Chapter 338: Relieving the Siege

Previously, Song Qingyu had been hiding in a small mountain nearby to restore her magic power and did not discover the battle at Mount Bai Yang in time. It wasn't until the movement of the battle here became louder and louder that Song Qingyu heard the sound and quickly came to support.

Fortunately, although she arrived a little late, she still blocked the Fire-Scaled Leopard in time and did not let this second-tier demonic beast cause too many casualties to the Song family cultivators.

This time, Song Qingyu finally had the opportunity to fight the Fire-Scaled Leopard alone. Seeing this demonic beast rushing toward her, a smile appeared on the corner of Song Qingyu's mouth, and she lifted the Taoguang Sword in her hand and actively greeted it.

Seeing that Song Qingyu had finally arrived here, the Song family crowd controlling the "Green Wood Cloud Mist Formation" finally breathed a sigh of relief. Relying solely on the formation in their hands, it was impossible for them to contain the Fire-Scaled Leopard for long. Having fought this fierce demonic beast for so long, they were almost at the end of their rope. If their ancestor had arrived a moment later, they would definitely have had a hard time resisting the blow the Fire-Scaled Leopard had just accumulated.

After hearing the instructions given by Song Qingyu, these people hurriedly retreated and joined Song Zhangxiong and the others behind them, working together to deal with the low-tier demonic beasts besieging Mount Bai Yang.

After the addition of these nine people and the "Green Wood Cloud Mist Formation," the Song family side quickly gained the upper hand. Although their numbers were fewer than the demonic beasts, their overall cultivation and combat power were much higher, and they had a lot of experience fighting demonic beasts for many years. At this moment, without the influence of the second-tier Fire-Scaled Leopard, everyone let go of their hands and feet and the worries in their hearts, and exerted various means to deal with the demonic beasts.

After years of stable development, the Song family had slowly become a Foundation Establishment family in name and reality. Now, their strength in Qinghe County had already surpassed the Lu family on the surface.

Most of the current Song family cultivators did not lack handy magic treasures, and some elders with slightly higher net worth even had spiritual beasts, puppet beasts, second-tier magic treasures, and spiritual talismans, which were very rare in the market.

Thirteenth Uncle Song Zhangxiong had served as the family's law enforcement elder for decades. Over these years, he had participated in almost all the battles, big and small, that had occurred in the family and accumulated considerable wealth. The reason he was able to survive unscathed in that battle at Qinghe Market back then was also because he used a second-tier spiritual talisman in his hand to deter those bandit cultivators who wanted to besiege him.

Now, although Song Zhangxiong was over a hundred years old, he had always been unwilling to admit his age and often personally took the younger family members out to hunt demonic beasts. At this moment, holding a second-tier flying sword, he was facing three late-stage Qi Condensation demonic beasts alone and could easily suppress them. The fierceness he showed in this battle was not at all inferior to his past.

A ninth-layer Qi Condensation cultivator with seasoned cultivation like Song Zhangxiong, plus holding a second-tier magic treasure, had combat power that exceeded the vast majority of Qi Condensation cultivators and reached the peak of the Qi Condensation stage. If paired with a powerful second-tier formation, he could also not fall behind when facing a second-tier demonic beast with weaker strength.

On Song Qingyu's side, she was facing the Fire-Scaled Leopard again, and her state had long since been restored to its best. In contrast, her opponent, the Fire-Scaled Leopard, had been contained by the "Green Wood Cloud Mist Formation" for a long time and had already consumed part of its own magic power.

After fighting Song Qingyu for dozens of rounds, the Fire-Scaled Leopard gradually discovered that the spells it cast were getting weaker and weaker, while Song Qingyu was fighting more and more bravely. Coupled with the fact that her technique countered it very well, the Fire-Scaled Leopard, knowing it was no match, gradually lost the courage to continue fighting. Finding a gap, it turned and ran away, not even caring about the low-tier demonic beasts that had come out with it.

"Where are you going? Leave your life behind for me!"

On this side, Song Qingyu was having a great time fighting. Suddenly seeing the Fire-Scaled Leopard flee, she, who had been itching for a fight for many years, didn't want to let go of this rare opponent just like that, so she lifted the Taoguang Sword and chased after it, wanting to keep this demonic beast.

Although the Fire-Scaled Leopard was no match for Song Qingyu, it was also a demonic beast that excelled in speed. When it fled for its life, Song Qingyu really couldn't catch up for a while, but she didn't give up the pursuit easily.

The person and the beast soon entered Mount Yunwu. After Song Qingyu chased for more than a hundred li, she arrived at a huge volcano with billowing thick smoke.

After the Fire-Scaled Leopard arrived here, it suddenly stopped its steps. After howling loudly a few times, it suddenly summoned a group of low-tier demonic beasts from nearby, wanting to surround and trap Song Qingyu.

Seeing that this place looked somewhat like the Fire-Scaled Leopard's lair, Song Qingyu knew that she wouldn't gain any advantage by continuing to fight it here, so she could only return to Mount Bai Yang on her flying sword with some regret.

By the time she returned here, the battle under Mount Bai Yang had already ended. Those low-tier demonic beasts besieging Mount Bai Yang were already no match for the Song family cultivators here. Seeing that the leading Fire-Scaled Leopard had fled, these demonic beasts quickly lost their fighting spirit and followed the Fire-Scaled Leopard to flee in all directions.

After a big battle at Mount Bai Yang, although the Song family killed more than a dozen low-tier demonic beasts, they also lost one clansman in the battle, and seven or eight people suffered light or heavy injuries. In fact, it couldn't be considered a big victory.

However, in this battle, the Song family's purpose was to relieve the siege of Mount Bai Yang. Although they failed to successfully kill the culprit, the Fire-Scaled Leopard, who invaded their territory, being able to drive all these demonic beasts back to Mount Yunwu could be considered not a wasted trip.

Not long after Song Qingyu returned here, Ninth Uncle Song Zhangxin brought more than thirty cultivators organized from behind and arrived at Mount Bai Yang.

Most of these people were temporarily conscripted from the dependent families under the Song family to come and support. For fear that Mount Bai Yang would be short of manpower, Song Qingshi still issued a conscription order to the dependent families below as a precaution.

Over these years, another small Qi Condensation family had migrated from the neighboring Pingyang County to the Song family's territory. There were already seven dependent Qi Condensation families under the Song family. After receiving the Song family's conscription order, these dependent families also hurriedly gathered cultivators and rushed to Mount Funiu.

Hearing the news of a second-tier demonic beast appearing at Mount Bai Yang, the leading cultivators of each family became very nervous and hurriedly followed Song Zhangxin to Mount Bai Yang to support. Everyone knew very well that if the Song family really lost this battle and the demonic beasts drove straight into the Song family's territory, it would be difficult for the families they protected to stay out of it. Once targeted by a second-tier demonic beast and the Song family was unable to support them, it would be difficult for them to escape the fate of their families being destroyed.

After everyone arrived at Mount Bai Yang and saw that the Song family had already repelled the demonic beasts, the tense faces they had all the way finally relaxed. Especially when they heard that in this battle, the Song family's highest-cultivation ancestor, Song Qingming, didn't even come, and the Song family drove the demonic beasts back to Mount Yunwu with only one Foundation Establishment cultivator, Song Qingyu, each family had a bit more awe for the main family that protected them.

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