Chapter 28 After the Monster Uprising

Outside Black Magpie Mountain, three Third-level Demon Beasts and one Fourth-level Demonic Beast were currently groping their way over.

Seeing the Second-Tier Defensive Array ahead, they immediately charged forward, not yet noticing the Spirit Trapping Formations densely distributed outside the mountain.

Just as they prepared to draw close, the three demonic beasts were each trapped by three Spirit Trapping Formations; simultaneously, six sets of Third-tier Offensive Arrays were triggered.

The six sets of Third-tier Offensive Arrays condensed energy at the same time, letting out six sounds; before the three demonic beasts could even get close, they were already annihilated by the array energy.

A Fourth-level Demonic Beast charging ahead was also trapped by a Third-tier Spirit Trapping Formation; after taking two hits, it was still not dead.

At this moment, Chen Li arrived outside the mountain and took out the frost condensing sword; he saw that Fourth-level Demonic Beast rush out of the Spirit Trapping Formation and head straight for him.

With his Late Stage Qi Refining cultivation and the Perfection level of the Profound Shadow Ice Art, Chen Li wanted to test them out; he also dashed forward while quickly striking with the frost condensing sword.

The Fourth-level Demonic Beast, which had not yet approached, already felt the cold air emitted by the sword. Chen Li's Sword Qi transformed into frost; as he reached its eyes, the injured Fourth-level Demonic Beast didn't even make a sound before being minced into slices of meat.

Black Magpie Mountain returned to peace once more, as if those few demonic beasts had never been there. Inside Concentric Heart Hall, several little ones were sleeping soundly, with Zhu Lingyue accompanying them.

Chen Li patrolled outside. Throughout the night, over a hundred first and second-level demonic beasts had come to charge the array, and Chen Li had killed them all. None could even approach those Third-tier Spirit Trapping Formations. After he finished the slaughter, no more demonic beasts triggered the Third-tier Spirit Trapping Formations for the rest of the night.

...

At the Beast Hunting Sect, both sides had reached a stalemate, with neither able to take down the other.

During this battle, the Beast Hunting Sect's protective array was breached three times and repaired and restarted three times. Currently, the seven Golden Core experts within the Sect were all wounded.

Outside the Sect, those Seventh-level Demon Beasts and Sixth-level Demon Beast were also having a hard time; the human Cultivators had far too many methods of attack!

Talismans, Formations, and Magical Artifacts were appearing one after another!

Outside the Sect, the Seventh-level Demon Beast, who was Red Gold's younger brother, saw that they didn't have the upper hand and was somewhat hesitant—should they retreat?

Although attacking the Beast Hunting Sect for a night had killed a large number of Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment disciples, achieving the small goal of this trip!

However, not a single one of their Golden Cores had fallen, and they had lost seven Sixth-level Demon Beast; the casualties were heavy.

Inside the Sect, the Hall Master of the Hunting Hall shouted, "You demonic beasts are unscrupulously attacking human Cultivator settlements; aren't you afraid of provoking a war between humans and demons!"

"What a joke! Your Beast Hunting Sect can unscrupulously hunt and kill us, so why can't we kill you? It was you who were aggressive first!" that Seventh-level Demon Beast roared back.

The night passed, and as the first light of dawn broke, the two sides stood there staring at each other; neither could do anything to the other.

It was still extremely difficult to completely break through the foundation of a Nascent Soul level Sect!

These demonic beasts had no prior experience attacking a Sect and had underestimated the foundation of a Nascent Soul level Sect. This Seventh-level Demon Beast was now in a very conflicted situation; it wanted to retreat, but its Elder brother Red Gold wanted five days of slaughter?

Suddenly, that Red Gold, a transformed great demon, arrived in a flash of golden light!

With a "Boom!" Red Gold released the terrifying Divine Sense and Dharmic power pressure of an Eighth-Rank transformed great demon!

The people inside the Sect immediately felt their minds being oppressed! Some Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment disciples struggled to hold on! The Hall Master of the Hunting Hall, with his Late Golden Core Stage cultivation, also felt the oppressive force; at this moment, the protective array was teetering on the verge of collapse.

The people in the Sect all looked toward the Grand Elder's peak. A voice came from that high peak: "Red Gold, don't push people too far! Do you want to start a fight?"

A surge of Dharmic power emanated from the Immortal Cave on the mountain peak, and the oppressive force vanished instantly. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief!

“Hmph! A defeated opponent. Today, I am going to take action personally; what can you do to me!”

On the high peak, a green light teleported over; it was the Nascent Soul Old Man of the Beast Hunting Sect!

He spoke, “Good, good, good! This time, even if I have to bring out my trump cards, I will have a grand battle with you!”

At this moment, the energy released by the two Nascent Soul level combatants pressured the group of demonic beasts and Cultivators below so much that they couldn't lift their heads!

Within the Sect, Jin Yue felt the pressure of a Nascent Soul for the first time, and the desire to become stronger grew even more urgent in his heart.

Just as the two were confronting each other, a light sentence suddenly drifted from afar: “It seems that after I’ve been gone for a hundred years, someone has forgotten about me!”

When the seven Golden Cores in the Sect heard this, they were greatly shocked!

Then they were overjoyed! Their other Grand Elder had returned. At this moment, the Aura of the Cultivators within the Beast Hunting Sect surged.

The five Seventh-level Demon Beasts outside the Sect were a bit panicked, and the Sixth-level Demon Beast were in an uproar, preparing to flee.

In the sky, the Nascent Soul Old Man in the confrontation breathed a sigh of relief; even if he used his trump cards, he might not necessarily have been able to defeat this Eighth-Rank Demonic Beast.

The Red Gold man sighed. Facing the expectant eyes of the group of demonic beasts, he made a difficult but necessary decision.

“Retreat!” the Red Gold man uttered a single word!

Hearing the order to retreat, the group of Seventh-level Demon Beasts and Sixth-level Demon Beast below all breathed a sigh of relief and fled without hesitation!

A moment later, a blue light teleported from afar. A middle-aged Cultivator appeared, holding a fan, looking at the Red Gold man.

“It is good that Junior Brother has returned!” the Nascent Soul Old Man on the side greeted him.

The middle-aged Cultivator nodded and spoke directly to Red Gold: “Does Your Excellency wish to destroy our Sect?”

After speaking, a surge of Early Stage Nascent Soul peak-level Dharmic power was released, causing the Red Gold man's expression to change slightly.

The Red Gold man still spoke up: “Your noble Sect has been wantonly slaughtering my demonic beasts; we truly could not stand by and watch, so we came to your Sect to demand an explanation!”

“Heh, wanton slaughter? An explanation? This is nothing more than the survival of the fittest; it is the natural course of the Great Dao!”

The Red Gold man was furious upon hearing this and said, “Fine, since Your Excellency says so, then we shall meet again!”

“You want to leave? Fight me first!”

...

Various places in the Nanwu Kingdom were attacked by demonic beasts for a night. In the morning, Cultivators in each prefecture suddenly discovered that the attacks had stopped and the beasts were retreating.

In the Taihu Mountain Range, at the Yang Family, Yang Jing was single-handedly resisting a Sixth-level Demon Beast and a Fifth-level Demonic Beast.

The group of Qi Refining Cultivators under him were all dead. Just as he was struggling to hold on, the Sixth-level Demon Beast and Fifth-level Demonic Beast seemed to receive some kind of signal; they suddenly stopped fighting and retreated.

After regaining his senses, he realized that he was the only Golden Core left in the Yang Family. The Family structure he had worked so hard to build was gone again. At this moment, he felt weary of heart and almost wanted to just become a Loose Cultivator.

A moment later, people from the Luo Family arrived—two Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

“By order of the Old Ancestor, we have come to assist True Person Yang!”

He was bewildered. What the hell? So generous! The Luo Family should have wanted him dead!

A moment later, he learned the reason: it turned out his former Master had returned. He also realized that the reason this demonic beast calamity could end so quickly was because his Master had returned.

At this moment, he felt his confidence return, and any heart-weariness was thrown to the back of his mind. If they were all dead, he could just recruit another batch!

The demonic beast calamity had ended!

Within Yuanwu Prefecture, of the eleven Qi Refining Immortal Clans that originally remained, it was unknown how many would be left after this.

The Lu Family was attacked by four Fourth-level Demonic Beasts!

Fortunately, Lu Xilou's skills were quite solid. Although they lost some Early Stage Qi Refining Cultivators, their top-level combat power was basically unaffected.

Lu Xilou immediately notified his attendants to go down and investigate the situation of the Qi Refining Immortal Clans in the prefecture; he felt that this demonic beast calamity was somewhat fierce.