Peng Fei's face paled at the sight of the two Jin Dan stage stemborers on the ground. He couldn't believe his eyes.
"You … you're from the Taiqing Gate? Who was that? "Peng Fei asked one of the square-faced men from the Taiqing Gate.
"He's below the Celestial Phenomenon stage, and he was able to kill these two Jin Dan stage stemborers with ease. Of course, he's our Taiqing Gate's secret disciple, Senior Brother Liu Ming!" The square-faced man didn't beat around the bush and answered proudly.
Although his voice was not loud, it was clearly heard by every single disciple of the Nature's Work Sect. Immediately, everyone was shocked.
Peng Fei was dumbstruck!
Although he had once thought that it might be Liu Ming when he heard the somewhat familiar dragon and tiger sound, the strength of the other party made him instantly deny this guess. Now that he had received a definite answer, the shock in his heart could be imagined.
After all, the "Liu Ming" that the other party spoke of had strength that was roughly on par with him.
Although the battle was still ongoing, with the death of the two Jin Dan stemborers and the arrival of the Taiqing Gate's reinforcements, the human cultivators' counterattack was like wolves entering a flock of sheep. The stemborers in the surroundings were immediately routed.
… …
One day, half a year later.
The southeast side of the Xuanmeng Mountain Range where the Ouyang Clan was located was where Nanming City, which had a population of nearly ten million people, was located. But now, the large city was no longer as prosperous.
The Nanming River in front of the city had dried up, and the city walls were in ruins. The shops, pavilions, palaces, and even the government offices were all in disarray.
Corpses of old and young, women, and children could be seen everywhere, and the stench of corpses filled the air under the scorching sun.
If a cultivator scanned the city with their spiritual sense, they'd find that there wasn't a single living person in Nanming City. Instead, there were tens of thousands of stemborers.
In the air to the northwest of Nan Ming City, there was a humanoid stemborer that was significantly larger than all of the other stemborers.
Its entire body was crimson, and its arms were like pincers. There was a faint black glow flowing on its red skin, and a tail that was over 20 feet long was swaying left and right in the air. The aura it exuded was clearly at the mid-Celestial Phenomenon Stage.
Behind him stood a dozen or so Stemborers of powerful cultivation bases. Even though they hadn't transformed into human forms, the auras emanating from their bodies indicated that they were at least at the Jin Dan stage.
At the same time, in a dense forest between Southbright City and the Jade Dream Mountain Range, there were several dozen human cultivators in different attire hiding their auras.
Judging from their attire, these people came from Taiqing Gate, Demon Mystic Sect, Haoran Academy, and Ouyang Family. Their cultivations were all above the Crystallization Period. Among them, there were more than 10 Jin Dan stage cultivators.
"Fairy Ouyang, the information provided by your Ouyang Family before is not very reliable. Although there are only a dozen stemborers of the Jin Dan stage in this direction, now there is an existence of the Celestial State intermediate stage. Are you sure that Liu Ming can successfully lure it?" The person who spoke was an old man with white eyebrows in Demon Mystic Sect attire. He showed a trace of impatience on his face.
"Although this Liu Ming is now a Jin Dan later stage cultivator, I heard that he was still a Pseudo Pellet State cultivator more than a hundred years ago. I'm afraid he used some forbidden mystic arts to forcibly improve. It's okay if his foundation is unstable, but don't drag us down." Another white eyebrowed scholar from Haoran Academy also held a white jade paper fan in his hand and said with disdain.
"This time, Ouyang Qian is very grateful to all of you for coming from afar to help my Ouyang Family. Now that the Alliance has sent Senior Brother Liu to be the person in charge of this mission, there is naturally a reason for it. When the time comes, we just need to follow his instructions. "On the other side, a slender young lady in a purple dress with picturesque eyebrows said faintly.
It was Ouyang Qian.
Although she said so, her eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and a hint of worry flashed in the depths of her eyes.
After these years of fighting against the Stemborer Tribe army, the human cultivators and the Stemborer Tribe had now formed a state of balance. Many cultivators died in battle every day, and the major forces were even more exhausted because of this.
The current situation of the Ouyang Family was very not optimistic.
Aside from the southeast region, the northwest and northeast regions were also occupied by the Stemborer Tribe army, and there were even more of them. In addition to Nan Ming City, over a dozen large cities or strongholds had already been destroyed, and it seemed that the Ouyang Family was going to be uprooted.
Although Elder Tong Xuan had come out of seclusion to take charge of the sect protection formation, and the two uninjured Celestial Phenomenon Stage elders had already led the cultivators of the family to resist the Stemborer Tribe, so there was no danger of the family being destroyed in the short term. However, in the long run, the family would eventually suffer irreparable losses.
As such, the Ouyang Family had no choice but to ask for reinforcements from the alliance.
This woman had just condensed the Real Pellet State a few years ago, and now she was also ordered to contact the reinforcements sent by the Alliance to defend against the tens of thousands of stemborers entrenched in the southeast. The leader of the team sent by the Alliance happened to be Liu Ming, who was quite familiar with her, which finally made her feel a little relieved.
"Since Fairy Ouyang has said so, let's wait and see. I hope that the legendary Liu Ming won't let us down," the white-browed scholar of the Haoran Academy said as he gently fanned the white jade paper fan in his hand.
"Look, Senior Brother Liu is making a move!" At this moment, another wide-faced young man from the Taiqing Gate suddenly whispered.
Everyone's spirits were lifted when they heard this, and they hurriedly turned their eyes to Nan Ming City.
In the sky northwest of Nan Ming City, the Celestial Phenomenon Stage Stemborer Tribe member who was originally resting with his eyes closed suddenly opened his eyes and snorted coldly. A crimson giant pincer-like arm shook forward.
Whoosh!
Instantly, an unbelievably large red pagoda phantom was condensed in the air. It was over 300 meters in size, and its entire body was suffused with raging crimson flames. It flickered in and out of existence, and it clawed forward.
As a result, the void in front of him fluctuated, and then a young man in a green robe, surrounded by black gas, jumped out of it. Without saying a word, his figure blurred, and suddenly three identical figures jumped out of it. Then, the four figures shot backward at the same time.
"Puchi", a few loud noises sounded!
The giant red pincer phantom blurred and suddenly broke three of the figures. Only the last figure suddenly emitted a yellow light, and with a "clang", the red pincer phantom was blocked for a moment. Then, a silver light flashed behind him, and he continued to flee forward.
"Humph! A mere Jin Dan Advanced Human Race junior wants to use the trick of luring the tiger away from the mountain? He is simply courting death! You guys stay here and don't move. Let me go and exercise my muscles! " The Celestial Phenomenon Stage Stemborer Tribe member's eyes flashed fiercely. After giving an order in the Stemborer Tribe's language, he turned into a red cloud and quickly chased after them.
"These humans are extremely cunning. Now that the battle is imminent, we can't afford to make any mistakes. You guys wait here; we'll go and have a look." Among the remaining dozen or so Real Pellet State stemborers, a beetle-like late-stage Real Pellet State stemborer with a single horn said so. He waved his hand and summoned more than a thousand low-level stemborers, then he took 6 or 7 Real Pellet State stemborers and followed the Celestial State stemborer.
The young man who had suddenly appeared before the Stemborer army was naturally none other than Liu Ming.
Ever since he had progressed to the Jin Dan Stage in the Sect, he had been frequently sent on missions by Jin Lieyang due to the tense situation on the continent. Due to his exceptional performance on several of these missions, he was now regarded as one of the pillars of the entire Central Sky Alliance, and he had been appointed as the leader of all of the missions.
At this moment, he could sense the enormous spiritual pressure approaching him from behind, and his brows furrowed as he activated his magic power. The silver wings on his back shone brightly, and he sped up slightly as he flew toward the lush forest up ahead.
The Celestial Phenomenon Stemborer behind him let loose a strange cry upon seeing this, and red clouds surged around his body as he gave chase.
In the blink of an eye, the two of them were about to fly past the lush forest.
However, as the Celestial Phenomenon Stemborer flew past the forest, a faint smile appeared on his face, and several crimson gale-force winds erupted from the red clouds around him, sweeping downward at an incredible speed.
A burst of spiritual pressure instantly swept forth, and the trees down below were all swayed violently, as if the entire forest were about to be snapped in half.
Right at this moment, several dozens of figures emerged from the forest down below, all of them hurriedly activating their protective spiritual light with horrified expressions on their faces.
Their original plan was to attack the Stemborer Tribe from behind, but they had been seen through in advance.
"Hmph, this is a trap! Kill all of these reckless humans! " In the air 10,000 meters behind, the one-horned Real Pellet State late-stage beetle said so. It immediately led the dense stemborer army and flew toward the dense forest.
The Celestial Phenomenon State Stemborer looked at Liu Ming, who continued to fly at a steady pace, and its expression suddenly changed as it waved an arm toward the human cultivators.
A massive pincer projection enshrouded in red mist appeared in the air before pouncing toward the white-browed scholar.
The scholar's expression changed drastically upon seeing this, and he tried to evade, but it was already too late.
Powerful spiritual pressure swept forth, and before it had even come into contact with the scholar, a burst of invisible pressure had already descended upon him.
The white light around the scholar's body suddenly collapsed, and his chest trembled. It was as if a thousand-kilogram boulder had struck his body. He coughed out a mouthful of blood, but his body was unable to move in the air.
Everyone else turned pale with fright upon seeing this, and they all activated their spirit tools to unleash several dozen pillars of light of different colors in an attempt to stop the massive pincer projection's descent.
A few loud bangs erupted.
The pillars of light struck the pincer projection in the air, and a terrifying shockwave instantly spread through the surroundings.
However, these attacks were only able to dim the pincer projection slightly, but they were unable to stop it from continuing to descend, and the white-browed scholar was about to be killed on the spot.
Right at this moment, a humanoid figure flashed and appeared behind the white-browed scholar like a ghost. It was none other than Liu Ming, who had noticed that something was amiss. At the same time, the projection of a tiger head the size of a pavilion lashed out.
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