The Ling and Liu Clans Join Forces to Slay Demons

The next day, early morning.

After a night's rest, Ling Pengyun and the others, having recovered to their best condition, left the desolate valley early the next morning with Ling Yunhong, heading west for a hundred miles.

Just as Liu Daozhou said, after the Ling Clan and their group had traveled nearly a hundred miles westward, Liu Daozhou's Foundation Establishment Flame Cloud Tiger came looking for them on its own.

Led by Flame Cloud Tiger, the group traveled another thirty or forty miles before finally meeting up with Liu Daozhou and more than twenty members of the Liu Clan clan who were Qi Refining in a dense forest at noon.

"Liu Daoist Friend, do you know where the Flame Tiger's lair is?" Ling Yunhong left the Ling Clan's group and walked up to Liu Daozhou to ask.

"It's deep within this dense forest," Liu Daozhou replied without concealment. "Ling Daoyou, when the battle begins, I urge you to hold off that Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment Flame Tiger King. Your nine Qi Refining clan members from the Ling Clan and my Liu Clan clan members from the Qi Refining clan can then work together to annihilate the Qi Training Stage tiger demons within the Flame Tiger pack."

"Okay!" Ling Yunhong replied.

The two chatted for a few more minutes, reached a consensus, and decided to set off immediately to avoid any unforeseen circumstances.

As they ventured deeper into the dense forest, the surroundings became even quieter. The tall trees within the forest blocked out the sunlight, causing the dozens of cultivators present to feel somewhat nervous.

Before the group had ventured even a few miles into the dense forest, they were spotted by a Flame Tiger at the Qi Training Stage.

Although the Flame Tiger was killed by Ling Yunhong with Sword Slash, it roared before it died.

It was this roar that startled the group of Flame Tiger deep in the dense forest.

Within a few dozen breaths, two Foundation Establishment Realm Flame Tiger, leading twenty Qi Training Stage Flame Tiger, rushed out from the depths of the dense forest and appeared before the cultivators of the Ling Clan and Liu Clan Lineage.

Because the two sides were still two or three miles apart, although they could see each other, they did not engage in direct combat.

Ling Yunhong, who had the highest cultivation level present, frowned slightly. He immediately patted the Storage Bag at his waist, summoned eighteen Azure Spirit Sword from the Storage Bag, made Hand Seals to form the Earthly Fiend Sword Formation, which floated around his body.

At the same time, he also gave a greeting.

"We, the Ling Clan clan, form the battle formation."

Upon hearing the signal, Ling Pengyun and the other nine immediately unleashed a Azure Wood Binding Demon Array.

Because they were in a dense forest, Ling Yunqian battles. He fused the nine Azure Wood Binding Demon Array Flag that the Ling Clan clan had thrown into the ground, so that when the array was activated, it could absorb the rich power of the wood veins under the dense forest, thus increasing the power of the array.

At that moment, Liu Daozhou jumped off the back of the Flame Cloud Tiger, made hand Hand Seals, and condensed a fiery red Law Seals, which he then injected into the Flame Cloud Tiger's body.

As soon as the Law Seals entered the Flame Cloud Tiger's body, a large burst of flames erupted from its body.

Instead of harming Flame Cloud Tiger Flame Cloud Tiger, the flames transformed into a Full Body Armor of flames that covered his body.

Having accomplished this task, Liu Daozhou took out a flying sword and a magic shield, and called upon the surrounding Liu Clan clan members to prepare for battle.

After receiving the signal, the Liu Clan clan members did not take out Law Artifact, but instead summoned Spirit Beast from their Beast Taming Pouch.

There are all kinds of Spirit Beast, including demon tigers, Demon Serpent, demon foxes, demon wolves, and demon roc, and every Qi Refining cultivator from the Liu Clan possesses multiple Spirit Beast.

In a short time, the mere twenty-odd Qi Refining clan members of the Liu Clan family summoned more than fifty Qi Refining stage Spirit Beast of varying Qi Training Stage.

After summoning these Spirit Beast, three cultivators of different ages—an old man, a middle-aged man, and a young man—among the twenty cultivators of the Liu Clan, continuously formed hand Hand Seals, condensing special Law Seals and injecting them into the bodies of more than ten Qi Training Late Stage Spirit Beast around them.

With the blessing of those Law Seals, the aura of these dozen or so Qi Training Stage Spirit Beast all increased by nearly 30%, and even two of the well-established Qi Training Late Stage wolf demons had their aura approaching the Qi Training Completion.

However, this also completely depleted the spiritual energy within the three cultivators—an old man, a middle-aged man, and a young man—leaving them deathly pale.

In the Ling Clan's team.

Upon witnessing this scene, Ling Pengyun's gaze swept over the faces of the old, middle-aged, and young cultivators, his expression slightly surprised.

"I didn't expect that among the cultivators from the Liu Clan participating in this battle, there were actually three Beast Tamer hidden away. They were really good at hiding them."

Not long ago, during the two battles in which the five cultivators of Huai River County jointly attacked and defended Rock Armor Valley Rock Armor Valley, the Qi Refining cultivators of the Liu Clan who participated in the battle also summoned a large number of Spirit Beast, but not a single Beast Tamer stepped forward to use the Beast Taming Secret Method taming to enhance the strength of the Spirit Beast.

Just as Ling Pengyun was about to look away, his gaze lingered on the face of the young Beast Tamer from the Liu Clan.

Ling Pengyun felt a slight familiarity with this face.

After thinking for a while, he remembered where he had seen this person before.

"So it was this person."

That young Beast Tamer was none other than the Liu Clan clan cultivator who had fought him for the Wind Shadow Peng Spirit Egg during the Huai River Little Meet Gathering Auction.

"Judging from his young age, he can already use the Beast Taming Secret Technique on Qi Training Late Stage Refining Spirit Beast Demon Beast to enhance their strength. He must already be a First-Tier Superior-Grade Beast Tamer."

"This child should be Liu Yuren, the first person of the Yu generation of the Liu Clan."

In the short time that Ling Pengyun was distracted, the twenty-two Flame Tiger also rushed to within a mile of the cultivators from the Ling Clan and Liu Clan families.

Ling Yunqian, wielding the Azure Wood Binding Demon Array, was the first to make a move.

He made a hand gesture, summoning a Law Seals was then injected into the array plate.

The nine Azure Wood Binding Demon Array Flag, hidden deep underground, instantly formed an array, transforming into a green light curtain that enveloped the twenty-two charging Huo Yun Tigers.

"Fujiki."

Within a vast expanse, nearly two hundred thick vines rose from the depths of the earth, quickly binding the four legs of the twenty-two Flame Tiger as they strode and charged.

"Go." Seeing that the Azure Wood Binding Demon Array had been successfully completed, Ling Yunhong did not delay and waved his hand to send out the eighteen flying swords that were arranged in Sword Formation beside him.

The Ling Clan cultivators were all focusing their efforts on attacking the group of Flame Tiger, and the Liu Clan cultivators on the side naturally wouldn't just stand by and watch.

Liu Daozhou called out to Flame Cloud Tiger beside him, "Yan Yun, go all out!"

The Flame Cloud Tiger, clad in fire armor, nodded in a remarkably human manner. Then, it turned its head and let out a low growl at the fifty-odd Spirit Beast summoned by the twenty-odd members of the Liu Clan clan around it.

The fifty-odd Qi Training Stage Spirit Beast beasts immediately understood and quickly gathered around Flame Cloud Tiger.

Once all the Qi Refining Spirit Beast had gathered, Flame Cloud Tiger roared again and led the fifty-odd Qi Training Stage Spirit Beast behind him toward the Azure Wood Binding Demon Array a mile away.

at this time.

Inside the Azure Wood Binding Demon Array, the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment Tiger King used its immense strength to tear at the vines binding its four legs. Seeing that its immense strength was not very effective, its expression turned cold, and a red light flashed on its four legs.

Four flames suddenly appeared and attached themselves to its four legs.

The vines binding its four legs were quickly burned away by the flames.

This tiger king, now in the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment, was thus freed. Seeing that this tactic was effective, it quickly signaled to its fellow tigers nearby.

The other Flame Tiger, having received the instruction, all followed suit.

However, the Azure Wood Binding Demon Array was not just an empty shell. In addition, the array was set up by eight Qi Training Late Stage Refining cultivators and one Qi Training Sixth Layer cultivator who was about to enter the Qi Training Late Stage Refining stage, who simultaneously injected spiritual power into it. It was also reinforced by the rich wood vein power of this dense forest. The vines transformed by this array were far more sturdy than ordinary vines and also had extremely high fire resistance.

Apart from the other Early-Stage Foundation Establishment tiger demon that used its flames to burn the vines and escape, the other twenty Qi Training Stage Flame Tiger released flames with relatively low power, which were not enough to burn the numerous vines binding their four legs cleanly in one go.

Each time, only one or two sticks can be burned.

But in the blink of an eye, vines would sprout from the ground to fill the gaps, binding the twenty Flame Tiger at the Qi Training Middle Stage tightly.

This situation made the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment Tiger King very anxious. Just as it was about to summon its Foundation Establishment Flame to help its Qi Refining fellow clansmen, it noticed that dozens of cultivators a mile away were attacking it, and their attacks were not weak.

Forced by the approaching attack, this Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment Tiger King had no choice but to abandon his plan to help his kin and focus all his efforts on fighting the enemy.

It let out a low growl, and its entire body was covered in a layer of flame armor, but it only covered its torso, unlike the Flame Cloud Tiger's Full Body Armor which provided complete protection.

Then, the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment Tiger King opened its mouth and spewed out a large amount of flames, which transformed into a fiery cage several meters in size, trapping the Earthly Fiend Sword Formation formed by the eighteen flying swords that Ling Yunhong had unleashed within the cage.

At the same time, it summoned flames to burn the blades of the eighteen flying swords inside the cage, attempting to incinerate them with fire.

In response, Ling Yunhong, who had formed the Earthly Fiend Sword Formation with eighteen flying swords, did not sit idly by and wait for his doom.

He unleashed his strongest attack, employing the Melt Word Swordplay Secret, merging eighteen flying swords into one, transforming it into a gigantic flying sword with a five-zhang- Sword-Ray, continuously slashing at the fiery cage conjured by the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment tiger demon.

Under the bombardment of the enormous Sword-Ray, the fiery cage trembled continuously.

Seeing this, the Tiger King, Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment, had no choice but to reduce the flames that burned the flying swords and instead replenish them by creating a flame cage.

Seeing this from afar, Ling Yunhong's expression brightened slightly, and he thought to himself, "This move of advancing while retreating is quite effective."

While Ling Yunhong was locked in a fierce battle with the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment Tiger King, another Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Flame Tiger, after breaking free from the vines of the Azure Wood Binding Demon Array using its blazing flames, charged out of the array and engaged in close combat with the Flame Cloud Tiger, which was covered in flame armor.

Both tigers had flames attached to their claws. If someone was injured by a tiger's claw, the flames would burn their flesh and cause them excruciating pain.

With the help of Liu Daozhou, a Second-Order Beast Tamer, who had conjured Full Body Armor using his Beast Taming Secret Method, and a second-tier flying sword that Liu Daozhou had unleashed, Flame Cloud Tiger was directly suppressing the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Flame Tiger.

In just over ten rounds, Flame Cloud Tiger and Liu Daozhou had the Flame Tiger Flame Tiger struggling to breathe, forcing it to activate its Protective Yuan Qi to barely survive.

As for the fifty-odd Qi Training Stage Spirit Beast that charged towards the Flame Cloud Tiger Huo Yun, they took advantage of the fact that the two Foundation Establishment stage and mid-stage Flame Tiger were both occupied and had no time to consider them.

Taking advantage of the chaos, they rushed into the Azure Wood Binding Demon Array and attacked the twenty Qi Refining Qi Training Stage Flame Tiger that were still bound by vines and unable to move.

Although these fifty-odd Qi Training Stage Spirit Beast had varying levels of Spirit Beast, with some as few as twenty only at the Early-Stage Qi Training, their Spirit Beast number made them formidable. Furthermore, the fact that the twenty-odd Flame Tiger' four paws were entangled in wooden vines made it difficult for them to evade the attacks from the Spirit Beast.

In just one exchange, the Flame Tiger were at a disadvantage.

Although he wasn't directly killed, he kept getting wounds.

In an instant, apart from the three beast Qi Refining who had just used the Spirit Beast Tamer, the rest of the Liu Clan clan members all used their Law Artifact to help their Spirit Beast bombard the twenty Qi Liu Clan Qi Training Stage Flame Tiger.

With the addition of these nearly twenty Liu Clan Qi Refining cultivators from the Liu family, the twenty Flame Tiger gradually suffered casualties.

The two Flame Tiger, at the early and mid-stages of Foundation Establishment, were furious at the death of their kin, but they were too preoccupied to help each other. Helpless, they could only watch their kin perish tragically.

In less than the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, all twenty Flame Tiger were wiped out.

The Liu Clan clan members, now free to act, along with the fifty Qi Refining Spirit Beast, also turned their attention to the Flame Tiger, which was being suppressed and beaten to the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment by their Lineage Liu Daozhou and Flame Cloud Tiger.

With the combined efforts of the Liu Clan family, along with fifty Qi Refining Spirit Beast and the Flame Cloud Tiger, the Flame Tiger's Protective Yuan Qi was gradually cracked by the attacks.

With a powerful Flame Cloud Tiger strike, the already cracked Protective Yuan Qi shattered.

Without the Protective Yuan Qi talisman, even if the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Flame Tiger spat out its inner core, it could only block the Flame Cloud Tiger by one blow.

Before long, the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Flame Tiger was beheaded by Liu Daozhou's second-tier Sword Slash.

With the tiger demon dead, Liu Daozhou called upon the Liu Clan clan and the Flame Cloud Tiger to support Ling Yunhong in attacking the last Flame Tiger in the area, the lone king in the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment.

The Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment Flame Tiger King was already struggling to hold off Ling Yunhong alone. The support from Liu Daozhou and others was like a death warrant for it. In less than a hundred breaths, it also met its end, and was directly cut in two by the five-zhang Sword-Ray transformed from the Earthly Fiend Sword Formation's Melt Word Swordplay Secret.

The battle came to an end, but neither the Ling Clan cultivators nor the Liu Clan cultivators retrieved their Law Artifact, remaining wary of each other.

Ling Yunhong, the strongest in the area, was not worried at all. He was confident that even if the Liu Clan clan cultivator made a move, he could protect the Ling Clan clan members and ensure their safe departure.

He directly instructed Ling Pengyun and the others to remove the Azure Wood Binding Demon Array and then help him clean up the battlefield.

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