Chapter 114: Beast Retreat

The white lion beast king had only broken through to the Jin Dan realm not long ago, after all, and there was still a large gap in strength compared to Lu Boyang, who was at the fourth layer of Jin Dan. Not long after the battle began, this beast king, which had been majestic in the Fuyun Mountain Range for many years, soon fell into a disadvantage.

Unlike those low-tier beasts below that only knew how to fight recklessly, the third-tier beast king had already fully opened its intelligence and was no different from an ordinary person. The white lion beast king naturally knew how to trade off. After fighting for dozens of rounds and knowing that it was not Lu Boyang's opponent, the white lion beast king soon chose to abandon the beasts in the Jin Shan Market below and retreated while fighting, wanting to flee to the north.

Seeing the white lion beast king about to flee, Lu Boyang pondered slightly, and a spiritual light flashed on his body as he chased after it. This beast in front of him had just broken through to the third tier not long ago, and its strength was not strong. If he could seize this opportunity of the beast being alone to kill it, he could reduce a powerful opponent for the human cultivator side in the future.

Most beast kings above the third tier are active in the depths of the crisis-ridden Fuyun Mountain Range. Even powerhouses of Jin Dan level like Lu Boyang do not dare to rashly go deep into it to hunt third-tier beast kings. If one is not careful and encounters a Nascent Soul-level beast emperor, the cultivation he has worked hard for hundreds of years will likely be lost.

Therefore, for Lu Boyang, the opportunity to kill a third-tier beast king is not always available, and he naturally does not want to let go of this rare opportunity.

Moreover, the beast materials on a third-tier beast are worth a fortune. The third-tier materials on the white lion beast king and the beast king inner core that can refine Foundation Establishment pills are enough to make this Jin Dan cultivator's heart move.

There is more than one Foundation Establishment pill recipe in this realm. Besides Five-Element Fruit and Jade Marrow Golden Ganoderma, the inner core inside a third-tier beast can also become the main medicine for Foundation Establishment pills. In places where spiritual herbs are scarce in the cultivation world, refining Foundation Establishment pills relies entirely on cultivators hunting Jin Dan-level beasts. Third-tier beast inner cores can not only replace the two main medicines in Foundation Establishment pills, but Jin Dan cultivators directly refining beast inner cores also has great help for breaking through realms.

Lu Boyang and the white lion beast king, one man and one beast, flashed a few times in the air and soon both moved away from the battlefield of the Jin Shan Market.

The battle in the Jin Shan Market below has also reached a white-hot stage by now. The battlefield is very cruel, and corpses of beasts and cultivators flying in flesh and blood can be seen everywhere. The scale of this battle is even larger than the battle on Huoyun Mountain. Both sides have been fighting for less than half an hour, and the Huoyun Mountain cultivator side alone has already had nearly a hundred cultivators fall on the battlefield.

The Song family side was fine at first. Under the auxiliary protection of the Three Talents Harmonious Qi Formation set up by Song Qingming and the other two, the group killed several beasts in succession and no one was injured. However, as time passed, their good luck soon ran out.

A dozen or so giant lizard beasts with immense strength suddenly rushed over from the front, instantly disrupting the control of the Three Talents Harmonious Qi Formation by the three Song family members, easily breaking through this defensive line set up by Song Qingming. Fortunately, the three people controlling the formation had relatively high cultivation and successfully used their movement techniques to dodge this blow.

The Song family cultivators behind the formation were not so lucky. They soon faced the fierce impact of this large wave of giant lizards head-on. Although Song Qingming and the others rescued them in time and quickly repelled this wave of beasts, the Song family cultivators who suffered this wave of beast impact instantly fell several people. The eleventh uncle Song Changying's chest was completely shattered by the beasts, and he died on the spot without even leaving a word.

Seeing the tragic state of the clansmen they lived with day and night, the Song family members all turned red-eyed. The fourteenth uncle, who had the best relationship with the eleventh uncle, hugged his corpse and tears flowed out instantly. It was just that in this extremely dangerous battlefield, they did not have time to grieve.

Except for the eleventh uncle who had died in battle, the fifth aunt Song Changling and the fourth brother Song Qingrui were both seriously injured and unable to fight again. Song Gushan soon suppressed the grief in his heart and arranged for the two to be quickly sent to the law enforcement cultivators at the rear of the battlefield.

For such large-scale conscription of cultivators like the Xiaoyao Sect, in order to prevent cultivators from being lazy or fleeing in battle, a group of relatively loyal law enforcement cultivators will be arranged at the rear of the battlefield to supervise the entire battlefield.

Besides supervising the battlefield, law enforcement cultivators also need to evaluate the performance of each cultivator on the battlefield, which is used for the evaluation of each cultivator's merits and demerits after the battle. There is also the incidental emergency treatment of some seriously injured cultivators who retreated from the battlefield, trying to reduce the number of deaths after the battle.

The escape of the white lion beast king also began to affect some beasts on the battlefield. The number of second-tier beasts in the Jin Shan Market was less than thirty, which was already less than the Huoyun Mountain cultivator side. In less than half an hour, two more beasts died at the hands of human Foundation Establishment cultivators. The leading second-tier top-quality beasts saw that the white lion beast king had already fled, so they were not as desperate as before and began to take the lead in retreating backward.

Once the second-tier beasts above moved, it slowly affected the entire battlefield. The beast army side all began to retreat toward the Jin Shan Market in an orderly manner.

Seeing that the beast side had begun to retreat, the many cultivators fighting below also saw their morale rise instantly. Soon, many cultivators crossed some beasts that ran slower and rushed into the Jin Shan Market.

After the Jin Shan Market was occupied by beasts, although it had become a ruin, many spiritual objects originally here were of no use to beasts. The Jin Shan Market must still hide many spiritual objects. For these low-tier cultivators, this is a good opportunity to turn over. If they are lucky, they might be able to make a fortune immediately.

As the beast army gradually retreated, the Song family members also rushed into the Jin Shan Market. Not long after entering the market, Song Qingming discovered that the many cultivators in the market were already in chaos. The cultivators who rushed into the Jin Shan Market earlier had already begun to rummage around in the market.

The fastest ones were those Foundation Establishment cultivators with strong mana, especially those Pingyang County cultivators who had shops in the market. As soon as they rushed into the Jin Shan Market, they abandoned the beasts and began to anxiously look for their own original shops in the market.

On Lu Boyang's side, after he and the white lion beast king left the Jin Shan Market one after another, they fought several more times on the way. Although the white lion beast king tried its best to use all its supernatural powers, it could not take any advantage in Lu Boyang's hands. The Jin Dan cultivator's escape speed far exceeded that of Foundation Establishment cultivators. In a short while, the two had already chased out dozens of miles away.

On the way, Lu Boyang actually always kept some spare strength. Through continuous entanglement, he also forced out all the means of the white lion beast king. He did not force the white lion beast king too tightly because he wanted to consume it first.

Battles between Jin Dan cultivators are different from Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining levels. Without absolute strength suppression, forcing the opponent too tightly can easily suffer the opponent's desperate counterattack. To kill the white lion beast king, Lu Boyang still needs to wait for a better opportunity.

Just after chasing over a mountain, a white mist suddenly rose in front. The white mist spread very quickly, and in a short while, it shrouded the space within dozens of zhang around Lu Boyang.

Seeing that the surroundings suddenly turned into a vast expanse of white, Lu Boyang in the high altitude instantly lost his direction. Just as he wanted to rush out of the white mist, Lu Boyang saw a white-clothed Daoist with a solemn appearance suddenly walk out of the white mist in front, looking at him with a smile.

"Sect Master Senior Brother, why did you come here?"

Seeing the person coming, Lu Boyang was shocked, and the words in his mouth could not help but blurt out.

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