Chapter 279 Temporary Retirement A certain corner of the battlefield.
Lu Qiao's face was pale, and he had been struggling to hold on under the siege of three late-level second-order monsters.
If he hadn't had a few treasures with good defensive power on him, and if he hadn't been experienced enough in fighting, he might have been seriously injured or even died here.
However, in addition to his own condition, his teammates are in even worse condition. More than half of the team members have been lost, and those who are still alive are suffering from injuries of varying severity.
The biggest reason for being so passive is that his team's overall strength is not strong enough.
Although his cultivation level is pretty good, he has only recruited 40 teammates, and their strength is generally low. There are only two monks in the late stage of foundation building, and less than half of the monks in the middle stage of foundation building.
This kind of team strength is only at the bottom among all the teams recruited by the core disciples of Zhenyang Sect.
At this time, he had fought dozens of rounds of fierce battles with monsters. Most of his spiritual energy had been consumed. Several wounds on his body were still bleeding, and his condition was extremely poor.
As a core disciple of the Zhenyang Sect, he is well-known for being at the eighth level of foundation building, but at this moment he is so embarrassed.
As the battle lasted for half a quarter of an hour, the screams coming from around him from time to time made him anxious.
However, his own team is already in a state of collapse. If this continues, it is likely that the entire army will be annihilated before one of the parties retreats.
"Alas...these damn beasts!"
Just as he cursed secretly, the monsters besieging him launched another attack.
He looked gloomy as he watched the three monster beasts waving their huge tails and sweeping over from different angles at the same time. The speed was so fast that even the spiritual energy between heaven and earth was rolled up by the tails.
At this time, Lu Qiao's face was solemn, and he hurriedly twisted his body, trying to avoid this terrifying tail attack.
His speed is also very fast, but the angle of the monster's attack is tricky and the timing is just right. It is very difficult to perfectly dodge the attack.
However, it was not up to him. He had to dodge at least two attacks and use a defensive weapon to block the other one before he could hope to escape unscathed.
Otherwise, he would probably be severely injured by these black wind spirit lizards. Knowing this, he did not dare to be careless at all.
As he moved, he quickly took out a black shield and injected a large amount of spiritual power to block it in front of him.
He was very cautious. Before this, he had fought with monsters for dozens of rounds, and he was very clear about the strength of these late second-order black wind skinks.
This beast was incredibly fast, its huge body was full of power, and its attacks were extremely powerful. Every blow shook his mind, and he suffered a lot as a result.
Just as he was thinking, three black wind skinks attacked as promised.
He turned around and moved more than ten distances laterally in the blink of an eye, narrowly dodging the attacks of the two tails.
"Bang..." An explosion sound came.
Another tail struck his shield, causing a shallow crack in the shield, and the powerful impact knocked him over dozens of feet away.
At this moment, his body was out of control like a fallen leaf in the autumn wind, and finally hit the hard ground hard and was embedded in the deep pit.
He was lying in the pit, his already pale face even paler, and a trace of blood couldn't help but flow from the corner of his mouth.
The combined attack of the Black Wind Skink aggravated his injuries, making his already disadvantageous situation even worse.
He was helpless and impatient, but with this absolute strength, there was nothing he could do for a while.
Seeing the Black Wind Skink returning to its old tricks, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh. It was already very difficult to dodge the attack just now.
If it happens again, how can he resist? Uneasy, he climbed up and looked at the tail of the monster getting closer and closer, his eyes full of determination.
At this moment, he was running his spiritual power with all his strength, and then injected it into the shield in his hand.
In an instant, the shield in his hand glowed brightly, and the palm-sized shield suddenly grew a hundred times in size, completely protecting his body.
As time went on, the three tails were getting closer and closer to the shield, feeling the terrifying force on the tails, almost evaporating the air.
"I have practiced Taoism for nearly a hundred years, is it going to stop here?" Lu Qiao thought to himself.
Just when his tail was about to hit the shield, Lin Tianming and Hu Yuan appeared strangely in front of him.
The two of them each used two defensive magic weapons, and one of them blocked the tail of a black wind skink.
"Bang bang bang..."
Three violent sounds were heard, and Lu Qiao felt his mouth go numb, and his body was like a kite with its string broken, being overturned by the impact and falling directly a hundred feet away.
He was lying in the pit, the blood at the corner of his mouth became thicker, and his face became paler.
Feeling the force of the attack just now, I discovered something unusual.
"This strength is wrong. Although it is still strong, it is not even as good as the blow just now!"
After regaining his consciousness, he discovered the figures of Lin Tianming and Hu Yuan.
The two of them separated from Li Xiuyuan and others, scanned the surrounding fighting situation, and then joined the fight on Lu Qiao's side by chance.
They arrived just in time, arriving when Lu Qiao was in critical condition. They shared the attack of one tail and saved him.
Looking at Lin Tianming's slightly unfamiliar face, he looked a little excited, and the emotions of the aftermath of the disaster came to his heart.
Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, a monk came to rescue him, which was completely beyond his expectation.
"Two fellow Taoists... thank you for your generous help!"
Lu Qiao cupped his hands and fists towards Lin Tianming and said with an extremely sincere expression.
"You're welcome, Fellow Daoist Lu. Now is not the time to thank you. Let's deal with these beasts first!" Lin Tianming replied.
Hearing Lin Tianming's words, Lu Qiao nodded and looked at the fearful eyes of the three black wind spirit lizards opposite him. His eyes were full of anger.
"Okay, let's deal with these beasts first, and then thank you later!"
After Lu Qiao replied, the offensive magic weapon in his hand glowed brightly, and he took out several second-level talismans and sent them out one after another.
At this time, Lu Qiao was obviously serious about it, and when he tried his best, it seemed that he was trying to avenge what he had just done.
Seeing that Lu Qiao took the lead, Lin Tianming and Hu Yuan were not willing to lag behind. They sacrificed their magical weapons one after another and selected a black wind skink to kill.
"Rumble..."
Explosions sounded in the sky, and a large amount of sword energy and other attack methods shone on the battlefield.
Hu Yuan was very powerful, and every strike contained great power. The monster he was targeting was retreating steadily.
Lin Tianming still only used [-]% of his strength. Although he did not directly defeat the monster, he still had the absolute upper hand.
The angry Lu Qiao was very fierce in his attacks. He couldn't defeat three monsters, and even one monster was no match for such circumstances, the black wind spirit beast that he targeted was in such miserable condition that it was almost impossible to resist it.
As time went by, the three strongest monsters were suppressed and beaten by three people. The other monks here also burst out with stronger strength. Soon, the situation on this battlefield completely changed. Lu Qiao's teammates were full of momentum and each took the initiative.
After several rounds of fighting, the screams of the monsters were heard one after another.
The Tiangang Sword in Lin Tianming's hand glowed with aura, bursts of sword energy instantly erupted, and engulfed the injured Black Wind Skink on the opposite side.
"Roar..." The attacked Black Wind Skink roared in pain.
As the sword energy exploded, there were no more intact parts of the Black Wind Skink's body, and a large amount of blood seeped out of the skin, which looked very oozing.
Looking at the seriously injured monster, Lin Tianming didn't give it any chance to breathe. He rushed over immediately, hoping to end the battle with one blow.
In an instant, he had already launched an attack, and the terrifying sword energy formed by the superposition of five Tiangang sword energies shot out and slashed towards the head of the black wind spirit lizard.
A scream sounded, followed by the sound of a body falling to the ground.
Looking around, the Black Wind Skink was already lying on the ground motionless, with a hole in its neck, blood flowing all over the ground, and completely lifeless.
The moment before he killed the monster, Hu Yuan and Lu Qiao had killed their opponents in one step.
It wasn't long before the three of them killed the monsters. Hu Yuan was the strongest and was the first to resolve the battle, followed closely by the angry Lu Qiao.
At this time, the three of them looked at the situation of the other monks and took action to join the battle group.
After half a quarter of an hour.
This battle group was completely over. More than twenty monks gathered together. Except for Lin Tianming and Hu Yuan, everyone else was more or less injured.
The expressions of everyone who survived the disaster were different. They looked at Lin Tianming and the two with grateful expressions in their eyes.
As the organizer of the team, Lu Qiao raised his hands towards Lin Tianming and clasped his fists and said: "Thank you to the two Taoist friends for their timely rescue. I am very grateful. When I return to Yuyao City, I will definitely invite these two Taoist friends to get together so that they can Let me express my gratitude below!”
After hearing this, Lin Tianming replied politely.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, there is no need to be so polite. We are all human monks, and we are facing such a disaster that affects the world of immortality. We should help!"
"What Fellow Daoist Lin said is true. In the face of the great justice of the human race, we should temporarily put aside our prejudices and support each other through the disaster." Hu Yuan agreed.
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Qiao and others were very moved and admired them even more.
At this time, Lin Tianming immediately said: "Fellow Taoists, now is not the time to celebrate. There are still many people in trouble. We can help as much as we can, and we can talk in detail after the battle."
"Well...this is indeed true. Helping others now is helping yourself!"
Lu Qiao nodded and expressed his opinion, fully agreeing with Lin Tianming's remarks.
As for other people who can cultivate to the foundation building stage, they are obviously not stupid people. After all, what Lin Tianming said is extremely correct for all race monks.
Understanding this, except for those who really couldn't take action, everyone else expressed their willingness to do their part.
Soon, those present made up their minds and decided to support other monks in trouble.
Immediately afterwards, under the leadership of Lin Tianming and Hu Yuan, more than a dozen monks formed a temporary team and wandered around the battlefield.
The remaining monks who were seriously injured or in poor condition retreated and gathered at the edge of the formation to recuperate.
As the battle continued, less than half an hour passed.
At this time, the entire discovery has been going on for a long time. The battlefield is like a meat grinder. Both humans and beasts have suffered heavy losses in strength. A large number of monks have fallen here, and the monster beast clan has suffered heavy losses.
High in the sky, Chen Jingtian and others were fighting with the third-order monsters.
Taking advantage of the interval between monster attacks, he paid attention to the battle situation on the human monks' side.
Looking at the overall situation, both the Qi Refining monks and the Foundation-building monks have the upper hand, and the number of monsters has dropped sharply. It can be said that the purpose before the battle has been achieved.
As for the most critical Jindan monks, there is still no significant progress.
Their brothers and sisters have been resisting tenaciously. They just want to delay time, buy time for those human monks, and maximize the results of the battle.
However, the foundation-building monks cannot control the final outcome of the war. All hope lies with them.
As the leader of the human monks, Chen Jingtian's role is extremely obvious and important.
At this time, I felt that my spiritual power was exhausted and there was not much left.
The cultivation strength of several other senior brothers was not much different from his. Even he insisted on gritting his teeth. The condition of Zhu Yun, Wang Hengqiu and others must have bottomed out soon.
As for the monsters, although they had some advantages, they were not completely defeated.
However, the current situation is a bit mysterious. If we continue to persist, it will be unrealistic for several people to escape unscathed when their spiritual energy is exhausted.
Thinking of this and looking at Junior Brother Lan's slightly pale face, Chen Jingtian had begun to think about quitting.
After making up his mind, Chen Jingtian said seriously: "Brothers, the initial goal has been achieved. Let's hold on for another half-quarter of an hour to buy some time for the juniors to retreat to Demon Control City!"
"Okay, everyone, grit your teeth and hold on!" Wang Hengqiu replied.
As soon as he finished speaking, the token in Wang Hengqiu's hand flashed with golden light, and a huge hole opened in the defense formation of Yuyu City again.
At this time, Chen Jingtian's loud voice resounded throughout every corner of the battlefield, and everyone could hear his voice, whether it was a foundation-building monk or a Qi-refining monk.
"The goal has been achieved, everyone returns to the defensive formation in an orderly manner."
After hearing this and seeing that the entrance to the formation had been opened, the monks who had been left on the edge due to injuries looked overjoyed, and then immediately rushed into the formation.
Lin Tianming was helping other monks with Hu Yuan and others at this time, and they fought fiercely for a long time.
After hearing Chen Jingtian's instructions, Lin Tianming was also very excited. He could finally withdraw from the battlefield and bid farewell to this tragic battle for the time being.
"Fellow Daoist Hu, most of the monster army here has been destroyed. It should be difficult to stop us."
"Well... let's take the opportunity to retreat!" Hu Yuan nodded and replied.
After speaking, the magic weapon in Hu Yuan's hand flashed, and then a powerful attack broke out, forcing the monsters blocking their way away.
Lin Tianming's reaction was very fast. He immediately seized the opportunity and led dozens of monks in the team to shoot away with Lu Qiao.
The monks were very fast. Lin Tianming and several stronger monks took the lead, taking the lead in breaking through the obstruction of the monsters and gathering together with the other retreating monks.
(End of this chapter)
