Chapter 181: with translation of chapter title

But imagination is always plentiful, reality always scrawny.

Such a large‑scale operation could never be carried out silently.

Soon, a squad of Fire Crow Tribe warriors accidentally slipped, causing the lingling to emit an alarm cry.

Then, without any mishap, the melee began.

Perhaps it was the disturbance he had caused earlier that made all the lingling hold their breath; upon seeing the Fire Crow Tribe's main force invade, they did not avoid as before but instead charged forward with bloodshot eyes.

But still, that saying is pointless.

Under the elder and Chen Shicheng's attacks, this group of lingling were either beheaded or turned into blood water, and they were quickly all dealt with.

As one of the main forces, Chen Shicheng displayed astonishing combat power in battle, drawing everyone's sideways glances and giving them a hint of recognition for this person from Zhongyuan.

Now that the lingling have discovered their whereabouts, the Fire Crow Tribe no longer intends to pick off enemies one by one; since they're already near the summit, they might as well rush up in a swarm.

"Young man, we're about to charge up in a moment; it's dangerous—do you want to come along?" The elder who raises gu worms walked up to Chen Shicheng as if treading on green grass, stepping over the blood‑soaked ground without getting a speck on them.

Go up?

Going up is impossible; all we can do is muddle through with the Yellow Turban Strongman.

"I'll pass," Chen Shicheng shook his head, "You're all your own people, working in sync, so I won't interfere and mess up your rhythm—but"

He pulled out a bean seed and infused it with True Essence: "This Yellow Turban Strongman can help you draw a little fire."

Repairing the Yellow Turban Strongman's arms is not difficult; it only requires sufficient True Essence, so the summoned strongman is complete.

As soon as the all‑golden lingling appeared, everyone present had a reflex reaction; if not for the gu‑wielding elder stepping in, they would likely have been focused fired.

She patted the Yellow Turban Strongman's shin, her face full of surprise: "This must be a Daoist divine ability—indeed miraculous."

Chen Shicheng smiled without explaining, gave the Yellow Turban Strongman the order to obey the old woman before him, then split from the main force and found a place to hide on the flank of the attack route.

After the Fire Crow Tribe launched their attack, he took advantage of the opening while the lingling were drawn away and came to the cave mouth.

Still, that saying holds: the lingling had been roughed up before, and when the Fire Crow Tribe launched their assault, their pent‑up anger found an outlet, and they basically all pounded their chests and charged out of the cave.

Even the lingling leader, upon sensing the Yellow Turban Strongman's aura, threw down the other lingling and leapt straight toward the gu‑wielding elder.

"That Infinite Heavenly Venerable, you're on your own."

Watching the lingling leader's impact create a small mushroom cloud, Chen Shicheng muttered half‑heartedly, then followed Hui Siye's infiltration route to the vicinity of the prison.

As for the Gray Immortal Clan, the lingling leader still regarded them seriously; besides the armored, staff‑wielding lingling that came last time, he actually sent two more.

However, the newcomers seemed unable to sit still, scratching their ears and cheeks at the shouts of battle outside; if not for the armored lingling watching them, they would have likely bolted out to join the fight long ago.

Last time it was Hui Siye who came, and he couldn't assess what kind of being the armored lingling was; this time Chen Shicheng showed no courtesy, directly using the Eye of Bai Ze.

【Lv. 25 Yuanjiao (lingling): Essence: 103, Qi: 36, Spirit: 35, Skills: Yin‑Yang Eye, Heaven‑Uplifting Staff, Frenzy, Compress Earth to an Inch.】

Yo! I didn't expect there to be a cultured person among the lingling, actually giving himself a human‑race name.

Chen Shicheng curled his lip, sent Hui Siye outside to keep watch, then directly unfolded the Slay‑Immortal Grand Formation.

The moment the formation enveloped them, Yuanjiao and the two filler lingling jerked their heads up to look at Chen Shicheng's direction, but no matter how swift the lift, it couldn't outpace his mind.

Three blades of sword qi instantly formed, slicing toward the lingling that had sensed something.

Yuanjiao instinctively wanted to raise his staff to block the attack for the lingling beside him, but the sharp aura of the sword qi made his monkey face twist; he abandoned the idea and exerted all his strength to block the one aimed at him.

Hiss

Almost as it barely blocked the sword qi, two heads flew up beside it, wearing expressions of disbelief.

Yuanjiao's eyes bulged, veins burst across his body, and he let out a roar of extreme rage, dragging his staff as he sprinted straight toward Chen Shicheng.

But just as he charged halfway, before he could lift his staff, he was sprayed in the face by the Taiyin Cold Ice Curse.

A max‑level skill, its yin‑energy invades the soul for damage, plus freezing slowdown; this three‑in‑one directly dealt the armored lingling a heavy blow.

Now a quick victory is needed, so Chen Shicheng certainly won't give it any reaction time; the sword qi followed close behind, wildly chopping the armored lingling, sending up countless flesh slices studded with blue ice crystals.

The lingling leader could assign this armored lingling to guard the Gray Immortal Clan only because he trusted its strength.

Even so, under Chen Shicheng's full‑force assault, in less than two seconds the armored lingling was hacked to pieces, its size instantly shrinking by a notch.

I thought this blow had severely wounded the armored lingling, but what happened next far exceeded his expectations.

The armored lingling's bloody, fuzzy body suddenly burst with a red light, which quickly spread over it, turning it into a blood monkey.

As the skill finished, the lingling's muscles swelled all over, nearly restoring its former size; feeling no pain, it stubbornly ignored the freezing effect and continued its ferocious charge.

Meanwhile, the staff that had been charging came down with a howling sound toward Chen Shicheng, swift as a bolt of lightning.

Chen Shicheng stepped back one foot, activating Bound Earth as Prison and sword qi simultaneously, but the staff broke through the prison and smashed the sword qi to pieces.

Nevertheless, the shattered sword qi still inflicted damage, immediately opening several blood holes on the armored lingling's body; yet its momentum did not wane but grew a third stronger, making Chen Shicheng's eyelid twitch.

What kind of berserker fighting style is this?

This routine is a bit scalp‑tingling; the full‑body red‑light skill is undoubtedly "Frenzy," whose effect should be that the more severe the wounds, the greater the attribute boost.

According to this calculation, when it is near death, its final strike's power will absolutely be earth‑shattering.

In other words, this lingling can even take one down with it when it dies! "If that's the case, then we can't fight you in close combat."

Chen Shicheng quickly changed tactics, directly invoking Five Ghosts Transport; at the critical moment, he teleported just past the swinging staff to the rear of the armored lingling, fully unleashed the Slay‑Immortal Grand Formation, and, opening his five fingers, dealt a backward strike of Wind‑Sweeping Remnant Cloud to the lingling facing away from him.

(End of chapter)