ebookland Chapter 173 Junior Sister Zhong, Let's Cooperate One More Time
Chapter 173 Junior Sister Zhong, Let's Cooperate One More Time
Qian Shao nodded: "Zhao Nan, Li Shiyi, you and your two junior sisters will be in Class 1. Zhou Jinting, Dong Yang, Feng Qiyuan, Deng Wei, and I will be in Class 2."
This is how assignments are usually made, and everyone agrees. After the barbecue, those who are supposed to meditate meditate, and those who are supposed to be on duty do their shifts.
In the first half of the night, more and more green eyes gathered in the distance.
In the latter half of the night, Qian Shao looked at the pairs of green eyes in the distance and instructed Zhong Lingxin and the others: "Go and meditate quickly. It looks like it won't start for a while, probably around 3 AM."
Zhong Lingxin and the other three dared not waste any time and hurriedly went to meditate and regulate their breathing to prepare for the beast horde's attack in the second half of the night.
Sure enough, just as the hour of Yin arrived, the beasts began to move.
A low, animalistic roar rang out, and all the green eyes lowered even further.
Then, these black figures rushed towards the group under the desolate moonlight.
The river behind them was also splashing with water, and countless water beasts leaped out of the water, shooting water arrows at the group, all of which hit their defensive formation.
Qian Shao instructed, "Feng Qiyuan, Deng Wei, you watch the water beasts, Zhou Jinting and Dongyang watch the monsters on the ground, and I will take care of the array core. It is not advisable to start a battle now; let's wait until dawn."
Feng Qiyuan and the other three responded with a "yes," all looking warily towards the outside of the formation.
Zhong Lingxin and the other three seemed to be in a meditative state, completely ignoring the assignments made by Qian Shao and the other five.
Outside the formation, the demonic beasts had already rushed close. By the dim moonlight, Zhou Jinting and the others could see large and small beast heads clinging to the defensive formation, gnawing at it, and pairs of beast claws scratching at it.
Zhou Jinting felt a chill run down his spine. The beasts' mouths were all wide open, revealing sharp fangs and blood-red tongues, densely gnawing at the defensive array.
Qian Shao kept a close eye on the spirit stones at the core of the formation most of the time, adding a little more when needed.
As dawn broke, the monsters stopped just gnawing and began to unleash their spiritual power.
Zhou Jinting looked up at the light filtering through the gap in the beast's head and chuckled, "These demonic beasts are quite clever. First, they tried to bite through the defensive array, consuming our spirit stones. Are they planning to deplete our spirit stones, or are they planning to break through our defensive array by force?"
Dongyang, who had been keeping a close eye on the monsters outside, said upon hearing this, "We have both. It would be best if we could exhaust them all, but if we can't, we'll have to fight them head-on. There are at least several thousand of these densely packed monsters."
Qian Shao looked up and instructed the four men: "Pay close attention and write down all the large demonic beasts. Keep a close eye on them when the battle begins. It was right for the sect to send us here to check the situation first; there are just too many demonic beasts."
As dawn broke, Zhong Lingxin and the other three all jumped up.
Qian Shao pointed into the distance and said, "See that? There's a little purple lightning weasel over there. Don't be fooled by its stillness; the entire herd is under its command. We have to take it down to repel these monsters."
When Zhong Lingxin looked up, she saw a small ferret lying lazily on a flat boulder. It was not afraid of the gazes of the crowd, and even showed a defiant look. It also bared its mouth and let out a low growl.
At this roar, all the demonic beasts attacked the protective array with all their might, and various spiritual energies struck the array, causing it to shake violently.
Qian Shao hurriedly added a bunch of high-grade spirit stones to the array eye, and made several hand seals on the array eye to keep the array still.
After a while, Qian Shao raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, took a breath, and said, "There are fifth-tier demonic beasts outside, and more than one. Like Junior Sister Zhong, my spiritual sense is higher than my cultivation level, and I can barely control a fifth-grade formation. It's a bit difficult to deal with them. Later, we must kill two fifth-tier demonic beasts first to reduce the pressure on the protective formation."
Zhou Jinting looked at Zhong Lingxin: "Junior Sister Zhong, let's work together one more time!"
Zhong Lingxin nodded, took out the Phoenix Zither, looked at a golden lion outside the defensive formation, and said, "That's it, Senior Brother Zhou. When that golden lion attacks, I'll use the zither to attack its consciousness, and Senior Brother Zhou will shoot it dead with an arrow."
Qian Shao also said, "Okay, when that golden lion attacks again, I'll make the defensive formation shake a couple more times. It won't be willing to stop its claws and will definitely attack a few more times. You guys take the opportunity to kill it first."
The group had made their plans and began preparations.
Soon, the golden lion, leading a group of demonic beasts, roared and attacked the defensive formation.
The defensive array shook violently, so violently that even the Purple Lightning Sables in the distance stood up.
The golden lion roared even louder, raising its two front paws and sending streaks of golden light flying towards the defensive array.
Zhong Lingxin seized the opportunity and played the phoenix zither with a clear and resonant sound.
The golden lion felt a sharp pain in its divine sense and couldn't help but flinch.
Zhou Jinting had already drawn his longbow and shot an arrow out of the defensive formation, which pierced straight into the golden lion's head.
The golden lion's head exploded on the spot, and before it could even let out a scream, its massive body crashed to the ground.
Zhong Lingxin flicked her hands rapidly.
Zhou Jinting drew his longbow in quick succession, and taking advantage of the moment the golden lion fell to the ground, he killed several demonic beasts in succession.
The monsters realized the danger, and they all let out a low growl, lowered their bodies, and took a few steps back.
The purple sable in the distance raised its head and let out a sharp, low whistle.
The retreating monsters regained their footing and charged towards the defensive formation again.
In this retreat and pounce, Zhong Lingxin and Zhou Jinting locked onto another fifth-tier demonic beast: "Wind Spirit Tiger King!"
When the Golden Lion fell to the ground, the Wind Spirit Tiger King knew that the cultivators in the defensive formation would take the opportunity to kill the fifth-tier demon beast first.
It was extremely clever, crouching low and hiding behind a group of demonic beasts, only growling softly to supervise the battle.
Zhong Lingxin's piano music could hurt it, making it howl softly.
However, Zhou Jinting's long arrow could not find an opportunity to shoot it no matter what.
Enraged, Zhou Jinting cursed the ancestors of the Wind Spirit Tiger King for eighteen generations.
Seeing that they had failed to kill the Wind Spirit Tiger King, Zhong Lingxin and Zhou Jinting changed their targets.
There are quite a few flying monsters hovering above the defensive array.
Moreover, among these flying monsters was the Golden Crowned Eagle, which they had fought a few days ago.
Perhaps due to their extreme fear of Zhong Lingxin's zither music and Zhou Jinting's long arrows, the golden-crowned eagles flew extremely high, especially the eagle king, which was so low that it could only be seen as a small black dot. They shot one golden arrow after another at the defensive array, stirring up fluctuations of spiritual energy on it, intending to deplete the array's spiritual energy.
Qian Shao reminded the two of them, "That one is a red-bellied golden goose."
Zhong Lingxin looked up at the Red-bellied Wild Goose flying extremely fast in mid-air, bombarding the defensive formation with fireballs one after another.
Zhou Jinting also saw the red-bellied goose continuously throwing fireballs, making the defensive formation bang loudly.
He roared, "That's it!"
Upon hearing this, Zhong Lingxin's zither music transformed into a silent arrow, piercing the consciousness of the red-bellied swan.
But a fireball came crashing down, shattering Zhong Lingxin's zither music, which then gently disappeared into the air.