Chapter 116: Sudden Change

Before the cultivators in the market could fully react, the rumbling sound of a large number of beasts attacking had already sounded on the north side of Jinshan Market. Dozens of Level 2 beasts flying in the sky were not far from Jinshan Market, followed by Level 1 bird beasts with extremely fast speed.

The many cultivators who had not yet evacuated the market saw the scene of thousands of beasts rushing and shaking the sky, and only then did they panic, starting to run wildly out of the market in a panic. For a time, the market became chaotic again.

Song Qingming and the others, who were repairing the formation eyes around the market, because they received the evacuation news relatively late, before they could return to the market to gather, the beast army had already appeared in their field of vision.

Seeing that the market was already in chaos, several cultivators who were with him had already chosen to turn around and flee directly in other directions. Song Qingming did not think much and chose a direction to stay away from Jinshan Market directly.

Now the market is so chaotic that he cannot go back to find the old patriarch and the others. Now everyone has received the order to retreat, and the beast army has arrived outside the city. The old patriarch and the others will definitely not stay in place and wait for him.

As early as before going down the mountain, the old patriarch had specifically told each of them that once they reached this life-and-death critical moment, everyone must make their own decisions decisively and cannot put everyone in danger because of one person.

Hopefully everyone can evacuate safely this time. Without caring about the rumbling sound coming from afar, Song Qingming accelerated his speed and ran toward a small mountain on the west side of Jinshan Market.

After running more than half the distance, several fireballs the size of fists suddenly fell from the sky behind him. After Song Qingming turned his body and dodged sideways, he looked back and saw a fire crow beast attacking him in the sky.

The fire crow beast is small in size and has average attack ability, only knowing some simple fire-type magic spells, but this kind of bird beast can fly directly in the sky, and its speed is far faster than them running on the ground. Most of the beasts rushing at the front have already killed their way into Jinshan Market, and some have begun to chase the cultivators who fled to both sides of the market.

Song Qingming ran forward while carefully changing his body shape to dodge the attacks of the fire crow beasts behind him. Although these fire crow beasts have weak attack ability, their speed is indeed very fast. It is difficult to shake them off in this open place. Fortunately, he is not far from the small mountain at his destination. As long as he runs into the dense jungle under the small mountain in front, he can temporarily shake off these annoying flying beasts.

Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the jungle, Song Qingming was about to breathe a sigh of relief when two more fire crow beasts flew over from the side, and several fierce fireballs instantly blocked his forward direction.

Song Qingming saw that the situation was not good, gritted his teeth, hardened his heart, raised his hand to release the Heavenly Net Umbrella, directly supported the Heavenly Net Umbrella to resist these attacks, and jumped forward with all his might.

After several loud noises, although Song Qingming was scalded in several places and his clothes were burned with several large holes by the fireballs, he still relied on a brute force to rush through this blockade, and with the smoke from the fire light, he rolled forward and entered the jungle directly.

After these fire crow beasts circled above the jungle for a few times, seeing that they could no longer find Song Qingming's traces, they could only reluctantly leave this place to look for other prey.

At the same time, the entire Jinshan Market had been surrounded by beasts. The Mount Huoyun cultivators spent a lot of effort and lost many cultivators, and Jinshan Market, which had just been retaken not long ago, fell into the hands of the beasts again.

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Two days later, by a small river more than three hundred miles away from Jinshan Market, the exhausted Song Qingming sat on a giant rock, and a yellow spiritual light still radiated from his body from time to time.

After a while, he put away the spiritual power in his body, carefully checked the inappropriate places on his body, got up, and went to the water to wipe his somewhat dirty cheeks.

Since escaping from Jinshan Market that day, he had resisted several attacks from the fire crow beasts. Although the Heavenly Net Umbrella blocked most of the attacks, he was still burned in several places. After taking the elixir, the external injuries had all healed.

The reason why his face still looked somewhat haggard was because there was still some fire poison from the fire crow beasts in his body, which still needed some time to slowly guide with magic power before it could be completely expelled from the body.

For the past two days, in order to avoid the beasts, he did not choose to go directly south, but walked west for two days and arrived here.

Now the beasts are powerful and have occupied Jinshan Market again, and they will definitely attack south again. Going directly south, it is conceivable that there is a high possibility of encountering the beast army again. In his current state, once he is entangled by beasts alone, it will be even more difficult to escape.

Song Qingming estimated in his heart that he should be far enough away from the beast army here. Next, he should turn south and should be able to bypass the beast army and return to Mount Huoyun earlier to converge with the old patriarch and the others.

After running around in the mountains for two consecutive days, he also felt a bit tired. After finding a relatively hidden big tree by the river and carefully setting up a simple formation, Song Qingming planned to rest here for a night, preparing to wait until he had enough spirit before setting off for Mount Huoyun.

It was just that he had not closed his eyes for less than half an hour when he suddenly heard a movement from the river in the distance, which instantly woke him up.

This area is a wilderness, and it is impossible for mortals to live here. Song Qingming thought that a beast had appeared nearby, so he quietly went out to check, but found a figure lying by the river.

Walking closer to look, he was indeed right. There was indeed a cultivator lying by the river, but the aura on this person was already very weak, like a dead person, and his cultivation realm could no longer be seen.

Song Qingming hesitated for a while, but still released the Thunder Tiger puppet beast on his body and carried this person to his temporary residence.

After entering the formation he set up, Song Qingming carefully stepped forward to check the situation, and then stood still in the distance. When he was by the river just now, because it was already dark and he did not get too close, he thought this person was a cultivator who had just escaped from Jinshan Market like him.

Only now did he discover that this person was wearing the gray Daoist robe unique to the Profound Heaven Sect. Anyone wearing this style of clothing must be a Profound Heaven Sect Foundation Establishment cultivator. Song Qingming had already known this point when he was in Guiyun Market. He really did not expect that this person was actually a Profound Heaven Sect senior who had already established his foundation. Understanding this, Song Qingming was also stunned. This time, he really found himself a big trouble out of kindness.

A Profound Heaven Sect Foundation Establishment cultivator died in front of him. The Profound Heaven Sect will definitely send someone to investigate this matter. If he cannot explain this matter clearly in the future, it might even lead to the destruction of the entire Song family.

Just as Song Qingming was thinking about a strategy, the Profound Heaven Sect Foundation Establishment cultivator lying on the side suddenly opened his eyes and woke up, looking around with some confusion.

Seeing this senior suddenly wake up, Song Qingming first stepped back in fear, and then said happily:

"It's great that Senior is fine. I am a cultivator from Qinghe County. Passing by this place, I happened to encounter Senior in trouble, so I carried Senior from the river to here. I wonder if Senior's injuries are serious? Do you need me to go to the Profound Heaven Sect to send a message for you?"

After Song Qingming explained the matter of saving him, this Profound Heaven Sect Foundation Establishment senior very weakly took out a small jade box from his storage bag. It is estimated that the injuries on his body were too serious, his hand just raised and fell again, and the jade box in his hand also fell to the ground.

"Uh..."

This person looked at Song Qingming in front of him weakly, and then tried to raise a finger to point at the jade box, but unexpectedly, there was no sound afterward.