Wang Daoyuan had read many books about demon beasts but he had never heard of any demon beast that had such a strange Dharmic art. The demon beasts present were all common demon beasts and there were no mutants.
However, this trade caravan seemed to be stalling for time.
Although the trade caravan had fewer people compared to the demon beasts in terms of numbers, they had an absolute advantage in terms of Foundation Establishment Cultivators. However, the Foundation Establishment Cultivators of the trade caravan did not make use of their advantage to take the initiative to attack and reduce the pressure on the Qi Refinement Cultivators on their side.
The first time the demon beasts attacked, the Foundation Establishment Cultivators did not make a move at all. In the second test, they only helped the Demonic Beasts after they rushed into the carriage formation. When the Demonic Beasts scattered in all directions, they did not stop them.
Wang Daoyuan could see more than a thousand cultivators lying in ambush in the east of Guiyan Valley. Usually, the demon beasts hid in the dense forest to the west of Guiyan Valley and there should be more cultivators lying in ambush there.
These people could charge down and deal with the demon beasts in the valley without any pressure at all. The reason why they did not make a move was most likely because the fish were too small.
With too little information, Wang Daoyuan was unable to deduce too much information. He decided not to think about it and observed the situation carefully, waiting for the moment the mystery was revealed.
In the valley, the demon beasts were naturally indignant after their second failure and were preparing for their third attack.
The black condor shrieked in the air and dived towards the carriage formation with more than a thousand flying beasts following closely behind.
Given the speed of the flying beasts, they could reach the carriage formation in five breaths at most. Compared to walking beasts, flying beasts were faster and more agile. Even the spirit crossbows could not hit many of them and the spirit talismans could not threaten them at all.
This time, the Foundation Establishment Cultivators of the trade caravan no longer feigned ignorance and made a move the moment the black condor charged.
11 Foundation Establishment Cultivators rushed forward. Then, 11 flying swords soared into the air and pierced through the flock of flying beasts, causing blood to splatter.
Colorful feathers fluttered down from the air. The corpses of flying beasts of all sizes fell to the ground.
In just a single breath, more than a hundred flying beasts were turned into ghosts under the swords. The flying beasts were not fools and did not dare to charge at the Foundation Establishment Cultivators directly. They scattered and the menacing attack was neutralized once more.
The Rank Two Demonic Beasts naturally couldn't just sit by and watch. They all roared and led the rest of the Demonic Beasts to charge forward. Black Condor also reorganized his flying beasts to interfere with the caravan cultivators and cover the beast horde.
Seeing the demonic beasts swarm out, the caravan immediately responded. The gray-robed cultivator took on the black condor alone while three other Foundation Establishment Cultivators were sent to hold back the other three Class Two demonic beasts. Of the remaining seven Foundation Establishment cultivators, four continued to slaughter the birds while the other three attacked the demonic beasts on land.
The Qi Refining Stage cultivators were not idle either. They lifted the roof of the carriage, revealing the big killing weapon in the carriage — the giant spiritual crossbow, which was no different from the spiritual crossbow on the wall of Golden Goose City. Immediately after, the Qi Refinement cultivator took out a middle-grade spirit stone and installed it on the giant crossbow.
Wang Daoyuan was not proficient in the art of refining and could not discern the grade of these giant spirit crossbows. However, he was certain that these giant crossbows were at least second-tier magic tools. Coupled with the mid-grade spirit stones, the giant crossbow definitely had the ability to kill a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
There were more than 20 carriages, which meant that there were more than 20 giant crossbows. Originally, if the demonic beasts swarmed forward, the carriage formation would definitely be broken. Now that there were these giant crossbows, the outcome was still unknown.
The Qi Refining Stage cultivators quickly activated the giant crossbows, and more than 20 arm-thick light beams shot out, heading straight for the demonic beasts.
In an instant, the light beams crossed a distance of one mile and penetrated into the demonic beasts. The demonic beasts learned their lesson from the first attack and did not gather together, but scattered.
However, more than 2,000 demonic beasts gathered in the narrow valley, no matter how scattered they were, it was impossible to appear sparse.
More than 20 light beams struck, and hundreds of demonic beasts were in the path of the light beams. Seeing the light beams coming towards them, these hundreds of demonic beasts immediately dodged.
Unfortunately, compared to the light beams, the demonic beasts were too slow. The demonic beasts at the front had just made a dodging action when they were pierced by the light beams. Only the agile demonic beasts at the back managed to escape the calamity.
More than 20 light beams dug more than 20 channels in the demonic beasts. More than 200 demonic beasts died, and the loss was more than one-tenth of the demonic beasts.
The only flaw was that none of the Class Two demonic beasts died. However, they were also shocked by the light beams.
The only thing that made the demonic beasts feel fortunate was that a mid-grade spirit stone could only be used once for the giant crossbows. After the light beams were released, the Qi Refining Stage cultivators immediately replaced them with new mid-grade spirit stones.
Replacing the spirit stones took three breaths of time, and the demonic beasts took the opportunity to rush forward. With the demonic beasts' current speed, the giant crossbows could only shoot two more arrows at most. After two arrows, the demonic beasts could kill their way into the carriage formation.
After three breaths, the second arrow was shot. The demonic beasts were too close, and apart from the Class Two demonic beasts, they were completely unable to react in time and died directly under the light beams. More than 20 channels were plowed through the demonic beasts by the light beams, and nearly 400 demonic beasts died.
In addition to the Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators' flying swords, there were less than 2,000 demonic beasts left. The demonic beasts were frightened, and some of them had already begun to flee. However, under the roar of the Class Two demonic beasts, the fleeing demonic beasts returned to the demonic beasts and braced themselves to continue charging forward.
Another three breaths passed, and the third wave of light beams arrived as scheduled. This time, the demonic beasts' casualties were even greater, and more than 600 demonic beasts fell. There were only a little more than a thousand land demonic beasts left, and the demonic beasts that were lucky enough to survive almost collapsed.
The three rounds of arrow rain had already beaten the demonic beasts' courage. Even though they were only one step away from the carriage formation, most of the demonic beasts still did not dare to jump in.
The land demonic beasts were hesitant to advance, but the birds, on the other hand, advanced bravely. Whether it was the giant crossbows, hand crossbows, or spirit talismans, none of them could pose a fatal threat to the birds. The birds were most afraid of the flying swords of the Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators.
However, after being slaughtered by the Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators, the birds became even more scattered. Because they were flying in the air and were not restricted by the narrow terrain, more than a thousand birds flew everywhere. The flying swords of the Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators could only kill one or two birds each time they passed through the flock.
Relying on their advantage in speed and agility, the birds easily killed the carriage formation.
A goshawk at the peak of the Class One swooped down. Its figure changed several times in the air, successfully dodging a few light arrows shot by a small spirit crossbow and a few spirit talisman attacks, and pounced on an old man.
Seeing the goshawk pounce on him, the old man threw away his spirit crossbow and was about to take out something to fight. Unfortunately, his speed was too slow, and the goshawk's claw caught him on the top of his head.
The goshawk released its claw and forcefully kicked the old man's head, flapped its wings a few times, and flew back into the air.
Four bloody holes appeared on the old man's head, and blood flowed all over his face. The old man seemed to be very unwilling, and after struggling a few times, he finally fell down powerlessly.
Similar scenes played out continuously in the carriage formation. Seeing the birds slaughtering the cultivators of the caravan effortlessly, the land demonic beasts also regained a trace of courage, and rushed into the carriage formation to participate in the chaotic battle.
The situation was set, and the caravan was powerless to reverse the situation. Under the joint attack of more than two thousand demonic beasts, only death awaited them.
Soon, there were less than ten cultivators left in the carriage formation. Even those who were alive were all heavily injured. Three of them took out Earth Escape Talismans and escaped underground. The other cultivators did not have Earth Escape Talismans, and after a while, they all died in the hands of the demonic beasts.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
