Chapter 262 The Demon King Attacks

Ji An felt the pressure decreasing, and the technique started running on its own even without him entering a meditative state.

Green grass blossoms with red flowers, and when the flowers wither, seeds are revealed; green trees bear fruit, and when the fruit ripens, it falls to the ground.

A new cycle begins.

Germination, growth, withering, dormancy, and germination again.

Despite the passage of time, the roadside grass remains lush and green.

'The manifestation of divine intent within a cultivation technique is far more difficult than the physical manifestation of the technique's essence!'

At this moment, Lin Qiubai understood why his junior brother Jia Yu had greeted him.

Such an outstanding spiritual farmer should stay in the sect. The fighting and killing can be left to his fellow disciples!

Under the pressure of his sword intent, the opponent's cultivation technique and divine intent underwent a transformation, manifesting strange phenomena, which was no different from sword cultivators breaking through in battle.

"With this strength, of course I can go into battle."

"Tomorrow at the hour of Mao (5-7 AM), wait for me at the southernmost point of the western city wall."

Lin Qiubai stopped activating his sword intent. Activating it again would require unleashing the power that only those at the Chaoyuan stage could control, which would be blatant bullying. He slowly withdrew his sword intent.

Ji An sensed the other party's intention and concealed his aura.

Once his divine will was completely withdrawn, he suddenly realized that he had very little magical power left in his body and was about to give up.

He bowed and accepted.

"Yes, sir!"

"Let me see your jade pendant."

Upon seeing the pale gold jade pendant, Lin Qiubai nodded slightly.

The jade token of a first-class disciple can withstand three attacks from a cultivator at the Chaoyuan stage, providing a certain level of security.

The next day, by the western city wall.

When Ji An saw the cultivators following behind Lin Qiubai, he smiled with joy at their reunion. He saw Liu Yu and Ge Luoying.

"Greetings, Uncle-Master. Greetings, Senior Brothers and Sisters."

Liu Yu and Ge Luoying both smiled and waved as a greeting.

Lin Qiubai hummed in agreement and said:

"Ji An, your task today is to assist in defending the area within a 20-zhang radius and ensure that the city walls are not breached."

If a powerful demon attacks, do not hesitate, immediately jump off the city wall to take cover.

Ji An bowed:

"I will follow my master's teachings."

Lin Qiubai nodded slightly and then gave the following instructions:

"Liu Yu, your defensive zone is next to Ji An's. You are both disciples of the Ningcui Cliff lineage, so you can help each other out."

"Follow the law."

Lin Qiubai gave a few more instructions and then led the other disciples northward.

Ji An immediately approached Liu Yu and said with a smile:

"Senior brother, how did the trip to the secret realm go? Did you teleport with Senior Sister Ge?"

In his view, the other party must have gained a lot.

The Azure Mist Secret Realm is a well-developed resource-rich secret realm, and the opponent's strength is among the top tier of cultivators.

Even when not with Gloin, it doesn't affect his ability to collect resources.

A hint of unease flashed in Liu Yu's eyes as he said:

"It went smoothly at first, and I was teleported to the same area as Senior Sister Ge."

Later, the situation in the secret realm got out of control, and a very fierce battle broke out.

Fortunately, my senior sister and I were lucky; we weren't injured and even obtained two Tianyuan Ginseng plants of sufficient medicinal age.

"A great harvest! By the way, was the fierce battle due to a monster riot? Were there many casualties among the sect disciples?"

After a moment of silence, Liu Yu transmitted his voice:

"The trip to the secret realm was a nightmare. Junior brother, please don't ask any more questions. The sect requires us to keep the situation there a secret. In a few days, you will naturally find out what happened back then."

Ji An's heart sank. The sect had actually ordered a news blackout; something big must have happened in the secret realm.

Liu Yu then said:

"My junior brother's talisman soldiers and spiritual artifacts helped me a lot; otherwise, I probably wouldn't have been able to leave the secret realm unscathed."

However, the harvest was quite substantial. I left the good stuff at the sect, and will give it to my junior brother when I return.

He used up all the supplies provided by the other party.

Ji An smiled and said, "Anything that can be recognized by my senior brother must be a good thing."

The venture capital has paid off!

Ji An and his companion leaped onto the city wall, each with five cultivators under their command.

He was assigned three rogue cultivators and two fellow disciples, with only one Foundation Establishment cultivator who was also a rogue cultivator.

He is now in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, with a powerful divine soul. He can detect the cultivation level of others with a single sweep of his divine sense, and he will not be detected.

Upon seeing the two of them, the Foundation Establishment cultivator immediately stepped forward:

"It turns out to be Senior Brother Liu Yu in person. I am Wang Dachui, and I pay my respects."

It's been so long since I've seen my senior brother; seeing him today, he's even more radiant than before!

Wang Dachui was secretly pleased. The battle zone was now fierce, and deaths were happening frequently.

If one can work under a powerful cultivator, one's safety will be more guaranteed.

He had witnessed Liu Yu's extraordinary prowess many times, so he had a deep impression of him and recognized him at a glance.

Liu Yu gave a polite smile and nodded, saying:

"Fellow Daoist, I am working under my junior brother today. Our areas of responsibility are adjacent."

Wang Dachui laughed heartily and cupped his hands in greeting:

"May I ask your name, senior brother?"

“A certain Ji An.”

Wang Dachui quickly racked his brains but found no recollection of the name. However, this didn't stop him from offering a compliment:

"Senior Brother Ji, I've heard so much about you!"

He thought to himself, "The person sent here at this time must be no fool."

Even if the opponent is weak, he can run to Liu Yu's defense zone for protection.

"I've heard so much about you? That's bullshit. Many cultivators in the sect don't even know me."

Looking at the other person's 'honest and sincere' smile, Ji An gave a professional smile in return:

"Let's work together and defend well today."

"Junior brother, I'm going to assign tasks," Liu Yu said, flying to his own defense zone. He was looking forward to his junior brother's performance in the war.

As dawn broke, Ji An saw hordes of demonic beasts, driven by high-level demonic beasts, moving towards the immortal city.

Its movement speed appears slow but is actually fast, like a flood bursting its banks.

Wang Dachui's eyes darted around a few times, and he said casually:

"Damn it, those beasts attacked too fiercely yesterday. I was the only one left alive in my original squad."

"Senior Brother Ji, which area were you defending yesterday? What were the team's casualty figures?"

Faced with the probing, Ji An gently shook his head:

"I did not participate in yesterday's battle."

He did not participate; he was busy saving lives in the courtyard and seeing off a familiar cultivator.

"Oh, I see. Senior brother is very lucky," Wang Dachui said, scratching his head. He hadn't managed to glean anything useful from the information.

As the sun rose, Ji An saw a giant tiger, four zhang long, walk to the front of the monsters, open its blood-red maw, and let out a majestic roar.

The roar was terrifying, and many cultivators felt fear upon hearing it.

Judging from its aura and size, this tiger demon should have reached the Chaoyuan stage.

As the battle signal was given, numerous demonic beasts began to slowly accelerate their run, like a stampede of ten thousand horses, causing the earth to tremble.

Ji An took out two small flags, one red and one yellow, from his storage bag. The red flag was embroidered with a phoenix, which was the Flame Light Flag, and the yellow flag showed a golden lotus and a qilin beast, which was the Apricot Yellow Flag.

He infused the apricot-yellow flag with magical power, and earth-elemental spiritual light immediately protected his body, with golden lotuses appearing on the outermost layer.

Ji An released his grip, and the apricot-yellow flag floated up, swirling around him like a lively little fish.

"My darling!"

Wang Dachui praised, and this praise was sincere.

Although he was a rogue cultivator, he could still recognize magical artifacts and spiritual weapons.

The two treasures the other party brought out shimmered with spiritual light even without being infused with magic, so they must be magical artifacts.

A cultivator who possesses two magical artifacts is, regardless of their combat abilities, extremely wealthy. Such cultivators would certainly have various means to deal with unexpected situations.

"Thank you for the compliment, fellow Daoist," Ji An smiled slightly, thinking to himself that it was indeed a precious treasure. The Apricot Yellow Banner was nurtured by the earth element essence of tens of thousands of spirit stones, making it extremely spiritual.

His gaze swept over the approaching horde of demonic beasts as he took out a large quantity of spirit grain seeds.

The seeds were scattered, covering an area of ​​several dozen feet in radius below the city wall.

He manipulated the Thick Earth Returning to Origin Mantra and the Spring Breeze Transforming Rain Incantation, causing yellow spiritual light to flash and white mist to swirl.

As the nourishing spiritual rain fell, the spiritual valley took root and sprouted.

Ji An changed his magic technique and released the Jade Wood Transformation Technique.

Emerald light spots fell like a shower of stars, and the spiritual valley grew rapidly.

Wang Dachui was completely stunned.

"Senior brother, if I'm not mistaken, you're using a planting spell, right?"

He was completely stunned, thinking to himself:

"Brother, have you come to the wrong place? This is a battlefield!"

He could sense and see the powerful effects of the spell, but was it inappropriate to plant the spirit grain at this moment?

Not only him, but many cultivators in the vicinity also noticed the commotion and began to discuss it.

There's no way around it; the light and shadow effects of planting spells are so strong that it's hard not to notice them.

Not far away, Liu Yu grinned, wondering what Junior Brother Ji was up to.

Li Haoran, who was riding his flying sword, noticed the emerald green light cascading down like a waterfall, and also noticed the rolling white mist. Intrigued, he flew over to see what was going on.

"Yes, my cooking skills are pretty good, aren't they?"

Ji An responded to his teammates with a friendly smile, then suddenly became extremely suspicious.

When the tall grass puppets appeared one by one, Wang Dachui suddenly realized what was going on.

The dark green grass puppet's arms were made of numerous vines, which waved constantly, swaying like water plants in a river.

Seeing the grass puppet rise from the ground in the sky, Li Haoran shook his head slightly and left on his sword.

There were too many monsters, and these grass puppets would be destroyed by simply charging and trampling them, which would hardly have any effect in slowing them down and would be a waste of a lot of magic power.

The monster drew closer, and the earth trembled more and more violently.

When the first monster entered the grass puppet's attack range, vines stretched out like venomous snakes, binding the monster tightly.

Ordinary early-stage Foundation Establishment demonic beasts were unable to break free from the grass puppet's restraints, letting out mournful howls. The vines tightened rapidly as they exhaled, much like a python hunting its prey.

Moreover, some vines even know how to find the weak points of creatures, choosing to pierce the monster's body through its mouth or anus.

The bound monster was powerless to resist and was manipulated by the vines. The monster's corpse withered at a visible speed.

The dark green grass puppet had a touch more scarlet color, and its body had grown three or four inches taller.

A fiery bull charged in, its body wreathed in flames.

It crashed heavily into the grass golem's body, and billowing flames spewed from its mouth.

The grass puppet immediately burst into flames, but its vines also tightly bound the monster. One vine pierced into the monster's body from the valley, frantically devouring flesh and blood to compensate for the damage caused by the flames.

The Firehorn Bull was attacked and killed, but the Grass Golem couldn't withstand it either, slowly burning up and finally turning into ashes.

On the city wall, Ji An observed the battlefield situation, and wherever the density of demonic beasts was high, he commanded the Flame Light Banner to attack.

Flames surged down like waves, and countless monsters danced in the sea of ​​fire before finally collapsing to the ground.

He unleashed a quicksand spell not far from the city wall, and the sand sea swallowed up a large number of monsters.

A surprising scene unfolded: monsters rushed up the city walls in other areas, but not a single one in Ji An's area managed to do so.

A mid-Foundation Establishment flying demonic beast swooped down, attempting to disrupt the cultivators' spellcasting rhythm.

Ji An raised his hand and activated the Cold Wind Technique.

A cold wind howled, and a large number of ice particles immediately condensed in the air.

The monster was struck by the spell and felt its body stiffen, its flight speed slowing down considerably.

It hurriedly flapped its wings more vigorously, trying to fly high again.

Ji An flicked his finger, and a golden light shot out from his fingertip, piercing through the demon beast in an instant—it was the Gengjin Finger!

The demonic bird abruptly stopped flapping its wings and plummeted straight down.

As the sun set, a massive, dark cloud swept in from afar, accompanied by a foul stench.

Sand and stones flew everywhere, and the sky darkened in an instant.

From within the dark clouds came the sounds of ghosts wailing and wolves howling, disturbing the mind and spirit.

The monks were all filled with unease upon hearing this.

That was a demonic cloud created by several Golden Core stage demon kings working together. As soon as it fell, the flesh and blood of all the low-level cultivators in the city would slowly melt away within the demonic cloud.

The immense power of the Golden Core level is simply beyond their ability to resist.

Upon seeing this, Ji An immediately shouted:

"retreat."

After saying that, he suddenly activated the Flame Banner, spreading a wall of fire below the city wall, and then leaped down from the city wall.

What happened next was beyond the scope of a Foundation Establishment cultivator like him.

The several True Immortals in charge of the mountain-protecting formation immediately channeled their magical power into several main formation flags, and a yellow dome immediately appeared above the Immortal City.

A second-tier high-grade magic array, relying solely on drawing spiritual energy from the earth's veins, simply cannot withstand the attacks of a Golden Core stage demon king for an extended period.

"What's the point of you weak ants hiding in your tortoise shells? Dare to come out and fight us!"

A demon king spoke in human language, his tone dripping with sarcasm.

At this moment, True Man Zhengyang, True Man Nanshan, and True Man Huoyun suddenly emerged from the hidden corner.

The three magical treasures soared into the air, each launching an attack on the demonic cloud.

The Xuanhuang Pagoda, spinning rapidly, stood seven or eight zhang tall, its yellow light shooting like a cannonball towards the dark clouds.

The golden wheel also grew larger in the wind, radiating brilliant light, carrying the sharp and murderous aura unique to golden magic weapons, as it spun and disappeared into the black clouds.

A colorful feather fan suddenly grew larger, and with a wave of its hand, a sea of ​​fire swept towards the dark clouds.

"There's an ambush!"

"Aww!"

The demon kings howled and rode the dark clouds down again, plunging the sky into complete darkness.

Flames soared into the sky, radiating golden light.

The fighting on the city walls had long since ceased, and the cultivators had retreated into the city.

Cheers erupted from the group of cultivators, greatly boosting their morale.

In the Immortal City, only three Golden Core Ancestors have always controlled the mountain-protecting formation, and they can only passively defend against attacks from demon kings on ordinary days.

Now, three more patriarchs have arrived, and the Immortal City is safe and sound.

(End of this chapter)