97: Chapter 97 Dealing with Black Tiger

As the Yao Beasts charged, the first round of slaughter began.

Many Foundation Establishment Cultivators left the city wall to face the Tier 2 Monster Beasts.

Chen Changqing also took a step forward, the mother-and-child swords hovering in front of him, and the six child swords followed the mother sword to slash one by one towards the charging savage bulls.

Beside Chen Changqing was Li Chengmian from the Li Family, a Foundation Establishment Family of Qinghe County. As both the head of the Li Family and Chen Changqing's uncle, as soon as he stepped up, with his formidable Level 4 Foundation Establishment strength, he wiped out dozens of Tier 1 savage bulls following behind the Tier 2 savage bull in a single move.

Afterwards, he joined forces with Chen Changqing to deal with that Tier 2 savage bull.

The remaining Foundation Establishment Cultivators around them also made their moves. As for the Zhao and Zhou families, they were not here; during the drawing of lots, they were assigned elsewhere. This was also the handiwork of the Xuantian Sect, which disrupted the positions of all Foundation Establishment Families to prevent the families of various counties from joining forces and only focusing on guarding their own tiny plots of land.

Seeing Li Chengmian join forces to fight the Tier 2 savage bull, Chen Changqing was not hypocritical about it. Moreover, in terms of seniority, Chen Changqing still had to address Li Chengmian as uncle.

Although their relationship was so close, it was actually the first time the two had met. In the past, when the Chen Family was still a Qi Refining Family, their two families naturally had no intersection. Even after the Chen Family became a Foundation Establishment Family, Chen Changqing had never visited the Li Family. Especially after his Foundation Establishment, he had always been busy with Family affairs, let alone meeting.

The two had been fighting the Tier 2 savage bull for a while. Although this Tier 2 savage bull's strength was only Tier 2 Low Grade, Chen Changqing was handling the battle with ease. If they hadn't joined forces, Li Chengmian truly wouldn't have been able to tell.

Because every time Chen Changqing attacked, he seemed to dodge perilously close each time, but in reality, after dealing with it himself for a while, Li Chengmian himself couldn't do as well as Chen Changqing. This led him to conclude that the nephew before him had hidden his strength.

But that made sense; on a battlefield where even Golden Core Masters could die at any moment, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator performing too prominently would instead attract the attention of the Yao Race.

The hundreds of Qi Refining Cultivators behind them were also frantically attacking the Tier 1 Monster Beasts below, disrupting their momentum in continuing to attack the city.

However, the number of Tier 1 Monster Beasts exceeded the Human Race by several times. Even though countless Monster Beasts were killed, more Monster Beasts in the rear continued to ram against the city wall.

Some Foundation Establishment Cultivators who managed to free their hands would also help slaughter a batch of Tier 1 Monster Beasts.

Chen Changqing was the same, dealing with the Tier 2 savage bull while killing some Tier 1 Monster Beasts on the side.

However, as the Monster Beasts advanced further, the High Grade Monster Beasts far in the rear gradually made their appearance. Two Tier 2 Monster Beasts simultaneously targeted Chen Changqing and Li Chengmian.

In the blink of an eye, the battle situation instantly reversed. Originally, the two of them surrounded and attacked the Tier 2 savage bull, but now it had turned into three Tier 2 Monster Beasts surrounding and attacking the two of them.

Among them was even a Tier 2 Medium Grade Monster Beast, causing Li Chengmian's pressure to be immense.

Seeing this, Chen Changqing had no choice but to go all out, taking out a Tier 2 High Grade Talisman, the Nine Instruments Town Demon Talisman, and killing the heavily injured savage bull in a single move, before focusing all his attention on the other Tier 2 Monster Beast.

The two fought fiercely together, even more intense than the previous spell battle. The Tier 2 Chasing Wind Leopard leapt and shifted on the ground, its pair of sharp claws lunging at Chen Changqing. Chen Changqing merely deployed the mother-and-child swords. Under the blessing of mana far exceeding the Middle Stage Foundation Establishment, this sword strike was extremely fast and tremendously powerful. The seven swords combined into one, shearing off the Chasing Wind Leopard's pair of claws in a single move.

Then with another sword strike, he severed its head.

The huge leopard head rolled a few times on the ground like this, and was then swallowed by passing Monster Beasts.

Seeing this, Chen Changqing did not mind it in his heart. His clean and neat resolution of the two Tier 2 Monster Beasts greatly encouraged all the Cultivators. However, he was also targeted by a Tier 2 High Grade Monster Beast. This Tier 2 High Grade Monster Beast had just ambushed and killed an Early Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, and was planning to make a move on another Foundation Establishment Cultivator when the corner of its eye caught the cyan figure not far away effortlessly slaughtering two Tier 2 Monster Beasts.

Its gaze carried a hint of cunning as it suppressed the demonic energy within its body to Tier 2 Low Grade, slowly running towards Chen Changqing.

However, Chen Changqing had already discovered the opponent long ago. With his current Divine Soul, although it could not compare to the Purple Mansion, it had reached the Perfection of Level 9 Foundation Establishment, or even surpassed it. Just as this Tier 2 High Grade Monster Beast was running towards him, he had already prepared beforehand.

After getting close, that Tier 2 High Grade Monster Beast finally revealed its form—it was a black tiger. It clustered together with most of the Tier 1 Monster Beasts, specializing in assassinating the Human Race's Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

It circled behind Chen Changqing and slapped down with a paw.

Seeing this, Chen Changyue and the others on the city wall felt nervous and hurriedly shouted reminders.

Li Chengmian not far away also had a nervous look in his eyes; he truly could not spare a hand to help Chen Changqing.

Seeing this, Chen Changqing simply deployed a Tier 2 Medium Grade Magical Artifact, the sun and moon mirror. This was something he had obtained from the Legacy of the Wanta Sect back then. Moonlight suddenly appeared, enveloping him within it, and blocked this black tiger's attack.

The black tiger's pupils were evidently stunned. It did not understand why Chen Changqing was actually able to react; clearly, its speed just now had been extremely fast, incomparable to ordinary Tier 2 Low Grade Monster Beasts.

Chen Changqing turned around and calmly looked at it. The sun and moon mirror floating in mid-air instantly released beams of sunlight, and wherever it passed, the ground was scorched fiery red.

Seeing this, the black tiger carried mockery in its eyes. How could a mere Tier 2 Medium Grade Magical Artifact possibly injure it? However, it did not take the attack head-on; instead, it pretended that it couldn't block it and fled in all directions.

Chen Changqing was already clear about its petty thoughts. "A mere beast, did you really think I wouldn't know you were hiding your strength?"

The mother-and-child swords hovering in front of him instantly erupted, reaching the black tiger's front in a split second. With a single sword slash, a bloody scar was torn across the black tiger's body.

"Roar!"

The black tiger let out an angry roar. Although the damage from the attack just now wasn't very large to it, it still pretended that it had suffered heavy injuries.

"You sure can act! No wonder you were able to ambush and kill two Foundation Establishment Cultivators, including one at the Middle Stage Foundation Establishment."

Chen Changqing deployed two Magical Artifacts equivalent to Tier 2 Medium Grade to constantly pursue and block it. Meanwhile, the black tiger dodged while looking at Chen Changqing, its eyes carrying a trace of cunning and cruelty.

As the two penetrated deeper into the battlefield, Chen Changqing casually slaughtered the Tier 1 Monster Beasts attacking him while closely pursuing the black tiger.

"Roar!"

Just as Chen Changqing was killing a few Tier 1 Monster Beasts, the black tiger suddenly attacked, its Tier 2 High Grade aura instantly releasing.

"What?" Li Chengmian, who was still in the midst of slaughter, was greatly shocked upon seeing this. This black tiger actually hid its strength; this was going to be troublesome.

Looking at the black tiger right before his eyes, Chen Changqing found that Tier 2 High Grade aura pressing down on him to the point where he could barely breathe. However, he slowly raised his finger, fifty bolts of Azure Thunder leaping on his fingertips and instantly bursting forth.

The tiger paw collided with the Azure Thunder. Only at this moment did the black tiger realize something was wrong—the aura of the fifty bolts of Azure Thunder had also reached the level of Tier 2 High Grade, and its power was even much greater than its own.

After the two sides stalemated for a moment, the black tiger shattered most of the Azure Thunder, but in the end, it was still electrocuted by the remaining Azure Thunder until smoke billowed all over its body.