Chapter 481

Half an hour later, after all the Foundation Establishment cultivators in Jin Shan Market gathered in the great hall, Song Qingming understood the specific movements of the spirit beast side in detail, and then directly announced a major piece of news that surprised everyone present.

"Everyone, since the turmoil, we have been in a stalemate with the spirit beast side for more than half a year. Today, I received a letter from the sect that reinforcements from Mount Guyang have arrived. I have decided to start counterattacking the spirit beast army tomorrow. Please prepare as soon as possible and convey this order."

Hearing Song Qingming say that the Xiaoyao Sect had finally sent reinforcements, the more than thirty Foundation Establishment cultivators present were all invigorated and revealed looks of joy.

"Hahaha, now that the sect's reinforcements have arrived, and with Senior Song taking action to deal with the Spirit King, we will definitely be able to defeat the spirit beasts this time and drive them out of Pingyang County."

"Good! Hiding in here for so long, we can finally go out and do a big job!"

"These damn spirit beasts, we finally have a chance to avenge Fellow Daoist Zhao and the others this time..."

Having been in a stalemate with the spirit beasts for more than half a year, forced by Song Qingming's strict orders, the human cultivator side could only be forced to hide in Jin Shan Market. Many warlike people present had long been full of anger in their hearts.

Especially the local cultivators of Pingyang County present, some of their family territories had already been occupied by the spirit beasts heading south, and many relatives and friends had already died at the hands of the spirit beasts. Now that these people had finally waited for the opportunity to counterattack the spirit beasts, everyone began to rub their hands in their hearts.

Seeing that the fighting spirit on the faces of most of the cultivators present was very firm, Song Qingming stood up with satisfaction and said: "Tomorrow's battle is of vital importance. I hope all fellow daoists can work together to repel the enemy. I will represent the sect and entrust it to everyone first."

Song Qingming had just taken a "Ding Shen Pill" and entered meditation, but he did not want a sound-transmission talisman to fly in from outside the cave. Song Qingming opened it and found that it was Song Yuanli who had come to the door again, and a trace of helplessness appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Although the family had developed very rapidly in the past hundred years, apart from himself, a Jin Dan cultivator, there were only a few Foundation Establishment cultivators. Now that Song Yuanfang had been seriously injured by spirit beasts, how could Song Qingming not worry about this matter?

After Song Qingming's order was issued, Jin Shan Market soon became busy. In order not to alarm the spirit beast army outside the market, Song Qingming strictly ordered that all participating cultivators must not have too much movement before the attack, and all preparations must be carried out as secretly as possible.

Besides this, Song Qingming also personally sent a secret letter to Mount Huoyun, which was hundreds of miles away, informing Cao Rongxue and the others of the plan to counterattack the spirit beasts at Jin Shan Market tomorrow, asking them to act according to the situation at that time and cooperate with the counterattack of the human cultivators at Jin Shan Market.

The situation at Guiyun Market was already very critical, and other changes might happen at any time. Once the spirit beast side also received reinforcements after a long time, Song Qingming would have wasted this important support force given to him by the Xiaoyao Sect in vain.

Although the letter Li Mufeng gave to Song Qingming did not explicitly require Song Qingming to counterattack the spirit beast army immediately, Song Qingming knew in his heart that since the Xiaoyao Sect had sent the "Golden Winged Flying Tiger" to Jin Shan Market, it had naturally already placed the hope of repelling the enemy on his side.

After preparing everything, Song Qingming returned to his cave alone, intending to rest well and adjust his state, preparing to welcome the decisive battle with the spirit beast army tomorrow.

Since the spirit beast turmoil, Song Yuanli had requested to fight with Song Qingming many times, but he had been suppressed by him. Especially after knowing the news of Song Yuanfang's serious injury at Mount Huoyun, Song Qingming was even more worried about him in his heart.

"Seventh Great Uncle, tomorrow might be the last great battle of our Jin Shan Market. Please let our law enforcement team go to the battlefield once. Please rest assured, we will definitely not let everyone down this time."

Now that the strength of the spirit beast side had not changed much, and Jin Shan Market had the support of a Jin Dan combat power, the balance of strength between the two sides had been reversed. Song Qingming naturally did not want to easily let go of this rare breakthrough opportunity.

However, after being in a stalemate with the spirit beasts for so long, Song Qingming also saw that some of the younger generation of the family had a great lack of experience in dealing with the enemy. The performance of some people on the battlefield was not even as good as those cultivators from small families.

Except for Song Qingyu, who had been out for ten years, the new generation of family cultivators like Song Yuanli had almost never experienced any dangerous situations. On weekdays, at most, some people who joined the family law enforcement team had the opportunity to deal with those more powerful spirit beasts.

Although Song Qingming still wanted to take care of these family juniors he watched grow up, always letting them lean on the big tree of the family would indeed affect their personal growth speed.

Seeing Song Yuanli, who knelt before him as soon as he came in to ask for a battle, Song Qingming sighed calmly and still agreed to his request to fight.

"Yuanli, I can agree to let you go to the battlefield tomorrow, but not everyone in the law enforcement team can participate. The task assigned to you is also the guarantee of this great battle. The law enforcement team must leave half of the reliable people in the rear to supervise the battle so that we can be at ease."

"I won't let others interfere in these matters. You can decide for yourself after you go back. Although your cultivation has reached the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, you must pay more attention to safety on the battlefield and never try to be brave."

"Thank you, Seventh Great Uncle, I will go back and arrange this matter." Seeing that Song Qingming finally agreed to his request, Song Yuanli shouted excitedly, saluted, and hurriedly exited Song Qingming's cave, as if worried that Song Qingming would suddenly change his mind.

Early the next morning, the White Lion Spirit King, who was breathing in the spirit energy of heaven and earth in a valley near Jin Shan Market, suddenly heard bursts of shouting and killing from Jin Shan Market in the west.

The White Lion Spirit King, who did not know what had happened, stood up and roared at the low-tier spirit beasts in the valley. Feeling the instructions conveyed by the Spirit King, many low-tier spirit beasts in the valley acted one after another, heading straight for Jin Shan Market in the west.

After driving the spirit beast army to set off, the cautious and experienced White Lion Spirit King hid its figure as before, quietly hiding behind the spirit beast army, and did not appear rashly.

After leading the subordinate spirit beast army south, the White Lion Spirit King had been in a stalemate with the human cultivators outside Jin Shan Market for more than half a year. During this period, this cunning Spirit King also tried various methods to lure the human cultivators out for a decisive battle.

But Song Qingming's way of doing things was also very cautious. Facing the various conspiracies and provocations of the White Lion Spirit King, he always kept his heart calm and remained unmoved. Even if he lost many spirit mountains north of Pingyang County, Song Qingming still stabilized the many cultivators in Jin Shan Market and did not let the White Lion Spirit King's calculations succeed.

After the spirit beast army approached Jin Shan Market, seeing the cultivator army rushing out of the market on their own initiative, the White Lion Spirit King was slightly stunned for a moment, then was overjoyed in its heart and increased its efforts to drive the spirit beast army to rush over.

The White Lion Spirit King naturally did not know what happened in Jin Shan Market, nor did it know that the human cultivators had already received reinforcements. In its view, it thought that the provocations it had sent its subordinate spirit beasts to make in recent days had worked, and the cultivators in Jin Shan Market had been holding back for so long and finally couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to counterattack on their own initiative.

This time, in order to decide the outcome in one battle, Song Qingming did not reserve strength. Except for those who were injured in previous battles and could not go to the battlefield, and a part of the law enforcement team supervising the battle, nearly two thousand people in Jin Shan Market who could fight were all sent out, and all were sent to the battlefield by Song Qingming.

"Charge, kill!..." After the thousands of cultivators rushing out of Jin Shan Market came into contact with the spirit beast army, the sky-filling shouting and killing sounds instantly rang out on this huge battlefield.

In the spirit beast turmoil a hundred years ago, the White Lion Spirit King led its subordinates to not only sweep through half of Pingyang County, but even the Qian family of Chifeng Ridge in Qinghe County did not escape its clutches. Most of the cultivators in Jiangling County had more or less deep blood feuds with spirit beasts.

Since learning the news yesterday that the sect had sent troops to support, the cultivators of Jin Shan Market were excited from top to bottom. The human cultivators who had been holding back for more than half a year all showed a ruthless energy in this decisive battle with the spirit beasts. The Jin Shan Market cultivators did not lose to the spirit beast army, which was larger in number, in terms of momentum.

After the two armies began to fight, the Foundation Establishment cultivators on the human side and the second-tier spirit beasts on the other side also quickly clashed. For a time, the entire battlefield was filled with flying spells and the sparks of magic treasures colliding in the sky and on the ground.

Although the human cultivator side was high in fighting spirit, the spirit beast side still had some advantages in number, especially the number of second-tier spirit beasts, which was more than a dozen more than the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the same level on the human side.

Not long after the battle began, Song Qingyu, who was rushing to the front, held two swords and had just beheaded a first-layer Foundation Establishment spirit beast, and was quickly targeted by several Foundation Establishment spirit beasts nearby.

Just when Song Qingyu was besieged by several Foundation Establishment spirit beasts, a cyan sword light suddenly appeared on the battlefield and quickly cut a Foundation Establishment spirit beast that was besieging Song Qingyu into several sections.

Seeing this powerful and fierce attack, those Foundation Establishment spirit beasts nearby immediately reacted that the other side must have had a Jin Dan cultivator come, and immediately began to turn around and retreat, hiding among those low-tier spirit beasts.

Song Qingming flashed to the middle of the battlefield, recalled the "Cyan Willow Sword" still flying in the air, scanned the surrounding second-tier spirit beasts that were retreating with sharp eyes, and the cyan light in his hand lit up again. Soon, another second-tier spirit beast that had not had time to escape Song Qingming's sight died under the "Cyan Willow Sword".

Just when Song Qingming stepped forward and wanted to take action again to kill those second-tier spirit beasts, the White Lion Spirit King hiding behind the spirit beast army finally couldn't sit still, quickly flashed into a white light, and blocked the fierce-looking Song Qingming in mid-air.

"Good fellow, you finally decided to come out!" Looking at the White Lion Spirit King that had already appeared before his eyes, the corner of Song Qingming's mouth slowly revealed a smile that was not easily noticed.

(End of chapter)