Chapter 399: Strange Beast Attacks the Mountain

The night was pitch-black, without light, only the wind whistling on the mountaintop, making the bonfire roar.

Under these circumstances, it was pitch-black fifty meters away. Just this atmosphere alone was enough to scare some people out of their wits.

"It's coming!"

Li Yan and Lu San spoke almost at the same time.

Although they couldn't see, they both possessed ear supernatural abilities.

The sounds they heard were completely different.

Lu San could hear the language of birds and beasts. He could hear countless wild beasts roaring madly in the distance. The types of sounds were all different, but all fell into madness, murderous intent like a tide...

Li Yan could hear the language of ghosts and gods. In his ears, it seemed that countless living beings were wailing, also mixed with human screams...

Even he felt his back tighten and his hair stand on end.

On the contrary, Sha Lifei and Wu Ba couldn't hear or see anything, naturally having no fear, and gripped their weapons tightly.

Looking at the pitch-black foot of the mountain, Li Yan formed a Dharma seal, his little finger twitched, and he closed his eyes. The paper doll instantly flew into the night.

Through the paper doll's perspective, he finally saw the enemy.

Just glancing at it, he felt his scalp go numb.

Looking around, it was all countless wild beasts.

Black bears, tigers, leopards, jackals, wild boars, pythons... almost all that could be named were there.

He had long known that there were many animals in Shennongjia. He smelled many scents when entering the mountain earlier, but they all hid.

After all, the aura on them was not easy to provoke.

Now that birds and beasts were gathered, he knew how lively it was in Shennongjia.

Fortunately, fierce beasts were only a minority, and more were small items like wild rabbits, roe deer, monkeys, badgers, and foxes.

As for the Shen Kui driving them, not a single one could be seen.

Li Yan saw this and immediately secretly thought it was not good.

Those weakest wild beasts rushed directly into the dense forest at the foot of the mountain, instantly stepping on the ground fire-thunders.

Boom, boom, boom!

Accompanied by a series of roars, mud splashed, and blood

"It exploded! How many were blown to death?"

On the mountaintop, Sha Lifei looked excited.

From the Longxiang Army, they had also obtained a large amount of ordinary gunpowder; these things were useless, so they were all made into Ground Fire Thunder by him.

The Ground Fire Thunder in the "Thunderbolt Fire Scripture" required an iron-cast or ceramic shell, and what was even more critical was a small device filled with flint, phosphorus powder, and the like.

Sha Lifei didn't have that many on hand, so he found all the large jars used by the "Jing People" to store water and modified them.

Although he didn't use new-style gunpowder, he used ordinary gunpowder freely, and he specifically placed a lot of gravel around it, so the power naturally could not be underestimated.

However, Li Yan closed his eyes and shook his head directly: "Useless. The Shen Kui tribe has fought the Heavenly Saint Army and has already learned how to deal with gunpowder."

"All that were blown to death were small animals; not a single fierce beast was injured."

"Ah?!"

Upon hearing this, Sha Lifei was immediately somewhat disappointed.

Li Yan couldn't care about explaining in detail and continued to observe the enemy situation.

Sure enough, after the thick smoke in the mountain forest dissipated, it was a mess, with dead bodies everywhere, and the remaining small animals were also frightened by this terrifying explosion and scurried everywhere.

Those fierce beasts continued to move forward.

Arriving at the mountainside, these fierce beasts also stopped.

It was Lu San's Mountain Ghost Prohibition that had taken effect.

These fierce beasts circled in place, their expressions extremely uneasy, even somewhat manic, and they began to bite each other.

But even so, they were unwilling to take a step forward.

Just when Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief, even larger black shadows appeared in the dense forest behind the fierce beasts.

Donkey-Headed Wolves!

Li Yan's eyes became solemn.

He didn't expect that even such monsters could be driven by the Shen Kui tribe.

There were about twenty or thirty Donkey-Headed Wolves, and behind them were two even larger exotic beasts.

They were pitch black all over, with slender limbs, heads like cattle, and horns, but their mouths were full of ferocious fangs.

What was most unique was their bodies, which looked exactly like a black coffin.

They were even more brutal; when they ran, the ground rumbled, and the Donkey-Headed Wolves blocking the road ahead couldn't dodge in time and were bitten on the buttocks.

They howled in pain but didn't dare to resist.

Coffin Beasts!

Li Yan had heard of this kind of exotic beast from Village Chief Zhou of Longtan Village; he originally thought it was a legend, but didn't expect that they really existed in Shennongjia.

And one by one, the Shen Kui also appeared.

Although they only had one leg, their strength was formidable; with a sudden leap, they could jump seven or eight meters high and jump out from the dense forest.

The body shape of this thing was very uncoordinated, but its movements were very agile, jumping around and making strange sounds with ups and downs in its mouth, as if it were dancing some kind of Nuo dance.

Wild beasts like tigers, leopards, jackals, and wolves were blocked by Lu San's Mountain Ghost Prohibition, but the Donkey-Headed Wolves and Coffin Beasts were unaffected.

They had ferocious fangs, and after only a slight hesitation, they crossed the prohibition directly and ran toward the mountain.

At the same time, the yin fog behind them also surged over, shrouding these exotic beasts; shadows flickered inside, and countless cries could be heard.

The straw dolls were shrouded in yin fog and instantly collapsed.

"Old Sha!"

Li Yan opened his eyes abruptly, roared, and then drew the Dust-Severing Blade, staring fixedly ahead.

Sha Lifei was well-prepared; he aimed the Tiger-Crouching Cannon obliquely at the hillside and raised a torch to light the fuse.

Boom!

A loud noise, firelight roaring.

The Tiger-Crouching Cannon used new-style gunpowder; anyway, he couldn't aim in the dark, so he used all scattered pellets.

Like a rainstorm of pear blossoms, dense pellets whistled out, shrouding the entire hillside, and immediately several Donkey-Headed Wolves were injured.

Some had their legs broken and rolled down the cliff from the slope.

Some had their stomachs pierced, becoming even more frantic.

Even more unlucky ones had their heads pierced directly.

In ancient times, there were martial arts experts who possessed the strength of a thousand catties, pulled hard bows, and used divine weapons; although they were not people of the Mystic Sect, they also left behind legends of slaying monsters.

New-style artillery could naturally do the same.

This was the reason why the monsters in the Jingshang mountain forest were fleeing.

Once new-style gunpowder appeared, it changed more than just the landscape of the martial world.

"Quick, quick!"

After Sha Lifei fired a shot, he and Wu Ba loaded it again rapidly.

He picked up a mop handle, wiped hard inside the scorching cannon barrel to wipe away the gunpowder residue, and then stuffed in a gunpowder satchel; Wu Ba put in an iron plate baffle, and at the same time filled it with broken pellets and pressed it tight.

Although they cooperated tacitly, it still took some time.

Not having time to prepare, Sha Lifei lit the fuse again.

Boom!

Another loud noise, and the entire mountaintop shook.

Dense pellets whistled out.

The Donkey-Headed Wolf pack was also moving fast; at this time, they were about to rush to the mountaintop and were hit head-on by a shot.

Several were blown backward directly, rolling on the ground, covered in blood holes, and soon stopped breathing.

There were several others who were also seriously injured.

This hillside was easy to defend and hard to attack, and with the addition of artillery, it was even more dangerous.

According to the cunning nature of the Donkey-Headed Wolves, they would never attack rashly, but driven by the Shen Kui tribe, they had long since lost their sanity.

With just these two shots, half of the Donkey-Headed Wolves were wiped out.

Sha Lifei was just about to continue loading medicine when he heard whistling wind above, and several giant stones the size of washbasins fell down with a crash.

It was the Human-Faced Owls taking advantage of the chaos and the night to launch a sneak attack.

"Roar!"

Wu Ba roared, punched, and knocked the stones away. However, this also delayed time, and the remaining Donkey-Headed Wolves had already rushed to the mountaintop and were pouncing toward them.

"Damn it!"

Sha Lifei sweated on his forehead and cursed, gave up the artillery directly, picked up the Divine Fire Musket in his hand, and pulled the trigger as he raised his hand.

Boom! A Donkey-Headed Wolf's head shattered and it flew backward.

In terms of marksmanship, he could be called the best among the crowd.

As for Li Yan, he blocked the very center of the road, holding the Dust-Severing Blade in one hand and the Gou-Die in the other, muttering words in his mouth.

Whoosh~

In an instant, yin wind whistled across the entire mountaintop.

On the Dharma altar below the cave, Wang Daoxuan waved the gold coin sword, and at the same time chanted: "Heaven is clear and earth is spiritual, soldiers and generals follow the order, soldiers turn with the seal, generals act with the order..."

Whoosh!

The Dharma altar shook, and the five Dharma flags above swayed non-stop.

Where the Five Directions Luo Feng flags were buried on the mountaintop, cold yin energy whistled out, white frost spread across the ground instantly, and a large number of human footprints and horse hoof prints appeared.

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Five strands of white fog surged out, like soldiers and horses of the Five Camps receiving orders to leave the camp, moving fast, and directly surrounded the mountaintop.

Rushing up with the Donkey-Headed Wolves were also the monsters and demons driven by the Shen Kui tribe, shadows flickering in the yin fog.

Most of these monsters and demons were formed after wild beasts in the mountains died, their residual souls not scattering, hiding in the rubble and dead wood.

They were not like humans, having seven emotions and six desires and obsessions, so they couldn't be counted as wronged souls or fierce ghosts, at most a kind of yin spirit evil energy.

They were also attracted by the yang energy of living people and would attack when people walked at night, creating events like "ghosts hitting walls" or "being possessed by evil."

Sometimes when commoners were bumped by these things, they would go crazy and rave, and ordinary shamans could drive them away; they were not powerful.

Shennongjia in this world, because of its special geographical environment, was shrouded in thick fog all year round, and there were exceptionally many monsters and demons.

When these things gathered into a tide, the momentum was also extremely astonishing.

However, compared with the soldiers and horses of the False False Yin Si, these things were not on the same level at all and were directly scattered.

The ghost fog seemed like a tide, but it was always blocked outside by the soldiers and horses.

But Li Yan saw this and felt a sudden thud in his heart.

Sure enough, without the support of the Netherworld False False Yin Si power, the power of these soldiers and horses was also significantly weakened.

You know, when the soldiers and horses of the False False Yin Si were dispatched before, everything was dark, and all evil things fled at the sight.

But now they were only a notch stronger than the soldiers and horses of the local gods.

Impacted by the soldiers and horses of the False False Yin Si, the monsters and demons scattered over a large area, and even those Donkey-Headed Wolves regained a trace of sanity and stopped moving forward.

Rumble!

Just at this moment, a vibration sound came from behind.

It was the Coffin Beasts following behind that rushed up.

This exotic beast was huge in size and could only run one after another on the narrow slope, but when it ran, the ground rumbled and shook, causing sand and stones to fly everywhere, and the momentum was also extremely astonishing.

The Donkey-Headed Wolves blocking the road were directly knocked away by them.

These Donkey-Headed Wolves were startled; some rolled directly into the soldiers and horses of the False False Yin Si, howling and struggling frantically, their eyes gradually losing focus, and white frost spread on their skin.

And some stepped on their companions and leaped high, actually jumping over the soldiers and horses of the False False Yin Si and running toward the crowd.

Boom! Boom!

Two gunshots rang out in succession, and Sha Lifei and Lu San acted at the same time.

They killed two Donkey-Headed Wolves, but there was still one that slipped through the net, scurrying on the ground and pouncing with its fangs and big mouth wide open.

"Roar!"

Wu Ba roared, his muscles bulging, and he swung his big board axe.

Only a squelching sound was heard, and a huge gash was cut in the Donkey-Headed Wolf's body; before it landed, it was grabbed by the head by Wu Ba, who pressed it to the ground with one slap and broke its neck.

In terms of close-quarters combat power, Wu Ba was only weaker than Li Yan.

With Wu Ba guarding, Sha Lifei and Lu San were also more composed, quickly loading ammunition.

As for Li Yan, he couldn't care about helping.

That Coffin Beast was very eerie; not only did it knock away the Donkey-Headed Wolf pack, but it also lowered its head to ram, ignoring the interception of the soldiers and horses of the False False Yin Si.

The leather of this exotic beast was extremely tough and seemed to be able to resist the impact of the gang-evil energy; although it was covered in frost, it still broke through the defense line of the yin soldiers.

"Looking for death!"

Fierce light also rose in Li Yan's eyes.

He blocked the front of the crowd, and two Soul-Hooking Flying Blades whistled out at the same time, shooting toward this Coffin Beast.

When he reached the Third Floor of Daoist cultivation, his supernatural powers were enhanced, and he could control two soul-hooking chains at the same time, and the Soul-Hooking Flying Blades also became two.

Pfft pfft!

Two flying blades were inserted into the Coffin Beast's neck almost at the same time.

But something that surprised Li Yan happened.

This kind of exotic beast could actually resist the suppression of the soul-hooking rope; although it was dizzy, its feet didn't stop, and it opened its fangs and big mouth to bite him.

Li Yan stepped on the chain steps, dodged to the side, and at the same time, hidden strength exploded all over his body, and he bumped into the side of the Coffin Beast with his elbow.

With his current hidden strength, he could even knock down a wall.

But as soon as he made contact, Li Yan secretly thought it was bad.

This thing had astonishing strength; he couldn't knock it over, but was instead shaken back two steps.

Compared to these exotic beasts, the human body had limitations after all; even if he reached the Transformation Strength, he couldn't compare to these things.

Li Yan's reaction was astonishing; while retreating, the Dust-Severing Blade flicked out.

Squelch!

The blade light flashed, and a gash appeared on the Coffin Beast's pitch-black outer skin, but only a little blood seeped out.

Well, Li Yan was completely convinced.

This kind of exotic beast was notorious and indeed extraordinary; under the skin, the ribs were condensed into plates, very hard, protecting the internal organs inside.

No wonder even the Donkey-Headed Wolves couldn't afford to provoke them.

At the same time, another Coffin Beast also rushed over.

Li Yan didn't dare to reserve his strength anymore; he focused his mind, and the heavenly thunder stored in the soul-hooking rope surged instantly.

With a crack, electric light flickered.

Two electric snakes danced, shooting out from Li Yan's palm, outlining the traces of the soul-hooking rope in the air, and connecting with the Soul-Hooking Flying Blades again.

Once heavenly thunder appeared, it was hard for evil to resist.

That Coffin Beast was directly struck until its soul flew away and scattered, and it fell to the ground with a boom, completely stopping breathing.

And the other Coffin Beast had also rushed up.

Li Yan waved his hand, and the two Soul-Hooking Blades whistled out again; at the same time, he leaped high, and with a swallow-like flip, while dodging, the Soul-Hooking Flying Blades also pierced into the other Coffin Beast's neck again.

This time he had experience and didn't waste heavenly thunder anymore; his hand seals changed in the air, and he slapped out with one palm.

The electric arc sizzled; it was precisely the Northern Bei Bei Di Yin Lei Palm.

After his cultivation improved, the power of the Northern Bei Bei Di Yin Lei Palm also increased; the yin thunder spread along the soul-hooking rope and shot directly into the Coffin Beast's body.

Yin thunder could suppress the soul; although it didn't kill with one blow, it made the Coffin Beast completely lose its ability to resist.

Li Yan pulled along the trend, and as the Soul-Hooking Flying Blades returned, a mass of irritable yin souls was also held in his hand.

Sizzle!

The Heavenly Thunder Demon-Subduing Hammer's yang thunder exploded, directly scattering it.

Thud!

The other Coffin Beast also fell to the ground with a boom.

Without these two giant beasts, the situation improved immediately.

Those monsters and demons were scattered by the yin soldiers, and the remaining Donkey-Headed Wolves were also tottering in the siege of the yin soldiers and were solved one by one by Lu San and Sha Lifei's gunfire.

Awoo~

Howling sounds rang out, and the wild beasts down the mountain were frightened and scattered everywhere.

On the mountaintop, it finally returned to quiet.

However, everyone was even more vigilant.

They saw that in the dense forest down the mountain, one Shen Kui after another had revealed their figures, and there were even wild people enslaved by them, standing in a large dark mass...

Second update later.

(End of chapter)