Wen Yun's reaction was terrifyingly fast. As the baby let out a low moan, she pulled out a transparent magic stone from her hand.
The extremely strong mental power originating from the soul spread out, covering the entire underground cave like a silk net.
The moment the baby started crying, everyone's heart sank to the bottom. The mother holding the baby tried her best to hold the child in her arms, but she could not cover up the child's crying.
Everyone kept their heads up, looking desperately at the sky in the darkness, waiting for the horrible monster to flatten the land and kill them all.
However, in this silent space, the noise outside became smaller and smaller, and the monster above seemed to have... left.
There was still some fear on everyone's face, but now a trace of confusion gradually emerged, and it seemed that no one understood why the monster left.
The next moment, they realized that a soft silver light was shining in the cave, and the center of the light source was Wen Yun!
Granny Ah Hua had tears in her eyes. She murmured, "It was indeed an immortal... It was an immortal who saved us."
Wen Yun forced a smile to comfort her: "I'm not an immortal. I'm just a sword cultivator."
This time it was indeed her who took action, and the concealment magic she used almost protected the entire cave.
Due to the critical situation, in order to release the magic in the shortest possible time, Wen Yun almost crushed the entire magic stone into pieces. Fortunately, her body was strong enough after being tempered by the golden elixir, coupled with her powerful mental strength, she was able to accomplish this feat.
When you don't know who the enemy is, remaining vigilant is a sign of respect for your own life.
As the terrible noise above their heads gradually faded away, the survivors who had thought they were doomed to die also showed joy at having survived the disaster, hugged their loved ones tightly and cried inconsolably.
The magic just now was cast forcefully, so it consumed a lot of mental energy. Wen Yun took out a new magic stone to absorb the energy, and sat down to ask Granny Ahua beside him: "Granny, what was that just now? Is there someone chasing you in this forest?"
Seeing these villagers hiding and living underground, is it also to avoid being hunted down by the evil cultivators?
Granny Ah Hua looked bitter and nodded helplessly: "Yes, we once lived a peaceful life for a while, but since ten years ago, demon cultivators have often appeared in this area. We are all old, weak, sick and disabled. If we migrate rashly, we might die on the way to escape before we encounter any demon cultivators."
Wen Yun calculated secretly in his mind and exchanged glances with Ye Shubai: "Ten years ago, it seems that the demonic cultivators began to invade the righteous path?"
This area is the only way from the demon world to the open sea. No wonder the survivors often encounter demon cultivators.
But what is even more terrifying is that these demon cultivators seem to be searching for something.
"They are searching for us." Granny Ah Hua's face turned even paler, and she almost shed tears. "It seems that the group of demon cultivators discovered us in this dense forest this year, but they don't seem to know that we live underground, so they haven't found us yet."
But it was obvious, judging from the terrible commotion today, it was only a matter of time before the evil cultivators found them.
With Wen Yun and Ye Shubai's strength, they are naturally not afraid of these demon cultivators, but there are still hundreds of mortals with no cultivation here, and the two of them cannot ensure that they can perfectly protect this group of survivors.
The girl narrowed her clear eyes slightly, and she stared at Ye Shubai: "Instead of passively defending—"
Ye Shubai replied calmly: "Draw your sword."
On the surface, Wen Yun still maintained his cool and aloof temperament, but in his spiritual consciousness he was madly criticizing Ye Shubai.
"Ye Xiaobai, do you know what tacit understanding and cooperation are?"
"As a sword spirit, how could you not guess that what the master meant was 'why not take the initiative to attack'?"
"Why are you so stubborn!"
Ye Shubai: “…”
He wasn't being argumentative, he just didn't like to talk much. And he was used to being a sword cultivator. Isn't the proactive attack of a sword cultivator to just draw the sword?
Although Wen Yun's pretense was ruined by Ye Shubai, what was even more infuriating was that no matter how thick-skinned she was, she couldn't bring herself to repeat her lines.
Fortunately, such things always passed by Wen Yun quickly like clouds. At this moment, her attention had been completely attracted by the formation.
Before launching an active attack, you must do a good job of defending the rear, otherwise the enemy will come to steal your home before you have wiped out all the demon cultivators.
The double concealment formation that Wen Yun has now set up is an important part of the defense work.
The reason why it is called double is that she set up two concealment formations at one time. That's right, it is a magic formation superimposed on a spiritual formation!
What Wen Yun lacked the least now was the top-grade magic stone. She first skillfully set up a magic circle. For her, who had experienced hundreds of years of pursuit, she could construct this formation even with her eyes closed.
Then, she took out a mustard seed sac, which contained the 100,000 top-grade jades that she had received from the fake Yu Qinghong. With countless assets, she vaguely remembered how shabby she felt when she first left the sect and held the 100 pieces of low-grade jades given by her senior brothers, and she couldn't help but sigh.
When dealing with the three stingy senior brothers, he must act as if he does not care and leisurely scatter the best quality spiritual jade all over the sky, so that the three of them can see what it means to be magnanimous!
After imagining the scene, Wen Yun felt in a good mood and started to speed up the process of setting up the formation.
She actually had some experience with spirit formations. After all, she did not act recklessly when she broke the formation on Fubuki Island. She had realized many subtleties of spirit formations in those top-level formations. Add to that the traces of hidden spirit formations she had sensed on the tree before entering the underground cave. Now she was really able to grope and form a pure spirit formation.
If the disciples of Fubuki Island came here, they would probably mistake it for the work of their fellow disciples!
The moment the two formations overlapped, the entire village of survivors seemed to be completely integrated into the ground. All sounds, breath, and movements were completely blocked by the two concealment formations.
The tension that had just been hanging in his heart finally eased a little. Wen Yun turned around and looked at the survivors who were so cautious that they didn't even dare to ask a question.
"I have just set up a formation. As long as you stay here for the time being and don't go out, you won't be discovered by the demon cultivators."
When Granny Ah Hua heard this, she seemed to realize something and asked anxiously, "Master, are you going to leave here?"
Wen Yun knew the other party had misunderstood as soon as she heard it, so she said softly, "We are leaving temporarily. You guys take a nap and we will be back."
"So you guys are going to..."
Wen Yun took the wooden sword from Ye Shubai's hand and answered with a burning look in his eyes: "Draw the sword to slay the demon."
The two men crawled out of the cave silently again, and when they returned to the ground, their movements were so light and agile that they didn't even disturb the bird that was looking for grass seeds in the grass.
It was extremely difficult for Ye Shubai to use his spiritual power here, and he could only exert about 10% or 20% of his combat power. However, with 10% or 20% of the strength of a half-step ascendant warrior... at least there was no problem in flattening this forest.
As for Wen Yun?
Sorry, although she had lost several wands and had not found the time to make new ones, she was now holding a magic stone in each hand, with a ferocious posture as if she was holding two bricks. It seemed that they could be used for both magical and physical attacks.
Ye Shubai drew his sword, his clear eyes fell quietly on Wen Yun, and he didn't say a word.
Wen Yun understood it, and while setting up the last step of the small monitoring array on the ground, he integrated his mental power into the crystal stone in the center of the magic array.
After a moment of silence, she whispered a location, and Ye Shubai immediately flew up on his sword. After thinking for a moment, he stretched out his hand to her and said, "Come up."
Wen Yun didn't think about it. After all, riding on the same flying sword was something he was used to. He placed his hand on his palm and used the force to step onto the flying sword.
The enemy was in the dark while they were in the light, so the two of them acted extremely carefully. However, Wen Yun didn't know whether this was to avoid being discovered by the demon cultivators or whether Ye Shubai simply wanted to show off his skills. He flew very low, almost passing through the dense forest. Countless tree trunks flew past the two of them, and the deep and light green in front of them made their vision dazzling.
Although he had been standing behind Ye Shubai, Wen Yun, a magician who was used to the slow levitation technique, was still dazzled by the scene and almost fell down. He could only quietly throw the magic stone back and hold his clothes tightly with both hands to keep his balance.
As expected, she is still a half-baked swordsman.
The speed of the flying sword did not slow down, but a hand stretched out from behind to protect the crumbling Wen Yun.
His cold voice was carried by the wind to her ears: "Hold on tight."
Wen Yun was so dizzy on the sword that he couldn't think straight for a moment: "What are you holding on to?"
There was no need to wait for Ye Shubai's answer. There was a dense forest in front of the flying sword. Dozens of flying swords under the feet of the two people turned rapidly in succession. Wen Yun's body tilted and he was about to fall.
She always reacts quickly at critical moments. She subconsciously hugged Ye Shubai's waist with one hand and held his hand tightly with the other.
However, neither of them had any fantasies in their minds, because after passing the last tree, they both saw the giant beast in front of them.
The beast was extremely large and pitch black, and it was hard to tell whether it was a wolf or a tiger. There was not a single hair on its bald tail, and instead, it was covered with hundreds of sharp bone spurs, which made people inexplicably chilled.
The beast seemed to have an extremely developed sense of smell. Its wet, wide nose twitched, and it soon realized something was wrong. It let out a sharp roar in the direction of Wen Yun and the others.
The two people sitting on the back of the beast immediately looked over vigilantly, and then without saying a word they drew their bows and shot several arrows towards this side.
The arrow is fast, but the leaves are whitening faster.
He dodged with his sword easily, while Wen Yun, who was standing behind him, held his waist with one hand and held a huge magic stone in the other hand, casting low-level magic mercilessly and instantly.
On Ye Shubai's flying sword, she is a mobile turret.
A fist-sized fireball appeared in Wen Yun's hand. Although it did not have the amplification of a magic wand, the quality of the magic stone was amazing. The speed of the fireball was far faster than the magic arrows of the two men.
The other party growled, took out a handful of arrows and fired a volley.
However, just as the arrows flew halfway into the air, the sky full of fireballs seemed to transform into a sea of fire, instantly burning all the arrows into ashes. More fireballs flew straight towards the two of them, instantly setting them on fire.
This is probably what is meant by horrific.
Wen Yun jumped off the sword and stepped on the ashes of the two demon cultivators and the demon wolf's corpses. He calmly used the water ball technique to put out all the fire around him. He then used a wood-type plant growth technique, and the ashes immediately became nutrients for new trees. The green color climbed up madly, covering up all traces of the previous battle.
She seemed so skilled and calm in carrying out all these follow-up measures; it was obviously not the first time she had killed someone in this way.
Seeing Ye Shubai staring at her, she turned her head slightly, raised her eyebrows and asked, "Do you think I'm cruel?"
After all, some male cultivators have a weird mindset. When they kill someone themselves, they say it is a way to take revenge, but when they see female cultivators killing someone, they say it is cruel and ruthless.
But Ye Shubai is obviously not that kind of male cultivator.
He shook his head, then took a step forward, took out a white silk handkerchief and gently wiped off the black ash that accidentally stained Wen Yun's face, then stepped back with satisfaction: "Okay, let's find the next one."
"… "
It seems that Ye Shubai is obviously a very sophisticated male cultivator.
Apparently, there are more demon cultivators entering the jungle this time than just these two minions who look like supporting characters.
Wen Yun mobilized his mental power to the extreme and quickly reported the location of the nearby demon cultivator to Ye Shubai. The latter also took the word "fast" to the extreme, urging the flying sword to shuttle through the forest like lightning.
The cooperation between the two became extremely terrifying later on. Often, as soon as Ye Shubai flew to the place mentioned by Wen Yun, the latter would mercilessly cast the magic that he had already prepared.
This move can often end the battle quickly and easily. Even if someone is lucky enough to survive, he or she will be completely unable to withstand Wen Yun's free magic attacks.
What's even more outrageous is that she even used the magic stone that had been depleted of its magic power as a hidden weapon and smashed it down. With her increasing power, she actually smashed a magic cultivator to death...
The sun above their heads had not yet set, and a ray of orange-red sunset was still slanting down. In such a short period of time, the two of them managed to eliminate all the peripheral demon cultivators as easily as chopping vegetables and melons.
Wen Yun lazily weighed the magic stone in her hand. This was the third one she had replaced today, which showed how many magic spells she had cast today.
"There is only the last group left." Wen Yun said softly, looking far into the depths of the dense forest.
The aura coming from there was completely different from that of the low-level demon cultivators before, and the other party had already sensed that someone was trying to kill them, so they began to gather together. Now there were more than twenty demon cultivators there.
However, Wen Yun was fearless. After thinking for a while, he threw the magic stone back and took out a bigger one from the mustard seed sac.
Ye Shubai, who was beside her, threw the wooden sword in his hand upwards and used the sword-controlling technique to carry the two of them to fly silently towards the demon cultivator over there.
Magic elements were gathering madly, and the magic stones in Wen Yun's hands began to faintly flash green light, which was a sign of conversion to wood elements.
Wen Yun's face was as gloomy as water, and he recited the spell quickly.
When Ye Shubai's flying sword flew over the heads of the magicians, she finished chanting the spell, and the magic stone in her hand exploded into a dazzling pink sky.
"Forest Prison!"
The roots of the old trees that had grown for hundreds of years broke out from the ground, and the tough vines entwined and grew towards the group of people in the middle. Even the soft grass grew wildly in an attempt to block their steps.
This is the power of advanced wood magic!
The demon cultivators below were frightened by the sudden riot of the plants around them and were at a loss as to what to do. Before they could come up with a solution, they were captured by the forest cage!
Wen Yun landed on the ground lightly and looked up at the demon cultivators who were tightly bound by vines and tree roots.
"The forest cage cannot be kept for long."
After she said this calmly, the demon cultivators' eyes lit up with joy, and they all began to struggle desperately to try to escape, cursing and uttering obscene words that were unbearable to the ears.
However, Wen Yun's next sentence -
"So you should act faster."
Ye Shubai, who was beside her, had already flown up, as if he had transformed into a gentle yet murderous white moonlight. Wherever the sword light went, no blood spurted out, only a small hole was pierced in everyone's heart.
Wen Yun pointed at the young male demon cultivator in the middle and said to Ye Shubai, "Leave that dog's life, it will be useful."
In just a few blinks of an eye, this group of demon cultivators who broke into the dense forest became the nourishment of this forest. There were no more sharp roars in the mountains. At this moment, the sunset had completely set, the late-returning birds were singing, and the wind rustled through the treetops.
What a beautiful view, but it's a pity that the demon cultivator next to him who is dressed luxuriously and is cursing all the time is really ruining the view.
Wen Yun casually broke off a piece of magic stone and put it into his mouth. After a moment, the world returned to peace.
very good.
Wen Yun tied the evil cultivator up like a dumpling with vines and dragged him back to the village of survivors.
Everyone, including Granny Ah Hua, was frightened. After recognizing that this was the terrifying demon cultivator, the survivors subconsciously took a step back. Then they remembered that they were now protected by immortals and that the demon cultivator had been tied up by the immortals. Only then did they gradually feel relieved, but they still did not dare to get too close.
The young man named Ah Xiu was brave enough to take a step forward and grit his teeth and said, "Master, is this the demon cultivator who has been hunting us this year?"
Wen Yun heard the murderous intent in the boy's tone. She casually took the magic stone out of the demon cultivator's mouth. Suddenly, a burst of ugly curses was heard.
"You lowly people! You slaves! How dare you harm the great young master of the Heavenly Wolf Tribe? I will feed your flesh to the wolves, and use your bones to refine weapons. Your souls will also be tortured for a hundred years..."
"Haha, last month I caught a little girl in this jungle. She was one of yours, right? She refused to bring me to you. Guess what happened to her later..."
Wen Yun quickly blocked the demon cultivator's mouth with the magic stone, and answered Ah Xiu's question in a cold tone: "It seems that you guessed right."
"Kill him!"
The young man's breathing was unstable and he roared out these words.
After a moment of silence, the survivors burst into roars again and again—
"Kill him!"
Wen Yun raised her hand to suppress the voices behind her, and the voices behind her immediately fell silent. Although they had only been there for a day, all the survivors had completely believed in Wen Yun and would not question any of her decisions.
She took Granny Ahua's big axe and hung it on the demon cultivator's thumb.
"Tell me why you suddenly chased them. If you don't tell me, I'll chop you down." The sharp blade of the axe touched his fingers.
However, the demon cultivator laughed disdainfully, his voice hoarse: "Do you know what my talent is? It is the inability to feel pain! I am the most powerful warrior of the Heavenly Wolf Tribe, and no matter what kind of harm I suffer, it cannot shake my will!"
After hearing this, Wen Yun picked up the axe and chopped down without changing his expression.
As expected, just as the evil cultivator said, he seemed to feel no pain and didn't even blink.
This is difficult. It's not easy to force a confession.
Wen Yun handed the axe back to Grandma Ahua, then stood up slowly and stared down at the evil cultivator.
Even at this point, he was still talking about how to torture and kill these survivors.
"You have a very strong head, so you are not afraid of pain, right?"
A spiritual force as strong as that of a god was like a towering mountain, suppressing the demon cultivator mercilessly.
"Is your soul also so strong?"