HLnovel Chapter 256 The demon clan attacks
Chapter 256 The demon clan attacks
Before they knew it, the day of the demon invasion arrived, thanks to the spiritual herbs that Huang Jiansheng had brought from the Qingxia Sect.
With a sufficient quantity of Deep Sea Concentration Pills, Ye Xiaobai also refined some other healing pills, such as Blood Recovery Pills, which can quickly restore the large amount of blood lost due to injury.
"Senior, the demon clan of Thunder Island has invited other demon clans to attack the Eastern Reef Islands. Have they invited fellow Daoists from the nearby Seven Lakes Sect to provide support?"
Looking at the approaching demon army, Ye Xiaobai suddenly thought of this question.
"That old bastard from the Seven Lakes Sect can't wait for me to die! There's no way I'll get him!" Huang Jiansheng complained.
It turns out that the Seven Lakes Sect and the Clear Clouds Sect are the only two first-class sects in the Yue Kingdom, both of which have Nascent Soul stage cultivators in charge.
The disciples of the two sects competed fiercely on a daily basis, and there were often fights during the treasure hunt in the East Sea. The sect administrators tacitly understood this and ignored it.
Now that the demon race is attacking Qingxia Sect's territory, Qihu Sect must be secretly pleased, thinking that after the demon race weakens Qingxia Sect's strength, they can become the only dominant force in Yue Kingdom.
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At this moment, on an uninhabited island not far to the south of the East China Sea, a group of cultivators dressed in the robes of the Seven Lakes Sect were sitting together discussing something.
"Elder, are we really not going to help Qingxia Sect? After all, this is a struggle between the demon race and human cultivators!" a middle-aged cultivator asked doubtfully. The one who spoke was Wu Chutian, the current sect leader of Qihu Sect, who was at the late stage of Core Formation.
"Hmph, Chu Tian, how could you be so foolish?"
"What benefit would our Seven Lakes Sect gain from supporting Qingxia Sect now? Would we just sacrifice our Seven Lakes Sect disciples for nothing, just to protect Qingxia Sect's territory?"
"And all I got in return was a thank you? Huh? Answer me?" an elderly man with white hair asked in a series of questions.
The speaker was none other than the Grand Elder of the Seven Lakes Sect, named Yang Lanzhou, whose cultivation had already reached the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
"This..." Wu Chutian, the sect leader of the Seven Lakes Sect, was at a loss for words to answer the series of questions from the Grand Elder.
After a moment's thought, he mustered his courage and said, "Elder, Qingxia Sect and Qihu Sect are interdependent. If Qingxia Sect is conquered by the demon race, they will definitely attack our Qihu Sect's territory in the future!"
"At that time, we will probably be unable to withstand the attack of the demon race alone! In the end, the cultivation world of Yue will usher in the darkest era!"
Wu Chutian became more and more excited as he spoke, still hoping that he could persuade the Grand Elder to join forces with Qingxia Sect to fight against the demon.
"Nonsense! Shortsighted! It's not that we, the Seven Lakes Sect, will not act; the best time for us to strike will be when the Qingxia Sect and the demon race are both severely weakened!"
"That's right! We can not only repel the demon race, but also take care of the severely weakened Qingxia Sect. Unifying the cultivation world of Yue Kingdom is not out of the question!"
Yang Lanzhou once again rebuked Wu Chutian for his shortsightedness, and then described the bright future of the Seven Lakes Sect.
"Alright! I'll leave everything to the Grand Elder!" Wu Chutian had no choice. He could only talk about the sect, but in many matters, the Grand Elder had the final say.
"Closely monitor the progress of the demon race!"
"Understood!"
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Above the outer edge of Dongxing Island, Ye Xiaobai and the others had received news that the demon race was already on its way and less than half an hour away from Dongxing Island.
After learning that the Seven Lakes Sect would not support the Qingxia Sect, Ye Xiaobai thought of another way to save his life—that is, to set up his own sword formation in advance.
With this Five Elements Dragon-Trapping Formation in hand, trapping an eighth-tier demon race member would be no problem, which put Ye Xiaobai at ease.
Ye Xiaobai was also curious about Zishan's current strength, since he had already broken through to the eighth level, which was equivalent to a Nascent Soul stage cultivator in the human race.
To be honest, even if I used all my strength right now, I might not be its match.
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In the blink of an eye, they saw a tidal wave of demons rushing towards Dongxing Island.
There were some flying demons in the air, each carrying several companions on their backs, while others glided on the water, moving forward at high speed as if surfing.
Underwater, countless shrimp soldiers and crab generals, undeterred by death, charged directly towards the defensive array of Dongxing Island.
The Qingxia Sect disciples and the independent cultivators from various areas within the defensive formation took turns unleashing their various spells, desperately throwing them into the demon horde.
Soon, a large number of demons were beaten bloody by the various spells of human cultivators, suffering heavy losses.
At this moment, three transformed demons, located in the demon army, sat at the rear.
Leading the group in the center was Bai Shengxiong, the demon king who spearheaded this operation. Beside him were You Changming from the Youying Jellyfish clan and another demon, Zishan, the Purple Flame Thunder Leopard.
Seeing that there were still many human cultivators, and they didn't seem to have been poisoned by the spores of the Youying clan, Bai Shengxiong asked in confusion, "Fellow Daoist You, what's going on? Your clone spores don't seem to be working?"
Previously, being far from Dongxing Island, You Changming was unable to sense the status of his clone spores. Now that he has arrived near Dongxing Island, You Changming immediately discovered that most of his clone spores had been killed, with only a small portion remaining in the underground river, which was of no use for the time being.
"Damn it, it seems that human cultivators have already refined a large number of Deep Sea Concentration Pills to suppress the toxins in my clone spores!" You Changming said angrily.
"So all that planning was for nothing?" Bai Shengxiong said helplessly.
"Brother Bai, don't be impatient. Those were just my low-level spore clones. Now that my main body has arrived on Dongxing Island, I will naturally give them different gifts!" You Changming said with ill intent.
"What gift?" Bai Shengxiong asked curiously.
"Brother Bai, just watch carefully!" You Changming said confidently.
Then, You Changming revealed his true form—a giant, light-white jellyfish about four or five zhang tall, whose surface was constantly shimmering with blue light!
"Come out, my children!"
All that could be heard was You Changming's sharp roar.
Tens of thousands of tiny jellyfish instantly appeared underwater, each only one-thousandth the size of the main body.
As soon as these small jellyfish appeared, they swam towards Dongxing Island at an extremely fast speed, far exceeding that of ordinary monsters.
Some of the small jellyfish, upon contact with the demon race, directly entered the demon race's body, instantly increasing the demon race's combat power several times over.
The human cultivators, who had initially held a slight advantage, were suddenly plunged into crisis. Some of the jellyfish even used their talents to directly enter the defensive formation, and the human cultivators inside the formation quickly began to kill these small jellyfish.
Just then, a rogue cultivator accidentally had a jellyfish enter his body. The cultivator's eyes immediately turned red, and his killing intent spread. His cultivation level was also forcibly raised from the seventh level of Qi Refining to the ninth level.
He then went berserk, attacking the human cultivators indiscriminately, and in a short time, he injured many cultivators within the formation.
The Foundation Establishment and Core Formation cultivators of Qingxia Sect couldn't care less about anything else and hurriedly flew over to help deal with those troublesome little jellyfish.
Ye Xiaobai was astonished to see that the little jellyfish had such a miraculous effect.
"Brother Bai, what do you think of my gift?" You Changming said proudly, watching his clone produce a miraculous effect below.
"As expected of a genius of the Youying clan!" Bai Shengxiong praised immediately.
Then, Bai Shengxiong looked up at Huang Jiansheng, the only Nascent Soul cultivator in the distance, and said calmly, "The appetizers are all served; it's time for the main course!"
"Brother Zishan, it's our turn to make a move!"