Chapter 338: Relieving the Siege

Previously, Song Qingyu had been hiding in a small mountain nearby to restore her magic power and did not discover the battle at Mount Baiyang in time. It was not until the commotion of the battle here became louder and louder that Song Qingyu heard the sound and quickly came to support.

Fortunately, although she arrived a little late, she still intercepted the Fire-Scaled Leopard in time and did not let this Grade 2 monster cause too many casualties to the Song family cultivators.

This time, Song Qingyu finally had the opportunity to fight the Fire-Scaled Leopard alone. Seeing this monster rushing toward her, a smile appeared on the corner of Song Qingyu's mouth, and she lifted the Taoguang Sword in her hand to meet it.

Seeing that Song Qingyu had finally arrived here, the Song family crowd who controlled the "Green Wood Cloud Smoke Formation" finally breathed a sigh of relief. With only the formation in their hands, it was impossible for them to contain the Fire-Scaled Leopard. After fighting with this fierce monster for so long, they were already at the end of their rope. If their ancestor had arrived any later, they would definitely have been unable to withstand the blow that the Fire-Scaled Leopard had just accumulated.

After hearing the instructions given by Song Qingyu, these people hurriedly retreated, joined Song Changxiong and the others behind them, and dealt with the low-level monsters besieging Mount Baiyang together.

After the addition of these nine people and the "Green Wood Cloud Smoke Formation," the Song family quickly gained the upper hand. Although they were fewer in number than the monsters, their overall cultivation base and combat effectiveness were much higher, and they had a lot of experience fighting monsters all year round. Now that there was no influence from the Grade 2 Fire-Scaled Leopard, everyone let go of their hands and feet and the worries in their hearts, and exerted various means to deal with the monsters.

After years of stable development, the Song family had slowly become a veritable Foundation Establishment family. Now, their strength in Qinghe County was visibly superior to the Lu family.

Most of the current Song family cultivators did not lack handy magic treasures, and some elders with slightly higher net worth even had spirit beasts, puppet beasts, Grade 2 magic treasures, and spirit talismans, which were very rare in the market.

Thirteenth Uncle Song Changxiong had served as the family's law enforcement elder for decades. Over the years, he had participated in almost all the battles, big and small, that had occurred in the family, accumulating a considerable net worth. During the battle at Qinghe Market back then, the reason he was able to survive unscathed was also because he used a Grade 2 spirit talisman in his hand to deter the bandit cultivators who wanted to besiege him.

Now, although Song Changxiong was over a hundred years old, he had never been willing to admit his age and often personally took the younger generation of the family out to hunt monsters. At this moment, he held a Grade 2 flying sword and faced three late-stage Qi Refining monsters alone, still able to easily suppress them. His ferocity in this battle was no less than it was back then.

A late-stage Qi Refining cultivator with a seasoned cultivation base like Song Changxiong, coupled with a Grade 2 magic treasure, had combat effectiveness that exceeded most Qi Refining cultivators and reached the peak of the Qi Refining stage. If matched with a powerful Grade 2 formation, he could even hold his own against a weaker Grade 2 monster.

On Song Qingyu's side, she was now facing the Fire-Scaled Leopard again, and her state had already been restored to the best. In contrast, her opponent, the Fire-Scaled Leopard, had been contained by the "Green Wood Cloud Smoke Formation" for a long time and had consumed part of its own magic power.

After fighting with Song Qingyu for dozens of rounds, the Fire-Scaled Leopard gradually found that the spells it cast were getting weaker and weaker, while Song Qingyu was getting braver as she fought. Coupled with the fact that her technique restrained it very much, the Fire-Scaled Leopard, knowing it was no match, gradually lost the courage to continue fighting, found a gap, and ran away, not even bothering to care about the low-level monsters that had come out with it.

"Where are you going? Leave your life here for me!"

Song Qingyu was having a great time fighting, but seeing the Fire-Scaled Leopard flee, she, who had been itching for a fight for years, didn't want to let go of this rare opponent, so she lifted the Taoguang Sword and chased after it, wanting to keep the monster.

Although the Fire-Scaled Leopard was no match for Song Qingyu, it was also a monster known for its speed. When it fled for its life, Song Qingyu couldn't catch up for a while, but she didn't give up the pursuit easily.

The person and the monster soon entered Mount Yunwu. After Song Qingyu chased for more than a hundred miles, she arrived at a huge volcano with thick smoke rolling.

After the Fire-Scaled Leopard arrived here, it suddenly stopped, roared loudly, and immediately summoned a group of low-level monsters from nearby, wanting to surround Song Qingyu.

Seeing that this place looked like the Fire-Scaled Leopard's lair, Song Qingyu knew that she couldn't take any advantage by continuing to fight it here, so she could only regretfully step on her flying sword and turn back to Mount Baiyang.

By the time she returned here, the battle under Mount Baiyang had already ended. Those low-level monsters besieging Mount Baiyang were already no match for the Song family cultivators here. Seeing that the leading Fire-Scaled Leopard had fled, these monsters soon lost their fighting spirit and scattered and fled following the Fire-Scaled Leopard.

After a big battle at Mount Baiyang, although the Song family killed more than a dozen low-level monsters, they also lost one clansman in the battle, and seven or eight people suffered light or heavy injuries, which could not be considered a big victory.

However, in this battle, the Song family's purpose was to relieve the siege of Mount Baiyang. Although they failed to successfully kill the culprit, the Fire-Scaled Leopard, who invaded the territory, being able to drive all these monsters back to Mount Yunwu could be considered a worthwhile trip.

Not long after Song Qingyu returned here, the ninth uncle Song Changxin brought more than thirty cultivators who had been organized later and arrived at Mount Baiyang.

Most of these people were temporarily conscripted from the dependent families under the Song family to come and support. Fearing that there would be insufficient manpower at Mount Baiyang, Song Qingshi still issued a conscription order to the dependent families below for the sake of insurance.

In recent years, another small Qi Refining family had moved from the neighboring Pingyang County to the Song family's territory. There were already seven dependent Qi Refining families under the Song family. After receiving the Song family's conscription order, these dependent families also hurriedly gathered cultivators to rush to Mount Funiu.

Hearing the news that a Grade 2 monster had appeared on Mount Baiyang, the leading cultivators of each family became very nervous and hurriedly followed Song Changxin to Mount Baiyang to support. Everyone knew very well that if the Song family really lost this battle and the monsters drove straight into the Song family's territory, it would be difficult for them, the families sheltered by the Song family, to stay out of it. Once targeted by a Grade 2 monster, and the Song family was unable to come to the rescue, it would be difficult for them to escape the end of death and clan destruction.

By the time everyone arrived at Mount Baiyang and saw that the Song family had already repelled the monsters, the tense faces along the way finally relaxed. Especially when they heard that in this battle, Song Qingming, the ancestor with the highest cultivation base, didn't even come, and the Song family drove the monsters back to Mount Yunwu with only Song Qingyu, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, each family had a little more awe for the main family that sheltered them.