Chapter 19: Gold Net Demon-Binding

On the Song family's side, Fourteenth Uncle Song Changlian was also seriously injured. In order to create an opportunity for Second Elder Song Changfeng to behead a high-grade demon beast, he forcibly used a mid-tier defensive magic tool to attract the attack of the high-grade demon beast head-on. In the end, he was slapped by the demon beast and vomited blood on the spot, and even the defensive magic tool in front of him was broken.

Now Song Changlian can only withdraw from the battle and hide in the distance to use elixirs to heal his wounds, temporarily losing the ability to continue fighting. I am afraid that it will take at least two or three years of recuperation to fully recover after going back.

The rest of the people were okay, only suffering some minor injuries, which did not affect much combat power. It was Third Brother Song Qingze whose performance was eye-catching. He actually killed a mid-tier demon crab alone without injury. Several elders also praised his performance repeatedly after the war.

However, the greatest credit for this battle was Second Elder Song Changfeng. With the assistance of Song Changlian, he not only beheaded a high-grade demon beast but also beheaded two low-tier demon beasts alone.

Half an hour later, as the last high-grade Silver-Armored Crab fell, the shore was already full of demon beast corpses, and most of the participating cultivators were injured.

Two cultivators were seriously injured and lost the ability to continue fighting. Another mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator from the Du family was careless and was cut into two by a high-grade Silver-Armored Crab, losing his breath on the spot, which also made Du Shaokang, the leader of the Du family, look gloomy.

After the war, everyone had no time to sit down and rest, and couldn't take care of recovering their own spiritual energy, so they began the final siege of the second-tier Silver-Armored Crab trapped in the array.

Facing the fact that support had not arrived for a long time, the second-tier Silver-Armored Crab kept making calling sounds while struggling violently, wanting to break free from the shackles of the gold net above.

It was just that this second-tier Gold Net Demon-Binding Array, under the drive of sixteen array masters including Song Qingming, was firmly covered on its head without any shaking. The magic power of more than a dozen Qi Refining cultivators gathered in one place, far exceeding this second-tier demon beast that had just advanced not long ago.

After the people who besieged the first-tier demon beasts returned, Liu Tianlong commanded several Liu family cultivators to help run the array, and increased the suppression power of the array. The rest of the people formed several circles and began to continue to besiege the Silver-Armored Crab demon that was still struggling to support.

Soon, another steel claw of the Silver-Armored Crab demon was cut off by the high-grade flying sword in Liu Tianlong's hand. Unable to bear the heavy blow, the Silver-Armored Crab could only put down the pincers that supported the gold net and beat back several cultivators around it.

It was just that it was just about to show its power, but the gold net on its head fell on its huge body because there was no resistance, completely pressing it on the ground and making it difficult to move.

However, although the Silver-Armored Crab demon was suppressed on the ground by the array at this moment and could not move its body at will, its pair of iron pincers were not affected and could still move freely.

The pincers and iron claws that the Silver-Armored Crab demon kept waving caused a lot of pressure on the attacking cultivators. Not long after, two more mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators were swept by the huge white iron pincers and were injured and retired.

Liu Tianlong on the side saw that this situation was not easy to deal with and shouted "Change Array" to the two late-stage Qi Refining Liu family elders who were leading the control of the array in the rear.

After the two heard it, the array flags in their hands changed rapidly. Under the continuous waving of these two Liu family elders, the gold net that originally covered the Silver-Armored Crab separately split into two golden lights, which firmly imprisoned the two iron pincers of the Silver-Armored Crab that had the greatest attack power.

This is also the power of this second-tier Gold Net Demon-Binding Array. It can not only trap demon beasts but also borrow the powerful spiritual power gathered in the golden giant net to imprison the hands and feet of demon beasts, making demon beasts lose most of the attack power from their own strong bodies.

The Foundation Establishment ancestor of the Liu family more than a hundred years ago was a rare second-tier array master, and it was also by relying on the second-tier mountain-protecting array set up by this ancestor that year to guard the mountain gate.

The Liu family was able to preserve part of the family industry and the second-tier spirit mountain in the clan after losing the Foundation Establishment cultivator that year. After this ancestor passed away, he left a profound array inheritance for the Liu family, which is also the reason why the Liu family array masters on the scene were far more than the other three families.

At this moment, although the Silver-Armored Crab demon could still move, its movements were as slow as holding a thousand-jin weight. The pincers that kept waving hard were just like slow motion to the cultivators who were besieging it around, and they were useless at all, completely losing their attack power, and only a few iron claws with slightly worse attack power could cause some damage.

Facing the round-robin attacks of many cultivators, the remaining iron claws were slowly cut off by the cultivators one by one. The Silver-Armored Crab, which had completely lost its ability to resist, could only let out a wail under the siege of the crowd, fell down unwillingly, and completely lost its breath.

Watching the Silver-Armored Crab demon finally fall, Liu Tianlong stepped forward quickly to confirm that this second-tier demon beast was completely dead, and then greeted the people who were still setting up the array to lift the array.

Looking at the river bank full of blood and corpses, Liu Tianlong gathered the people in charge of the three families and said in a deep voice:

"According to the prior agreement, this second-tier demon beast belongs to my Liu family. You three families negotiate and distribute the other first-tier demon beasts yourselves. My Liu family will not participate. Also, this pool, my family also needs to search for spirit objects first. You families are not allowed to enter the pool within two hours. Do the three have any opinions?"

The leaders of the three families looked at each other and didn't speak, nodding.

Liu Tianlong saw that everyone did not object, and the tension in his heart couldn't help but relax, but his face was expressionless, and he began to command the Liu family to collect the corpses of this second-tier demon beast.

The remaining first-tier demon beast corpses were generously left to the other three families, but several Liu family cultivators were ordered to watch the cultivators of the three families by the pool to prevent them from secretly entering the pool.

After Song Gubai, Wu Xiyun, and Du Shaokang discussed on the spot, the three quickly distributed the demon beasts obtained by each family.

According to the principle of equal distribution, the Song family was assigned two high-grade demon beasts and seven mid-to-low-grade demon beasts this time. Under the arrangement of Song Gushan, the Song family members quickly began to collect the materials on these first-tier demon beast corpses.

The Song family members were very happy looking at the demon beast corpses in front of them. A mid-tier demon beast is worth about twenty spirit stones, and a high-grade demon beast can be sold for fifty or sixty spirit stones.

Just these demon beast materials alone can almost catch up with the family's income for nearly half a year for the Song family. After this mission, the clan will definitely reward those who have made contributions this time.

However, compared to the second-tier Silver-Armored Crab obtained by the Liu family, the first-tier demon beasts distributed by the three families are nothing. Even if the materials of these first-tier demon beasts are added together, the total value is still far worse than the second-tier Silver-Armored Crab demon.

A second-tier low-grade demon beast can be sold for at least 1,500 spirit stones on the market. Although the Liu family also died a cultivator this time, overall, they are the ones who earned the most, not to mention the spirit objects that may appear at the bottom of this pool.

The outer area of the Fuyun Mountain Range has long been searched by those crazy rogue cultivators for I don't know how many times, and the chance of finding some spirit objects is not high.

However, this pool, a second-tier demon beast has occupied this place for decades, and it must have given birth to some first-tier spirit objects. Near the spirit vein nest occupied by second-tier demon beasts, the probability of finding some spirit objects is generally relatively high. The Liu family searches the pool first this time, and there will definitely be some gains.

In general, this trip to hunt demon beasts was very smooth. The four families all distributed a lot of spoils, and the cultivators of each family on the scene were also beaming.

Liu Tianlong looked at the other three families who were already focused on collecting the demon beast corpses on the shore from a distance, his indifferent face changed slightly, and then he secretly sent a secret sound to several Liu family elders on the side.

After a cup of tea, on the Liu family's side, only one Liu family elder was left on the scene to command the cleaning of the battlefield. Liu Tianlong and two other Liu family elders disappeared without everyone knowing, and even the nearby Liu family cultivators didn't notice when their clan leader had left here.

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In a cave with rich spiritual energy at the bottom of the pool, the three Liu family members were staring at a bottomless cave in front of them. The ground was full of first-tier demon beast bones, and there was also a rotting Silver-Armored Crab.

"These high-grade demon beasts are really cruel to the extreme, even treating their own kind as rations." An old man at the eighth layer of Qi Refining said in a deep voice to Liu Tianlong in front of him.

Liu Tianlong glanced at the demon beast bones on the ground, thought for a while, and didn't speak.

"Clan Leader, the spiritual power here is so rich, I think the place where the 'Water Spirit Fruit Tree' recorded in the ancestor's notes is ahead." Another Liu family elder pointed to the front and said excitedly.

After taking out a red notebook, opening it, and checking it carefully again, Liu Tianlong nodded and continued to walk forward. After walking another few dozen zhang, a blue light suddenly lit up in the originally dim cave. The three were overjoyed when they saw this blue light and hurriedly walked forward quickly.

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