Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

The earth demon beasts continued to emerge, and even with the frenzied slaughter by the twenty thousand cult members, their numbers only increased. This abnormal situation was noticed not only by the few Saint Core stage demon cultivators but by all the cult members. However, no one was afraid, and no one retreated.

Chang Guangming said to the few demon cultivators, "Law King, Brother Zhao, and fellow Dharma Transmission Envoys, this situation clearly indicates that Saint Core realm earth demon beasts are driving them. Should we have the Divine Grace Envoy stop the divine art first, kill this batch, and then proceed with the casting?"

He was certain that "Vice Envoy Zhang" must have one or several demon plants of extremely high quality, so he dared to make this suggestion, and he wasn't afraid of Huo Ya Dao Ren and Zhang Yuanjing hearing it.

Gold Law King hesitated a little. He turned his head to look at Zhao Shijie and asked, "Shijie, you are the local here. Relying solely on the strength and resources of Cold Spring Altar, how many earth demon beasts can you withstand?"

Zhao Shijie was a middle-aged man of medium build and ordinary appearance, with eyes as serene as a deep pool.

He pondered for a moment and said in a low but confident tone, "As far as the cult members of Cold Spring Valley are concerned, as long as they are organized, there will be no problem with up to one hundred thousand."

"One hundred thousand? Brother Zhao, that's a bit of an exaggeration!" Before Gold Law King could speak, Chang Guangming questioned first, "Your Cold Spring Altar has only fifty thousand cult members in total. With twenty thousand elites here, you can only withstand thirty to fifty thousand earth demon beasts, and those are just scattered soldiers without Saint Core realm leaders. How can you fight one hundred thousand?"

Zhao Shijie said expressionlessly, "Because the Supreme God is casting divine arts!"

"This—" Chang Guangming glanced at Huo Ya Dao Ren, who was squinting at him, and shook his head. "War is not a child's play! It's not something that can be done just by giving a few words of encouragement!"

Gold Law King spat and glared, "What do you know about war! When has your branch altar master ever fought earth demon beasts head-on! Shijie, pay no attention to this pedantic scholar who only knows how to talk on paper. Bring all the people from Cold Spring Valley here. Go yourself, that Chai Laoqi is not familiar with people after all. Be quick!"

Zhao Shijie responded with a "Yes, sir!" and soared into the air.

Chang Guangming continued to shake his head, but he didn't say anything more.

At this time, the demon fire under the stone platform had shrunk to only a thin layer. Many earth demon beasts couldn't wait, jumping up and using their feet to adhere to the four walls, quickly climbing upwards. In an instant, the five demons and one daoist began to busy themselves again.

Outside the large pit, Liu Zhongzhu looked at the stone platform with a gloomy expression. Behind him were three thousand archers, each with a demon fire bullet on their body. This was a powerful weapon to缓和 the offensive and had to be used at the most critical moment.

Since Gold Law King had handed over the command to him, he naturally trusted him completely. Therefore, even though the few people on the stone platform were besieged by hundreds of earth demon beasts, making them flustered, he did not order the cult members to launch an offensive.

The three Dharma Transmission Envoys were all Saint Core realm demon cultivators who were old and experienced, one in the late stage and two in the middle stage, with long qi channels. Facing the earth demon beasts' frenzied attacks, they were still more than capable.

On the other hand, Chang Guangming was being somewhat opportunistic, letting most of the earth demon beasts pass by, forcing Huo Ya Dao Ren to use the Profound Heaven Gourd to release dozens of foot-long fire crows, pecking at the earth demon beasts that slipped through the net from all directions.

In this desolate and dead zone, the environment was full of repulsive force for Daoist cultivators, and not a single trace of spiritual energy could be absorbed from the air. Replenishing mana could only rely on pills and spirit stones. Chang Guangming was forcing Huo Ya Dao Ren and Zhang Yuanjing to expend their mana, obviously plotting some conspiracy.

Gold Law King saw it clearly, but he couldn't figure out his plan, and he hated it so much that his teeth itched, but he was helpless.

When the number of earth demon beasts gathered around the stone platform reached more than twenty thousand, Liu Zhongzhu finally made a move.

He raised his hand and lightly shouted, "All archers, listen to my command. Prepare the demon fire bullets. The first row, within five zhang around the stone platform; the second row, five to eight zhang around the stone platform; the third row, eight to ten zhang around the stone platform. Fire!"

These archers were gathered from the twenty thousand cult members, so they were more accurate than those cult members who fired the demon fire bullets for the first time, and the demon fire bullets were far more numerous than last time.

In an instant, three thousand demon fire bullets were thrown out, a dark mass, falling towards the ten zhang area around the stone platform, with distinct layers, the central area being the most dense, and almost exploding at the same time. The huge roar was deafening, the intense vibration made the world spin, and the soaring flames ravaged. Countless earth demon beasts were burned to ashes, and those who were lucky enough to escape fled towards the outside of the pit.

Thick smoke enveloped the stone platform, blocking it tightly, making it impossible to see inside from the outside, and impossible to see outside from the inside. Even divine sense was cut off.

"Awoo! Lílìlì!" Several strange beast roars entered the ears of the people, followed by the sound of soil turning.

"Not good, the cult members outside are in danger!" Chang Guangming suddenly slapped his thigh. "The Saint Core realm earth demon beasts have moved out. They are going to deal with the four military formations!"

"This is a feint to the east and attack the west. There are only two, um, three Saint Core realm earth demon beasts. No need to worry about them." A Dharma Transmission Envoy with late Saint Core realm cultivation, white hair, and a face full of wrinkles said in a hoarse voice.

Gold Law King asked worriedly, "Brother Li, can Liu Zhongzhu withstand it?"

The old and decrepit Dharma Transmission Envoy grinned. "Law King, you are just worried. Liu Zhongzhu can be considered a veteran of many battles. He knows what to do. After fighting for so long, hasn't he used up a single Extinction Arrow? This shows that he has long been prepared for these high-level earth demon beasts to play tricks!"

Chang Guangming looked at this person in surprise and suddenly shouted, "Li Youlin! It's actually you, old fellow! You, you are not dead yet!"

The old man turned his head and laughed hoarsely, "Little Chang, I didn't expect you to still remember this old man. I thought that you young people who came later had all forgotten about this old wreck! Alas, the Divine Sect is ultimately the world of you young people. This old man can only walk in the mortal world and select talents, contributing a little residual heat to ensure that the Divine Sect has successors!"

Chang Guangming's face flushed, then calmed down, and he chuckled, "No wonder Gold Law King is so confident. It turns out that you old man are assisting him. You haven't shown your face at the main altar for the past sixty years. Everyone inevitably had some misunderstandings, thinking that you had already returned on the wind to meet the Supreme God!"

The old man grinned, but didn't speak anymore. His expression became solemn, and a gust of wind rose from the ground around him, blowing away the attacking smoke. His eyes widened, and his originally dim yellow eyes became incomparably sharp, seeming to penetrate the obstruction of the smoke and see the great battle outside.

Outside the big pit, three giant beasts more than two zhang long were leading most of the earth demon beasts, charging towards the northern military formation. The other three sides were only left with five thousand each, as a containment force.

The gathered earth demon beasts numbered as many as twenty thousand, half emerging from underground and half attacking head-on.

The three Saint Core realm earth demon beasts had cold eyes. Apart from occasionally turning their heads to look at the stone platform, revealing a little greed, they almost stared tightly at Liu Zhongzhu behind the military formation throughout the entire process.

Liu Zhongzhu smiled slightly, not taking the three giant beasts' menacing gaze to heart. At this time, it had reached the most critical and most dangerous moment. Reinforcements could not arrive for a while, and even if they did, it would be difficult for them to enter the military formation in an orderly manner to fight.

The first order he issued was to have the three Guardian Vajras withdraw some cult members from the other three sides to form a reserve team.

The second order was to send the dozen or so Guardian Arhats beside him into the military formation to sing hymns to the gods and inspire the cult members' fighting spirit.

The third order was to divide the three thousand archers into six groups. The group holding the Extinction Arrows was listed separately, divided into three teams, each team staring at a Saint Core realm earth demon beast. As soon as they entered the military formation, they would immediately fire arrows to attack. The remaining five groups would support the cult members in front, using ordinary arrows. If the arrows ran out, then ten people would form a team, holding short blades and entering the military formation to fight.

As a large number of earth demon beasts drilled out of the ground, isolating the military formation's communication and coordination, the casualties of the Blood Refining realm cult members increased sharply.

Many five-person teams were scattered, and then dismembered and devoured by the swarming earth demon beasts.

The battlefield was filled with shouts of killing, screams, and the desperate cries of low-level commanders.

The cult members were constantly scattered and reorganized, either in groups of three or five, or even a dozen, forming small formations and fighting bloody battles with several times the number of earth demon beasts.

The seven-thousand-person formation quickly shrank to five thousand people, while the number of earth demon beasts continued to increase.

At the critical moment, solemn and sacred hymns rang out in the military formation. At first, it was just a few loud voices, but soon they merged into voices of different pitches, like water droplets merging into streams, and then from streams into huge waves. The earth-shattering songs swept across the raging battlefield, inspiring every living Candle God Sect cult member to fight the earth demon beasts regardless of life and death.

Some cult members dragged a single leg or arm, some held their open bellies, some bit short blades with their mouths, fighting to the death without retreating; some who were unable to move detonated their qi and blood when the earth demon beasts rushed to bite them, perishing together with the earth demon beasts around them.

The demon cultivator's self-destruction was not like that of a Daoist cultivator, which was only based on cultivation, but had unique techniques, with great power. The self-destruction of each cult member, even if it was only at the Blood Refining realm, would cause great destruction, blasting the beasts and people, as well as the mud and rocks, within a range of three or four zhang into pieces.

The earth demon beasts did not understand human emotions and will. They were only fighting under the drive of desire. The Candle God Sect cult members' sudden surge in morale, their determination to die, and their desperate struggle made them very afraid. Many earth demon beasts that were still in the soil and had not yet drilled out changed direction and ran into the big pit, approaching the edge of the stone platform. Many earth demon beast clusters that had already wedged themselves into the military formation also escaped, becoming sparse.

The three Saint Core realm earth demon beasts screamed shrilly in the big pit, waving their two thick forelimbs, and black clouds rose around them, scaring the nearby low-level earth demon beasts to flee in all directions.

However, the earth demon beasts in the military formation, facing the demon cultivators with their soaring momentum, retreated steadily, suffering heavy casualties.

The reason they came here was either driven by the Saint Core realm leaders or tempted by the smell on the stone platform. They had no determination to fight the Candle God Sect to the death. This method of forming a formation and fighting hard was very different from their usual practice of ambushing demon cultivators, causing them to instinctively resist. Therefore, after suffering a tragic blow, the earth demon beasts fled one after another.

The three Saint Core realm earth demon beasts were exasperated and screamed哇哇哇. However, it had no effect on the already defeated situation.

After a while, the three beasts calmed down again and stopped threatening the surrounding low-level demon beasts. They gathered together, communicating in their own language, sometimes tilting their ears to listen to the ground, and occasionally nodding at each other.