After getting Chu Qi's answer, everyone no longer hesitated and spontaneously stood in the direction of the killing formation.
Yan Jiuge stood at the head of the formation, slashing out a sword energy with his hand, and the murderous sword intent flowing on the sword tip was in harmony with the sword formation.
Behind him, nineteen sword cultivators also slashed out sword energy.
Like water flowing into a river or sea, the twenty sword energies merged together, and in an instant, the sword formation took shape.
Chu Qi sat at the center of the formation, his medical skills running through his body. Afterwards, a spiritual power enhancement technique fell within the range of the sword formation. The soft light of the spiritual power passed by, like a spring breeze, nourishing the spiritual essence of everyone.
With the blessing of the spiritual arts, the body seemed to have endless strength. The sword-cultivating disciples held spiritual swords, their eyes full of fighting spirit.
With everyone's combined efforts, the sword formation was completely formed.
In an instant, from inside to outside, the killing array burst out with astonishing momentum, like a sharp sword, slashing towards the dense tide of beasts, unstoppable.
The outer edge of the beast tide was full of low-level spirit beasts. They were frightened by the terrifying murderous aura and retreated with their survival instinct. This retreat disrupted the regularity of the beast tide, and the circular beast tide had a concave edge, catching the third- and fourth-level spirit beasts behind them off guard.
One after another, roars came from the beast tide. The roars of high-level spirit beasts were full of suppression on the low-level spirit beasts. For a moment, the speed of the beast tide slowed down.
The pressure from the demon beasts continued to be exerted on the spirit beasts. Even though the high-level spirit beasts possessed intelligence, they had to obey orders and face the enemy that exuded a powerful aura.
Dozens of fourth-order spirit beasts rushed towards Tianxuan Zong and others. In addition to the beasts on the ground, there were also ten flying birds in the sky.
"Quick and decisive, rush in at once."
After observing the overall situation, Yan Jiuge's attack became more and more fierce. Sword energy exploded in front of him, as dazzling as sword flowers.
At the beginning of the breakout, the monsters and many spirit beasts had not yet reacted, so they were able to tear open a gap. When the subsequent monsters continued to put pressure on the spirit beasts, those low-level spirit beasts would also rush up desperately to stop them.
The other Tianxuan Sect sword cultivators also understood this principle and immediately accelerated their offensive.
Abandoning all defenses, the sword cultivator had to fight in close combat. If he was not careful, the sharp claws of the spirit beast would break through the protective spiritual power and tear open a hideous wound.
However, the next moment, healing magic would fall on the swordsman, quickly healing his injuries. The healing speed was so fast that even the blood from the wound did not have time to roll down.
The young man standing in the center of the formation opened his emerald eyes, and abundant vitality continuously emanated from his body, then transformed into spiritual arts that fell onto the surrounding sword practitioners.
As long as he is here, this sword formation will not be broken.
For a moment, Tianxuan Sect and others actually gained the upper hand, forcing those high-level spirit beasts to retreat continuously.
They were already halfway through the ten-mile beast tide.
*
In the distance, on the top of a mountain, Yun Jiangmiao looked down at the scenery in the mountain and took a deep breath.
Yun Jiangmiao knew that the sword-cultivating disciples of Tianxuan Sect were very powerful, but what he saw before him had already exceeded his imagination.
With only 21 people, they were able to penetrate the beast tide and not even lose out! No! They even had the upper hand!!
"Too strong. No wonder Fellow Daoist Yan doesn't want to form an alliance with others. Tianxuan Sect is so powerful that anyone who forms an alliance with them will take advantage of them."
Yun Jiangmiao was sighing when he suddenly sensed ten strong auras approaching him.
When Yun Jiangmiao turned around and looked, he found that it was a cultivator from the Qingling Sect who had hurriedly arrived on a flying spiritual vehicle.
Ling Wu saw him from a distance and took the initiative to greet him, "Fellow Daoist Yun, why are you the only one here? Are there no other fellow Daoists from the Beast Taming Sect?"
"A demon beast has appeared. We disciples of the Beast Taming Sect will not get any benefit from coming here, so I came here alone to see what's going on." Yun Jiangmiao answered and asked him, "Fellow Daoist Ling, are you here to explore the way as well?"
"I sensed something unusual, so I only brought the Jindan-stage disciples with me to check out the situation." Ling Wu said as he got off the flying spiritual tool. His eyes shifted from Yun Jiangmiao to the bottom of the mountain.
"Is this a beast tide?! Are those who broke through the siege fellow Taoists from the Tianxuan Sect?!"
Ling Wu asked in a loud voice, if it weren't for the fact that Yun Jiangmiao had a fox spirit pet on his shoulder, he would probably grab Yun Jiangmiao's shoulders and ask for confirmation in disbelief.
"As you can see." Yun Jiangmiao nodded. He had just finished being shocked by the news when he met people from Qingling Sect who had rushed over.
Ling Wu was stunned for a while, and sighed faintly, "After seeing you today, I finally understand what the difference is."
Although they were all Jindan-stage cultivators, their Qingling Sect could not be as strong as the Tianxuan Sect. Ten Jindan-stage cultivators could only fight against ten fourth-order spirit beasts at most. It was simply impossible for them to break through the beast tide, let alone face the demon beasts.
"But, Senior Brother Ling, are we just going to watch?" a Qingling Sect disciple asked.
"No."
Ling Wu came back to his senses from his shock and quickly made other plans, "We probably don't have a chance to get the exotic treasure, but we still have this beast tide."
The corpses and inner elixirs of high-level spiritual beasts are also precious treasures, especially those ferocious beasts that will actively hunt monks. They know better how to nourish their inner elixirs.
With the Tianxuan Sect in front of them, they have no chance of getting the rare treasures in the center of the secret realm, but with so many spirit beasts, they should always have a chance to contribute.
"Are you going into the beast tide too?" Yun Jiangmiao was extremely surprised.
"Yes, now that fellow Taoists from Tianxuan Sect are leading the way, we can follow behind them and hunt some spirit beasts together." Ling Wu's gaze fell on the concave gap, with a blazing light in his eyes, "It's a pity that the demon beast is not dead yet, otherwise we could bring the disciples in the foundation-building stage here to train them."
Yun Jiangmiao was stunned.
I think Ling Wu's words are very reasonable. If there were no demon beasts to drive these spirit beasts, this place would be like a natural hunting ground. Monks kill spirit beasts, spirit beasts kill monks, and those who are not capable enough will retreat on their own.
"It's a pity that the spirit pets of our Beast Taming Sect disciples will be disturbed by the aura emitted by the monsters, otherwise we would have gone there too." Yun Jiangmiao sighed with regret.
Everyone has a trump card, and the two sides are still on friendly terms. Ling Wu will not make trouble for himself by asking these questions proactively.
"Then Fellow Daoist Yun, we will go over first." Ling Wu, together with the disciples of Qingling Sect, said goodbye to Yun Jiangmiao.
Watching Ling Wu leave, Yun Jiangmiao thought for a moment and felt that it was a pity for the Beast Tamers not to participate in the battle against the beast tide. They were originally beast tamers, and the benefits they gained from spirit beasts were more direct than those of other cultivators.
But unfortunately, there was a monster in the center of the beast tide.
"Once this monster dies, I will ask my fellow disciples to come here quickly." Yun Jiangmiao muttered to himself. No one answered him, so he could not help but ask the Nine-tailed Fox for his opinion.
"Mr. Fox, what do you think of my idea?"
[Good plan, the question is who will kill the monster? ]
Yun Jiangmiao: “…”
[Boy, don't try to target me again. Unless you are in danger of life and death, I won't do anything.]
Previously, Yun Jiangmiao and others were teleported into the Yunxi Secret Realm and directly ran into a monster. Hu Jiu had no choice but to take action.
It was at that critical moment that his whereabouts were discovered by the heir of Yan family. Now that the seal of commandments was attached to his body, he would be discovered by the heir of Yan family if he showed his true form.
After hearing Hujiu's warning, Yun Jiangmiao gave up his unrealistic ideas and stood aside to watch.
Then he can only look forward to the performance of fellow Taoist from Tianxuan Sect.
After warning Yun Jiangmiao, Hu Jiu continued to observe the situation. He looked left and right, but could not find any trace of the puppeteer.
It's strange, they clearly came all the way here just now.
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In the beast tide.
The people of Tianxuan Sect worked together and advanced to the last mile.
Ling Wu used his spiritual power to loudly state his purpose, and kept a distance of three miles behind them while hunting the spiritual beast to avoid causing unnecessary misunderstandings.
Tianxuan Zong and others heard the message, but did not pay much attention to it and continued to lead the way.
Even if they were not from the Qingling Sect, other cultivators would have heard the noise and rushed over to the gap they had opened up. This was something that could be foreseen.
However, we must always be on guard.
"How long can Aqi hold on?" Yan Jiuge turned around and asked Chu Qi who was standing at the center of the formation.
"It can still be maintained at this level for another three hours." Chu Qi replied.
In fact, the spiritual power consumed in treating everyone in the killing array was far less than the spiritual power consumed in treating Yan Jiuge's internal injuries.
I don’t know if it’s because of Yan Jiuge’s physique or some other reason…
While thinking, Chu Qi's eyes moved and fell on the vine ring on his wrist. When he performed spiritual arts, the vine ring would also emit spiritual energy to help him.
Three hours was Chu Qi's conservative estimate. If he tried his best, it could last even longer.
"Three hours is enough." Yan Jiuge felt relieved.
Just as Yan Jiuge finished speaking, a huge beast roar came from not far ahead.
"Roar!!"
This roar was filled with a strong pressure, causing the cultivators who heard it to feel a momentary tinnitus. It was coming from the monster in the center.
Its intelligence is not low. Logically speaking, with Tianxuan Sect and others making such a big commotion, it should have been unable to hold back and rushed into the beast tide to nip the unknown changes in the bud.
But it didn't.
It stayed guarding beside Crescent Lake without moving, and when it realized that Tianxuan Sect and others were about to break through the encirclement, it just let out a threatening roar.
Yan Jiuge narrowed his eyes. He could roughly sense the reason why the monster was behaving strangely. If it was really as he guessed, the next battle would be very intense.
"My fellow disciples, be careful. The rare treasure in the center of the secret realm may arrive soon." Yan Jiuge told the news to other fellow disciples, causing everyone to be shocked.
According to previous practice, the strange treasures in the Yunxi Secret Realm would emit spiritual energy for about a month before they would descend. After the strange treasures were taken away and recognized their master, the secret realm would teleport all the cultivators out.
They broke through the siege today, originally wanting to see if they could do it. It would be even better if they could kill the monster.
If the strange horse descends immediately, the monster and them will fight to the death. There are also many monks from other sects behind them, so the scene will be very chaotic.
"The rare treasure arrived ahead of schedule?" Chu Qi also heard Yan Jiuge's words, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
In the previous life, the news from the Cloud Secret Realm did not mention the arrival of the strange treasure in advance. It only said that the last strange treasure was missing, and it was probably stolen by a monster.
Chu Qi looked towards the crescent lake in the center. He had a hunch that perhaps he could find an answer when the rare treasure arrived.
(End of this chapter)