Chapter 27 Amidst the Chaos of Monsters

Another half-year passed after the news broke.

The Yao Beasts merely stayed a thousand kilometers from the edge of the Boundless Forest without any unusual movement; by now, people had let down their guard.

Within Black Magpie Mountain, over this half-year, Chen Li had deployed fifteen sets of Third-Rank Spirit Trapping Formations and thirty sets of Third-Rank Attack Formations around the mountain.

They were all in an activated state; once a Yao Beast was trapped, it would trigger two sets of Third-Rank Attack Formations to blast the hell out of them!

This mechanism was a feature he spent half a month developing; now that he was at the Late Stage Qi Refining, how could he, a Genius Formation Master, not have some tricks up his sleeve?

He threw another three thousand Spirit Stones into the high platform of the Fourth-Rank Defensive Formation, and the teleportation formations between Luoxia Mountain and Black Magpie Mountain maintained their excellent performance.

His 3.8-Rank Attack Formations and Profound Bone Immortal Slaying Formation were ready to be deployed at any moment to blast the hell out of them.

Seeing that half a year had passed without a Yao Beast attack, although Chen Li relaxed slightly, he still felt a sense of lingering uncertainty; he would wait another six months, and if nothing happened, he would dismantle them.

...

In a dense forest a thousand kilometers from the edge of the Boundless Forest, a massive swarm of Yao Beasts had gathered, including Lion Demons, Flying Feather Crane Demons, and Silver Tiger Demons.

Among them were over ten thousand first and second-level Yao Beasts, over a thousand Third-level Demon Beasts, over three hundred Fourth-level Demonic Beasts, over seventy Fifth-level Demonic Beasts, over twenty Sixth-level Demon Beast, and five Seventh-level Demon Beasts.

On a small peak not far away, a burly man transformed from Red Gold looked down at the army with a calm heart, recalling the scene five hundred years ago when he was hunted by Cultivators from the Beast Hunting Sect.

Back then, he was only a Fifth-level Demonic Beast; during his escape, he was hunted by a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, and his siblings were killed one after another. He and his younger brother were the only ones who narrowly survived.

Today was the time for blood to be repaid with blood.

After a while, a Seventh-level Demon Beast landed beside him, waiting for its elder brother's instructions.

The burly man looked up at the night sky; after waiting a moment, the darkness deepened—it was the perfect time for killing.

“The Sixth and Seventh-level Demon Beasts will attack the area of the Beast Hunting Sect in the Taihu Mountain Range and the Golden Core Cultivation Families. The remaining Yao Beasts will attack the strongholds of the Loose Cultivators, Foundation Establishment Cultivation Families, and Qi Refining Cultivation Families.”

The Seventh-level Demon Beast nodded and said, “Yes.”

The burly man added, “If you encounter a Nascent Soul Cultivator, do not panic; just leave them to me!”

“Yes!”

After giving the orders, he looked at the moon in the sky and said, “This slaughter will last for five days. After five days, everyone is to withdraw!”

“Yes, Big Brother!”

...

In Liangxi County, the night was thick.

At the Luo Family lands, Yun Zitong and Luo Zihan, who had been married for four years, were strolling and relaxing. Since their marriage, their cultivation had not progressed an inch in these four years.

One was still at the Qi Refining Second Layer, and the other at the Third Level of Qi Refining; they spent all day doting on each other with no heart for Cultivation, watching the flowers and the moon from a pleasure boat.

Three months ago, the Luo Family had dismantled their Third-Rank Defensive Formation Array because they felt that even if an invasion occurred, other places would surely be attacked first; it wouldn't be too late to activate it then, and keeping it running constantly was a huge drain on Spirit Stones.

Yun Zitong joked, “Husband, I heard that Chen Li and that woman have already had four children? Luckily I didn't marry him, otherwise, how could there be such romance!”

Luo Zihan agreed, “You're right, my wife. Although the Family Head has been urging me to enter secluded Cultivation, I told him I'd spend another half-year with you before going immediately, hehe!”

Yun Zitong said angrily, “Cultivate, Cultivate! All you think about is Cultivating all day. How wonderful it is for us to just be together!”

“Exactly! Cultivating is so boring! It won't be too late to Cultivate when we're in our forties or fifties. By then, won't Foundation Establishment and such be simple?”

...

As the two chatted about nothing, they were unaware that a Third-level Demon Beast was approaching. On the boat, Wang Zihan noticed something moving in a patch of grass.

“Wife, look, is that patch of grass moving?”

Yun Zitong looked over, “Oh? Could it be a rabbit from the house has escaped? Let's go take a look!”

“You're right, wife. Let's go catch the bunny!”

As the boat neared the grass, while the two were looking forward to catching a rabbit, a “bunny” three meters long and two meters wide suddenly lunged out from the bushes.

“Ah!”

Seeing this giant “bunny” pounce on them, both forgot to dodge for a moment, though Luo Zihan reacted a second faster.

He grabbed Yun Zitong beside him and threw her out.

The moment she saw herself flying toward the “bunny's” gaping maw, Yun Zitong realized everything, but it was too late. She glanced back at Luo Zihan only to see that he had already run far away.

At the moment she was swallowed whole, she felt regret!

She heard that Zhu Lingyue, who married Chen Li, was already at the Fourth Layer of Qi Refining and was even a Second-Rank Formation Master!

As she lost consciousness, two trails of tears flowed from her eyes!

...

Meanwhile, the distant Luo Zihan screamed frantically, “Yao Beast attack! Yao Beast attack!”

The Family Head, Luo Sheng, who was Cultivating on the peak, heard it instantly, and his hair stood on end!

He immediately activated the Third-Rank Defensive Formation Array. Upon descending the mountain, he saw his clansmen resisting a Yao Beast; he knew at a glance it was a “Third-level Demon Beast.”

A Third-level Demon Beast had gotten in?

After a while, this Third-level Demon Beast was finally killed after being besieged by several clansmen using several Late Stage Qi Refining Talismans.

Luo Sheng asked, “Where is Zitong? Wasn't she with you?”

Seeing that the Third-level Demon Beast was dead, Luo Zihan regained some of his senses, but then he thought of something.

He immediately wailed loudly, “Zitong... to protect me, she was swallowed by this Yao Beast! Zitong!!”

Luo Sheng frowned and immediately cut open the belly of the Third-level Demon Beast. Seeing the mangled, partially digested remains of Yun Zitong, Luo Sheng fell silent.

When Luo Zihan saw the unrecognizable Zitong, he almost vomited, but he held it back and wailed, “My Zitong!!”

When the “bang! bang! bang!” sounds rang out, Luo Sheng pulled his thoughts back. Yao Beasts were attacking the Defensive Formation Array. He shouted, “Stop crying! Defend against the Yao Beasts first!”

...

At this time, everyone in Liangxi County except for Chen Li held the mindset that others would surely be attacked first and they would definitely notice in advance.

Among them, the Wang Family suffered the most. Two Fourth-level Demonic Beasts and three Third-level Demon Beasts had slipped in; before the Defensive Formation Array could even be opened, more than half of the clansmen were already dead or injured.

The An Family relied on their sturdy spirit wood defenses. Despite a Fourth-level Demonic Beast and a Third-level Demon Beast slipping in, although they lost some people, most had hidden in the safety wooden houses prepared in advance.

The Yun Family was the second most tragic, with four Third-level Demon Beasts and one Fourth-level Demonic Beast having slipped in!

After a great deal of effort, exhausting their Thunder Flame Beads and depleting seventy to eighty percent of the Family's resources, they finally took down the four Third-level Demon Beasts and drove away the Fourth-level Demonic Beast.

The Yun Family paid a heavy price: two clansmen at the Fourth Layer of Qi Refining died, four at the Third Level of Qi Refining, two at the Qi Refining Second Layer, and five at the Qi Refining First Layer. The casualties were heavy and unbearable to witness.

When Yun Tiancheng saw the remains of so many clansmen Cultivators, he couldn't control his weeping, and his spirit aged thirty years in an instant! The phenomenon of hair turning white overnight appeared on him!

While each Family suffered heavy losses, Black Magpie Mountain was a completely different scene!