Chapter 606: Mechanism Calculation, Gray Shadow Attack (Combined Chapter)

After hearing Song Qingming's reminder, Xia Mo, who was concentrating on controlling the Azure Dragon phantom, nodded lightly, immediately flashed away from the spot, and exchanged positions with Song Qingming, who had long been prepared.

Soon, the Azure Dragon phantom that was attacking the large formation was instantly replaced by the mighty Bai Hu controlled by Song Qingming.

This Bai Hu had just absorbed the spiritual power of the formation and was also extremely fierce. With a huge tiger claw raised, it pounced on the large formation, continuing to attack and tear the large formation, not giving the other party time to repair the formation runes.

After Xia Mo retreated, she immediately returned the Azure Dragon phantom, which was already very weak, to He Mengxin, and then took over the control of the Vermilion Bird phantom from her.

He Mengxin and Song Qingyu immediately began to extract spiritual energy from the formation beside them to replenish the Azure Dragon phantom, whose spiritual light was already very dim.

After the Bai Hu beast controlled by Song Qingming was about to dim, Xia Mo immediately brought the Vermilion Bird beast to continue attacking the runes on one side of the large formation.

This is also the relatively powerful point of the "four-elephant formation-breaking method." As long as you can gather four Jin Dan cultivators, you can use the four-elephant beast phantoms to take turns attacking the runes above the large formation without stopping for a moment.

After breaking a gap, destroying one or two formation eyes inside can make the power of this formation decrease rapidly, and then you can easily break this large formation.

Xia Mo had just connected with Song Qingming's hand and was about to attack the large formation when several rays of white light suddenly rose around the large formation in front of the two, and then four light blades shot out quickly toward the position where the two were.

"Be careful, the large formation inside has started to attack us again." Seeing the white light blades appear, Song Qingming shouted loudly and immediately stopped his steps.

Then, while using his natal magic treasure "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" to protect himself and Xia Mo, he cast a spell to urge the three-talent formation flags that he had just held in his hand together, preparing to borrow spiritual power from He Mengxin and Song Qingyu to deal with the enemy at any time.

The four light blades had just flown not far in front of Song Qingming, and before they touched his natal magic treasure, hundreds of colorful flower petals suddenly flew out from both sides of him, stepping forward to easily block these light blades in mid-air.

Seeing this scene, Song Qingming was surprised and opened his mouth slightly, turning to look behind him.

"This attack can't hurt me. Fellow Daoist Song, you don't need to worry about me, just look after the two of them!" Xia Mo, who was still casting spells to control the four-elephant formation to attack the large formation, said to Song Qingming with a calm expression.

Hearing this, Song Qingming looked at the flower basket magic treasure circling Xia Mo's waist, and immediately reacted that it was her who had just made a move, and a look of admiration could not help but reveal in his heart.

Although the other party is a late-stage Jin Dan cultivator, being able to control the four-elephant beast phantom to attack the large formation while blocking those light blade attacks so easily, Xia Mo's strength is indeed somewhat beyond Song Qingming's expectations.

Seeing that the other party's magical powers and magic treasures were indeed powerful, Song Qingming also felt that he was indeed somewhat over-worried just now, smiled awkwardly at Xia Mo, and then immediately flew to the side of Song Qingyu and the other.

Not long after retreating, several rays of white light lit up in the large formation again, heading straight for Xia Mo, but it was still the same as before, basically before they approached the other party, they were blocked by the flower basket magic treasure circling beside her.

After two attacks, the third attack of the large formation suddenly became stronger. Not only Xia Mo's side but even Song Qingming and the three not far away were affected.

Fortunately, Song Qingming had long been prepared, and the three-talent formation flags were always held tightly in his hand, just to deal with this sudden situation.

The three light blades coming toward the few people seemed fierce, but under the power of the three-talent formation, with He Mengxin and Song Qingyu helping to increase spiritual power on the side.

Song Qingming, whose spiritual power on his body suddenly became much stronger, used the magic treasure "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" and also did not spend much effort to block the attacks of these formations.

After these three attacks, Song Qingming also quickly exchanged positions with Xia Mo again.

However, this time, although Song Qingming was cautious and kept staring at the surroundings, until he retreated, the large formation did not have any changes again.

In this way, with the cooperation of the four, constantly controlling the four-elephant beasts to attack the large formation, and taking turns to replace them to recover spiritual power, soon the flowing runes on the large formation became thinner and thinner.

Although the few people suffered several attacks from the large formation later, because they had some preparations in advance, under the protection of the three-talent formation, the few people had no danger and still blocked all the attacks.

After about half an hour, the runes on one side of the large formation were finally cleaned up by Song Qingming and Xia Mo.

After a loud "Bang!", the Azure Dragon phantom controlled by Xia Mo finally forcibly passed through the weak point of the formation and entered the large formation.

Following that, there were several violent noises, and after Xia Mo destroyed several formation eyes inside, the power of this third-tier top-quality large formation blocking them finally began to gradually weaken.

With the weakening of the large formation's power, a very pure spiritual energy rushed toward them, making everyone feel refreshed.

Song Qingming and the few on the side saw this, and were also happy in their hearts, all of them approaching Xia Mo with happy faces.

"Hehe! Senior Sister Xia, it looks like it's done. It's hard for us to spend so much effort this time, but the hard work pays off."

He Mengxin's words reached Xia Mo's ears, but she didn't say anything, just nodded slightly, her beautiful eyes always staring at the large formation in front of her.

Seeing Xia Mo didn't answer her, He Mengxin didn't ask more. The two of them were originally fellow disciples and friends for many years, and He Mengxin naturally understood the other party's character somewhat, so she didn't have any thoughts because of this.

After another half a stick of incense, seeing that the white light shield in front had gradually dissipated, He Mengxin, who was somewhat impatient, took two steps forward to look, and then slowly felt relieved.

Seeing that this formation that had blocked them for so long was finally broken, He Mengxin turned around happily and asked Xia Mo in front of her: "Senior Sister Xia, this formation has no power, can we go in first?"

Hearing He Mengxin's words, Xia Mo was about to answer her when she suddenly felt that something was wrong in front, and with a change in her face, she flashed to He Mengxin's side.

Seeing that Xia Mo's expression seemed somewhat wrong, He Mengxin asked softly: "Senior Sister Xia, is there anything wrong?"

As soon as He Mengxin finished speaking, before Xia Mo could answer, several whistling sounds of breaking through the air suddenly came from the front.

"Be careful!"

Xia Mo frowned and reminded the few people softly, then her spiritual light moved, and she immediately took out a white jade ruler magic treasure. Under her rapid casting operation, it soon turned into a white protective shield and protected her in front, bringing He Mengxin into it together.

Song Qingming on the side heard this and also felt that something was wrong, immediately pulled Song Qingyu, who didn't know what had happened, and moved toward Xia Mo and the other.

The two had just moved when a rain of silver arrows flew over from the front, and the momentum was indeed quite extraordinary.

Song Qingming, who had no time to approach Xia Mo, immediately supported a protective light shield in front of him, and then used his natal magic treasure "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" to block in front of the two.

Song Qingming, hiding behind the magic treasure, felt that there were more than ten silver arrow rains outside, quickly hitting the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror."

Each of these silver arrow rains was almost close to an ordinary blow of a Jin Dan cultivator, and it was continuous like raindrops, making Song Qingming, who was hiding in the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror," immediately feel significant pressure.

Seeing this, Song Qingming dared not be careless, hurriedly cast the "Formless Jade Light" in his body, covered it on the natal magic treasure in front of him, and strengthened the defense capability of the magic treasure.

Facing such a sharp attack, Song Qingming, for the sake of Song Qingyu beside him, dared not put away the magic treasure in front of the two, and could only bite the bullet and hold on, unable to move his body at all.

Song Qingming didn't know how long he could hold on against this silver arrow rain, and wanted to go over to meet Xia Mo and the other, but was afraid he couldn't take care of Song Qingyu beside him, and for a while, he was in a dilemma.

"Fellow Daoist Song, hurry over!"

He Mengxin in front also saw that Song Qingming and the other were in a somewhat bad situation, took out a green jade plaque magic treasure, flew in front of Song Qingming and the other, and helped them share part of the pressure.

Song Qingming, who felt that the pressure on his body had been reduced a lot, did not hesitate, moved his escape light with Song Qingyu, flashed quickly, changed his position, and arrived a few zhang away.

Before the silver arrow rain around him could attack, Song Qingming's figure changed again, and soon he and Song Qingyu entered the light shield formed by Xia Mo's magic treasure.

Song Qingming, who got rid of the danger, also breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, He Mengxin helped just now, plus the "Jiugong Meteor Escape Technique" he practiced had already achieved some success, otherwise, it would not have been so simple to get out of trouble just now.

Song Qingming and the three carefully hid in the light shield, and immediately cast their own magic power, injecting it into the white light shield in front of Xia Mo, helping her resist the silver arrow rain that kept attacking from the front.

Although this arrow rain seemed endless and attacked continuously, the white protective shield supported by the white jade ruler magic treasure in Xia Mo's hand was still as stable as Mount Tai and did not retreat half a step by this fierce attack.

This silver arrow rain that attacked the crowd should be a trap set by the owner of the cave dwelling to prevent others from forcibly breaking the formation. Once the third-tier top-quality large formation outside is completely destroyed, this mechanism message will be triggered.

If the person breaking the formation has a low cultivation base and is not careful to approach the large formation, it is very easy to be hit.

This time, if it weren't for Xia Mo, who was with them, having a high cultivation base, plus the defensive magic treasure on her body being very refined, just relying on Song Qingming and the three, it would definitely be very difficult to retreat completely under this level of attack. If it were not good, someone would be injured, or their lives would be left here.

After a while, as the silver arrow rain in front stopped attacking, Xia Mo slowly put away the jade ruler magic treasure in front of her.

The white jade ruler magic treasure that Xia Mo sacrificed just now, although powerful enough to block the attack and protect the crowd, now also had several cracks on the jade ruler, suffering significant damage.

This white jade ruler is a rare third-tier mid-quality defensive magic treasure. This damage, if you want to repair it, it is estimated that it will take at least several thousand spirit stones. Song Qingming and the few saw this scene, and felt somewhat regretful in their hearts.

However, Xia Mo, who held the jade ruler magic treasure, did not appear to have much heartache, just looked at the cracks on the magic treasure slightly, and directly put it into the storage magic treasure at her waist.

"Alright! There shouldn't be anything else next, let's go over first."

Xia Mo scanned the large formation that had been broken in front, spat out a sentence lightly, and took the lead to walk forward first.

After passing through the large formation, the few people walked forward for another four or five zhang and stepped into a huge stone cave that had obviously been artificially excavated.

As soon as they entered the cave, the eyes of Song Qingming and the few were attracted by the white jade pearls embedded in several stone pillars around.

He Mengxin waved her hand, took a pearl from the stone pillar on her right, looked at it in her hand, and said with surprise:

"Using second-tier mid-quality moon-white pearls as bright lamps, it seems that the owner of this cave dwelling is indeed not ordinary in family wealth. It must be a Nascent Soul predecessor. We have the opportunity to enter here this time, and we have truly found a great opportunity."

Song Qingming looked around and nodded in agreement: "This cave dwelling is so complete, it doesn't look like it has been abandoned. It seems that this predecessor is very likely to have fallen outside, or passed away in the cave dwelling."

This stone cave is more than ten zhang long and wide. Although it has experienced a thousand years and has fallen a lot of dust, the tables, chairs, benches, and daily necessities are all available.

The concentration of spiritual energy in the stone cave is also close to a third-tier top-quality spiritual vein, which is similar to the Guiyun Market in the State of Wei, and barely meets the cultivation needs of a Nascent Soul early-stage cultivator.

After the few scanned the stone cave, they soon discovered more than ten magic tools and magic treasures that had been refined in a corner of the stone cave, as well as a pile of various refining materials, and some books and cultivation methods related to refining.

Judging from the situation at the scene, these magic treasures and magic tools seem to have been refined by the owner of the cave dwelling here. There are sets that are separate, but what is somewhat strange is that although these magic tools and magic treasures are different in size and type, almost all of them are flying sword types.

Besides these, the remaining things in this stone cave, except for some bamboo slips and notes of low value, there is almost nothing precious that is useful to the crowd.

This also made the few people who entered the stone cave feel somewhat disappointed.

Although two third-tier low-quality flying sword magic treasures and more than ten magic tools above the second tier were found, with only these things, for the cave dwelling of a Nascent Soul cultivator, it is somewhat shabby.

Since it is the cave dwelling of a late-stage Jin Dan cultivator who has practiced for hundreds of years, it is unlikely that there are only these useful spiritual objects.

And the few searched around and did not find the remains of the owner of the cave dwelling, nor did they see any things needed for his daily practice or refining, which is indeed somewhat strange.

"Everyone search carefully again. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be only these things. This owner of the cave dwelling is so good at calculating, the things that truly hide spiritual objects should have been hidden by him."

After Xia Mo finished speaking, she took the initiative to walk toward the depths of the stone cave and began to check the surrounding mountain walls in detail, wanting to find some clues from them.

Song Qingming and the three also nodded, walked in one direction, and searched every corner of the stone cave carefully.

Not long after, Song Qingyu discovered that there was something wrong under a square stone table in the southeast corner of the stone cave, and hurriedly called Song Qingming on the side to come and help.

Song Qingming put one hand on the stone table, and after exploring his spiritual sense into the interior of the stone table, he soon discovered that there was a special spiritual power fluctuation different from the cave below, which should be that something was hidden under the stone table.

Seeing this, Song Qingming's magic power moved, first summoned his natal magic treasure to protect his side, and then put both hands on the stone table, using magic power to push the stone table on his side hard.

After a sound of friction between the stone and the ground, the stone table was slowly pushed aside. Before Song Qingming could lower his head to see the situation below clearly, a gray spiritual light flew out quickly from under the stone table and pounced directly toward Song Qingyu who was standing on the side.

"Be careful, there is a high-tier monster!"

Feeling the pressure emanating from the gray spiritual light, which seemed to be stronger than his own, Song Qingming was anxious in his heart, immediately controlled the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" magic treasure beside him, and flew over to protect in front of Song Qingyu.

Because Song Qingyu's medicinal power had just dissipated not long ago, her state was also somewhat weak, and she was unable to urge the defensive magic treasure on her body at all, so she could only throw a second-tier mid-quality defensive spiritual talisman in front of her.

This gray spiritual light just arrived in mid-air and hit the golden spiritual talisman thrown by Song Qingyu, forming a protective shield.

However, in a moment, this protective shield was torn open a big hole, and the gray spiritual light passed through the protective shield directly and continued to pounce toward Song Qingyu.

Just when this gray spiritual light was about to touch Song Qingyu, the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror," which had already arrived nearby, quickly shot out a purple light, fiercely fixing the gray shadow in mid-air.

Although it was only for a moment, it broke free from the restraint, but this also won a little time for Song Qingyu, allowing her to quickly retreat more than ten steps to the side and avoid the attack of the gray shadow that followed.

Song Qingming at this moment also performed the "Jiugong Meteor Escape Technique," flashed to Song Qingyu's side, and protected her behind him with his magic treasure.

That gray shadow, seeing that Song Qingming's cultivation base was not low, seemed somewhat difficult to deal with, and did not care about him and Song Qingyu, and turned around to run toward the cave exit.

"Qingyu, are you okay!"

Hearing the concern in Song Qingming's tone, Song Qingyu hurriedly nodded and replied seriously: "Seventh Brother, I am fine, this monster didn't hurt me."

Seeing that Song Qingyu was safe, Song Qingming also immediately turned around and began to track the gray shadow that had just appeared, but found that the monster had been blocked at the cave entrance by Xia Mo who didn't know when she had arrived.

At this moment, Song Qingming saw clearly that the gray shadow was a gray mouse about two feet in size. Its cultivation base was higher than Song Qingming's, and it had already reached the mid-stage of Jin Dan, but the aura on its body was still somewhat unstable, and it seemed that it had just broken through not long ago.

"Fellow Daoist Song, Qingyu, are you okay!"

Just when Song Qingming was about to go over to help, He Mengxin, who discovered the movement here, also flew over a step late and asked with concern.

Song Qingming hurriedly responded: "I didn't expect that there would be a high-tier monster king hidden in here. I was a bit careless just now and almost fell for its trick, but Fellow Daoist He, don't worry, the two of us are fine!

We should hurry over to help Fellow Daoist Xia, lest this monster king run out later, and it will be difficult to catch it again!"

Hearing Song Qingming say this, He Mengxin also nodded hurriedly, flew to Xia Mo's side, and joined the battle.

This gray mouse monster king is not good at fighting, and it itself has just broken through to the mid-stage of Jin Dan not long ago. In a one-on-one fight, it might not be able to beat Song Qingming now.

Facing the siege of Xia Mo, Song Qingming, and He Mengxin, it soon retreated steadily, and in less than a stick of incense, it died in Xia Mo's hands.

He Mengxin stepped forward to check the corpse of the gray mouse monster king, and seeing that the monster was not big, she directly used a cloth bag to pack it and put it into the storage magic treasure on her body, preparing to wait until she left here to find time to deal with the monster materials on this monster king.

After packing the monster corpse, He Mengxin stood up thoughtfully and said:

"This monster king looks like it has just broken through not long ago. It seems that the seven-colored ray of light seen by the guy who discovered this place before should be the movement caused by its breakthrough."

Hearing He Mengxin say this, Song Qingming also nodded and agreed with her guess.

Whether it is a Jin Dan cultivator or a monster king, when breaking through the realm, it will indeed produce some heaven and earth anomalies.

However, the heaven and earth anomalies produced by each person are basically different. When breaking through the small realm of the Jin Dan stage, there may only be a piece of ordinary spiritual light nearby. If it is far away or blocked by a formation, it will not attract attention.

When breaking through from the early stage of Jin Dan to the mid-stage of Jin Dan, the scale of the heaven and earth anomalies produced will be much larger. Generally, if it is not specially covered by a formation, even if it is a bit far away, it will be easily discovered by others.

And as the cultivation methods practiced by each person or monster are different, the situation when heaven and earth anomalies appear will also change. Some are rolling black clouds, and some are seven-colored rays of light shining.

"This monster king, hiding in here all the time, is indeed somewhat strange. It doesn't look like it came from outside. It should be a spirit beast of the owner of the cave dwelling, which was left here because it was not taken away in time.

I don't know how this monster practiced over the years, and it was successfully broken through to the mid-stage of Jin Dan."

Hearing Song Qingming say this, the three people standing in place looked at the position where the monster king appeared just now, and soon came to a cave entrance that was covered under the stone table.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 607 =====