From the first time they hunted the one-horned wolf to this time, their group had been searching and hunting in Zhang'e Mountain for more than a month.
The mission requires hunting two hundred one-horned ferocious beasts, but there are still twenty to go.
Everyone cooperated seamlessly along the way, and except for Yue Wuxian who suffered some minor injuries due to carelessness, the hunt went surprisingly smoothly.
It was night, and everyone was meditating and resting.
"Junior Sister Yun, Junior Brother Liu found that someone is destroying the formation, stop practicing immediately and prepare to fight!"
Yun Ling was practicing Taiyan Floating Wind Technique, but he heard Yue Wuchen's secret transmission.
When he opened his eyes, he saw that everyone had woken up from their trance.
"Brothers and sisters, there are people outside who have broken into the concealment formation I have set up. Their cultivation seems to be higher than mine. I can't hold on for long, and the formation will be broken." Liu Yan said softly helplessly.
Yun Ling looked intently at the outside of the formation and found five monks breaking into the formation.
Judging from their clothing and cultivation, they must be from a hunting team that they met a few days ago. At that time, she felt that these people were not good people.
She quietly used the Qi Observation Technique to look around.
Three of the five monks are at the tenth level of Qi refining, one is at the ninth level, and the other is at the eighth level.
Although there are only five of them, their overall cultivation strength is higher than the six of them. Once they face each other, the situation will be worrying.
Yue Wuchen also discovered this, and a solemn expression appeared on his usually calm face.
After thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice: "These five people are stronger than us, we must find a way to break through one of them first. Junior Brother Liu, how long can your formation last?"
"With my spiritual power, I can still support a cup of tea." Liu Yan replied, the formation flag in his hand constantly changing.
Although he has great talent in forming formations, he is limited to only the seventh level of Qi refining.
There is no way to delay dealing with a monk at the tenth level of Qi Refining for too long. A cup of tea is the limit.
"We have to deal with one of them first. My idea is that Junior Brother Liu will use the formation to cover us and get close to the person on the edge of them. The four of us each attack him with the most powerful moves, trying to hit him with one hit, even if we don't die.
We also need to make it incapable of continuing to fight. Otherwise, if the formation disappears and we confront each other directly, it will be more dangerous than good. What do you think?" Yue Wuchen suggested.
Yun Ling and others all nodded in agreement and had no objections.
Since this group of people broke into the formation in the middle of the night, they must have come well prepared and their strength was superior to them.
If we don't use the formation cover to quickly deal with one of them, I'm afraid the rest of them will end up here.
Liu Yan swallowed a spirit-boosting pill, waved the formation flag in his hand, and the fog filled the hiding formation again.
He shouted loudly: "Who are the disciples of the Taoist sect outside the formation? Why did you break into my formation late at night?"
"Hey, second brother, we've been discovered!" The only female cultivator among the five people outside the formation said with a sweet smile.
"Little sister, don't worry. Don't you still trust our elder brother's skills in breaking the formation? This guy won't last long." The second brother mentioned by the female cultivator in yellow was wearing gray clothes without any sect accessories.
He smiled sinisterly and shouted into the formation: "Boy, you can't last long! Hand over the magic weapon and storage bag quickly, how about we spare your life?"
"Several fellow Taoists, the six of us are disciples of the Xuanling Sect. We came to Zhang'e Mountain this time just for the sect's mission. Now that the mission has been completed, we have notified the other fellow disciples in the mountain to come here to meet and return to the sect together. My fellow Taoists are not as good as this.
Go back and make a good relationship. How about I give you a small gift after we get down the mountain?" Liu Yan continued to speak loudly, intending to distract the five people.
"Haha, boy! Why don't we make a good relationship now!" The middle-aged male cultivator in black who was breaking the formation laughed and said unmoved.
The long knife in his hand struck directly at the center of the formation, wreaking havoc.
Two monks among the five looked at each other with a slight hesitation.
At this time, Yun Ling and the other five people had quietly approached the person at the far end, who was the female cultivator who spoke first.
She is also the one with the lowest cultivation level among this five-person team.
While the five people's attention was focused on the center of the formation, "Strike!" Yue Wuchen ordered.
Yun Ling's Thousand Nether Needles, Jun Ruoming's Flying Slashing Sword, Yue Wuchen's Shattered Mountain Ring, Luo Ninghuan's Shuitian Ruyi and Yue Wuxian's Sunset Arrow all greeted the female cultivator's heart.
It's all a full blow.
The female cultivator only felt a few waves of spiritual power coming toward her, and before she could react, she was seriously injured and fell to the ground.
The male cultivator in gray clothes beside her had already felt something when several people attacked him. However, it was too late to turn around and save her elder brother who was casting spells to help him.
"Little sister!" In an instant, the male cultivator in black and the male cultivator in gray returned to the female cultivator.
After seeing her miserable condition clearly, she rushed to treat her, but it was impossible to save her.
The two of them screamed and mourned.
The three of them are brothers and sisters from the same mother, and they come from a family of casual cultivators from the Western Longji spiritual lineage.
Since she was little, the female cultivator has followed her two elder brothers in cultivation and career, and has committed countless murders. She didn't want to hunt geese all day long, but she was pecked in the eye by a goose, and she died today.
At this time, the formation shattered, the fog dissipated, and everyone's positions were clearly visible!
"Brother, kill them! Revenge my little sister!"
The two male cultivators were so angry that they pulled out their magic weapons and attacked Liu Yan.
Jun Ruoming and Yue Wuchen stepped forward to stop them, and the battle between the four was stalemate. It was difficult to tell the winner for a while.
The remaining four people, including Yun Ling, faced off with the other two monks. There was a tense situation among the six, but no one made the first move.
Seeing this, the male cultivator in black was distracted and shouted: "Fellow Daoist Zhu, Fellow Daoist He, what are you waiting for? As soon as you broke the formation with us, you have already ignored the moral principles among your eight sects! Hesitating at this time is because he wants to fight with us.
Will brothers go to hell together?"
"Your Yuling Sect is indeed the last sect among the eight sects. You are so hesitant in doing things and it is difficult to achieve great results. Is it possible that you are afraid of their Xuanling Sect?" The male cultivator in gray also said something irritating.
The two male cultivators of Yu Lingmen, one is at the tenth level of Qi refining, and the other is at the ninth level of Qi refining.
The two of them were close friends. They met to go out for training and joined the team of three brothers and sisters along the way.
Unexpectedly, these three siblings are quite capable, but secretly they like to kill people and steal goods.
Since the two of them formed a team with the three brothers and sisters, they have been riding a tiger with difficulty, and have helped rob many monks in Zhang'e Mountain.
When the two male cultivators from Yu Ling Sect heard that the two brothers had revealed their identities, they knew that if they didn't take action, they would both be offended.
Regardless of the friendship between the sects, the best thing to do is to help deal with the Xuanling Sect. Otherwise, when the two brothers are defeated, they will probably not suffer any good consequences.
Although the monks of the Soul-Controlling Sect are not strong in fighting skills, they are good at cultivating spiritual beasts.
From the beginning of their apprenticeship, their disciples will choose a spiritual beast to accompany them and grow together.
As for monks from other sects, most of them will contract with spirit beasts after they have established a foundation, so they don't have much effort to cultivate them during the Qi refining period.
This monk from the Yulingmen who is on the tenth level of Qi Refining has a surname of Zhu.
His spiritual beast is destined to him and is also named Zhu.
It is a red beast with gills on its back, which can spray water balls to attack.
Although Yun Ling and Luo Ninghuan were only at the eighth level of Qi refining, they had many talismans and outstanding skills. They had practiced together since childhood and were close to each other.
The two of them knew each other's techniques very well, and their coordination was natural and flawless.
Even if the opponent is a tenth-level Qi Refining monk with a first-level spiritual beast, they will not be able to cause harm to them in a short period of time.
The situation on Liu Yan's side was not good.
Yue Wuxian was responsible for protecting him by his side, and the two of them faced off against Daoist He who was at the ninth level of Qi refining stage.
I never thought that this Taoist was so cunning.
Knowing that he couldn't deal with Yue Wuxian, he cooperated with his spirit beasts to avoid Yue Wuxian, and ordered the iron-headed snake to attack Liu Yan whenever he could.
Liu Yan, who had previously presided over the formation, had very little spiritual power left and was unable to resist.
After being bitten several times, his face turned black and venom invaded his blood, and he was in danger!
Yun Ling knew that if she continued like this, when she and Luo Ninghuan were exhausted and unable to resist, several people would be killed.
We can no longer remain in such a stalemate, we must find a breakthrough.
She glanced at the iron-headed snake swimming between Yue Wuxian and Liu Yan, and a plan suddenly came to her mind.
"Senior sister!" Yun Ling called softly.
With their eyes facing each other and their hearts in sync, Luo Ninghuan understood.
The two of them fought with her as the leader while approaching Liu Yan.
And Zhu Daoren, who was fighting against them, was also chasing after them.
When the iron-headed snake was about to bite Liu Yan again, Yun Ling reduced her spiritual control over Yun Luo Umbrella and used the Qianyou Needle.
The Qianyou Needle split into two, and one needle flew towards Taoist He, making a feint.
The other needle was quietly hidden and stared at the seven inches of the iron-headed snake.
At this time, Taoist Zhu also arrived in front of Yun Ling and blocked the attack of Qianyou Needle for his companion.
Luo Ninghuan took advantage of the situation and threw a large number of talismans at him. With so many talismans facing him head-on, he would definitely be injured.
He hurriedly dodged the attack to the right, but unexpectedly the figure of the iron-headed snake was revealed, and it was directly hit by the talisman.
"Hiss!" The needle penetrated seven inches and the talisman burst.
Because of Zhu Daoren's mistake, the iron-headed snake screamed and fell to the ground, already seriously injured.
"Senior brother, you!"
He Daoren, who was connected to it by blood contract, was injured by the spirit beast, causing his internal energy to tremble.
After spitting out a mouthful of blood, his steps were disordered and he retreated continuously.
Yue Wuxian took advantage of the victory and pursued him, and the Sunset Bow fired five arrows straight at his life gate.
He couldn't dodge and was killed by an arrow.
At this time, the remaining Taoist Zhu from Yuling Sect saw that something was wrong and was about to escape.
Yue Wuxian, however, has already launched an attack on the red beast.
Not long after, the red beast, which had no time to worry about, also followed in the footsteps of the iron-headed snake.
The techniques of the Soul-Controlling Sect are based on the symbiotic relationship between the spirit beast and the monks. If the spirit beast is seriously injured, the master's blood will surge and his spiritual power will be greatly damaged.
In the end, he could not escape the pursuit of Yun Ling and the other three, and died together with his junior brother.
Over there, Yue Wuchen first killed the second brother among the three siblings, and then joined forces with Jun Ruoming to kill the boss.
At this point, the fierce battle finally ended.
Although they all suffered minor injuries to varying degrees, everyone felt very refreshed and their fighting skills improved a lot.
As expected, actual combat is the best way for monks to grow.
Everyone cleaned the battlefield and each person was given a few storage bags.
Afraid that the previous commotion would attract others to covet him, he quickly evacuated the camp and headed to a secret cave.
This cave was accidentally discovered when they were hunting monsters. It was extremely hidden and was used by monsters as a place to raise their young.