Chapter 177: Luoyun prepares for war, the beast tide sweeps in, riding six dragons, a second-tier explosive ape

"Are you sure, you want it all?"

Xiong Kun looked at Luo Chen, half-believing and half-doubting.

Beside them was Tian Xingzi, who was acting as the middleman.

At this moment, the black market auction had already ended, and only the three of them remained in the hall.

Just moments ago, prompted by a voice transmission from Tian Xingzi, Xiong Kun had interrupted the auction of the beast carcass, saving it for last.

He wasn't afraid that Luo Chen wouldn't buy it; after all, beast carcasses had always been highly sought after.

Even if Luo Chen didn't want it, Tian Xingzi, as the middleman, had the means to take it off his hands.

Either way, he wouldn't lose out.

The inexplicably agitated mood Luo Chen had felt earlier had already calmed down.

Regarding this suddenly decided business of the beast carcass, he also began to calculate the gains and losses.

A second-tier beast, and preserved relatively intact.

He didn't know what methods this person had used to kill this beast.

If he purchased it, he could use it as the main ingredient for the Emperor Flowing Plasma.

After all, the requirements for the main ingredient of the Emperor Flowing Plasma were very singular.

It required the bones, blood, and flesh of a beast of the same origin; if there was a beast core, that would be even better.

He wandered around the edge of the carcass, using his Spirit Eye Art from time to time to check the specific condition.

While looking, he was being picky.

"The most valuable Blazing Fire Cloud Wings have been ruined on one side by you; the value of this beast is greatly reduced!"

"The flesh is preserved perfectly, but the beast core was driven too hard; the beast power contained within is nearly non-existent."

After finishing, he looked at Xiong Kun.

"Senior, the two most valuable materials of this beast have been tossed about like this; I'm afraid I can't give you the price you want!"

Xiong Kun let out a cold snort, "You think just anyone can kill a flying beast!"

"Not to mention anything else, just the name 'Blazing Fire Cloud Peng' alone is worth five thousand spirit stones."

"Furthermore, I haven't removed any of the many materials on it; that should be worth another five thousand!"

Was this him biting down on ten thousand spirit stones and refusing to let go?

Luo Chen felt helpless; he had only researched his Emperor Flowing Plasma pill formula to about seventy or eighty percent.

His Water Method Alchemy was still a bit away from entry-level, stuck at the Cloud-Transforming Hand stage.

Even if this item were in his hands, it would be impossible to directly refine the Emperor Flowing Plasma.

Xiong Kun also recognized Luo Chen; last time, he had joined forces with another person to buy that incomplete cultivation technique of his.

He sneered via voice transmission, "Aren't you just wanting to take this beast to cultivate that incomplete Sky Peng Transformation?"

"Ten thousand spirit stones is not a loss at all!"

Luo Chen was stunned; he really hadn't thought in that direction.

He smiled bitterly, "But it's really too expensive. To put it bluntly, this is a dead second-tier beast. Its value should be estimated as second-tier material. Ten thousand spirit stones is the entry-level price for a magic treasure."

The price of second-tier materials had always fluctuated wildly.

For example, pills started at three to five hundred.

For example, medicinal herbs were also at this price, depending on their efficacy. Even a breakthrough wonder like the Heaven-Earth Root only had a premium of up to five thousand.

The price of ores often depended on volume.

For this beast carcass, the two most valuable materials were both damaged.

Ten thousand was really excessive.

Xiong Kun frowned; he had originally wanted to pin Luo Chen down.

But it looked like the other party didn't seem to have the intention of being determined to get it!

After going back and forth, both sides were stuck in an awkward position.

At this time, Tian Xingzi, the middleman, played the role of a lubricant.

"Little friend, the price of five thousand is indeed low. After all, this is a resource that Fellow Daoist Xiong earned with his life."

Luo Chen nodded; he acknowledged this point.

Any material obtained by entering the mountains and hunting beasts with one's life was worth a high price.

Tian Xingzi paused and looked at Xiong Kun.

"But the price of ten thousand is indeed something few people can afford. Otherwise, Fellow Daoist Xiong, you wouldn't have wanted to turn my auction into a slaughterhouse just now!"

Once these words were out, it made Xiong Kun lose face.

When he was auctioning earlier, he really had that intention.

With such a large carcass, it was indeed difficult to handle without purchases from large sects and shops like the Zhong Ding family, Spirit Source Studio, Spirit Medicine Pavilion, or Ten Thousand Treasures Tower.

Just now, his auction plan was that whoever wanted what material, he would cut off a piece on the spot.

If that scene had really been implemented, the Zhenlong Black Market auction hall would have instantly turned into a bloody slaughterhouse.

Seeing this, Tian Xingzi immediately struck while the iron was hot.

"This item, even if I were to take it, would take a long time to convert into spirit stones."

"If there are any twists and turns in the middle, I'm afraid this price won't satisfy you, Fellow Daoist."

"Since that's the case, why not both sides take a step back, agree on a flat price, and both go home satisfied?"

Seeing that both were moved.

He smiled slightly, "In my opinion, eight thousand is a very good number; it's very auspicious."

Xiong Kun hesitated; two thousand stones were gone just like that.

For a rogue cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage like him, this was not a small amount.

He was not like other Foundation Establishment cultivators in Dahe Square, who had influence, families, or specialized skills.

His cultivation resources all depended on his own hunting of beasts.

It was truly earning money with his life.

But Tian Xingzi was also right; rather than selling it bit by bit, it was better to close the deal at a flat price.

Although the profit was a bit less, the time saved could be dedicated to cultivation.

"Eight thousand it is; this junior is willing to concede profit."

Luo Chen said with a pained expression.

Xiong Kun also agreed reluctantly.

After all, Tian Xingzi and Luo Chen had given him face.

One went from five thousand to eight thousand, giving three thousand more. He went from ten thousand down to eight thousand, conceding two thousand.

The face was given invisibly in the process.

After the money and goods were exchanged, Luo Chen didn't stay long and immediately took his leave.

Leaving only Xiong Kun and Tian Xingzi in the hall.

After seeing Luo Chen leave, Xiong Kun asked cautiously, "Fellow Daoist, you said just now that if there were any twists and turns in the middle. Could it be that something is going to happen recently?"

Regarding this question, Tian Xingzi avoided talking about it.

Instead, he asked with a smile, "Regarding joining our side, I wonder how Fellow Daoist Xiong has considered it?"

Xiong Kun hesitated a bit.

After a long time, he shook his head firmly.

"No, I am used to being a free spirit. Although life is a bit bitter, it is better in that there are not so many rules and regulations to bind me."

Tian Xingzi didn't force it, "Since that's the case, I respect your choice, Fellow Daoist. Even if I am not here in the future, you can still use my token to trade at any Zhenlong Black Market."

This gave Xiong Kun a trading channel.

Xiong Kun cupped his hands in gratitude.

Before leaving, he asked curiously, "Fellow Daoist, when are you leaving?"

Tian Xingzi sighed, "Soon, soon!"

Under the night sky, a figure rose into the air at super speed.

A black cloud suddenly appeared, supporting him, and he moved away from the ground.

The rogue cultivators who were still waiting outside, seeing this scene, also dismissed the idea of killing to seize the treasure.

Although that figure seemed to have only Qi Refining stage spirit power fluctuations, this method of riding a cloud was something only a Foundation Establishment True Person could do.

No one dared to provoke a Foundation Establishment True Person.

Above the black cloud, Luo Chen's heart was thumping.

It wasn't because he had spent eight thousand high-priced spirit stones to buy a beast carcass.

It was because during his previous exchange with Tian Xingzi, he had almost exposed the other party's background.

"Luoyun Life-Smoke Method."

"Can be a sect inheritance."

"This kind of technique, how could it be common goods easily obtained? It's clearly the alchemy technique of the Luoyun Sect!"

Just before, during his exchange with Tian Xingzi.

What should have been mutual flattery, he had, as if by a flash of inspiration, thought of this point.

If it were just an unfounded association, that would be one thing.

But Luo Chen's thinking had been agile recently, not like the clouded spirit platform of the past.

At that moment, almost in an instant, he thought of the various unreasonable aspects of the Zhenlong Black Market.

Spreading across various markets, chain operations.

Often selling puppets, and even a combat puppet comparable to a Great Perfection of Qi Refining had appeared.

This wasn't a treasure that could be obtained just by having wide paths and many channels.

Because in the Yuding Domain, only the Luoyun Sect could produce combat puppets, and they had always refused to sell them externally.

If the Zhenlong Black Market was an industry of the Luoyun Sect, then everything made sense.

And there was that gray-robed Core Formation cultivator who had insanely released three Ghost Kings.

This wasn't something one would dare to do just because of an extreme personality.

Ghost Kings were extremely violent beings; once they broke free, they wouldn't care who had been kind to them.

But that gray-robed Core Formation cultivator had done just that, and could even drive the Ghost Kings to surround and kill the sword cultivator Pang Renxiong.

How could an ordinary Core Formation cultivator reach such a level?

But if it were the puppet magic of the Luoyun Sect, planned for a long time, achieving this wouldn't be difficult.

It was nothing more than treating the three Ghost Kings as puppets to be driven!

It was precisely after figuring all this out that Luo Chen felt his scalp tingle.

He didn't dare to think what would happen if he had exposed the other party's background on the spot.

Would Tian Xingzi kill him to silence him?

Therefore, he quickly changed the subject, not continuing this topic.

A beast carcass business worth eight thousand spirit stones should be enough to make the other party ignore his strange behavior at the time, right?

At least, judging from the fact that he had left the Zhenlong Black Market unscathed.

Tian Xingzi hadn't noticed this matter.

"It's hard to say; such a calculating person might have already noticed my clues."

"If that's the case, then not making a move is because of the Blood-Burning Pill business."

"Blood-Burning Pill... Blood-Burning Pill."

Luo Chen licked his lips; some of the fog shrouding his heart faintly dissipated.

This kind of pill could be considered a trump card for Qi Refining cultivators.

But for Foundation Establishment True Persons, it was nothing.

Yet Tian Xingzi valued the Blood-Burning Pill so much, and was even buying it in large quantities.

Its purpose was self-evident.

"It's definitely not for buying low and selling high to earn the difference. In another place, the Blood-Burning Pill might not necessarily sell for a high price."

"He bought it clearly for the Luoyun Sect behind him to use."

"Then why does the Luoyun Sect need so many Blood-Burning Pills?"

Gulp!

There was a clear swallowing motion at his throat.

Luo Chen faintly thought of a word.

"War!"

The biting wind hitting his face made Luo Chen feel cold inside.

He had always been puzzled as to why the Zhenlong Black Market dared to surround and kill Pang Renxiong.

This was equivalent to declaring war on the Yuding Sword Sect.

But he hadn't expected that the other party had long been preparing for war.

Black markets spread everywhere, wantonly collecting spirit stones and various resources.

This was clearly resource hoarding work before the outbreak of war.

Even the puppets within the sect were taken out for sale.

It could be seen that the Luoyun Sect had made all preparations.

"But how dare they challenge the local hegemon?"

Suddenly, Luo Chen thought of a rumor.

When he first met the couple Qin Liangchen, it was when the two were sending their son Xiaohu to participate in the Luoyun Sect's disciple recruitment ceremony.

They had once mentioned that the Luoyun Sect's Supreme Elder Han Zhan had the potential of a Nascent Soul.

Could it be that he had really broken through?

Therefore, they had the confidence to go against the Yuding Sword Sect?

If that were the case, it would make perfect sense.

A domain, although rich in resources, was difficult to support two Nascent Soul sects.

When the Yuding Sword Sect started the opening war, it was also because they couldn't continue to develop in their original territory.

Now, the Luoyun Sect seemed to have reached this situation too.

And with their strength, an opening war was probably not feasible.

In a situation where they couldn't expand externally, they could only contend for hegemony internally.

"I don't know if my guess is right or wrong."

Luo Chen smiled bitterly; he only knew that in the trend of this great era, he, a mere ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivator, could only drift with the tide.

But, he had finally established a stable foundation with great difficulty.

Who would be willing to drift with the tide?

He didn't want to end up like Xiong Kun, a rogue cultivator relying on hunting beasts to make a living.

"Forget it!"

"Thinking too much about this is useless."

"The urgent matter is to cultivate and break through to Foundation Establishment as soon as possible."

"With the Luotian Society, even if war really breaks out, I have enough buffer to allow me to calmly make various choices."

Sighing, Luo Chen rode the black cloud, circled around, and flew toward the Luotian Society.

In the cold night, the black cloud moved slowly.

It was inconspicuous, and even if a cultivator looked up, they wouldn't notice.

It didn't take long for Luo Chen to return to the outside of Xieyue Valley.

However, before he could land, his heart tightened.

"This is going to destroy my foundation!"

The moonlight poured down like mercury.

Outside Xieyue Valley, the five-colored light screen had already unfolded.

The thick fishy smell, the beast roars one after another, everything announced that the Luotian Society had welcomed the greatest crisis since its founding.

Beast tide!

Half an hour ago.

Sima Hui Niang, who had just finished cultivating, was preparing to sleep when she was hurriedly called up by Yuan Xiaoyue.

"President, a large number of beasts have been found gathering nearby!"

Looking at the anxious little girl, Sima Hui Niang felt a shock in her heart, but her expression remained calm and steady.

She put on her coat while walking out.

"What is the specific situation?"

Yuan Xiaoyue was a helper specifically arranged for her by Luo Chen, responsible for running errands and conveying some messages.

Although this move had a flavor of supervision, it also meant letting her take care of this girl more.

Under Sima Hui Niang's influence, Yuan Xiaoyue also calmed down.

"The beasts were discovered by the cultivators responsible for night patrol in the Battle Hall."

"Basically, they all came from the Guyuan Mountain Range, mainly ape-type beasts."

"Currently, Law Enforcement Elder Zhou Yuanli is leading people to build a defense line. The Battle Hall has already been notified."

Sima Hui Niang's footsteps paused.

She turned around and frowned, "Beasts from the Guyuan Mountain Range?"

You must know, Xieyue Valley is adjacent to the Xiaoyue Mountain Range, with its back against Huiye Mountain.

The beasts there are mostly gray-leaf wolf beasts.

How could ape-type beasts appear for no reason?

The nearest large mountain to the Guyuan Mountain Range is called Zhouyi Mountain, which indeed harbors many ape-type beasts.

But it is far away, a full several hundred miles away.

Why did those beasts travel such a long distance to come here?

Yuan Xiaoyue was clueless.

Sima Hui Niang shook her head, knowing that the other party didn't know much.

She immediately walked out while issuing tasks.

"Summon the elders of the four halls."

"Ask Duan Feng to preside over the Small Five Elements Array, and use the reserve medium-grade spirit stones at critical moments to stimulate the full power of the array."

"Finally, notify the President!"

After issuing the order, Yuan Xiaoyue immediately ran out.

Sima Hui Niang rubbed her eyebrows, feeling puzzled.

Although Xieyue Valley is isolated outside Dahe Square, it rarely encounters beast attacks.

Encountering one today, although rare, was within the society's contingency plans.

However, beasts from Zhouyi Mountain?

Amidst her confusion, she soon arrived at a watchtower.

Zhou Yuanli was issuing orders on it, sending people to build a defensive line.

The two nodded tacitly, and Sima Hui Niang then activated her Spirit Eye Art to look outside.

She saw that outside the city wall, sporadic explosive apes, golden-bright spirit monkeys, green-rock monkeys, and other beasts had already appeared.

The number was not large, just a dozen or so scattered around.

However, Sima Hui Niang's heart sank.

Usually, these beasts wouldn't gather together.

Clearly, there was a high-tier beast controlling them, acting as the vanguard to attack Xieyue Valley.

"How many more beasts are behind?" Sima Hui Niang asked immediately.

Zhou Yuanli said in a deep voice, "According to the scouts, there are at least no less than a hundred, perhaps even two or three hundred."

Hearing this number, Sima Hui Niang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, this could only be considered a small beast tide.

In the history of Dahe Square, such small beast tides were countless.

And they often occurred in the winter season.

According to the current weather, it wasn't that strange.

However, Sima Hui Niang also knew not to be careless.

After all, the number of cultivators in Xieyue Valley was only nearly a hundred.

The number of cultivators suitable for battle was only thirty or fifty.

"Notify the Battle Hall, everyone mobilize."

"As for the other three halls, all late-stage Qi Refining cultivators must also participate in the battle!"

"Yes, President's order!"

Zhou Yuanli bowed and immediately sent people to convey this order.

Although he had the nominal position of Law Enforcement Elder, he couldn't mobilize all the cultivators of the halls.

Only Sima Hui Niang, as the President personally appointed by President Luo Chen, had the power to make critical decisions and command the overall situation.

The order had been issued for less than a while when Xieyue Valley was brightly lit.

One after another, escape lights flashed into the night sky.

Seeing that almost everyone had arrived.

Sima Hui Niang issued the order again, "Elder Duan Feng, lead people to preside over the array."

"Elder Zhou, you are suitable for battle formation command; this place is now your responsibility. If you have any needs, tell me directly; all cultivators of the Luotian Society will cooperate with you."

Zhou Yuanli nodded and took on the task without hesitation.

On the watchtower, he used his spirit power to amplify his voice and began to issue orders.

Taking advantage of the fact that the beast tide hadn't gathered yet, he directly sent small teams of cultivators to kill those vanguard beasts.

Under the dark night, the slaughter began.

With teams of cultivators and coordination.

The sporadic and scattered beasts were no match at all.

As magic tools circled and danced, they often brought up large sprays of blood.

The fishy smell became more and more intense.

Sima Hui Niang stood at the back, holding a magic tool, also preparing to deal with any beasts that rushed in at any time.

She looked around, her brows slightly furrowed.

"Haven't the President and Hall Master Wang Yuan come out yet?"

Liu Qiang shook his head, "The array in the President's room has always been open, and there is no response to the voice transmission talisman."

"As for Hall Master Wang Yuan..."

Just as his words hadn't fallen, Zhou Yuanli's sharp shout suddenly sounded from the watchtower.

"The beast tide is coming, everyone be careful!"

"All cultivators outside, come back, hold the array!"

In an instant, the cultivators who were still wandering and hunting outside flew back like swallows returning to their nests.

Landing on the tall city wall, everyone was nervous.

Thanks to the Battle of the Fu family, having witnessed the defensive power of the Fu family's fortress, the Luotian Society had also expanded the city wall in the same way.

Built against the mountain, with the valley as the center.

For the means of cultivators, this was not difficult.

The only thing missing was the means of the Fu family's fortress to integrate talismans into it.

But the Luotian Society also had a set of Small Five Elements top-grade arrays.

In a short time, even a Foundation Establishment True Person could be resisted for a while.

It was precisely because of this that the cultivators of the Luotian Society's Battle Hall were not very panicked.

However, as they watched the number of beasts outside increasing, everyone's heart began to beat like a drum.

One hundred!

Two hundred!

Three hundred!

Under the night color, the sound of ape screeching became more and more urgent.

Later on, it felt like a mountain roar and a sea howl, with ten thousand heads roaring.

Although they knew that it was only a small beast tide of two or three hundred, they couldn't stand the fear brought by the soaring demonic energy!

For a time, many cultivators cast their eyes on Zhou Yuanli and Sima Hui Niang.

One was responsible for battle formation command, and the other was the President who had the power to make critical decisions for the Luotian Society.

Zhou Yuanli tightened his face, showing no sign of fear.

He had seen this situation more than once.

It was just a battle.

Sima Hui Niang's face was a bit pale; she had only been a lone wolf before, where had she seen such a battle array.

If it were before, she would have run away without hesitation, taking her eldest brother and third brother.

But now, she was the President of the Luotian Society.

Put into those sects, she was the role of a Sect Master.

How could she run away before the battle?

Taking a deep breath, Sima Hui Niang said in a deep voice, "Everyone, prepare for battle!"

"Behind us is the Luotian Society, with the construction results of the past six months, and the families who rely on us."

"This battle, we must not retreat!"

Hearing this, the cultivators looked at each other.

There were still some people who were thinking of retreating.

Although the beast tide was terrible, it was only on the scale of two or three hundred.

If they scattered and ran away, running towards the shanty town, the casualties wouldn't be that great.

Sima Hui Niang felt this atmosphere almost instantly.

She flew into mid-air, overlooking the cultivators.

"Are you willing to abandon this foundation that was established with such difficulty?"

"Run? Where can you run to?"

"President Luo Chen gives you such high salaries every month, is it just so that you have the strength to run away at critical moments?"

"I tell you, once you leave the Luotian Society, there is no other force outside that will give you such good treatment."

"I won't say much nonsense."

"I'll just say one thing! In this battle, every beast killed counts as one merit point! Five merit points can be exchanged for two hundred spirit stones. Ten merit points can be exchanged for spells from the Merit Hall. If anyone has more than twenty, they will be directly rewarded with a top-grade magic tool!"

As soon as the last sentence was out, the crowd was instantly excited.

Twenty beasts could be exchanged for a top-grade magic tool!

In the small beast tide outside, there were many weak first-tier beasts.

Most of this batch were late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, and they weren't very afraid.

For a time, everyone's eyes turned red.

It seemed that what was outside wasn't beasts, but pieces of spirit stones and magic tools!

Morale was finally raised.

Sima Hui Niang felt relieved in her heart.

After all, it wasn't a sect or family force, and the cohesion was completely insufficient.

When disaster struck, everyone wanted to run away.

The so-called construction results and family bonds were all empty words.

Only interest binding could drive the cultivators.

"Hall Master Murong, I'll trouble you to calculate the merits later."

Murong Qinglian was startled; was she not planning to let her fight?

Qin Liangchen beside her squeezed her little hand.

She nodded immediately.

Everything was ready.

The beast tide outside had already arrived at the city wall.

Then!

"Fight!"

Following Zhou Yuanli's order, with the Battle Hall as the main force, all late-stage Qi Refining cultivators of the Luotian Society participated in the battle.

"Kill!"

Flying swords crisscrossed, and in the vast beast tide, a weak explosive ape was killed in an instant.

The successful cultivator showed a ferocious smile.

Low-tier beasts were actually not strong.

Without a strong physique, most couldn't fly, their attack methods were lackluster, not to mention wisdom and tactics.

It was hard to kill before only because the beasts were in deep mountains and great marshes.

The terrain was complex, and it was hard to guard against.

Plus, wantonly slaughtering beasts easily provoked high-tier beast generals and beast kings.

Therefore, the beast business was hard to do.

Only the Poshan Gang, which was also numerous and powerful, could have a stable hunting channel.

But now, the beasts came out of the mountains to attack the Luotian Society.

It was simply courting death!

Lang Mu looked at the beasts below, feeling that the opportunity to get rich had really come today.

He had experienced the Battle of the Poshan Gang's destruction and the Battle of the Fu family's attack.

It was a pity that his luck had always been bad, and he hadn't gotten anything good.

He didn't expect that after coming to the Luotian Society, he would encounter such a good opportunity.

"This is the third one, let me show my skills... hiss!"

Lang Mu's expression changed instantly, his eyes falling to the side.

Under the moonlight, a nimble figure rose from the ground, directly tearing a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator who was casting Wind-Riding Art in the air into two halves.

Golden-bright spirit monkey!

A rare and intelligent beast.

As the rain of blood fell, Lang Mu, who was excited by the killing, shivered suddenly.

He looked around and realized that the battle situation was extremely unfavorable for the Luotian Society.

There were simply too many beasts.

The number of three hundred didn't seem like much.

However, the number of cultivators in the Luotian Society who could fight was pitifully small.

Counting them all, it was only fifty.

Just after this brief exchange, six or seven late-stage Qi Refining cultivators had already died.

"No, I must retreat and hold the city!"

Lang Mu felt cold in his heart and subconsciously wanted to turn back.

However, just as he was about to turn, a huge rock flew through the air.

He subconsciously supported his medium-grade defensive magic tool, but the immense force instantly exploded his magic tool.

Not only that, the rock even smashed into the city wall array.

Making the Small Five Elements Array flicker with spirit light, showing signs of instability.

Before dying, Lang Mu looked in disbelief at the huge beast running from the wilderness.

"Second-tier... how is it possible..."

Flesh and blood, accompanied by bones, fell down with a clatter.

Stimulating the many beasts to roar constantly.

Beast nature made them attack the array regardless of everything.

Originally, the Battle Hall cultivators who dared to fight outside could only retreat step by step.

Especially the huge running sound coming from the wilderness completely changed everyone's expression.

"Second-tier explosive ape!"

"Don't let it get close to the array!"

Sima Hui Niang's voice sounded sharp, almost heart-wrenching.

However, facing a second-tier beast, who dared to attack?

At this moment, Sima Hui Niang was almost desperate.

A second-tier beast appeared, and it was the explosive ape, known for its irritable temper and powerful combat strength.

The Luotian Society was probably going to be finished.

Was she, the President who had just taken office not long ago, also going to reach the end?

"Duan Feng, Sima Xian, come with me!"

On the city wall, Qin Liangchen held a golden melon giant hammer, his expression ferocious.

Duan Feng stood with his sword without hesitation.

Sima Xian hesitated slightly, his eyes falling on his second sister Sima Hui Niang, but he saw her expression was dazed.

"Well, it was not easy to have a stable place for cultivation, how could it be destroyed in one day."

"My path is hopeless, but my second sister has finally been valued; I must fight to save the Luotian Society for her!"

Sima Xian no longer hesitated, responded to Qin Liangchen's call, and rose into the air.

Three figures exploded with spirit power, swept past the beast herd, and were about to rush toward the explosive ape that was running wildly.

Hearing her eldest brother's name earlier, Sima Hui Niang woke up from her daze instantly.

"No, the three of them are not enough!"

With a thought, she immediately roared, "Where are Zeng Wen and Wenjie!"

Before the two could answer, a low shout came from the air.

"No need for them."

The next moment, a violent burst of energy erupted from Xieyue Valley.

Immediately, a blood-colored figure that was not concealed at all in the night sky broke through the air like an arrow from a bow.

In the blink of an eye, it surpassed Qin Liangchen and the other three.

"Go back, hold Xieyue Valley!"

Qin Liangchen and the three were stunned.

"It's Hall Master Wang!" Duan Feng immediately recognized whose voice it was.

"Can he do it?" Sima Xian's expression was hesitant.

With the strength of one person, blocking a second-tier beast, and it was the second-tier explosive ape known for its powerful combat strength.

This was not something a Qi Refining cultivator could do.

Qin Liangchen looked at the figure that fell like a meteorite, gritted his teeth.

"Let's go back, Xieyue Valley needs us more!"

Before turning back, he took a hurried glance.

But he saw that on the wilderness, two figures that also exploded with burning red light had already fought together.

One was tall, five or six zhang, worthy of standing tall.

One was only about seven feet tall, but the momentum exploded was no less than the other.

"Has he become so powerful?"

Muttering to himself, the three didn't hesitate and joined the battle outside the valley.

At this moment, without Duan Feng presiding over the array, the power of the Small Five Elements Array had been weakened a lot.

Even if Zhou Yuanli forcibly supplemented a large amount of spirit stones, it was still not well taken care of.

Many small beasts had already rushed into the valley.

Fortunately, Granny Yuan and Gu Caiyi took action, and with the help of a group of mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators, they killed them one by one.

"There are simply too many, killing like this, when will it end!"

Sima Hui Niang turned around from the vast beast tide and threw out a talisman.

The violent explosion immediately blew two green-rock monkeys into bloody mush.

But the beasts had thick skin and flesh; they just shook and continued to attack other nearby cultivators.

"Be careful!"

A reminder came from her ear, and Sima Hui Niang herself was also paying attention to the battle situation nearby.

She immediately unfolded a water shield without hesitation.

Bang!

The immense force immediately knocked her flying dozens of meters away.

An explosive ape, a zhang tall, was violently beating its chest.

A first-tier peak beast!

This size, this momentum, was already no less than a Great Perfection of Qi Refining cultivator.

After the lingering fear, Sima Hui Niang hurriedly withdrew and flew into the sky.

However, the explosive ape seemed to have targeted her.

It grabbed a beast carcass beside it and threw it over as a weapon.

"Break!"

A delicate shout came from beside her, and a flying sword immediately swept past, cutting the carcass into dozens of pieces.

It was Murong Qinglian who came to help.

"Thank you!" Sima Hui Niang breathed a sigh of relief.

Murong Qinglian's face was as gloomy as water, "This won't do."

Sima Hui Niang was also not very optimistic, "The number of beasts is several times ours; if this continues, even if we win, we will suffer heavy losses."

If casualties exceeded two-thirds, the Luotian Society would be as good as dead.

"Where is the President?"

Sima Hui Niang launched one attack after another, but her mouth was asking about Luo Chen's whereabouts.

At such a critical moment, Luo Chen didn't appear.

You can't just let everyone fight to the death for the Luotian Society while you sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor!

"Did he run away?"

"He's not that kind of person!"

Murong Qinglian immediately shouted back angrily.

Sima Hui Niang was startled.

Why was her reaction so big?

Just as she was puzzled, a black cloud made a sharp whistling sound and fell from the sky.

Accompanied by this were countless sharp whistling sounds.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Outside Xieyue Valley, in the beast tide.

Dozens of cultivators were in a bloody battle, and they only felt the pressure getting greater and greater.

The companions they could rely on beside them were getting fewer and fewer.

Once their spirit power was exhausted and they fell into the beast tide, it was death.

Even in the air, they had to guard against beasts jumping up to pounce, or the bombardment of rocks and giant trees.

But if this continued, it would sooner or later be a defeat.

Where is the President?

As the situation became more and more dangerous, they, like Sima Hui Niang, couldn't help but ask the same question.

Why didn't the President make a move?

And this question was soon answered.

A figure, surrounded by ten fist-sized fireballs, swept into the beast tide like a violent wind.

Accompanied by a rain of five-colored stone beads.

Large swaths of stone beads fell like raindrops.

Wherever they passed, the beasts exploded into clusters of blood flowers.

Before the beasts could go berserk, the fireballs beside the figure flew out.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Violent explosions sounded constantly.

Every explosion represented the death of one or even more beasts.

At this moment, it was just like a farmer harvesting rice.

But what that person was harvesting was life!

Suddenly, the figure stopped by the city wall.

And wherever he passed, it was clearly a bloody path paved with blood and bones.

"President!"

"It's the President!"

"The President has made a move!"

Cheers rang out instantly.

Luo Chen didn't respond.

His eyes fell on the wilderness in the distance, where mighty roars were constantly erupting.

"This place must be resolved quickly!"

"Everyone, retreat!"

With a light shout, Luo Chen didn't hesitate and spat out a sword pill from his mouth.

The Luotian Society cultivators who were fighting heard this and hurriedly forced back the beasts in front of them at all costs.

They flew into the sky, looking panicked.

Why did the President ask us to retreat?

While everyone was suspicious.

The sword pill grew in the wind and turned into light in an instant.

Dozens of sword lights suddenly split out.

"Go!"

Luo Chen pointed like a sword, and his Great Perfection control technique made those dozens of sword lights fall into the beast tide like a sword-qi tornado.

So what if the beasts had thick skin and flesh?

The sword pill was produced by the Yuding Sword Sect, and its previous owner was a Foundation Establishment True Person who had nurtured it with magic power for decades.

Even if its grade couldn't be promoted now, it still didn't lose its sharpness.

As the sword-qi tornado entered the beast tide, almost in the blink of an eye, it achieved huge results.

Dozens of beasts, without any resistance, were ground into blood foam.

Three tall explosive apes roared endlessly, rushing toward Luo Chen with great momentum.

However, Luo Chen sneered coldly and turned his sword finger again.

The sword-qi tornado changed again!

A condensed giant sword slashed down from the moonlight.

Its speed was fast, its edge was sharp.

The leading explosive ape, comparable to a Great Perfection of Qi Refining, was cut into two halves almost without any resistance.

The other two were stunned when they saw this.

Then they let out a wail and turned around.

They ran!

Luo Chen didn't chase; after all, these were just low-tier beasts brought by the second-tier beast general.

The binding force was not strong.

Especially since that second-tier explosive ape was entangled by Wang Yuan and couldn't command them at all.

As a result, these low-tier beasts were just fighting on instinct.

"Everyone, attack together and kill the remaining beasts."

Luo Chen reached out and grabbed, and the sword pill turned into a three-foot green blade, falling into his hand.

The long sword pointed obliquely downward.

Immediately, there was a roar of agreement!

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

From beginning to end, Luo Chen made three moves in total.

Rushing into the beast tide from the outside with fireballs and jade marrow waste beads.

Defeating the largest beast herd with a sword-qi tornado.

Forcibly killing a first-tier peak beast with giant sword technique.

But these three moves all achieved huge results.

Stimulated by him, the morale of the Luotian Society, which had been low, rose several times over.

Escape lights crisscrossed, and they began to kill the remaining ape-type beasts that hadn't had time to escape.

There were even Duan Feng and Zeng Wen walking among them.

Every move was sure to gain something.

Seeing this scene, Luo Chen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"President!"

A hoarse female voice came from his ear. Luo Chen turned his head and saw Sima Hui Niang walking to his side with guilt.

"Sorry, I did too poorly."

Luo Chen waved his hand, "It's not time to reward merits and punish faults yet; we'll talk about apologizing later."

Sima Hui Niang was startled, and following Luo Chen's gaze, she looked at the wilderness in the distance.

The second-tier beast general was not dead, so it was indeed not the time.

"You go cooperate with Zhou Yuanli and mobilize the cultivators to participate in the battle."

"The Small Five Elements Array can be closed; let the mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators in the valley also come out to see blood."

Luo Chen ordered.

Sima Hui Niang didn't linger and immediately went to mobilize people according to the order.

After she left, Murong Qinglian approached.

"Does Hall Master Wang need our support?"

Luo Chen's eyes flickered, looking at the battlefield ten miles away.

After a few breaths, he shook his head, "Handle this side first; that side doesn't need your help."

"Uh..."

Ignoring Murong Qinglian's confusion, Luo Chen flew onto the city wall.

The jade marrow waste beads in his hand fell like raindrops.

Every time they hit a beast, they caused an explosion.

Although the power wasn't great, it was enough to disrupt the beasts' movements.

Some weak beasts died on the spot.

Stronger ones also died in an instant under the siege of other cultivators.

Before long, as Sima Hui Niang joined the battlefield with a group of mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators from Xieyue Valley, the situation stabilized completely.

Without accident, the next step was a thorough slaughter.

Only then did Luo Chen feel completely relieved.

"Then, only that second-tier explosive ape is left!"

Luo Chen had a thought and put away the sword pill.

In an instant, a green flag slipped into his hand.

"Out!"

With a low shout, three green wooden dragons, accompanied by cracking sounds, circled out from the city wall.

Luo Chen's expression remained unchanged, his spirit power surging.

Cooperating with his superb magic tool control technique, he summoned three more green wooden dragons.

If this scene were seen by that Qiu Bai, a Great Perfection of Qi Refining, he would probably be so shocked that his chin would drop.

A Great Perfection of Qi Refining would exhaust all his strength to barely stimulate six wooden dragons.

But Luo Chen summoned six easily.

Seeing that he still had energy left, he could probably summon one or two more.

Luo Chen stepped on the head of the green spirit dragon in the lead.

"This place is left to you."

"No one is allowed to approach the wilderness battlefield!"

After speaking, he stepped on the wooden dragon, rode the six dragons, and broke through the air.

And on the battlefield, many cultivators were extremely excited.

The President is going to join forces with Hall Master Wang of the Battle Hall to kill the second-tier explosive ape!

In the crowd, Sima Hui Niang's expression was suspicious.

Her younger brother Sima Wenjie approached, equally surprised.

"Eldest brother was right, this top-grade magic tool is really with the President!"

Green Musk Dragon-Gathering Flag, can ride six dragons.

It also has the function of releasing green musk fragrance to hinder the operation of cultivators' spirit power.

Although it is not known for powerful attacks, it is flexible and changeable.

Even among top-grade magic tools, it is a leader.

Sima Hui Niang muttered, "So that means, the one who saved us in the third lane of the Beijie was really the President."

Her younger brother Wenjie nodded repeatedly, "It can't be wrong! And when the President appeared just now, the stone bead hidden weapon he used was clearly the means to break Liu Han's array."

When Luo Chen appeared just now, he threw out thousands of jade marrow waste beads.

This means had already become Luo Chen's trademark.

Sima Wenjie was not stupid and soon found out the news from others.

At that time, in the battle of Beijie, her eldest brother was on the verge of death, her second sister was seriously injured, and he was the most conscious.

If it was said that in the previous battle of the Fu family, eldest brother Sima Xian couldn't be sure.

Then this time, he could confirm a hundred or a thousand times that it was Luo Chen who saved them.

In her ears was her younger brother's voice, and in her eyes was the departing back.

Sima Hui Niang bit her lip, her expression complex, and her thoughts surged in her heart.

Then, she turned around suddenly.

"Don't drag it out, solve these beasts quickly, to prevent small-minded people from taking advantage of the fire!"

"Brother Wang, you still practiced that blood cultivation method!"

Luo Chen stepped on the dragon, his eyes falling on the battlefield in the wilderness.

One man and one ape, not avoiding each other, clashed with fists and feet every time.

The surging blood energy permeated the surroundings, almost to the point of making people unable to breathe.

Within a radius of ten miles, it was now full of pits and cracks, and the earth was cracked.

If it was said that a second-tier explosive ape had such destructive power, it was not enough to be strange.

After all, it was a second-tier beast known for its destructive power.

Among ape-type beasts, it was also a top-tier existence.

The reason why the Blood-Burning Pill Luo Chen refined had such explosive power was mainly because it used the blood of the explosive ape as the main ingredient.

But the destructive power Wang Yuan showed at this moment was unusual.

Strands of blood-colored giant pythons surged out from his body.

Every punch was accompanied by a blood-colored giant python.

The powerful and unparalleled strength was even difficult for a second-tier beast to contend with.

At this moment, the battle situation between the two was a tie.

"Is this the power of the second stage of body refining?"

"Or is it the strange power displayed by integrating blood path methods?"

Luo Chen could feel that Wang Yuan was not only not at a disadvantage, but his momentum was rising with the battle.

Those blood-colored giant pythons hit the explosive ape, and as long as there was any residue, they would gnaw on the explosive ape's flesh.

And through the small snakes, they fed back and supplemented Wang Yuan.

With such an entry and exit, the other side weakened while he strengthened, which was why Wang Yuan became stronger and stronger in the battle.

"Refreshing!"

"So refreshing!"

"Luo Chen, you don't need to intervene, I can handle this beast."

However, facing Wang Yuan's request to fight, Luo Chen refused decisively.

"Don't get entangled, to prevent others from peeping."

Wang Yuan, who was in the battle, frowned.

But soon, he figured out the reason.

His absorption and accommodation of the blood path had not yet reached perfection.

The combat methods displayed now had too obvious a bloody smell.

If seen by righteous people, they would definitely shout and kill.

At that time, he would likely be wanted by the sect and become a street rat that couldn't be seen.

"Well, you do it!"

Luo Chen nodded slightly and stepped on the ground.

The giant dragon under his crotch flew away, shaking its head and tail.

Without a head-on collision, the six wooden dragons circled on the periphery, constantly emitting green musk fragrance.

Wang Yuan had long received Luo Chen's instructions to control himself not to absorb a large amount of green musk fragrance with secret methods.

Even if there was a small amount of green musk poison fragrance entering his body through pores and skin, it was instantly dissolved by the surging blood energy.

But the second-tier explosive ape didn't have this wisdom.

"Roar!"

Sensing that a third party was intervening, it became more and more irritable.

The palm the size of a millstone kept slapping out.

Wang Yuan didn't avoid it either, rushing into the sky time and time again, taking these attacks head-on.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Violent tremors sounded constantly.

Luo Chen was just controlling the Green Musk Dragon-Gathering Flag outside, and he could feel the physical collision produced by every collision.

"The second stage of body refining is actually so powerful. Just in terms of physique, it is completely not inferior to the body of a beast!"

"I don't know what strange changes the third stage of body refining that Brother Wang mentioned will have, and it can even induce the increase of lifespan."

"I have been insisting on using the Pei Yuan Spirit Liquid and Gold-Quality Jade Liquid, plus spirit energy tempering; what is the gap between my physique and theirs at this moment?"

Thoughts turned in his heart, but his hands didn't slack off at all.

Under the spitting of the six wooden dragons, after only dozens of breaths, the explosive ape's momentum became more and more sluggish.

Absorbing too much green musk poison fragrance made its demonic power unable to operate freely.

Its movements became slower and slower, and the attacks it made became weaker and weaker.

It seemed to sense a life-and-death crisis.

The explosive ape roared, and circles of fire-red light suddenly erupted from its body.

"Be careful, it's going to fight for its life."

Wang Yuan gave a warning, but he didn't retreat but advanced.

While running with big strides, he pointed like a fist, leaving only the thumb protruding.

Under Luo Chen's Spirit Eye Art, Wang Yuan's thumb stimulated twelve major acupoints on his body with lightning speed.

"Is this the upper twelve acupoints of the Ming Shen Po Sha?"

Su Su Yinyin, Luo Chen realized everything.

The next moment, Wang Yuan's body size also suddenly skyrocketed.

Before, it was two meters tall, belonging to the level of a normal person.

But with the continuous stimulation of his thumb, his body size kept expanding, and soon reached one zhang.

Moreover, there was no intention of stopping at all.

One zhang, one and a half zhang.

Finally, it stayed at about five meters, truly a little giant.

The hemp clothes burst, and large pieces of muscle were exposed, like coiling dragon tree roots, knotted on that diamond physique.

Under the diamond physique, white jade-like bones were faintly visible.

As he ran with big strides, there was a feeling of a great river surging.

That was the blood like lead and mercury constantly exploding with power within it.

"Is this the explosion of hard-hitting a second-tier beast?"

Luo Chen frowned; he found that once Wang Yuan entered the battle state, his whole personality changed greatly.

In normal times, he had never been so fanatical.

"Roar!"

"Die!"

Beast roar and human anger erupted almost at the same time.

Under Luo Chen's gaze, the two made physical contact in an instant.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Dense roars exploded constantly.

The speed was so fast that even with Luo Chen's Great Perfection Spirit Eye Art, he could almost not capture it.

This was different from the grand attacks of Core Formation cultivators that moved thousands of miles.

It was that every punch and every kick condensed power to the extreme.

Ordinary people couldn't take a single punch.

Even in Luo Chen's view, a Foundation Establishment cultivator would be in trouble if they took one or two punches.

"However, the winner has been decided!"

Luo Chen muttered to himself, and the situation on the field suddenly became clear.

Wang Yuan stuck one hand on the huge explosive ape, and his palm, the size of a cattail fan, slapped seven times.

Seven-fold Mountain!

Boom!

The condensed energy exploded seven times in a row, and one mountain was higher than the other.

In an instant, it was like seven great mountains pressing down.

The explosive ape's body was hit hard and kept retreating.

One step, two steps... seven steps!

After seven steps, it knelt on the ground, covered in blood and flesh.

On its chest, there was a big hole.

"Won?"

"No, it still has energy!"

Wang Yuan's low shout sounded in his ear.

Luo Chen looked carefully, and a beast core flew out from the explosive ape's chest.

A destructive aura suddenly appeared.

And the explosive ape's body kept shrinking, soon becoming less than two zhang tall.

Without looking at the two, it ran into the deep mountains and ancient forests without looking back.

"Want to run?"

Luo Chen sneered; he wasn't standing there eating melons outside.

His moon-white magic robe moved without wind.

Clouds and mist rose under his feet, and he flew into the high sky in an instant.

The big flag in his hand shook constantly, as if wanting to shake down the starry river in the sky.

With his shaking, the six wood-attribute dragons roared and flew out from different positions, soon catching up with the explosive ape.

Boom! Boom!

The first two exploded instantly.

Interrupting the explosive ape's escape momentum.

The remaining four directly wrapped around the explosive ape's limbs.

A large amount of green musk poison fragrance was spat out, almost dyeing that area green.

With the spitting of many green musk fragrances, the bodies of the four wood-attribute dragons also became thinner and thinner.

In the end, they turned into nothingness.

And the explosive ape lay on the ground, unconscious.

Only then did Luo Chen have time to look at the ground.

Unexpectedly, the beast core didn't successfully self-destruct.

Hundreds of dense little snakes, like red threads, wrapped the fist-sized crystal core layer by layer.

Wang Yuan, who had shrunk his body, grabbed the beast core with one hand, looked up at Luo Chen, and grinned.

"Laughing hammer, can't you put on some clothes!"

Luo Chen scolded, too lazy to look at the naked man, and went straight to the explosive ape.

He didn't kill this guy!

This meant that he and Wang Yuan had captured this second-tier beast alive.

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