News from the Front Lines
Inside a wooden house at the Ling Clan's residence in Rock Armor Valley after the war.
Ling Pengyun waved his hand and patted the Storage Bag at his waist, from which dozens of Demon Beast corpses were taken out, and he began to take stock of his spoils.
In this battle, Ling Pengyun used a little cleverness. He deliberately avoided the stronger Qi Training Late Stage Demon Beast and instead targeted the weaker Early-Stage Qi Training and mid-stage Qi Refining Demon Beast to kill.
It was precisely because of this that he reaped a great harvest in this battle, hunting down a total of 101 Qi Training Demon Beast. However, after giving 30% of the Demon Beast corpses to the Luo Clan, he only had 71 Demon Beast corpses left in his hands.
Among them, there were 51 Early-Stage Qi Training and 20 mid-stage Qi Refining stage Demon Beast corpses.
After considering this, Ling Pengyun's expression immediately lit up with joy. "I never expected that, aside from the thirty Early-Stage Qi Training Demon Beast corpses that were given to the Luo Clan, I could still have such a gain."
"Judging from this battle, the Defensive Formation is indeed crucial. If it weren't for the light barrier created by the Two Elements Accumulating Earth Grand Array within the valley, I would never have achieved such a result."
Ling Pengyun understood the enormous difference in the number of Demon Beast corpses obtained in the battles to capture the mountains and defend the valleys.
The battle to capture the mountain ridge was a normal battle, but the battle to defend the valley relied on formations, so there was no need for defense; all that was needed was to attack relentlessly.
It is precisely because of these great benefits that high-level formations are extremely expensive.
The vast Ling Clan, after years of saving, only managed to purchase a Second Rank Low Grade array and set it up in Lingxiao Mountain as a Clan Protection Formation.
Overjoyed, Ling Pengyun took out another Storage Bag from his pocket and summoned three corpses of Rock Armor Demon Ape from it.
"The Demon Beast corpses I obtained in today's battle, plus the two Early-Stage Qi Training Refining Rock Armor Apes, one Qi Training Middle Stage Refining Rock Armor Ape, and one Qi Training Completion Refining Demon Ape corpses I killed in the previous battle to capture the mountain ridge, bring the total to fifty-three Early-Stage Qi Training, twenty-one mid-stage Demon Beast, and one Qi Training Completion Demon Ape corpses in my possession."
"Aside from the corpse of the Qi Training Completion Demon Ape, which needs to be left for Wind Shadow Peng as a Cultivation Resources, and the corpses of ten Qi Training Middle Stage Golden Pattern Python and Scale Armor Python, which can be left Weapon Refinement Materials, if all the other Demon Beast corpses are handed over to the Hundred Spirits Sect, then you can get 375 Contribution Points."
"With this amount of Contribution Points, one bottle of Cloud Forest Spirit Water will suffice."
After some deliberation, Ling Pengyun's smile became even brighter.
He participated in the battle to seize territory for the Hundred Spirits Sect, hunting down Demon Beast and handing them over to the Hundred Spirits Sect in exchange for Contribution Points, for three reasons.
Firstly, exchange for the rare Cloud Forest Spirit Water, which can be given to the Thorn Vine that are slow to cultivate.
Secondly, if you earn 5,000 Contribution Points, you can exchange them for a Meridian Protecting Pill, which can help you with Foundation Establishment, in preparation for your future Foundation Establishment.
Thirdly, though not very promising, it was still Ling Pengyun's own major goal: to earn 10,000 Contribution Points to exchange for a second-class Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object, Hundred Spirits Water, which he would give to the Thorn Vine to consume when it reached the Qi Training Completion stage.
Although Ling Pengyun himself would need a portion of Hundred Spirits Water in the future, he was confident that he could earn Spirit Stone to purchase it together with his Lineage.
As for leaving behind the ten corpses of the Qi Training Middle Stage Golden Pattern Python, it was a last resort. Ling Pengyun needed to peel off the tough python skins of the Golden Pattern Python and Scale Armor Python. Without these skins, the Hundred Spirits Sect would not accept the pure flesh and blood of the Golden Pattern Python and Scale Armor Python.
As a sect that focuses on all kinds of arts and crafts, Hundred Spirits Sect has a great need for materials from Demon Beast.
The reason why the Hundred Spirits Sect released so many rare and valuable items during this territorial seizure was to help the cultivators participating in the battle collect materials from the Demon Beast.
These Demon Beast materials, once passed through the hands of the artisans of the Hundred Spirits Sect, are enough to refine into various spiritual items, which can then be sold back to cultivators within the Hundred Spirits Sect territory at several times the price of the original materials.
Although the battle at Rock Armor Ape Valley has ended, the battle on the distant front line at Demon Python Mountain continues in earnest.
The corpses of tens of thousands of Demon Beast stained the ground outside the Demon Python Mountain blood red, with at least dozens of Demon Beast dying every moment.
The battle has lasted only a few hours, yet the Demon Beast, which was once tens of thousands, has been reduced to nearly seventy or eighty thousand.
Although the tens of thousands of cultivators defending the Demon Python Mountain made great contributions, under the relentless Law Technique and physical assaults of the Demon Beast, cracks began to appear on the huge red light screen that enveloped the Demon Python Mountain.
Mo Congxin, who was in charge of the battle, also noticed this situation.
His expression furrowed slightly. After swallowing a pill to restore his spiritual power, he made a series of Hand Seals to condense thirty-six Law Seals, which he then injected into the thirty-six array flags that were trapping the Black Wind Wolf Demon.
The thirty-six battle flags flashed with a magical light, and the flames that erupted from them grew even larger.
The increase in flames made the Black Wind Wolf Demon, which was struggling to maintain its Protective Yuan Qi within the formation, suffer greatly.
It is confident of escaping this battle, but it will come at a heavy price.
It already regretted coming here from the White Cloud Mountain Range to defeat the Hundred Spirits Sect because of the benefits given by the dead Ice Dragon.
After much deliberation, the Black Wind Wolf Demon finally made up its mind.
Its expression hardened, and it spat out an inner core, directly blasting away one of the array flags that was surrounding it. Taking advantage of the weakening of the array and the reduced flames from the other array flags, it quickly retrieved its inner core. Relying on its Protective Yuan Qi, it withstood the surrounding flames and transformed into a black tornado to escape the array, quickly taking off and flying far away.
At the summit of Demon Python Mountain, watching the Black Wind Wolf Demon flee, Mo Congxin smiled.
From the very beginning, he never intended to keep the Black Wind Wolf Demon alive, as he couldn't do it with his strength. He only wanted to scare the Black Wind Wolf Demon away, and then, together with Wu Tian and the three Early-Stage Golden Core Puppet, defeat the enraged Water Flood Dragon.
Then, they won the battle and occupied this vast territory.
As Mo Congxin had predicted, after the Black Wind Wolf Demon escaped, he, along with Wu Tian and the three-headed Early-Stage Golden Core Puppet, a total of five Golden Core Initial Stage experts, forcefully severed the long tail of the Golden Core Middle Stage Water Flood Dragon, whose strength had been greatly reduced due to the damage to its inner core caused by the Nine Blazing Sun Heavenly Sword eight years ago.
Although the Water Flood Dragon was furious Mo Congxin to kill the ice dragon, it had no choice but to flee in order to save its own life.
Before fleeing, in order to protect the Demon Beast in the Serpent Dragon Lake area, it rallied the remaining Demon Beast there to retreat together.
The battle launched by the Hundred Spirits Sect to seize territory can be considered a preliminary victory.
One day later, at noon.
A disciple of the Hundred Spirits Sect entered the Rock Armor Ridge using Flying Magical Item, and was detected by the patrolling Ling Clan cultivators.
After the Hundred Spirits Sect disciple revealed his identity, he was led into the Rock Armor Valley by the patrolling Ling Clan cultivators.
As soon as this person entered the valley, he sought out the Foundation Establishment Clan Head of the Five Great Clans of Huai River County who were stationed there. He told the Foundation Establishment patriarchs of the five families about Mo Congxin Demon Python Mountain, the Spirit Array True Person, had used the Blazing Sun Heavenly Sword Grand Formation to kill the Golden Core Ice Dragon of Serpent Dragon Lake, severely injure the Golden Core Water Flood Dragon, and repel the more than 100,000 Demon Beast that Serpent Dragon Lake was counterattacking, all at the Clan Head the Demon Foundation Establishment Mountain.
Upon hearing this, the Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the five families were not immediately astonished but rather somewhat disbelieving.
The fact that the Golden Core Ice Dragon was killed was truly astonishing.
When they saw the disciples of the Hundred Spirits Sect using Image Recording Disc to display a pre-recorded scene of the Ice Dragon being slain, the five Foundation Establishment Cultivator finally believed it.
Afterwards, the Hundred Spirits Sect disciple chatted with the five Foundation Establishment Cultivator for a while before leaving Rock Armor Valley.
After the man left, the five Foundation Establishment Cultivator immediately summoned their clansmen who were in the valley.
Inside a large wooden house at the Ling Clan's residence, the Ling Clan clan's cultivators used it as a temporary Council Hall.
Ling Yunhong's sudden summons surprised many members of the Ling Clan clan.
If a Demon Beast attacks, simply summon troops to fight.
Just as everyone was wondering, the Clan Head Ling Yunhong spoke up.
"There are two things to say about this matter. First, the battle on the front line has ended, and the Hundred Spirits Sect Hundred Spirits Sect won a great victory. This time, the Hundred Spirits Sect not only repelled the counterattack of more than 100,000 Demon Beast from the Serpent Dragon Lake, but also the Spirit Array True Person used a great array to kill the ice dragon in the Golden Core Initial Stage in the Serpent Dragon Lake."
The thirty Qi Training Stage cultivators from the Ling Clan present were all shocked upon hearing this.
It has only been ten days since the Hundred Spirits Sect launched its battle to seize the territory of the Serpent Dragon Lake.
In just ten days, relying on the Demon Python Mountain with its Second Rank High Grade Spirit Vein, they not only killed a Golden Core Ice Dragon from the Serpent Dragon Lake, but also repelled more than 100,000 Demon Beast that were counterattacking from the Serpent Dragon Lake. This was quite astonishing.
If those two Golden Core Ice Dragons in Serpent Dragon Lake were so easy to kill, the Hundred Spirits Sect's expansion wouldn't have been so slow.
Eight years ago, even if they had seized the vast territory of Huai River County, they wouldn't have had to fight a protracted war with the Demon Beast for several years.
Ling Rufan was the most senior among those present and had specially sent offerings to the low-level spiritual mountains within the Lineage's territory before the battle, was extremely excited and asked the question.
"Yun Hong, is this true?"
Ling Yunhong nodded and said, "Ninth Uncle, this matter was just passed on by the disciples of the Hundred Spirits Sect. They also showed us a Image Recording Disc recording of the Hundred Spirits Sect's Spirit Array True Person slaying the Golden Core Ice Dragon. The video has not been tampered with and is indeed genuine."
Upon hearing this, everyone finally believed it.
Ling Pengyun, standing in the crowd, had a slight glint in his eyes as he muttered to himself.
"Serpent Dragon Lake only had two Golden Core Flood Dragons in total. Now that one has been killed, Serpent Dragon Lake only has one Golden Core Flood Dragon left, greatly reducing its strength. After this battle, Hundred Spirits Sect will probably be able to seize more than just tens of thousands of miles of territory in Serpent Dragon Lake. It is possible that Bailing Hundred Spirits Sect could seize tens of thousands of miles of territory this time and establish a state."
"With the addition of these Spirit Vein in these territories, the Hundred Spirits Sect will likely flourish for the next few hundred years."
"And my cousin's husband, Wu Tian, a direct descendant of the Golden Core, will likely see his status rise as well."
"When one person benefits, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven; the Yang Clan family..."
As Ling Pengyun was lost in thought, Ling Yunhong spoke up again.
"The second thing is that because the war to seize territory ended too quickly, the tens of thousands of cultivators who participated in the war did not earn many Contribution Points by handing over the Demon Beast. In order to avoid public anger, the Hundred Spirits Sect actually had the idea of making our forces hunt Demon Beast for the Hundred Spirits Sect. So the Hundred Spirits Sect stipulated that in the next year, cultivators who are not from the Hundred Spirits Sect can still hand over the Demon Beast corpses and obtain corresponding Contribution Points to exchange for the spiritual items that were agreed upon before the war."
"In addition, the Demon Beast army over this vast area has been defeated, so there is no need for us to guard this valley. In a few days, people from the Hundred Spirits Sect will come to take over."
"You have two choices: either return to your Lineage or venture deep into the territory of Serpent Dragon Lake to hunt Demon Beast."
"Because I had planned to hunt enough Demon Beast to exchange for a bottle of Hundred Spirits Water from the Hundred Spirits Sect, which I would then give to the Immortal Spirit Crane in my clan, I intend to go deep into the Serpent Dragon Lake area to hunt demonic Demon Beast and hand over Demon Beast corpses to the Hundred Spirits Sect to earn Contribution Points for the next year."
"What are your thoughts? If you are also willing to hunt Demon Beast with me, you can keep the Demon Beast you kill."
Although Ling Yunhong was Foundation Establishment Cultivator with formidable combat power, the thirty Qi Refining clansmen present all possessed Qi Training Middle Stage Refining and were also proficient in array formations. The array formations worked together effectively, and these clansmen played a significant role in annihilating the Demon Beast horde.
Of the thirty members of the Ling Clan clan present, more than half showed interest upon hearing Ling Yunhong's question.
After all, Ling Yunhong is Foundation Establishment Cultivator, so hunting Demon Beast with him would be much safer. In addition, they also have items they want to exchange from the Hundred Spirits Sect, and they simply don't have enough Contribution Points.
Of course, some weaker clansmen hesitated, fearing for their lives while following Ling Yunhong deep into the Serpent Dragon Lake territory to kill Demon Beast, but also wanting to earn some Contribution Points.
As for those who wanted to refuse the offer outright, there were none.
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