"Damn it... how are we supposed to use these plants?! Wait a minute!? Monsters can actually devour each other?!"
Chu Hongluan calmly concluded: "It's a magic core. When a magical beast devours a magic core, it becomes stronger."
As they were talking, a spider monster descended from the sky and disappeared into the circle of light, cruelly tearing off the head of a female cultivator amidst a scream.
But right now, no one had time to pay attention to them, because three more Nascent Soul stage demonic beasts flew right in front of them, but the cactus didn't react at all!
"One cactus can only control one column!"
Everyone was suddenly awakened and hurriedly used their spiritual power to protect themselves!
In the blink of an eye, the elder of the Sword Sect, with the highest cultivation level, flew up and struck one of them with a palm, sending it flying! Penglai used the Thousand Threads Technique to form an array that trapped and killed another!
Amidst the flying carnage, the last demonic beast pounced down, crushing an entire group!
With a single grab from the giant claw, a Penglai disciple was instantly decapitated!
"No!!!"
We are at their mercy, like fish on a chopping board.
The situation took a sharp turn for the worse!
In the chaos, Chu Hongluan leaped into the air, her long sword pointing downwards, and plunged fiercely into the monster's head!
The demon core shattered, and the demon beast perished!
"Follow my orders!!!"
Chu Hongluan shouted loudly.
"Place sunflowers and sun mushrooms around the radish umbrella for concentrated protection! Move offensive plants to the outer perimeter to reinforce the defensive perimeter! Those with remaining energy, don't conserve your spirit power! Survival is the priority! Hold on for another half an incense stick's time to gather enough sun crystals!"
Fortunately, in reality, there is no restriction that only one plant can be planted per square of land. There is still plenty of room for creativity.
The two little ones inside the spatial bracelet were unaware of what was happening outside, but Ayu sensed Chu Hongluan's turbulent emotions and popped her head out to take a look, only then realizing that something was wrong!
Upon hearing Chu Hongluan mention the Sun Crystal, his eyes lit up immediately:
"Ah Luan! The solar crystal you mentioned, is it the yellow crystal produced by those yellow mushrooms you threw in before?! I have some here! Those yellow mushrooms have been producing crystals ever since it got dark! I've collected them all!"
Before Chu Hongluan could even reply, she gritted her teeth and threw out another chilled mushroom, briefly taking control of the situation! Then, like a gust of wind, she rushed to Yuehua's stall and poured out a large pile of sun crystals from her spatial bracelet.
"Ten machine gunners! Ten torch tree stumps! Twenty pumpkin baskets! Ten tall-nut trees! Ten water lilies! Four cattails!"
Yuehua glared at her resentfully: "What's the difference between this and cheating?"
Chu Hongluan had just witnessed a young life die before her eyes, and her face was frighteningly grim. She had no time to joke around with him.
"Stop talking nonsense!"
"Why are you being so fierce? I'll give you what you want, since you're from my hometown. We're practically family."
Yuehua smiled and teased her as she picked up the plant, "Since you have such a kind heart, why don't you just put everyone into your spatial bracelet? You wouldn't need to go through all this trouble dealing with me."
Chu Hongluan could easily tell the deep malice in his words. If she really put everyone into the spatial bracelet, the secret of the eleven spiritual veins inside the bracelet would be exposed!
A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime.
This move would be tantamount to pushing her into an abyss of no return.
She didn't consider herself a kind person. Let alone actively taking these people into her bracelet, she would not hesitate to kill them if they accidentally discovered the secret inside her bracelet.
The effects of the chilled mushrooms have worn off.
She was outside the defensive perimeter, and the monsters wouldn't touch Yuehua's stall, but that didn't mean they wouldn't touch the people standing in front of it buying things.
Sensing the strong wind and killing intent behind her, Chu Hongluan irritably grabbed a handful of cherry bombs with one hand, threw them behind her without even looking at them!
Cherry bombs are ineffective against rapidly advancing flying monsters, but they are very effective against dense swarms of beasts trapped outside the defensive perimeter.
The explosion was deafening. Amidst the smoke, Chu Hongluan's slender figure stood firm as a pine tree, her faint spiritual energy shield shimmering, yet as solid as a rock.
Yuehua's smile froze for a moment: "Fellow villager, you've really hidden your talents quite well."
Finally, he rubbed his stiff face, like kneading dough, and pulled at the corners of his lips with both hands, creating a big, eerie smile.
"However, the night is long, how many people can you protect without getting your hands dirty?"
"all."
Chu Hongluan smiled in response, waved her hand, and put all the plants that Yuehua had taken out into her pocket before quickly turning back.
Faced with the fierce attack of the beast tide, the defensive circle that Chu Hongluan and the others had set up together was being devoured at a visible speed, and the cultivators retreated one after another.
Liu Jinghong was jostled and pushed in the crowd, and was even stepped on for no reason. Annoyed, he immediately cast a divination using the character "离" (li).
"Separation, purgatory!"
The flames surged! They devoured the fragile plant defenses! They replaced them! Beasts, naturally afraid of fire, were scorched and retreated several feet!
But once the fire touches the grass, it will inevitably spread!
When the courtyard turns to ashes, there's no point in planting any more plants. Once his spiritual energy is depleted, everyone will be left to die.
This is why he has been holding back from using the Li hexagram, but if he doesn't act now, a large number of people will be killed or injured on the spot.
Fortunately, Chu Hongluan returned in time and threw out the last chilled mushroom from her spatial bracelet.
The fire was extinguished instantly, and the monster horde was forced to stand still.
Chu Hongluan placed a whole row of tall nuts close to their feet, all framed in pumpkin baskets, with torch tree stumps placed behind them, and machine gunners behind the torch tree stumps.
This more than doubled the original defensive perimeter.
Once the ice age was over, the beast tide surged again, but the plants seemed to have a fatal attraction for them, forcing them to stop and huddle together to gnaw on the pitiful pumpkin heads.
The clicking sound sent chills down your spine.
Taking advantage of this time, Chu Hongluan threw out a few cherry bombs to clear out the monsters that had dived into the stream.
Then quickly place the water lilies, and on top of them, add nuts, pumpkin heads, torch tree stumps, and machine gunners, creating a similar arrangement. The remaining water lilies are then planted with cattails.
Cattail thorns are not restricted in their path; they can attack wherever flying monsters are, effectively preventing flying monsters from rushing in. Even after a flying monster dies, they can continue to attack other monsters, dealing high damage and yielding great benefits.
In this way, the initial plant defense line was formed.
The machine gunner spits out four peas at a time, one pea per second. The peas become fire peas when they pass through the torch, doubling their damage. On average, every three peas can kill a Nascent Soul demon beast, even burning its magic core to ashes. It's terrifying!
The battle situation has reversed dramatically. The first wave of beasts is about to pass, and there are no more monsters coming to replace them. Those who were stuck on the outermost edge, eating pumpkin heads and nuts, will soon be wiped out.
Chu Hongluan's mind stirred.
These plants are so effective at suppressing demonic beasts; if they could be brought to the outside world, back to the wilderness...
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