Chapter 672: The Oriole Behind, Fang Baixuan (Seeking Monthly Votes)

This sudden, fierce strike gave the two Jin Dan demon cultivators who were besieging Song Qingyu with all their might in the "Blood Sea Demon Cloud Array" a fright, and they hurriedly turned to look outside the array.

Only to see two streaks of escape light coming from far to near, having already landed outside the "Blood Sea Demon Cloud Array." Behind these two streaks of escape light, which only Jin Dan cultivators could control, followed more than twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators stepping on flying swords.

The two Jin Dan cultivators standing at the very front were Li Wutong, a Law Enforcement Elder of the Xiaoyao Sect with a cultivation base of the seventh layer of Jin Dan, and Fang Baixuan, a Jin Dan elder newly promoted to the Xiaoyao Sect more than ten years ago.

The many Foundation Establishment cultivators following behind them were basically all cultivators from the Xiaoyao Sect's Law Enforcement Hall. Only one person wearing different attire was exactly Song Yuanfang, whom Song Qingyu had arranged to stay behind in the clan not long ago.

"It's the people from the Xiaoyao Sect. How could they possibly come so fast?"

Seeing the many cultivators who had already firmly surrounded the "Blood Sea Demon Cloud Array," the black-clothed man and the purple-clothed woman couldn't help but reveal looks of disbelief on their faces, shouting in surprise.

"Did the two of you think that by intercepting the sound-transmission spiritual talisman I sent, I would have no other way to contact the sect? It seems the two of you also didn't expect that while you were the mantis stalking the cicada, there would be an oriole behind! To tell you the truth, I had long since sensed these schemes of yours. The reason I risked danger alone to come here first today was just to lure you demon cultivators who only know how to hide in dark corners out."

Song Qingyu, who had just gained a moment of breathing room, looked at the puzzled Jin Dan demon cultivators not far away and couldn't help but laugh and sarcastically remark to the two of them.

"Not good, Senior Brother. It seems we have fallen into her scheme. What should we do!"

Seeing Li Wutong outside already holding a flying sword and starting to attack the "Blood Sea Demon Cloud Array" in front of them again, the purple-clothed woman, who had weaker strength, hurriedly asked the black-clothed man in a panic.

"Hmph! Wanting to be the oriole, you also need to have the ability to do so. Junior Sister, the people outside shouldn't be able to break the array in a short time. Let's join forces to eliminate this person first, and then we'll rush out together later."

Li Wutong's cultivation had already reached the late stage of Jin Dan. Having served as a sect Law Enforcement Elder for many years, he was not only experienced in combat but also frequently dealt with demon cultivators. His strength alone was already enough to surpass the combined strength of the two Jin Dan demon cultivators on the other side.

Added to that were Song Qingyu and Fang Baixuan, two Jin Dan cultivators assisting, as well as the many Foundation Establishment cultivators surrounding them outside; their strength had long since crushed these demon cultivators in front of them.

After taking a look at the unfavorable situation all around, the black-clothed man, knowing that it was difficult to break through under these circumstances, gritted his teeth and turned his gaze fiercely back to Song Qingyu, wanting to take advantage of the time before Li Wutong and the others broke the "Blood Sea Demon Cloud Array" to first eliminate Song Qingyu, this formidable opponent.

However, at this moment, Song Qingyu had also long since anticipated their thoughts. After retreating to the side, a golden Ruyi appeared above her head, and a layer of golden light barrier manifested to block in front of her.

At the same time, her natal magic treasure, the "Xuanming Jin Guang Sword," also split into three, turning into a sword net to protect Song Qingyu's entire body.

The sword cultivation inheritance that Song Qingyu practiced did not just have attack means; it also had impressive defensive supernatural powers.

This sword net formed by the natal flying sword "Xuanming Jin Guang Sword" was a very formidable defensive spell that Song Qingyu had learned from the sword cultivation inheritance within her own body. The power displayed was no weaker than an ordinary defensive magic treasure.

Now that the Xiaoyao Sect group had already arrived and firmly surrounded this place, Song Qingyu no longer needed to entangle with them, using the two most formidable defensive means she possessed.

She was now focused only on defense to delay time, waiting for Li Wutong and the others to break the "Blood Sea Demon Cloud Array" outside and come in to help.

The black-clothed man and the other, plus that Jin Dan second-layer "corpse puppet," exerted all their strength to display various formidable supernatural powers. After dozens of rounds of fierce attacks, although they occupied the initiative, they still had no great way to deal with Song Qingyu in front of them.

On the other side, after such a long time, the nine Foundation Establishment cultivators from Qinghe County, holding the "Qiankun Wind and Cloud Array" flags, had also relied on the array's blessing to break through the blood-colored cage controlled by the four Foundation Establishment demon cultivators.

At this time, Li Chengyue, Song Changze, and the others were entangled with the four Foundation Establishment demon cultivators and the six Foundation Establishment "corpse puppets" controlled by the black-clothed man. Relying on the help of the "Qiankun Wind and Cloud Array," the Qinghe County group had also gained the upper hand.

Seeing the battle situation becoming increasingly unfavorable, the "Blood Sea Demon Cloud Array" outside was also beginning to totter under the repeated attacks of Li Wutong, Fang Baixuan, and the many Xiaoyao Sect cultivators, unable to persist for too long.

The black-clothed man's gaze shifted, and he suddenly stopped besieging Song Qingyu, secretly sending a secret sound transmission to the purple-clothed woman to the side.

"Junior Sister, you entangle her first, wait for me to collect essence blood and break her defense!"

After the black-clothed man finished speaking, he immediately turned and flew downward, arriving above the heads of the unconscious Gao Yubai and the others. Subsequently, he cast a spell to control the magic treasure "blood-colored jade plate" in his hand to release a burst of red light, enveloping the dozens of Gao family cultivators, including Gao Yubai.

Following the black-clothed man raising his hand, Gao Yubai and the others instantly let out a burst of miserable screams. Immediately following, the blood on their bodies involuntarily emerged from their seven orifices, being absorbed into the "blood-colored jade plate" above.

In just a moment, Gao Yubai and the others, whose essence blood had been sucked dry by the black-clothed man's magic treasure, had their physical bodies turn into skin and bones, on the verge of death, with no movement left.

Seeing this somewhat horrifying scene, Song Qingyu to the side and the Qinghe County group who were fighting with the demon cultivators were all shocked, and their hatred for these vicious demon cultivators in front of them instantly increased by a few points.

After sucking the essence blood of many cultivators, the "blood-colored jade plate" in the black-clothed man's hand suddenly shone with great blood light, and its power increased quite a bit compared to before.

Seeing this, the black-clothed man immediately cast a spell to control the "blood-colored jade plate," gathering a mass of incomparably powerful blood light and launching it toward Song Qingyu's position.

Facing this aggressive and incomparably swift strike, Song Qingyu's face also revealed a few traces of solemnity. She hurriedly waved her hand and took out a cyan spiritual talisman from her body again, casting a spell to turn it into a cyan shield to block in front of herself.

This cyan spiritual talisman was a third-tier low-grade defensive spiritual talisman that the sect's Supreme Elder Li Mufeng had gifted her as a congratulatory gift when Song Qingyu joined the Xiaoyao Sect as a guest elder years ago.

Song Qingyu had formed her core for many years, and although she had fought with others many times, this was the first time she had encountered such a crisis situation today, and she had to use all the last defensive means she possessed.

Not long after the cyan shield formed by the cyan spiritual talisman was formed, the blood light fully displayed by the black-clothed man had already crashed onto the shield.

Although the cyan shield in front of Song Qingyu was also a third-tier spiritual talisman with very good defensive ability, after supporting for a moment under the powerful attack of this blood light, it ultimately failed to block the other side's fierce strike, turning into several fragments of spiritual power and disappearing into mid-air.

After the blood light passed through the cyan shield in front, it soon arrived in front of Song Qingyu's second defense, the golden sword net formed by the natal magic treasure "Xuanming Jin Guang Sword."

Seeing that the cyan spiritual talisman just now had failed to block the other side's strike, Song Qingyu also immediately made up her mind, covering all the golden light of the Ruyi above her head onto the golden sword net in front of her, directly combining the last two defensive means into one.

Although this approach had some risks, the cyan spiritual talisman had already consumed most of the power of the blood light just now. The golden sword net in front of Song Qingyu did not let her down, and it consumed all the remaining power in the blood light as expected.

However, to block the other side's fierce strike, Song Qingyu also paid no small price.

Not to mention the loss of a third-tier low-grade spiritual talisman with impressive power, her natal magic treasure "Xuanming Jin Guang Sword" also suffered some damage when finally blocking the blood light, causing a trace of fresh blood to overflow from the corner of her mouth at this moment.

"She is already injured and won't be able to hold on for long. Eliminate her first and then retreat from this place!"

Seeing Song Qingyu's face turn slightly pale and her natal magic treasure also damaged, the black-clothed man shouted and took the lead in rushing toward Song Qingyu's side, not wanting to give the other side a chance to catch her breath and recover magic power.

The purple-clothed woman to the side was also happy upon hearing this, quickly casting spells to manifest two black eagles and a giant python from the purple cloud mist entwined around her side, joining the siege on Song Qingyu.

However, before they could be happy for long, after both sides had continued to fight for only a few rounds, a loud noise came from above their heads, once again diverting their attention.

The "Blood Sea Demon Cloud Array," under the attacks of Li Wutong and the others outside, finally could not support itself at this moment, directly shattering and disappearing into mid-air.

Seeing Li Wutong holding a golden light sword and rushing over quickly, the black-clothed man also couldn't care about much at this moment. After controlling the Jin Dan second-layer "corpse puppet" to the side to entangle Li Wutong, he directly abandoned the others who were still fighting and fled toward the distance.

"Where are you going!"

Seeing the other side wanting to escape, Li Wutong immediately shouted angrily, casting a spell to release the flying sword in his hand, which turned into a very sharp sword light and chased directly after him, forcing the other side to turn back and release a shield to block.

On the other side, the purple-clothed woman also dared not fight any longer. Rolling up the purple cloud mist entwined around her side, she turned into a gust of wild wind, wanting to escape from this place.

It was just that the escape means she displayed were not very good, and before she had run a hundred zhang, she was blocked by Song Qingyu, who was stepping on a flying sword.

"Since you have come out today, don't think about leaving as you please!" After Song Qingyu sneered, she turned from defense to offense, directly entangling the purple-clothed woman.

Not far away, Fang Baixuan, who had already arrived, did not go to help Li Wutong chase the black-clothed man. Instead, he brought the many Foundation Establishment cultivators beside him to Song Qingyu's side first, helping her deal with the purple-clothed woman.

The purple-clothed woman was already somewhat no match for Song Qingyu in combat. At this moment, facing the siege of two Jin Dan cultivators and twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators formed into an array, she instantly fell into a passive position, firmly suppressed by them and unable to break free at all. Although she struggled with all her might, this Jin Dan demon cultivator with average strength still did not persist for long before her life was ended by Song Qingyu's sword.

Not long after Song Qingyu had just killed the other side, a burst of purple mist emerged from the purple-clothed woman's corpse, then quickly flew toward the southwest direction.

"Demonic evil path, where are you going!"

Seeing the other side's primordial spirit appear and wanting to escape, Fang Baixuan's hand also quickly threw out a high-tier Soul-Chasing Talisman that had already been prepared, turning into a red cage in mid-air and trapping that mass of purple mist inside it.

Immediately following, Fang Baixuan chanted a burst of incantations, and the purple-clothed woman's primordial spirit trapped in the red cage let out bursts of miserable screams, subsequently turning into white mist and disappearing between heaven and earth.

Before the Xiaoyao Sect group arrived here, they had already known they were coming to deal with high-tier demon cultivators and naturally had made corresponding preparations. Fang Baixuan also carried the third-tier "Soul-Chasing Talisman" spiritual talisman used by the sect to eliminate the primordial spirits of demon cultivators.

Demon cultivators above the Jin Dan stage generally would leave behind some spare substitutes outside, used for seizing a body to save their lives at any time. If their primordial spirits were not eliminated once and for all, after several decades or a hundred years, these demon cultivators would still have a chance to re-cultivate to the Core Formation stage.

The battle on Song Qingyu's side to kill the purple-clothed woman had just ended, and the few Foundation Establishment demon cultivators and corpse puppets below were also beaten back step by step under the siege of the Qinghe County group, surrounded in an open space.

The strength of the corpse puppets summoned by the black-clothed man was originally average, not as good as the Foundation Establishment cultivators on the Qinghe County side. At this moment, most of them had already been eliminated, with only two relatively more formidable ones still helping the remaining demon cultivators resist the siege of the crowd.

After Song Qingyu and the many Xiaoyao Sect cultivators to the side joined the battle, facing the siege of two Jin Dan cultivators and dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators with powerful combat strength, the remaining Foundation Establishment demon cultivators and "corpse puppets" immediately lost their last ability to resist.

In just a moment, these demon cultivators were all eliminated on the spot by the crowd, and not one was able to escape from "Mount Bailin."

After killing these demon cultivators and putting away the storage bags on their bodies, Song Qingyu and the others hurriedly came to the location of Gao Yubai and the others in the middle of the open space.

At this time, the Gao family members tied above, because they had been sucked dry of a large amount of essence blood by the black-clothed man all at once, had mostly already died on the spot. The remaining Gao Yubai and a few others lying on the ground were already breathing their last, as if they were about to stop breathing at any moment.

After arriving at Gao Yubai and their place, Song Qingyu and Fang Baixuan immediately stepped forward to check, discovering that there was very little essence blood left on Gao Yubai's body, and it was already too late to save him.

After taking out a red pill from her body and having Gao Yubai take it, and waiting for his complexion to turn slightly ruddy, Song Qingyu turned around with a calm expression and spoke to Gao Changjin, who was standing to the side:

"Fellow Daoist Gao cannot hold on for much longer. If you have anything to say, say it quickly now!"

Hearing Song Qingyu say this, Gao Changjin, who was standing to the side, suddenly appeared somewhat agitated and directly knelt down toward Song Qingyu and Fang Baixuan.

"This... Ancestor, Senior Fang, please, I beg you to make a move and save my family patriarch!"

"Life and death each have their own destiny; how can it be something we can force as we please? You, as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, how can you be so muddled? Are Senior Sister Song and I people who would see someone die without saving them?

Instead of crying and howling here, why don't you hurry up and hand over the funeral arrangements with your family patriarch? Do you want to waste the life-extending spiritual elixir that Senior Sister Song had him take!"

Seeing Gao Changjin so uncomposed, Fang Baixuan to the side immediately scolded him. Gao Changjin then became slightly more sober and hurriedly walked toward Gao Yubai's side.

The elixir Song Qingyu had just had Gao Yubai take was a second-tier mid-grade healing elixir, which could only temporarily protect Gao Yubai's heart meridian, letting him persist for a period of time to explain his funeral arrangements, and had no way to save Gao Yubai's life.

Gao Yubai had managed the Gao family for more than a hundred years and was a Foundation Establishment cultivator of the same generation as Song Qingyu. Years ago, before Song Qingming had formed his core, the two of them often dealt with each other and still had some friendship.

Seeing the good friend who had fought side by side in the past now fall into such a miserable state, a trace of desolation also surged in Song Qingyu's heart.

As a person who cultivates the Dao, everyone wants to sit at home and cultivate steadily, improving their cultivation base step by step.

But in this regional cultivation world, there are not many places that are peaceful forever.

Fierce demonic beasts and cruel demon cultivators threaten every cultivator in the cultivation world at all times. Even on the human cultivator side itself, there is no lack of those hypocritical people who kill and seize treasures.

Wanting to control one's own destiny and live well in this cultivation world, the most important thing is nothing more than to sail against the current and quickly improve one's own cultivation strength.

Just as Gao Yubai was explaining his funeral arrangements, a streak of white escape light had already flown from the distant horizon. It was exactly Li Wutong, who had gone to pursue the black-clothed man.

After landing, Li Wutong cast a spell and threw a Jin Dan "corpse puppet" with one arm severed onto the ground to the side, then asked Song Qingyu and Fang Baixuan, who were walking over: "How are things on your side? No fish that slipped through the net, right!"

"Senior Brother Li, rest assured, the demon cultivators here have all been wiped out, and the primordial spirit of that purple-clothed woman has also been eliminated by me using the Soul-Chasing Talisman."

After Fang Baixuan finished speaking, a few more storage bags appeared in his hand; they were exactly the ones Song Qingyu and the others had just seized from the purple-clothed woman and other demon cultivators.

Seeing the demon cultivator storage bags in Fang Baixuan's hand, Li Wutong first nodded with satisfaction, then sighed and continued: "The black-clothed person I faced still hid a few means. I chased him all the way, but in the end, he still blew up his physical body to cover his primordial spirit and escaped.

Although the magic treasures, storage bags, and this corpse puppet on this demon have all been destroyed by me, even if he can seize a body and re-cultivate, he shouldn't be able to make a climate within a hundred years. However, failing to eliminate his primordial spirit ultimately left a little hidden danger. I don't know how many innocent people will suffer because of this in the future."

As a sect Law Enforcement Elder, Li Wutong had always deeply hated these demon cultivators who killed cultivators and mortals at every turn. Failing to completely kill the black-clothed cultivator's primordial spirit in this battle also made him somewhat unhappy in his heart.

Hearing Li Wutong's sighing words and still feeling regretful that the other side's primordial spirit had escaped, Song Qingyu hurriedly explained: "This demon's physical body and magic treasures are all destroyed, so he won't be able to make any climate. Senior Brother Li, don't be too worried."

"Senior Sister Song is right. Just now I have already checked. The means of these demon cultivators are the same as the several immortal cultivation families that were continuously wiped out northwest of Taiyue Lake half a year ago. It should be them, no mistake.

In this battle, we were able to eliminate this group of Jin Dan demon cultivators who had been lurking in the Wei Kingdom for many years, which is also removing a huge hidden danger for the sect in advance. We can also fully deal with the demonic beasts in the north next."

Just as Song Qingyu finished speaking, Fang Baixuan also nodded in agreement. Li Wutong, who still had a stiff face, also relaxed upon seeing this, revealing a faint smile.

"This time we were able to lure these demon cultivators out for a battle and solve this hidden danger, we still have to thank Junior Sister Song.

If it weren't for you discovering that something was wrong in time, notifying us of this matter, and risking danger yourself to lure these demon cubs out, we probably wouldn't know when we would be able to find the traces of these demon cultivators."

On the day Song Qingyu learned of Gao Yubai's sudden disappearance, she and Song Yuanfang also guessed that a formidable Jin Dan demon cultivator might have come to Qinghe County, so they immediately sent a sound-transmission talisman to the sect to ask for help.

However, this sound-transmission talisman had only just left Mount Funiu when it was intercepted halfway by the purple-clothed woman.

The next day, Song Qingyu, who had not yet received a reply from the sect, felt in her heart that something was wrong. To be safer, she arranged for Song Changze to personally run a trip to "Guiyun Market" in the north and found the sect elder Fang Baixuan, who was stationed there.

Learning that a Jin Dan demon cultivator might have appeared in Qinghe County, Fang Baixuan also attached great importance to it, hurriedly using the teleportation array to personally return to Guyang Mountain and invite the Law Enforcement Li Wutong and others.

Li Wu has been pursuing this group of demonic cultivators led by the man in black for over half a year, but every time he tracked them to their location, the cunning man in black and his cohorts would escape in advance.

This time, to lure the snake out of its hole and solve this huge hidden danger hidden within the sect's territory in one fell swoop, Li Wutong and the three of Song Qingyu communicated through messages before deciding on this plan to use themselves as bait to wipe out the demon cultivators.

These things, the purple-clothed woman who had been guarding the south side of Mount Funiu naturally did not know. She and the black-clothed man had been guarding the only road from Mount Funiu to Guyang Mountain these days, completely unaware that Song Qingyu had already secretly contacted Li Wutong and the others.

After the three chatted for a few more sentences on the spot, Song Qingyu originally wanted to invite them to be guests on Mount Funiu to express her gratitude for the sect's Law Enforcement Hall coming to support, but she was rejected by Li Wutong, who had always disliked these polite formalities.

"Junior Sister Song, you made the first merit in this battle, and this purple-clothed demon was also killed by you just now. You can just handle these things yourself; I won't take them back! The sect side has busy affairs, and it's not good for us to stay here for long, so we will bid you farewell first.

I will inform the Merit Pavilion about the subsequent matters and let them uniformly distribute sect merit rewards to all cultivators who participated in this battle." After Li Wutong finished speaking, he threw the storage bags he had seized from the demon cultivators to Song Qingyu.

The spiritual objects on demon cultivators were mostly already contaminated with demonic Qi and were of little use to righteous cultivators. Only those spirit stones that would not be affected by demonic Qi, and a small portion of magic treasures after being washed of demonic Qi, would have some value.

After getting these demon cultivator storage bags, Li Wutong also did not choose to take them back, but directly handed them all to Song Qingyu, who had made the greatest merit in this battle. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 673 =====