Chapter 19: Gold Net Monster-Binding

On the Song family's side, Uncle Fourteen, Song Changlian, was also seriously injured. In order to create an opportunity for Second Elder Song Changfeng to behead a high-tier monster beast, he forcibly used a mid-tier defensive magic tool to attract the high-tier monster beast's attack head-on. In the end, he was slapped by the monster beast and vomited blood on the spot, and even the defensive magic tool blocking in front of him was broken.

Now Song Changlian can only withdraw from the battle and hide in the distance to use medicinal pills to heal his wounds, temporarily losing the ability to continue fighting. If he goes back, I am afraid it will take at least two or three years of cultivation to fully recover.

The others were fine, just suffering some minor injuries, which did not affect much combat power. Instead, Third Brother Song Qingze's performance was eye-catching. He actually killed a mid-tier monster crab alone without injury. The several elders also praised his performance repeatedly after the war.

However, in this battle, the greatest credit still goes to Second Elder Song Changfeng. With the assistance of Song Changlian, he not only killed a high-tier monster beast but also killed two low-tier monster beasts alone.

Half an hour later, as the last high-tier silver-armored crab fell, the shore was already full of monster beast corpses, and most of the participating cultivators had some injuries on their bodies.

Two cultivators were seriously injured and lost the ability to continue fighting. Another mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator of the Du family was careless for a moment and was beaten into two halves by a high-tier silver-armored crab, losing his breath on the spot. This also made Du Shaokang, who led the Du family team, look downcast.

After the war, everyone had no time to sit down and rest, and before they could recover their own spiritual power, they began the final siege of the second-tier silver-armored crab monster trapped in the formation.

Facing the fact that support had not arrived for a long time, the second-tier silver-armored crab kept making summoning calls while struggling violently, trying to break free from the shackles of the gold net above.

It was just that this second-tier Gold Net Monster-Binding Great Formation, under the drive of sixteen formation masters including Song Qingming, had been firmly covering its head without the slightest wavering. The magic power of more than a dozen Qi Refining cultivators gathered in one place, far exceeding this second-tier monster beast that had not advanced for long.

After the crowd besieging the first-tier monster beasts returned, Liu Tianlong commanded several Liu family cultivators to help operate the formation, and increased the suppression power of the formation. The rest of the crowd formed several circles and began to besiege the silver-armored crab monster that was still struggling to support.

Soon, another steel claw of the silver-armored crab monster was cut off by the top-grade flying sword in Liu Tianlong's hand. The silver-armored crab, unable to withstand the heavy blow, had to put down the double pincers that were holding up the gold net and beat back the several cultivators besieging it.

It was just that it had just prepared to show its power, but the gold net on its head, because there was no obstruction, fell onto its huge body, completely pressing it on the ground and making it difficult to move.

However, at this moment, although the silver-armored crab monster was suppressed on the ground by the formation and could not move its body at will, its pair of iron pincers were not affected and could move freely.

The double pincers and iron claws that the silver-armored crab monster kept waving caused not a small amount of pressure on the attacking cultivators. Not long after, two more mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators were swept by the huge white iron pincers and retired with injuries.

Liu Tianlong on the side saw that this situation was not easy to deal with and shouted "Change formation" to the two late-stage Qi Refining Liu family elders who were leading the control of the formation in the rear.

After the two heard it, the formation flags in their hands changed rapidly. Under the continuous dancing of these two Liu family elders, the gold net that originally covered the silver-armored crab separately split into two golden lights, which separately imprisoned the two iron pincers of the silver-armored crab that had the greatest attack power.

This is also the powerful point of this second-tier Gold Net Monster-Binding Great Formation. It can not only trap monster beasts but also borrow the powerful spiritual power gathered in the golden giant net to imprison the monster beast's hands and feet, making the monster beast lose most of its attack ability from its own strong body.

That Foundation Establishment ancestor of the Liu family more than a hundred years ago was a rare second-tier formation master, and it was also by relying on the second-tier mountain-protecting formation set up by this ancestor back then that they guarded the mountain gate.

The Liu family was able to preserve part of the family industry and the second-tier spirit mountain in the family after losing the Foundation Establishment cultivator back then. After this ancestor passed away, he left a profound formation inheritance for the Liu family, which is also the reason why the Liu family formation masters on the scene are far more than the other three families.

At this moment, although the silver-armored crab monster could still move, its movements were as slow as if it were holding a heavy burden of a thousand jin. The double pincers that it kept waving desperately were just like slow motion for the cultivators besieging it around, having no effect at all, and it completely lost its attack ability. Only a few iron claws with slightly worse attack power could cause some damage.

Facing the round-robin attacks of many cultivators, the remaining iron claws were slowly cut off one by one by the cultivators. The silver-armored crab, which had completely lost its ability to resist, could only let out a burst of wailing under the siege of the crowd, fell down unwillingly, and completely lost its breath.

Watching the silver-armored crab monster finally fall, Liu Tianlong stepped forward quickly to confirm that this second-tier monster beast was completely dead, and then greeted the crowd who were still setting up the formation to lift the formation.

Looking at the river bank full of blood and corpses, Liu Tianlong summoned the people in charge of the three families and said in a deep voice:

"According to the prior agreement, this second-tier monster beast belongs to my Liu family. You three families negotiate the distribution of other first-tier monster beasts yourselves. My Liu family will not participate. And this water pool, my family also wants to search for spirit items first. You families are not allowed to enter the water pool within two hours. The three of you have no opinion, right?"

The leaders of the three families looked at each other and said nothing, nodding their heads.

Liu Tianlong saw that no one objected, and the tension in his heart couldn't help but relax, but his face was expressionless, and he began to command the Liu family crowd to collect the corpse of this second-tier monster beast.

The remaining first-tier monster beast corpses were generously left to the other three families, but he just ordered several Liu family cultivators to watch the three families' cultivators by the water pool to prevent them from secretly entering the water pool.

After Song Gubai, Wu Xiyun, and Du Shaokang discussed on the spot, the three quickly allocated the monster beasts obtained by each family.

According to the principle of equal distribution, the Song family received two high-tier monster beasts and seven mid-to-low-tier monster beasts this time. Under the arrangement of Song Gushan, the Song family crowd quickly began to collect the materials on these first-tier monster beast corpses.

The Song family crowd looked at the monster beast corpses in front of them and were all very happy. A mid-tier monster beast is worth about twenty spirit stones, and a high-tier monster beast can be sold for fifty or sixty spirit stones.

Just these monster beast materials alone can almost cover half a year's income for the Song family. After this mission goes back, the family will definitely reward those who contributed this time.

However, compared to the second-tier silver-armored crab obtained by the Liu family, the first-tier monster beasts divided by the three families were nothing. Even if all these first-tier monster beast materials were added together, the total value was still far behind the second-tier silver-armored crab monster.

A second-tier low-quality monster beast can be sold for at least fifteen hundred spirit stones on the market. Although the Liu family also died a cultivator this time, overall, they are the ones who earned the most, not to mention the spirit items that might appear at the bottom of this pool.

The outer area of the Fuyun Mountain Range had long been searched countless times by those crazy rogue cultivators, and the chance of finding some spirit items was not high.

However, this water pool, where a second-tier monster beast had occupied for decades, must have given birth to some first-tier spirit items. The probability of finding some spirit items near the spirit vein nest occupied by a second-tier monster beast is generally relatively high. The Liu family's priority to search the water pool this time will definitely have some gains.

Overall, this trip to hunt monster beasts was very smooth. All four families received a lot of spoils, and the cultivators on the scene were all beaming with joy.

Liu Tianlong looked at the other three families' personnel who were concentrating on collecting monster beast corpses on the shore from afar, his indifferent face changed slightly, and then he secretly transmitted a secret sound to several Liu family elders beside him.

After a cup of tea, on the Liu family's side, only one Liu family elder was left on the scene to command the cleaning of the battlefield. Liu Tianlong and the other two Liu family elders disappeared without a trace without everyone knowing. Even the nearby Liu family cultivators did not notice when their own patriarch had left here.

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In a cave with rich spiritual energy at the bottom of the pool, the three Liu family members were staring at a bottomless cave in front of them. The ground was full of first-tier monster beast bones, and there was also a rotting silver-armored crab.

"These high-tier monster beasts are really cruel, even taking their own kind as food." An old man with the eighth layer of Qi Refining said in a deep voice to Liu Tianlong in front of him.

Liu Tianlong glanced at the monster beast bones on the ground, thought for a while, and said nothing.

"Patriarch, the spiritual power here is so rich, I think the front is the place where the 'Water Spirit Fruit Tree' recorded in the ancestor's notes is." Another Liu family elder pointed to the front and said excitedly.

Taking out a red notebook, opening the notebook and checking it carefully again, Liu Tianlong nodded and continued to walk forward. After walking another few dozen zhang, a blue light suddenly lit up in the originally dim cave. The three saw this blue light and were overjoyed, hurriedly walking forward quickly.

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