[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-qinghe-song-clan":3,"chapter-the-qinghe-song-clan-the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-18":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Qinghe Song Clan",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1927273,2615,"Chapter 18: Second-Tier Demon Beast","the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-18",18,"\u003Cp>Not far away in a corner by the pool, another late-stage Qi Refining cultivator from the Liu family skillfully controlled a huge flying sword, blocking two low-tier demon crabs that wanted to escape into the water from this direction, and easily beheaded them all under the sword in less than a quarter of an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time, there was a earth-shattering sound around the pool, and dozens of various magic tools flew all over the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching these cultivators gorgeously activating magic tools to kill enemies, Song Qingming couldn't help but show a trace of shame on his face. Compared with these old-established Qi Refining cultivators, his cultivation and combat skills were indeed far behind. If he wanted to be like them, able to skillfully use various spells and magic tools to kill enemies, he still needed to practice hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the dozen or so low-tier demon beasts by the pool were all wiped out on the shore. Everyone was about to block the entire pool, but at this moment, with a loud \"bang,\" a huge white water splash exploded in the middle of the pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Silver-Armored Crab demon with a size of more than one zhang suddenly appeared in the center of the pool. This Silver-Armored Crab demon was silvery white all over, and a pair of huge white iron pincers in front of it kept waving, looking very ferocious and terrifying. It emitted a terrifying spiritual energy pressure, making Song Qingming, who was a hundred zhang away, feel a burst of discomfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the degree of spiritual power pressure emitted, everyone immediately felt that this should be the second-tier demon beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Silver-Armored Crab demon looked at the human cultivators who broke into its territory and started a massacre. It waved its pincers angrily and released bursts of harsh sound waves from its mouth. The cultivators on the shore closest to it instantly felt dizzy and tinnitus, and they all held their heads with both hands and almost fell down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quickly use the spiritual power barrier to block this sound wave attack!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Tianlong roared and took the lead in quickly releasing spiritual power to form a semi-circular barrier, protecting himself and the mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators beside him behind the barrier. This was also a powerful spell that only late-stage Qi Refining cultivators could perform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Changfeng heard Liu Tianlong's sound transmission and hurriedly released the spiritual power in his body to turn into a shield, protecting the Song family members behind him. The other late-stage Qi Refining cultivators saw this and also released their own spiritual power barriers, which allowed the mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators who were almost injured just now to recover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that his sound waves could not solve these hateful human cultivators, the Silver-Armored Crab demon stretched out eight long iron legs and rushed toward the dozen or so cultivators led by Liu Tianlong on the shore. The speed of the second-tier demon beast was astonishingly fast, and it caught up to the shore in a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Use talismans and long-range spells to drag it down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Tianlong saw the Silver-Armored Crab demon rushing toward him, retreating while commanding others to use spells and spirit talismans to delay the Silver-Armored Crab's footsteps. It was just a pity that everyone's attacks were only first-tier spirit talismans and spells, which caused very limited damage to the Silver-Armored Crab and did not affect its forward speed at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when the Silver-Armored Crab demon chased to a position not far behind Liu Tianlong, Liu Tianlong, who had been retreating, suddenly turned around and released a second-tier spirit talisman he had prepared in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a second-tier low-grade fire-exploding talisman, which could emit an explosive attack equivalent to the full blow of a Foundation Establishment early-stage cultivator. A second-tier low-grade spirit talisman on the market costs at least more than two hundred spirit stones. In order to ensure that this operation was foolproof, Liu Tianlong specifically brought the only two second-tier spirit talismans left in the Liu family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a flash of fire and several loud \"booms,\" the Silver-Armored Crab demon was caught off guard and was successfully ambushed by Liu Tianlong. At this time, its original silvery-white crab body appeared with several cracks, several red blood lines, and blood flowed continuously. Even the longest leg was gone because of the second-tier spirit talisman just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the buffer of this blow, the people who were about to be caught up quickly pulled away from the Silver-Armored Crab demon and rushed straight to the array not far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, everyone returned to the array one by one. Only a Liu family cultivator with a cultivation of only the fifth layer of Qi Refining was unlucky and fell behind. Just a few steps away from the array range, a huge iron pincer lifted him into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing a scream, after falling from a high altitude, he was cut into two halves by the other sharp giant pincer of the angry Silver-Armored Crab demon, and a blood rain sprinkled in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people in the array changed their faces when they saw such a scene. This is the power of a Foundation Establishment demon beast. As long as you are slightly careless, you may follow in the footsteps of this fellow Daoist just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first time Song Qingming saw such a bloody scene, and he couldn't help but tremble, and the array flag in his hand almost slipped to the ground. This Liu family cultivator, who was still talking and laughing with everyone last night, had died tragically in the hands of the ferocious demon beast in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of this huge second-tier demon beast, these cultivators who usually stand high above the commoners like immortals are as vulnerable as ants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't until Great Elder Song Gubai, who was on the side, felt his abnormality and patted him on the shoulder that he came back to his senses and hurriedly gripped the array flag to stand in his position again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Menglin... Everyone, don't panic, withdraw, quickly activate the array!\" Seeing that the Silver-Armored Crab demon had entered the array position, Liu Tianlong, with slightly red eyes, ignored the sadness of losing his clansman just now and hurriedly commanded everyone to activate the array to trap the Silver-Armored Crab demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Qingming and others, who had been waiting in the array for a long time, under the host of four high-grade array masters, quickly threw a half-foot-large golden disc into the air. More than a dozen golden light rays crossed and shot from the array flags in their hands and connected to the array disc, instantly forming a huge golden iron net, covering the Silver-Armored Crab demon in the array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Silver-Armored Crab demon was caught off guard by the gold net. In a panic, it raised a pair of iron pincers to support the gold net on its body. The dozen or so array masters responsible for activating the array quickly made gestures in their hands and desperately injected spiritual power into their respective array flags, making the golden net shine brightly and confront the Silver-Armored Crab demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Gold Net Demon-Binding Array is a demon-trapping array. Once completely covered by this gold net, the Silver-Armored Crab demon basically loses its ability to move, and then it can only be slowly strangled by these low-tier cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the Silver-Armored Crab demon's pincers supported the gold net, and the array could not completely cover the Silver-Armored Crab demon at once, Liu Tianlong, who was besieging on the side, added six more cultivators to strengthen and stimulate the array. With more cultivators joining, the golden light of the array slowly suppressed the iron pincers supported by the Silver-Armored Crab demon, making it unable to escape at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this situation, everyone was also refreshed. Liu Tianlong, Song Changfeng, and other late-stage Qi Refining cultivators began to sacrifice high-grade magic tools to besiege the weak parts under the crab shell of this demon crab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing a second-tier demon beast, only high-grade magic tools and spirit talismans can cause certain damage. Among the crowd, except for the nine late-stage Qi Refining cultivators who held high-grade magic tools, only four or five of the remaining mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators held high-grade magic tools. The damage caused by the mid-grade magic tools in the hands of others to the Silver-Armored Crab demon was very limited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Silver-Armored Crab demon gradually fell into a disadvantage under the suppression of the array. Under the fierce siege of everyone, it was already unable to block the golden giant net on its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when everyone was happy, thinking that they could easily kill this second-tier demon beast, suddenly the Silver-Armored Crab demon let out a strange roar. Not long after, bursts of water bubbles appeared on the water surface in the distance. More than twenty first-tier demon beasts sensed the call of the Silver-Armored Crab demon and floated to the water surface, rushing toward the crowd who were besieging the Silver-Armored Crab demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fellow Daoists, deal with these first-tier demon beasts first, don't let them interfere with the array. This Silver-Armored Crab is already at the end of its rope. Everyone, don't hide your secrets, fight quickly. This second-tier demon beast has been trapped by the array. As long as we quickly solve this wave of demon beasts, this mission will be more than half completed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Liu Tianlong finished speaking, he summoned a high-grade Black-Striped Leopard from his spirit beast bag and took the lead in meeting the two high-grade demon beasts rushing to the front. The remaining people also withdrew from the siege of the Silver-Armored Crab demon and turned to block the rushing first-tier demon beasts. Only a few mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators remained to continue besieging the second-tier Silver-Armored Crab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wave of demon beasts was not like the miscellaneous low-tier demon beasts on the shore before. Most of them were direct descendants of the Silver-Armored Crab demon living in the depths of the pool. There were more than a dozen mid-tier Silver-Armored Crabs and five high-grade Silver-Armored Crabs, who were desperately rushing to rescue under the call of the second-tier Silver-Armored Crab demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is a powerful bloodline level suppression among demon beasts. A powerful second-tier demon beast can drive the first-tier demon beasts of the same clan at will. It's just that it was a bit too late for this Silver-Armored Crab demon to drive the first-tier demon beasts to help at this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were six late-stage Qi Refining cultivators and more than a dozen mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators among the human cultivators here, and the number was already more than the demon beasts, not to mention that there was a top combat power like Liu Tianlong, a ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivator who could block two high-grade demon beasts alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, these first-tier demon beasts under the call of the second-tier demon beast performed incomparably crazy. Although they fell into a disadvantage at the beginning, they still made everyone pay a not-so-small price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 19 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1866,"2026-06-14T03:09:34.521Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","413bf7a1dec730ff652500cf0e7fbdef539cd33c7949931a2c94897bcfc5f405","the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-19","the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-17",846,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-qinghe-song-clan-cover.jpg"]