed out loud, "You lad say you are afraid of death, and you still want to protect us. You are bragging!"

As soon as the words fell, with a "slap" sound, Second Uncle received a light slap on the head from Grandfather.

"Shut your mouth. Qing'er is much more reliable than you. If there is danger, move closer to him; it can save your lives, understand?" Grandfather said seriously.

"Is it those purple scorpions?" Second Uncle touched the place where he was hit.

Grandfather looked at his two sons and said seriously, "Don't ask anymore, just remember what I said just now."

Father and Second Uncle responded one after another. In this situation, Second Uncle didn't dare to joke anymore. If he were beaten by his father again here, it would be shameful.

"From today on, half of the clansmen must stay here to guard and defend. Each guard time is one day and one night. You all go back and rest first! Come back to change shifts at this time tomorrow." The three left the city wall's defense area. Father and Second Uncle went to exchange the demon beast corpses for contribution points, while Lin Zhangqing asked for a demon beast corpse and returned to his residence alone.

After returning to his residence, Lin Zhangqing brewed a pot of Green Jade Spirit Tea, slowly sipping the spirit tea, recalling the battle scene just now, to see if he had done anything poorly, or if there was anything that could be improved.

Facing the beast tide for the first time, it was inevitable to be a bit nervous, and this demon beast attack on the city was so sudden.

There was also a very important situation, which was that this time Red Maple Fortress didn't choose to open some gaps to let the demon beasts in, thereby reducing the pressure on the array, but consumed a large amount of spirit stones to forcibly hold on.

It should be that it was still the early stage of the beast tide, and they didn't want the cultivators guarding the fortress to suffer too many casualties. After all, there were only over a thousand cultivators here in total. If the casualties were too great, this fortress might not be able to hold.

Thinking about it, Lin Zhangqing felt that for this kind of city defense battle, next time he should release the Purple Crystal Scorpions in advance, and then just distribute them evenly around the three of them while invisible, so he wouldn't be afraid of being approached.

Thinking of the Purple Crystal Scorpions, he had just asked for a demon beast corpse, which was to feed the Purple Crystal Scorpions. There were also the Yellow Earth Crystals he just bought, so he would feed them to them together later.

In fact, Lin Zhangqing had also thought about feeding the Hundred Flowers Drunken Soul Wine to the Purple Crystal Scorpions, but considering they hadn't advanced long ago, and hadn't gnawed much of the First-Stage mid-grade spirit crystals, and now he was in a hurry to improve their rank, it was too much of a rush.

Subsequently, he dismissed this thought. After all, the situation hadn't reached a desperate point. Wait a bit longer! The First was the same. It wasn't that he didn't want to improve their strength, but continuously improving their rank consumed their own potential.

Doing this would definitely affect their continued advancement in the future, especially when advancing from First-Stage to Second-Stage, the difficulty would definitely increase quite a bit.

Now the only one suitable for advancing to the Second Stage was the Three-Colored Deer Lu Youqiang, but this guy wasn't raised by Lin Zhangqing since childhood, and it was just subdued, so Lin Zhangqing was afraid of losing control and didn't dare to give it resources for advancement.

Forget it, don't think so much. Now the spirit tea is finished, so let's cut up the demon beast corpse and feed the Purple Crystal Scorpions! Throw the Yellow Earth Crystals in for them to gnaw on too.

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Forget it, I won't think about it so much. Now that the spirit tea is finished, I might as well cut up the demon beast's corpse and feed it to the Purple Crystal Scorpions! I'll also toss the Yellow Earth Crystals in for them to gnaw on.

(End of chapter)