The beast tide is coming!
How many monsters are there?
Looking at the dust billowing and the sight of countless beasts soaring about, Su Qing was actually quite uncertain.
She had no idea what the battlefield was like 100,000 years ago.
I only saw a section of history about the northern beast tide in the Xuanling Sect's library.
Ten thousand years ago, the number of demonic beasts on the Boundless Continent was far greater than it is now, and they were also much stronger, which led to the birth of a Beast King. This Beast King was a wise and ambitious ruler who led the demonic beasts southward, vowing to make the entire Boundless Continent a paradise for them.
There were more types of monsters back then than there are now, and they were much larger, several times the size of the monsters we see today.
Just by looking at the monster skeletons on the ground, Su Qing could tell just how ferocious these big guys were.
"Aww!"
"Da da da!"
The demonic beasts had already rushed to within a thousand meters of Xueling City, and from there, the dust-covered horde of beasts could already be seen.
At the very front were enormous mammoths, raging demonic bears, mountain-splitting bulls, and diamond apes—thick-skinned and bloodthirsty monsters rarely seen on the Wuyuan Continent. The tallest of these monsters was ten meters high, and even the smaller ones were seven or eight meters tall. They all roared as they approached Xueling City.
"My God, what kind of monster is this? It's so huge!" Han Chen's eyes widened. Even the fifth-tier monster that ambushed him earlier, after going berserk, wasn't this big.
"Is this the beast tide from 100,000 years ago?" Yu Kui gripped the longsword in her hand tightly.
Xuan Qingye narrowed her eyes and said, "These big guys are tough and hard to deal with, but the most troublesome ones in this beast tide are the agile ones mixed in with them."
"That's right."
Su Qing also noticed that among these large creatures, there were some demonic beasts that, although not very tall, were extremely agile.
Howling Moon Wolf, Nightblade Shadow Leopard, Phantom Snow Fox, Blazing Tiger...
These demonic beasts are all third- or fourth-tier demonic beasts that are born with the ability to cast spells. These demonic beasts are more agile and intelligent than those big guys. Su Qing felt that those big guys were probably the mounts of these intelligent demonic beasts.
"No matter what kind of monster it is, just throw the talisman and blow it to bits!" Han Chen held the talisman, his hand trembling slightly, but he still gritted his teeth and made the bold statement.
"These talismans are only second-tier talismans. It's already quite good that they can break through the defenses of those big guys. Killing them won't be easy," Su Qing said.
At this moment, the beast tide was even closer.
You can already see the long trunks of the leading mammoths swinging.
"Roar!" The mammoth's trunk blared like a megaphone, a clarion call for attack. The beast's roar was enough to make cultivators below the third level of Qi Refining feel dizzy and have ringing ears.
"Shall we go?" Han Chen asked nervously.
"Wait a little longer," Su Qing said.
Just then, the foremost monster screamed and collapsed.
trap?
Xue Lingcheng had indeed been prepared for this for a long time.
As Su Qing flew over on her sword, she noticed a large open space that seemed different from the others, and it turned out to be a trap.
"Aww!"
Several mammoths fell into the trap, which was more than ten meters deep and filled with caltrops and various attack talismans. Once the mammoths fell in, they were met with a series of attacks.
However, these mammoths were so thick-skinned and huge that, although they had fallen, they became stepping stones for the beast horde behind them.
These monsters, like mindless war machines, continued to surge towards Xueling City.
"Puppet Array!"
Soon, a row of wooden puppets appeared on the city wall. These puppets were neatly arranged all over the city wall. The puppets looked simple in workmanship, but they were enough to defend the city.
The puppets stood on the city wall, each holding a slingshot. A talisman was launched and transformed into a ten-meter-diameter boulder in mid-air, flying towards the beast tide.
"This, this method looks good!" Han Chen watched the talismans fly overhead and for a moment forgot his fear.
Then, not only the Boulder Talisman, but also the Thunder Spirit Talisman, the Explosion Talisman, and the Earth-Cracking Talisman were launched out as if they were free.
These attacks, once they landed in the beast horde, immediately created a large open space in the middle!
Su Qing opened her mouth slightly. Oh dear, it turns out that 100,000 years ago, Xue Lingcheng was still using talismans to bombard the beast tide!
Unfortunately, these talismans were not very powerful, and some of the more powerful demonic beasts were very agile in blocking them. The talismans only caught the demonic beasts off guard at the beginning and caused them some losses, but later they could not cause much damage to the demonic beasts at all.
“These talismans aren’t very effective,” Su Qing said, frowning. Their attack power was only about the same as the talismans she had drawn before.
"Those monsters are getting closer, and those talismans don't seem to be working very well." Han Chen tends to talk a lot when he's nervous.
Xue Lingcheng continued to use the puppet array's talisman attacks, with more and more talismans popping out, but it was clear that these talismans could not stop the monsters' advance.
500 meters...
Su Qing and the other three stood under the city gate, where they could already see the enormous mammoths. They even felt that if the mammoths stretched out their trunks, they could touch them.
"Aww!"
The leading mammoth roared and the earth shook as it charged toward Su Qing and her companions.
"Ready for battle!"
The four of them took to the air on their swords. Su Qing charged straight at the foremost mammoth, while the other three went off to find their respective monsters to deal with.
Although it's quite large, it's just a big, dumb guy who only knows how to charge.
This mammoth had many wounds on its body, but relying on its thick hide, it made its way to the foot of the city wall. Unfortunately, it didn't have a chance to make a name for itself.
Because it encountered Su Qing as soon as it approached the city gate!
The Jade Lotus Sword in Su Qing's hand flashed through the air with streaks of purple light. This was the first time she had ever imbued a sword with purple lightning attributes.
When Su Qing was cultivating in the Qi Refining stage, her dantian underwent a mutation and a lightning spiritual root appeared. However, it was not very stable at the time. Later, after consuming several sea buckthorn dragon spirit fruits, her spiritual root stabilized, and the lightning spiritual root had become a unique spiritual root in her dantian, independent of the five elemental spiritual roots.
After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, Su Qing obtained the Eternal Golden Lotus in the Myriad Miles of Rivers and Mountains Painting and refined the Radiant Spirit Pill. After consuming the pill and cultivating for several days, her spiritual root was well nourished, and her lightning spiritual root became active as a result.
At this moment, Su Qing tried to use lightning-attribute spiritual power, and unexpectedly, she succeeded.
Lightning-attribute spiritual power is definitely the most offensive type of spiritual power.
Wherever Su Qing's Jade Lotus Sword, imbued with purple lightning spiritual power, passed, the mammoth felt a tingling sensation on its skin, and its body trembled uncontrollably.
Su Qing unleashed the fifth turn of the Nine Revolutions Azure Origin Sword Technique, wielding the Jade Lotus Sword which spun like a giant windmill, but this time, it was a purple windmill crackling with lightning.
Even the thick-skinned mammoth was struggling to withstand the onslaught of Su Qing's Nine Revolutions Azure Origin Sword Technique.
"Aww!"
Just as Su Qing was about to press on and finish off the mammoth, a Nightblade Shadow Leopard suddenly appeared from the side!
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